Song of the Week - WEEK 83 Voting/WEEK 84 Nominating

Week 83 Voting is closed.
Week 84 Nominating is restricted.

Week 83 Voting
The rules for voting can be found here.

results:
1). [26] Lethal Enforcers (Sega CD Red Book Audio) - Shoot into the Street
2). [22] Perfect Selection Twinbee - FANTASTIC POWERS
3). [20] PHANTASY STAR COLLECTION Sound Collection I - DUNGEON MEDLEY
4). [18] SILENT SCOPE TRILOGY Original Soundtrack - SUPREME
5). [13/10.5] Phantom Kingdom Arrange Album - JOKER
6). [13/8.5] Gain Ground (Sega Genesis Game Rip) - Origin ~Awakening~ (Heroes' Theme) [BGM1]
7). [12] The Best of LucasArts Original Soundtracks - Underwater Lagoon
8). [8] Space Station: Silicon Valley (Game Rip) - Ice 'n' Easy Does It

Extension:
Due to the Best Chiptune Contest, Week 83 was extended for an additional week.

Tracks:
Space Station: Silicon Valley (Game Rip) - Ice 'n' Easy Does It
Lethal Enforcers (Sega CD Red Book Audio) - Shoot into the Street
SILENT SCOPE TRILOGY Original Soundtrack - SUPREME
Gain Ground (Sega Genesis Game Rip) - Origin ~Awakening~ (Heroes' Theme) [BGM1]
PHANTASY STAR COLLECTION Sound Collection I - DUNGEON MEDLEY
Perfect Selection Twinbee - FANTASTIC POWERS
Phantom Kingdom Arrange Album - JOKER
The Best of LucasArts Original Soundtracks - Underwater Lagoon

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 84 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! Round one now open for voting!

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by Vexxon

lol. That could lead to some confusion.

*place holder*

Whoops! Fixed. Man, I've been making booboos all over the place lately. Must be losing my touch.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

I'm not in a place where I can vote right now (no speakers) but I will make a nomination, to make sure this thread stays at the top of the forum.

Name: Intro Theme
Album: Ragnarok Online 2 (game rip)
Artist: Yoko Kanno
Track #: 1
Disc #: 1
Catalog #: n/a
Year: 2006

I've already uploaded the tune, fully tagged, to the SoTW server.

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

Originally Posted by arch_slayer

Isn't that a bit too recent? ... just kidding. I really don't care.

But why not a few of the other themes like Koukai FO or Yoru Vln?

Because I don't like them!

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

Space Station: Silicon Valley (Game Rip) - Ice 'n' Easy Does It Very laid-back, jazzy instrumental. Sort of modern-day lounge music, if you will. A bit on the atmospheric/ambient side, though, without any really exceptional parts to make up for it.

Lethal Enforcers (Sega CD Red Book Audio) - Shoot into the Street I'm not crazy about the guitar backing, but I love the synth melody here, and the overall effect is quite nice, though the track is a tad long.

SILENT SCOPE TRILOGY Original Soundtrack - SUPREME Wasn't this the game where you recovered health by using your sniper rifle to spy on pretty girls? It's got the poper elements for a police-style action track--racing pianos, "tick-tock" percussion, a touch of electronics--but is missing a real melody or personality. Potential's there, but it's not realized.

Gain Ground (Sega Genesis Game Rip) - Origin ~Awakening~ (Heroes' Theme) [BGM1] *cough*bestchiptunecontest*cough* Excuse me. This track struck me as very flat, though I'm not sure why. The melody is nothing to write home about, and the rhythmic parts are actually a distraction, since they're so much louder than everything else.

PHANTASY STAR COLLECTION Sound Collection I - DUNGEON MEDLEY Looks like somebody's determined to place with a Phantasy Star track The trouble with this and indeed all medley tracks is that, by their very nature, they tend to be all over the map. Such is the case here. I'm also not too happy with the prog-rock route the arrangers took, which I don't think suits the source material. I much prefer the arrangements made for the PS2 port of the original game.

Perfect Selection Twinbee - FANTASTIC POWERS Quite a lot like Lethal Enforcers, with the same strengths and weaknesses for me, though I like the synth melody slightly better. Very good.

Phantom Kingdom Arrange Album - JOKER I'm not fond of the Nippon Ichi music I've heard through SoTW and the BSC, largely because it tends to be poorly synthed and hyper-generic. A lounge arrangement accentuates these flaws; I was thoroughly bored by the time the track ended.

The Best of LucasArts Original Soundtracks - Underwater Lagoon I think this song is from Escape from Monkey Island; correct me if I'm wrong. I dream of the day when LucasArts games will get some respect on the board, and while this may not be the best song to do that, it's still pretty dang good. This is how to do something loungey and not have it put people to sleep.

Whew. What a slog. Three brackets' worth of voting and SoTW. I think I'm burnt our for the next few days.

The Point Spread
Shoot into the Street, Wounding Innocent Bystanders - 2 pts.
FANTASTIC POWERS - 2 pts.
Underwater Lagoon - 2 pts.

I was speaking idiomatically.

Yeah, the votes are just pouring in. Do the powers-that-be think we should maybe close things if this torrent of voters continues?

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?