[SotW] Song of the Week - WEEK 167 Voting/WEEK 168 Nominating

Song of the Week. 150 Weeks and counting.
Week 167 Voting is closed.
Week 168 Nominating is restricted.

Results:
1). [26] LaTale (Game Rip) - Viridianscape
2). [19] Catan (XBLA rip) - Soothing Theme
3). [17] La-Mulana (Game Rip) - Curse of IRON PIPE
4). [14] Tetris (Famicom Game Rip) - Technotris
5). [9] Alien Soldier (Game Rip) - 3-PRAYERS (3st. BGM)
6). [8/5.5] Mass Effect Original Soundtrack - Virmire Ride
7). [8/4.5] Paper Mario (Game Rip) - Sun's Tower
8). [7] Super Robot Wars OG Original Generations Original Soundtrack - TREUE

Tracks:
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: Alien Soldier (Game Rip) - 3-PRAYERS (3st. BGM)
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: Catan (XBLA rip) - Soothing Theme
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: La-Mulana (Game Rip) - Curse of IRON PIPE
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: LaTale (Game Rip) - Viridianscape
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: Mass Effect Original Soundtrack - Virmire Ride
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: Paper Mario (Game Rip) - Sun's Tower
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: Super Robot Wars OG Original Generations Original Soundtrack - TREUE
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: Tetris (Famicom Game Rip) - Technotris

Notes:
A looped version of Catan (XBLA rip) - Soothing Theme can be found in the Extras folder for those who demand looping wherever possible
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Week 168 Nominating:
The Nominations Queue can be found here.
The rules for nominating can be found here.

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Originally Posted by Opfer

The developer of the game hired some of the artists at the Newgrounds Audio Portal for their music. They licensed some of their older works and also asked some of them to produce custom tracks for the game. As far as I know, Winterbliss was one of the licensed tracks, but since it's rather obscure and hasn't been published anywhere else except for the Newgrounds Audio Portal, I think it's still eligible.

I'm a bit confused by the footnote on licensed music on the Nomination Phase - SotW Wiki page, so correct me if I drew wrong conclusions.

I've actually been thinking about CC a bit lately, since I was looking to nominate something from it myself. The "no licensed music" clause is designed to keep stuff like the radio rock songs from GTA out. I think that one of the songs that was specifically made or modified for CC would be fine, but I dunno about an original song that was just needledropped in.

Alien Soldier (Game Rip) - 3-PRAYERS (3st. BGM) This is a nifty chiptune with a nice melody. A few of the extraneous blips and bloops could be dropped and the backbeats are a bit too loud but it's solid stuff overall.

Catan (XBLA rip) - Soothing Theme I AM SOOTHED! This is a great little pastoral piece, which seems like it would be the prefect companion for a game of Catan before things get too rough. Good stuff.

La-Mulana (Game Rip) - Curse of IRON PIPE This one has a bit of that latter-day Megaman flavor to it. the melody isn't super-strong, but I love the rhythm and the background synth figures.

LaTale (Game Rip) - Viridianscape The second La of the week offers some decent bouncy fun, with some nice synth tones and an overall airy feel that I enjoyed quite a bit.

Mass Effect Original Soundtrack - Virmire Ride Another one of the really strong electronic-influenced tracks from Mass Effect. This uses synth pulses and bass to create a really driving beat, overlaying it with a great melody.

Paper Mario (Game Rip) - Sun's Tower I can't say I remember this from playing Paper Mario; the only things I really remember from the game were the battle theme and my disappointment with everything else. Like most N64 tunes, the synth is horrendous and tinny; the basic structure is nice (sort of a downbeat Latin-style thing) but interestingly it's anything but sunny.

Super Robot Wars OG Original Generations Original Soundtrack - TREUE Another entrant from perennial candidate Super Robot Wars, this isn't too bad--decent tempo, but kind of bland. There are a lot of songs like this and there's not much to set this one apart from the pack.

Tetris (Famicom Game Rip) - Technotris Starts out a little dull, but gets much more interesting as things speed up and additional layers are added. Won't be toppling the Teris songs we all know and love anytime soon, but it's not bad.

Great week. It was tough to give out that last spot.

The Point Spread
Virmire Ride - 3 pts.
Soothing Theme - 2 pts.
Curse of Iron Pipe - 1 pt.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Originally Posted by Kaleb.G

Update. Voting is still open for now, but I'm restricting noms. Unfortunately, I have a ton of work to do right now and this is not as important as my salary. I'll get back to this ASAP.

No rush, Kaleb. CHz hasn't closed voting on a Monday in months

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

No idea why the FTP keeps giving you trouble, Crash, but I uploaded your latest nom for you at least. Next week's voting thread is open too, and I'll make a poll about Castle Crashers next.

Vote 'em if you got 'em on Week 167; if Kaleb doesn't close it tonight I'll add up the points myself tomorrow morning.

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