Song of the Week - WEEK 77 Voting/WEEK 78 Nominating

Originally Posted by Manny Biggz

And my next retro nomination!

Game: Final Fantasy Legend 3 (Gameboy)
Song: Battle Against Xagor (Last Boss Theme)
Notes: I have no other info about this song, but I can upload it if needed.

Not bad (although I'd have gone with Opening or Stronghold from FFL3 myself).

Curious as to how many people have heard this before, though.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Final Fantasy Legend 3 is a Final Fantasy game in the same way that Tetris Attack is a Tetris game. FFL3 is part of the SaGa series, which we have had nominations from: Romancing SaGa Minstrel Song and SaGa Frontier II. The name "Final Fantasy" was slapped onto the three Game Boy members of the series to capitalize on name recognition in an attempt to boost sales, just as Panel de Pon was Yoshi-ized and released with the name "Tetris Attack" in the U.S. to create a puzzle-buying frenzy.

I think evaluating a game's popularity using that of its series isn't very good, since all* series have dark horse members that aren't as well known as the big titles: Dice de Chocobo, Sonic Pinball Party, Friends of Mana, Kirby no Kirakira Kizzu, Yoshi's Safari, etc. I'd wager nominations from all five of these games that aren't arrangements of vastly familiar themes would pass the obscurity tests (assuming they exist, since I haven't heard the soundtracks of DdC, SPP, and FoM).

This doesn't mean I think these songs should get a free pass; if anything, they should be given a little more scrutiny because of their association with massive franchises. But at the end of the day, being related to someone famous or having the same name as someone famous doesn't necessarily make you famous yourself.

In fact,...

Originally Posted by SotW mission statement, emphasis added

The purpose of this event is to promote the proliferation of quality video game music that is seldom heard amongst the society of VGM fans.

... given the fact that these games laying off to the side have been overshadowed by their high profile brethren and sistren, I quite like the idea of them being nominated from. But I'm just whimsical.

Originally Posted by Elorin

We've allowed FFA arrangements in the past and SaGa song/s (I think; please correct me if I'm wrong) before but maybe opinions have changed over time?

The case regarding Final Fantasy Adventure (Mana/Seiken Densetsu series) is notably different, because we haven't had any tracks from the game, but rather three arrangements. The obscurity test for arrangements is different because it involves both the obscurity of the source and the arrangement itself (established mainly because of my nomination of one of those arrangements).

*: well, not all; I had to go digging for Friends of Mana (a mobile phone game released last month) and you could probably find some big name series, all of whose members would unequivocally fail eligibility, but the point was that most well-known series have some "overlooked" titles in them that I'd be willing to accept nominations from

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Originally Posted by Dr. Uzuki

Nomination:

Game: Gain Ground (Sega Genesis .vgz file set)
Title: Genesis ~Causing~ (Brave Men's Themes)
Artists: Katsuhiro Hayashi, SZK
Year: 1991
Link: http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.ph...775C3147477E09

NO FUCKING WAY

Damn, one of my all time favorite melodies. I put the SMS version of that track on my BSC list, and I was planning on nominating the arranged version on SEGAAGES some time in the future. <33333333333333333333333

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

Man, you had really good timing with that, KG. Had the closing post formatted and everything. Just one click away from closing...

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Voting is (now) closed and nominations are restricted!

1). [24] www.ssh.ne.jp - Ultimate Destroyer
2). [21] Digital Devil Saga Avatar Tuner Soundtrack CD - Muladhara
3). [19] Tokimeki Memorial 2 ORIGINAL GAME SOUNDTRACK vol. 1 - Meeting With You ~ Happy Ending (Instrumental)
4). [18/12.5] Granado Espada Soundtrack CD - Supercooled Girl
5). [18/11.5] Phantasy Star Online Songs of RAGOL Odyssey -Soundtrack EPISODE1&2- - 'IDOLA' have the divine blade
6). [17] Gate of Thunder (Red Book Audio) - Dark City
7). [14] Space Station Silicon Valley (Game Rip) - Fun in the Sun
8). [7] GRANDIA III ~original sound tracks~ - Sabatal

Another really close week for that last spot. =O

I was speaking idiomatically.

Originally Posted by KyleDunamis

After a couple of lighter songs, I'm going to nominate one of my favorite ROCKIN' themes.

* Album Title: Battletoads & Double Dragon: The Ultimate Team (SNES SPC Rip)
* Artist: Rare Sound Team
* Composer: Dave Wise?
* Track Title: Main Theme
* File Location: www.snesmusic.org
* Disc Number: 1
* Track Number: 1
* Year: 1993

95% sure this was nominated in the past, but if it was it happened in between weeks 39 and 48 (in between this list and the wiki voting archives), so I can't check because I don't have the songs with me.

It didn't place, though, so.

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