[SotW] Song of the Week - Statistics Thread

I've noticied recently that a lot of SoTW participants have gone a long time without a win, and some people expressed support for a statistics thread. So I'll give it a shot.

This is where you can post your personal SoTW statistics--when you first participated, what you've won, etc. Below are some suggested categories; feel free to add your own or modify them.

First SoTW (voting):
First SoTW (nominating):
First placing:
First gold:
Length between first nomination and first gold:
Other awards:
Biggest disappointment:

If you want to provide a list of nominations, that would be great, especially if they're from the Lost SoTW's (Weeks 33-47).

First SoTW (voting): Week 01
First SoTW (nominating): Week 02.
First placing: 3rd place, Week 03
First gold: Week 21
Last time I participated: Before the last crash (I'm a bad person)
All of my songs:

1st SotW: Week 03
Katamari Damacy - The Moon & The Prince - 3rd Place

2nd SotW: Week 09
Rakugaki Showtime - John Mk2 - 2nd Place

3rd SotW: Week 14
Bubble Ghost - The Bubble Ghost Song - 4th place? (you guys suck)

4th SotW: Week 21
ESPGaluda - Fortress City - 1st Place!

5th SotW: Week 32
Guardian Heroes - Shuffler in the Dark - 3rd Place

6th SotW: Week ??
Vib Ribbon - Vib Ribbon Blue - 4th Place?

7th SotW: Week ??
Mechwarrior 2 - Track 02 - I don't think it placed

I think my songs have done ok. Is there some master list of all the songs and how they placed every week somewhere out there? Maybe one day I'll join back in.

Thanks a lot, orion; now I'll be staying up later than I should.

This will be incomplete due to not knowing the results of the weeks lost in the crash, but alas...

First SoTW (voting): Week 2
First SoTW (nominating): Week 2
First placing: Week 33 (I think) - Ristar (Game Rip) - Dancing Leaves (3rd place)
First gold: Week 85 - Sword Maniac - Mad Buffoon
Length between first nomination and first gold: 83 weeks
Biggest disappointment: Jazz Jackrabbit 2 - Pull Back the Bass getting runner-up to a good but generic rock song (amVirus).

Top 3 placings:

Week 59 (3rd): Batman (NES Game Rip) - Stages 1 & 5 - Gotham City & Cathedral
Week 61 (2nd): Jazz Jackrabbit 2 (Game Rip) - Pull Back the Bass
Week 69 (3rd): Chaos Legion Original Soundtrack - welcome to the darkness Stage ~Iku City~
Week 72 (3rd): Pac-Man World 2 (Game Rip) - Pinky's Revenge
Week 82 (2nd): Gauntlet: Seven Sorrows (Game Rip) - Unknown 14
Week 85 (1st): Sword Maniac - Mad Buffoon
Week 94 (2nd): Uncharted Waters II Special Edition - The Chase
Week 97 (2nd): SUDEKI Original Soundtrack - New Brightwater
Week 104 (3rd): Activision Anthology (GBA rip) - Curtain

Detailed nom history:

Spoiler:

Week 4: Atelier Iris Eternal Mana - Fun Shopping in Akoosu (5th) - A feel-good but short song; not substantial enough, I guess.

Week 9: Pac-Man World 2 - Forest 1 (7th) - Another short/fun nom that didn't quite cut it.

Week 15: Xenosaga II Movie Scene Soundtrack - Lamentation (4th) - Went with what I thought the majority would like most instead of what I liked most (Chase or R&D Report). I've since learned to nominated based on my own preferences, though I can't avoid thinking about whether it's a piece everyone will like.

Week 33: Ristar (Game Rip) - Dancing Leaves (3rd) - One of the best tracks from one of my favorite albums.

Week 52: The Baku Bomb!!! Baku Bomberman Original Soundtrack - Green Garden (tied for 6th) - A classic N64 tune; how could more people not like this?! Simple - it's looked at as nice, but too short/too cute/too not substantial/too not serious. I seem to be able to appreciate short and sweet songs more than most people.

Week 55: The Sims 2 (PC Game Rip) - CAS (5th) - Ahhhh, I so love The Sims 2 music. Mothersbaugh created some really unique pieces, and they're a lot of fun to listen to. Makes for great music to listen to at work, actually.

Week 59: Batman (NES Game Rip) - Stages 1 & 5 - Gotham City & Cathedral (3rd) - One of my favorite chiptunes, and now pretty well-known here.

Week 61: Jazz Jackrabbit 2 (Game Rip) - Pull Back the Bass (2nd) - Rargh, should have been first. A good but too generic rock song (Stage 5 - amVirus : Avatar of Nightmare -) beat it.

Week 66 (Percussion week): The Incredible Machine 3 - Techno Rave (5th) - Nominated based solely on its rhythms. Disappointed it scored so low, but I was happy that Age of Mythology - Chocolate Outline won the week, as it was one of the tracks I suggested to Kanji when he asked about possible percussion week noms.

