[SotW] Song of the Week - WEEK 171 Voting/WEEK 172 Nominating

Song of the Week. 150 Weeks and counting.
Week 171 Voting is closed.
Week 172 Nominating is closed.

Results:
1). [30] Silver Surfer (Game Rip) - Level Theme 2
2). [21] Aoishiro Original Soundtrack - A Trailblazer Surpasses Death
3). [14] 3D Lemmings (PSX Red Book Audio) - LEMGO 1
4). [6/5] The War of Genesis III PART1 + PART2 Original Sound Track - Glorious Morning
5). [6/4.5] Amen: The Awakening - Memory of the First Touch
6). [6/3.5] ChaosField Sound Track - back in to the machine -phase 5-
7). [4] Red Zone (Genesis Game Rip) - Night Mission
8). [3] Super Contra 7 (Game Rip) - Stage 1

Tracks:
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: 3D Lemmings (PSX Red Book Audio) - LEMGO 1
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: Amen: The Awakening - Memory of the First Touch
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: Aoishiro Original Soundtrack - A Trailblazer Surpasses Death
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: ChaosField Sound Track - back in to the machine -phase 5-
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: Red Zone (Genesis Game Rip) - Night Mission
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: Silver Surfer (Game Rip) - Level Theme 2
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: Super Contra 7 (Game Rip) - Stage 1
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: The War of Genesis III PART1 + PART2 Original Sound Track - Glorious Morning

Notes:
Song of the Week will be on a two-week schedule during the first round of the BSC. This should allow SotW participants enough time for both events.
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Week 172 Nominating:
The Nominations Queue can be found here.
The rules for nominating can be found here.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

3D Lemmings (PSX Red Book Audio) - LEMGO 1 Lemmings GO! This is a fun one, and the fact that the music is Redbook really helps it (when compared with the ultra-cheesy PC synths of the day). A little on the short side though.

Amen: The Awakening - Memory of the First Touch Ironically, the music for this canceled game is the best thing the composer has ever done. Here he puts the main theme into piano format with just the barest hint of other instruments behind the solo melody. It's moving, subtle stuff: ice-cold in execution but nevertheless longing.

Aoishiro Original Soundtrack - A Trailblazer Surpasses Death Easygoing, mellow lounge licks. Nothing about this style of track really jumps out and grabs me; a pleasant diversion that's instantly forgotten.

ChaosField Sound Track - back in to the machine -phase 5- Some nice beats and techno FX here, but the music doesn't go anywhere or turn those building blocks into anything substatntial so it quickly wears out its welcome.

Red Zone (Genesis Game Rip) - Night Mission Sounds more like a C64 SID than a piece of Genesis synth. The rhythm was interesting but I couldn't really get into the song.

Silver Surfer (Game Rip) - Level Theme 2 I recognized this one immediately--I want to say BCC, but it might have been in the BSC as well. Very eclectic, as is its wont as a Follitune, and some sections are absolute dynamite, while others are too laden with SFX for my taste. On balance, it'd be a keeper if I didn't already have a copy.

Super Contra 7 (Game Rip) - Stage 1 I was expecting something hard-hitting from this, given the Contra name, but instead got what seem to be a set of random notes played on an NES synthesizer. Really awful; sorry nominator.

The War of Genesis III PART1 + PART2 Original Sound Track - Glorious Morning When will the scribers of moon runes learn that PUTTING THINGS IN CAPS doesn't make them cooler, especially if it's mundane information like the parts contained therein? That aside, this was very surprising; I was expecting all-out action and got a very nicely done chamber ensemble instead. Surprisingly, I liked it, even though chamber music usually bores me to tears.

Another rather poor week in my opinion. At least the point spread was easy!

The Point Spread
Memory of the First Touch - 3 pts.
Level Theme 2 - 2 pts.
Glorious Morning - 1 pt.

Nomination
Artist: Richard Jaques
Album: Starship Troopers
Track Title: Starship Troopers Suite
Source: Richard Jacques | Composer
Notes: This is a selection of music from the game arranged into a suite for the composer's website.

There's nowhere I can't reach.