Song of the Week - BATTLE 12 Voting/WEEK 97 Nominating

Battle 12 Voting is closed.
Week 97 Nominating is closed.

Battle 12 Voting
The rules for voting can be found here.

Tracks (links):
Week 96: The Gods Awaken - Jooli's Song
Week 95: Gokinjo Bouken Tai (Game Rip) - Battle
Week 94: Battle Gear 4 + Battle Gear 4 Tuned Original Soundtrack - To a distance
Week 93: Mahou Shoujou Ai 2 "transformation" Full Arrange Album - pathetic battle arrange "distortion of the space"
Week 92: Immortal 3 - Ork
Week 91: Genso Suikoden Music Collection ~Celtic Collection 2~ - Emotional Theme ~Genso Suikoden~
Week 90: Fur Fighters: Viggo's Revenge (Game Rip) - New Quack City
Week 89: Metal Saga ~Chain of Sandstorm~ Original Soundtrack - Route 99

Results:
1). [18] Battle Gear 4 + Battle Gear 4 Tuned Original Soundtrack - To a distance
2). [15/10.5] The Gods Awaken - Jooli's Song
3). [15/8] Mahou Shoujou Ai 2 "transformation" Full Arrange Album - pathetic battle arrange "distortion of the space"
4). [13/7.5] Metal Saga ~Chain of Sandstorm~ Original Soundtrack - Route 99
5). [13/7] Gokinjo Bouken Tai (Game Rip) - Battle
6). [11] Fur Fighters: Viggo's Revenge (Game Rip) - New Quack City
7). [10] Immortal 3 - Ork
8). [7] Genso Suikoden Music Collection ~Celtic Collection 2~ - Emotional Theme ~Genso Suikoden~

Notes:
"New Quack City" is again incompatible with the BB code for MP3 streaming; please use the download link instead.

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Week 97 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

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The Gods Awaken - Jooli's Song A good compromise candidate from its week. The predominant mood is laid-back and relaxing with a bit of a mysterious edge. As is often the case, I love the acoustic guitar, but not on the electric. Some good music here, but it's also very inconsistent.

Gokinjo Bouken Tai (Game Rip) - Battle Not a bad choice; a spry track with a vague swing style. It doesn't set my world on fire, but I like the piano and the melody's not bad.

Battle Gear 4 + Battle Gear 4 Tuned Original Soundtrack - To a distance This song just barely clawed its way to the top in a cutthroat week. It's relentlessly cheesy and packed to the brim with 1980's pop music fixins, though it manages these elements better than some. It's appealing, though primarily because it reminds me of songs from my youth.

Mahou Shoujou Ai 2 "transformation" Full Arrange Album - pathetic battle arrange "distortion of the space" Not nearly as pathetic as the average techno wastelands that pass for SoTW nominations in the genre; the piano is far and away the best part, though there are long and dull loops to compensate for this.

Immortal 3 - Ork I gave this points during its week, but I've grown less fond of it as time has passed. The piano at the beginning is just a tease; the track's true nature is techno loops. It tends to wear thin after a while.

Genso Suikoden Music Collection ~Celtic Collection 2~ - Emotional Theme ~Genso Suikoden~ I generally like Suikotunes, but generally dislike the limp arrangements thereof that are vomited up across the pond. The fiddle parts of this song are excellent, but the rest is a morass of everything that's wrong with the state of Japanese orchestration.

Fur Fighters: Viggo's Revenge (Game Rip) - New Quack City I was very unimpressed by this piece in its week; I'd go so far as to call it the weakest track of the lot. Groove and jazz aren't my favorite genres, and the song's near-total lack of melody means that it pretty much slides by on genre staples and cliches.

Metal Saga ~Chain of Sandstorm~ Original Soundtrack - Route 99 I gave this one first place in its week, and it remains an above average to strong contender. The steel guitar? Good. Strings? The "real" ones are quite nice; the synthy ones are sort of annoying. The piano part? As is so often the case, it's the highlight of the piece. I've got a fever, and the only cure is more piano.

Not a bad bunch, I guess. I've got positive to middling feelings about all of 'em, and the worst of the bunch isn't ear rape either.

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Question: Should SoTW be suspended during first-round BSC voting? It's been done in the past, but I personally will take all the music contests the board is willing to give and more.

Any thoughts?

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

Originally Posted by CHz

Jerk. I thought of the very same thing while I was out at dinner, and just got back from a movie and was ready to post the question.

My evil plan to supplant you in all thing SoTW is well on track...muahahaha

Also, what's your position on delaying/not delaying?

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

Merged this post into the new thread.

I was speaking idiomatically.