Week 69: Chaos Legion Original Soundtrack - welcome to the darkness (Stage ~Iku City~) ([COLOR="Bronze]3rd[/color]) - Apparently I still hadn't learned my lesson. Drones of Hell is my favorite CL tune, but I picked this one as I figured it would be more widely liked. It placed, but I should have just gone with what I liked most.

Week 72: Pac-Man World 2 (Game Rip) - Pinky's Revenge (3rd) - My second PW2 nom. This one started out all nice, but quickly got more serious-sounding and did better than Forest 1.

Week 75: Master of Monsters - Yellow Robe (7th) - One of my worst results ever. This was after I discovered the amazing MoM soundtrack and wanted to nominate something from it. I really liked this song and chose to nominate the arrangement, which I considered to be better than the original due to having a bit more to it. The synth quality didn't jive with people, though, and besides that, they just didn't find it anything special. Oh well - I think it's really neat. (Sidenote - This was the first time I went against my standard practice of only nominating the original in-game music).

Week 78: HALO 2 Original Soundtrack and New Music Vol. 1 - 2nd Movement of the Odyssey (7th) - Another horrible result. Being an unusual progressive jam, this is a song that only a select few people would fully get into and appreciate, so I can understand the poor showing. This was the second week in a row I nominated something that didn't appear in-game.

Week 82: Gauntlet: Seven Sorrows (Game Rip) - Unknown 14 (2nd) - This was kind of risky, being a piano + solo voice piece, but it turned out to be pretty well-liked. I love its haunting sound.

Week 85: Sword Maniac - Mad Buffoon (1st) - Whaddyaknow, success for the 2nd week in a row! My first gold, a full 83 weeks after my first nomination. This was the second time I nominated an arranged song, but I didn't even know it wasn't an original until after the week was over! Love this tune.

Week 87: Out Run Europa - Main Theme (7th) - I'll admit, I was shocked by this result (and the fact that my previous nom got gold probably enhanced that shock). I thought (and still think) that this is an insanely cool song. A very rhythmic, funky piece by Jeroen Tel, one of the C64's best composers. I figured people would be like, "Aww yeah, I'm feelin' this." Oh well.

Week 91: Atelier Iris ETERNAL MANA 2 Original Soundtrack - Gentle Breeze and the Earth (tied for 4th) - My second nom from the AIEM series. I love the mallet percussion in this piece; so neat. This missed tying the third place song by one point.

Week 94: Uncharted Waters II Special Edition - The Chase ((2nd)) - I figured any of my favorite UW II SE pieces would have a strong shot at getting gold. Sure enough, this came close, only losing by one point. I love the feel of this song; Kanno's truly a talented composer.

Week 97: SUDEKI Original Soundtrack - New Brightwater ((2nd)) - Another one I figured could get gold; ended up with my second silver in a row. This one's a song I wouldn't have known about had it not been for the guy who used to help out a bit with my Live365 vgm radio station (thanks, Alan!). I consider it kind of a chill-out track; Tom Colvin sets up an absolutely wonderful atmosphere with the guitars and background noises/effects. A bit repetitive, but I can forgive that in this case. I was happy to see Crash have such positive comments about it.

Week 99: Elebits - Extras Mode (5th) - This song just completely grabbed me the first time I listened to it. It has kind of a spacey feel to it. On the short and simple side, which generally means it doesn't have a good shot of placing, but at least some people liked it.

Week 102: TAIKO: Drum Master (Game Rip) - Dragon Spirit (5th) - A rock tune that I really dug while playing this game. Though I think playing the game enhanced my enjoyment of it, it's still a solid tune on its own. Probably too generic/standard for some people, though.

Week 104: Activision Anthology (GBA rip) - Curtain (3rd) - The highlight of the four songs Alex composed for this game. It's a really nice pop/soft rock song with the usual great melodies you can expect from Alex, and it has enough variation to keep it interesting. As orion said, it would be nice to have a version of this with better quality synths/instrument samples.

Originally Posted by MrMonkeyMan

3rd SotW: Week 14
Bubble Ghost - The Bubble Ghost Song - 4th place? (you guys suck)

What the heck? Either that week was insanely good or a lot of voters were sleeping.

First SoTW (voting): Week 40
First SoTW (nominating): Week 40
First placing: Week 40
First gold: Week 40
Length between first nomination and first gold: 0 weeks
Other awards: 2nd place, Week 88; 8th place, Week 57


Week 40 - 1st - Apidya Soundtrack - The Pond
Week ?? - Did not place - Elevator Action Returns V.C.O. Cinema Mix - Side by Side
Week 49 - 5th - Sparkster: Rocket Knight Adventures 2 - Level 1-1, 1-3
Week 57 - 8th - onEscapee - TELEPKE
Week 80 - 5th - Superfrog - Ancient Pyramid
Week 88 - 2nd - Uplink - The Blue Valley

First SoTW (voting): Week 65
First SoTW (nominating): Week 67
First placing: Week 92
First gold: Week 101
Length between first nomination and first placing: 25 weeks
Length between first nomination and first gold: 34 weeks
Other awards: 1 battle winner

1st: 3
2nd: 1
3rd: 3
4th: 4
5th: 2
6th: 8
7th: 7
8th: 1
Average placing: 5.0

Nomination history (with comments/descriptions for each song):

Spoiler:

Week 67: Lost Technology ~ Thunder Force Sound Track - Cyber Cave - 4th
My first nom. It's a rockin' song with some electronic backing, and a solo that I really love. The week had several rockin' songs if I remember correctly, though, and this one placed in the middle of the pack.

