[SotW] Song of the Week - WEEK 155 Voting/WEEK 156 Nominating

(No objections from me, Crash)

I love Acoustic Asturia's Bird Eyes View album. I just chose a random track to nominate (seriously, I played the album on shuffle and the first one to pop up, I nom'd) Bird Eyes View - Acoustic Asturias - Ryu-Hyo is a gorgeous blend of sophisticated instruments doing what they do best; sounding wonderful in performance and melody. From the wistful celtic flute to the dramatic piano to the uplifting, striking violin, it truly is a work of art in my eyes. And to think this is probably my least favourite track from the album!

Rule 1: Shinichiro Matsumoto rules. Rule 2: MANYO seriously rules. So yes, I like Clover Heart's Perfect Arrange Album - On Thin Ice. The contrast between the pensive harmonica and dance rhythms is pretty attractive, and the composition on the whole is solid. Not MANYO's best work, but it's still a great track.

["divine divinity"? =.="] Divine Divinity - The Flags of Freedom Fly High is...not good. The composition is poor enough as it is, and the muffled sound quality (chorals??) really do make things worse. As a general rule I dislike serious orchestral stuff, and my rule is very much in effect here. (soz nomz!)

Jazz Jackrabbit (Game Rip) - Tubelectric is pretty grating at first, but then I got into a sort of groove. Then 1:10 happened and I got even more into the groove. Overall, some laughably silly developments, but it's pretty cool! (and BZ, I can hear it just fine =/)

Live A Live Original Sound Version - Prelude to the Demon King is on the weaker side of the Live A Live score for me, but it's still pretty solid stuff. The main pro is that it maintains a decent sense of melody while sounding chaotic (and the poignant development is just that, poignant). I don't have an identifiable con to point out, but for some reason this piece doesn't entirely engage me. OK~

For a 1988 VGM-related tune, Pazzo Fanfano di Musica - Fragoroso is surprisingly sophisticated. I'm not very good at telling a good piano performance from a bad one, but I can hear that there's a decent whack of passion in this piano playing. Some of the developments are essentially divine divinity (lol). The rhythmic parts have a bit of a question mark going on, but they don't damage the overall product too much. Very nice~

Promised Dawn - Melty Blood Original Soundtrack - The end of 1000 years (Millennium Castle) had me up until the one minute mark, then whatever the hell happened there threw me off. I never really got back on the ride after I fell off!

Turrican 3 (C64 Game Rip) - Level 1.2 was enjoyable enough. Insubstantial stuff, but it's alright for what it is.

oh look at that POINT! it's shining with DIVINE DIVINITY, i say!

3 points: Bird Eyes View - Acoustic Asturias - Ryu-Hyo
1 point: Clover Heart's Perfect Arrange Album - On Thin Ice
1 point: Pazzo Fanfano di Musica - Fragoroso
1 point: Jazz Jackrabbit (Game Rip) - Tubelectric
5th: Live A Live Original Sound Version - Prelude to the Demon King
6th: Turrican 3 (C64 Game Rip) - Level 1.2
7th: Promised Dawn - Melty Blood Original Soundtrack - The end of 1000 years (Millennium Castle)
8th: Divine Divinity - The Flags of Freedom Fly High

Decent week. Not as good as the last few. (so, it wasn't really divine, y'know (ho ho ho))

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Drakken: I realised something was up with the stream of Jazz Jackrabbit, so I downloaded it and commented on it from there. So yeah, my "grating" comment was entirely subjective. (and hey, I liked it and gave it a point!)

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Nomination #12

Composer: Hijiri Anze
Album: Garden Original Soundtrack
Track Title: Courage
Track Number: 11
Year: 2008
Catalog Number: CFS-013
Additional Information: The shortest track I've nominated I think (2:08). Also I had to nominate some Anze eventually.

uploaded to the floral ftp of steadfastness

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

Yes my first gold. ^__^ It seems most people liked/tolerated it too, so that's good!

And that's a nice result right there.

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