[SotW] Song of the Week - Qualification: Quiet Voice -conditional duty-

The track I nominated is a doujin arrangement of a certain original track that has appeared in the visual novel called "天使のいない１２月.". The arrangement itself has never appeared in any game. The original track is "無口な歌声" (Quiet Voice) written by "石川真也" (Shinya Ishikawa).
source: “VŽg‚Ì‚¢‚È‚¢12ŒŽ Original Sound Track

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Originally Posted by Dhsu

It comes down to the purpose of the competition for me, namely highlighting obscure game soundtracks and composers. This nom is, when it comes down to it, a doujin track from a doujin arranger. Using a coincidental smattering of game credits in order to squeeze it in just seems to be missing the point. If you like the composer, nominate his compositions. If you like the source, nominate the source.

If going by these pure standards, many more previous nominations would have felt treacherous and we wouldn't have these rules. Sorry, if I'm singling Epsilon's nominations out for this, but I'm trying to make clear that there are certain things you're still not aware of. I have nothing against these nominations as they follow the rules, but its character is interesting to discuss by these standards.

3 or so of his nominations including the latest winner are doujin arrangements done by a doujin group called "Studio A" with their main artists being "A'" and "Namihei" (VGM credits: 6 tracks for Princess Waltz OST, afaik). But they aren't considered "doujin" simply, because these arrangements appeared on an album released by some official producers. Whether a track is under the name of a small doujin release group or included in an official album to fill out space, does it really change the character of the track? Does it sound more official than it sounds doujin?

Hence I totally avoid character discussions when it comes to nominations, because it can get very deep and I feel I might miss something the other person know. I didn't "tried" the backdoor for this nomination, but abided by previous instances shown by CHz (he's missing "Nightrain" by S.S.H, and "A rude performance -spicy Jam mix-" by Mintjam track (by _DH_, I like these tracks so I remembered), and nominated this with confidence of not violating any SoTW rules.

Obviously I think partial credits in 4 albums suffice, which shows he can cooperate for different projects and is not just chance-composer for one game, but that's why the poll is here.

There's nowhere I can't reach.