Song of the Week - WEEK 85 Voting/WEEK 86 Nominating

I'm not a big Sakimoto fan but I really like Mad Buffoon. The chord progression in some parts is a little derivative but that's made up for by the melody which is excellent. Of course knowing Sakimoto the rest of the soundtrack is probably made entirely of different arrangements of this melody.

Stygia is, well, R&C, but I wasn't as impressed by it as much as alot of other tracks in the game. I'm pretty sure this track is by Niels Bye Nielsen since the Ratchet-bass drum sound effect in the beginning is recycled from the song "The Ultra Zone" by Steve Vai, an album Nielsen worked on in sampling and orchestration (srsly google it). Either that or it's a common stock sound effect.

The People of London City is probably the most pleasant listen of the bunch, but it doesn't pull me in quite as much as Mad Buffoon or Stygia. It's got nice harmony and the melody is smooth, enough to compliment the acoustic guitar but not so much that it dominates the track.

Strike Battle does a good job of sounding like jap VGM battle music, which Mad Buffoon does better.

Castle Dungeon is nice harmonically but I just get a little tired of hearing so many damn arpeggios. Maybe a little stronger melody could have improved it.

The Voodoo Vince OST as a whole, while I support the fact that it's jazz and VGM, is really not that great. Alot of gamers were impressed by it but that's probably because they've haven't heard very much 'real' jazz before.

Kyrandia and Ultima VI weren't remarkable but I didn't find them to be all that bad either.

3 points - Mad Buffoon
2 Points - Stygia - Energy Collector
1 Point - The People of London City

(Hey guys this is the first SotW I've participated in am I doing it right?)

Jam it back in, in the dark.