[SotW] Song of the Week - WEEK 127 Voting/WEEK 128 Nominating

Some of these tracks are pretty weak, but there's a few really good ones. It evens out to a pretty solid week.

First two points go to my own nomination, and I guess that means I should give it three points, but... I can't, since I have to give other tracks points, ha! I do really love Lambda Server though--great atmosphere and really nice bassline. Unlike most other tracks from .hack//, this one has an interesting progression and even a melody (most of the other tracks rely on interactive music elements, but this is a town theme so it has nothing of the sort). I don't particularly care for how they handled the interactive music on the OST, but this track remains solid.

Heroic Battle is another really great track, the guitar melody is a bit... messy I guess? But it works out, and the whole track has a great drive. The breakdown is my favorite bit with the synthbell/lead, excellent.

New Culiacan is a surprise hit with me. Everyone I know* complained about the somewhat shady music from Lunar, but I honestly can't find anything wrong with this track. It's interesting, original, and catchy. Really great stuff, I'll have to listen to the game rip for myself, I had no idea Norihiko Hibino was capable of stuff like this (though I admit to not knowing his work so well).

Finally, there's Planetarium, a really relaxing piano piece. Almost simple to the point of fault (but not quite). I like simple piano stuff like this.

2 points - dot hack GAME MUSIC Perfect Collection - rtown2 (Lambda Server Cultural City Carmina Gadelica)
2 points - Lunar Knights (Game Rip) - New Culiacan
1 point - Little Busters! Arrange Album 'Rockstar Busters!' - Heroic Battle
1 point - Tokimeki Memorial piano collection - Planetarium

* Okay it was one guy. But still.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by Epsilon

Lol, surasshu, Lunar Knights is a Boktai sequel. It has nothing to do with Lunar. :P

Er, yeahhh... I was gonna write "Lunar Knights" there, honest. Otherwise it wouldn't make much sense that it was composed by Norihiko Hibino, doesn't Noriyuki Iwadare do the music for Lunar?

Besides, I heard the music for Lunar Dragon Song, and it sounds nothing like this.

EDIT: Had a bit of trouble coming up with a good nomination, but this one should be okay and obscure enough even though Puyo Puyo is the best game ever made. I just love the music for Puyo Puyo, and Puyo Puyo Sun is especially nice, with the whole Caribbean summer vibe. It's very hard to pick a favorite among all the tracks in the game, so it's sort of a random choice. This one has a funny title, so that was part of the reason.

EDIT2: Revoking my nomination. Might be back later.

How ya doing, buddy?

Originally Posted by Crash Landon

A simple, memorable melody will always be superior to frantic finger work.

I totally agree. I wish more guitarists would learn this rule, cause what they seem to learn is that endless noodling is to guitar solos what lube is to anal sex.

Anyway, congrats, Rockstar Busters was pretty sweet.

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