Song of the Week - WEEK 76 Voting/WEEK 77 Nominating

Originally Posted by Drakken

Figured I'd get this up, since it's already Monday night. I hope that's ok.

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Time was, we'd wait until Tuesday night to preempt Mo0 in thread creation. You young whippersnappers are too damn impatient; if a song is worth voting for, it's also worth waiting until orion_mk3 gets back from class for :biggrin:

Jam it back in, in the dark.

I'll throw up my nom now, just in case anyone's got a problem with it, and vote when I get back from work.

Artist: Mitsuhiro Kaneda
Album: STELLA DEUS BGM ReArrange Album
Title: Planet She
Track: 8

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Originally Posted by Drakken

I've decided! (I think...)

Album: HALO 2 Original Soundtrack and New Music Vol. 1
Artist: Incubus
Track Title: 2nd Movement of the Odyssey
Track Number: 11
Catalog Number: SE-2013-2
Year: 2004
Source: GMR
File Location: Drakken's comp

Frankly, given the huge exposure that Halo 2 has had--and the sales the album posted--I don't think any song from either OST is going to be obscure enough for our purposes.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Frankly, I'd say Halo 2 is much more popular than Grandia 3. I've no problem with Grandia (aside from the fact that I don't really like Iwadare).

I've definitely heard the Incubus songs from the soundtrack, and I believe that they also got some airtime on the radio as well.

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

I suppose I probably ought to vote sometime this week.

Armored Core 3 Silent Line Soundtrack - Lapse of Time Definitely got a Metal Gear/Media Ventures sound to it. While the basic instrument set is intriguing, the endless repetition of loops gets old after a minute or so, and the syncopated synth hits that form the only real variation annoy the hell out of me. By the end, the track is just a mess.

Divine Divinity (PC Game Rip) - Whispers From A Council Past There's not enough content in this one to justify its length; the first 2/3 are the same measures over and over again, while the very last part introduces some interesting string figures that, frankly, should have been there from the beginning.

FOR BRIGHTER DAY ~ Phantasy Star Universe Original Sound Track - The Last Story In a way, this is almost unfair to the other nominations in the same way Mitsuda's unfair. It doesn't hold a candle to IDOLA The Strange Fruits (or any of the other IDOLAS for that matter), but the trademark Phantasy Star sound is here in spades. I wouldn't say that this is any more hard-edged than Strange Fruits (the backbeat is much more subdued, for example); it's just got a different role for the heavy electronics that backgrounds the rest of the song to an extent. Good stuff, though, and this week's likely runaway winner.

Gungrave O.S.T. - An Ulterior Motive This is the sort of jazziness that I can get into--more upbeat, more sulty, with a slight Bondian lit. Love the piano and the brass, though the drummer seems like he's having a seizure at times.

Lost Passage Perfect Arrange Album - Ruined Heart Interesting, impressionistic, almost improvised piano music. It doesn't stand up the the best piano-only tracks out there, and is a tad long, but I can't deny that it's got its charms.

Lunar 2 Eternal Blue Complete - Field To Tomorrow I've said it before and I'll say it again; when Iwadare ditches his crazy disco act, he can make some good music. This piece has a nice melody and rhythm to it, even if it does have "map theme" writ large across its face in black Sharpie.

MegaMari - Marisa no Yabou (Game Rip) - Izayoi Sakuya Stage Another jazzy track, this one with a synthier edge to it. Not bad, but I had a hard time remembering it afterwards.

Space Channel 5 Original Soundtrack - Mororina - The Elegant Coward This is a weird one, all right. Sort of a techno/choral fusion, with the voices comeing out of nowhere and belting choral bits from Star Ocean (or maybe they just used the same production library, I dunno).

I think I'm going to go with the 'ol shotgun blast this week.

The Point Spread
1 point for everything except Diving Divinity and Armored Core

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Originally Posted by CHz

Some time Monday afternoon or evening. Since Drakken's working on the tracks right now, I could end up tossing the threads up a little early for you.

I was planning on putting the thread up at around 8 AM tomorrow, since the songs are all in order. That early enough?

How ya doing, buddy?