[SotW] Song of the Week - WEEK 169 Voting/WEEK 170 Nominating

Song of the Week. 150 Weeks and counting.
Week 169 Voting is closed.
Week 170 Nominating is restricted.

Results:
1). [20] Toki Tori - Forest Falls
2). [15] SimAnimals Original Videogame Score - Forest Song (End Credits)
3). [13] Age of Empires III Original Soundtrack - Major Rewrite / General Chunks
4). [11/9] Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 - Uprising (PC Game Rip) - Yuriko's Theme
5). [11/8.5] Lost Technology ~ Thunder Force Sound Track - Steel of Destiny
6). [9] Shinobi Original Soundtrack - Hiroe Temple (Stage 7-A)
7). [7] Vib Ribbon (Red Book Audio) - Sunny Day
8). [4] Segacon -The Best of Sega Game Music- Vol.1 - SHINOBI (Super Shinobi 2)

Tracks:
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: Age of Empires III Original Soundtrack - Major Rewrite / General Chunks
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 - Uprising (PC Game Rip) - Yuriko's Theme
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: Lost Technology ~ Thunder Force Sound Track - Steel of Destiny
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: Segacon -The Best of Sega Game Music- Vol.1 - SHINOBI (Super Shinobi 2)
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: Shinobi Original Soundtrack - Hiroe Temple (Stage 7-A)
Please use the download link. SimAnimals Original Videogame Score - Forest Song (End Credits)
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: Toki Tori - Forest Falls
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: Vib Ribbon (Red Book Audio) - Sunny Day

Notes:
Please remember to upload your nominations to the SotW server! Uploaded noms mean a faster, smoother SotW experience for everyone.

Week 170 Nominating:
The Nominations Queue can be found here.
The rules for nominating can be found here.

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The SimAnimals song has streaming problems. Also all the songs are in the voting folder, so no need for temporary links now.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Hum, it looks like you didn't see my last nomination:

Composer: Masanori Akita & Yuichi Tsuchiya
Game Title: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2003)
Track Title: Streets
Track number: 7
Year: 2003
RapidShare: Easy Filehosting

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

I'd like to nominate a track from "Rush 2: Extreme Racing USA", unfortunately i don't know who composed it. I only have a mp3 which has the artist tag "Midway Home Entertainment", i tried to find out who is the composer but did not find anything. So what should i do?

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Originally Posted by ikkei

Hum, it looks like you didn't see my last nomination:

Composer: Masanori Akita & Yuichi Tsuchiya
Game Title: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2003)
Track Title: Streets
Track number: 7
Year: 2003
RapidShare: Easy Filehosting

I accidentally attributed it to the wrong nominator ;_;. Fixed now.

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I also nominated in the Battle thread and I'm not up on the queue. o_O

See here: http://www.gamingforce.org/forums/ge...tml#post699695

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Originally Posted by Ceft

I also nominated in the Battle thread and I'm not up on the queue. o_O

See here: http://www.gamingforce.org/forums/ge...tml#post699695

Dammit, I thought I had them all. CHz normally does the queue and he's got the rhythm down. You're in the queue now.

Also, if Stalky nominated something and I missed it, I quit

FELIPE NO

Originally Posted by orion_mk3

Dammit, I thought I had them all. CHz normally does the queue and he's got the rhythm down. You're in the queue now.

Also, if Stalky nominated something and I missed it, I quit

No, i haven't nominated yet but i'm don't really know what to do with my mysterious nomination, so i'll just put all info i have here and upload the original file. I'll see what i can do about the missing composer but if anyone has an idea please let me know.

Composer: ?
Game Title: Rush 2: Extreme Racing USA
Track Title: Introduction Movie

Edit:
Downloaded a rom of the game but didn't find any credits but in another search i did i found this site: Link
According to it the composer should be Barry Leitch

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Originally Posted by Stalky

No, i haven't nominated yet but i'm don't really know what to do with my mysterious nomination, so i'll just put all info i have here and upload the original file. I'll see what i can do about the missing composer but if anyone has an idea please let me know.

That's it, I quit.

Nah, it's fine. You'll just have to wait until next week, which is enough time to track down some info on the song

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Originally Posted by orion_mk3

That's it, I quit.

Nah, it's fine. You'll just have to wait until next week, which is enough time to track down some info on the song

I now have the composer, i managed to access the credits in the game after all which confirm what i found on a website, the game has quite a weird system...

Anyway, the relevant info would be:
Composer: Barry Leitch
Game Title: Rush 2: Extreme Racing USA
Track Title: Introduction Movie
Year: 1998 (IGN)

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Age of Empires III Original Soundtrack - Major Rewrite / General Chunks Wasn't quite sure what to expect from this one, but I was pleasantly surprised. The rolling pianos are really neat, and the way the track builds in intensity over its first half is quite neat. The second half is a bit of a change, but still good.

Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 - Uprising (PC Game Rip) - Yuriko's Theme I've been hearing a lot of James Hannigan lately but mostly his Pottertunes--this is a much different sound, which makes sense. The vocals are quite nicely done compared to the shrillness they usually deliver. I was hoping for a bit more from the song, since it has a promising beginning, but it's still rather neat.

