Song of the Week - WEEK 78 Voting/WEEK 79 Nominating

Week 78 Voting is closed.
Week 79 Nominating is restricted.

Week 78 Voting
The rules for voting can be found here.

Results
1). [27] STELLA DEUS BGM ReArrange Album - Planet She
2). [19] Chaos Legion Original Soundtrack - I can hear the shriek (Stage ~Cave~)
3). [18] Under Defeat -Extended Tracks- - tears which died
4). [12] Mr. Bones Soundtrack - In This World
5). [11] Shin Megami Tensei Devil Children Perfect Sound Tracks - Unpublished Tune (Arrange Ver.)
6). [9] Republic - The Revolution Original Soundtrack - Blood Brothers
7). [8] HALO 2 Original Soundtrack and New Music Vol. 1 - 2nd Movement of the Odyssey
8). [4] Phalanx - The Enforce Fighter A-144 (SNES Game Rip) - Under Water (Stage 2)

Tracks:
Chaos Legion Original Soundtrack - I can hear the shriek (Stage ~Cave~)
HALO 2 Original Soundtrack and New Music Vol. 1 - 2nd Movement of the Odyssey
Mr. Bones Soundtrack - In This World
Phalanx - The Enforce Fighter A-144 (SNES Game Rip) - Under Water (Stage 2)
Republic - The Revolution Original Soundtrack - Blood Brother
Shin Megami Tensei Devil Children Perfect Sound Tracks - Unpublished Tune (Arrange Ver.)
STELLA DEUS BGM ReArrange Album - Planet She
Under Defeat -Extended Tracks- - tears which died

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 79 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:
- Soundtrack Central
- Chudah's Corner

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Chaos Legion Original Soundtrack - I can hear the shriek (Stage ~Cave~) I'm liking this Chaos Legion soundtrack, at least from what I've heard. This track is a nice meld of hardcore techno with a beautiful Middle Eastern vocal, and it does both parts well. The techno is varied enough that it doesn't become boring, and the vocals provide much-needed melody and atmosphere.

HALO 2 Original Soundtrack and New Music Vol. 1 - 2nd Movement of the Odyssey I agree with arch_slayer that this really shouldn't be here; frankly, I think we at least needed a poll to determine its eligibility, since I wasn't the only one opposed. I'd probably be more inclined to be forgiving if the tune was good, but frankly I don't like Incubus when they have lyrics; the underachieving grunge here couldn't be more inappropriate for the world of Halo.

Mr. Bones Soundtrack - In This World I like the bluesy opening, though the tune gets rather bland when the lyrics kick in, even though they're not bad as VGM lyrics go.

Phalanx - The Enforce Fighter A-144 (SNES Game Rip) - Under Water (Stage 2) Rather bouncy for a shooter, though not bad. It didn't really stick with me, though; I didn't even realize that it had stopped playing the first few times I listened.

Republic - The Revolution Original Soundtrack - Blood Brother A nice little operetta-style track, something that doesn't turn up much in SoTW. Very Eastern European sounding, and if it's a little slow in execution the song more than makes up for it in atmosphere.

Shin Megami Tensei Devil Children Perfect Sound Tracks - Unpublished Tune (Arrange Ver.) Some very good parts where the synth melody does its thing, and some dreadful guitar noodling to balance the equation. Still, more good than bad.

STELLA DEUS BGM ReArrange Album - Planet She My nom. A rearrangement of "Heroine's Theme" (which is a terrific song in and of itself) for piano, the tune takes the original melody and runs with it, jazzing up the transitions with more of the semi-improvisational flair that I loved in the Sims Build Mode 3.

Under Defeat -Extended Tracks- - tears which died Similar to Unpublished Tune, wih a nicer synth melody and even worse noodling. The latter half of the track completely degenerates into guitar spaghetti, and the tune doesn't earn its running time.

Another fairly good week; we seem to be having something of a quality run here at SoTW.

The Point Spread
Stella Deus - 3 pts.
Chaos Legion - 1 pt.
Republic: The Revolution - 1 pt.
Shiny Megaman Tinsel - 1 pt.

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Originally Posted by Shaolin Samurai

On a nom-related note, how would you gents feel about a track from the Devil May Cry 3 OST?

I'm ambivalent, but SoTW is moving in that direction, so why fight it?

Look for my nomination from Final Fantasy VII soon

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

Originally Posted by Drakken

And grunge, orion? Whatever. I hope people are actually listening through the whole thing and giving it a chance, not judging based on predispositions about Incubus or Halo. Also, it's worth noting that progressive rock is generally more rewarding the more you listen to and "know" a piece.

I think you're right--"grunge" probably wasn't the best word. I'm terrible with subgenre names, especially ones I'm not familiar with.

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I'd be against it too...if we hadn't already thrown caution to the wind. Now I keep feeling like I'm just being stodgy and opposing everything.

I was speaking idiomatically.

Originally Posted by Vexxon

I know that Tim Follin gets a decent amount of attention on this site, but I have no idea how well Plok has been represented...

We did have Follin Week a few months ago, if that tells you anything. I recall seeing one or two Plok songs in SoTW before. Still, I don't think anyone would call it "too popular."

Originally Posted by Vexxon

Also, would a track from any of the three donkey kong countries clear eligibillity standards?

Probably not eligible. Those tracks always show up and do well in the BSC (much to my befuddlement, since I'm not that fond of them).

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Originally Posted by Shaolin Samurai

My nom isn't in the queue either. Or is that standard procedure when someone doesn't nominate for a while and is removed from the cycle?

Looks like you were accidentally removed when last week's nominees were purged. You're back in, though.

Originally Posted by KyleDunamis

My nom isn't in the queue either.

Fixed.

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Yay! My second first-place finish ever.

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Originally Posted by ikkei

What? I thought that I had one day more to vote!

Really? I mean, sometimes the thread goes up on Tuesday or voting isn't closed until late Sunday night, but we've been prett good about both recently.

Originally Posted by Sceptre X

Might as well ask it now...is a Timesplitters song too popular?

I do beleive that we've had some nominations from that series before, which would mean it was kosher. There were some in the BSC too, but they didn't do particularly well. So, my answer would be no, though you might hear something different from one of our other members.

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Originally Posted by Sceptre X

Bummer. I really like "Ice Station" and "Training Ground"...but I've got others, heh heh. I love this forum.

EDIT: Damn! Someone took StarCraft! Ahh! And Terran Song 2? Both 1 and 3 are better! Damn!

Oops, I meant to say that Timesplitters probably *is* elligible. My bad.

Also, you're free to nominate Terran Song 1 or 3 if you like, since 2 placed many, many moons ago.

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