Song of the Week - BATTLE 09 Voting/WEEK 73 Nominating

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1st: Civilization IV Official Soundtrack - Baba Yetu
2nd: BATEN KAITOS II: The First Wings and the Heirs of God Original Soundtrack - Deep Red Pastures
3rd: Anarchy Online Original Soundtrack Vol 02 - Shadowland Battle Music (Remix)

Chocolate Outline would be a close 4th. And some of those tracks never quite clicked wth me, like Fly! and already settled down...


So, another 2 weeks for my next nom? Great.

And not that I would like to add another week to it, but how about having Halloween week?

Here are my votes. This Battle was a bit difficult for me as several tracks were fairly even in terms of quality.

(2 points) Civilization IV Official Soundtrack - Baba Yetu

(2 points) Anarchy Online Original Soundtrack Vol 02 - Shadowland Battle Music (Remix)

(2 points) 3rd GIG #Crescent - In Search of the Holy Sword -Seiken Densetsu-

Age of Mythology and ToBi D+VINE were pretty close to getting points.

"Tulla" from Arcanum is really quite nice. Hope it'll do better than my first Arcanum nomination.

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Nom:

* Album Title: MapleStory (Game Rip)
* Track Title: Above the Treetops
* Composer: Wizet
* Source: http://www.sleepywood.net/forum/showthread.php?t=766673
* Year: 2003

I was speaking idiomatically.

I think this is a first, at least for me: all my top picks from the past eight weeks made the battle (okay, I didn't vote for week 67, but In Search would have been my top choice anyway).

What does that mean? A deliciously enjoyable battle.

(3 points) Civilization IV Official Soundtrack - Baba Yetu: This thing is winning going away. Deserved too.

(1 point) Iridion 3D & II Arranged Soundtrack Perfect Selection - See The Sun Burn: Toying with giving this two points, but another song made me change my mind. See The Sun Burn is quite good, though -- reminds me of Huelsbeck's best work.

(1 point) ToBi D+VINE Complete Sound Track - Fly!: The beginning piano is dangerously close to Abba territory, but the song rights itself with bouncy synth work.

(1 point) BATEN KAITOS II: The First Wings and the Heirs of God Original Soundtrack - Deep Red Pastures: I was going to leave it off, but I'm warming back up to my initial impressions of the track, which were quite positive.

As for the rest:

The Acoustic's The Best Part Of A Great Thrash Song: 3rd GIG #Crescent - In Search of the Holy Sword -Seiken Densetsu-

And Speaking Of Good Acoustic Guitar: Age of Mythology Original Soundtrack - Chocolate Outline

Seven Minutes Giveth Points And Then Taketh Away: Anarchy Online Original Soundtrack Vol 02 - Shadowland Battle Music (Remix)

The Worst, And I Still Enjoy It: Scarlett OST - already settled down...

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but how about having Halloween week?

It's a great idea if you ask me. We'd just need some wacky-horror themed songs. If I'm not incorrect, in the 16 bit era there where some of them. It could be fun.

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It's probably past any deadline for such a theme week, that is, unless everybody doesn't mind it coming late. After the nomination explosion recently, It'd be a little difficult to pull together eight new nominators all with ideas for this with such short notice.

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I'm not up next week, but just thinking for 5 minutes I have 4 possible noms for a Halloween week. I am up in 2 weeks, and that's when Halloween is, so...

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Quite an entertaining battle.

Age of Mythology Original Soundtrack - Chocolate Outline - : A more than decent track, but it never really clicked with me, for some reason. I think it was too indecisive for me to really appreciate.

Iridion 3D & II Arranged Soundtrack Perfect Selection - See The Sun Burn - : A good track. It was my top pick last week, but that's not saying much considering I really didn't like most of the other songs. It might not even have recieved a point under other circumstances.

Anarchy Online Original Soundtrack Vol 02 - Shadowland Battle Music - : Very appealing to me. Although it would be moreso if the piano had gotten started well before it does (3:50 or so?). Overall, it just seems too long, but I still like it.

Civilization IV Official Soundtrack - Baba Yetu - : By far my favorite of the bunch. The uber harmonic vocals give me chills and the percussion is well implemented. I wouldn't have expected something like this from Civillization (tho, maybe that's because I've only played the first one...)

ToBi D+VINE Complete Sound Track - Fly! - : Like Chocolate Outline, good, but it never really stuck. I feel that the instrumentation could use a bit of work (although it certainly isn't horrible!), and that the melody needed a bit more oomph.

3rd GIG #Crescent - In Search of the Holy Sword -Seiken Densetsu- : I really liked this track when I first heard it. I still do. It is really the only track I like from 3rd GIG #Crescent... I only wish it had a richer bass going for it.

Scarlett OST - already settled down... - : It's a pretty interesting track, not the kind I usually go for. Despite this, I keep finding myself listening to it. The portion between 1:20 and 1:45 is my favorite, and I might have given this track a point if the entire song had been like that.

