[SotW] Song of the Week - WEEK 201 Voting/WEEK 202 Nominating

Song of the Week. 200 Weeks and counting.
Week 201 Voting is dead.
Week 202 Nominating is red.

Results
1). [23] Shotgun Ninja (Game Rip) - minipitt
2). [19] Yuusha 30 Sou Original Soundtrack - Community
3). [16] Summoner (PS2 Game Rip) - Iona Monastery (iona2)
4). [12] CABAL Online: The Revolution of Action (Game Rip) - Map Theme - Bloody Ice
5). [11] Lagrange Point - Broken Replicaizer
6). [10/8.5] Plants vs. Zombies (Game Rip) - The Roof
7). [10/6.5] The Void Original Soundtrack - The Surface [Remastered]
8). [7] Akuji the Heartless (Game Rip) - Pluton

Tracks:
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: Akuji the Heartless (Game Rip) - Pluton
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: CABAL Online - The Revolution of Action (Game Rip) - Map Theme - Bloody Ice
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: Lagrange Point - Broken Replicaizer
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: Plants vs. Zombies (Game Rip) - The Roof
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: Shotgun Ninja (Game Rip) - minipitt
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: Summoner (PS2 Game Rip) - Iona Monastery (iona2)
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: The Void Original Soundtrack - The Surface [Remastered]
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: Yuusha 30 Sou Original Soundtrack - Community


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

Jam it back in, in the dark.

In the same breath that he suggested the one-minute week, Chuckster had this idea:

Originally Posted by Chuckster

Famous Game, Obscure Name: Not sure if we could pull this off. The idea: Take well-known games (that wouldn't cut the mustard otherwise) and open them up with one caveat, that people nominate one of the most obscure tracks from the album. I think it has potential.

Additional Spam:
Akuji the Heartless (Game Rip) - Pluton The percussion is nice, but the rest of the song isn't up to snuff. Works well enough as a sort of general tribal atmosphere I suppose.

CABAL Online - The Revolution of Action (Game Rip) - Map Theme - Bloody Ice These South Korean MMORPG's produce a squidload of music, a lot of it very good, and most of it never gets heard by us VGM nerds. Despite some slightly irritating vocal effects, when this song gets going at around 1/3 of the way in, it's got a really nice rock opera sound.

Lagrange Point - Broken Replicaizer This one is all over the place after a particularly weird beginning. It eventually resolves itself into something decent, but there's too much fluff for my taste.

Plants vs. Zombies (Game Rip) - The Roof Personally I would have nominated the "Zomies on the Lawn" song from this game (which I fully intend to do if this track doesn't place). Still, it's one of the better in-game songs, with a nice drive and catchy melody. There isn't enough development to sustain the song's length, but it's still a nice easy listen.

Shotgun Ninja (Game Rip) - minipitt The melody of this chiptune is okay, but the stereo effects (especially on the right, which to my ears seems out of sequence with the rest) and C64-style trills dampen any enjoyment.

Summoner (PS2 Game Rip) - Iona Monastery (iona2) The Summoner scores are unusual among fantasy music in that they're a lot more modern than the standart LotR-lite such things often get stuck with. I've tried to get into them several times, but each time the lack of decent melodies and a tendancy toward vague new-agey ambiance has turned me away, as is the case here.

The Void Original Soundtrack - The Surface [Remastered] Some tasty piano selections here, nice and dark. I'm not crazy about the bongo drums or the song's short length, but niether are deal-breakers.

Yuusha 30 Sou Original Soundtrack - Community Sometimes you just gotta listen to something that's light and fun, and this fits the bill perfectly. Great melody--especially when taken up by the piano--and a busy sonic atmosphere make this one a keeper.

Nice week! Point distribution was hard. And no, Stalky, I'm not voting tactically: I really did like Bloody Ice, The Roof, and the Surface enough to want to give them all points alongside my nom

The Point Spread
Community - 3 pts.
Bloody Ice - 1 pt.
The Roof - 1 pt.
The Surface - 1 pt.

No nom until I see whether "The Roof" places, but it'll either be "Zombies on the Lawn" from PVZ or Playground from Flyff.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Oh, very well:

Album: Flyff (Game Rip)
Artist: SoundTEMP
Track #: 5
Track Title: Playground
Year: 2005

How ya doing, buddy?