Week 70: Solstice: The Quest for the Staff of Demnos (Game Rip) - Main Theme - 6th
After hearing some Tim Follin love in the BSC, I went right off and nominated this song Solstice. Well, I was going to nominate Title Theme, but that had already been nominated weeks before, so I went for the other main song in the game. I was shocked it didn't do better.

Week 73: beatmania IIDX 11 IIDX RED Original Soundtrack - Fake Time - 7th
Looking back, this wasn't the greatest of nominations. It's a really high energy rock song, but it's definitely not the best IIDX has to offer.

Week 76: Lunar 2 Eternal Blue Complete - Field To Tomorrow - 5th
There are a couple other tracks on this soundtrack I'd like to nominate, but I figure this one would appeal to most. Perhaps the awesomeness of that Mega Mari track that week distracted everyone from this. >_>

Week 79: pop'n music Inst Best - DRAGON DANCE revision-2 - 7th
I knew this wasn't going to place high when I nominated it. It creates a great atmosphere, which I love about it, and is a bit trance-y. But, the repetitiveness and some poor instrument choices (including something really whiny and high-pitched for half the song) obviously didn't appeal to most.

Week 82: Space Invaders '91 (Game Rip) - Rounds 2, 11, 14 - 7th
My first nom from a game I had never played. I find it really catchy and upbeat, and since I didn't give it a BCC nomination, I figured I'd throw it in SOTW. It turned out there was a bit of chiptune backlash going on, and it was the victim of being part of an outstanding week. I still think this should've placed higher.

Week 86: ATP Tour Championship Tennis (Game Rip) - Title Screen - 5th
Another chiptune I didn't give a nomination to in the BCC but wanted people to hear. It's a little repetitive, and was mostly viewed as above average.

Week 89: Capcom Music Generation Area 88 Original Soundtrack - Front Line Base - 7th
This song is totally awesome. I don't get you people.

Week 92: Albert Odyssey Gaiden ~ Legend of Eldean - Main Theme 1 - 3rd
YAY I FINALLY PLACED. Not the most complex of songs, but great instrument choice and an overall beautiful sound.

Week 95: pop'n music 10 AC & CS pop'n music 8 - Atlantic Spotted Dolphin - 3rd
Two placings in a row! The one problem here is, I wasn't able to vote this week. Two more points would've put this track in first, and I could've had my first gold. D'oh.

Week 98: ResQ - Level 4A - 7th
I nominated this while my computer was broken and I couldn't see my nom list, and it had the easiest name to remember. I didn't expect it to do great, even though it was a pretty rockin'/groovin Genesis chiptune.

Week 101: Snow in Saigon - Larmes de la lune - 1st
My first gold, and my first song nominated not actually from a game. Osamu Kubota generally does outstanding work in Bemani games, creating unique songs for the series, using classical or jazzy styles a lot. I figured something from his CD that was longer than the bemani standard two minutes and more developed would better showcase his abilities. It was hard to pick an individual track, it's all good stuff.

Week 103: beatmaniaIIDX 14 GOLD ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACKS - Reflection Into the EDEN - 1st
Holy wow, two golds in a row! I nominated this as soon as I could following the soundtrack's release. This is a great song that I felt could do really well. Pretty much everything of Nekomata Master's in Bemani is good stuff.

Week 105: Devil Crash / Alien Crush - Devil Crash "Heavy Metal" - 4th
This track is some awesome rockin' from Noriyuki Iwadare. But oh, how quickly I regret giving this song only two points instead of a biased three. It tied in points with the bronze track, but lost the tiebreaker. And sorry if I sniped your nom, CHz.

Week 107: Astal (Game Rip) - Glacial Rift - 6th
This is a nice atmospheric track, as the track title fits it nicely. But it seems more people wanted something developed, as it didn't do too well.

Week 109: Cotton 2 ~Magical Night Dreams~ - The Castle in the Sky - 6th
I've never played this game, but I saw some gameplay videos of it a long time ago. And while the music certainly isn't the best, I found it to be quite catchy. I could still recall songs from that video months later. And I think was the best representative of the catchy soundtrack, and a good song too.

Week 112: Zombies Ate My Neighbors (SNES Game Rip) - Mars Needs Cheerleaders - 6th
Zombies Ate My Neighbors is a game that takes a load of horror genres, and parodies them all, while still keeping a horror atmosphere. The title of this song reflects the parody nature greatly. The song itself feels like something out of some old Martian invasion B-movie with high pitched synths and harps and other odd instruments. I didn't expect everyone to "get" this song, so I'm fine with 6th. And hmm, three sixth places in a row.

