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| View Poll Results: Please select your favorite track. | |||
| 245 SimCity 4 - Oasis |
  
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31 | 77.50% |
| 076 Seiken Densetsu 3 - Where Angels Fear to Tread |
  
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9 | 22.50% |
| Voters: 40. You may not vote on this poll | |||
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 Member 1865 Level 44.85 Mar 2006 
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Round 3 D03 Oasis vs. Where Angels Fear to Tread
Please select your favorite track.
245 SimCity 4 - Oasis 076 Seiken Densetsu 3 - Where Angels Fear to Tread |
Member 180 Level 30.46 Mar 2006
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245 SimCity 4 - Oasis
Best effect achieved with head phones giving a nice surround effect and high quality percussion sounds. But I think this song is too ambient for a winning song. 076 Seiken Densetsu 3 - Where Angels Fear to Tread The melody is very memorable, but it's time to think: Can this song win the contest with its crappy quality? |
Member 9135 Level 19.34 Jun 2006
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Enamored to see Oasis here, it will get my vote again!
It's atmospheric, it's percussion, it's 'that guitar' - It's SimCity4! // Where Angels Fear to Tread - does this song really has this bad sound quality? It has a great tune and it's pretty nice to listen to it - but it can't come up with something against Oasis.  When a musician believes that music is a commodity, music dies in them. |
 Member 45 Level 40.47 Mar 2006
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To Far Away Times from Chrono Trigger won the first BSC. So I think the answer is yes.  |
Member 28 Level 31.11 Mar 2006
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Oasis is a very pleasant tune. It has this typical "Maxis" vibe that's hard to describe and imitate. It's not quite elevator music or muzak and it's not quite triphop or some kind of instrumental dance music, it's a blend of things. I don't think it's the most exciting thing ever, but it's certainly quality stuff.
I'm not such a huge fan of Where Angels Fear to Tread, the piano arps just kinda annoys me and drown out the melody, and that has nothing to do with the quality of the sound and everything with just lazy mixing by the composer. I do like the melody though, and it's not a badly-composed song, but it's no Oasis. |
Member 1865 Level 44.85 Mar 2006
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Oasis' support has surprised me so far; it didn't have nearly this level last time it showed up. It's not a bad tune, just a little meandering (and can't hold a candle to Sim Broadway, of course).
I have to say, though, that the comments about Where Angels are terrible. It's an SNES song from 1995, people, and the synth is terrific for that time (even exceeding many contemporary PC games that hadn't yet gone to compressed audio or Redbook). It's fine if SNES synth isn't your cup of tea, but don't act like the track was released last year or something.  From goop we came, to goop we return.
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Member 19148 Level 19.34 Feb 2007
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Well I guess this marks the end of Angels. I voted for it, but this was probably gonna be the last time I did anyway. As I said before, I tried to enjoy Oasis, but I just don't hear the appeal.
Music is a mysterious thing. Sometimes it makes people remember things they do not expect. Many thoughts, feelings, memories... things almost forgotten... Regardless of whether the listener desires to remember or not.
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Member 321 Level 26.77 Mar 2006
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I'm close to a near 180 on Where Angels Fear To Tread. Love the first-half ramp up, love the ethereal feel. But I still feel it's cheapened when that snare drum kicks in and the remix aspects start. Still not the same.
Anyway, Oasis is a superior track -- six minutes of pure excellence. |
Member 3476 Level 37.75 Mar 2006
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What is it with Sim City tunes being so epic and down-right awesome? I prefer "Oasis" to the Sim City track from last year...uh..."By the Bay". I adore the seamless transition between sound effects and wind instrumentation at 1:50, and the development from there until the end of the piece. I'm usually a fan of new-age, ambient and electronica music, and this one fits all three categories well, with an amazingly catchy and infectious melody on top of that. I do believe this is one of my favourite tracks in this year's BSC.
"Where Angels Fear to Tread" has a nice feel, and sets up the mood brilliantly for the rest of the game and soundtrack (to SD3). As a standalone piece, it's lost my interest a bit; for some reason I feel I've been overexposed to it. Regardless, it's a good piece and it will get a decent mark from me. "Oasis" - 10/10 "Where Angels Fear to Tread" - 7.5/10 I think it's about time I accumulate some Sim City musical goodness. |
Member 22965 Level 6.82 Jun 2007
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I feel that both of these are excellent songs - very enjoyable in many respects. However, in the end, I have to say I enjoyed "Oasis" more. It had a cool melody, and even cool accompaniment in the background - it gets my vote.
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 Member 20 Level 49.84 Feb 2006
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Oh damn, this is a tough decision.
I think I secretly fell in love with "Oasis". Since I'm participating in the GFF SimCity 4 project, I'm playing quite a lot and my favorite song has to be this one. It's a great tune, in-game and standalone. Where Angels Fear to Tread is quite good, too, but on the other hand, by far not as rockin' and entertaining as Oasis, so this seems to be an obvious vote after all.  Shushkevich sued the Belarusian Ministry of Labor and Social Security: due to inflation, his retirement pension as a former head of state was the equivalent of one dollar and 80 cents monthly. |
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