Song of the Week - WEEK 89 Voting/WEEK 90 Nominating

Watch people start hating on Route 99 =)

3pt: Metal Saga ~Chain of Sandstorm~ Original Soundtrack - Route 99 (8.5)
I can say that I'm definitely pleased by the main melody. Although simple, the melody is something I can seriously hope to remember and playback again; it's after all, memorable. The beginning sounds like the introduction to one of the old Blizzard Terran themes with the intringuing string instruments, but it quickly branches to become original. The song begins to speed up before playing a few sequences of the major theme, then finally branching off to a long solo. My only regrets on this song are the fact that the solo starts a bit too relaxed, and I feel that it could start off with a bang. However, the the end of the song makes up for this minor regret.

2pt: Klonoa of the Wind 2 ~Something Forgotten Wished by the World~ Original Soundtrack - Going to Lunatea - The Sea of Tears (After Polly's Entry) (8.0)
This track to me has a certain degree of freedom, especially with a decent mix of of the drums and strings in the background with the main melody of the flute. The melody is something of an excitement and seems to represent some sort of journey to a location far away. It's songs like this I like to listen to in order to relax from a long day of stress, so this song will naturally recieve a high ranking from me. My only slight gripe is that the melody continues to repeat the same phrase over and over, and it becomes noticeable after a while. Good song, however.

1pt: Capcom Music Generation Area 88 Original Soundtrack - Front Line Base (7.5)
Doesn't this particularly remind you of the old Megaman music, with a few touches of happy-anime childhoodness added into the song? I quite frankly have a certain degree of nostalgia with the simplicity of this theme, and it's probably enough to secure at least one point.

Nano Breaker (Game Rip) - Downtown (7.0)
Recently, there seems to have been an influx of scary themes that are designed to make people feel goosebumps. This song is no exception. During the first minutes, I felt that the theme was not obvious enough, but the song definitely isn't supposed to have an obvious melody. There's a resonating phrase that keeps hiding itself inside the song over and over, and it really seems somewhat freaky in the end. In the end, this is a pretty decent song, but I don't have a huge affinity for listening to scary tracks every day. By the way, the game rip recording could have been recorded in better quality (not VBR/CBR, but the stream itself), but this does not detract from the point score

Sound Locomotive - Sound Locomotive (7.0)
I don't know if choosing an electronic guitar was the best idea for the melody, because the song tries to achieve easy listening (like a credit theme) moreso in my opinion than rock. Understandably, the melody is done decently, but for me, it's not significantly memorable. The song is still a decent pick in my mind, however.

Darwinia Soundtrack - Visitors from dreams (7.0)
This song is pretty catchy, and that is a neccesity for me to really consider a chip tune at all. I just consider the neverending bassline a bit jarring when compared to the melody (which happens to make up of a bunch of similar sound effects). All in all, this track is something that I find a degree of interest in.

The King of Fighters '96 Arrange Sound Trax - Seoul Road (6.5)
Again, I feel that the bass rhythm really overshadows the actual melody in this case. At certain points, I with that the melody itself was just a lot more clear (and by clear, I simply mean LOUDER). The melody itself is pretty decent, but the track for me does not try to achieve something special in comparison except for the solo towards the end.

Shin Megami Tensei III Nocturne Original Soundtrack - Common Battle ~Stuck in Amarah~ (6.5)
The song is a decent background song while playing SMT, but it really lacks the melody that makes the song distinct. In this case, melody is the most important because the song only has a bass line (of symph chords) followed by a singular melody, which means that this song isn't particularly amazing. Also, I have this thought that the background bass really muddles the melody itself, so I'm listening to the rhythm in the background the entire time.

Jam it back in, in the dark.