Song of the Week - WEEK 98 Voting/WEEK 99 Nominating

Week 98 Voting is closed.
Week 99 Nominating is restricted.

Week 98 Voting
The rules for voting can be found here.

Results:
1). [31] FX3 - Choppastyle
2). [18/10.5] Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai Original Soundtrack - you
3). [18/10] Landstalker ~The Emperor's Treasure~ - Treasure Hunter Lyle
4). [13] Music from SSX Blur - Wanlong Mamoth
5). [12] Tick! Tack! Deluxe Soundtrack - Be Ambitious, Guys! -Arrange ver.-
6). [10] Nobunaga's Ambition Zenkokuban - Sangokushi - Mt. Hiei Burns
7). [7] ResQ (Game Rip) - Level 4A
8). [5] Atelier Iris GRAND FANTASM Original Soundtrack - Grand Fantasm

Tracks (links):
Atelier Iris GRAND FANTASM Original Soundtrack - Grand Fantasm
FX3 - Choppastyle
Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai Original Soundtrack - you
Landstalker ~The Emperor's Treasure~ - Treasure Hunter Lyle
Music from SSX Blur - Wanlong Mamoth
Nobunaga's Ambition Zenkokuban/Sangokushi - Mt. Hiei Burns
ResQ (Game Rip) - Level 4A
Tick! Tack! Deluxe Soundtrack - Be Ambitious, Guys! -Arrange ver.-

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 99 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.

Atelier Iris GRAND FANTASM Original Soundtrack - Grand Fantasm Interesting oriental-style mashup. The melody's nice and the Nipponese Classique isn't overbearing and lacks bowel movement noises.

FX3 - Choppastyle Takes a while to wind up, but it's solid chiptunage once that point is reached. A little trilly, but very nice melodically.

Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai Original Soundtrack - you Ah, piano. I love a good piano-based track, and you delivers, you does. A bit sedate for people that need to have their eardrums blasted every second, but pleasant and enjoyable.

Landstalker ~The Emperor's Treasure~ - Treasure Hunter Lyle More piano goodness, this time synthy and and accompanied by a 1980's ballad guitar. Some iffy parts, but very good overall.

Music from SSX Blur - Wanlong Mamoth Sounds like a skipping CD more than anything else. Polish that sucker so the music rips right!

Nobunaga's Ambition Zenkokuban/Sangokushi - Mt. Hiei Burns Kanno is hit and miss for me, penning some remarkable stuff but just as often underachieving. Not terribly impressive melodically, and very sedate in a bad way.

ResQ (Game Rip) - Level 4A Meh. A bit to unstructured and chaotic for my taste, though the melody's nice when it's not being drowned out.

Tick! Tack! Deluxe Soundtrack - Be Ambitious, Guys! -Arrange ver.- I like the fact that there's acoustic guitar here, but I just wish it would be a little more, well, ambitious.

Good week. I was tempted to grease up the ol' shotgun, but decided against it.

The Point Spread
Choppastyle - 2 pts.
You - 2 pts.
Treasure Hunter L - 1 pt.
Le Grande Fantasme - 1 pt.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Mayhap another extension is in order...?

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

Originally Posted by Drakken

I don't think there's an official rule about nominating songs from newly released games, but I think the unofficial majority stance was to give games some time to see if their music (and the game itself) becomes popular. Iirc, someone nominated Zero from Ace Combat 5 when it was only out in Japan, but people said since there was a good chance its music would be popular / it was a high-profile title, it shouldn't be allowed.

Obviously, if you're nominating something from some no-name game that just came out, it would be a different matter. But considering Odin Sphere's received a lot of attention and features music by Sakimoto (mainly due to the latter), I'd say hold off on that, at least for now. If a few months go by and no one seems to care / talk about the music, then maybe it would be fine.

At least, that's my take on the matter. Other thoughts?

I was thinking of nominating something from the game and held off for that very same reason, though I'm not opposed to it per se.

What's the length of that song, by the way? My rip has generic names and I'm curious if it's the one I toyed with nominating.

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Originally Posted by Dr. Uzuki

Orion, I assume I picked up the same rip you have, it was track DISC0006.ADX in the rip. I renamed it on the basis of where it plays in the game and that it's a battle theme (a different theme for each area plays in rooms/stages with no enemies). I was also considering nominating DISC0052.ADX which is the theme for a sub-boss. Some other ones too, but most of my other favorites have continuous sound effects in the background.

Good selection. I was actually thinking of nominating DISC0003.ADX myself.

I was speaking idiomatically.