[SotW] Song of the Week - WEEK 267 Voting/WEEK 268 Nominating

I'm back! In addition to spending time in Frenchland, I also brought back a horrible contagion from those shores. So yay me. If the zompocalpyse starts next week just call me patient zero.

Crapman (Game Rip) - Track 12 Without any context I have no way of knowing if this is a real or faux chippie but it's done in the more tolerable version of the C64 trilly schtick. Good stuff all around, especially those phat, phat beats.

Drill Dozer (Game Rip) - Skullker Drill Missile (Area 6) My mind subconsciously adds the missing "fuc" back into that drill missile area. It could just be the fever, though. I'd have pegged this as a SNES tune if not for the fact that it's tinnier than the Woodsman, but it's a good frenetic tune sound quality issues aside.

Formula 1 Simulator (C64 Game Rip) - Track 1 A real genuine Commodore song to compete with the (possibly) faux one above. Convenient. Dig the chippy beat, not so much the occasional SFX and occasional C64 Fatigue.

Globulous Original Soundtrack - Dawn Oblique One listen to this in the latest Game Music Bundle and I knew it'd be my next nom. Muzz is right in that it's the best song of an occasionally underwhelming bunch, but the sound is just incredible: piano washes, violin, and synths mixing into a peaceful and otherworldly soundscape.

Metropolis Street Racer (Game Rip) - Outside In Don't they know that Superman wins all street races in Metropolis, always? He will brook no competition and hurls unruly racers into the sun. The laid-back elevator jazz reflects that grim fate.

Tunnel B1 Soundtrack - Nemesis Interesting soundscape, but a little thin for my taste. I'm sure it would be great in the game but seems to suffer a bit of an identity crisis away from it.

Turok 2: Seeds of Evil (GBC Game Rip) - Base Stage Our unlikely Chiptune of the Year coughs up yet another song. Not quite up to the standards of the others, perhaps, but still manages to apply a few tried-and-true C64 tricks to wring a nicely complex sound out of the GBC's underpowered sound chip.

The Point Spread
Dawn Oblique - 3 pts.
Crapman (not even gonna touch that one) - 1 pt.
Drilldozer! - 1 pt.
Base Stage - 1 pt.

Nomination!
Album: InMomentum
Composer: Gareth Coker
Disc #: 1 (of 1)
Track #: 4
Track Title: Zoned In
Year: 2011
Source: inMomentum - VGMdb
Notes: It came from the Game Music Bundle! Again! Seriously guys I own them all so until further notice all noms come from bundles forever

How ya doing, buddy?

Damn that Muzza and his bad mojo. We'd have more than enough if everyone who voted also nominated.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

VICTORY AT LONG LAST

Well, long last being since Week 261 and April I guess. But still, yay for eking out one-point wins.

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