[SotW] Song of the Week - WEEK 124 Voting/WEEK 125 Nominating

It might depend. Some of the melodic tracks are actually arrangements of Metroid and Super Metroid tunes, which are very well-known. I don't think I'd have a problem with one of the more obscure tracks though.

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Originally Posted by CHz

Tallon Overworld contains the Brinstar theme from the original Metroid. Hits with full force at about a minute and a half in.

I thought so too but I forgot there are apparently two Tallon Overworld tracks. I don't have the soundtrack handy to cross-reference the track number directly, but I did find this which is completely original.

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Yeah, I don't really have strong feelings either way, but I think I'm leaning towards no.

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Originally Posted by Liontamer

A Met Prime track with some Brinstar in there? I'm actually pretty lenient on eligibility, but gotta go no on it.

There's no Brinstar in the track. And also no ocarina.

Edit: ROFL @ Dynamite Headdy. There's no way I can vote now, the 'shot bias will just be too overpowering.

I can still nominate though!

Artist(s): Spencer Nilsen
Album/Game Title: Sonic Boom
Track Title: Workbench - Bad Future
Disc Number: 1 (of 1)
Track Number: 14
Catalog Number: DIDX-020642
Year: 1993
Source(s): DIDX-020642: Sonic the Hedgehog Boom Limited Collector's Edition - The... - VGMdb

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Originally Posted by CHz

Um, Sonic CD? Is this okay with anyone?

I assumed it would be since I didn't see it in the archive. I don't really know about its popularity outside SotW though, aside from SONIC BOOM, SONIC BOOM, SONIC BOOOOOOOOM. Is there just a moratorium on non-SMS Sonic games in general? How about the Advance and Rush series?

I was speaking idiomatically.

Originally Posted by surasshu

I'm pretty sure Sonic CD is one of the classic Sonic games, arguably the best Sonic game ever... And I vividly remember the soundtrack as well. So yeah, that's a bit too well-known for my tastes.

I dunno, it still seems like a cult classic thing to me. I don't know ANYBODY who had a Sega CD...the only reason I even played it was the lame PC port was $5. But again I can't speak for whether the OST itself has some big following outside of SotW for some reason.

As for what Drakken said...nominating from popular series might seem like missing the point, but in every popular series there tends to be obscure off-shoots and unlocalized releases, and bringing them to light is pretty satisfying as well. I might have underestimated Sonic CD's popularity though, so I'll try to come up with an alt nom.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Originally Posted by Rotorblade

I'm gonna sit here, with no clearly defined time and one day someone's gonna decide that "Oh hey, it'd be cool to nominate this because it sounds cool off the album I just downloaded" while I'm sitting here right now thinking "I wanted to nominate this the day I heard it while playing the damned game."

Are you saying that people might actually find out about and enjoy this music without your assistance? Because that's pretty much why the waiting period is in effect in the first place. Besides, shouldn't it be about the music anyway and not the person who nominated it? Seriously now.

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It's the tracks that are competing, not the nominators. I'm not clear on what your point about albums and gamerips is...why does it matter the way people find VGM? The purpose of the waiting period is to allow the music to propagate, not necessarily the game. Nobody's actually played Drakengard 2 or Enthusia or Napple Tale, but those games are on the verge of being banned from SotW (if they haven't been already).

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Originally Posted by punkmaggit

I'm confused. Did this mean that you liked the track or not?

Haha. It means I couldn't resist referencing a musical in-joke. Sorry, carry on.

Alt Nomination:
Artist(s): Tatsuyuki Maeda, Yutaka Minobe, Masato Nakamura
Album/Game Title: Sonic Advance (Game Rip)
Track Title: Casino Paradise Zone Act 2
Disc Number: N/A
Track Number: N/A
Catalog Number: None
Year: 2001
Source(s): GSF rip

Also just to get this out of the way, here's a list of games I'm thinking of nominating that I think have questionable eligibility...if I can get a ruling on which ones are out, that'd be appreciated:

Grandia II
Grandia Xtreme
Panzer Dragoon
Panzer Dragoon Zwei
Parodius series
Radiant Silvergun
Shenmue
Shenmue II
Shining Force
WarCraft II

Jam it back in, in the dark.

I can seed if you'd still prefer to have all the tracks.

There's nowhere I can't reach.