Song of the Week - WEEK 60 Voting/WEEK 61 Nominating

Originally Posted by orion_mk3

The "non-VGM by VGM composers" rule has been bent quite a bit, you're right. But why open the door for further abuse by loosening the rules even more? I'd actually like to see them tightened.

I'm opposed to the idea of doujin in SoTW mainly because it would further muddle the rules and create a lot of headaches out of proportion to the benefit. I don't doubt that you'd be scrupulous in screening your doujin, but others may not be. There are tons of tracks I'd like to bring in SoTW that aren't allowed by the rules, so I sympathize, but I can't see the inclusion of fanmade works as a good idea.

I agree with orion.

Votes:

2 pts. - Strange Sunset - Man, this Street Fighter EX stuff is good. The cool synth sound and drums at 1:27 is a great combo.
2 pts. - Balance - I like the drums, and I love the echoing piano thing (riff? line? what's the appropriate terminology?). The violin is nice too.
1 pt. - Sword of Delight - Yeah, the singing is bad, but I don't mind it. This is supposed to be a fun, silly track, not a really serious one. It's got some neat ideas.
1 pt. - Emperor of Balladry - Ah, this is a nice song. Much different from the rest of this week's tracks.

Close - The World is Falling Into the Ruin
Decent, but I'm just not in the mood right now - Machine Gun
Yay for NES, but no points - Area 5

Very strong week this week. Good noms, people.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by Djinova

Arranged or not, by professional or amateurs, as long as it’s kind of VGM it should fit in my opinion.

EDIT: One more thing about the headaches... The job of you is to vote. Most don't even care to make comments nowadays, let alone inspecting the details of the track. So if no one told you the difference you wouldn't know or even care anyway.

I think that's silly. Of course where the music's from matters. To me, the "job" of SotW participators is to be exposed and expose others to underappreciated music from video games. Not to introduce "kind of VGM" or music that sounds like VGM, but music from games.

Originally Posted by Shaolin Samurai

* Album Title: Tyrian (Game Rip)
* Title: Tyrian, The Song
* Composer: Alexander Brandon
* Year: 1995
* Source: http://gamemusic.emugaming.com/game....HGAME=TYRIAN11

Good pick. I had been considering nominating something from Tyrian awhile back but decided against it, so it's nice to see this be nominated.

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Originally Posted by Djinova

Your definition would definitely rule out arrangements then.

I'd have no problem with that.

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Nomination time:

Game: Jazz Jackrabbit 2 (PC)
Song: Pull Back the Bass (Credits music)
Artist: Alexander Brandon
Year: 1998
Source: http://www.loricentral.com/jj2music.html

Sorry I don't have more info.

How ya doing, buddy?

Man, I thought Street Fighter was in the running for 1st. My favs were Sunset and Balance, and I didn't really care for Machine Gun, so I'm disappointed by the results again.

I was speaking idiomatically.