Song of the Week - WEEK 94 Voting/WEEK 95 Nominating

Week 94 Voting is closed.
Week 95 Nominating is closed.

Week 93 Voting
The rules for voting can be found here.

Results
1). [19] Battle Gear 4 + Battle Gear 4 Tuned Original Soundtrack - To a distance
2). [18] Uncharted Waters II Special Edition - The Chase
3). [15] To Be On Top - Chris Hülsbeck Volume 2 - To be on top
4-t). [14/10.5] Shining Wisdom - HERALDIC EMBLEM OF WISDOM
4-t). [14/10.5] The Sims (PC Game Rip) - Building Mode 5
6). [10/7] Namco Game Sound Express VOL.23 Cyber Cycles - Bahama
7). [10/6] Myst IV: Revelation (PC Game Rip) - Welcome
8). [8] Battletoads in Battlemaniacs (SNES Game Rip) - Bonus Stage 1 & Last Battle

Tracks (links):
Battle Gear 4 + Battle Gear 4 Tuned Original Soundtrack - To a distance
Battletoads in Battlemaniacs (SNES Game Rip) - Bonus Stage 1 & Last Battle
Myst IV Revelation (PC Game Rip) - Welcome
Namco Game Sound Express VOL.23 Cyber Cycles - Bahama
Shining Wisdom - HERALDIC EMBLEM OF WISDOM
The Sims (PC Game Rip) - Building Mode 5
To Be On Top - Chris Hülsbeck Volume 2 - To be on top
Uncharted Waters II Special Edition - The Chase

Notes:
The Shining Wisdom track that was uploaded this week was corrupted. The complete version has been uploaded in its place; please re-listen to the song if you downloaded it before the correction.

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 95 Nominating
The Nominations Queue can be found here.
The rules for nominating can be found here.

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

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by ikkei

Hum, I'm very pleased to see this going on. Anyway, I came to say that the Shining Wisdom mp3 is corrupted, and cuts halfway. Did I send you that way or is it that you just need to reupload it again?

The posted version is the one on the SoTW server. If you have a replacement version, best upload it quickly and let Drakken know.

Originally Posted by ikkei

By the way, now that we are a little low on nominators/voters I think that we could try to expand to other message boards like http://www.rpgfan.com/archive.html or http://hg101.classicgaming.gamespy.com/

The idea's sound in principle, but don't forget that those sites have a much different policy regarding music sharing than Gamingforce.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Okay, things should work all right for now; I've put up temporary links to the new version in the main post.

How ya doing, buddy?

Looks like the symbols in the URL's (+, ü, &, .) are wreaking havoc with the flash player, so the download links are the best bet this week. It's also a strong argument for shorter album names (I'm looking at you, Japan!).

Battle Gear 4 + Battle Gear 4 Tuned Original Soundtrack - To a distance This song's in full 1980's Pop Ballad mode, along the lines of something from Top Gun. I'd be lying if I said the relentlessly cheesy atmosphere didn't appeal to me at all, but the song was at its best when it was reminding me of better songs.

Battletoads in Battlemaniacs (SNES Game Rip) - Bonus Stage 1 & Last Battle Good old Battletoads; that game was so hard that the damn programmers probably couldn't beat it. Despite fond memories of the games, I couldn't recall any of the music when this track came up--and after it's over, I still can't. Not bad, but very unremarkable.

Myst IV Revelation (PC Game Rip) - Welcome Very strange; at least no one will accuse this of being too ambient. It has its moments, but I don't like the whiny delivery the singers use.

Namco Game Sound Express VOL.23 Cyber Cycles - Bahama Very nice synthy melody in this one; reminds me a bit of Mega Man and a bit of the wierd bloopy interval in "Come Sail Away." Fine track.

Shining Wisdom - HERALDIC EMBLEM OF WISDOM Another synthy tune. The beginning is very strong, but I lost interest once the song proper started. The melody just didn't do much for me, and the intro had enough promise that this felt like a letdown. Not bad, just kind of disappointing.

The Sims (PC Game Rip) - Building Mode 5 My nomination. I felt like throwing out another piano tune, and this has always been one of my favorites. I really like the way it's semi-structured--there's definite melodic content, but with some jazzy flair here and there. I listen to this when I need to relax or kick back, generally.

To Be On Top - Chris Hülsbeck Volume 2 - To be on top Good to know that Herr Umlaut is alive, even if his composition here is still firmly rooted in the 1980's. Like many of the Hülsbeck songs in the BCC, the tune has some nice moments but is ultimately to inconsistent and too rambling for my taste.

Uncharted Waters II Special Edition - The Chase Pretty mellow chase, this. As far as airy Caribbean tracks go, it's not bad, but I was never particularly fond of airy Caribbean tracks.

Unusual week; not the best but nothing was outright bad.

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

Originally Posted by Dhsu

I dunno if this has been suggested already, but would it be feasible to do a SotW torrent? I've been meaning to go through all the past winners, but clicking on 93x3 links seems like an extremely tedious endeavor. Maybe someone could make a torrent to commemorate SotW100 when it comes around or something.

You might want to talk to Kaleb about that; his server is the one that hosts the files, after all. He might be able to hook you up with a seedable torrent.

I was speaking idiomatically.

There's a precedent for it, so you should be fine.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Originally Posted by Manny Biggz

What the heck happened to week 95!? I was looking forward to it too.

Read CHz's post; there was a tie this week.

That said, do Manny's votes break the tie?

FELIPE NO