Song of the Week - WEEK 92 Voting/WEEK 93 Nominating

How does everyone feel about Uncharted Waters II tracks being eligible? As far as I know, only one song has ever been featured on GFF - that being Southern Twilight ~ Dance on a Cape of Good Hope. Now, that song won the Song of the Year contest, but still, only one song from UW II has ever appeared in SotW. Even with the SotY win, I wouldn't call UW II a very well-known/discussed album.

And don't say no just because you fear having a nom go up against a UW II song.

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Originally Posted by GoldfishX

Actually being technical, ST ~ Dancing on a Cape of Good Hope was from the Unchart Waters 1 CD (tracks from that arranged disc were included on the UW2 Special Edition, which came out later on). Olive Wind or Wind Ahead has always crossed my mind as a potential nomination, but I figure that would make winning a gold TOO easy...

Heh, Wind Ahead is going to be one of my BSC noms.

I hear you on the "winning a gold would be TOO easy" part. It really is hard to choose from among the UW II songs, as they're all SO good! Much better quality stuff than 99% of vgm, I'd say.

If there aren't significant objections then, here's my next nom:

Album: Uncharted Waters II Special Edition
Artist: Yoko Kanno
Track Title: The Chase
Track #: 14
Catalog #: KECH-1061
Source: GMR
File Location: My hard drive
Comments: I also considered Catalina, but The Chase was always my first pick.

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Is there a not-arranged album of UW II music? I imagine it wouldn't have the same awesome sound quality as the arranged album. Unless the music really did sound that good in the game...

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Oh, wow, I didn't realize they were such old games. If UW II has PC and PS1 versions, though, the music quality could still be solid.

My new goal is now to find a way to get the original music from UW II...

As for this week's tunes, they're nothing great, but nothing bad either. My votes will come in a few days, hopefully.

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Voting early this week (for me, I mean), as I'll be away for a couple days and don't want to risk forgetting to vote Sunday evening.

Legend of Eldean - See, this sounds nice, but I don't find it interesting at all. Certainly nothing I would remember.

A Vision - OK, this one sounded to me like something that should be playing during the initial castle sections of a 2D Castlevania game. It's solid, but nothing remarkable (note: I'm not connecting the "decent, but not remarkable" part to Castlevania.

Deepsea Shrine - This is actually a likable song. I came close to giving it a point.

SADISTIC - Can you say frantic? This track's crazy. Thankfully, it does a good job of communicating that sense of frantic craziness.

Heart of Winter - I like 0:43 and on.

Ork - Probably the highlight of the week. I like the nice piano intro. Then the synth comes in, and you know this is going to be a cool tune. Brings me back to the MOD era (if I had listened to video game music during the MOD era).

Bang! Bang! - This one's enjoyable, though not as much as it should have been. Could've done with more variety.

Brutal Battle - Orchestral pieces like this aren't my cup of tea, at least initially. If I listened to this like 15 times, I might end up enjoying it. I've probably listened to it 4 or 5 times, and I certainly can get into it a little bit more than I could at first.

It's funny, I didn't even like The Dalmasca Easterlands at first; it sounded like a bunch of random stuff to me. After repeated listens, though, I came around to it and ended up enjoying it.

The point spread was kind of tough this week. I felt like I wasn't accurately determining how much I liked each song. I think I ended up doing it based on how interesting/unique the songs were. There weren't really any bad songs this week, just that some stuck out more than others.

3 pts. - Ork
2 pts. - Sadistic
1 pt. - Bang! Bang!
Aww - Deepsea Shrine

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