175. Raiden IV - A Stormy Front (Level 1)
Uploader: TheKnightOfNee (048)
Rating: 6.4
Comment: Energy, it has it. (You didn't really think you'd go two days without an upload, did you Nee?)
174. Rama - London
Uploader: TheKnightOfNee (489)
Rating: 6.4
Comment: Haunting, but it's so ambient. Not really something I would choose to listen to so much as something that augments the mood of something already going on.
173. Evil Zone - Danzaiver ~ Right Way
Uploader: superangelo128 (348)
Rating: 6.4
Comment: Bright instrumentation, particularly the trumpet, are what catch interest at first, deservedly, but it's really the breakdown at 1:30 that's good.
172. Napple Tale: Arsia in Daydream - Cecil's Garden
Uploader: Ed Bellis (267)
Rating: 6.4
Comment: This song was a bit too cutesy-pie. It sounds like something you'd hear while Bambi is out roaming in the meadow. My original comment read "sonorous," which doesn't make sense, since this song really isn't. Then again, my original rating was a 6.4, which doesn't seem appropriate either.
171. Donkey Kong Country Returns - Aquatic Ambience Returns
Uploader: Pikachu025 (395)
Rating: 6.4
Comment: I'd like this a lot more if I didn't know the original. On its own, the piano background is alright, but the melody itself is lacking. And honestly, I'm still probably having trouble dissociating it with the original AA. I dearly love the DKC1 soundtrack, and I was not impressed with Fear Factory Returns during VGMC5 either.
170. Blazblue: Continuum Shift - Condemnation Wings
Uploader: Pikachu025 (101)
Rating: 6.4
Comment: Typical Blazblue sound, which for me is usually a point in its favor. Unlike yesterday's Blazblue upload, it didn't hurt my ears, which is another point in its favor. Condemnation Wings gets off to a strong start, and only slightly takes its foot off the gas later.
169. Grandia - Duel with Gadwin
Uploader: Kleenex (140)
Rating: 6.4
Comment: This song's much too happy for a duel, particularly the flute melody that kicks it off. When the trumpet plays essentially the same exact part, the sound isn't nearly as bright. Just the same, if this were a song from an American Western, it would be a song played while the hero and his posse are galloping across the desert, not a song played while he marks off twenty paces in front of the saloon.
168. Castlevania: Symphony of the Night - Wandering Ghosts
Uploader: Pikachu (423)
Rating: 6.4
Comment: This might be the only SotN song I actually kind of like. I know I haven't been terribly impressed with the others I've heard. The...I'm not good with sub-genres...fusion?...is really cool. The three minutes it plays for go by surprisingly quickly, which should be testament to the quick tempo and lively parts.
167. Pump It Up - Beethoven Virus
Uploader: superangelo128 (201)
Rating: 6.4
Comment: Energetic and lively, but I'm questioning the use of the dance beat throughout the whole thing. Lazy composer, too. "I'm gonna take a recording of a symphony playing Beethoven, speed it up, and play it to a drum machine." I mean, yeah, it sounds decent, but if this didn't come from a music game, I would have told the composer to write his own stuff.