Song of the Week - WEEK 69 Voting/WEEK 70 Nominating

Week 69 Voting is closed.
Week 70 Nominating is restricted.

Week 68 Voting
The rules for voting can be found here.

Final Result:
1st: Scarlett OST - already settled down...
2nd: Shin Sangokumusou 3 Original Sound Track - EVE
3rd: Chaos Legion Original Soundtrack - welcome to the darkness (Stage ~Iku City~)

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 70 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

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Originally Posted by Drakken

Evildoer -

Not even worthy of a comment, eh? That's harsh, man

EDIT:
Chaos Legion OST - Welcome To The Darkness Stage This tune is a very interesting mixture of choir and techno/rock elements, and I found myself ejoying it quite a bit. I do wish the choir had been mixed a little louder, as it gets buried at times, but there are some moments of rare power on display here.

Dynomite (Game Rip) - Endless Puzzle A neat little tune that's very busy but manages to entertain despite having some trance-like elements. It actually has a definite Mega Man vibe to it, and the synthy melody is attractive.

Ridge Racer 6 (Game Rip) - Floodlight I agree with Drakken here; this song is repetitive as snot, and doesn't have enough variation to justify its length. I find that this is often the case with racing games, where the main function of music is often to keep silence at bay.

Scarlett OST - already settled down... Definitely seems settled down in a laid-back sense. It actually reminds me a lot of a track I ripped from You Don't Know Jack recently called "Udder Love" that was filled with double entendres about a man in love with his cow. This tune would probably be better if it had those, or any, lyrics, since it's kind of boring and elevatormusicish as is.

Shin Sangokumusou 3 OST - Eve I've heard this one before, though I can't imagine where it might have been. It starts out with wailing, repeated guitar chords, and then moves to wailing, repeated synth chords--blecch. The real tragedy here is that there's a beautiful, sensitive woodwind solo buried in the drek, like a rose growing from a compost heap.

Space Cowboy Online (Game Rip) - Reynard Beach Another fmiliar sounding track, though this could just be a case of loop reuse. It's a bit dull--I kept waiting for things to explode into an aggressively-presented melody, but they never really did. The arrangement and instrument choice is also very 1970's, which always vaguely annoys me.

Wario World (Game Rip) - Excitement Central - Greenhorn Heh, big blustery music is what I always imagined for Wario, and this tune doesn't disappoint. It's got some nice jazziness in the piano and brass performances, but is still structured enough to me cohesive. I can just see Wario at a smokey desk, recieving supplicants, while this is playing.

XANADU NEXT OST - Evildoer Certainly not the Olivia Newton-John Xanedu your parents grew up with. This has Falcom's fingerprints all over it, but is a lesser effort--all the drum kit ruckuss and wailing guitar lead diminish it for me--I much prefer when the axe is a supporting instrument. and don't get me started on the awfulness of the noodling later one--blech.

Nice week, all things considered, and very easy point distribution for me.

The Point Spread
Chaos Legion - 2 pts.
Dynomitte - 2 pts.
Wario World - 2 pts.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Originally Posted by CHz

I know you like the choir stuff, so if this track tickled your fancy, you might want to check out the rest of the album, since most of the tracks are in a similar style and have the choir in at least a backing role. Of note are the boss themes, choir of curse and The drones of hell, which feature "OH CRAP YOU'RE ABOUT TO DIE IN AN EXTREMELY PAINFUL AND DRAMATIC MANNER" escape chanting.

Thanks for the heads-up!

Since I didn't notice anything more than a vague feeling of deja vu when listening to the renominated track, my opposition has slackened a bit. I still think that anyone who untintentionally renominated should be notified, and that renomination should be discouraged even when it's permissible.

As for a statute of limitations, it should be however long SoTW's collective memory is--probably months at the very least.

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Originally Posted by TheKnightOfNee

So, I just looked at the voting archive page, which has some of the totals for this week so far. Shaolin Samurai's point spread is listed as mine too, rather than the points I assigned to the tracks.

I'll have a look at it.

EDIT: Fixed. Of course, this means that I now like the results even less, but whaddaya gonna do? I think massive voter fraud would be hard to cover up

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Originally Posted by Draconis

Wasn't the voting archive updated after the week was done? It's probably better that way.

I prefer to do it as the votes come in, so people can have an idea of how well tracks are doing before voting is closed.

I was speaking idiomatically.

It seems that CHz, in his haste, didn't put a final result in this thread. This will now be remedied:

Voting is closed!

1). [25] Scarlett OST - already settled down...
2). [20] Shin Sangokumusou 3 Original Sound Track - EVE
3). [17] Chaos Legion Original Soundtrack - welcome to the darkness (Stage ~Iku City~)
4). [16] Ridge Racer 6 (Game Rip) - Floodlight
5). [12] Space Cowboy Online (Game Rip) - Reynard Beach
6). [11] XANADU NEXT Original Sound Track - Evildoer
7). [10] Wario World (Game Rip) - Excitement Central - Greenhorn Forest
8). [9] Dynomite (Game Rip) - Endless Puzzle

Look for this week's tracks and thread to be up soon (hopefully)!

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