Lost Technology ~ Thunder Force Sound Track - Steel of Destiny Haven't I heard this somewhere before under a different name? There's nothing in the instrumentation or melody to make this stand out from hundreds of nigh-identical songs.

Segacon -The Best of Sega Game Music- Vol.1 - SHINOBI (Super Shinobi 2) I don't mind that the sound is dated, and it has a vaguely ninja-like sound in places, but the music is kind of bland and way too short.

Shinobi Original Soundtrack - Hiroe Temple (Stage 7-A) A double dose of Shinobi this week, it seems! this has a much stronger ninja-feel and some neat electronic effects, but it never really seems to go anywhere.

SimAnimals Original Videogame Score - Forest Song (End Credits) This song--and the whole album--have a really neat sound, a sort of pastoral/jazzy Gershwin mix. It provides a jaunty rendition of the game's main theme alongside an affecting flute-led interlude that's just gorgeous.

Toki Tori - Forest Falls I remember liking a Toki Tori song in the BCC, and this pleasant banjo-led tune is similarly nice. The melody is fetching and the instruments are creative enough to help it stand out.

Vib Ribbon (Red Book Audio) - Sunny Day Mmm, not feeling the vocals on this one. Ironically, I like the Japanese vocals written by a Westerner for C&C to the English lyrics written by an Easterner for this.

Good week overall!

The Point Spread
Forest Song - 3 pts.
Major Rewrite - 1 pt.
Yuriko's Theme - 1 pt.
Forest Falls - 1 pt.

Nomination
In juuust a minute...

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I wasn't crazy about this week. It took me a while to decide upon a third song to which I'd award a point.

3 Points: SimAnimals Original Videogame Score - Forest Song (End Credits)
2 Points: Toki Tori - Forest Falls
1 Point: Segacon -The Best of Sega Game Music- Vol.1 - SHINOBI (Super Shinobi 2)

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

I guess I should nom it up~

Nomination #18

Composer: MANYO
Album Title: Aoishiro Original Soundtrack
Track Title: A Trailblazer Surpasses Death
Track Number: 2-01
Year: 2008
Catalog Number: HNMP-0003
Additional Information: I enjoy MANYO. 'cause I'm a man, yo-----*sound of gunshot*

Uploaded to TRAILBLAZIN' ftp, yo.

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• Artist: Jesper Kyd
• Album/Game Title: Red Zone (Genesis Game Rip)
• Track Title: Night Mission
• Disc Number: N/A
• Track Number: 7
• Catalog Number: N/A
• Year: 1994
• Additional Information: I suppose I will single loop this (hi fellas howzit been goin)
• Sources: Game Credits for Red Zone, Project 2612 - The Sega Genesis/Sega Mega Drive Music Archive

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Not thrilled with the selections this week.

3 pts. - Major Rewrite / General Chunks
2 pts. - Forest Song (End Credits)
1 pt. - Forest Falls

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Pretty dull week. o.o

(2 points) Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 - Uprising (PC Game Rip) - Yuriko's Theme
(2 points) Segacon -The Best of Sega Game Music- Vol.1 - SHINOBI (Super Shinobi 2)
(1 point) Age of Empires III Original Soundtrack - Major Rewrite / General Chunks
(1 point) Lost Technology ~ Thunder Force Sound Track - Steel of Destiny

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

I'm with everyone. Not a great week by any stretch of the imagination. Of course, there's a piano track to pick my spirits up, so it's not all bad.

(3 points) Age of Empires III Original Soundtrack - Major Rewrite / General Chunks
(2 points) SimAnimals Original Videogame Score - Forest Song (End Credits)
(1 point) Lost Technology ~ Thunder Force Sound Track - Steel of Destiny

Jam it back in, in the dark.

The AoEIII soundtrack is a clear step below in quality from Mythology in my opinion. Like many of the soundtrack's pieces, Age of Empires III Original Soundtrack - Major Rewrite / General Chunks is, while trying to sound impressive, fairly uneventful and boring.

Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 - Uprising (PC Game Rip) - Yuriko's Theme has a good opening, but things sort of go off the rails from there. The vocals meander, and there isn't a substantial amount of orchestral backing to help keep things interesting. Very nice opening, though, and vocals are nicely delivered.

Lost Technology ~ Thunder Force Sound Track - Steel of Destiny has a very run-of-the-mill sound to me, a sound devoid of any discernible hooks or elements of creativity. Sorry nom but this one wasn't to my liking!

Segacon -The Best of Sega Game Music- Vol.1 - SHINOBI (Super Shinobi 2) is way too undeveloped for me to truly enjoy. The melodic ideas presented aren't even that alluring to be honest. Another "sorry nom" kind of comment!

