[SotW] Song of the Week - WEEK 106 Voting/WEEK 107 Nominating

Song of the Week. 100 Weeks and counting.
Week 106 Voting is closed.
Week 107 Nominating is restricted.

Week 106 Voting
The rules for voting can be found here.

Results:
1). [28] V' BALL - SeaSide Walker (L.A. Theme)
2). [18] Age of Empires III Soundtrack - There Is Weather-Decisions Are Made (End Credits)
3). [14/8.5] Sega Simulation Best ~Advanced Daisenryaku Original Soundtrack~ - Ending
4). [14/8] Cradle -Touhou Gegakushi Den- - Nostalgic Blood of the East ~ Old World
5). [13] THE KING OF FIGHTERS 2000 ARRANGE SOUND TRAX - Beauty & The Beast
6). [11] BROKEN THUNDER -project THUNDER FORCE VI- - CIEL -Jeteveux- [Complete Version.]
7). [9] OutRun 20th Anniversary Box - Shake the Street
8). [8] Romancing SaGa La Romance - THEME FINAL...LA SAGA

Tracks (links):
Age of Empires III Soundtrack - There Is Weather-Decisions Are Made (End Credits)
BROKEN THUNDER -project THUNDER FORCE VI- - CIEL -Jeteveux- [Complete Version.]
Cradle -Touhou Gegakushi Den- - Nostalgic Blood of the East ~ Old World
OutRun 20th Anniversary Box - Shake the Street
Romancing SaGa La Romance - THEME FINAL...LA SAGA
Sega Simulation Best ~Advanced Daisenryaku Original Soundtrack~ - Ending
THE KING OF FIGHTERS 2000 ARRANGE SOUND TRAX - Beauty & The Beast
V' BALL - SeaSide Walker (L.A. Theme)

Notes:
If you are a member at more than one of the forums in which this event is being held, please nominate and vote in only ONE of the forums. You may, however, comment in the threads at any of the other forums.

Week 107 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.

Blame FireFox's automatic form completion for that.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Age of Empires III Soundtrack - There Is Weather-Decisions Are Made (End Credits) A laid-back country theme is the last thing I'd expect from Age of Empires, but the music is pretty good despite being bizarrely out of place. Well-done acoustic guitar and harmonica are nearly always welcome, for me.

BROKEN THUNDER -project THUNDER FORCE VI- - CIEL -Jeteveux- [Complete Version.] Some nice piano work on the first half, if a bit overshadowed by some rather mundane synth. The hair-metal guitar that kicks in later adds more than a bit of cheesiness, but the rest of the sound is quite a bit fuller as well. Good, but flawed.

Cradle -Touhou Gegakushi Den- - Nostalgic Blood of the East ~ Old World Some rather standard Oriental-style music. While it doesn't go overboard with piercing flutes and grunting old men and the like, and remains listenable and pleasant, it still seems sort of mundane.

OutRun 20th Anniversary Box - Shake the Street The bass line is just about all this song has, and it wears mighty thin after awhile. There are a few variations to shake things up, but not nearly enough--it's like someone stripped out whatever melody was supposed to accompany the song.

Romancing SaGa La Romance - THEME FINAL...LA SAGA After playing Romancing SaGa 3, I tracked this album down, and deleted it rather quickly, finding it uninteresting. This song pretty much fits my memory of the album for 2/3 of its running time, before finally infusing some energy into the dull soundscape. If the whole song was shed of its terribly dull majority, it would be rather good, but as is that part drags the whole down like a lead weight.

Sega Simulation Best ~Advanced Daisenryaku Original Soundtrack~ - Ending Some lively synthiness that's energetic even if it doesn't do much to distinguish itself from billions of near-identical tracks from its era.

THE KING OF FIGHTERS 2000 ARRANGE SOUND TRAX - Beauty & The Beast The song established an interesting sound at the beginning, with a decent bass line and some electric, acoustic, and synth embellishments. It then proceeded to do absolutely nothing to develop this interesting formula into anything compelling. There's a moment where synth strings kick in, and another where the acousitic guitar takes over, that I thought the song was finally going to realize its potential. In the first case, it went into a 27-minute drum solo; in the second, it ended.

V' BALL - SeaSide Walker (L.A. Theme) A very interesting synth-Latin tune that manages to be interesting and lively, unlike most of the tunes from the same genre that have appeared here in the past. It doesn't go a whole lot with the sound it establishes, but the sound itself is enough to sustain interest through its running time. The noodly guitar does take it down a notch, though, and the song would be far better without it.

Not a terribly impressive week, especially since a lot of songs had potential they failed to realize.

The Point Spread
3 pts. - There is Weather
2 pts. - CIEL Jeteveux
1 pt. - SeaSide Walker

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