[SotW] Song of the Week - WEEK 194 Voting/WEEK 196 Nominating

Song of the Week. 175 Weeks and counting.
Week 194 Voting is closed at last.
Week 196 Nominating is finally closed after like a month.

Results:
1). [18] .hack//G.U. GAME MUSIC O.S.T. 2 - Blue Sky City Dol Dona
2). [17] EVE burst error "THE PERFECT" - RYU UMEMOTO RARE TRACKS Vol.4 - Ending [Unlimited ver]
3). [16] Contrasta OriginalSoundTrack ~Monochrome Fairytale~ - Monochrome Fairytale
4). [13] WarioWare: Smooth Moves (Game Rip) - Yellow Murmur
5). [9] Far Cry (Game Rip) - Menu Music
6). [4/3] pop'n music 13 Carnival AC ♥ CS pop'n music 11 - POP'N CARNIVAL MARCH
7). [4/2.5] Tunnel B1 Soundtrack - Oceanos
8). [3] EA Playground - Buggin' NB

Tracks:
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: .hack//G.U. GAME MUSIC O.S.T. 2 - Blue Sky City Dol Dona
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: Contrasta OriginalSoundTrack ~Monochrome Fairytale~ - Monochrome Fairytale
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: EA Playground - Buggin' NB
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: EVE burst error "THE PERFECT" - RYU UMEMOTO RARE TRACKS Vol.4 - Ending [Unlimited ver]
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: Far Cry (Game Rip) - Menu Music
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: pop'n music 13 Carnival AC ♥ CS pop'n music 11 - POP'N CARNIVAL MARCH
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: Tunnel B1 Soundtrack - Oceanos
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: WarioWare: Smooth Moves (Game Rip) - Yellow Murmur

Voting Rules:
Voters must distribute 6 points among the 8 nominees, giving points to at least 3 songs, giving no song more than 3 points, and giving no more than one of their choices 3 points. Possible ways of voting include:

Spoiler:

"Traditional"
Song1 - 3 pts.
Song2 - 2 pts.
Song3 - 1 pt.

"Even Stevens"
Song1 - 2 pts.
Song2 - 2 pts.
Song3 - 2 pts.

"Tough Decision"
Song1 - 2 pts.
Song2 - 2 pts.
Song3 - 1 pt.
Song4 - 1 pt.

"Nomination Bias"
Song1 - 3 pts.
Song2 - 1 pt.
Song3 - 1 pt.
Song4 - 1 pt.

"Indecisive"
Song1 - 2 pts.
Song2 - 1 pt.
Song3 - 1 pt.
Song4 - 1 pt.
Song5 - 1 pt.

"Shotgun Spread"
Song1 - 1 pt.
Song2 - 1 pt.
Song3 - 1 pt.
Song4 - 1 pt.
Song5 - 1 pt.
Song6 - 1 pt.

Notes:
Week 195 is Yuletide Week! All nominations made this week will be for Week 196 or later. Week 197 is 60 Seconds of Heaven 2: Electric Boogaloo! Nominations now open.

Please remember to upload your nominations to the SotW server! Uploaded noms mean a faster, smoother SotW experience for everyone. Server information:

Spoiler:

* Host: ftp.sotw.info
* Username: nominations@sotw.info (that is the actual username; not an e-mail address)
* Password: gff
* Port: 21

Week 196 Nominating:
The Nominations Queue can be found here.
The rules for nominating can be found here.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

.hack//G.U. GAME MUSIC O.S.T. 2 - Blue Sky City Dol Dona Sounds almost like something out of Okami. Decent.

Contrasta OriginalSoundTrack ~Monochrome Fairytale~ - Monochrome Fairytale Love both the melody and the synthy sound of this one--like Vangelis meets NES. VangelNES, if you will.

EA Playground - Buggin' NB I really like the vibe of this album, with trance-like tracks that nevertheless have a great, energetic sound with really fun synths.

EVE burst error "THE PERFECT" - RYU UMEMOTO RARE TRACKS Vol.4 - Ending [Unlimited ver] Nice combination of elements on this one, with good guitar work, synths, and a decent melodic line.

Far Cry (Game Rip) - Menu Music Far Cray was a neat game, but I don't remember much of its music.Maybe there wasn't much to remember; this is a decent but not really engaging power anthem, the kind that's a dime a dozen in games and movies these days.

pop'n music 13 Carnival AC ♥ CS pop'n music 11 - POP'N CARNIVAL MARCH Well, no one can accuse this track of misrepresenting itself: a carnival march was promised and it was delivered. It's all right as far as that sort of thing goes.

Tunnel B1 Soundtrack - Oceanos Sort of a counterpart to Far Cry, like the suspense music that precedes the power anthem that plays when Nic Cage fights the terrorist on top of the Red Cross jet.

WarioWare: Smooth Moves (Game Rip) - Yellow Murmur Cute synthiness, but I was expecting something...I dunno, something wackier.

Another soild week. Everything was nice and listenable with its own singular merits.

The Point Spread
Buggin' NB - 3 pts.
Monochrome Fairytale - 2 pts.
Ending [Unlimited ver] - 1 pt.

Vive la nomination!
Album: Mother 3 (gamerip)
Artist: Shogo Sakai
Track Title: Let's Ride the Train
Year: 2006
Notes: Looped for your pleasure.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

I've been having trouble with reliable internet access during my holiday travels, so if some kind soul would like to step forward and start voting this week, I'd be much obliged. I should be back on the air reliably in a day or two.

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