I was waiting for Shinobi Original Soundtrack - Hiroe Temple (Stage 7-A) to explode into tempo or melody, but sadly it never did. Regardless, the track establishes a decent soundscape and atmosphere--albeit an atmosphere severely hampered by Asiatic monotony. (not saying sorry to the nom here because I did mention a positive )

From what I've heard about this score, I knew right from the start that I'd like, or at least enjoy SimAnimals Original Videogame Score - Forest Song (End Credits). It has the sort of jubilant orchestration I like, and sports a nice, fluffy melody. This melody isn't that memorable, though, and the piece lacks a tad of instrumental unity as a whole. But it's still pleasant.

Toki Tori - Forest Falls may not be the most stunning composition around, but it has a rather infectious melody and complements it with a wonderfully colourful array of instruments which harmonise and layer themselves perfectly. Just a great, fun tune which doesn't take itself too seriously.

Urk, those vocals. Vib Ribbon (Red Book Audio) - Sunny Day is simply intolerable for me. I can't really comment on it. I'm not even going to apologise to the nom! heh, sorry whoever you are!

"is it proper etiquette to apologise to a POINT..?"

3 points: Toki Tori - Forest Falls
2 points: SimAnimals Original Videogame Score - Forest Song (End Credits)
1 point: Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 - Uprising (PC Game Rip) - Yuriko's Theme
4th: Shinobi Original Soundtrack - Hiroe Temple (Stage 7-A)
5th: Age of Empires III Original Soundtrack - Major Rewrite / General Chunks
6th: Lost Technology ~ Thunder Force Sound Track - Steel of Destiny
7th: Segacon -The Best of Sega Game Music- Vol.1 - SHINOBI (Super Shinobi 2)
8th: Vib Ribbon (Red Book Audio) - Sunny Day

Man, what a horrible week! (also these comments make me sound like a grumpy, pessimistic fool, huh? )

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(2 points) Age of Empires III Original Soundtrack - Major Rewrite / General Chunks
(2 points) Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 - Uprising (PC Game Rip) - Yuriko's Theme
(1 point) Lost Technology ~ Thunder Force Sound Track - Steel of Destiny
(1 point) Vib Ribbon (Red Book Audio) - Sunny Day

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

'Kay Week.

<<2 Points>> Shinobi Original Soundtrack - Hiroe Temple (Stage 7-A)
<<2 Points>> SimAnimals Original Videogame Score - Forest Song (End Credits)
<<1 point>> Toki Tori - Forest Falls
<<1 point>> Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 - Uprising (PC Game Rip) - Yuriko's Theme


Nomination

• Composer/Arranger: Jörg Schwiezer
• Album: Bermuda Syndrome: The Symphonic Soundtrack
• Track Title: The Coral Sea
• Disc Number: 1 (of 1)
• Track Number: 1
• Catalog Number: 76896-40521-2
• Year: 1995
• Sources: 76896-40521-2: Bermuda Syndrome: The Symphonic Soundtrack - VGMdb

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Thinking up a nomination took a little longer than I thought it would I've gone about a year without any nominations from this composer, so I figure it's time to break one out.

Composer: Jeremy Soule
Album: Amen: The Awakening
Track Title: Memory of the First Touch
Year: 2000
Notes: Originally released on MP3.com after the game's cancellation.

I was speaking idiomatically.

My votes for this week:

(3 points) Toki Tori (WiiWare rip) - Forest Falls
Nice, whimsical and, more importantly, coherent. Props from me, naturally.

(2 points) Age of Empires III Original Soundtrack - Major Rewrite - General Chunks
This had a lot of potential but some parts didn't come-off that well for me. Still, a good listen.

(1 point) Command & Conquer Red Alert 3 - Uprising (PC Game Rip) - Yuriko's Theme
An Adiemus-like track that showed promise but didn't quite deliver what it could have been. I feel it's mainly due to some odd transitions and how the choral and tribal vocals didn't come together that well. But I did think it still stood out from many of the songs this week.

I was actually tempted to give Lost Technology and Sim Animals points but wasn't able to in the end.

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3 points to Toki Tori - Forest Falls, for being an entertaining little ditty.
2 points to Shinobi - Hiroe Temple, for having an asian flair without being too annoying about it.
1 point to Steel of Destiny, for being generic shooter music, but in a good way.

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2 points: Toki Tori - Forest Falls
1 point: Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 - Uprising (PC Game Rip) - Yuriko's Theme
1 point: Age of Empires III Original Soundtrack - Major Rewrite / General Chunks
1 point: Lost Technology ~ Thunder Force Sound Track - Steel of Destiny
1 point: Vib Ribbon (Red Book Audio) - Sunny Day

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

3 points: Shinobi Original Soundtrack - Hiroe Temple (Stage 7-A)
2 points: Lost Technology ~ Thunder Force Sound Track - Steel of Destiny
1 point: Vib Ribbon (Red Book Audio) - Sunny Day

I like the subtle electronic effects in Hiroe Temple, they're a good match with the Asian instrumentation. I don't get the complaints that it never picks up or goes anywhere, because there's a pretty obvious increase in dynamics and melodic intensity, and 1:59-2:17 is a wonderful release from the preceding oppressive tone.

The Wii Toki Tori soundtrack is decent, but I get sad when I think about how it's not the GBC soundtrack. (still good) ((as is the game))

Also I am always up for Tsukumo being Tsukumo.

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