Song of the Week - WEEK 85 Voting/WEEK 86 Nominating

Week 85 Voting is closed.
Week 86 Nominating is restricted.

Week 85 Voting
The rules for voting can be found here.

Results:
1). [24] Sword Maniac - Mad Buffoon
2). [15] Ratchet Deadlocked (Game Rip) - Stygia - Energy Collector
3). [13] Voodoo Vince Original Xbox game music - Zombie Guidance Counselor
4). [12] Mythri (Game Rip) - Strike Battle (BATTLE BGM)
5). [11] [eM] -eNCHANT arM- Original Soundtrack - The People of London City
6). [6] The Legend of Kyrandia 3 Malcolm's Revenge (PC Game Rip) - Kyrandia
7). [5] The Legend of Kyrandia (Game Rip) - Castle Dungeon
8). [4] Ultima VI The False Prophet (Game Rip) - Bootup

Tracks:
[eM] -eNCHANT arM- Original Soundtrack - The People of London City
Mythri (Game Rip) - Strike Battle (BATTLE BGM)
Ratchet Deadlocked (Game Rip) - Stygia - Energy Collector
Sword Maniac - Mad Buffoon
The Legend of Kyrandia (Game Rip) - Castle Dungeon
The Legend of Kyrandia 3 Malcolm's Revenge (PC Game Rip) - Kyrandia
Ultima VI The False Prophet (Game Rip) - Bootup
Voodoo Vince Original Xbox game music - Zombie Guidance Counselor

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.
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Mythri (Game Rip) - Strike Battle (BATTLE BGM) originally had one loop, and was altered by Drakken to have two loops. The original has been uploaded to the Extras directory for those demanding original encoding quality.
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The Legend of Kyrandia (Game Rip) - Castle Dungeon was originally in Ogg Vorbis format. This version has been used to make an MP3 for greater compatibility. The original .ogg file has been uploaded to the Extras directly for those demanding original encoding quality.

Week 86 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

Pimpage
The "Best Chiptune Contest" is starting! Round one now open for voting!

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by CHz

Hahaha, Drakken left the "TWO LOOPS WOW" in the file name of the Mythri track.

The thing is, you can never tell with those nutty Nipponese and their wacky track titles. I can totally see him cutting that off and getting an OMG Y U TRUNKATE?

Originally Posted by CHz

And I just spent a bunch of time in the lab ripping the movies and audio because none of the tools have Mac equivalents.

I feel for you, man. I still have to use an emulator to play PSF2's and miniPSF's. The Mac community needs some serious love in that regard.

[eM] -eNCHANT arM- Original Soundtrack - The People of London City My nom. I played the game briefly before the characters annoyed me, and obtained the OST on the off chance that any of the tunes were good. This is the result: a track that has shot from nothing to #1 on my "most played" list in the space of a week. The acoustic guitar is the real strength of the track, with complexity and memorability the orders of the day. The melody, which is passed around the woodwind section, is an extension of the acoustic guitar part, and is addictive as crack. The only downside is that there's virtually nothing else of merit on the entire OST.

Mythri (Game Rip) - Strike Battle (BATTLE BGM) I think this would have done well in the BCC; the piece has nice drive and melody coupled with an intriguing, jagged structure. Reminds me vaguely of a Wily tune. I have to say, even though I'm aware that people's noms were limited, that it's depressing to see better chiptunes in SoTW than the BCC.

Ratchet Deadlocked (Game Rip) - Stygia - Energy Collector I've never really gotten into the Ratchet series, either as a player or a listener. The music (that I've heard, anyway) stresses rhythm and texture at the expense of melodic content, which is an approach that rarely scored well on my personal scale. Energy Collector is energetic; it only it could collect a more prominent melody.

Sword Maniac - Mad Buffoon The into is a bit misleading; beginning as strictly bouncyfun, the track eventually opens up to encompass a more expansive sound. It's a little chaotic and more than a tad Kikuta-ish, but ultimately satisfying, though I'd have preferred a more consistent melodic core.