Week 116: Barbie Super Model (SNES Game Rip) - Stage 1 - 7th
I am completely surprised this did not take 8th place. It's from an awful SNES game, has some weak synths, and it's rather short, which is enough to draw hate for it from all over. But I find it to be rather catchy, and it's got a cool bass line. And it seems enough people enjoyed it to just keep it out of last. Aww yeah.

Week 118: milestone - Nageki no ki Arbre triste -a la viennoise- - 4th
Milestone is dj Taka's (of the Bemani games) works album. I don't like Taka's music. But he also had other artists remix a bunch of his songs, and they improved a lot of them. This one is by Osamu Kubota (who earned me my first gold!) and is one of my favorites from this album. A real jazzy take on the song, and a bit all over the place, but overall very cool.

Week 121: The King of Fighters '97 Arrange Sound Trax - Rhythmic Hallucination (Mid Boss Stage) - 2nd
This taking second place kind of surprised me, considering it was in a good week, and it is weak in a few areas. But it also has some really good ideas, with some dark sounds and some really odd sounds. And that droning flatline part that Crash hated is what I find the best part of the song. It goes on for a smidgen longer than you would expect, grabbing your attention midway through and showing you the song won't just stick to the norm.

Week 123: Ken Griffey Jr.'s Winning Run (Game Rip) - Main Theme - 4th
This track was one of those "oh god I should nominate SOMETHING" tracks. It's from a mid-90's sports game, and uses several cheesy cliches of mid-90's techno. Throw in some odd voice samples, and you have something could possible be completely awful. But it's sort of catchy and exciting, and all the oddities are used to the song's advantage. Plus it's a Rare game, so it had the sound quality similar to the DKC games, very good for the SNES.

Week 126: Growlanser Generations Soundtrack - Wandering - 3rd
I'll go with what Moguta said for this: "Simple yet wonderfully calming flute & string melody, with a mellow piano backing. The bass that comes in adds in a nice smooth beat. Love how it ends with the piano getting its own soft solo."

Week 129: beyond the dead future - oriental mechanist - 6th
Beyond the dead future is Slake's solo album. Slake is a guy known for creating quirky, weird pieces, and not afraid to experiment completely outrageous ways. This track is full of crazy percussion, and has a lot of heavy bass samples backing it. It's a lot different from standard SOTW fare, and figured I'd throw it in as something unique. It did about as well as I expected.

Week 132: pop'n music 13 Carnival AC & CS pop'n music 11 - fffff - 6th
I was kind of disappointed with this result. I thought this song was all kinds of awesome, with energy out the wazoo. But it seems most voters didn't care for it, or maybe it was in a strong week, so it finished low.

Week 134: Insector X - ORIENTAL FEAR (Pyramid) - 7th
This was sort of a last second nom. I love this whole soundtrack, and had no idea what to pick. I figured this one wasn't too far out there, so I went with it. It seemed I had the wrong idea. I probably should've picked one of the crazier songs.

Week 137: The Alternate Phantom: ZIZZ Original Sound Tracks for Phantom of Inferno - Glass City - 6th
This was an odd song that I came across at random. It's a rock song with some crazy distortion effects that build as the song goes on. The song starts to get into weird dissonant territory (which can be cool) when things suddenly drop to a calm, and a soft whisper voice comes in. Hell if I know what it says, but during the voice, there's a long, subtle build up before the song goes back into the rockin' from before. Some people seemed to enjoy it, so that's good.

Week 140: beatmania HIROSHI WATANABE beat indication - DEEP CLEAR EYES - 1st & BATTLE WINNER
HIROSHI GOD DAMN WATANABE. The man makes awesome music.

Week 143: Putty Squad (SNES Game Rip) - Dr. Sushi's Laboratory of Terror - 6th
This is an SNES song that probably started as an Amiga song at one point. As such, it has a lot of styling found in Amiga music, but made with the SNES sound systems. I thought that was interesting enough to bring it up, and didn't really expect much more than what this got. I enjoy the song, but it's not completely amazing, just a cool discovery I wanted to share. I think I achieved that.

Week 145: Neon FM: Dance Radio (Game Rip) - Girlz Buttz - 8th
Well, I've been at this for nearly 80 weeks, I guess it's time something of mine took 8th place. It's sad though, this is a hilarious song.

First SoTW (voting): Week 28 or so
First SoTW (nominating): Week 27
First placing: Week 33
First gold (if it means first position in a week): Week 41
First gold (if it means first position in a BATTLE): Week 115 or so
Favorite own nominations: Air Zonk, Blinx and Battle Arena Toshiden 4
Biggest dissapointment: Fuzzy's world in the 7th place


Nomination history:

