[SotW] Song of the Week - WEEK 233 Voting/WEEK 234 Nominating

Song of the Week. 225 Weeks and counting.
Week 233 Voting is closed.
Week 234 Nominating is closed.

Results:
1). [13/9] Freedom Fighters Original Soundtrack - Isabella - Leader of the Resistance
2). [13/7.5] Super Ice Hockey (Game Rip) - Ending
3). [11] www.richardjacques.com - Mass Effect Bonus Track 2 (The Ice Planet)
4). [10] Shirogane no Soleil -Successor of Wyrd- Original Soundtrack - Affection ~One Step Beyond Love~
5). [7] The Terminator (Sega CD Red Book Audio) - Taking to the Air
6). [6] V-RARE SOUND TRACK vol.11 ~ listens with the airplane - My Airplane
7). [4] Every Extend (Game Rip) - SeeTheLight
8). [2] Cyber Stadium Series: Base Wars (Game Rip) - In-Game Music A

Tracks:

Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: Cyber Stadium Series: Base Wars (Game Rip) - In-Game Music A
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: Every Extend (Game Rip) - SeeTheLight
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: Freedom Fighters Original Soundtrack - Isabella - Leader of the Resistance
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: Shirogane no Soleil -Successor of Wyrd- Original Soundtrack - Affection ~One Step Beyond Love~
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: Super Ice Hockey (Game Rip) - Ending
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: The Terminator (Sega CD Red Book Audio) - Taking to the Air
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: V-RARE SOUND TRACK vol.11 ~ listens with the airplane - My Airplane
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: www.richardjacques.com - Mass Effect Bonus Track 2 (The Ice Planet)

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

Jam it back in, in the dark.

I can get behind If at First You Don't Succeed week, and already have a Radiata Stories nom I could use (4 nominations and no wins!). People seemed to hate piano week, so let's not do that one again, but SotW Unplugged would still be a treat. I'd also kind of like to see the .38 Doujin Special if for no reason other than I have a fuckton of the stuff lying around after that doujin contest I somehow ran.

As for something new...I'll get back to you.

How ya doing, buddy?

Originally Posted by Chuckster

Did we ever have an anti-SotW week, where you nominate the worst song possible and give points to the worst tracks? I feel like this idea is vaguely familiar; maybe I'm just thinking of 'A' brackets from past BSCs.

Crash ran something like that a while back. He called it APEX, the Audio Punishment EXtravaganza, and it was a full bracketed contest. Think it's in the archives somewhere...

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

Cyber Stadium Series: Base Wars (Game Rip) - In-Game Music A Decent chiptune's got good rhythm if a little lacking in other areas.

Every Extend (Game Rip) - SeeTheLight Electronic beats and not a whole lot else. This stuff might do on the dance floor, but as a stand-alone listening experience it leaves something to be desired.

Freedom Fighters Original Soundtrack - Isabella - Leader of the Resistance Jesper Kyd is always good in a pinch, and the first part of this song has him in a lyrical mode, something he's very good at but doesn't get called on to do often enough. The electronics that get layered over it at the end are more Kyd's MO, but don't mesh well with the beautiful melody.

Shirogane no Soleil -Successor of Wyrd- Original Soundtrack - Affection ~One Step Beyond Love~ I always thought love was one step beyond affection, but whatever. I'm a sucker for acoustic guitar, and this piece has an lazy if amiable attitude to go with the acoustic lixx, but it never seems to nab that extra something that would take it from "pleasant mood piece" to "great listen."

Super Ice Hockey (Game Rip) - Ending Doesn't sound like the end of any ice hockey I've ever experienced, but that doesn't alter how awesome it is. Loved the melody and synth effects and especially the piano lead. Really fantastic, and color me surprised at finding my old pal Hayato Matsuo attached as composer.

The Terminator (Sega CD Red Book Audio) - Taking to the Air It's not necessary that Terminator music sound like Brad Fiedel's famous score or use his theme, but it helps. This sounds like a Rocky training montage, which isn't necessarily a bad thing, just a little jarring.

V-RARE SOUND TRACK vol.11 ~ listens with the airplane - My Airplane This might have done well in JBCSW; the vocal stylings are certainly something you don't hear much around here. I can't say I really liked it, though; the unison singing and backing instruments made it sound a bit Muzak-like at times.

Richard Jacques | Composer - Mass Effect Bonus Track 2 (The Ice Planet) Richard Jacques was responsible for the one piece of music most people remember from Mass Effect, the galaxy map, so naturally a lot of his music went unused and he wasn't brought back for ME2 (though they did re-use a few pieces). This Vangelis-esque piece is loads better than the Noveria song in-game, overflowing with synthy goodness over its admittedly short length.

The Point Spread
The Ice Planet - 3 pts.
Ending - 2 pts.
Isabella - 1 pt.

Nom Storm
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Album: Spider-Man 3
Composer: Tobias Enhus
Disc #: n/a
Track #: n/a
Track Title: Daily Bugle

Whimsiweek
Album: ASH: Archaic Sealed Heat
Composer: Hitoshi Sakimoto
Disc #: 1 of 2
Track #: 23
Track Title: Cootrolan's Theme
Notes: I was going to be a smartass and nominate something from Richard Jacques' "Alice in Wonderland," but it's not whimsical enough.

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Since we don't have enough noms for the regular or theme weeks, and since (for our States-based participants) this is a holiday week, were we going to make this a double week?

I was speaking idiomatically.

Originally Posted by CHz

Sounds good. We started a day late, too. EXTRA TIME FOR EVERYONE

Now watch as the irony fairies sprinkle their dust and this is the last post anyone makes until Sunday

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Originally Posted by Chuckster

Wrong you are.

Or could it be that comment was all part of a masterful plan to get people to post? Working so far!

FELIPE NO

Just a heads-up: we need one more nomination for a normal week next week and four more for the theme week. Someone, or four someones, needs to man up, or woman up, and nominate

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