Song of the Week - WEEK 62 Voting/WEEK 63 Nominating

Argh; I can't do it. I was going to vote 3-2-1 with Mother, JJ2, and something else, but then I feel something would be getting gypped (heh, that's actually a correct spelling).

2 pts. - Mother 1+2 Original Soundtrack - Eight Melodies - This song is awesome. In my mind, it's the standout track of this week and the clear-cut winner (though the tracks I think should win usually don't). I like how the melody is used in different ways and how the track develops creatively. The rock part that makes up the last half is great.
2 pts. - Jazz Jackrabbit 2 - Pull Back the Bass - My nom. It's a very enjoyable, groovy track. The beginning is neat.
1 pt. - Langrisser: Hikari no Matsuei (Game Rip) - Descendants from Elthlead - A very nice rockin' song. I appreciate that the solos don't go overboard and that the PRNRF method is not endorsed here. It also remains interesting throughout and doesn't just repeat a few times like Avatar does.
1 pt. - Tyrian - Tyrian, the Song - This is a really unique, cool-sounding song. When this was first nominated, I thought it was "Tyrian, the Level." That's why I was really excited about it. Still, "Tyrian, the Song" is good, just not as good as "the Level." Nice to have another Alexander Brandon song to keep JJ2 company this week.

Tobi Tsukihime Soundtrack - Stage 5 - amVirus : Avatar of Nightmare - I initially had this in the place of Descendants, but I changed my mind. While this is a solid rockin' track, I'm enjoying Descendants more now. This one seems less enjoyable due to being more cliched or something. There's also less to it; it's more repetitive.
Lagoon - Moonchild - A decent rockin' song that's not as good as Avatar and Descendants.
CHAOS SEED ~Fuusui Kairouki~ GM-PROGRESS 6 - Alex's Theme - Ok, but nothing special. The synth part starting at 1:22 is cool, though.
WILD ARMS the 4th Detonator Original Score - Yet Another Ex. File - Man, how does this happen? It's like someone coordinated all these synth-rock noms to fall on this week. Anyway, this one's ok, but not as interesting as the others.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by Crash Landon

After 5 incarnations, 2 spinoff adventures and a "tactics" game, how can anyone say Suikoden isn't well-known?

Yeah, I'd say Suikoden is too well known to be eligible for SotW. Tobal would be ok.

Hold on a sec, though. Is eligibility supposed to be based on the popularity of the game the song's from or the popularity of the game's music?

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Originally Posted by CHz

I personally don't think we should have one, since the obscurity of an album can change over time. As an example, we had an Ace Combat 5 track quite a while ago, but I think the soundtrack is now well known enough that we shouldn't allow any more tracks from the OST.

I agree. Having a "be reasonable" policy would seem to be best. If the majority agrees that a game's soundtrack has become fairly well known, then we can agree to declare it ineligible for SotW.

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

Would have been nice to have Jazz win it, but I'm content with 2nd place. I'm glad people enjoyed it; also glad Brandon got some recognition this week.

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