[SotW] Song of the Week - WEEK 130 Voting/WEEK 131 Nominating

Song of the Week. 125 Weeks and counting.
Week 130 Voting is closed.
Week 131 Nominating is restricted

Results:
1). [37] Death Smiles (Game Rip) - Halloween Town Stage
2). [31] Messiah Original Soundtrack - sacrifice ~marionette~
3). [18] KAROUS original soundtrack SPRING RAIN - 1000 clouds - solid mix -
4). [17] OZ Original Soundtrack - Feel's Theme
5). [14] PSYVARIAR2 ORIGINAL Sound track PLUS - Weakboson~GorgeCity
6). [13] Forest of glass - Fly!
7). [5] Venus & Braves: The Witch Goddess and the Alchemist of Destruction (Game Rip) - Swords of the Guardians
8). [3] Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (Wii Game Rip) - Athletics: Track, 110m & 400m Hurdles[/QUOTE]

Tracks:
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: Death Smiles (Game Rip) - Halloween Town Stage
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: Forest of glass - Fly!
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: KAROUS original soundtrack SPRING RAIN - 1000 clouds - solid mix -
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (Wii Game Rip) - Athletics - Track, 110m & 400m Hurdles
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: Messiah Original Soundtrack - sacrifice ~marionette~
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: OZ Original Soundtrack - Feel's Theme
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: PSYVARIAR2 ORIGINAL Sound track PLUS - Weakboson~GorgeCity
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: Venus & Braves - The Witch Goddess and the Alchemist of Destruction (Game Rip) - Swords of the Guardians

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 131 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.

Death Smiles (Game Rip) - Halloween Town Stage With a name like "Halloween Town Stage," I expected something, well, Elfmanesque. That expectation, the sucky rip quality, and the narration all put me off strongly at the beginning. My impression improved somewhat as the piece wore on (some nice piano and organ), but I do have to wonder what everyone sees in it.

Forest of glass - Fly! Forest of Glass is a very different, wholly piano-based original album from ol' Motoi. I didn't like it as much as I thought I would, but Sakuraba proved with "Eternal Sonata" that he's got a gift for this sort of writing. It's fine, soaring stuff with a strong theme and a terrific set of variations, like the airship themes of old.

KAROUS original soundtrack SPRING RAIN - 1000 clouds - solid mix - Decent techno-style synth, but I couldn't help but feel like I've heard this done before, and better.

Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (Wii Game Rip) - Athletics - Track, 110m & 400m Hurdles I wonder which was representing the People's Republic--Mario (wearing red) or Sonic (who was held in contempt by HUAC in 1987). Either way, the music is lively but unexceptional synth, with some nice parts but a very familiar feel all around.

Messiah Original Soundtrack - sacrifice ~marionette~ Is this the Messiah with the tiny possessing angel? Always wanted to try that one. Judging from the style of the track, though, I doubt it--it's string-led and mellow with a nice melody. Quite charming and lovely.

OZ Original Soundtrack - Feel's Theme This ain't L. Frank Baum's OZ, or even HBO's. Unfortunately, it probably would have been more interesting if the song had inhabited either of those soundscapes. Aside from a nice section of soaring chords, it's pretty vanilla synth-rock which fails to really set itself apart from the mass of similar tracks.

PSYVARIAR2 ORIGINAL Sound track PLUS - Weakboson~GorgeCity This tune has some interesting variations on the trance formula of endless repetition, with some very attractive piano and vocal lines.

Venus & Braves - The Witch Goddess and the Alchemist of Destruction (Game Rip) - Swords of the Guardians An interesting piece. I was strongly reminded of the Dark World theme from A Link to the Past, which is both a blessing and a curse in terms of comparison.

The Point Spread
Fly! - 3 pts.
Sacrifice Marionette - 1 pt.
GorgeCity - 1 pt.
Swords of the Guardians - 1 pt.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Remember, CHz said that closing and tallying might be late this week. So late voting is welcome and encouraged!

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