AEGIS: Guardian of the Fleet (Red Book Audio) - Track 5
Air Zonk (Game Rip) - Punk Cyborg Battle 1 Placed
Battle Arena Toshinden 3 (Game Rip) - Sho's Theme
Battle Arena Toshinden 4 (Game Rip) - Track 21
Be filled with feeling - Blind Kiss
Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon Game Music - Arctic Circle D Point Gold
Blinx the Time Sweeper (Game Rip) - Staff Roll (Blinx Theme Remix)
Fuzzy's World of Miniature Space Golf (Game Rip) - Simple Stars ~ Terrestrial Trax ~ Solar Sizzle
Golden Axe 3 - Bloody streets
Kyusai no Giho (Technique of Relief) - Mother
Muppet RaceMania (Game Rip) - Rooftops
Namco Game Sound Express 2 - Burning Force - Sarinuka Sands (2nd Day)
The King of Fighters '99 Arrange Sound Trax - Tears (Kyo Kusanagi) Placed
Guitar Freaks 4th Mix & drummania 3rd Mix Soundtracks - Captain's Voyage (long version)
Namco Game Sound Express 2 - Burning Force - Sarinuka Sands (2nd Day)
pop'n music 12 Iroha AC & CS pop'n music 10 - Beyond the Earth -Original Long Version- Gold
Power Stone Original Soundtrack - Oedo Stage
Puggsy (Sega Genesis Game Rip) - Star Fall Lake - 8th Stage
R - Racing Evolution (Game Rip) - Mars Landing Gold
Sakura Wars 3 Vocal Collection ~ Paris Complete Song Works - The Future (Voyage) Placed
Scarlett OST - already settled down... Gold
SKYGUNNER Original Sound Tracks - Merveilleux ~ Setting Out (Bonus Track)
Small Soldiers (Red Book Audio) - Track 12
Super Bonk (Game Rip) - Shoot The Smiley! Placed
Synaesthete OST - Tryptonaut
Tobe! Polystars & Total Vice - Over the Frozen Sea (2nd BGM) Gold
The Terminator (Sega CD Red Book Audio) - Destinationz Unknown
Tokimeki Memorial 2 ORIGINAL GAME SOUNDTRACK vol. 1 - Meeting With You ~ Happy Ending (Instrumental) Placed
Uncharted Waters Online (Game Rip) - South african ocean Gold
Way of the Samurai 2 Original Sound Track - Souls Bonded and Split
huelsbeck.com - Chris Huelsbeck's official Website - Timeless Passion Gold and battle winner!
www.RichardJacques.com - Children's Suite

First SoTW (voting): Week 5 (If this means what week my first nom was in)
First SoTW (nominating): Week 1 (But it was after Noms were locked, so I edited it out and reposted in Week 2's noms thread)
First placing: Week 23 (Silver)
First gold: Week 83
Length between first nomination and first gold: 82 Weeks
Other awards: Silver - Week 23, 57, 86, 93
Biggest Disappointment: "Wait a minute, the posted results are wrong and Manjimaru didn't win."

List of noms:
Week 05 - Ys Book 1 & 2 Redbook Audio - Holders of Power
Week 10 - Dragon Quest VI (Game Rip) - Brave Fight
Week 17 - Road Avenger (Game Rip) - Theme of Road Avenger
Week 23 - Tengai Makyo II Manjimaru Original Soundtrack - L Map (General)
Week 28 - Hot Shots Golf: Open Tee (PSP Game Rip) - Olive Coast Course
Week 34 - Megami Tensei Gaiden: Last Bible II - Makai
Week 39 - Gyakuten Saiban 2 Original Soundtrack - Reminiscence ~ Scars Etched by Flame
Week 41 - Little Princess: Puppet Princess of Marl's Kingdom 2 Original Soundtrack - Starting Over
Week 45 - Dragon Quest IV (Game Rip) - Vicious Thing
Week 50 - Jert Gaiden 3-2: Illegal Burger Deals - I'll Take You Underwater
Week 57 - Seiken Densetsu DS ~ CHILDREN of MANA Original Soundtrack - Longing
Week 61 - Leisure Suit Larry: Love for Sail! (Red Book Audio) - The Larry Theme
Week 64 - Genso Suikoden Original Game Soundtrack - Theme of Sadness ~ Guitar Version
Week 68 - Tengai Makyou ~ The Apocalypse IV - Original Soundtrack - The Twelve Apostles Battle
Week 71 - Dragon Quest Heroes: Rocket Slime (Game Rip) - Tank Battle
Week 74 - Dark Chronicle (PSF2 Game Rip) - Rainbow Butterfly Wood
Week 77 - GRANDIA III ~original sound tracks~ - Sabatal
Week 79 - LIVE A LIVE Original Sound Version - MEGALOMANIA
Week 83 - Lethal Enforcers (Sega CD Red Book Audio) - Shoot into the Street
Week 86 - Ar tonelico ~The Girl Who Sings at the End of the World~ OST - What My World Is Wishing For
Week 89 - Shin Megami Tensei 3: Nocturne OST - Normal Battle ~Amala Network~
Week 93 - Atelier Iris ETERNAL MANA 2 Original Soundtrack - Continent Which Rides The Wind
Week 96 - Radiata Stories Original Soundtrack - Devote for Nature
Week 98 - Atelier Iris GRAND FANTASM Original Soundtrack - Grand Fantasm
Week 101 - Koi ha Balance - Battle of Lovers (SPC Rip) - Goal 2
Week 103 - Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney: Trials and Tribulations (Game Rip) - Furio Tigre ~ Swingin' Zenitora
Week 105 - Herakles no Eikou 3 - Kamigami no Tinmoku (Game Rip) - Battle
Week 108 - Shining Force III Premium Disc (Game Rip) - A Life of Harmony

