[SotW] Song of the Week - WEEK 176 Voting/WEEK 177 Nominating

Song of the Week. 175 Weeks and counting.
Week 176 Voting is closed.
Week 177 Nominating is open.

Results
1). [23] Celebrity of the voice premium compilation album "Voice bowl" - Hello Mr. Cyborg Soldier [HELLO Mr.CYBORG] (Stage 2)
2). [17] oblivion - Tsukihime & Girl -doll
3). [14] Anachronox (Game Rip) - Stiletto Edit
4). [12] Echoes of War: The Music of Blizzard Entertainment Legendary Edition - Eradicate and Evolve
5). [11] Agony (Game Rip) - Intro
6). [8] Pac-Man World 2 - Clyde in the Caldera
7). [6] Battlefield 2142 (Game Rip) - Battlefield 2142 Theme
8). [5] Cross Edge Original Soundtrack - The Grand Design

Tracks:
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: Agony (Game Rip) - Intro
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: Anachronox (Game Rip) - Stiletto Edit
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: Battlefield 2142 (Game Rip) - Battlefield 2142 Theme
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: Celebrity of the voice premium compilation album "Voice bowl" - Hello Mr. Cyborg Soldier [HELLO Mr.CYBORG] (Stage 2)
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: Cross Edge Original Soundtrack - The Grand Design
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: Echoes of War: The Music of Blizzard Entertainment Legendary Edition - Eradicate and Evolve
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: oblivion - Tsukihime & Girl -doll
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: Pac-Man World 2 - Clyde in the Caldera

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Week 177 Nominating:
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Jam it back in, in the dark.

Agony (Game Rip) - Intro I can imagine a lot of bad puns cropping up if this turned out to be bad, but it's actually fairly good. The synth is pretty terrible, but luckily piano is something that most synths can do pretty well. The music loses a bit of focus over the course of the song, and I wouldn't rank it in my top piano tracks, but it's still enjoyable.

Anachronox (Game Rip) - Stiletto Edit I'm sure this is good in its own way, but I don't go in for this kind of loungy disco music in general.

Battlefield 2142 (Game Rip) - Battlefield 2142 Theme As far as military marches go, this is okay, but it's not winning any converts. The synth is pretty bad for such a recent game, and neither the melody nor the rhythm really stands out from similar song.

Celebrity of the voice premium compilation album "Voice bowl" - Hello Mr. Cyborg Soldier [HELLO Mr.CYBORG] (Stage 2) This looks like something someone made up to poke fun at incoherent Japanese album and track names. It has its moments, and is the likely winner this week, but I wasn't a big fan of the overall cheesy sound.

Cross Edge Original Soundtrack - The Grand Design Standard VGM rock, with nothing to differentiate it from thousands of similar songs. It gets the job done in terms of having wailing guitars but does precious little else.

Echoes of War: The Music of Blizzard Entertainment Legendary Edition - Eradicate and Evolve I was really disappointed with this album as a whole; it didn't capture the best that Blizz songs have to offer, the orchestration was very anemic in places, and there was a general reliance on painful pseudo-ethnic yawling. This has all those weaknesses plus some absolutely hideous effects (like the "skipping" vocals) and it seems to be going in 27 different directions at once. Blech.

oblivion - Tsukihime & Girl -doll New-agey stuff takes a long time to get started, and has some nice piano work offset by being pretty boring in places.

Pac-Man World 2 - Clyde in the Caldera I guess this is supposed to be menacing? It gets the job done but without any real flair.

Disappointing week. Point allocation will be tough since nothing really stood out.

The Point Spread
Intro - 2 pts.
Girl minus doll - 2 pts.
Clyde in the Caldera - 2 pts.

How ya doing, buddy?