[SotW] Song of the Week - WEEK 100 Voting/WEEK 101 Nominating

Celebrating 100 Weeks of SoTW!
Week 100 Voting is closed.
Week 101 Nominating is restricted.

Week 100 Voting
The rules for voting can be found here.

Results
1). [21] FOR BRIGHTER DAY Phantasy Star Universe Original Sound Track - Ukishima
2). [20] Brighter than Dawning Blue Music Collection Lunar Passport - String of restraint
3). [14] www.fm.scene.org:8080 - Search for the Lost Riff
4). [12] Wild Guns (Game Rip) - Desolation Canyon
5). [11] Air Buster - Seaside Front [Arrange Version]
6). [10] OZ Original Soundtrack - The Wingless Angels ~Requiem~
7). [6] FZ Series 'AXIS' - After the War
8). [2] Ridge Racer 6 (Game Rip) - I Want You

Tracks (links):
Brighter than Dawning Blue Music Collection Lunar Passport - String of restraint
FOR BRIGHTER DAY Phantasy Star Universe Original Sound Track - Ukishima
FZ Series 'AXIS' - After the War
OZ Original Soundtrack - The Wingless Angels ~Requiem~
Ridge Racer 6 (Game Rip) - I Want You
Air Buster - Seaside Front [Arrange Version]
Wild Guns (Game Rip) - Desolation Canyon
Some Website - Search for the Lost Riff

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 101 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.

I'm on the road still, so this'll have to be quick. I'll provide more substantive comments--as befits Week 100--later.

The Point Spread
3 pts. - String of Restraint
2 pts. - Search for the Lost Riff
1 pt. - Wingless Angels

There's nowhere I can't reach.

I think that it's technically eligible if it was specifically composed for the game and not a remix of any kind (or a sneak preview of something that later appeared on an album).

But I really do wish people would nominate some cut-and-dry stuff for once, instead of constantly trying to push the envelope.

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

It never occured to me that Guitar Hero would be too popular...all of the recent nomination talk has been about raw eligibility, so I seem to have gotten out of the habit of thinking that way.

That aside, it's good to see some more votes trickling in. Now that I've got a free moment, I'd like to provide some comments (I voted earlier).

Brighter than Dawning Blue Music Collection Lunar Passport - String of restraint While a little on the ambient side, there's nothing about this tune I don't like. Terrific piano work is the real highlight, with some nice electronic and guitar flourishes to add splashes of color.

FOR BRIGHTER DAY Phantasy Star Universe Original Sound Track - Ukishima A little on the oriental classical side for my taste at times, but not bad. It doesn't have the aggressiveness or electronic sensibility that characterizes many of the best PS tunes, but the choral parts are a welcome touch.

FZ Series 'AXIS' - After the War A bit of a letdown, quality-wise, following two solid tracks. There's a decent 1980's style sax here, but it's not doing anything particularly interesting, and the rest of the instruments aren't doing much of note.

OZ Original Soundtrack - The Wingless Angels ~Requiem~ An impressive, dark synthy piece that really takes off at times. Despite the synthiness, it's almost gothic at times, which the choral part helps accentuate.

Ridge Racer 6 (Game Rip) - I Want You The weakest track of the bunch. It follows the standard trance practices of endlessly repeating with minimal variation and mixing in shrill vocal samples in odd places.

Air Buster - Seaside Front [Arrange Version] Reminds me of Sonic, perhaps due to the synth and generally bouncy feeling. It's nice enough, with decent melody and drive, but it doesn't linger.

Wild Guns (Game Rip) - Desolation Canyon Another Western-style track. After being deluged by these in the BSC--man of which were high quality--this sort of tune suffers by comparison. It gets the broad strokes of the genre right, but doesn't do anything terribly neat with them.

Search for the Lost Riff Its questionable origins aside, this is a pretty nice track. I was reminded heavily of Deus Ex at times, and Mega Man at others, perhaps unsurprising considering its pedigree. Very enjoyable.

EDIT:

Originally Posted by Drakken

I hereby call for Phantasy Star Online/Universe music to be ineligible from this point on. I think we've seen our fair share of PS tunes here at GFF, both in SotW and in BSC.

I think we're close to reaching the saturation point, yes.

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Vaguely statistical comparison of Weeks 1 and 100!

Week 1: September 16-23, 2004
Week 100: July 17-30, 2007

Week 1 Voters: 23 (Access Gamer, Bean, Chuckster, _DH_, Dragon God, Dr. Uzuki, el jacko, Elorin, Excrono, gdog66, GoldfishX, Kaleb.G, King Laharl, Moguta, MrMonkeyMan, Nites, orion_mk3, PichuChan401, Ramzavail, Secret Squirrel, Shokatshin, Snowman, Talaysen)

Week 100 Voters: 16 (aviness, bishop743, Chuckster, CHz, Crash Landon, _DH_, Djinova, Draconis, Drakken, Elorin, isdapi, Kaleb.G, orion_mk3, Para, TCK, TheKnightOfNee)

Voters present for Weeks 1 and 100: _DH_, Chuckster, Elorin, Kaleb.G, orion_mk3, Para/Nites

Week 1 Winners:
[33] Unreal Tournament 2004 - Hyperblast Redux
[31] Metal Black -The First- - Doubt
[29] Soul Calibur II OST - Unwavering Resolve

Margin of victory: 2 pts. (1st place), 2 pts. (2nd place)

Week 100 Winners:
[21] FOR BRIGHTER DAY Phantasy Star Universe Original Sound Track - Ukishima
[20] Brighter than Dawning Blue Music Collection Lunar Passport - String of restraint
[14] www.fm.scene.org:8080 - Search for the Lost Riff

Margin of victory: 1 pt. (1st place), 6 pts. (2nd place)

I was speaking idiomatically.