[SotW] Song of the Week - WEEK 154 Voting/WEEK 155 Nominating

Song of the Week. 150 Weeks and counting.
Week 154 Voting is closed.
Week 155 Nominating is restricted.

Results:
1). [25] Neon Tango (Game Rip) - Strange New World
2). [18] et cetra:ETC ~ESTi's Temporary Collection~ - Phantom Goes to Far East
3). [15] Mother 3 (Game Rip) - Natural Killer Cyborg (Boss Battle, VS The NCK!)
4). [10] Arsys Best Selection - To the Distant Cosmos
5). [9/6] RAY-KUDRYAVKA musiX - A3 - The broken sun
6). [9/5.5] Daffy Duck: The Marvin Missions (SNES Game Rip) - The Incredible Shrinking Duck
7). [6] Plus Alpha - Sun Colors (Stage 4 "Snow Country")
8). [4] pop'n music 11 AC ♥ CS pop'n music 9 - AUSLANDSGESPRÄCH [80's WERK]

Tracks:
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: Arsys Best Selection - To the Distant Cosmos
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: Daffy Duck: The Marvin Missions (SNES Game Rip) - The Incredible Shrinking Duck
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: et cetra:ETC ~ESTi's Temporary Collection~ - Phantom Goes to Far East
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: Mother 3 (Game Rip) - Natural Killer Cyborg (Boss Battle, VS The NCK!)
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: Neon Tango (Game Rip) - Strange New World
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: Plus Alpha - Sun Colors (Stage 4 "Snow Country")
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: pop'n music 11 AC ♥ CS pop'n music 9 - AUSLANDSGESPRÄCH [80's WERK]
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: RAY-KUDRYAVKA musiX - A3 - The broken sun

Notes:
If you are a member at more than one of the forums in which this event is being held, please nominate and vote in only ONE of the forums. You may, however, comment in the threads at any of the other forums.

Week 155 Nominating
The Nominations Queue can be found here.
The rules for nominating can be found here.

Here is the link to the corresponding thread in the other forum: Soundtrack Central

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3 points: et cetra:ETC ~ESTi's Temporary Collection~ - Phantom Goes to Far East

This is an absolutely stunning arranging of Touhou music. The love the electronica and Asian infused arrangement. Is the rest of the album just as good Djinova? If so, I'll need to track it down.

2 points: RAY-KUDRYAVKA musiX - A3 - The broken sun

This is a nice catchy piece of music here. I love the jazz influence and it reminds me of something I'd hear in a Megaman game (not unlike another contestant of ours). There was just a lot going on here that I really enjoyed. Tough to pinpoint.

1 point: Neon Tango (Game RIp) - Strange New World

This ended up being a bit better than expected. I was afraid it wouldn't change too much from the rock, but I did like how the synth and piano sections kicked in at times. A nice find!

The rest were hit and miss for me. A few good ones, and a few that put me to sleep. For some reason, the Mother 3 song reminded of Dr. Wily Stage 1 from Megaman 2 a BIT too much in the guitar riffs, but I did enjoy it.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

• Artist(s): YmoH.S (Hitoshi Sakimoto), Rezon (Masaharu Iwata), JKL Furukawa
• Album/Game Title: Verytex (Game Rip)
• Track Title: Act 1 (The Void of Space)
• Year: 1991
• Source(s): Verytex for Genesis - MobyGames, ƒƒKƒhƒ‰ƒCƒuì‹ÈŽÒî•ñ, Project 2612 - The Sega Genesis/Sega Mega Drive Music Archive

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• Album Title: Midnight Resistance (Sega Genesis Game Rip)
• Artist: Adzusa Hara, Tatsuya Kiuchi, Hitomi Komatsu, Hitoshi Sakimoto, Hiroaki Yoshida
• Track Title: Flood of Power (BGM 1)
• Source: Project 2612 - The Sega Genesis/Sega Mega Drive Music Archive, Game Credits for Midnight Resistance, Midnight Resistance Release Information for Genesis - GameFAQs
• Track Number: 01
• Year: 1991

Figures an (awesome) Genesis track being nominated just when I wanted to nominate one too.

Have been meaning to nominate this for the longest time. I think I forgot about it until about a few minutes ago.

* Album Title: Live-A-Live Original Sound Version
* Artist: Yoko Shimomura
* Track Title: Prelude To The Demon King
* Source: Game Music Revolution
* File Location: Nominations folder (upcoming)
* Disc Number: 1 (of 1)
* Track Number: 27
* Catalogue Number: PSCN-5007
* Year: 1994

I was speaking idiomatically.