First SotW Voting - Week 31
First SotW Nominating - Week 32
First Placing - Week 32 (Silver)
First Gold - Week 37
First Battle Gold - Week 52
Length Between First Nomination and First Gold - 5 Weeks
Biggest Disappointment - "Wild Wind" lost to the mother of all SNES tracks.
Nomination History

Week 32: Jet Moto (Red Book Audio) - Ice Crusher
Week 37: Symphonic Suite Shining Force II ~ The Ancient Sealing - Welcome to Our Town
Week 42: One Man and His Droid (Game Rip) - In-Game Music
Week 47: Eternal Arcadia Original Sound Track - Yafutoma Dawn
Week 52: Turrican OST - Freedom - Battle Winner
Week 56: Solstice: The Quest for the Staff of Demnos (Game Rip) - Title
Week 60: The Music From and Inspired by Gran Turismo 4 - Machine Gun (Gran Turismo 4 Pop Rox Remix)
Week 64: Phantom Brave ~Original sound track~ - Game Breaker
Week 68: Rainbows - Chris Hülsbeck Volume 3 - Giana Sisters (Theme)
Week 70: ToBi D+VINE Complete Sound Track - Fly! (Arranged)
Week 72: Snatcher>>Policenauts: Music Compilation of Hideo Kojima/Black Disc - "Policenauts" End Title
Week 76: Space Channel 5 Original Soundtrack - Mororina The Elegant Coward
Week 78: Mr. Bones Soundtrack - In This World
Week 83: Perfect Selection Twinbee - FANTASTIC POWERS
Week 86: Suikoden - The Divine Oath - Dreams Come True Someday (Orchestra Version)
Week 90: Roller Coaster Tycoon 3 (Gamerip) - Girls Like Spice
Week 93: Mahou Shoujou Ai 2 'transformation' Full Arrange Album - pathetic battle arrange 'distortion of the space'
Week 96: The Gods Awaken - Jooli's Song
Week 98: Landstalker ~ The Emperor's Treasure - Treasure Hunter Lyle
Week 101: Space Channel 5 Part 2 Uki Uki ? Non Stop Megamix - This is My Happiness (Tom Jones A-Go Go Mix)
Week 103: Tourist Trophy Original Game Soundtrack - CALIFORNIA WIND
Week 105: Atelier Iris GRAND FANTASM Original Soundtrack - Rain of Blossoms
Week 108: Napple Tale Vol. 2: Illustrated Guide to the Monsters - Wild Wind
Week 111: Rockman Complete Works: Rockman 5: Blues' Trap!? (PS2 Gamerip) - Title Screen
Week 114: Persona 2: Eternal Punishment Punitive Dance - Akachochin Shiraishi ~Burn With Passion~
Week 117: Royal Blood - Opening (Elan's Theme)
Week 119: Twisted Metal 2 (Redbook Audio) - Holland (Field of Screams)
Week 121: Quilt Original Soundtrack - Into the Yonder Blue Sky ~From Greensleeves~ (karaoke ver.)
Week 124: Real Bout Garou Densetsu 2 Arrange Sound Trax - Get the Sky ~ With Your Dream (Alfred)
Week 127: Emperor: Battle for Dune ~ Harkonnen - Victory Is Inevitable
Week 129: Genso Suikoden V ~ Genso New World Music Collection - Admiral of the Seas
Week 133: Yogurting Original Soundtrack - The Student Council Is Very Busy!
Week 135: Iridion 3D & II Arranged Soundtrack - Aniki
Week 138: Shuffle! OST - Don't Be Afraid
Week 141: Racing Lagoon Original Soundtrack - Ending
Week 143: Music Catch - Before Dawn
Week ???: Tiny Tank (PSX Gamerip) - SNOW08

Breakdown
Nominations - 36
Gold - 10
Silver - 11
Bronze - 8
Didn't Place - 7

First SoTW (voting): Week 01
First SoTW (nominating): Week 00 (before Week 01 started)
First placing: 2nd place, Week 07
First gold: Week 42
Length between first nomination and first gold: 40 weeks
Biggest disappointments: Amen coming in second by a nose, People of London City tanking at 5th

Mean placing: 4th place
Median placing: 4th place
Mode placing: 5th place (5 times, appropriately enough)

First Place Songs: Annah's Theme, Planet She 1 Plus 1 Equal 1
Second Place Songs: Mysterious Attacker, Island of Souls Part 4, Kiss Twice, MJ Thrill Ride
Third Place Songs:Credits, Intro Theme, Ann's Theme, Flying Practice
Battle Winners: Planet She

Nomination History:

Spoiler:

Week 02 Planescape: Torment – Credits (possibly 3rd place)
Thought I'd start out with some ROCKIN', since that seemed to go over well in the preceeding BSC. Depending on how you count, this one was either 3rd or 4th.

Week 07 Amen: The Awakening – Mysterious Attacker (2nd place)
Great dramatic track. This loss was really tough in retrospect, as _DH_ went on to become the winningest nominator in SoTW history and I wouldn't place again until Week 42.