BATEN KAITOS II: The First Wings and the Heirs of God Original Soundtrack - Deep Red Pastures - : Just too... uh... I want to say ambient, but that's not it. Soft? Unfocussed? Something like that... Decent, but definately not great.

*~Point Distribution~*

(3 Points) Civilization IV Official Soundtrack - Baba Yetu
(2 Points) 3rd GIG #Crescent - In Search of the Holy Sword -Seiken Densetsu-
(1 Point) Anarchy Online Original Soundtrack Vol 02 - Shadowland Battle Music-

Edit: As to a Halloween week, I'd like that. I have a song from donkey kong 64 I'd like to use, but that might screw up the nomination queue a bit... maybe it'd be a good idea not to do it, after all.

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A Halloween week could be fun. If we do have a Halloween week, there's another song in the series my current nomination is from that fits the theme. I'd be willing to push back my nomination if necessary.

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

Uzuki was pretty much right; it's a bit too late to do a Halloween week. Not that it's a horrible idea, but the nomination queue is quite full. You'd be hard pressed to get eight new nominations on top of the ones we already have. You'd be equally pressed to encourage them all to change their nominations, even if they did have an appropriate track, each.

However, it's not too late to consider a Christmas week. I'd be up for that.

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Yeah, we're definitely way too close to Halloween. Maybe next year, guys.

Christmas is certainly doable, however.

I was speaking idiomatically.

How do you do a christmas theme, though? Halloween = Horror, but what is Christmas? Hymns? Jingle Bells? Happy Fluffy Music? I don't think that would work at all.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Oh believe me, there's Christmas-related VGM out there. You may have to dig a little, but it exists.

FELIPE NO

I think a Christmas-themed SoTW might hit the spot pretty well. I've got dozens of snowy-type tracks that could qualify

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I wouldn't mind delaying my nom a week if people want to do the Halloween thing.

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Originally Posted by Crash Landon

Oh believe me, there's Christmas-related VGM out there. You may have to dig a little, but it exists.

Might be easier to find tracks if we just did a "winter" theme week.

"A Snowscape" FTW!

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Yeah, I think a "Winter" themed week would be a bit easier to nominate stuff though Christmas week is more festive. In any case, I've got one winter nomination I've been saving for December.

By the way, a big thank you for all your nominations! Haven't seen the nomination queue this full in a while.

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I thought we could have it on the week starting Monday 30th, but come to think of it, it would be a bit late, yes. And there are quite enough nominations as it is. Maybe next year then.

I'm up for a Christmas or winter theme, and I think I got just the thing.

Just the other day, I was thinking about how we could have more theme weeks on SotW. How about holding one each month or every 6 weeks? And maybe make up a different set of rules for theme participants, and poll people for the next theme they'd like to see.

I'd personally like to see a "decisive battle themes" week or a "peaceful town themes" week someday. =)

I'd really rather not inundate SotW with too many theme weeks. I feel like it would force people into finding tracks that fill a niche instead of just submitting the best stuff they have.

Within one calendar year, I feel that there really shouldn't be more than 3 theme weeks overall. We already had Percussion Week and Follin Week this year. If we do Christmas, that'd be 3.

Then we should hold off until at least March before having another.

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I have to agree with Crash that we shouldn't do theme weeks very often. I'd be okay with more than three per year, but I'd say at the very minimum there should be at least an eight-week gap in between them, that is, one Battle group.

I was actually writing up a document on theme weeks for the wiki a little while ago: theory, execution, etc. I should probably finish that up.

Double Post:
Voting is closed and nominations are restricted!

1). [36] Civilization IV Official Soundtrack - Baba Yetu
2). [17] ToBi D+VINE Complete Sound Track - Fly! (arranged by Norihiro Furukawa)
3). [14] 3rd GIG #Crescent - In Search of the Holy Sword -Seiken Densetsu-
4). [13] BATEN KAITOS II: The First Wings and the Heirs of God Original Soundtrack - Deep Red Pastures
5). [11] Scarlett OST - already settled down...
6). [10] Anarchy Online Original Soundtrack Vol 02 - Shadowland Battle Music (Remix)
7). [7] Age of Mythology Original Soundtrack - Chocolate Outline
8). [6] Iridion 3D & II Arranged Soundtrack Perfect Selection - See The Sun Burn

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

FYI, if y'all are planning on a Christmas week, we've already done Chocobo's Happy Christmas from Chocobo's Dungeon 2 OST. >_>

Also...

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Wow, what overwhelming response for first place! Can't say I'm surprised, though.

What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?

I'm very satisfied to have taken 2nd place next to a track like Baba Yetu. I really had no expectation of winning this Battle, so a Silver for Fly! is a-okay.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

I forgot to get around to voting, but my points probably would have all gone to the top three anyhow. Glad to see these results as they are.

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