[SotW] Song of the Week - WEEK 145 Voting/WEEK 146 Nominating

Song of the Week. 125 Weeks and counting.
Week 145 Voting is closed.
Week 146 Nominating is restricted

Results:
1). [20] Fighting Layer / Arika - Tetsuo Kato (Fighting Layer Arrange Version)
2). [17] Tiny Toon Adventures: Buster Busts Loose! (Game Rip) - Buster Sky-Jinks
3). [15] VM Japan Original Sound Track - Warriors
4). [14] ixion - Even so, I've come to like someone -cooperate-
5). [12] Speed Racer (Game Rip) - Thunderhead
6). [9/6] Beautiful Katamari Damacy Original Soundtrack "Katamari Suteki Damacy" - Sayonara Rolling Star
7). [9/5.5] 3rd Super Robot Taisen α -To the End of the Galaxy- Original Soundtrack - ANOTHER TIMEDIVER
8). [6] Neon FM: Dance Radio (Game Rip) - Girlz Buttz

Tracks:
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: 3rd Super Robot Taisen α -To the End of the Galaxy- Original Soundtrack - ANOTHER TIMEDIVER
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: Beautiful Katamari Damacy Original Soundtrack "Katamari Suteki Damacy" - Sayonara Rolling Star
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: Fighting Layer / Arika - Tetsuo Kato (Fighting Layer Arrange Version)
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: ixion - Even so, I've come to like someone -cooperate-
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: Neon FM: Dance Radio (Game Rip) - Girlz Buttz
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: Speed Racer (Game Rip) - Thunderhead
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: Tiny Toon Adventures: Buster Busts Loose! (Game Rip) - Buster Sky-Jinks
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: VM Japan Original Sound Track - Warriors

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 146 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.

Pretty poor participation this week so far; maybe an extension is in order.

3rd Super Robot Taisen α -To the End of the Galaxy- Original Soundtrack - ANOTHER TIMEDIVER Not the most memorable, but the piece has some nice momentum to it and a good synth interlude.

Beautiful Katamari Damacy Original Soundtrack "Katamari Suteki Damacy" - Sayonara Rolling Star Much more tuneful and listenable than the average Katamari track (though admittedly that's not saying a whole lot). Still vaguely annoying.

Fighting Layer / Arika - Tetsuo Kato (Fighting Layer Arrange Version) Pretty good guitar-led track. The beginning in particular really impressed me, much more so than the rest of the song.

ixion - Even so, I've come to like someone -cooperate- Ixion gave us a previous winner/battle winner that, as I recall, was a real love it or hate it experience. I was on the "hate it" end, so expectations were low, but the song exceeded them handily. It combines a very interesting soundscape with a good melody to good effect.

Neon FM: Dance Radio (Game Rip) - Girlz Buttz Talk about a name guaranteed to set low expectations... This sounds like it's supposed to be a parody or joke song, and it does elicit some giggles, but doesn't have much beyond that.

Speed Racer (Game Rip) - Thunderhead I really like the integration of SFX into this song (which is highly unusual for me), but the crowd stomps and shouts are integrated with the propulsive guitars and electronics in such a way as to create a tremendous drive and energy.

Tiny Toon Adventures: Buster Busts Loose! (Game Rip) - Buster Sky-Jinks While the SNES has some all-time classics, it also features a lot of rather bland music. I was expecting bland here, but there's definitely some melodic spiciness to be had, especially when a little jazz swing enters into things or when the xylophone takes the stage.

VM Japan Original Sound Track - Warriors A sort of Far East meets techno effect here. The Eastern elements are done well, without being overbearing as they often are, the synth is competent, and the voices add a nice layer of depth beyond that.

A good week, without any real weak links!

The Point Spread
Thunderhead - 3 pts.
Ixion - 1 pt.
Buster Sky-Jinks - 1 pt.
Warriors - 1 pt.

There's nowhere I can't reach.