[SotW] Song of the Week - WEEK 200 Voting/WEEK 201 Nominating

This calls for a celebratory prop!

Also, cake!



Also, nom!

Nomination #33

Composer: a2c
Album: Million KNights Vermilion Original Soundtrack
Track Title: Cheerful Party
Track Number: 11
Year: 2008
Catalog Number: MJCD-0009
Additional Information: Extending the celebrations into week 202/3!

Throwing a party in the FTP, too.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

All Sounds of Burai - Peace is enjoyable enough, but fairly nondescript. Sounds like typical chiptune "relax scene" muzak with a few brighter arpeggios thrown in at certain intervals. Yeah, this is average, and the tracks from here on will be judged with this as a basis (consider this a 0 on the scale, - being worse, + being better).

The choral vocals add a nice retro touch and tone to Cu-On-Pa SFC (Game Rip) - Alien Planet, and while the expected "foreboding" atmosphere isn't created, what we get is a just as pleasant upbeat and occasionally funky romp. Somewhat in + territory here.

Darius Premium Box -Rebirth- - VISIONNERZ is definitely an interesting track. It's experimental enough to warrant further listens, even if I wasn't grabbed by it the first time. The operatic vocals are particularly nice and exalt the eerily chilling quality of the music. Very tentatively in the +!

Soichi Terada <3 (please come back for Ape Escape 4 if it eventuates)[/sub][/sub] The downtempo chill of Terada's FantaVision works always makes for a nice listen, and Futari no FantaVision Original Soundtrack - expositor [advanced] ~ single replay is absolutely no exception. The wobbly background synth isn't my favourite, but the track overall is too cool to dislike. + for sure.

Jet Moto 3 (Game Rip) - Khumbu Ice Falls certainly takes you on a wild musical journey. I like most things about this piece, from the twists and turns in tempo and arrangement to the adventure--isolation tone contrast...though one thing sticks out as being a big flaw for me. The relative absence of melody. Sure it's an entertaining track, but I can't remember anything about it now that it's finished. I'll keep it for the sake of it, but I would've killed for something a bit more memorable. Slightly in the -.

Sonic Shuffle (Game Rip) - With go V-Train is...nah, not my cup of tea. It comes across as a bit awkward and jumbled with no real sense of direction or purpose. Though I'm sure I'm just being way too subjective. - kind of stuff, sorry.

To me World of Goo Soundtrack - Red Carpet Extend-o-matic is simultaneously the wackiest and most epic piece on the World of Goo soundtrack, and that reason alone makes it worthy of at least a SotW appearance. A funny albeit stirring melody pulsates through with some amusing albeit strangely appropriate operatic vocals punctuating the melody. And yes the clap bookends are fantastic, and do so without being silly! [to me this track fits as a celebration of SotW and an epic foresight into grand things to come] Strongly in biase----err, +++ territory.

Yu-Suzuki produce Power Drift - Side Street has a drum sample which surprisingly got on my nerves after the 4 minute runtime, though apart from that it's a pretty OK song. Nothing to note in particular (well maybe the hilarious guitar solo(s)), nor anything to criticise too harshly. Smack bang 0.

three cheers for the POINT

3 points: World of Goo Soundtrack - Red Carpet Extend-o-matic
2 points: Futari no FantaVision Original Soundtrack - expositor [advanced] ~ single replay
1 point: Cu-On-Pa SFC (Game Rip) - Alien Planet
4th: Darius Premium Box -Rebirth- - VISIONNERZ
5th: All Sounds of Burai - Peace
6th: Yu-Suzuki produce Power Drift - Side Street
7th: Jet Moto 3 (Game Rip) - Khumbu Ice Falls
8th: Sonic Shuffle (Game Rip) - With go V-Train

4 +; 2 0; 2 -. Good quality balance!

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Firstly, ouch poor "Peace" . "VISIONNERZ" is the winner by a long way this week; I must admit I didn't know of its 'classic' status before this week, but now I most certainly do. Good week!

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