Song of the Week - WEEK 78 Voting/WEEK 79 Nominating

Chaos Legion Original Soundtrack - I can hear the shriek (Stage ~Cave~)
The main problem I have with this song is that the voice isn't loud enough. I understand that the song is interesting because fo the "shriek" in the background, so the voice really has to stand out. Unfortunately, the bass becomes a bit too obvious for me, and that last final change in bass rhythm at the end of the song is not enough to secure a vote for me.

HALO 2 Original Soundtrack and New Music Vol. 1 - 2nd Movement of the Odyssey
I dont think Incubus for me truly qualifies as a game track. But besides this, I really feel that the track is boring without anything that is unique about it. I don't find the jam very interesting, so it's also not worth a high level vote for this song.

Mr. Bones Soundtrack - In This World
It's definitely somewhat interesting of a piece, but I'm still feeling that something could be added to the main vocal melody. The solo is something that is awesome all by itself, however.

Phalanx - The Enforce Fighter A-144 (SNES Game Rip) - Under Water (Stage 2)
I kind of like the melody, it continues to change, but stays predictable enough to prevent the song from being annoying. I still feel that there'just something small that's missing, but I can't exactly say what at this point.

Republic - The Revolution Original Soundtrack - Blood Brother
I'm almost always attracted to romantic songs, and I feel that Blood Brother definitely has some romantic qualities in it. Unfortunately, for me this song is really slow. I understand that slow songs can be good, but the melody is not very unique.

Shin Megami Tensei Devil Children Perfect Sound Tracks - Unpublished Tune (Arrange Ver.)
I picked this song because it really became stuck in my head. It's a perfect addicting melody, which continues to build on through sequences and therefore never becomes completely boring. Throughout the song, there's no completely equal repetition (although there's sequencing), which is something that makes it even better. I also really like the part at around 1:32 which continues to bridge toward the end.

STELLA DEUS BGM ReArrange Album - Planet She
It's another theme that I really like. It's jazzy, but also has a melody thats definitely my taste. Although theres a few more themes that I like better in the ReArrange Album than Planet She, this is also really good. The melody that builds at around 0:45 is really nice, along with the buildup that comes later. Good piano song.

Under Defeat -Extended Tracks- - tears which died
This is also a pretty good song. For the first 6 seconds, I thought it might be too boring and slow, but when the melody really starts, it attracts me pretty fast. That's of course expected from Shinji Hosoe.

Overall, the choices for top three were ridiculously easy for me:

3pt: Unpublished Tune (Arrange Ver.)
2pt: tears which died
1pt: Planet She

NOMINATION:

Sorry... a bit more militaristic of a song this time for those of you who don't like it.


Artist: Akihiro Honda
Album: Zone of the Enders: The 2nd Runner Original Soundtrack
Track Title: Ardjet
Disc Number: 1 (of 1)
Track Number: 8
Catalog: KOE-CDS-1628
Year: 2000
Source: Gamingforce Audio http://www.gamingforce.com/audio/gfa-albums.php?id=2995


Jam it back in, in the dark.

Works for me, DMC is one of the osts I don't always listen to, even though I've heard a few songs.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Technically, I think Vergil Battle 1 and 2 are stylistically the same, but use different instruments (which have a similar synth taste) and have totally different melodies

Very aggressive piece in my opinion though... interesting pick...

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

I'm going to do a re-edit later, I can't exactly remember the tracks that are done from the past...

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

I'd rather nominate something that's at least definitely hasn't been in contests previously...

I'm sticking to the military theme, the song I'm choosing comes from Front Mission 5 Original Soundtrack. If by any chance, you think this is too common (especially because the song is from Square), by all means tell me. But I think the soundtrack hasn't really been appearing enough lately... and the only track in this years SOTY was also nominated by me. But this time, I'm keeping with the other side of Front Mission 5, strong epic melody. Hard choice... because there's a group of at least 7 awesome songs.

Artist: Hidenori Iwasaki
Album: Front Mission 5: Scars of the War Original Soundtrack
Track Title: Quicksilver
Disc Number: 2 (of 3)
Track Number: 16
Catalog: SQEX-10055~7
Year: 2006
Source: Gamingforce Audio http://www.gamingforce.com/audio/gfa-albums.php?id=304

Next time I turn to something really weird.

I was speaking idiomatically.