Song of the Week - WEEK 83 Voting/WEEK 84 Nominating

Space Station: Silicon Valley (Game Rip) - Ice 'n' Easy Does It
It's just me or someone else thinks this one sounds like a polka? Polka or not, this is clearly folkloric oriented, the time signature reminds me of a waltz though. I like specially the piano line, but the composition itself is not particularly attractive.

Lethal Enforcers (Sega CD Red Book Audio) - Shoot into the Street
On the contrary that the rest of the sotw crew I am not impressed by this. It must be 'cause I've heard hundred of times the same generic synth-rock piece. To me, it sounds like a rejected battle theme for Final Fantasy VII. Nothing new, zero originality. The merit is hidden to my eyes.

SILENT SCOPE TRILOGY Original Soundtrack - SUPREME
An intricate and dense piece of music. It's pretty long and varied enough to keep me interested. It's impossible to predict what direction will take the music, it's almost like improvisational music. Although there is no strong melodic content, this moody track grabs my attention with its irregular rythms and neat atmosphere.

Gain Ground (Sega Genesis Game Rip) - Origin ~Awakening~ (Heroes' Theme) [BGM1]
It's a piece very well developped, one of the best ones in that aspect that I had heard for a Sega Genesis game. With the development in its favor, the rest shows aseptically packaged, emotionless. Apart from two enjoyable passages, this track leaves me indifferent.

PHANTASY STAR COLLECTION Sound Collection I - DUNGEON MEDLEY (2 points)
I am not going pretend to be impartial, this track belongs to one of my favorite vgm albums. I can't help but love, it's beyond me. Everybody who likes Phantasy Star music should know the existence of this great album, it's pure dynamite. DUNGEON MEDLEY is one of my favorite tracks, maybe my favorite one. It's a medley of different themes from PS with a rockin' and powerful arrangement. IMHO, everything flows effortlessly and the whole piece constitute an intense journey into the musical universe of Phantasy Star.

Perfect Selection Twinbee - FANTASTIC POWERS (2 points)
This arrangement seems to follow the same path that the previous one, with a synthier touch. The guitar screamings are the definite win. The melody here is very playful, which catches my fancy. It's a delight to listen to it and that is my bigger compliment (musically speaking).

Phantom Kingdom Arrange Album - JOKER
This one approaches dangerously close to unsubstantial lounge music, but it manages to elude this categorization. The exciting factor of which it lacks, it is supplied with the excellent interpretation of a late-night jam session. Soulful nomination, good choice.

The Best of LucasArts Original Soundtracks - Underwater Lagoon (2 points)
And direct from the Caribbean arrives my nomination. Underwater Lagoon is a track from "Escape from Monkey Island" as well pointed out orion_mk3. Like any other nominator (or that I believe), I always deposit a certain quantity of faith in all and each one of my nominations, because above all one nomination is an intimate expression of oneself.
The piece itself is dominated by two simple basis, percussion as accompaniment and the hautboy (aka oboe) carrying the melodic line. The percussion set-up is very caribbean-ish, there is no much surprise here; however, the gorgeous and fascinating oboe solo justifies by itself my nomination, it's insanely great. I can assure you that this a fine and unique piece of music and I hope that someday you can enjoy so much like I do now. Just that.

Jam it back in, in the dark.