Week 12 Deus Ex (Game Rip) - UNATCO Return (4th place)
Inspired by the other Deus Ex UNATCO track, but didn't do as well.

Week 19 Lineage II The Chaotic Chronicle - Hall of Mists (5th place)
Probably the most traditionally orchestral/choral piece I've nominated, and it got skunked as a result. I didn't nominate anything ORCHESTRATIN' for the next 20 weeks.

Week 25 System Shock 2 (Game Rip) - Engineering: Coolant Tubes (6th place)
I thought I'd go with some techno here. Big mistake.

Week 30 The Journeyman Project – Finale (5th place)
A favorite from 1994, but not enough to attract the ROCKIN' crowd.

Week ?? Marathon 2 – Main Title (?) (?)
There might be another nomination in the Lost SoTW's. Thought I'd try some more ROCKIN', but this one got mocked pretty bad.

Week 42 Planescape: Torment - Annah's Theme (1st place)
My first gold. About this time I abandoned trying to cater to the ROCKIN' crowd and just nominated what I liked.

Week 46 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Game Rip) - Flying Practice (3rd place)
Back to back placings, and with Souley too.

Week 51 King Kong: The Official Game of the Movie - Ann's Theme (3rd place)
I was really surprised at how well this track did, since it's so quiet.

Week 54 The Curse of Monkey Island - "A Pirate I Was Meant to Be" (6th place)
Note to self: funny songs don't fly with SoTW voters unless they're in Japanese.

Week 58 Kameo: Elements of Power Original Soundtrack - Enchanted Kingdom (7th place)
This was a rough one, since I love the song so much.

Week 61 Beyond Good & Evil (Game Rip) - Fight Part 1 (5th place)
I accidentally nominated this one for SoTW and the BCC simultaneously. It did better in SoTW thanks to my personal edit, but not much better.

Week 66 Koudelka - Kiss Twice (2nd place)
Percussion Week. Finger pianos, marimba, and chimes FTRU.

Week 70 Lost Files - Mysterious Story of the Island of Souls Part 4 (2nd place)
I thought that this driving, quirky Kikuta was a shoo-in. Not so much.

Week 72 King Kong: The Official Game of the Movie - The T-Rex Cometh (6th place)
The wrong song got posted for this one (from the rip rather than the promo). After that, I always uploaded my own copies.

Week 76 The Seventh Seal: Resurrection of the Dark Lord - Air City - The Path to Knowledge (6th place)
Another quiet song with an equally quiet reception.

Week 78, BATTLE 10 STELLA DEUS BGM ReArrange Album - Planet She (1st place)
I was shocked that this one did so well, and resolved to nominate more piano tracks in the future.

Week 82 Rudra no Hihou (Game Rip) - Strange Encounter (4th place)
More ROCKIN', and some Ryuji Sasai. Guy still can't get any respect.

Week 85 [eM] -eNCHANT arM- Original Soundtrack - The People of London City (5th place)
This was my most disappointing showing, because I'd grown to love the track so much in the week before it went up (100+ plays). I figured the acoustic guitar would be a clincher; no such luck.

Week 87 Kameo: Elements of Power (Game Rip) - Trainer Cave (5th place)
Better than the previous Kameo at least. I don’t mind not placing (hey, I'm used to it!) but the when Cruise Control won, we all lost.

Week 92 Ragnarok Online 2 (Game Rip) - Intro Theme (3rd place)
Love the children's choir in this one; was originally set to debut for Week 85 but was replaced by London City at the last moment.

Week 95 The Sims (Game Rip) - Build Mode 5 (4th place)
Very relaxing and intricate piano track; it did okay in a tough week.

Week 97 Lennus: Memory of the Ancient Machine - Chezni and Midia (4th place)
I've had this one in the hopper forever; if it weren't for the dreadful sound quality, I'm sure Lennus would be better-known. Luckily this is arranged, though it's still synth.

Week 99 Spider-Man 3 (Game Rip) - MJ Thrill Ride (2nd place)
I was very pleased at this, since it was the closest I'd gotten to gold since Planet She. I think the mix of orchestra and electronics appealed to some people who don't normally like my stuff.

Week 102 Energy Breaker Soundtrack ~ Game Sound Legend Series - Radiance of the Sky (4th place)
I fell in love with this tune while looking for more Yasunori Shiono to share; it earned me the standard 4th place.

Week 104 RADIATA STORIES Arrange Album - Song of Freedom Fighters (7th place)
Loved the game, and piano tracks had served me well in the past. Guess nobody likes ragtime around here, eh?

Week 107 Space Cowboy Online (Game Rip) - Bygeniou City (8th place)
I don't know why this did so poorly; it did get some nice reviews, though.

Week 109 Alphabet Planet - 1 Plus 1 Equal 1 (1st place)
My third gold. I waited a couple of week on this one, to make sure I wouldn't get dinged on putting up something from such a new album. Kikuta's been good to me thus far, hauling in a gold and two silvers.