Man, if only I could give 6 points to Neon Tango. D:

(3 points) Neon Tango (Game Rip) - Strange New World
(1 point) Arsys Best Selection - To the Distant Cosmos
(1 point) et cetra:ETC ~ESTi's Temporary Collection~ - Phantom Goes to Far East
(1 point) RAY-KUDRYAVKA musiX - A3 - The broken sun

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Arsys Best Selection - To the Distant Cosmos Nicely spacey chipstyle tune. It doesn't have the most memorable melodic chops, but it's good for what it is.

Daffy Duck: The Marvin Missions (SNES Game Rip) - The Incredible Shrinking Duck Off-kilter jazz fusion. The bass line is really quirky and neat; the tinny trumpet lead is pretty bad though. If it'd had a better instrument out in front, this one would have been a winner.

et cetra:ETC ~ESTi's Temporary Collection~ - Phantom Goes to Far East I think Djinova needs to win some sort of obscurity award for all these left-field nominations. They're not always good, but they usually demand attention. This is one of the best; it's got a nice new-age sound and a good melody--the only real minuses are a couple of overused library sounds and a bizarre skippy interlude.

Mother 3 (Game Rip) - Natural Killer Cyborg (Boss Battle, VS The NCK!) It was really hard to choose a Mother 3 nom; most of the game's songs were too short or had spoilery titles. This one, though, was perfect: it's both a tribute to the final boss music in Earthbound and a rockin' tune in its own right with plenty of nods to Keiichi Suzuki.

Neon Tango (Game Rip) - Strange New World Not really sure what to expect from this one, but it turned out to be quite excellent--a nice rock/electronica fusion with great melody and rhythm (and a piano for good measure!). Terrific stuff. Is the whole rip as much fun?

Plus Alpha - Sun Colors (Stage 4 "Snow Country") Not really snowy in the stereotypical sense, but a good tune anyway. Nice drive, decent melody, and a bit of that old school flair.

pop'n music 11 AC ♥ CS pop'n music 9 - AUSLANDSGESPRÄCH [80's WERK] The use of phone sounds was interesting at first. After a minute, though, it started to get kind of annoying (makes sense, those sounds were designed to be irritating). Some good stuff, definitely, but the phone stuff wound up being a pretty big turnoff.

RAY-KUDRYAVKA musiX - A3 - The broken sun Some fine bouncyjazzysynth. Not as much variation as I'd like, but thoroughly fun from start to finish.

EXCELLENT week. I wish I had 12 points to distribute.

The Point Spread
Natural Killer Cyborg - 3 pts.
Strange New World - 2 pts.
Phantom Goes East - 1 pt.
Sun Colors, The broken sun - Just missed.

Nomination
* Album Title: Mass Effect
* Artist(s): Jack Wall, Sam Hulick, Richard Jacques, David Kates
* Track Title: Criminal Elements
* Track Number: 09
* Year: 2007

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This week kicks ass. No joke, these are all some top-notch tracks and I'm only glad that I'm not competing against them.

2 Points: Neon Tango (Game Rip) - Strange New World
2 Points: Mother 3 (Game Rip) - Natural Killer Cyborg (Boss Battle, VS The NCK!)
1 Point: et cetra:ETC ~ESTi's Temporary Collection~ - Phantom Goes to Far East
1 Point: RAY-KUDRYAVKA musiX - A3 - The broken sun

A shame all four of these cannot place. The rest were good too but these ones stood out for me. I love these synth-heavy weeks.

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

Okay either I'm going crazy, or I know I heard the catchy sawtooth jingle in AUSLANDSGESPRACH before. It sounds VERY familiar, but I just can't place my finger on it. Anyone else hear it?

Also yeahhhhhhhh there's my main man Hedges groovin' out like only he can.

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Nom:

Divine Divinity - 16 - The Flags of Freedom Fly High by Kiril Pokrovsky

download from kirill pokrovsky's dream-age page

There's nowhere I can't reach.

New rule: Only Pink Floyd and Secret of Mana Plus can use phone effects. No one else. It's not even worth trying.

Like others, I enjoyed this week much. I sometimes wish I had more one-pointers to dole out without devaluing the top tracks of the week.

