[SotW] Song of the Week - WEEK 125 Voting/WEEK 126 Nominating

Phew, that's a lot of unfinished business...

Originally Posted by CHz

No one weighed in on Sonic Advance besides myself, and I'm okay with it.

I'm okay with it too, Sonic Advance isn't ultra-obscure, but it's definitely not a classic either. Also, it has kick ass music so needs to be promoted.

As for those games, here's what I think:
Grandia II: no
Grandia Xtreme: yes (close, but I think this is sort of obscure)
Panzer Dragoon: no (close one, could go either way really)
Panzer Dragoon Zwei: yes (same as above, but I think this one is just slightly less heard of.
Parodius series: yes
Radiant Silvergun: no (this has to be one of Sakimoto's best/most praised works)
Shenmue: no
Shenmue II: no
Shining Force: I... don't know this game at all. I feel kinda stupid now. Abstain.
WarCraft II: yes

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Oh yes, a katamarivoting.

I suppose after such a strong week, it's likely that the next week is a bit disappointing by comparison. Let's see here...

The Continent of Time is a nice, mild gamepop track. It's a little messy at times, but it's got some good bits and sounds pretty solid.

Forget Not Tomorrow is really messy, and I don't particularly care for that progression. The mix sounds pretty rough as well...

Abandoner Main Title has a really good sound to it. It seems like it wasn't fully thought out to me but it's a pretty solid track anyway.

Tryptonaut reminds me a bit of Daft Punk - Aerodynamic, which is fine I guess. Not too bad, nothing I'd want to listen to especially, but not too bad.

Phantom of Blue is trance, which is not my favorite genre, and this really misses the mark for me. It's just TOO cliché for me. Nice production though, I gotta give 'em that much.

Scales of Zordium is by D-fast, who is my buddy and a superb composer. Sadly, this isn't his best work by any means, his jazzy up- and midtempo stuff is a lot more engaging, but I still like it quite a bit, sweet synth leads and all.

Theme of Wizardry... Not what I had expected... I guess it's good if you're into that sort of thing? But I'm out of points and I don't care enough for this to give it one.

2 point - CAL ~ The Eternal Beautiful Girls - The Continent of Time
2 point - Within a Deep Forest (Game Rip) - Scales of Zordium
1 point - History Repeats Itself Abandoner Lostchild coupling soundtrack - Abandoner - Abandoner Main Title
1 point - Synaesthete OST - Tryptonaut

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Originally Posted by CHz

it's a concept album inspired by a manga that was never turned into an anime or movie or anything like that.

To me, this kinda feels like shuffling something in sideways that doesn't really fit into the SotW concept. I mean, it's one thing to nominate a song on a game composer's website that's meant for promotion of his game endeavors (such as Huelsbeck's recent battle winner), or even an album with some clear link to his identity as a game music composer, but it's another thing entirely when the production in question is about as far away from game music as possible. This to me falls in the latter category (along with, say, music from the alpha conspiracy, even though necros has done game music this is a CD that's clearly not in any way remotely linked to his game music work). I'm not sure if that's actually what this project is like, but that's the vibe I'm getting anyway.

So I don't particularly care for this idea. I know there's no formalistic rule that I can quote that says "no, you can't do this", but I don't like it conceptually, so to speak. It just doesn't really make sense to me to add that kind of stuff in. I mean, that's the reason anime and movie music isn't allowed in the first place, right?

PS. 8)

PPS. 5/6) Fine by me as well.

How ya doing, buddy?

Pretty good results, congrats to all! I'm slightly surprised at the popularity of Phantom of Blue though! Yuzo Koshiro is one of my favorite composers, so maybe I overestimated what the track would be, but still...

And the impopularity of Wizardry is a surprise to me as well, I didn't think it was that bad.

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