Song of the Week - WEEK 88 Voting/WEEK 89 Nominating

Week 88 Voting is closed.
Week 89 Nominating is open.

Week 88 Voting
The rules for voting can be found here.

Results:
1). [30] Wild Arms the Vth Vanguard Original Score Vol. 1 - Seeking the Blue Sky
2). [24] Uplink - Hacker Elite (PC Game Rip) - The Blue Valley
3). [19] Technosoft GAME MUSIC COLLECTION VOL.15 ~ BEST OF THUNDER FORCE - Fighting Back (ST1)
4). [14] Shin Gouketsuji Ichizoku - Bonnou Kaihou (Game Rip) - Let's Go! Necromancer (Extended Version)
5). [12] The Sword of Xuan Yuan 4 - The Black Dragon Dances and the Cloud Flows (PC Game Rip) - Four24
6). [11] Armored Core Original Best Track - Ambiguity
7). [10] Dragon Valor (Game Rip) - Brize Forest
8). [6] Freespace 2 (Game Rip) - Ending Score

Tracks:
Armored Core Original Best Track - Ambiguity
Dragon Valor (Game Rip) - Brize Forest
Freespace 2 (Game Rip) - Ending Score
Shin Gouketsuji Ichizoku - Bonnou Kaihou (Game Rip) - Let's Go! Necromancer (Extended Version)
Technosoft GAME MUSIC COLLECTION VOL.15 ~ BEST OF THUNDER FORCE - Fighting Back (ST1)
The Sword of Xuan Yuan 4 - The Black Dragon Dances and the Cloud Flows (PC Game Rip) - Four24
Uplink - Hacker Elite (PC Game Rip) - The Blue Valley
Wild Arms the Vth Vanguard Original Score Vol. 1 - Seeking the Blue Sky

Week 89 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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Ambiguity: Definitely a techno/trance track here. The piano is a nice touch, but there aren't enough variations on the various loops to make the track earn its running time. The song was four minutes old before the first really interesting bit popped up.

Brize Forest: Has a nice sense of drive and the synthy melody is okay. I'd be lying if I said it didn't seem a tad familiar, though--reminds me of something from SD4, which isn't a particularly good thing to be reminded of.

Ending Score: As a choirwhore, I was digging the chorus here, even if the surrounding instrumentation left a bit to be desired. The second bit kicks in a bit more militaristic action, but drops the choir, while the third sounded almost like a requiem. I liked the vocal work, but the rest of the song could be more compelling.

Let's Go! Necromancer: To quote Calvin and Hobbes, "ACKPTH!" This is what the DomZ singers from Beyond Good and Evil sound like after they've had a few.

Fighting Back (ST1): Some nice drive to this one, combined with a mildly catchy synth melody, giving the whole thing a vague Sonic/Blue Bomber vibe. It's a grower.

Four24: The backing piece here is quite nice, but the oriental horns are a bit too pat for my taste. Like 99.99% of Asian-themed tracks, I want to grab the composer by the shoulder and say "We get it! It's oriental!"

The Blue Valley: Good lord, this is the longest track we've had in awhile. Reminds me of some of the lesser Sim City tracks in its tendancy to get a bit lost getting from point A to point B.

Seeking the Blue Sky: Goldfish nominated this? It's a pretty nice light orchestral track with a nice woodwind melody and bagpipes (!). I haven't been too impressed with Wild Armitage of late; perhaps this new installment has something to offer.

Not a bad week, all things considered.

The Point Spread
Seeking the Blue Sky - 3 pts.
Fighting Back - 2 pts.
Ending Score - 1 pt.

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Originally Posted by Sceptre X

I shall nominate again, because you all didn't like Freespace much this week. I am amazied that this soundtrack isn't more toted: it's stunning.

Title: Guerra 1
Game: Total Annihilation (Red Book Audio)
Year: 1997
Track: 2
Notes: I certainly wasn't expecting such highj quality from a 3D RTS in 1997. My mind was blown, to say the least.
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Good old Jeremy Soule. The composer has had quite a few SoTW nominations, even a few placings, even though we've never had anything from TA. TA is a great choice, a great OST, but I never nominated anything from it simply because I've already put up a bajillion Soule tracks

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I'm with Crash on Blue Valley. Very tiresome; don't know what all the fuss was about. But props where props are due, I suppose.

I was speaking idiomatically.