[SotW] Song of the Week - WEEK 214 Voting/WEEK 215 Nominating

Song of the Week. 200 Weeks and counting.
Week 214 Voting is like SAUS all year long.
Week 215 Nominating is ephemeral.

Results:
1). [24] Marching Grass on the Hill - Waterfall
2). [18] Fittest - Original Soundtrack - Dreams of Cobalt
3). [8/5.5] Deadly Premonition (Game Rip) - Woods and Angels
4). [8/5] Advance Wars 2: Black Hole Rising (Game Rip) - Battle Fanfare
5). [7] Oboromuramasa Original Soundtrack - Tacit Understanding
6). [6] Transport Tycoon Deluxe (Game Rip) - Road Hog
7). [4] OutRun 20th Anniversary Box - STEP ON BEAT [Original]
8). [3] The Twisted Tales of Spike McFang (Game Rip) - Foreboding Desert Temple

Tracks
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: Advance Wars 2 - Black Hole Rising (Game Rip) - Battle Fanfare
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: Deadly Premonition (Game Rip) - Woods and Angels
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: Fittest - Original Soundtrack - Dreams of Cobalt
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: Marching Grass on the Hill - Waterfall
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: Oboromuramasa Original Soundtrack - Tacit Understanding
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: OutRun 20th Anniversary Box - STEP ON BEAT [Original]
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: The Twisted Tales of Spike McFang (Game Rip) - Foreboding Desert Temple
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: Transport Tycoon Deluxe (Game Rip) - Road Hog

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

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Welcome, Potato! Always good to have new participants.

Originally Posted by Elorin

Um, I'm assuming this SotW and perhaps the one after this will be both two week affairs?

Originally Posted by orion_mk3

Double Week
Voting will last for two weeks in order to give paricipants more time to participate in the Best Song Contest 2010.

I think you'd be right in supposing that. All two-week voting periods will be clearly marked

Advance Wars 2 - Black Hole Rising (Game Rip) - Battle Fanfare I remember this from the BSC a few years back. Good stuff, but it suffers from the sound quality issues that bedevil all Advance Wars music (talk about a series that needs an official, remastered OST pronto pronto!).

Deadly Premonition (Game Rip) - Woods and Angels As you might expect for a game that combines Twin Peaks with zombie killing, Deadly Premonition is hella weird. This Angelo Badalementi-inspired piece is a nice highlight, providing the perfect dreamy and troubled atmosphere.

Fittest - Original Soundtrack - Dreams of Cobalt Digging the great electronic effects in this one, not to mention the piano.

Marching Grass on the Hill - Waterfall Really nice Philip Glass inspired piece, this. Just fantastic.

Oboromuramasa Original Soundtrack - Tacit Understanding I was a bit disappointed with Oboromuramasa, which sounds to my ears to be aping Okami (especially after the stunning Odin Sphere by the same peeps). The beat's fine, but the instrumentation and rather weak melody are comparative turn-offs.

OutRun 20th Anniversary Box - STEP ON BEAT [Original] Decent enough, but not quite the oldschool powerhouse one might hope for.

The Twisted Tales of Spike McFang (Game Rip) - Foreboding Desert Temple I'm surprised this title hasn't seen a resurrection given the vampire obsession sweeping the world right now. The tune itself has a nice classical edge but is pretty slight.

Transport Tycoon Deluxe (Game Rip) - Road Hog I was expecting some rambunctious hillbilly rock with a title like that; unfortunately, the mellow elevator jazz that is delivered ain't much to write home about.

Good week overall. I think half these songs could probably clean up in the BSC, too.

The Point Spread
Deadly Premonition - 3 pts.
Marching Grass on the Hill - 2 pts.
Fittest - 1 pt.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Might as well do a little nominating.

Album: Radiata Stories Original Soundtrack
Artist: Noriyuki Iwadare
Track Title: Struggle 1
Disc: 1
Track: 4
Year: 2005

How ya doing, buddy?

Whoa! Third place AND a top three that match my top three? During the BSC, dreams really do come true

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