Song of the Week - WEEK 65 Voting/WEEK 66 Nominating

Song of the Week returns after its BSC hiatus! If you're new to the event, rules for voting and nominating can be found further down in this post.

Week 65 Voting is open.
Week 66 Nominating is open.

Week 65 Voting
The rules for voting can be found here.

Tracks:
Air Zonk (Game Rip) - Punk Cyborg Battle 1
Civilization IV Official Soundtrack - Baba Yetu
Diablo II Soundtrack - Desert
Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne (Game Rip) - Max's Choice - Duty Vs. Passion
Namco Game Sound Express Vol.10 Cyber Sled - Be warped time
Neo Geo Battle Coliseum (Game Rip) - King Leo's Theme (Arranged Version)
Raystorm - SLAUGHTER HOUR (AREA7)
Wonder Boy III: The Dragon's Trap (Sega Master System Game Rip) - The Last Dungeon

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


Week 66 Nominating
The Nominations Queue can be found here.
The rules for nominating can be found here.

Here are the links to the corresponding threads at the other forums:
- Chudah's Corner
- Soundtrack Central

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Link's fixed. Go forth and be voteful.

EDIT:

Air Zonk (Game Rip) - Punk Cyborg Battle 1 Chiptune ahoy. The tune has a nice bit of complexity to it, at times to the point of distracting busyness. I wasn't too fond of the synth theremin, but the rest went down easy.

Civilization IV Official Soundtrack - Baba Yetu Definitely an "African" vibe from this one--it reminds me of the Lion King more than anything else. African vocals almost always strike me the right way, as opposed to Japanese ones, and I dug the sound on display here. Nice instrumental and percussinve backing too--the Civ series has come a long way from the last one I played.

Diablo II Soundtrack - Desert I said in the BSC that Blizzard tends to have rather weak music for its games, especially in comparison to the brilliance of the games themselves. Diablo II is a good example of this--despite great synth (perhaps even live instruments), this track fuzzes into nothing. It gives a definite Arabic feel, but absolutely nothing else. I always played D2 with the music off and my own MP3's in the background, and this is why.

Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne (Game Rip) - Max's Choice - Duty Vs. Passion I was impressed by the MP2 track that showed up many SoTW's ago. This tune isn't as impressive; while it does have a decent string melody, the synth textures that accompany it aren't anything special, and I was hoping the tune could be put through more paces.

Namco Game Sound Express Vol.10 Cyber Sled - Be warped time Techno-funk, that SoTW stalwart, returns. I liked the synthy lead the popped up near the beginning and at the loop, but it's sadly absent from much of the song, leaving nothing but samples and loops to carry the tune, something they couldn't do if it came with handles.

Neo Geo Battle Coliseum (Game Rip) - King Leo's Theme (Arranged Version) The electric guitar chords here are standard-issue, but the piano and strings underneath them, as well as the synth elements, take the track a step further. I wish they weren't so undermixed, though--the guitar overpowers everything in terms of volume, and what it's doing just isn't interesting.

Raystorm - SLAUGHTER HOUR (AREA7) I wasn't digging the SFX at the beginning--they're one of my major music turn-offs--but they luckily fade out. Once the song proper gets started, it's not bad--definitely on the trance side of the techno spectrum, but with enough variation to keep it interesting.

Wonder Boy III: The Dragon's Trap (Sega Master System Game Rip) - The Last Dungeon SMS music has never really done much for me, despite being cut from the same cloth as some of my most beloved NES tuneage. The piece is nice enough, rather simple, and pales in comparison to this week's other chiptune offering.

Not a bad bunch to kick SoTW back off with, all things considered.

The Point Spread
3 pts. - Baba Yaga
2 pts. - Punky Cyborg Castle
1 pt. - Max's Choice: Boxers vs. Briefs

There's nowhere I can't reach.

I had a track in both SoTW and the BSC, but that was a mistake on my part. Looking through the rules, there doesn't seem to be anything against that per se, though I suppose it's a matter of common sense.

I did notice that a fair number of SoTW alumni made it into the BSC though.

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

Originally Posted by Aardork

Really? I can't find it in the wiki or on the archive board. If someone can confirm that it really has participated before, I'll make a different nomination.

Yes, I remember the tune, and complaining that it wasn't very jazzy. I was psyched at the idea of an Anachronox song (it's a game I always wanted to play), but disappointed at the end result.

I wonder why it's missing from the wiki though?

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I'd prefer if he didn't renominate Bricks, for simplicity's sake (though it is up to him--this sort of test can get the nebulous rules codified). Maybe another Anachronox track?

I was speaking idiomatically.

Originally Posted by SonicPanda

Out of curiosity, how do 'special weeks' come about? This is the second one to come up since I got into Song of the Week, and it seems like planning for both whizzed by before I knew anything about them. Is it invitation-only?

The way this theme week worked was thus: Drakken had the idea and asked the powers that be if it were okay. When they said yes, he solicited participants from regular SoTW posters via PM.

I submitted a total of three tracks; two were rejected for being "not percussive enough."

Finally, the SoTW crew tinkered with the queue to place all theme week competitors in the same week. As far as I know, this was more or less the way things worked for the earlier theme week (Follin Week) too.

How ya doing, buddy?

'Grats on the (presumed) win! Add to that the fact that, unless I'm mistaken, Mo0 also appears to have the highest margin of victory in SoTW history.

I do find it a little hard to beleive that such beauty could be nominated by the same soul who unleashed the gibbering madness of that Street Fighter track upon unsuspecting voters, yea, like the plagues of old

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