[SotW] Song of the Week - WEEK 107 Voting/WEEK 108 Nominating

Song of the Week. 100 Weeks and counting.
Week 107 Voting is closed.
Week 108 Nominating is closed.

Week 107 Voting
The rules for voting can be found here.

Results
1). [27] Raiden III Perfect Sound Track - Dawn of sorrow (Level3)
2). [15] Freedom Fighters Original Soundtrack - The Battle for Freedom
3). [14] Venus & Braves - The Witch Goddess and the Alchemist of Destruction (Game Rip) - Cup of Story
4). [9] Garakuta Masterpiece Theater Rakugaki Kingdom - The City at the Ends of the World ~ La città delle estremità del mondo
5). [8/7] The Ninja Warriors Again (Game Rip) - Stage-8
6). [8/6] Astal (Game Rip) - Glacial Rift
7). [8/5.5] Bugs Bunny - Rabbit Rampage (Game Rip) - Things That Go Bugs in the Night
8). [7] Space Cowboy Online (Game Rip) - Bygeniou City

Tracks:
Astal (Game Rip) - Glacial Rift
Bugs Bunny - Rabbit Rampage (Game Rip) - Things That Go Bugs in the Night
Freedom Fighters Original Soundtrack - The Battle for Freedom
Garakuta Masterpiece Theater Rakugaki Kingdom - The City at the Ends of the World ~ La città delle estremità del mondo
Raiden III Perfect Sound Track - Dawn of sorrow (Level3)
Space Cowboy Online (Game Rip) - Bygeniou City
The Ninja Warriors Again (Game Rip) - Stage-8
Venus & Braves - The Witch Goddess and the Alchemist of Destruction (Game Rip) - Cup of Story

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 108 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.

A single misplaced quote mark was the culprit. The links should work fine now.

I also stripped the ampersand out of the URL for Cup of Story, since the flash player was choking on it.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Astal (Game Rip) - Glacial Rift The mallet percussion in this song does a good job of converying a cold and icy feeling, with the mellow instrumental leads contibuting to the atmosphere. Its melody isn't the best, and I wish there was a bit more variation, but it's definitely very "glacial" in tone.

Bugs Bunny - Rabbit Rampage (Game Rip) - Things That Go Bugs in the Night In theory, the jazzy approach taken here is pretty nice. In practice, it soon wears out its welcome--seven minutes is far too long, and some of the synth just can't cut it.

Freedom Fighters Original Soundtrack - The Battle for Freedom Jesper Kyd is almost always worthwhile, and if this song isn't close to his best, it's still pretty solid. The beginning is slow, but once the hard-edged techno kicks in, the music's quite nice, especially with the brass melody alongside it.

Garakuta Masterpiece Theater Rakugaki Kingdom - The City at the Ends of the World ~ La città delle estremità del mondo I generally like acoustic guitar pieces, but I also prefer them to have a lot of energy. The performance here is just too slow, too languid, to sustain much interest, even though it's technically performed very well.

Raiden III Perfect Sound Track - Dawn of sorrow (Level3) More techno, this time of a more synthy sort. It's not bad, and definitely has energy to spare.

Space Cowboy Online (Game Rip) - Bygeniou City I found this one while randomly surfing not too long ago and decided to put it up, since my list's a bit thin. It's got some really terrific stuff in it, especially the piano and brass, and I love the melody. I just wish it were longer--the way the song's constructed doesn't lend itself to looping.

The Ninja Warriors Again (Game Rip) - Stage-8 A third techno-style entrant for the week, and by far the weakest. It doesn't do much besides churn until the melody kicks in a third of the way through, and the melody's fairly forgettable when it's there.

Venus & Braves - The Witch Goddess and the Alchemist of Destruction (Game Rip) - Cup of Story I don't know what I expected from a song with a title like that, but loungy jazz with a touch of big band thrown in wasn't it. It sounds okay, but this kind of jazz just generally bores me.

Okay week.

The Point Spread
3 pts. - Bygeniou City
1 pt. - Battle for Freedom
1 pt. - Dawn of Sorrow
1 pt. - Glacial Rift

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