The Legend of Kyrandia (Game Rip) - Castle Dungeon The Legend of Kyrandian Music in SoTW: Part the First. Being an Atmospheric Track with Melody of the Decent sort, but Nothing to excite the Spleen or to Distinguish it from the many Similar Tunes which doth Populate yon Land.

The Legend of Kyrandia 3 Malcolm's Revenge (PC Game Rip) - Kyrandia The Legend of Kyrandian Music in SoTW: Part the Second. In which He known as Jazz doth appear, bringing forth Melody and Atmosphere in his Wake. While the powerful Trinket of Memorability doth elude him, He succeeds in Bettering the First Part, allusions to Which were previously Made.

Ultima VI The False Prophet (Game Rip) - Bootup More acoustic guitar. I love the instrument almost as much as I dislike its electric counterpart. The music here is nice and performed with a certain amount of flair, but seems a little flat compared to London City (though I am admittedly biased on that part). It ends rather abruptly too, and I think that a second loop might have enhanced the track's natural charms.

Voodoo Vince Original Xbox game music - Zombie Guidance Counselor More jazz, this time combined with a healthy N'yawlins flavor and some odd instruments. Reminds me of Grim Fandango, actually. Either that or Live and Let Die. Perhaps both.

Nice week. Nothing stank out loud, and several tracks were quite wonderful. I must admit to being disappointed by the double-barrelled Kyrandia, but this wouldn't be the first time Klepacki has failed to interest me.

The Point Spread
The People of London City - 3 pts.
Strike Battle - 1 pt.
Mad Buffoon - 1 pt.
Bootup - 1 pt.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Originally Posted by CHz

I thought about trying to shoehorn it into the BCC; it wouldn't have been eligible straight away because Mythri was never completed or released. Plus, I wanted to get that Toki Tori track in, which eliminated any other GB tracks in contention because of my silly quest to nominate tracks from ten different systems.

Ah, I see. I hope it does well; certainly one of my favorites this week.

The link in the first post has been updated; no vestige of TWO LOOPS remains

Most amazing jew boots

Originally Posted by kuttlas

(Hey guys this is the first SotW I've participated in am I doing it right?)

Yes. Good job!

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

Since there seems to be a nomination storm going on...

Artist: Steve Burke
Game: Kameo: Elements of Power
Album: Kameo: Elements of Power Bonus Tracks
Name: Trainer Cave
Disc #: n/a
Track #: n/a
Catalog #: n/a
Year: 2006
Notes: http://www.rareware.com/mp3/Kameo_TrainerCave.mp3

Incidentally, were we planning on extending voting this week? If not, best make it clear so the procrastinators don't all post after voting closes again.

I was speaking idiomatically.

Originally Posted by KyleDunamis

Is this going to be another 2 week voting, or 1 week again?

Looks like one week only as per CHz, unless people ask for an extension en masse.

Originally Posted by Skyknight

...BSC '06? The Nomination Archive never mentioned anything that sounded remotely like that. Links, if you would (so I don't make the same mistake again...if this proves to be a mistake, anyway)?

The BSC is the Best Song Contest, which runs concurrently with but is separate from SoTW. Generally, songs from the BSC don't come to SoTW very often, though tunes that start in SoTW occasionally migrate to the BSC.

There's no rule against having BSC entrants in SoTW, though; if no one protests and the tune meets the obscurity guidelines, I don't see why we shouldn't allow it.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Originally Posted by Epsilon

I've been going through songs that I could possibly nominate next week, but I'm not sure if they're obscure enough. Are Rockman albums pretty much taboo for the SotW?

In general, I'd say yes, unless it's a very obscure entry in the series; anything from the classic or X or Battle Network is most likely right out.

What exactly did you have in mind?

FELIPE NO

Originally Posted by Epsilon

On another note, I remember someone mentioning a list of series that were not eligible (prolly Drakken). Where is that list or is it just a mental list?

Even if/when the list is finished, it'll still just be a guideline--the community is the ultimate decider of what's eligible or not.

What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?