[SotW] Song of the Week - WEEK 223 Voting/WEEK 224 Nominating

Song of the Week. 200 Weeks and counting.
Week 223 Voting is დახურულია.
Week 224 Nominating is დახურულია.

Results:
1). [17/10.5] Namco Video Game Graffiti Volume 9 - Rolling Thunder 2 (Jazz Mix)
2). [17/9] S.C.Out (Game Rip) - In-Game Music
3). [9] Star Fox Assault (Game Rip) - Mission 6 - Sauria
4). [8] Aero the Acrobat 2 (SNES Game Rip) - Performer's Dungeon (Act 2)
5-t). [7/5] Sega Rally Championship (Saturn/PC Game Rip) - Desert Replay
5-t). [7/5] Sonny (Game Rip) - Zone Theme 2
7). [6] Nintendo Sound Adventures - Yoshi's Story (Breakbeat Inferno)
8). [1] Outlaws (Red Book Audio) - The Shack

Tracks:
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: Aero the Acrobat 2 (SNES Game Rip) - Performer's Dungeon (Act 2)
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: Namco Video Game Graffiti Volume 9 - Rolling Thunder 2 (Jazz Mix)
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: Nintendo Sound Adventures - Yoshi's Story (Breakbeat Inferno)
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: Outlaws (Red Book Audio) - The Shack
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: S.C.Out (Game Rip) - In-Game Music
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: Sega Rally Championship (Saturn/PC Game Rip) - Desert Replay
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: Sonny (Game Rip) - Zone Theme 2
Use the download link for Star Fox Assault (Game Rip) - Mission 6 - Sauria

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

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by Kaleb.G

What's up with the Flash Player on the Aero and Yoshi tracks?

Just choking on apostrophes again. They, along with ampersands, always give it major gas.

It's fixed now, though if you're really serious about listening the download links are always there as a backup.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Originally Posted by Kaleb.G

Now for another nomination in a loose series of tracks found through a 7-year-old attempt at listening through all SPC sets in alphabetical order. One of these days I'll get back into that, though with greater organization.

Does this mean we should look out for a Zero the Kamikaze Squirrel nomination in June 2015?

Originally Posted by Chuckster

Also, there are slight hiccups in the Star Fox Assault track. I uploaded it, so I don't think those are in the original file. Maybe I'm wrong.

It's a flash player problem. Probably because the rip was done at a nonstandard bitrate (those damn Nintendo rips are always guilty of that). The download link is fine and I have put up a big red signpost to it.

How ya doing, buddy?

Aero the Acrobat 2 (SNES Game Rip) - Performer's Dungeon (Act 2) Some very nice textures, but they never really go anywhere.

Namco Video Game Graffiti Volume 9 - Rolling Thunder 2 (Jazz Mix) Whee big band jazz! I have gained a bit more appreciation for this form of late, and this is pretty good at what it does.

Nintendo Sound Adventures - Yoshi's Story (Breakbeat Inferno) The Yoshi voice samples in this are like a thousand bloody shards of glass in my eardrum, and pretty much ruin an otherwise decent song.

Outlaws (Red Book Audio) - The Shack Perhaps the weakest song in Outlaws, all Wild West atmosphere and sound effects without any kind of central thread or melody.

S.C.Out (Game Rip) - In-Game Music When something's called "In-Game Music" you know it's gonna be long and possibly C64. This actually bucks both trends, and is pretty cool for it.

Sega Rally Championship (Saturn/PC Game Rip) - Desert Replay The melody line's kind of all over the place, which is too bad since a strong melody was just what the piece needed.

Sonny (Game Rip) - Zone Theme 2 Definitely sounds like a zone of some sort. It's really just a sci-fi version of the Outlaws track, with the same weaknesses.

Star Fox Assault (Game Rip) - Mission 6 - Sauria Finally, a Star Fox song that isn't held back by poor-ass synths. It's held back by weak orchestration instead. But hey, improvement is improvement.

The Point Spread
Rolling Thunder 2 - 3 pts.
In-Game Music - 2 pts.
Sauria - 1 pt.

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

Originally Posted by CHz

orion got the perfect point spread.

I know, I'm scared too

I was speaking idiomatically.