Song of the Week - WEEK 81 Voting/WEEK 82 Nominating

Week 80 Voting is closed.
Week 81 Nominating is restricted.

Week 81 Voting
The rules for voting can be found here.

Results:

1). [24] Digimon Rumble Arena (Game Rip) - Wilderness
2). [16] Front Mission 5 ~Scars of the War~ Original Soundtrack - Quicksilver
3). [13] PinkSweets Ibara Original Sound Track - Sweets Nerd
4). [12/9] Guitar Freaks 4th Mix & drummania 3rd Mix Soundtracks - Captain's Voyage (long version)
5). [12/8] Dragon's Fury (Game Rip) - Main Table
6). [11/8.5] Ar tonelico Hymmnos concert Side Crimson ~Tsukikanade~ - EXEC_RIG=VEDA/.
7). [11/6.5] Ridge Racer 7 (Game Rip) - Supercruiser
8). [3] All Sounds of SaGa - Spiritual Battle


Tracks:
All Sounds of SaGa - Spiritual Battle
Ar tonelico Hymmnos concert Side Crimson ~Tsukikanade~ - EXEC_RIG=VEDA-.
Digimon Rumble Arena (Game Rip) - Wilderness
Dragon's Fury (Game Rip) - Main Table
Front Mission 5 ~Scars of the War~ Original Soundtrack - Quicksilver
Guitar Freaks 4th Mix & drummania 3rd Mix Soundtracks - Captain's Voyage (long version)
PinkSweets Ibara Original Sound Track - Sweets Nerd
Ridge Racer 7 (Game Rip) - Supercruiser

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 81 Nominating
The Nominations Queue can be found here.
The rules for nominating can be found here.
A list of previous nominations can be found here.

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

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The "Best Chiptune Contest" is starting! Prelims now open, with full voting rounds on their way.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

I definitely remember Natural Selection from BSC '04 or '05. It was switched with another track by mistake, if I recall, and much confusion abounded. I like bagpipes as a rule, and wrote that the piper in that song should be hunted down like a dog

All Sounds of SaGa - Spiritual Battle I normally hate people judging nominations by what hasn't been nominated, but why this song, of all the SaGa songs? There are some truly exceptional chiptunes in that collaboration; why put up a dull, repetitive, and uninspired one?

Ar tonelico Hymmnos concert Side Crimson ~Tsukikanade~ -EXEC_RIG=VEDA-. I gave this a chance, I really did, but the singing was just too shrill, too dreadful. If the director of the Kings College Choir leads a bad life, this will be piped into his infernal cell.

Digimon Rumble Arena (Game Rip) - Wilderness Seeing a -mon suffix on a track makes me nervous; color me surprised that this track was as listenable as it was. Nice melody, and some good ethnic touches.

Dragon's Fury (Game Rip) - Main Table Another chiptune. You guys DID know about the Best Chiptune Contest, right? This one's pretty vanilla as far a chippy songs go, with lots of movement but very little that's memorable.

Front Mission 5 ~Scars of the War~ Original Soundtrack - Quicksilver I was hugely impressed by "Lock and Load" in the BSC, and as a result I was expecting great things from this track. It doesn't quite deliver, though the militaristics it ponies up are still satisfying and remind me somewhat of the better Ace Combat songs.

Guitar Freaks 4th Mix & drummania 3rd Mix Soundtracks - Captain's Voyage (long version) The long buildup had me expecting something big and bold, perhaps even a latter-day rock opera instrumental. Instead of the Superman sundae with Oreos I expected, I was given a junior size vanilla rock cone with noodles on it.

PinkSweets Ibara Original Sound Track - Sweets Nerd So is he a sweet nerd, or is he a nerd for sweets? And with so many references to pink, sweets, and nerds, what are the chances that this is from a hentai game? I enjoy the underlying techno/electronic sounds and rhythms, but I kept waiting for the track to build to something. When it ended a few minutes later, I was still waiting.

Ridge Racer 7 (Game Rip) - Supercruiser Take everything I said about the above track, remove the positive comments, and add a complaint about length.

Not exactly a lump of coal, but not a Red Ryder BB gun either.

The Point Spread
Digimon - 3 pts.
Front Mission - 2 pts.
Pink Sweets - 1 pt.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

I've added that link to the main post as well, so newcomers can check it out, instead of bothering us cranky old veterans.

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