Song of the Week - Qualification: Suikoden I - Theme of Sadness ~ Guitar Version

Hrmmm....Suikoden, Suikoden...I've heard of that somewhere. *looks at avatar slot* Oh right...

I have to say, it IS fairly popular, but not TOO popular that it's overcrowded by rabid fanboys...It's not something I'm worried about skewed voting in other words. No Suikoden track has ever made it to the BSE top 16 and only a handful have ever done well in the contest (Main Theme, Theme of Moonlit Night and Reminiscense) (though an arranged track won a SOTW contest early on) Most people don't know who the composers are for the games anyway, so you're not going to see a run of Miki Higashino/Norikazu Miura fanboys the same way you'd see a herd of Uematsu/Mitsuda fanboys.

Suikoden...Known, but not OVER-known.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

I do have a question, should this track lose...Would ALL Suikoden tracks be barred from nomination or just Theme of Sadness? Or just all Suikoden 1 tracks?

Also, would be nice if some of the people who are voting "no" would grace us with some commentary.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Originally Posted by KyleDunamis

Most definately all, since, as I said in the other thread, Theme of Sadness seems to be one of S1's lesser known tracks.

That IS something I'm surprised at, considering...

Spoiler:

it plays after Hero McDohl just lays out his own father and as he's dying, he's telling his henchman to join the Liberation Army. Very moving scene, actually, since it was well known the two would have to fight eventually and the game had already proven it wasn't afraid to kill people the hero was close to.

I personally remember it extremely well. Much moreso than many other moments of the original game. On its' own...Eh, not a GREAT accomplishment (I'd probably be able to name a dozen or so tracks on the S1 OST I'd prefer), but definitely quality material.

But I also agree...I rarely see any mention of the actual theme. It's not like its' Aeris' Theme and being played in VGM concerts across the US...

On the note of the series...I would say the popularity of the series has drastically declined in recent years (largely due to a drop-off in quality of several games...at least in the eyes of the series' fans), so I don't think Suikoden IV, Tactics and the recently released V should be subject to a potential series ban.

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