[SotW] Song of the Week - WEEK 208 Voting/WEEK 209 Nominating

Last Resort (Game Rip) - Don't Touch Me Baby [STAGE 5-1] is a bit bland; not my kind of music all in all. Percussion is alright but desperately needs some melody to back it up.

Merregnon Soundtrack Volume 2 - Forgotten Memories is an OK moody piece, but the atmosphere isn't emotional or distinctive enough to really allure me. It's well produced but I won't be in a hurry to revisit it.

Getting over the hilarious fact that the BGM selection screen in a Monster Maker game has such grand, epic orchestral music, Monster Maker - (Bonus) BGM Selection is pretty good really. Of course it didn't have my attention all the way through, but there are some variations in melody and style throughout, so it's surprisingly decent in the end for an 11 minute orchestral tune.

Mouryou Senki Madara 2 Sound Fantasia - Lily of the Valley (Isolated Village in the Valley BGM) is very pretty, very pastoral. It's got a whimsical charm to it that's wonderfully captured by the oboe. All the accompaniment is good as well. I've liked every track I've heard from Mouryou Senki Madara, I should really check the soundtrack (and its arrange album) out in its entirety.

I just flat out don't like the score to Riz-Zoawd. Everything's a bit jumbled and none of the melody's are anything special to me. RIZ-ZOAWD Original Soundtrack - Sandy Beach of Star Fragments has some agreeable Opoona elements, but there's nothing at all to grab onto. Through one ear and out the other, pretty much! boring Sakimoto is boring

SQUARE ENIX MUSIC Presents Music for Art - Flying Universe is a beautiful piece of ambient techno, IDM, whatever you want to call it, from Mitsuto Suzuki. It's my favourite composition of his, with an airy tone combining with a more bubbly and innocuous melody. And that soft percussion at 5:00, sweet. When is Mitsuto Suzuki gonna score his first game (he'd be perfect for something like Opoona 2).

The Sword of Xuan Yuan Side Story - The Clouds Faraway Game Original Soundtrack - Tears Running Madly (Battle Theme) is an enjoyable and dynamic Asian action tune. Nothing much else to say (no real highs or lows), but it's particularly solid, this one.

The harpsichord in Trine Original Soundtrack - Dragon Graveyard is really annoying, and it all sounds a bit cliched. It generates a nice atmosphere though, which is admittedly made better by the cliche choral and instrumental touches.

what's the POINT of a dull sakimoto tune, i just don't--

3 points: SQUARE ENIX MUSIC Presents Music for Art - Flying Universe
2 points: Mouryou Senki Madara 2 Sound Fantasia - Lily of the Valley (Isolated Village in the Valley BGM)
1 point: The Sword of Xuan Yuan Side Story - The Clouds Faraway Game Original Soundtrack - Tears Running Madly (Battle Theme)
4th: Monster Maker - (Bonus) BGM Selection
5th: Trine Original Soundtrack - Dragon Graveyard
6th: Merregnon Soundtrack Volume 2 - Forgotten Memories
7th: RIZ-ZOAWD Original Soundtrack - Sandy Beach of Star Fragments
8th: Last Resort (Game Rip) - Don't Touch Me Baby [STAGE 5-1]

Nice week. Appropriate variation of ups and downs, with a couple of neat discoveries.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Nomination #39

Composer: sumiisan
Album: Brighter than Dawning Blue Music Collection - Terra Passport
Track Title: Genesis -celtic arrange-
Track Number: 20
Year: 2007
Catalog Number: ARIA-0031
Additional Information: Typical 'that fiddle just shredded my face apart' celtic VGM, you know the kind

i would jig to the ftp but, well i can't see where i'm going

There's nowhere I can't reach.