Song of the Week - WEEK 59 Voting/WEEK 60 Nominating

_DH_, thank you for your nominations, votes, and your help on staff. I wish you well with your new marriage. And I just want to let you know that I really enjoyed your nomination this week. I'll see you later!

And on the note of nominations, I have to say this week is very enjoyable. I'll be posting my votes over at CC later on, but I want to state now that I've already listened to the entire group about 6 times, and I'm still not tired of these tracks.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Nice bounceback week. Everything was pretty much agreeable, though I wouldn't deem anything incredible. Sorry I'm making comments short this week.

(3 points) Yussa Yussa You: Something about it I really appreciate. Maybe it's the groovin'.

(1 point) Batman - Gotham City and Cathedral: Very solid NES work. Better yet, its synths don't betray it whatsoever.

(1 point) Street Fighter EX - Precious Heart: I'll take overbaked jazz most any time. Hell, I worship the F-Zero Jazz Arrangement CD, and this song is basically the same style.

(1 point) Like Life - Decoy: The string synth is the best of the whole thing and earns it a point.

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

Bye, DH! I'll miss you and your jazz songs. Best wishes with your new life!

Very solid songs all around this week, so the point spread is going to be wide. Unfortunately I don't have time for comments right now.

2 pts. - Batman - Stage 1 & 5 - Gotham City and Cathedral
2 pts. - Darwinia - Impact of Silence
1 pt. - Street Fighter EX - Precious Heart
1 pt. - Gyakuten Saiban - Objection! 2001

EDIT: Changed my mind on the voting. I'd rather vote based on how much I enjoyed them and not simply based on the quality of the songs. So, no point for Yussa, and an extra point for Silence.

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

2 points - Street Fighter EX2 - PRECIOUS HEART (Sakura)
2 points - Batman (NES Game Rip) - Stages 1 & 5 - Gotham City & Cathedral
1 point - Cool Cool Toon Sound Track - Yussa Yussa You (Nice Body Yussa)
1 point - Kyusai no Giho (Technique of Relief) - Mother

Congratulations, _DH_!

I was speaking idiomatically.

This week deserves a little of my time.

<2 points> Darwinia (Game Rip) - Impact of Silence: This Silent Hill-esque track is the most developed piece of the eight ones, and counts with a great atmosphere too.
<1 point> Shadowgate 64 - Trials of the Four Towers (N64 Game Rip) - Tower of Lakmir: It's hard to get into this one, in part due to a "peculiar" instrumentation and awkward composition. Enjoyable thanks to its uniqueness.
<1 point> Street Fighter EX2 - PRECIOUS HEART (Sakura): In the line of the rest of _DH_'s nominations, which is a very good thing. Not an accident that the future husband had reaped so many golds, we are going to miss his nominations. Sakura can be a conventional 80's sax song, but a solid one.
<1 point> Kyusai no Giho (Technique of Relief) - Mother: I am familiar with Susumu Hirasawa's Berserk OST which I appreciate quite a bit (Gats theme is awesome). This composer has a very distinctive style and not the most accessible one, anyway I know too well the messy sound and ethnic singing and I like it.
<1 point> Like Life Original Soundtrack - Decoy: It has been hard to choose between all the remaining noms but Decoy just has a superb atmosphere.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Voting is closed.

1). [34] Street Fighter EX2 - PRECIOUS HEART (Sakura)
2). [29] Cool Cool Toon Sound Track - Yussa Yussa You (Nice Body Yussa)
3). [27] Batman (NES Game Rip) - Stages 1 & 5 - Gotham City & Cathedral
4). [15] Like Life Original Soundtrack - Decoy
5). [14/9] Gyakuten Saiban Yomigaeru Gyakuten Original Soundtrack - Ryuichi Naruhodo ~ Objection! 2001
6). [14/8.5] Darwinia (Game Rip) - Impact of Silence
7). [9] Shadowgate 64: Trials of the Four Towers (N64 Game Rip) - Tower of Lakmir
8). [8] Kyusai no Giho (Technique of Relief) - Mother

_DH_ goes out with a win!

FELIPE NO

Congratulations, _DH_! Hope your life is as successful as your nominations have been!

On a more negative side of things, I honestly thought the Street Fighter track was the worst track this week. Seeing Tower of Lakmir and Mother do poorly was disappointing as well.

