[SotW] Song of the Week - WEEK 169 Voting/WEEK 170 Nominating

I guess I should nom it up~

Nomination #18

Composer: MANYO
Album Title: Aoishiro Original Soundtrack
Track Title: A Trailblazer Surpasses Death
Track Number: 2-01
Year: 2008
Catalog Number: HNMP-0003
Additional Information: I enjoy MANYO. 'cause I'm a man, yo-----*sound of gunshot*

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The AoEIII soundtrack is a clear step below in quality from Mythology in my opinion. Like many of the soundtrack's pieces, Age of Empires III Original Soundtrack - Major Rewrite / General Chunks is, while trying to sound impressive, fairly uneventful and boring.

Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 - Uprising (PC Game Rip) - Yuriko's Theme has a good opening, but things sort of go off the rails from there. The vocals meander, and there isn't a substantial amount of orchestral backing to help keep things interesting. Very nice opening, though, and vocals are nicely delivered.

Lost Technology ~ Thunder Force Sound Track - Steel of Destiny has a very run-of-the-mill sound to me, a sound devoid of any discernible hooks or elements of creativity. Sorry nom but this one wasn't to my liking!

Segacon -The Best of Sega Game Music- Vol.1 - SHINOBI (Super Shinobi 2) is way too undeveloped for me to truly enjoy. The melodic ideas presented aren't even that alluring to be honest. Another "sorry nom" kind of comment!

I was waiting for Shinobi Original Soundtrack - Hiroe Temple (Stage 7-A) to explode into tempo or melody, but sadly it never did. Regardless, the track establishes a decent soundscape and atmosphere--albeit an atmosphere severely hampered by Asiatic monotony. (not saying sorry to the nom here because I did mention a positive )

From what I've heard about this score, I knew right from the start that I'd like, or at least enjoy SimAnimals Original Videogame Score - Forest Song (End Credits). It has the sort of jubilant orchestration I like, and sports a nice, fluffy melody. This melody isn't that memorable, though, and the piece lacks a tad of instrumental unity as a whole. But it's still pleasant.

Toki Tori - Forest Falls may not be the most stunning composition around, but it has a rather infectious melody and complements it with a wonderfully colourful array of instruments which harmonise and layer themselves perfectly. Just a great, fun tune which doesn't take itself too seriously.

Urk, those vocals. Vib Ribbon (Red Book Audio) - Sunny Day is simply intolerable for me. I can't really comment on it. I'm not even going to apologise to the nom! heh, sorry whoever you are!

"is it proper etiquette to apologise to a POINT..?"

3 points: Toki Tori - Forest Falls
2 points: SimAnimals Original Videogame Score - Forest Song (End Credits)
1 point: Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 - Uprising (PC Game Rip) - Yuriko's Theme
4th: Shinobi Original Soundtrack - Hiroe Temple (Stage 7-A)
5th: Age of Empires III Original Soundtrack - Major Rewrite / General Chunks
6th: Lost Technology ~ Thunder Force Sound Track - Steel of Destiny
7th: Segacon -The Best of Sega Game Music- Vol.1 - SHINOBI (Super Shinobi 2)
8th: Vib Ribbon (Red Book Audio) - Sunny Day

Man, what a horrible week! (also these comments make me sound like a grumpy, pessimistic fool, huh? )

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Wow my second gold in a row. ='D Awesome. And it's interesting to hear quite a few people liked this week. I guess nothing really clicked with me!

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