Song of the Week - WEEK 80 Voting/WEEK 81 Nominating

Very nice week overall...

3pts - Illusion (Ys IV) - I'm glad to see so many describe this as being "interesting"...It's not my favorite Ys arrange, but nominating any of the synth rock tracks that are my favorite would have garnered too many "generic synth rock" complaints. I love how Yonemitsu handles this one...The melody is understated, but still plenty bad-ass and the acoustic guitar at the end (a Yonemitsu trademark) seals things. One of his best overall arranging jobs.

2pts - Flame - Interesting indeed...Very nice mix of sounds without skimping on the melody.

1 pt - Enter Secretly - Tough call between this, Illusion and Staff Credit Game, but I ultimately went for this for its' overall melody/percussion.

I thought Killing Bedroom sounded a lot like one of the chill-out Megaten tracks...It inherits the strengths (the atmosphere) and weaknesses (too repetitive to really enjoy) of them. Didn't care for Training Ground or Ancient Pyramid.

And to keep my name from disappearing from the queue as fast as it has been, my next nomination:

Track Name: Dungeon Medley
Album: Phantasy Star Sound Collection 1
Disc: 2 of 2
Track: 1
Cat #: RS-1
Composers: Bo, Izuho Takenuchi, Ippo
Arranged by: Takanobu Masuda
Year Released: 1993

And on a side note: Great idea keeping SOTW week open through Sunday. I rarely find time during the week. All of my responses recently have been late Saturday nights during...uh, downtime.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Dammit...ANOTHER second-place finish. So that's...3 SOTW 2nd places and 1 BSC 2nd place.

*holds up fist* One of these days!...

(sound of wolves howling in the background)

There's nowhere I can't reach.