Song of the Week - WEEK 85 Voting/WEEK 86 Nominating

Hahaha, Drakken left the "TWO LOOPS WOW" in the file name of the Mythri track.

Anyway, the nom I preempted last time for Strike Battle is getting the shaft again because I finally managed to finish a rip. I spent more than a month torrenting this game because there were no seeds on the ISO. And I just spent a bunch of time in the lab ripping the movies and audio because none of the tools have Mac equivalents.

The sad thing is that, despite all the effort I put into acquiring this track, it's going to come in eighth place.

• Artist: Toshikazu Tanaka, Dencyu, Masanosuke Fujiwara, Momoeika, Ryuji Mutou, Moamo & Cheiko, Uchida, Nami Matusima, Aya Fujimoto
• Album/Game Title: Shin Gouketsuji Ichizoku: Bonnou Kaihou (Game Rip)
• Track Title: Let's Go! Necromancer (Extended Version)
• Year: 2006
• Additional Information: This game is the PS2 version of New Power Instinct ~Matrimelee~. As a bonus, the game includes four music videos. Three of the videos are set to one loop of the stage themes Overclock Excitement, Our Secrets, and No Money Ranger. The fourth, however, features a significantly expanded version of Let's Go! Necromancer, the forest stage theme. All sorts of new good stuff. Also, everyone in that artist field after Toshikazu Tanaka is a vocalist.
• Source: http://www.gamefaqs.com/console/ps2/data/930001.html, http://www.gamingforce.com/audio/gfa-albums.php?id=4037

Jam it back in, in the dark.

I renamed the Mythri track, so get it from here until the link in the first post is fixed.

Also some crudz:

Mythri (Game Rip) - Strike Battle (BATTLE BGM) originally had one loop, and was altered by Drakken to have two loops. The original has been uploaded to the Extras directory for those demanding original encoding quality.

The Legend of Kyrandia (Game Rip) - Castle Dungeon was originally in Ogg Vorbis format. This version has been used to make an MP3 for greater compatibility. The original .ogg file has been uploaded to the Extras directly for those demanding original encoding quality.

Additional Spam:

Originally Posted by orion_mk3

Mythri (Game Rip) - Strike Battle (BATTLE BGM) I think this would have done well in the BCC; the piece has nice drive and melody coupled with an intriguing, jagged structure. Reminds me vaguely of a Wily tune. I have to say, even though I'm aware that people's noms were limited, that it's depressing to see better chiptunes in SoTW than the BCC.

I thought about trying to shoehorn it into the BCC; it wouldn't have been eligible straight away because Mythri was never completed or released. Plus, I wanted to get that Toki Tori track in, which eliminated any other GB tracks in contention because of my silly quest to nominate tracks from ten different systems.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

It appears we're low on nominations again.

LARGE TEXT, ETC.

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

Originally Posted by Skyknight

Artist: Takaki "Mar" Masahiro of Zuntata
Game: Night Striker
Album: Darius II -GSM Taito 4-
Name: "Burning Road"
Disc #: 2 (of 2)
Track #: 23 (if you're looking for this on Galbadia, select #223)
Catalog #: PCCB-00010
Year: 1989
Notes: The track actually contains both this and "Boss 6". "Burning Road" is, of course, the first song of the two; you might want to section off the rest of the track and put the song proper in the Extras folder or something...
Source: http://www.chudahs-corner.com/soundt...log=PCCB-00010
Unfortunately, I'm having trouble relocating where I learned that Takaki was the composer...

For the folks at home, Burning Road was the 202 seed in BSC '06 and made it to the second round. So, the eligibility might be a little suspect.

Mar definitely did Night Striker, by the way. http://www.arcade-history.com/index....asahiko+Takaki

Originally Posted by orion_mk3

Incidentally, were we planning on extending voting this week? If not, best make it clear so the procrastinators don't all post after voting closes again.

The first round finishes up tonight, so I wasn't planning on extending voting this time unless people want me to.

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

Originally Posted by Skyknight

...BSC '06? The Nomination Archive never mentioned anything that sounded remotely like that. Links, if you would (so I don't make the same mistake again...if this proves to be a mistake, anyway)?

As orion_mk3 said, it's a separate event from Song of the Week, but a lot of the SotWers participate in it too. We never had a rule on BSC involvement automatically disqualifying a song from SotW, but it can affect a song's obscurity and maybe push it over the limit.

Originally Posted by Skyknight

And simply because I'm Mr. Picky...Takaki didn't do all of Night Striker--just "Burning Road" and "Boss 6" (I think also "Shimeru" and "Commune", though). The soundtrack seems to have been a group project for Zuntata. Ogura "OGR" Hisayoshi, for example, did "Urban Trail", "Terrorist", and "Boss 5", while Kawamoto Tamayo did "Aquarius", "Fly Away", "Boss 4", and "Maghrib".

This list looks strikingly like the names that appear next to the tracks in this listing of Night Striker Complete Album. However, those are all arranger credits. Check the credits scan from the album. It lists all those people (and Yack and Shu as well) as arrangers, but only Mar as the actual composer.

I was speaking idiomatically.

Originally Posted by Epsilon

I have a question regarding the obscurity requirement that is need for the SotW. The thing is I've been going through songs that I could possibly nominate next week, but I'm not sure if they're obscure enough. Are Rockman albums pretty much taboo for the SotW?

We've had two MM tracks: Esperanto from RTRZ: Physis and Steel Massimo from MMX: Command Mission. That should give you a little idea of what acceptable entries from the series are.

SonicPanda thought about nominating a ZX Tunes track a little while ago, and the discussion was borderline if I remember correctly, but he decided to go with a different game instead, so nothing was decided there.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Also, from Dragon God:

• Artist: Hyakutarou Tsukumo
• Album/Game Title: Nekketsu Oyako (Sega Saturn Red Book Audio)
• Track Title: Mega Tokyo 2064 - Outer City Road
• Disc Number: 1 (of 1)
• Track Number: 3
• Year: 1995
• Source: http://www.gamefaqs.com/console/saturn/data/577520.html

FELIPE NO

Originally Posted by Chuckster

I don't worry about the album being too well known, but I worry about the song. So correct me if this track has been nominated for a previous SotW or a BSC.

# Artist: Darren Mitchell
# Album/Game Title: Turok 2: Seeds Of Evil
# Track Title: AudioTrack 01 (or Level 1)
# Year: 1999
# Additional Information: I have a rip of the game. No known ripper, no file info, nothing. However, there was an official released soundtrack called Violence Killer: Turok New Generation Original Soundtrack. The track here is the third track from that release. It definitely is from the first level of the game, despite the absence of track names from the rip I have.

Violence Killer: Turok New Generation Original Soundtrack - Level 1 [Port of Adia] placed third in Week 14. Same song?

What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?

Voting is closed and nominations are restricted!

1). [24] Sword Maniac - Mad Buffoon
2). [15] Ratchet Deadlocked (Game Rip) - Stygia - Energy Collector
3). [13] Voodoo Vince Original Xbox game music - Zombie Guidance Counselor
4). [12] Mythri (Game Rip) - Strike Battle (BATTLE BGM)
5). [11] [eM] -eNCHANT arM- Original Soundtrack - The People of London City
6). [6] The Legend of Kyrandia 3 Malcolm's Revenge (PC Game Rip) - Kyrandia
7). [5] The Legend of Kyrandia (Game Rip) - Castle Dungeon
8). [4] Ultima VI The False Prophet (Game Rip) - Bootup

Jam it back in, in the dark.