[SotW] Song of the Week - WEEK 279 Voting/WEEK 280 Nominating

Nomination:
Composer: Toshiharu Yamanishi
Game Title: Thunder Force IV (Game Rip)
Track Title: Space Walk (Stage 2A)
Year: 1992
Source(s): Project 2612

Originally Posted by Muzza

Game: Devilish

!!!!!!!!!!! I was actually just listening to this soundtrack yesterday when trying to decide on what to nominate for this theme week! Hitoshi Sakimoto made some of the most impressive contributions to the Genesis/MD (like he made the sound driver that wound up being used for this when he was only 2 years old (actually more like 15-18 but you get the idea)) which are really unappreciated imo too! I wish Sakimoto was more associated with his older work because that's where he shines the most i m o ! Thank you for nominating this because I was actually considering nominating SOMETHING from that very soundtrack!

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Wow, three 1992's for the theme week! Maybe we should change the theme week to music from that year only.

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Originally Posted by CHz

[*]Track Title: Chromatic Beast

I KEEP OVER-SAYING THINGS LIKE THIS BUT I was actually considering nominating this exact song for SotW like 2 months ago or so (but I decided not to because I'd already nominated Hayato Matsuo multiple times kind of recently including one from another Troubadour Records album). So I like your choice!!

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3 point(s): Time Trax (PAL Genesis Game Rip) - Location 2: The Laboratory / Location 5: Building Site / Location 7: The Forest

2 point(s): Everybody Votes Channel (Game Rip) - Menu

1 point(s): FUTARINO FANTAVISION ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK - gigantic ~ vs stage 3, 4 [out of orbit]

WELL I LIKE TIME TRAX because I nominated it but the question is "why" . . . "WHY" would someone nominate such a thing as "Location 2: The Laboratory / Location 5: Building Site / Location 7: The Forest" ? ? ? Well the answer is simple: because they person who nominated "Location 2: The Laboratory / Location 5: Building Site / Location 7: The Forest" from "Time Trax (PAL Genesis Game Rip)" is obsessed with music from that system (me). Well see Tim Follin as you know has this thing where he basically pushes the limits of soundchips so much that they might as well not have been considered "limited" in the first place. Time Trax's rom was recently dumped and is the only thing for the Genesis that Follin did really; as expected (especially from the already known title track to the game) it is one of the most extremely limit-pushing soundtracks on the system! I love how well he conserves channels with things like constant patch changes, and using FM patches that cover more than one note, so that large chords take up less channels. That loop with the panning constantly switching between speakers on the crystal-y sound is SO COOL, also I love the sweep-pad like sounds so much, in fact FM synth sweep sounds like that are probably my favorite sounds of ALL TIME, of ANY SOUND ever. Just all of the patches sound so nice and they're used in such a nice way, it's awesome!!! Also as a bonus: this particular track is in 5/4 time and YOU ALL KNOW HOW MUCH I LOVE THAT! It even has 4/4 against 5/4 polymeter feel sections at one point like seriously this song exists wow (this is my favorite Genesis song and Genesis is my favorite system music can come from, so basically this is one of my favorite songs that can possibly exist).

Okay onto everybody votes well okay, the amount I like this one probably has a lot more to do with positive associations in my mind than how much I'd like the music otherwise (but I still would love the music if I didn't do the thing it was from so often anyways!). I was a huge fan of the Everybody Votes channel, so it was so sad to see it go!! I'm glad CHz nominated this as a tribute to it. Such a fun paper mario series-like syncopated funky thing! Also this might seem "random" but I really like the low sustained note that only changes occasionally compared to everything else, it gives it a cool atmosphere. Also this instrumentation is just really interesting, I love how much the groove winds up switching between different groups of instruments and stuff. Awesome! VOTE! for the VOTE! song

So why did I like "FUTARINO FANTAVISION ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK - gigantic ~ vs stage 3, 4 [out of orbit]"? Well it was because I like synths and this has synths in it okay. Also there are some parts in this with "emotionally gripping" chord changes like they make me fall out of my chair because they're so cool and stuff. Mainly like halfway through the track until the end.

As for the tracks that I didn't give points to here... Sandbox Wars and SCENE 1-TOWN- actually did appeal to me a decent amount, just not enough to give them any points.

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