Song of the Week - BATTLE 08 Voting/WEEK 65 Nominating

Battle 08 Voting is open.
Week 65 Nominating is open.

Battle 08 Voting
The rules for voting can be found here.

Tracks:
Suite Wizardry III: Knight of Diamonds - Boltac's Trading Post III
Schrodinger's Cat - Die Katze von Schrodinger Game Soundtrack - GOLDARROW ~In a bar~ [Western]
Street Fighter EX2 - PRECIOUS HEART (Sakura)
Treasure Hunter G Original Soundtrack - Emperor of Balladry
Princess Banenn (Game Rip) - Music 04
Tobi Tsukihime Soundtrack - Stage 5 - amVirus : Avatar of Nightmare -
Uncharted Waters Online (Game Rip) - South african ocean
Falcom Special Box '90 - A Fast Flight to You (Ys II "Ending II")

Notes:
If you are a member at more than one of the forums which this event is being held at, please nominate and vote in only ONE of the forums. You may, however, comment in the threads at any of the other forums.

Week 65 Nominating
The Nominations Queue can be found here.
The rules for nominating can be found here.

Here are the links to the corresponding threads at the other forums:
- Chudah's Corner
- Soundtrack Central

Jam it back in, in the dark.

An interesting bunch; I actually gave most of them points during their respective weeks and there are only two that I really can't stand.

Suite Wizardry III: Knight of Diamonds - Boltac's Trading Post III With a portentous title like "Suite Wizardry," I didn't expect any lighthearted QUIRKIN'. It's pleasant enough though, with very nice synth and some interesting development. I'd like it even better without the windy SFX during the best part; my policy on SFX in music is like my policy on talking in music: AH DUN LIEK IT.

Schrodinger's Cat - Die Katze von Schrodinger Game Soundtrack - GOLDARROW ~In a bar~ [Western] Ah, good old Western cliches. I don't think we've had such a track in SoTW before. Very charming, even if it is incredibly stereotypical--Ennio Morricone called, and he wants his song back

Street Fighter EX2 - PRECIOUS HEART (Sakura) The sultry 1985 sax returns. More than anything, this sounds like something Dave Grusin would have scored a movie with in the 80's--lightweight, disposable, and very much tied to that era in time, so much so that it sounds out of place in any other context. Not much to remind one of streets on the fighting on thereof.

Treasure Hunter G Original Soundtrack - Emperor of Balladry Ah, Treasure Hunter G, the Game of 1000 Composers. I'm not sure which of them did this one (I seem to remember that John Pee did the most), but it is one of the more traditional and straightforward tracks this week, not to mention being lovely and understated. I only wish it were longer and/or looped.

Princess Banenn (Game Rip) - Music 04 When the lovely piano music began, I was sure I was going to award points. When the Asian caterwauling began, I was sure that this would serve as an ironic counterpoint to my own nomination this week.

Tobi Tsukihime Soundtrack - Stage 5 - amVirus : Avatar of Nightmare - Better synth, worse implementation. Generic guitar work plus generic drum kit equals something I've heard before more or less dozens of times.

Uncharted Waters Online (Game Rip) - South african ocean The clear winner for me this week, combining lush strings, and ethnic choir, and a percussive base featuring dulcimer (!). I could do without the sax, but it doesn't spoil the mood as much as you'd think it would, and doesn't evoke 1985 Miami the way the instrument inevitable does. A real gem.

Falcom Special Box '90 - A Fast Flight to You (Ys II "Ending II") Piano and lush strings, and in a Falcom track? Anything's possible in the Special Box. While the melody's a bit mopey at times, the piano keeps the piece moving along at a nice clip. A little jazzy, a little classical, and a nice treat.

The Point Spread
Treasure Hunter G - 2 pts.
Uncharted Waters - 2 pts.
Falcom Special Box - 2 pts.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Now that the BSC 2006 is up and running, I wonder if we are considering putting SoTW on hiatus until the contest ends. I have a vague recollection of an SoTW hiatus during the previous BSC, but I can't substantiate it thanks to the crash.

Personally, I have enough free time to accomodate both SoTW and the BSC, but perhaps some others don't.

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

Originally Posted by CHz

[18] Tobi Tsukihime Soundtrack - Stage 5 - amVirus : Avatar of Nightmare

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At least Princess Caterwaul was dead last...

How ya doing, buddy?

I certainly wouldn't mind some sort of BSC/SoTW cross-pollination of the sort Goldfish is suggesting; after all, many of the most prolific BSC posters are not SoTW regulars. And, since SoTW is in effect a perpetual BSC, I bet many would like it.

On another note, I suppose SoTW is on a de facto hiatus of sorts, since the nomination threads at STC and CH aren't up yet (and, without them, I can't create a new voting thread here).

I was speaking idiomatically.

Originally Posted by CHz

Yeah, we be hiatusing up in here, at least for one week.

That's good to know. I was afraid of being out of the loop ang getting the thread up late as a consequence.

How ya doing, buddy?

Originally Posted by The Bishop

Gah just noticed I missed the boat... :'(

What do you mean? There's still plenty of time to make a nomination before SoTW comes off its hiatus.

Also, I added Manny Biggz's nomination to the queue.

FELIPE NO

Yeah, start 'er back up. I need my fix.

We should all make sure to advertise in the BSC too--I bet some current participants would be interested in checking it out.

What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?

Glad to have you aboard!

Originally Posted by TheKnightOfNee

...but can we nominate songs that have been nominated in the far past, or can each song appear only once ever?

This is sort of a grey area; offically, only winners and runners-up are banned, but no one has ever renominated a track and the rules greatly encourage you not to. It's never really been much of an issue, though.

Originally Posted by TheKnightOfNee

Also, if I don't actually have the song, but I just know it from a game, or only have something like an nsf/spc/etc file, can I still nominate it?

Yes, in most cases. Unless a song is hyper-obscure or you personally ripped it, the people who manage the nomination cue can wrangle up a good-quality version.

The full rules are here: http://wiki.songoftheweek.info/index...the_Week#Rules

Jam it back in, in the dark.

I wonder if we could get a mod to make an announcement when SoTW begins again--in addition to relentlessly pimping it in BSC posts, an announcement would help get more people (and perhaps lapsed participants) in the know and nominating.

There's nowhere I can't reach.