[SotW] Song of the Week - WEEK 151 Voting/WEEK 152 Nominating

Song of the Week. 150 Weeks and counting.
Week 151 Voting is closed.
Week 152 Nominating is restricted.

Results:
1). [21] Super Stardust HD (Game Rip) - StarFighting Across The Universe
2). [14] Sega Arcade Selection D-RAM Remix - Sonic [Sega Sonic the Hedgehog Arcade]
3). [12] XIISTAG & Trizeal Perfect Soundtrack - CLOUDY TODAY, AGAIN! TAKE02
4). [11] Master of Monsters - Golden Warrior
5). [10] Wonder Dog (Red Book Audio) - Dogsville
6). [8/6] Epic Pinball The Complete Collection (Game Rip) - Excalibur
7). [8/4.5] Metal Gear 20th Anniversary ~ Metal Gear Music Collection - Zanzibar Breeze
8). [6] American McGee's Alice Original Music Score - Wonderland Woods

Tracks:
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: American McGee's Alice Original Music Score - Wonderland Woods
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: Epic Pinball The Complete Collection (Game Rip) - Excalibur
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: Master of Monsters - Golden Warrior
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: Metal Gear 20th Anniversary ~ Metal Gear Music Collection - Zanzibar Breeze
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: Sega Arcade Selection D-RAM Remix - Sonic [Sega Sonic the Hedgehog Arcade]
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: Super Stardust HD (Game Rip) - StarFighting Across The Universe
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: Wonder Dog (Red Book Audio) - Dogsville
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: XIISTAG & Trizeal Perfect Soundtrack - CLOUDY TODAY, AGAIN! TAKE02

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 152 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.

American McGee's Alice Original Music Score - Wonderland Woods Given the game's nifty production design, I was hoping for something special with this track. Alas, while it's serviceable in creating a dark and off-kilter mood, the melody isn't particularly strong, and it doesn't get much in the way of variation.

Epic Pinball The Complete Collection (Game Rip) - Excalibur An okay bit of electronica, but nothing about it really spoke to me. At least it's not straight trance, I suppose.

Master of Monsters - Golden Warrior A nicely funky and jazzy piece, which doesn't really fit in with the medieval setting implied by the title, but so what? It's fun.

Metal Gear 20th Anniversary ~ Metal Gear Music Collection - Zanzibar Breeze Not super big on the hair metal opener, but things get better one brass and other layers are added in. Has a very Ace Combatty sound to it, which should play well with the local flight crew.

Sega Arcade Selection D-RAM Remix - Sonic [Sega Sonic the Hedgehog Arcade] Another Sonic remix? I guess it is the only way to get the tunes in SotW, but... Anyway, the song spends a lot of time spinning its wheels before things really get started--but once they do, a busy and bouncy electronic sound develops that's really good.

Super Stardust HD (Game Rip) - StarFighting Across The Universe Another techno track that starts out slow before launching into some terrific stuff after a dog's age of buildup. Would that they'd shucked the first third or so, but what comes after is quite worthwhile.

Wonder Dog (Red Book Audio) - Dogsville The third in a techno trifecta, a little less involving than the others at its peak but it has a nice jazzy streak and is more consistent.

XIISTAG & Trizeal Perfect Soundtrack - CLOUDY TODAY, AGAIN! TAKE02 Make that a techno quadrilogy. It's also more consistent than the other two, with a nice synthy lead and some good development.

Pretty good week overall. The points are going to be tough, since there are four songs I'd like to reward more or less equally.

The Point Spread
Starfighting etc. - 2 pts.
Dogsville - 2 pts.
Sonic - 1 pt.
Cloudy etc. - 1 pt.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Maybe we should let it slide this time, since choosing a new nom will hold up this week's voting even more--with the understanding that people should be a little more cautious with noms from that composer in the future.

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

So...are we near to a resolution on the songs for next week?

I know we could probably get the thread up Sunday at noon and still have full participation, but I'm always nervous that some gossamer link will inadvertently be broken and the event will end forever

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