Song of the Week - WEEK 60 Voting/WEEK 61 Nominating

Week 60 Voting is closed.
Week 61 Nominating is restricted.

Week 60 Voting
The rules for voting can be found here.

Final Result:
1st: Treasure Hunter G Original Soundtrack - Emperor of Balladry
2nd: The Music From and Inspired by Gran Turismo 4 - Machine Gun (Gran Turismo 4 Pop Rox Remix)
3rd: Mr. Driller Sound Tracks - Balance

Notes:
If you are a member at more than one of the forums which this event is being held at, please nominate and vote in only ONE of the forums. You may, however, comment in the threads at any of the other forums.
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Street Fighter EX -Arrange Sound Trax- - Strange sunset used to be known as "Street Fighter EX - Strange sunset"; it has been retagged to reflect the album it's actually on and given a quality upgrade. The older version has been deleted from the voting directory since bad tags are the work of the Devil.
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Wonder Project J2 (Game Rip) - Josette of the Colro Forest is encoded pretty poorly (128 Kb/s, 22 kHz, but at least it's in stereo). If you have a higher quality rip or the OST, please contact me immediately for a large cash reward.

Week 61 Nominating
The Nominations Queue can be found here.
The rules for nominating can be found here.

Here are the links to the corresponding threads at the other forums:
- Chudah's Corner
- Soundtrack Central

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I'm leaving on a trip to Solvang, CA, tomorrow, and I'll be gone for most of the day, so I figured I'd start the threads now. Voting will end at the normal time.

Also, the Song of the Year final is upon us. Make sure to help decide which track, The Legendary Theme (Album version) from Gitaroo Man or Southern Twilight ~ Dance on a Cape of Good Hope from Uncharted Waters II Special Edition, takes the prize!

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And while I'm here, I might as well throw my next nomination out. It's probably the least obscure track I've nominated thus far, but I asked Kaleb about it a while back and he said it'd be fine, so we trace on:

• Artist: Funczion SOUNDS
• Album/Game Title: CRISS†CROSS ~ CROSS†CHANNEL Soundtrack Arrange Version
• Track Title: Airwaves
• Disc Number: 1 (of 1)
• Track Number: 1
• Catalog Number: none
• Year: 2003
• Additional Information: Funczion SOUNDS also wrote at least the ED theme of CROSS†CHANNEL (an H-game), and likely the rest of the soundtrack, so this is eligible.
• Source(s): http://funczion.com/index.php?ID=336&cID=5&cID=5

sup Crash

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by Darkcomet72

Umm... I think the Street Fighter track is labeled wrong, since the song is from the arranged soundtrack. Or did you guys upload the wrong song?

Liontamer uploaded the track and said it was from Street Fighter EX, although looking at the track times, it appears that you're right and it's actually from Street Fighter EX -Arrange Sound Trax-.

I'll fix this later when I have more time on 28.8 hotel dial-up (hopefully tomorrow).

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Thanks to Darkcomet72, I found that the Street Fighter track had been mistagged; instead of being from the OST, it was really from the AST. I have uploaded an updated copy with a bitrate upgrade to boot, but if you'd like to simply retag and rename the copy you already have, here's the relevant information:

• File Name: Street Fighter EX -Arrange Sound Trax- - Strange sunset.mp3
• Artist: Akira West, Capcom
• Composer: Ayako Saso
• Album/Game Title: Street Fighter EX -Arrange Sound Trax-
• Track Title: Strange sunset
• Disc Number: 1 (of 1)
• Track Number: 3
• Catalog Number: PCCB-00251
• Year: 1997

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

%^( is %^(. It is what it is.



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

Originally Posted by TCK

Fixed.

Edited for accuracy.

I was speaking idiomatically.

Ooh, a good policy debate. Been a while since the last. :biggrin:

Regarding arranges by non-composers: if we let it some, we have to let in them all. Having a CD and a price means nothing; hell, I could take ten MIDIs from vgmusic.com, whip them through a program and add PHAT B33TZ, put them on a CD, make up a catalog number, and sell it to really stupid people who don't know any better. If Heaven's Race Guitar Style is eligible, then so should be this free TF5&6 arrange I'm listening to right now, as well as anything from OCR/VGMix/RKO/etc.