(3 points) Neon Tango (Game Rip) - Strange New World
(1 point) Mother 3 (Game Rip) - Natural Killer Cyborg (Boss Battle, VS The NCK!)
(1 point) et cetra:ETC ~ESTi's Temporary Collection~ - Phantom Goes to Far East
(1 point) Arsys Best Selection - To the Distant Cosmos

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

2 points - pop'n music 11 AC ♥ CS pop'n music 9 - AUSLANDSGESPRÄCH [80's WERK]
1 point - Arsys Best Selection - To the Distant Cosmos
1 point - Mother 3 (Game Rip) - Natural Killer Cyborg (Boss Battle, VS The NCK!)
1 point - Plus Alpha - Sun Colors (Stage 4 "Snow Country")
1 point - RAY-KUDRYAVKA musiX - A3 - The broken sun

Whichever poor song gets stuck with 8th this week will not be deserving of a last place finish. Maybe we'll get lucky and have a 6-way tie for third instead.

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

3 points: Daffy Duck: The Marvin Missions (SNES Game Rip) - The Incredible Shrinking Duck
1 point: Mother 3 (Game Rip) - Natural Killer Cyborg (Boss Battle, VS The NCK!)
1 point: Neon Tango (Game Rip) - Strange New World
1 point: pop'n music 11 AC ♥ CS pop'n music 9 - AUSLANDSGESPRÄCH [80's WERK]
Just missed: Phantom Goes to Far East

Best week since forever. Most of these songs deserved 3 points full on. I'm just glad I'm able to vote given the state of the internet in the region right now.

Quite good week, indeedy.

<<3 Points>> et cetra:ETC ~ESTi's Temporary Collection~ - Phantom Goes to Far East
<<2 Points>> Neon Tango (Game Rip) - Strange New World
<<1 Point>> Arsys Best Selection - To the Distant Cosmos


Later on, I will nominate somethin'...

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Originally Posted by ZiggyGo

3 points: et cetra:ETC ~ESTi's Temporary Collection~ - Phantom Goes to Far East
... Is the rest of the album just as good Djinova? If so, I'll need to track it down.

In my opinion, it's not. Actually I first heard it from [Sound Sepher] Cradle. This is an album I would recommend you to track down. Still if you're interested in the album above, I can upload it.

2 Points - et cetra:ETC ~ESTi's Temporary Collection~ - Phantom Goes to Far East: So MMMOOOOEEEE... and frilly
2 Points - Neon Tango (Game Rip) - Strange New World: World of Rainbow Esctasy
1 Point - Mother 3 (Game Rip) - Natural Killer Cyborg (Boss Battle, VS The NCK!): Would be able to kill other Cyborgs as well
1 Point - Daffy Duck: The Marvin Missions (SNES Game Rip) - The Incredible Shrinking Duck: Mary's 10th oral job for the day

FELIPE NO

You must tell us what cocktail of narcotics and hallucinogens you take in before typing out your thoughts, Djinova. I wish to see the world through those eyes.

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

(3 points) Neon Tango (Game Rip) - Strange New World
(2 points) RAY-KUDRYAVKA musiX - A3 - The broken sun
(1 point) Plus Alpha - Sun Colors (Stage 4 "Snow Country")

Jam it back in, in the dark.

(3 Points) Arsys Best Selection - To the Distant Cosmos
(2 Points) Neon Tango (Game Rip) - Strange New World
(1 Point) Mother 3 (Game Rip) - Natural Killer Cyborg (Boss Battle, VS The NCK!)

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[whoa there's always a starry track in SotW, huh] Arsys Best Selection - To the Distant Cosmos is decent. Nothing really impresses me, and nothing really irks me either. It helps that the section around the one minute mark is pretty cool. Yeah, decent.

Daffy Duck: The Marvin Missions (SNES Game Rip) - The Incredible Shrinking Duck isn't a really memorable track, but I really like the style of jazz here. The cute, bumbling instrumentation compliments it really nicely, too. Solid~

et cetra:ETC ~ESTi's Temporary Collection~ - Phantom Goes to Far East is so purrty. Smooth, elegant, and some great melodic elements. This is one fine track, that's for sure.

Mother 3 (Game Rip) - Natural Killer Cyborg (Boss Battle, VS The NCK!) is whoa, really rockin'! I still haven't gotten around to playing Mother 3 (), but I really like what I've heard from the soundtrack. This is extremely high sound and compositional quality, and the rock gauge is off the charts.

Neon Tango (Game Rip) - Strange New World is indeed pretty good. Some great, structured progressions and a fierce, engaging drive. Not my favourite track this week, but it's still a good'un.

Plus Alpha - Sun Colors (Stage 4 "Snow Country") is a nice, effervescent bundle of melodic energy. ^___^ I usually like tracks such as this, and they usually get stuck in my head really easily. I don't agree with some of the progressions, but on the whole, this is fun!

pop'n music 11 AC ♥ CS pop'n music 9 - AUSLANDSGESPRÄCH [80's WERK] was interesting. Not my sort of thing, but it makes for an intriguing listen to say the least.

