[SotW] Song of the Week - WEEK 175 Voting/WEEK 176 Nominating

Why the hell have I not nominated any Seven-Bridge yet?!

Nomination #21

Composer: Elements Garden
Game: Seven-Bridge
Track Title: BGM No_19
Track Number: 19
Year: 2005
Catalog Number: N/A
Additional Information: It's like "Summer Festival" from Napple Tale but 10 times better. Yeah.

FTP, yee-haw!

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Best of the Best, Volume I - Around the World is OK, it just lacks that melodic punctuation and punch that makes a track like this attractive and memorable. The combination of sounds is intriguing, but overall they don't mix to create anything extraordinary. OK, passable stuff, but it'll be lucky to get a point.

Bloody Wolf (TG-16 Game Rip) - Staff Roll is a great go-to melodic chiptune listen---ones like this pop up in SotW every now and then, and I like their chipper, bouncy nature every time. Could've used a bit more depth, but that may have detracted from the simplicity that makes the track so affable.

Emil Chronicle Online Original Soundtrack Vol.2 ~Door of Neogenesis~ - The thing (hiding in darkness) is a noisy, disjointed (although there is some structural merit to the track as a whole...) juggernaut of sound. Erratic, intimidating, chaotic; but I absolutely love it. I can't really comment on any individual elements to this one because they're kind of indescribable. But in it's entirety, it's a fantastic, albeit ineffable, musical journey through darkness, curiosity and mayhem. Superb instrumental touches, too (the bell things at 2:20, gosh).

I like the arpeggio stuff going on in the background of Idinaloq (Game Rip) - Stage 3, but that implicit quality is completely overshadowed by some mundanely explicit electronic bleeps and attempts at melody. Yeah, not too much going on in this piece that I like.

I haven't heard this Kanno piece, nor the album from which it is derived; after listening to it, I just get the feeling that KOEI Game Music Works: Yoko Kanno Collections - Distant Mountains and Rivers is pleasant, very easy to listen to, but it lacks that bit of quirkiness or flair that makes most of Kanno's compositions so illuminating. Gorgeous atmosphere, but compositionally it's a bit on the drab side (that violin towards the end really needed to take centre stage throughout to offer some life).

The melody in Moon Crystal (Game Rip) - Evil Forest (Stage 1) is nothing to write home about, but I really like the intricate chiptune adornments here and there that give the piece a sense of mystery and trepidation. Overall, I like this one!

Not sure what to think of Synaesthete OST - Credits. It's catchy and exciting, but also kind of run-of-the-mill and lame. I think the positives outweigh the negatives however as my overall impression is that this is a decent track. I doubt it'll get any points, though.

Umineko no Naku Koro ni episode2 - Turn of the golden witch (Game Rip) - is the behemoth of the week---you know, the track that goes for more than 5 minutes, there's always one. I can't say that it's messy, because it isn't; I can't say that it's lacking in fluidity, because it isn't. What I don't like about it is the way it goes about handling its own momentum and melody, changing from instrument to synth rather crudely at times. I've probably contradicted myself right there...but I don't know what it is, this one sounds great, but doesn't do anything for me. Harpsichord's a plus though.

HOWL point BELLS point GUITAR

3 points: Emil Chronicle Online Original Soundtrack Vol.2 ~Door of Neogenesis~ - The thing (hiding in darkness)
2 points: Bloody Wolf (TG-16 Game Rip) - Staff Roll
1 point: Moon Crystal (Game Rip) - Evil Forest (Stage 1)
4th: Best of the Best, Volume I - Around the World
5th: KOEI Game Music Works: Yoko Kanno Collections - Distant Mountains and Rivers
6th: Synaesthete OST - Credits
7th: Umineko no Naku Koro ni episode2 - Turn of the golden witch (Game Rip)
8th: Idinaloq (Game Rip) - Stage 3

A good week. No real complaints, since all the tracks made for a decent, or at least interesting, listen. Only a couple of keepers, but that's better than what some weeks produce!

There's nowhere I can't reach.

*shrugs* I personally didn't really care for "Around the World" but it seems to have had a sweeping victory here. Not my favourite results, these.

How ya doing, buddy?