Regarding allowing only ORIGINAL game music: Again? :juggler: Dunno if we'll ever satisfactorily resolve this one, since about half were for and half were against the last time it came up. I'd rather not change this unless we have a poll and a supermajority of some sort votes in favor, since I'm sure the side favoring arrangements and original works would probably start clamoring. (In fact, I might be leading them. >_>) This rule is a vital part of SotW, and if it gets changed once by a slim margin, I can see votes being called on it again and again. It might be a little unfair to think that, but I'd prefer if we had consistency in our rules.

And orion_mk3, if you're interested in learning more about the scope of doujin arrangements, I suggest you talk to Dhsu, who floats around here and pitches in the occasional nomination (like the Narcissu track from a little while back). There might be a lot of Square arrangements and the like out there, but there are many arrangements of more obscure tracks out there as well. There is a LOT more out there than you think.

However, as an interesting aside, does it really matter what the source is? In the past we've allowed obscure arrangements of decidedly non-obscure themes; Chocobo's Happy Christmas immediately comes to mind. Then again, there was a bit of a firestorm over Theme of Dragon Roost Island from the Mario & Zelda Big Band Live CD. Do we want to apply eligibility rules to the track itself or the source of the track?

Double Post:

Originally Posted by KyleDunamis

1) I'm not sure whether to nominate the Genesis or Sega CD Version, I'[ll probably go with the CD version though.

Were you asking for advice here? Because we can't really help if you don't tell us what the track is. :X

Originally Posted by KyleDunamis

2) What's the rule on nominating things that are in the VG Music Quiz? This song is an 8 pointer (I even purposely got the question wrong so I could find out what game its from,) so would that be frowned upon?

At least one track from VGMQ has appeared previously on SotW, so it's not a huge issue. Just as long as you're not purposefully nominating it just to spread points to everybody.

How ya doing, buddy?

Voting is closed.

1). [31] Treasure Hunter G Original Soundtrack - Emperor of Balladry
2). [26] The Music From and Inspired by Gran Turismo 4 - Machine Gun (Gran Turismo 4 Pop Rox Remix)
3). [24] Mr. Driller Sound Tracks - Balance
4). [22] Street Fighter EX -Arrange Sound Trax- - Strange sunset
5). [9] Wonder Project J2 (Game Rip) - Josette of the Colro Forest
6). [8/6] Bionic Commando (NES Game Rip) - Area 5
7). [8/5.5] Kagero ~ Deception 2 Original Soundtrack - The World is falling into Ruin
8). [4] Delicious Selection / Gamadelic - The Sword of Delight (taken from CD: Dark Seal)

FELIPE NO

Originally Posted by Djinova

The point is anything from OCR/VGMix/RKO/etc is already covered up by exactly these sites. Who is going to promote all these doujin arrangement CDs? The publisher themselves do it you could say, but pretty much like the aims of SOTW, some deserve more attention than just what the publisher does, that's why I am trying to bring attention to some tracks, that wouldn't otherwise be known elsewhere.

Aye, I agree. Heck, I check out doujin material much less often than I should, and I know better.

The only point I was trying to make is that, even if the purpose is to increase the recognition of these doujin arrangement CDs, once we open the door to some arrangements by non-VGM composers, we have to allow them all (subject to obscurity rules, of course).

I think perhaps allowing this sort of thing would be overstepping the bounds of what Song of the Week is supposed to be; some have argued in this thread that allowing arrangements and original works are already overstepping it. Increasing exposure to doujin works might be better suited to other places, like Dhsu's thread, which I'll link again for him, or perhaps even a DotW, assuming there's enough interest out there.

Originally Posted by Djinova

I don't know what this TF5&6 arrange is, but I'd say if you find anything remarkable from this, and it has not appeared yet on any other contest-like events or is as "unknown" as SOTW would regard it as eligible, then it may be nominated.

Nah, I probably wouldn't ever nominate it if it were eligible (BROKEN THUNDER+THUNDER FORCE5 "JADGEMENT ~ The Justice ray part 2 ~ The Justice ray part 3"). I just thought it was a convenient example. :biggrin:

Originally Posted by Djinova

(Heh heh, I wouldn't actually nominate Heaven's Race Guitar Style then... if you thought that sparked my becoming vocal).

I didn't mean to pick on you, but the thought did cross my mind. It was just another convenient example.

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