After some chatter from me and the music mods as well as about two months since i said there'd be shit done about the featured music stuff oh dear i'm bad at being punctual, it's about time we get this ball rolling.

Music will now be featured in two ways. Firstly, an easy way to get on there is by being featured on the SMWC's YouTube Channel's Greatest Hits section. After that post acknowledging this earlier, I went ahead and featured everything from this year. However, the second way songs will be featured will be through you. Yes, YOU.

This thread is dedicated to nominating music you'd like to see featured, kind of like the hacks section but with a bigger pool of stuff to recommend! Of course, similar restrictions will apply. Once your nomination is in, one of our prestigious music mods will take a look (well, listen to it, technically) and if it's accepted, it'll be Featured!!

Please adhere to these four simple rules when nominating music!
- You may not nominate your own submissions.
- You may only nominate submissions listed as "Song" in the section (that means no Soundtracks, SFX or Misc. entries!)
- You may not nominate anything already featured (duh) or declined (double duh).
- Your nomination must be accepted into the SMW Music section for it to qualify. Please don't nominate songs still in waiting!
- Do not nominate more than three songs per nomination post. Likewise, do not make more than one nomination post at a time.

Like the featured hacks, it's a good idea to give a brief reason why you think your choice should be featured. Encouraged, but not necessarily required. With all this said, though, the ball is now in your court. Nominate away!

