[SotW] Song of the Week - WEEK 143 Voting/WEEK 144 Nominating

Song of the Week. 125 Weeks and counting.
Week 143 Voting is closed.
Week 144 Nominating is restricted.

Results
1). [26] BANGAI-O SPIRITS Audio Collection Plus - Bangai-O GO!
2). [24] Neo Contra (Game Rip) - Mission 3
3). [17] Swept Away - Before Dawn
4). [9/6.5] Vampire Savior The Lord of Vampire - FEAST OF THE DAMNED
5). [9/6] The Treasure of Usas (Game Rip) - Mohenjo Daro (Stage 5)
6). [8] Putty Squad (SNES Game Rip) - Dr. Sushi's Laboratory of Terror
7). [5] VAGUE2 - S (from AIR 'summer lights,' AIRness 'summer lights -AIRness-')
8). [4] SPIKEOUT Battle Street Original Sound Track - Bad guys ~Here Comes The Area Boss~

Tracks:
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: BANGAI-O SPIRITS Audio Collection Plus - Bangai-O GO!
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: Neo Contra (Game Rip) - Mission 3
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: Putty Squad (SNES Game Rip) - Dr. Sushi's Laboratory of Terror
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: SPIKEOUT Battle Street Original Sound Track - Bad guys ~Here Comes The Area Boss~
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: Swept Away - Before Dawn
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: The Treasure of Usas (Game Rip) - Mohenjo Daro (Stage 5)
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: VAGUE2 - S (from AIR 'summer lights,' AIRness 'summer lights -AIRness-')
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: Vampire Savior The Lord of Vampire - FEAST OF THE DAMNED

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 144 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.

That's another reason I'm glad you're with us, surasshu; you've got an in on the biz

I'm fine with the devhell nomination; we've had noms from canceled games before, and that sounds like more or less the same thing.

BANGAI-O SPIRITS Audio Collection Plus - Bangai-O GO! This one's a lot of goofy fun! I was really taken by its quirky sound, and the synth quality actually helps build that atmosphere. Excellent all around.

Neo Contra (Game Rip) - Mission 3 Takes a long time to do anything interesting, and isn't particularly notable even then. I expected more from something with such a venerable name.

Putty Squad (SNES Game Rip) - Dr. Sushi's Laboratory of Terror Some nice beats, and it later builds up to a satisfying (and distinctively Amiga) sound.

SPIKEOUT Battle Street Original Sound Track - Bad guys ~Here Comes The Area Boss~ At times this has almost a faux Bond sound to it. Not without its moments, but also annoying in many places.

Swept Away - Before Dawn I'm putting together a piano compilation, and this year has been full of good candidates. This is an affecting, quiet, and morose piece that impresses quite a bit. Admittedly, I'm easy to please when it comes to keyboarding, but I still dug it a lot.

The Treasure of Usas (Game Rip) - Mohenjo Daro (Stage 5) A pretty good adventure-style chiptune.

VAGUE2 - S (from AIR 'summer lights,' AIRness 'summer lights -AIRness-') This felt like it was heading in an interesting direction with its combination of light vocals and 8-bit bleeps. Then it had to go and trash all of that in favor of mindless zombie trance with a less capable vocal mixed in. Disappointing.

Vampire Savior The Lord of Vampire - FEAST OF THE DAMNED Some interesting organ and synth bits give this a light faux-Gothic feel. It loses a lot of cohesiveness in places, and is painfully short, but still rather interesting.

The Point Spread
Uh Oh Bangai-O's - 3 pts.
Swept Away Swept Away Swept Away - 2 pts.
Feast of the Damned - 1 pt.

Nomination

• Album Title: Speed Racer
• Artist: Winifred Phillips
• Track Title: Thunderhead
• Source: Composer's Official Site
• Track Number: 03
• Year: May 9, 2008

There's nowhere I can't reach.