[SotW] Song of the Week - WEEK 142 Voting/WEEK 143 Nominating

Originally Posted by ZiggoGo

Well, Muzza, I must say, you have an ear for those catchy pieces!

Yup, I'm kind of lame in the sense that if a song has a good melody, I'm all over it. :P Melody is #1 for me!

As a general rule, I don't really like serious, orchestral tracks such as this. But I must admit, this God of War Original Soundtrack - Zeus' Wrath Divine piece wasn't that bad. The vocal elements and fierce percussions are particularly good, and the rest is pretty engaging. No melody (dun-dun-DUNN), but it's still good (especially when considering the pedigree).

Jewel Master (Game Rip) - Talk to the Wind was a tad uneventful, huh? I appreciate the retro sound and some of the melody lines (like that synth arpeggio), but other than that this one gets irksome pretty quickly. Not awful, but not one that I'll be revisiting.

Mario vs. Donkey Kong 2: March of the Minis (Game Rip) - 1st Floor, Mushroom Mayhem was super-awesome! It's got that intricate GBA-chiptune sort of sound that I go bananas over. <3 That quirky little woodwind line is fantastic and the entire piece progresses really well. I can't see how anything will be topping this!

A very spontaneous nom of mine, McDonald's Treasure Land Adventure (Game Rip) - Sunken Ship is --I guess-- my favourite track from the game in which it is used. I was intrigued by "City" in the BCC, and when I got my hands on the entire rip, I was very impressed. This one combines a number of great, bouncy melodies and an intriguingly suspicious tone to create one hell of a chiptune! Perhaps I should have nominated "Magical Forest", that one's pretty awesome as well~

I don't care what anybody says: I love the Rockman EXE games and their soundtracks. Rockman EXE 5DS & 6 Complete Music Encyclopedia - Two of Braves is a solid offering from the 6th game's soundtrack; it's appropriately cyber in sound, and very adventurous in terms of melody and tempo. The melody's a bit weak IMO, but everything else is spot-on!

Whoa this is a blast from that past. I remember, about 5 years ago when I was scouring the net for any and all Genso Suikoden soundtracks, I came across this album. I downloaded it and didn't really enjoy it because IT WAS NOT THE SUIKODEN THAT I WANTED (I know I'm not the only person this happened to!), but this Suikoden: The Divine Oath - The Ryousanhaku Suite track doesn't sound too bad now. It's actually rather swell (first section definitely the best); the length hurts it only a little bit, as the jazz performance is very high-quality. Perhaps I should revisit the whole album. (Also, I love those xylophone touches! +respect)

I really enjoy the Mushihimesama OST, and the original "Shinju..." is one of my favourites. THE SECRET LOVER: Mushihimesama REMIX TRACKS - Shinju Heading to the Forest -arrange version- lacks a bit of substance in some areas, and sounds a bit awkward and vanilla-ey towards the end, but other than that I have no criticisms. Smooth, fluid, engaging; it's a great arrangement, I think I'll be hunting down the rest of the album now!

So I hear this Willow (Arcade Game Rip) - Stage 2 - Cherlindrea's Forest II track has a good melody!!! ...and indeed it does! The melody here is incredibly strong and some of the progressions are pretty groovy in an absurd kind of way. Sadly, I don't think this one will get any points; it's good, but it doesn't really do much in the way of rising above the crowd. Very good track, though!

is there some MELODY in that POINT?!

2 points: Mario vs. Donkey Kong 2: March of the Minis (Game Rip) - 1st Floor, Mushroom Mayhem
1 point: McDonald's Treasure Land Adventure (Game Rip) - Sunken Ship
1 point: Rockman EXE 5DS & 6 Complete Music Encyclopedia - Two of Braves
1 point: Suikoden: The Divine Oath - The Ryousanhaku Suite
1 point: THE SECRET LOVER: Mushihimesama REMIX TRACKS - Shinju Heading to the Forest -arrange version-
6th: God of War Original Soundtrack - Zeus' Wrath Divine
7th: Willow (Arcade Game Rip) - Stage 2 - Cherlindrea's Forest II
8th: Jewel Master (Game Rip) - Talk to the Wind

Another very strong week! Wish I could've handed out a couple more points.

*sigh* I always get so carried away with my SotW posts! tl;dr aye?

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by CHz

I have to admit third place took me by surprise. Thought for sure Sunken Ship was placing.

Yeah, that's a bit odd. Not that Rockman isn't deserving (the top three's pretty good this week), but just skimming through the threads I thought "Sunken Ship" had by far more votes. And to think I initially was planning on giving it 2 points, but put it down to 1 in order to help Rockman out!

Nomination #6

Composer: Hiroto Saitoh
Album Title: CROSS HERMIT SOUND TRACK
Track Title: Cross Hermit
Track Number: 1-01
Year: 2008

FTP DE GO GO?!

There's nowhere I can't reach.

>=| surasshu I don't agree. By all means, bring on the "crap" (stuff the general consensus)! I always find it at least interesting. And hey, you might score a winner if your "crap" is "special" enough!

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