Final Fantasy II - Main Overworld Theme	Maxodex	None	Featured!
Prince of Moonlight	Moose	None	Featured!
Super Mario 64 - Bob-Omb Battlefield	Pinci	Many	Featured!
Kirby Super Star Ultra - Masked Dedede	Barrels O' Fun	Many	Declined.
Metroid Fusion - Sector 4 (AQA) Underwater Area	Sayuri	None	Declined.
3D Ultra Pinball: Creep Night - Track 28	musicalman	Many	Featured!
Mario Kart DS - Bowser's Castle	Wakana	None	Declined.
Donkey Kong Country 2 - Hot-Head Bop	HaruMKT	None	Featured!
Sonic 3D Blast (Genesis) - Volcano Valley Zone Act 1	Gamma V	None	Declined.
MegaMari - Cirno	Ultima	Many	Declined.
The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask - Final Hours (No Bells)	nyanpasu64	Many	Featured!
Columns III - Revenge of Columns: Column Dive	Ultima	Many	Declined.
Our Mosts Histories	Yuzu	Many	Declined.
Secret of Evermore - Lonely Halls	musicalman	Many	Featured!
Earthworm Jim 2 - The Flyin' King	ggamer77	Many	Declined.
Tempest 2000 - Mind's Eye	Sinc-X	Many	Featured!
Touhou Hisouten ~ Scarlet Weather Rhapsody - The Ground's Color is Yellow	worldpeace	None	Declined.
Earthbound - Pokey Means Business!	ggamer77	Many	Featured!
Sonic the Hedgehog 2 - Chemical Plant Zone	Dippy	Many	Declined.
Donkey Kong Country 2 - Stickerbush Symphony	LadiesMan217	Many	Featured!
Marco Pereira - Lis	NaroGugul	Many	Declined.
Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga - Beanbean Fields	Masterlink	Many	Featured!
Ardy Lightfoot - Island of Ruins	DanTheVP	Many	Declined.
Jurassic Park - Raptor Rap	LadiesMan217	Many	Featured!
Jurassic Park 2 - Dark Jungle	ggamer77	Many	Featured!
Touhou Koumakyou ~ the Embodiment of Scarlet Devil - Septette for the Dead Princess	Wakana	Many	Declined.
Sonic the Hedgehog - Star Light Zone	Wakana	None	Featured!
Little Big Planet - Main Menu	EDIT3333	None	Declined.
Deltarune - Rude Buster	Giftshaven, Ultima	Many	Declined.
Thunder Force IV - Space Walk	Ultima	Many	Featured!
Super Monkey Ball 2 - Clock Tower	Sinc-X	Many	Featured!
Chrono Trigger - Undersea Palace	Fyord	None	Featured!
Super Mario RPG - Welcome to Booster Tower	KevinM	Many	Featured!
Guilty Gear X - Holy Orders	Wakana	None	Declined.
Mega Man 6 - Mr. X's Castle	tcdw	None	Declined.
Mega Man X3 - Gravity Beetle's Stage	Pinci	None	Featured!
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (NES) - Underwater	com_poser	Many	Featured!
Streets of Rage 2 - Wave 131	com_poser	Many	Featured!
The Flintstones - Unused Song 2	RednGreen	Many	Featured!
Bomberman Hero - Redial	Pinci	Many	Featured!
Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards - Ripple Star Map	Pinci	Many	Featured!
The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past - Overworld	ggamer77	Many	Featured!
Sonic the Hedgehog - Green Hill Zone	Dark Mario Bros	None	Featured!
Mega Man 9 - We're the Robots (Wily Stage 2)	Lui	Many	Featured!
WarioWare DIY - DIY Shop	Lazy	Many	Featured!
Ribbit King - Lavatron 3	musicalman	Many	Featured!
Crispy - Not Really	Crispy, Lazy	Many	Featured!
VLDC11 - Crystarp Hollow	S.N.N.	Many	Featured!
Touhou Fuumaroku ~ the Story of Eastern Wonderland - She's in a Temper!!	Samantha	None	Declined.
Touhou Reiiden ~ The Highly Responsive To Prayers - Now, Until The Moment You Die	Wakana	None	Declined.
Mario Kart 64 - Rainbow Road	ggamer77	Many	Featured!
Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze - Scorch 'n' Torch	musicalman	Many	Featured!
Tetrisphere - Phony	dansalvato	Many	Featured!
Bag Raiders - Shooting Stars	Wakana	None	Declined.
Loonie - Contemplated	Sinc-X	Light	Featured!
Etrian Odyssey - The Capital of Shinjuku	Rilla Roo	None	Declined.
Super Mario World - Athletic (Hills & Mountains Remix)	Giftshaven	None	Featured!
Romancing Saga - The Conflict	KevinM	Many	Featured!
Mother 3 - Mind Of A Thief	Pinci	Many	Featured!
Summon Night: Swordcraft Story - I Must Not Lose The Battle!	Sinc-X	None	Featured!
Super Mario Galaxy 2 - Puzzle Plank Galaxy	Giftshaven	Many	Featured!
DuckTales - The Moon	imamelia	None	Declined.
