[SotW] Song of the Week - WEEK 174 Voting/WEEK 175 Nominating

Song of the Week. 150 Weeks and counting.
Week 174 Voting is closed.
Week 175 Nominating is restricted.

Results:
1). [21] Fantasy Earth: Zero (Game Rip) - Vinel Island
2). [18] DNA Warrior (C64 Game Rip) - Track 1
3). [17] Perfect Dark Dual CD Soundtrack - Training
4). [13] Boktai 3: Sabata's Counterattack (Game Rip) - Racing from Darkness
5). [10] Fathom (Flash Game Rip) - Water Music
6). [8] pop'n music 10 AC ♥ CS pop'n music 8 - GOONIES "R" GOOD ENOUGH
7). [6] Metal Gear >> Solid Snake Music Compilation of Hideo Kojima/Red Disc - NIGHT FALL
8). [3] Square Enix Music Official Bootleg Vol.1 - Ice Field

Tracks:
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: Boktai 3: Sabata's Counterattack (Game Rip) - Racing from Darkness
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: DNA Warrior (C64 Game Rip) - Track 1
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: Fantasy Earth: Zero (Game Rip) - Vinel Island
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: Fathom (Flash Game Rip) - Water Music
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: Metal Gear >> Solid Snake Music Compilation of Hideo Kojima/Red Disc - NIGHT FALL
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: Perfect Dark Dual CD Soundtrack - Training
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: pop'n music 10 AC ♥ CS pop'n music 8 - GOONIES "R" GOOD ENOUGH
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: Square Enix Music Official Bootleg Vol.1 - Ice Field

Notes:
Since the first round of the BSC has ended, SotW has returned to its usual schedule. NO MORE TWO WEEK VOTING UNLESS TURNOUT IS REALLY CRAPPY.
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Week 175 Nominating:
The Nominations Queue can be found here.
The rules for nominating can be found here.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Boktai 3: Sabata's Counterattack (Game Rip) - Racing from Darkness Really nifty integration of an old-school chiptune into a slightly-better synthed whole. There's literally nothing about this I don't like.

DNA Warrior (C64 Game Rip) - Track 1 As I've said before, more often than not the C64 sound just doesn't agree with me. The melody is nice, but what's around it just bugs me.

Fantasy Earth: Zero (Game Rip) - Vinel Island Excellent, bouncy, almost Copland-esque RPG music. The only real negative is that someone other than me nominated it I recommend checking out the rip, though this is far and away the best song in the game.

Fathom (Flash Game Rip) - Water Music I've gotta say I expected better from a Danny Baranowsky nomination. This is strictly in the bottom drawer of his stuff, without much going on. Compared to "The Teaching Robot" or "Fools Say What," this seems even weaker.

Metal Gear >> Solid Snake Music Compilation of Hideo Kojima/Red Disc - NIGHT FALL Interesting how the pre-MGS stuff sounds nothing like the Tappy/HGW/Hibino superspy music that's come to dominate the series. The vox are very nice; the rest of the song is forever teetering on the edge of mediocrity.

Perfect Dark Dual CD Soundtrack - Training Some surprisingly decent techno here, rather better than the mess that was Perfect Dark Zero.

pop'n music 10 AC ♥ CS pop'n music 8 - GOONIES "R" GOOD ENOUGH The inclusion of bits from the Cyndi Lauper song makes me a little uneasy, but otherwise this is fine chiptunage.

Square Enix Music Official Bootleg Vol.1 - Ice Field Questions of how anything can be an official bootleg aside, this is a really odd song. The guitar, ambient synth, and melodic piano interlude just don't belong in the same piece, and the distortions that crop up are disconcerting.

The Point Spread
Vinel Island - 3 pts.
Racing from Darkness - 2 pts.
Training - 1 pt.

Nom
Album: Synaesthete OST
Artist: William Towns
Track #: 12
Track Title: Credits
Source: https://typo3.digipen.edu/index.php?id=988

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Originally Posted by Klondike

3 points - Fathom - Water Music - I nominated this, so if that makes me ineligible to vote for it.

You can vote for your own songs. In fact, there's a considerable pack of SotW veteran tunes that have only ever gotten points from their nominators! That's also why zero points is also rather uncommon too.

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

Originally Posted by CHz

YUP

Completely forgot that placed, and I obviously didn't check. Thanks for the catch.

So does that mean Drakken's nom is bumped for two weeks, or does he get to make a replacement one?

I'd like to put up next week's thread but that sticky wicket is holding things up.

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

Originally Posted by CHz

I'll give him a day or so to come up with a replacement, if he wants to. If he hasn't by tomorrow afternoon/evening/whenever I get around to handling it, then I'll just move up the next person in line.

I sent him a PM too.

Okay. The next person in queue uploaded their song so everything should be set.

How ya doing, buddy?

Originally Posted by Drakken

Whoops, I didn't realize Catan was still ineligible. I'll try to come up with a replacement nom later today / early tomorrow.

You best hurry up, because I need to put Week 175 to bed (and vote on it!) before I leave the state, and I have an itchy posting finger. Come 12:01 local time I'm gonna have to plow ahead.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?