[SotW] Song of the Week - WEEK 191 Voting/WEEK 192 Nominating

I shall---no, I must make my track comments short this week! Must!

Ah The Fat Man always delivers quality, as has been reinforced for me after listening to a majority of his works I wasn't familiar with. 7 / 11 - In Front Of Doc's is a great smoky, atmospheric piece with satisfying emphasis on tone and vaguely on melody.

(I'm curious to know the extent to which Hijiri Anze contributed to the various Biohazard soundtracks..) Biohazard -Code: Veronica- Complete Version Original Soundtrack - A Moment of Relief (Save Room Theme) is pretty, and conjures up a decent atmosphere. I can't really get into it much but it's nice enough.

Chaos World - Ares' Theme is fun from word go, and may be the track to beat this week. It's got a sound I know SotW regulars love; and it's hooked me too so it must be doing something right.

Halo Wars Original Soundtrack - Just Ad Nauseum has a nice sense of chaos that's given a bit of spice through the various instrumental twists and turns. Enjoyable, but not something I'll be revisiting.

I've tried my hardest in the past to get into this score, but the sounds just grate on me. Other Life Azure Dreams Original Game Soundtrack - THEME of FUR GOTS, despite having a cute, accessibly melody, isn't good enough to be in the good books for me.

I've liked SimCity 2000 (PSX Game Rip) - Virtual Village for a while now. I really enjoy the laidback, tropical and slightly poppy melody and the way things develop. The drum samples are of course the highlight, though.

Ah I couldn't get into Socket (Game Rip) - Stone Age at all I'm afraid. Nothing jumps out as being a stray from the norm, and nothing sounds particularly intriguing. sorry!

Suddenly, a challenger appears. Wurm: Journey to the Center of the Earth (Game Rip) - Title could very well take the gold this week and justifiably so. It's got all the ingredients for a good chiptune title theme and manages to thoroughly entertain in a short 59 seconds. Good stuff!

?! what's the POINT of a track that doesn't go past a min---*gunshot*

3 points: SimCity 2000 (PSX Game Rip) - Virtual Village
1 point: Wurm: Journey to the Center of the Earth (Game Rip) - Title
1 point: 7 / 11 - In Front Of Doc's
1 point: Chaos World - Ares' Theme
5th: Biohazard -Code: Veronica- Complete Version Original Soundtrack - A Moment of Relief (Save Room Theme)
6th: Halo Wars Original Soundtrack - Just Ad Nauseum
7th: Other Life Azure Dreams Original Game Soundtrack - THEME of FUR GOTS
8th: Socket (Game Rip) - Stone Age

Fun week! Quality was mixed, but I liked it overall. Surely there is no excuse for those who run late casting votes this week!

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Here's a nomination from me for the regular queue.

Nomination #29

Composer: Taro Hakase
Album: SONGS
Track Title: Time Messenger
Track Number: 2
Year: 2007
Catalog Number: HUCD-10030

I think it's time I send the FTP a bitchin' message, one of awesome music.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Originally Posted by CHz

I think the only actual game-related track on that album is the symphonic poem. (And I think it was only used promotionally and not actually in the game, but I've never been 100% sure on how it was used.) Time Messenger is an image theme he wrote for the Cirque du Soleil production Dralion. I don't believe Hakase has any game works besides the one FFXII piece, so I think that's probably a no on that nomination.

Ah, wasn't aware of that. No worries, here's a new nomination that I'm sure is eligible.

Composer: Elements Garden, I've, ebi, Barbarian On The Groove, SENTIVE, Dreaming Rabbit, Nekono Comet, Blasterhead
Album: Scarlett Reservation Soundtrack CD
Track Title: -United States 70's-
Track Number: 5
Year: 2006
Catalog Number: NEK02-031D
Additional Information: Composer credits for the soundtrack are unknown, so the composer is at least one of the ones listed above

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

Crash, if someone hadn't brought that idea up I would probably have done so. Yep, I'm all for it! As for another 60 second week for the other nominators, definitely, in a few weeks or something. Like Dijinova said, a specific week is perhaps needed so people don't forget about it.

(It'll be hard for me to nominate something other than "Happy Holidays!" from Kingdom Hearts II for the Yuletide week though...)

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

I like that idea very much, and I guess there are enough 'theme' ideas to have one every 8 weeks, without exhausting all good options too quickly. It could always not go ahead in a particular week if no one had a good theme idea, of course; as long as enthusiasm for it doesn't wane.

How ya doing, buddy?

Maybe theme weeks aren't my forte.

Nice results though, particularly the gold and silver. To be honest, I'm surprised there's a 4 point gap between them, I thought it'd be much closer!

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?