Cave Story - Moonsong	6646	Many	Featured!
Final Fantasy VI - Dancing Mad (Part 5)	Tamaki	Many	Featured!
Kingdom Hearts 2 - The 13th Struggle	Aikku	Many	Featured!
One Must Fall 2097 - Arena 3	Sinc-X	Many	Featured!
Pokémon Heart Gold/Soul Silver - Viridian City	Lumy	Light	Featured!
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red/Blue Rescue Team - Frosty Grotto	Lumy	Many	Featured!
Waterworld - Diving	KevinM	Many	Featured!
Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards - Factory Inspection	Lumy	Many	Featured!
Celeste - Mirror Magic (B-Side Mix)	Maxodex	Many	Featured!
Touhou Kaikidan ~ Mystic Square - Dimension of Reverie	K M S	None	Declined.
Touhou Koumakyou ~ the Embodiment of Scarlet Devil - Beloved Tomboyish Daughter	Wakana	None	Featured!
Mega Man 3 - Snake Man's Stage	tcdw	None	Featured!
Radix - Linda's World	Dippy	Many	Featured!
Thunder Force IV - Sand Hell	Ultima	Many	Featured!
The Final Phase - Total Rocked Out Edition	Masashi27	Many	Declined.
Il Maniero Spettrale - Danger	RednGreen	None	Featured!
Il Maniero Spettrale - Main Theme	RednGreen	None	Featured!
Sonic 3 & Knuckles - Ice Cap Zone Act 1	bebn legg	None	Featured!
Sonic 3 & Knuckles - Hydrocity Zone Act 1	Giftshaven	None	Featured!
Sonic 3 & Knuckles - Lava Reef Zone Act 1	Nameless	None	Featured!
Batman: The Video Game (NES) - Gotham City Cathedral	Yuzu	Light	Featured!
Hercules (Super Game Boy) - Trapped	Duraner Hawkeye	Many	Declined.
Yume Nikki - Snow World	Tob	None	Declined.
Bugdom - Night	musicalman	Many	Featured!
Etrian Odyssey II - Cherry Tree Bridge	Maxodex	None	Featured!
Mario Kart 64 - Frappe Snowland	Isikoro	None	Featured!
Shiny Crystals	Maxodex	Many	Featured!
Kero Blaster - Time Table	Pinci	None	Featured!
Yume Nikki - FC Field Area	Tob	None	Declined.
Batman: Return of the Joker - Gotham in Danger	HaruMKT	Many	Declined.
Pictionary - Title Screen	Torchkas	Many	Featured!
Funky Forest	RednGreen	None	Featured!
Mega Man 7 - Wily Stage 1	Ultima	None	Declined.
Mega Man 7 - Wily Stage 1 (X2 Style)	Ultima	Many	Declined.
Super Mario RPG - Fight Against a Stronger Monster	KevinM	Many	Featured!
Silver Surfer - Stage 1	Lui	Light	Featured!
Undertale - MEGALOVANIA	Lui	Many	Featured!
Cyber Rainforce - Are You Ready	juniorsword	Many	Declined.
The Lawnmower Man - Main Theme	Samantha	Many	Featured!
The Lost Vikings (Amiga) - Factory	Sinc-X	Many	Featured!
Spider-Man and the X-Men in Arcade's Revenge - Gambit	KevinM	Many	Featured!
VLDCX - Abnormal Asylum	Daizo Dee Von	Many	Declined.
Xenoblade Chronicles - You Will Know Our Names	Coolmario	None	Featured!
Trials of Mana - Black Soup	KevinM	Many	Featured!
Trials of Mana - Nuclear Fusion	Tamaki	Many	Featured!
Fortress 2 Blue - Be Higher	worldpeace	Light	Featured!
Terra Diver - Ota City Sky	worldpeace	Many	Featured!
Sky Shark - Stage 1	KevinM	None	Featured!
Plok - Main Theme	KevinM	Many	Featured!
Plok - Beach	Torchkas	Many	Featured!
Plok - Beach	Torchkas	Many	Featured!
Sonic 3 & Knuckles - Chrome Gadget	KevinM, tssf	Many	Featured!
Kirby Triple Deluxe - Sullied Grace	Pinci	Many	Featured!
Knuckles' Chaotix - Door Into Summer	Pinci	Many	Featured!
Knuckles' Chaotix - Evening Star	Pinci	Many	Featured!
Shatterhand - Area B (Refinery)	Dippy	Many	Featured!
Cursed Cathedral	RednGreen	Many	Featured!
Batman (NES) - Stage 2 (Chemistry For Beginners)	Dippy	None	Declined.
Mega Man: The Wily Wars - Mega Water S	Dippy	Many	Declined.
Super Nazo Puyo 2 - Village & Lakeside	tcdw	None	Declined.
Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards - Shiver Star	Wyatt	None	Declined.
OutRun - Splash Wave	Ultima	Many	Declined.
Fortress 2 Blue - Culture Shock	worldpeace	Many	Featured!
Waterworld - Map	Sinc-X	Many	Featured!
Plok - Rocket Launcher	KevinM	Many	Featured!
Earthbound - Franky	Maxodex	Many	Declined.
Earthbound - Franky	Maxodex	None	Declined.
Olivier Messiaen - O Sacrum Convivium	Exodustx0	Many	Featured!
Live-A-Live - Under the Fake	EDIT3333	Many	Featured!
Live-A-Live - Captain Square	Vaelstraza	Many	Declined.