General Statistics:

Spoiler:

Total Nominations: 25

Geographic
Western: 17
Eastern: 12

Instrumentation
Orchestral: 15
Techno: 4
Rock: 4
Piano: 3
Vocal: 3

Genre
RPG: 12
FPS: 3
Adventure: 8
Simulation: 1
Original: 2

Top Composers
Hiroki Kikuta: 3 nominations
Mark Morgan: 2 nominations
Jeremy Soule: 2 nominations
Steve Burke: 2 nominations
Chance Thomas: 2 nominations

General:

First SotW Voting - Week 14 (link)
First SotW Nominating - Week 15 (link)
First Placing - Week 27
First Gold - Week 27
First Battle Gold - never
Length Between First Nomination and First Gold - 12 weeks
Biggest Disappointment - "Muv-Luv Original Soundtrack - Ambush" only took fourth. The more I listen to it, the more I realize it's the best song I've ever nominated.

Placing:

Golds - 4
Silvers - 2
Bronzes - 1
Average Place - 3.79
Most Frequent Place - 4th (6 times)
Least Frequent Place - 3rd, 7th, 8th (tie; 1 time)
Longest Placing Streak - 2 tracks (Weeks 63–67)
Longest Non-Placing Streak - 3 tracks (tie; Weeks 51–60, 82–present)

Demographics:

Total Nominations - 19 tracks
Game Rip Nominations - 10 tracks
Album Nominations - 8 tracks
Other Nominations - 1 track (www.timfollin.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk - The Tick; piece written for Ecco: Defender of the Future but not used)
Longest Game Rip Nomination Streak - 6 tracks (Weeks 21-47)
Longest Album Nomination Streak - 3 tracks (Weeks 63-70)
Number of Tracks I Would Nominate Again - 18 tracks (I'd go with On Planet from Zillion in Week 18 instead of Inside Planet.)

Composition:

Western-Composed - 5 tracks
(Cro-Mag Rally, Deimos Rising, TIM2, Tim Follin, Mythri)
Eastern-Composed (Japanese) - 14 tracks
(all others not listed above)

Vocals - 2 tracks
(Chaos Legion, Bonnou Kaihou)
ROCK'N - 5 tracks
(pure: TIM2, 3rd GIG #Crescent; melodic/synth: Area 88, Tim Follin, CRISS CROSS)
Orchestral - 4 tracks
(Deimos Rising [technorchestra], Arcana, WPJ2, Gyakuten Saiban)
Chiptunes - 2 tracks
(Zillion, Mythri)
Technoshitz - 2 tracks
(Muv-Luv, WindAge)
Miscellaneous (Ethnic, JAZZ'N, what the hell is this garbage) - 4 tracks
(Cro-Mag Rally, MERI+DIA, SNSM, Lost Passage)

Nomination History:

Week 15: Muv-Luv Original Soundtrack - Ambush - 4th place
Week 21: Cro-Mag Rally (Game Rip) - Crete - 6th place
Week 27: Deimos Rising (Game Rip) - Deimos Game 1 - Gold
Week 33: Zillion (Game Rip) - Inside Planet - 4th place
Week 38: The Incredible Machine 2 (Red Book Audio) - Progressive - Gold
Week 42: Area 88 (SNES Game Rip) - The Minks - 6th place
Week 47: Arcana (Game Rip) - The Symphony of Elemen - Gold
Week 51: MERI+DIA ~Maria Diana~ Original Sound Track - All charges - 8th place
Week 56: www.timfollin.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk - The Tick - 4th place
Week 60: Wonder Project J2 (Game Rip) - Josette of the Colro Forest - 5th place
Week 63: CRISS†CROSS ~ CROSS†CHANNEL Soundtrack Arrange Version - Airwaves - Bronze
Week 67: 3rd GIG #Crescent - In Search of the Holy Sword -Seiken Densetsu- - Gold
Week 70: WindAge - Oriental Dark Flight - 4th place (tie)
Week 72: Saturday Night Slam Masters (SNES Game Rip) - Contagion (King Rasta Mon) - 7th place (Lord knows how)
Week 76: Lost Passage Perfect Arrange Album - Ruined Heart - Silver
Week 78: Chaos Legion Original Soundtrack - I can hear the shriek (Stage ~Cave~) - Silver
Week 82: Gyakuten Saiban Orchestra Album ~GYAKUTEN MEETS ORCHESTRA~ - Oo-edo Soldier Tonosaman - 5th place
Week 85: Mythri (Game Rip) - Strike Battle (BATTLE BGM) - 4th place
Week 88: Shin Gouketsuji Ichizoku: Bonnou Kaihou (Game Rip) - Let's Go! Necromancer (Extended Version) - 4th place

Selected Track Comments:

Week 15: Y'all suck.
Week 21: Y'all suck.
Week 33: Y'all suck.
Week 42: Y'all suck.
Week 51: Y'all suck.
Week 56: Y'all suck.
Week 60: Y'all suck.
Week 70: Y'all suck.
Week 72: Y'all suck.
Week 82: Y'all suck.
Week 85: Y'all suck.
Week 88: Y'all suck.