Song of the Week - WEEK 84 Voting/WEEK 85 Nominating

Week 84 Voting is closed.
Week 85 Nominating is restricted.

Week 84 Voting
The rules for voting can be found here.

Results:
1). [18] Tobe! Polystars & Total Vice - Over the Frozen Sea (2nd BGM)
2). [16] StarCraft (PC Game Rip) - Terran 3
3). [15] Blood the Last Vampire Original Game Soundtrack - Ruria
4). [13] Culdcept II Original Soundtrack - Open The World
5). [11] Cho Hayama ~ Aniki Bangaichi - Death Wish
6). [9] Ogre ~ Grand Repeat - Chivalry and Savegery
7). [6] Cyber Troopers Virtual-On Official Sound Data - Get Ready ~ In the Blue Sky
8). [2] Xak II The Rising of the Red Moon (FM-Towns Red Book Audio) - Ayashiki Kagayaki

Tracks:
Blood the Last Vampire Original Game Soundtrack - Ruria
Cho Hayama ~ Aniki Bangaichi - Death Wish
Culdcept II Original Soundtrack - Open The World
Cyber Troopers Virtual-On Official Sound Data - Get Ready ~ In the Blue Sky
Ogre ~ Grand Repeat - Chivalry and Savegery
StarCraft (PC Game Rip) - Terran 3
Tobe! Polystars & Total Vice - Over the Frozen Sea (2nd BGM)
Xak II The Rising of the Red Moon (FM-Towns Red Book Audio)

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 85 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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I'm thinking that we may need to extend voting this week too. Perhaps 2-week SoTW's (or a hiatus) are in order until the BCC enters its second round.

Blood the Last Vampire Original Game Soundtrack - Ruria I hate SFX in my songs. Hate hate hate hate them. Especially when the song is good and I'm being distracted by the sound of flapping and squeaking bats. The piano work in this track is great, and when it opens up the instrument is still in the fore, which is always nice. But still, those SFX suck hard.

Cho Hayama ~ Aniki Bangaichi - Death Wish I wish I was dead. Oy, I wish I was dead. The random screams made me think people were dying; the random sound samples made me want to kill myself, and the gene-rock in between made me want to kill the composer. An all-around homicidal experience.

Culdcept II Original Soundtrack - Open The World Definitely in the RELAXIN' genre, with a slight reggae lit. Not bad for this kind of thing, though it does seem rather lightweight and disposable. Long, too, though the second part kicks up the energy a notch.

Cyber Troopers Virtual-On Official Sound Data - Get Ready ~ In the Blue Sky "Official Sound Data?" What is it with Japanese VGM and trying to make these discs sound super-important? "Official Authorized Licenced Original Sound Data Version PREMIERE RECORDING ~Select Tracks~ PLUS."
This track's fairly vanilla bouncyhyperfun that satisfies without lingering.

Ogre ~ Grand Repeat - Chivalry and Savegery Normally, I am the whoriest of Sakimoto/Iwata whores. If this were the original version of the track, and not arranged, I'd probably vote for it without a second thought. But, like so many live arrangements of Japanese VGM, the arrangement is rather limp; the strings and brass arrangements are godawful. The track is sapped of the tension and drive that it's clearly intended to have as a result. Give the original track to Nick Dodd next time, for chrissakes.

StarCraft (PC Game Rip) - Terran 3 Blizzard soundtracks are normally very poor, especially in comparison to the games they accompany, but there are a few exceptions, and the Terran music for Starcraft is perhaps the most notable. Using steel guitars, light rock instruments, and electronics is a masterful way to represent the grungy, insubordinate Terrans, and the results are consistently listenable and engaging. Though I prefer Terran 1, which features a choral section (Terran 4 is peudo-Russian and doesn't fit in at all), 3 is still strong, and I enjoy it a lot.

Tobe! Polystars & Total Vice - Over the Frozen Sea (2nd BGM) is more bouncyhyperfun. It's more fun, exuberent, and consistent than the previous bouncyhyperfun track this week, too.

Xak II The Rising of the Red Moon (FM-Towns Red Book Audio) is Ryuji Sasai. Not one of his stronger pieces, with pretty long sections that are devoid of anything but atmospheric music, but a few enjoyable Sasai trademarks remain.

The Point Spread
Terran 3 - 3 pts.
Total Polyester - 2 pts.
Blood Death Killer Vampyres Extreme Team Go! - 1 pt.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Originally Posted by Drakken

If voting's being extended a week, then I'll probably get my votes in sometime next week.

CHz has expressed support for an extension, so I'll add a one-week extension to the first post at this time, since that seemed to work well last week.

Originally Posted by Drakken

EDIT: Oh, anyone else think SMT III: Nocturne is pushing it a little bit as far as SotW eligibility goes? I'd think Meguro's work there is pretty well-known by now.

I generally consider myself to be pretty hard-line in terms of SoTW elligibility goes, but I don't see SMT tracks in general as being too popular. If we start seeing a nomination boom (as is happening with Phantasy Star), that would definitely change things.

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

Originally Posted by Drakken

That made me think (regarding SotW eligibility) - a game's music could be mentioned a lot, but that doesn't mean the people here are personally familiar with it. Do you know what I mean? Like, an album could be not obscure at all, but maybe most of the SotW participants just haven't heard it. What should be more of the decider when determining eligibility - how well-known an album/game's music is or how listened to it is among SotW participants? Or should both factor into the equation?

I've always taken both into account. For instance, I haven't heard all Suikoden music, but I was generally opposed to its entry since everyone is perpetually talking about it. I was against ICO too, which I had personally heard and was quite popular (even had its own fan club).

I guess it basically boils down to the extent to which some music has penetrated the highly insular VGM community here at GFF and other similar sites. A few SoTW's ago, I mentioned that since my views weren't widely shared (Suikoden, for example, made it in) that it would be easier to draw up a list of permanently banned series and games rather than trying to tinker with the elligibility requirements.

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Nomination change ahoy!

Composers: Yuki Ichiki, Tsukasa Saitou, Ayako Minami, Shouhei Tsuchiya, Daisuke Matsumoto (!)
Album: Enchanted Arms ([eM] -eNCHANT arM)
Track Title: The People of London City
Track Number: 13
Catalog Number: RZCD-45343
Year: 2006
Notes: I have uploaded my personal version, which is looped.

I can't get this out of my head at the moment, and my previous now is a lot like another track that was up a few weeks ago, so I'll reserve it for a later time.

I was speaking idiomatically.

Voting closes, and immidiately a flood of posts comes in

Irony, thy name is SoTW.

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For all you people who have time to post what you would have voted, don't forget that there's a new SoTW up with a fresh chance to have an impact on the results.

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