[SotW] Song of the Week - WEEK 129 Voting/WEEK 130 Nominating

Song of the Week. 125 Weeks and counting.
Week 129 Voting is closed.
Week 130 Nominating is restricted

Results:
1). [25] Frank Klepacki - Zanthia's Funky Swamp
2). [20] Genso Suikoden V ~ Genso New World Music Collection - Admiral of the Seas
3). [18] Claymore - over take
4). [16/9.5] Melody Of Legend ~ Chapter Of Dream - COZY <featured in Zeus II>
5). [16/8.5] AEON - thin clothes -ETHER
6). [10] beyond the dead future - oriental mechanist
7). [9] Wario Land 4 (Game Rip) - Sapphire Passage - Crescent Moon Village
8). [0] Waku Waku 7 - Fight! Super Adventure Boy Rai (Rai Stage)

Tracks:
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: AEON - thin clothes -ETHER
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: beyond the dead future - oriental mechanist
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: Claymore - over take
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: Genso Suikoden V ~ Genso New World Music Collection - Admiral of the Seas
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: Melody Of Legend ~ Chapter Of Dream - COZY featured in Zeus II
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: Waku Waku 7 - Fight! Super Adventure Boy Rai (Rai Stage)
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: Wario Land 4 (Game Rip) - Sapphire Passage - Crescent Moon Village
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: www .frankklepacki .com - Zanthia's Funky Swamp

Notes:
If you are a member at more than one of the forums in which this event is being held, please nominate and vote in only ONE of the forums. You may, however, comment in the threads at any of the other forums.

Week 130 Nominating
The Nominations Queue can be found here.
The rules for nominating can be found here.

Here is the link to the corresponding thread in the other forum:
- Soundtrack Central

Jam it back in, in the dark.

AEON - thin clothes -ETHER Oddly appealing synth-pop. I was hoping (from the interesting beginning) that the song might develop in an unexpected direction, but no such luck. Still, not bad.

beyond the dead future - oriental mechanist Percussion-heavy tracks can be hard to do; it's all too easy to fall into a maze of never-ending, dull drum loops. And, unfortunately, that's what happens here.

Claymore - over take Decent synth-rock that has a high energy level but falls to pieces in its second half.

Genso Suikoden V ~ Genso New World Music Collection - Admiral of the Seas Interesting with a lot of percussion and a definite infusion of Asian classical sounds. The pairing isn't wholly effective, and I would have liked some more variation, but it's good for what it is.

Melody Of Legend ~ Chapter Of Dream - COZY featured in Zeus II The sudden introduction of Irish pipes helps a little, but for the most part this track is rather dull.

Waku Waku 7 - Fight! Super Adventure Boy Rai (Rai Stage) It's got energy and drive, but that only takes it so far--by the end, I felt like there was some needed hook missing.

Wario Land 4 (Game Rip) - Sapphire Passage - Crescent Moon Village I thought that this track would inject some much needed quirkiness into the week, but instead it just churns on and on, never really going anywhere and never rising above the level of mild build-up. If it had just burst into melody, or changed tempos, or done something...

www .frankklepacki .com - Zanthia's Funky Swamp Never been much of a Klepacki fan; I find his stuff terribly dull in general. Luckily, this tune is a bit better than what I've heard before; if there's a fair bit of repetition, there's also good variation and some nice melodic parts.

What a dreadful week; I was tempted to offer no points at all. Maybe I'm just in a bad mood, but nothing appealed to me at all this time around.

The Point Spread
Funky Swamp - 3 pts.
ETHER - 2 pts.
over take - 1 pt.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Originally Posted by Dhsu

Edit: Is Vielen Dank eligible? It seemed to have a pretty lukewarm reception here if I remember.

It should be. Just because no one liked it doesn't mean something's not eligible (though it might give one pause when nominating it!).

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

Originally Posted by Drakken

Wow, I didn't even notice that. Is that the first time a nomination hasn't received any points?

(Sorry, I'm genuinely curious.)

Nope, it's happened many a time before! In fact, the very first time was in Week 002, when Kalt Island from Golden Sun failed to place.

As for Hamauzu's Thank You, I agree with Crash. The Unlimited SaGa stuff might squeak in, but other than that stick to the original works.

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

So I take it we're looking at another delay this week?

How ya doing, buddy?