RAY-KUDRYAVKA musiX - A3 - The broken sun's melodies got old really quickly, sadly. A bundle of potential, but as it stands it sounded fairly mediocre to me.

*ring ring* can someone please hurry up and answer that POINT?!

3 points: et cetra:ETC ~ESTi's Temporary Collection~ - Phantom Goes to Far East
2 points: Mother 3 (Game Rip) - Natural Killer Cyborg (Boss Battle, VS The NCK!)
1 point: Plus Alpha - Sun Colors (Stage 4 "Snow Country")
4th: Neon Tango (Game Rip) - Strange New World
5th: Daffy Duck: The Marvin Missions (SNES Game Rip) - The Incredible Shrinking Duck
6th: Arsys Best Selection - To the Distant Cosmos
7th: pop'n music 11 AC ♥ CS pop'n music 9 - AUSLANDSGESPRÄCH [80's WERK]
8th: RAY-KUDRYAVKA musiX - A3 - The broken sun

Nice week.

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

Have to agree that this is a great week. A lot of standout tracks.

(2 points) Neon Tango (Game Rip) - Strange New World
Probably the most upbeat track this week and a neat one at that. Love the synth.

(2 points) et cetra - ETC ~ESTi's Temporary Collection~ - Phantom Goes To Far East
Very sublime. Was half expecting something more upbeat from ESTi. Kudos to the nominator.

(1 point) pop'n music 11 AC & CS pop'n music 9 - AUSLANDSGESPRACH [80's WERK]
The intro didn't quite work for me but this track turned out to be quite cool, phone effects and all.

(1 point) Arsys Best Selection - To the Distant Cosmos
The song has an excellent first half and I was tempted to give it two points. But the second half, while alright, doesn't quite compare with what came before. Pity.

Special mention for the Ray nomination.

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

• Album Title: Clover Heart's Perfect Arrange Album
• Composer: Shinichiro Matsumoto
• Arranger: Manyo (Tomomi Teratani)
• Track Title: On Thin Ice
• Track Number: 3
• Year: 2003
• Source: ABCA-5051: Clover Heart's Perfect Arrange Album - VGMdb

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I was speaking idiomatically.

Quick nom! I'm lucky this didn't close already.

Album: Jazz Jackrabbit (Game Rip)
Artist: Robert Allen
Track Title: Tubelectric
Track #: N/A
Year: 1994

Also, I thought this was a decent week, not nearly the best. Since I've seen so many mentions of this being the best week (or one of the best), I'll just say that I still think the best week (at least that I voted on) was Week 70 (Solstice's Main Theme, Outside Brandon's Home, Ballad of Hope, Fly!, Oriental Dark Flight, Kikuta's Mysterious Story ... Part 4, Satan (V) from Symphonic Dragon Quest and Batland Castle - all enjoyable, and not a single weak track among them).

Now that I'm thinking about it, it would be interesting to look back and discuss what everyone thinks the best weeks ever were.

2 pts. - Strange New World
1 pt. - To The Distant Cosmos
1 pt. - Phantom Goes to Far East
1 pt. - Natural Killer Cyborg
1 pt. - The Incredible Shrinking Duck - Not something I would listen to again, but it's nice to hear something interesting and different like this in SotW.
Almost - Sun Colors - Simply for the drum beat at 0:14.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Voting is closed and nominations are restricted!

1). [25] Neon Tango (Game Rip) - Strange New World
2). [18] et cetra:ETC ~ESTi's Temporary Collection~ - Phantom Goes to Far East
3). [15] Mother 3 (Game Rip) - Natural Killer Cyborg (Boss Battle, VS The NCK!)
4). [10] Arsys Best Selection - To the Distant Cosmos
5). [9/6] RAY-KUDRYAVKA musiX - A3 - The broken sun
6). [9/5.5] Daffy Duck: The Marvin Missions (SNES Game Rip) - The Incredible Shrinking Duck
7). [6] Plus Alpha - Sun Colors (Stage 4 "Snow Country")
8). [4] pop'n music 11 AC ♥ CS pop'n music 9 - AUSLANDSGESPRÄCH [80's WERK]

Pretty obvious result, I think.

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Definitely agree with how obvious the results were here. No complaints from me, I guess.

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Originally Posted by Crash Landon

You must tell us what cocktail of narcotics and hallucinogens you take in before typing out your thoughts, Djinova. I wish to see the world through those eyes.

lolno, I just hope the people (you (pl.)) understand that the comments do have something to do with what I think about the track, just in a more roundabout way.
Btw, these are not strange results but ehh!??

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