Song of the Week - WEEK 64 Voting/WEEK 65 Nominating

Falcom Special Box '90 - A Fast Flight to You (Ys II "Ending II") (3 points)
Falcom is a box of surprises as my noms. Michio Fujisawa is in charge of the "new age" arrangements in Falcom, and evidently, he isn't so well-known as Ryo Yonemitsu or Tomohiko Kishimoto. Anyway, this piece shows the Fujisawa's style and his skill as an arranger. Piano and strings is all what he needs for his arrangements and this piece is no exception. To be honest, this one is one of his more lively pieces, but the slow and deep strings here are present too.

This wonderful arrangement of "Ending II" overflows optimism, it's maybe the most positive piece of music than I had heard. It's a piece of contrasts, the slow and sorrowful passages in contrast with the uplifting violin, the classical strings in opposition to the jazzy piano interlude. Music is about the experience, just let it flow.

FM Sound Module Maniax - TripleVOPM
Quite the creative track. It's hard that only through percussion and repetitive rhythms the listener doesn't tire during almost nine minutes. The addition of electronica elements isn't enough to rescue me from boredom. Risky proposition although ineffective.

Genso Suikoden Original Game Soundtrack - Theme of Sadness ~ Guitar Version (from event 'Teo's Death')
It's a pity that this track is the typical sad song. A little of the creativity of the previous track would be very beneficial in this one. Too undeveloped and generic for my taste. Possibly, in the game context works very well.

Granado Espada Soundtrack CD - Temptation (2 points)
Wow, this one reminds me so much of "Gothic Neclord". The combination of techno and violins is masterful and just for the originality factor it deserves all my praises, but not my points. Moreover, the techno beats bore me, I can't get enough of the splendid violins.

Hunks Work Shop! Original Sound Track - Bonus Track
It has a pleasant atmosphere until the generic techno voices appear. The whistling effect is the stand-out feature, with regard to the rest, is just decent. Why Hosoe had to add those annoying voices?

Phantom Brave ~Original sound track~ - Game Breaker (1 point)
It has written the name of Sato all over it. I have never hidden my admiration for Sato, he almost always composes very original music and of my taste. "Game Breaker" doesn't break the trend, it's so original and awesome as always. A new favorite of mine, kudos to the nominator.

Pop'n Twinbee - Graffiti - Sky Avenue (Stage 5 BGM)
This one sounds me familiar, I can't say why. Anyway, it's a fairly nice tune but quite limited. The melodic progression is predictable, even for almost three minutes, the melody feels stale and dull. Too sugar without any ingredient to counteract it.

Tobal No. 1 Original Soundtrack - Toridon!!
It pretends to be innovative, and it is but paying a price. The accessibility isn't its main virtue, in my opinion, it uses weird samples just for the sake of being weird. The structure isn't convincing at all, I can't get into it.

Jam it back in, in the dark.