Song of the Week - BATTLE 07 Voting/WEEK 57 Nominating

www.ssh.ne.jp - Nightrain I still like the synthy parts; wish they were longer, as the song is kind of boring when they're absent. The guitar in the later section is teetering on the edge of unlistenability.

Drag-on Dragoon 2 Original Soundtrack - Fate As baroque and classically-inclined as ever, neither of which tends to be an adjective associated with BATTLE winners. I enjoy the piano quite a bit, though the strings can grate a little.

Wander and the Colossus ~Roar of the Earth~ Original Soundtrack - Revived Power ~Battle With the Colossus~ Everyone seems to hate this track, but I stand firm in my support of it. Considered independantly of its album, which may or may not contain "better" tracks, it is still tense and original. The wind flourishes are great, and back up a strong brass section, with metal-on-metal hits as accents. Even though it beat one of my own nominations, I'll defend this one til the day I go deaf.

Turrican Original Video Game Soundtrack - Freedom More great piano work, more poppish here than "Fate" but still strong. The modern synthy accompaniment gives this one a slightly wider appeal, and the strings are able to carry the melody very well.

pop'n music 12 Iroha AC & CS pop'n music 10 - Beyond the Earth -Original Long Version- I really like the melody at the beginning, but I could really do without the random people shouting in the background, and the "main melody"--the one in the forefront for most of the song--isn't anywhere near as strong as that at the beginning of the loop. If the people in the background shut up and the beginning melody was extended to encompas more of the track, this song would be teh sex. As is, it's flawed.

Nobunaga's Ambition: Haouden - Blue Whitecaps Excellent piano, though it gets shoved to the background. I'm not to fond of the guitar section, since it represents a pretty radical change from the sections that went before it.

Raystorm Neu Tanz Mix - Aquarium Bond, James Bond. So says the opening. What does the rest of the song say? Zzzzzzzzzzzzzz.

Future Tactics: The Uprising (Game Rip) - Enemy Attack II Secret Agent Maaaaaan! The attacking enemies must all be wearing Hawaiian shirts and dark glasses. I really like the string melody here, even if the Secret Agent Maaaaaan guitars threaten to bury it.

The Point Spread
Colossi - 3 pts.
Turrican Sam - 2 pts.
Drag-On Dragon Dragoon's Dragged-On Dragoon Dragon - 1 pt.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Not a bad result, all things considered--even a number two pick coming out on top is a victory for me

I'm still mystified by the lack of support for the Colossus track, considering how popular it seemed in its own week. C'est la vie.

There's nowhere I can't reach.