[SotW] Song of the Week - WEEK 211 Voting/WEEK 212 Nominating

'bout time! Old Man CHz seems to have let his vacation go to his head

Seriously, though, I believe there's the little matter of the theme week to address:

Album: Halo 3 ODST
Composer: Martin O'Donnell and Michael Salvatori
Track Title: Something Like Sorrow
Year: 2009
Justification: The song plays all of once in the game and is part of a suite on the OST, plus I didn't want to be lame and grab a JRPG as was my knee-jerk reaction.

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Guess a little voting is in order, eh?

an cinniùint - The Flaming Tree A Mitsuda nom is almost unfair, considering the level of quality in most of his output. This isn't in his top tier, though; really more of an atmospheric track than anything else.

KAROUS original soundtrack SPRING RAIN - death from above 4098 (Stage5) Unlistenable electonic garbage. Sorry, nominator, I just can't see any redeeming value in this one.

Puchi Carat ORIGINAL SOUND TRACKS - Bad Moon (Sapphire) Some nice synth work and a decent melody and beat here.

Rudra no Hihou original sound version - Beyond the Rising Moon Rudra is Ryuji Sasai's magnum opus, a perfect combination of melody and rock elements. I especially like the theme and variations approach--every main character has a theme, a badass boss battle theme, and a section of the ending theme (i.e. this).

Sengoku BASARA 2 Original Soundtrack - Yukimura Sanada's Theme Some odd FX here, but otherwise a decent rock track.

starmine - Harmony and Lovely -contemporary chamber mix- I wasn't quite sure what to expect from the "chamber mix" aside from chamber music, which is like Sominex to me. It seems to be a jazzy fusion-ish piece instead, though, with some interesting things going on (as well as a woman who really wants a can of Slice).

The Blue Wolf and the White Doe: The Secret History of the Mongols - Wolves on Horseback I don't know how well an ehru represents the Mongols, anthropologically speaking. I tend to dislike the sound of the instrument unless it's done just right, which isn't the case here.

The Sims 2: Open For Business (Game Rip) - The Sims 2 NewWave Theme Mark Mothersbaugh and his team are highly underrated as a VGM composer, as this nifty bit of synthpop proves.

Nice week. First and second were easy but third place was unnaturally tough.

The Point Spread
Beyond the Rising Moon - 3 pts.
NewWave Theme - 2 pts.
The Flaming Tree - 1 pt.

I guess it's time to start preparing for SotW's annual accommodation for the BSC (two-week voting periods, etc.) while we're at it.

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