[SotW] Song of the Week - WEEK 103 Voting/WEEK 104 Nominating

Song of the Week. 100 Weeks and counting.
Week 103 Voting is closed.
Week 104 Nominating is restricted.

Week 103 Voting
The rules for voting can be found here.

Tracks (links):
Advance Wars Dual Strike (Game Rip) - Jake's Theme
beatmaniaIIDX 14 GOLD ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACKS - Reflection Into the EDEN
Dark Chronicle Original Sound Tracks - Fish Race!!
Phoenix Wright - Ace Attorney - Trials and Tribulations (Game Rip) - Toranosuke Shibakuzou ~ Swingin' Zenitora
MIDI Power Pro 7 ~ Gradius - Oceanus
Relentless Twinsen's Adventure (Red Book Audio) - Hamalayi Mountains
Snowboard Kids 2 (Game Rip) - Linda's Castle
Tourist Trophy ORIGINAL GAME SOUNDTRACK - CALIFORNIA WIND

Tracks (streaming):
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: - Jake's Theme
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: - Reflection Into the EDEN
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: - Fish Race!!
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: - Toranosuke Shibakuzou ~ Swingin' Zenitora.mp3
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: - Oceanus
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: - Hamalayi Mountains
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: - Linda's Castle
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: - CALIFORNIA WIND

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 104 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.

The link has been fixed. As for the punctuated URL's, they've wreaked havoc with the streaming plugin since time immemorial--that's why both methods are available.

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The first post has been updated again. Lord only knows why the songs went into a different directory or some crafty soul tried to disguise Phoenix Wright with moon language, but it's fixed now. The streaming player works fine for me; give a shout if there are add'l problems.

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

Advance Wars Dual Strike (Game Rip) - Jake's Theme It's made of the same basic building blocks as the other Advance Wars tracks I've heard, but it's less inticate and harmonious, with a melody that's not as strong or strongly presented. Still, not half bad, and like all Advance Wars tracks it grows on you.

beatmaniaIIDX 14 GOLD ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACKS - Reflection Into the EDEN The odd instrument choices are the elements that make this track stand out from the mass of other electro-funk tunes, but it's not enough. The usual genre tricks still fail to impress, even combined as they are with piano and bagpipe(!).

Dark Chronicle Original Sound Tracks - Fish Race!! Cute, but it feels like it's over before it really began. Some interesting ideas warrant more development than they're given.

Phoenix Wright - Ace Attorney - Trials and Tribulations (Game Rip) - Toranosuke Shibakuzou ~ Swingin' Zenitora I think that Phoenix Wright tracks have officially fallen into the "too popular" quagmire and shouldn't be allowed any more. That said, this track is a darn sight stronger than the ones that showed up in SoTW and the BCC before in that it's not simplistic or hyper-repetitive.

MIDI Power Pro 7 ~ Gradius - Oceanus A promising, percussive start that doesn't fully deliver--I was hoping the song would go somewhere fascinating and original, but it became mired in a repetitive flurry of electronics.

Relentless Twinsen's Adventure (Red Book Audio) - Hamalayi Mountains I was super-impressed by the song from this game that appeared in the BSC, so there were high hopes for this track. It turned out to be a decent, if sparse, track, but nowhere near the home run I was hoping for.

Snowboard Kids 2 (Game Rip) - Linda's Castle Do people named Linda even have castles? That quibble aside, this tune is a nice synthy treat that manages to be quite catchy and melodic. A pleasant surprise.

Tourist Trophy ORIGINAL GAME SOUNDTRACK - CALIFORNIA WIND The sound design of this track reminded me a bit of Advance Wars, and I hoped that it might be of the same cloth. Ultimately, though, it's all about the acoustic guitar melody, which is nice if not especially memorable.

A very mediocre week. While there were no outright stinkers, there were few downloads for posterity.

The Point Spread
Linda's Castle - 3 pts.
Hamalayiayia Mts. - 2 pts.
Swingin' Zenitora - 1 pt.

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The new voting thread'll have to go up tomorrow, since I'm in the middle of Labor Day travelling.

I was speaking idiomatically.