[SotW] Song of the Week - WEEK 196 Voting/WEEK 198 Nominating

Song of the Week. 175 Weeks and counting.
Week 196 Voting is open.
Week 198 Nominating is open.

Tracks:
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: eXceed 2nd -VAMPIRE REX- ORIGINAL SOUND TRACK - Shock!!
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: Irozuki Tingle no Koi no Balloon Trip (Game Rip) - Tinliner
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: Mother 3 (Game Rip) - Let's Ride the Train! (Extended)
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: oblivion - Homesickness -reunion
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: PHANTASY STAR ONLINE Blue Burst EPISODE IV SOUND TRACK - Nostalgia in Solitude -PART1-
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: Sonic Wings 2 - America Stage
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: The King of Fighters '99 Arrange Sound Trax - Psyco Sonic Trip (Psycho Soldier Team)
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: Touhou Hisoutensoku ~ Chase the Enigma of the Superdreadnought Guignol (Game Rip) - the Grimoire of Alice

Voting Rules:
Voters must distribute 6 points among the 8 nominees, giving points to at least 3 songs, giving no song more than 3 points, and giving no more than one of their choices 3 points. Possible ways of voting include:

Spoiler:

"Traditional"
Song1 - 3 pts.
Song2 - 2 pts.
Song3 - 1 pt.

"Even Stevens"
Song1 - 2 pts.
Song2 - 2 pts.
Song3 - 2 pts.

"Tough Decision"
Song1 - 2 pts.
Song2 - 2 pts.
Song3 - 1 pt.
Song4 - 1 pt.

"Nomination Bias"
Song1 - 3 pts.
Song2 - 1 pt.
Song3 - 1 pt.
Song4 - 1 pt.

"Indecisive"
Song1 - 2 pts.
Song2 - 1 pt.
Song3 - 1 pt.
Song4 - 1 pt.
Song5 - 1 pt.

"Shotgun Spread"
Song1 - 1 pt.
Song2 - 1 pt.
Song3 - 1 pt.
Song4 - 1 pt.
Song5 - 1 pt.
Song6 - 1 pt.

Notes:
Week 197 is 60 Seconds of Heaven 2: Electric Boogaloo! Nominations are full for it, and normal nominations will resume on Week 198.

Please remember to upload your nominations to the SotW server! Uploaded noms mean a faster, smoother SotW experience for everyone. Server information:

Spoiler:

* Host: ftp.sotw.info
* Username: nominations@sotw.info (that is the actual username; not an e-mail address)
* Password: gff
* Port: 21

Week 196 Nominating:
The Nominations Queue can be found here.
The rules for nominating can be found here.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Hell yeah it is. He works at Vanpool now, along with Taro Kudou, the other composer of SCIV fame. Tinliner is a sample I extracted from an interview with him and other composers/sound team members who worked on the game, so I'm assuming it does sound better in the game (because it would be impossible to sound worse).

• Album: Red Alarm (Game Rip)
• Artist: Ken Kojima
• Track #: 6
• Track Title: Boss 2
• Year: 1995
• Additional Info: Ken Kojima 1/3
• Source: Release Information for Red Alarm, game credits

There's nowhere I can't reach.

3 points: Irozuki Tingle no Koi no Balloon Trip (Game Rip) - Tinliner
1 point: PHANTASY STAR ONLINE Blue Burst EPISODE IV SOUND TRACK - Nostalgia in Solitude -PART1-
1 point: Sonic Wings 2 - America Stage
1 point: The King of Fighters '99 Arrange Sound Trax - Psyco Sonic Trip (Psycho Soldier Team)

I have a lot of favorite parts of Tinliner, but my absolute favorite parts are those two short phrases near the end of the loop where (almost) every note of the melody is played by a different combination of instruments.

The other train theme was one of my favorite non-battle themes from Mother 3. I do like this one too, though.

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

OI! VOTE.

Originally Posted by Darkcomet72

Holy crap, how has news of this calibur gone mostly unnoticed? I'm assuming Vanpool isn't very active?

Yeah, they don't do a whole lot, and not a lot of it is released overseas either. The Wikipedia article is as good a source as any on them, I guess.

Adachi and Kudou left Konami to join Love-de-Lic some time in the 1995-1997 area. There they did part of the soundtrack to Moon, as you know. Love-de-Lic kicked the bucket in 2000, apparently, and they both went to Vanpool, one of the splinter companies that LdL split into, where they've been ever since. As far as I know, Kudou hasn't done any sound work since Moon, and has instead mainly been a designer and director. Adachi's kept busy with sound work, though. He composed an unspecified number of pieces for Coloball 2000, did all of the sound for Freshly-Picked Tingle's Rosy Rupeeland, composed (but didn't arrange) the theme song to Magician's Quest: Mysterious Times, and did some sound effect design for Little King's Story. I'm probably leaving stuff out but oh well.

YES I'M A NERD, GUYS, I KNOW THAT ALREADY. MASANORI ADACHI DESERVES IT, THOUGH, BEING ONE OF THE HOLY QUADRUMVIRATE OF THE THELONIOUS MONKEES AND ALL.

Originally Posted by Darkcomet72

Does this interview have other music samples, and if so, where can I see it?

http://www.nintendo.co.jp/nom/0908/sound/index.html

The composers are the top row of people, and the red triangle buttons play the samples. Left is Adachi, middle is Kiyoshi Hazemoto, and right is Tomoko Sano. I wouldn't say the other samples are bad, but they're not in the same league.

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Voting is (finally, I know right) closed!

1). [16] PHANTASY STAR ONLINE Blue Burst EPISODE IV SOUND TRACK - Nostalgia in Solitude -PART1-
2). [15] Touhou Hisoutensoku ~ Chase the Enigma of the Superdreadnought Guignol (Game Rip) - the Grimoire of Alice
3). [14] oblivion - Homesickness -reunion
4). [10] Irozuki Tingle no Koi no Balloon Trip (Game Rip) - Tinliner
5). [9] The King of Fighters '99 Arrange Sound Trax - Psyco Sonic Trip (Psycho Soldier Team)
6-t). [6/5] eXceed 2nd -VAMPIRE REX- ORIGINAL SOUND TRACK - Shock!!
6-t). [6/5] Sonic Wings 2 - America Stage
8). [2] Mother 3 (Game Rip) - Let's Ride the Train! (Extended)

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