Live-A-Live - Sound of Shinobi	KevinM	Many	Featured!
Live-A-Live - Megalomania	Tamaki	Many	Featured!
Der Langrisser - Die Legende Des Schwertes	Counterfeit	None	Declined.
Chrono Trigger - Undersea Palace	KevinM	Many	Featured!
Radix - Fire and Ice 2	Samantha	Many	Featured!
Mario Party - SSENMODNAR! (Anime Edition) ~ Play A Mini-Game! (SNES SiIva-Remix)	Hooded Edge	Many	Declined.
Epic Sax Guy (Arrangement)	Airbourne Bubblun	None	Declined.
Touhou Jaseishou ~ The Last Comer - Mankind Salvation Plan ~ The Greatest Salvation	Wakana	Many	Declined.
Super Mario 64 - File Select	Teows	Many	Featured!
Trials of Mana - The Sacrifice, Part 3	KevinM	Many	Featured!
Mega Man 9 - Thunder Tornado (Tornado Man's Stage)	Slash Man	Many	Featured!
Mega Man 8 - Frost Man	Maxodex	Many	Featured!
Star Fox - Boss (Corneria)	Teows	None	Declined.
Star Fox - Boss (Corneria)	Teows	Many	Declined.
Star Fox - Corneria	Giftshaven	None	Declined.
Il Maniero Spettrale - Mansion	RednGreen	Light	Featured!
Smoggy Smokestacks	HaruMKT	Many	Featured!
Mario Kart 64 - Koopa Troopa Beach	Milon Luxy	Many	Declined.
Tempest 2000 - Digital Terror	Samantha	Many	Featured!
Waterworld - Mission Theme 2	KevinM	Many	Featured!
Waterworld - Shop	KevinM	Many	Featured!
Equinox - Tori	RednGreen	Many	Featured!
Cold	RednGreen	None	Featured!
Dance with a boo	ThinkOneMoreTime	None	Featured!
Metroid Fusion - Crisis Mission	ggamer77	Many	Featured!
Mega Man 8 - Stage Select	Teows	Many	Featured!
Bowser's Castle (Super Mario World Arrange)	6646	Many	Declined.
Grasslands	RednGreen	None	Featured!
The Vagrant - Secret Workshop	Wakana	None	Declined.
Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door - Rogueport Sewers	Giftshaven	None	Featured!
Jazz Jackrabbit - Medivo	Samantha	Many	Featured!
Secret of Mana - The Second Truth From the Left	KevinM	Many	Featured!
Touhou Kanjuden ~ Legacy of Lunatic Kingdom - Pandemonic Planet	Wakana	None	Featured!
Golden Sun - The Elemental Stars	Masterlink	Many	Featured!
Donkey Kong Country - Aquatic Ambiance	Samantha	None	Featured!
Final Fantasy VII - Under the Rotting Pizza	Dippy	Many	Featured!
Tempest 2000 - Constructive Demolition	Samantha	Many	Declined.
Jazz Jackrabbit - Medivo	worldpeace	Many	Featured!
Plok - Boss	SiameseTwins	Many	Featured!
Cloudy Beach	Maxodex	None	Featured!
Mega Man & Bass - Tengu Man	Maxodex	None	Featured!
Golden Sun: The Lost Age - Felix Battle Theme	Masterlink	Many	Featured!
Tales of Phantasia (PS1) - Desolate Road	Teows	Many	Featured!
Rudra no Hihou - Sword of the Valiant	Maxodex	None	Declined.
Eschatos - Point of No Return	musicalman	Many	Featured!
Super Mario 64 - Bowser's Domain	Wakana	Many	Declined.
Castlevania: Harmony of Despair - Ryu Kokki	6646	Many	Declined.
Winter Gold FX - Menus	KevinM	Many	Featured!
Waterworld - Mission Theme 3	KevinM	Many	Featured!
Alexander Brandon - Repression	worldpeace	Many	Declined.
Rudra no Hihou - The Spirit Chaser	SiameseTwins	Many	Declined.
Shovel Knight - A Thousand Leagues Below (KMT Styled)	Ultima	Many	Declined.
Final Fantasy VI - The Phantom Forest	Nameless	None	Declined.
Sutte Hakkun - Stage 1	Tamaki	None	Featured!
Sutte Hakkun - Stage 10	Tamaki	None	Featured!
Final Fantasy: Mystic Quest - Last Castle	KevinM	Many	Declined.
Castlevania II: Simon's Quest - "hyper-realistic" Bloody Tears (Remix)	Lui	None	Featured!
Celestial Fight	RednGreen	None	Featured!
Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga - Beanbean Fields	Masterlink	Many	Featured!
Crypt of the Necrodancer - Deep Sea Bass	Wakana	Many	Declined.
Touhou Gensoukyou - Gensokyo ~ Lotus Land Story (Remix)	Hooded Edge	Many	Featured!
Chrono Trigger - Boss Battle 1	Infinity	None	Declined.
Hydlide 3: The Space Memories - Out of Freedom	Dispace	None	Declined.
Castlevania II: Belmont's Revenge - Praying Hands	Wavee	None	Featured!
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time - Lost Woods	Teows	Many	Featured!
Wario's Woods - Versus	Sinc-X	Many	Declined.
Fearofdark - Flame Repellent	Sinc-X	None	Featured!