Gyakuten Saiban Yomigaeru Gyakuten Original Soundtrack - Ryuichi Naruhodo ~ Objection! 2001
My favorite soundtrack of all time has not a single song longer than 3 minutes, and only 4 tracks longer than 2 minutes. I appreciate short songs for what they do, and Objection! 2001 does this in spades. Composition wise, it does absolutely nothing unique, but it was damn well enjoyable and really awesome at the same time, like a compressed form of awesome. I'm pleasantly surprised to see a lack of flack against this track. I honestly thought it was going to do worse, simply for the length. Still, I was the only person to give this 3 points, as predicted.

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

Originally Posted by Darkcomet72

Still, I was the only person to give this 3 points, as predicted.

Originally Posted by KyleDunamis

3 points: Gyakuten Saiban Yomigaeru Gyakuten Original Soundtrack - Ryuichi Naruhodo ~ Objection! 2001 (Phoenix Wright ROX!)

You were right on the money about it being awesome, though.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by Darkcomet72

Gyakuten Saiban Yomigaeru Gyakuten Original Soundtrack - Ryuichi Naruhodo ~ Objection! 2001

I'm pleasantly surprised to see a lack of flack against this track.

Yeah, so how did my track lose to this piece of crap that only barely was eligible?

How ya doing, buddy?

Nice fight...I had no idea Batman was that damn close and I was almost sure Yussa was neck and neck with Precious Heart. If a couple votes had gone differently...

As is, I have a legitimate reason to participate in the next Battle.

Aside from the Street Fighter comment, I agree with a lot of what Darkcomet said in his post...Many of my favorite tracks are extremely short (45 seconds or so, prior to a loop) and I tend to think of them as being "as long as they need to be" as opposed to being short. Newer and longer versions of Bloody Tears for example have yet to touch the awesomeness of the NES original to me (including most of the all-out arrangements). Just like Objection 2001 was legitimately more enjoyable than 5/8 of the other tracks this week, despite Truth syndrome and length.

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

Okay. I read the rules and stuff once, but that was a week ago and don't feel like wading through it again.
Anyhow, I want to start participating, so just tell me what to do and I'll figure it out as I go along.

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

Originally Posted by GoldfishX

I agree with a lot of what Darkcomet said in his post...Many of my favorite tracks are extremely short (45 seconds or so, prior to a loop)

45 seconds (w/o loop) is even longer than most tracks I was referring to in the soundtrack :P

How ya doing, buddy?

Basic guidelines for nominating:

A track might be rejected if it's believed to be from a work that is too well known. The more obscure, the more preferred, although it is only necessary that a song isn't uber popular. Tracks that sit on the fence are discussed for eligibility. Once you have a track selected, please include any information you can on it including (the obvious) track name, full album title, disc number, track number, artist, year. Possibly the catalog number and a source to verify the information. Name, album, and track/disc number will do if you don't feel like filling out the rest. Finding a way to upload your track would be nice, too. There's a ftp for this particular purpose but I'm not sure of what the address is on that.

Also, if a track from (insert album here) ranks either 1st, 2nd, or 3rd, that album is restricted from nomination for a set amount of weeks (12, 8, 4).

Voting rules:

You have six points to distribute. No track can receive more than 3 points and you can not give out 3 points each to 2 tracks. Here are all the possible point spreads.

3, 2, 1
3, 1, 1, 1
2, 2, 1, 1
2, 1, 1, 1, 1
1 , 1, 1, 1, 1, 1

That's all you need to know, good to have another participant.

EDIT: Go ahead and wait on a nomination until the next week's voting thread is up, though. Once the winners are announced the queue is locked up to preserve the spot of the next 8 nominators. Since you are a brand new participant, your song will jump to the top of the list.

P.P.S.: Shit, I missed my chance to post in the milestone thread again. 300th post. I never catch these.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Originally Posted by Dr. Uzuki

Here are all the possible point spreads.

Don't forget "2, 2, 2"

But anyway, good explanation.

How ya doing, buddy?

Thanks, Uzuki.

Originally Posted by Dr. Uzuki

There's a ftp for this particular purpose but I'm not sure of what the address is on that.

Host: ftp.songoftheweek.info
Username: nominations@songoftheweek.info (that is the actual username; not an e-mail address)
Password: gff
Port: 21

EDIT: Haha, this is my 300th post too, Uzuki.

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

Nice to see that Batman placed (SotW needs more quality NES love). I thought Yussa Yussa was way in the lead actually, so seeing the Street Fighter song beat it was a surprise.

How ya doing, buddy?

Yes, but the curse still stands; no chiptune's taken first place since Treasure Master.

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