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1. Final Fantasy II - Main Overworld Theme
https://www.smwcentral.net/?p=section&a=details&id=14498

One of the best overworld themes. It's also very versatile which is more memorable, even without the required samples.


2. Prince of Moonlight (Custom Song)
https://www.smwcentral.net/?p=section&a=details&id=9522

Sounds well and the instrument variations are great in my opinion.

About time 👌👌👌

Super Mario 64 - Bob-Omb Battlefield - Easy feature imo, it's a nailed 1:1 port; this alone would justify a feature.
Kirby Super Star Ultra - Masked Dedede - Same reason as above, incredibly spot on 1:1 port and well made.

Welp I thought I had more to nominate. These will go for now.

Sunshine Day

Metroid Fusion - Sector 4 (AQA) (Underwater Area). An atmospherically ominous port that conveys the isolation in the depths pretty well, and I like how the samples of SMW were used to convey that. Useful for haunted areas, worthy to be featured.


I second the nomination of the Final Fantasy 2 Main Overworld theme for its use of SMW's samples to create a piece that is depressing in tone as in the original game.

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Mario Kart DS - Bowser's Castle - Really good instrumentation, especially the distortion guitar and cymbal.
Donkey Kong Country 2 - Hot-Head Bop - Same here. The fact that the composer managed to recreate the bubbling lava using vanilla samples is impressive.
Sonic 3D Blast - Volcano Valley Act 1 - This sounds nice. I think I actually like it better than the original track.

+1 to this. The port is really well made, practically no differences from the original.

Also, I'm nominating Our Mosts Histories, a really nice remix. Really fitting to a dark/spooky vibe.

Nominating Columns III: Column Dive
I really like the extra warmth given from the SNES hardware. Echo is a nice touch as well.

SM64 Bob-Omb Battlefield, while impressive, is not first choice as it sounds like another [impressive] Pinci Port and the N64 hardware limitations resulted in it being my least favorite console music-wise.

i just didn't write them yet is all ya dingus hehe

In the case of Bob-omb Battlefield, declined on the merit that some note timings feel off, slightly off tuning as well as the insert size being rather massive to be considered a feature.

Masked Dedede had a unanimous agreement that the mixing was off, as well as similar tuning issues.

The rest just didn't really do it for us. Very good songs, though, and worthy for nomination.

e: oops how the heck did i miss our mosts histories im very sorry guys please dont hurt me

e2: it was the unsampled version of lonely halls that got greatest hits'd

What will happen with the now featured songs on this list here?

Our Mosts Histories and The Flyin King have been declined on the grounds that while they are both good songs, they don't quite meet the level we are looking for.

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they... get featured.

Touhou 10.5: Scarlet Weather Rhapsody - The Ground's Color is Yellow has been declined on the merit that, while it is a classic and good (especially for its time), its overly basic sound holds it back from being featured in the present day.

why don't I add a thing anyway

Earthbound - Pokey Means Business!

Listen for at least a minute and a half, everything changes at 0:54 (if you've never played Earthbound you wouldn't know about it)

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"It's unnecessary for two instruments play the same notes."
-Random SMW Music Moderator

I'll just dump alot of songs here.

1 This is such a nice port, and I don't think it only fit bosses but it also could fit some fast-paced levels too.
2 Finally a good port of this song, not to mention that using the envelope samples must have been quite difficult.
3 Such an interesting port, superb work on the guitars and it's a nice melody.
4 Thinking about thos beans
5 Mostly same reasons as 2, but it's also a nice song.
6 Just amazing, the samples are excellent, almost sounds non-snes like.
7 Another accurate port, nominating this one because afaik this game's engine is an absolute beast and it's super hard to port songs from it.
8 Same as 6, just annother ggamer quality port.
9 SMW samples were used pretty neatly here, it's also a funky song and I like it

also fuck the rules