166. Sonic the Hedgehog - Marble Zone
Uploader: TheKnightOfNee (195)
Rating: 6.4
Comment: Why did old school video games so often have the hardest level be the second one? As a result, I have both good and bad memories of this song. I think the song is more significant to Sonic than Green Hills Zone is, and it always seemed like the caterpillars on this level were creeping along in time to the music. The tune itself is slightly better than passable, with the end section of the loop certainly being the best part, but this is one song I can't completely listen to in a vacuum.
165. Zwei 2 - Risking Everything on This Moment
Uploader: Kleenex (483)
Rating: 6.4
Comment: This song is surprisingly progressive. You think you know what you're getting with it initially, and then it shifts sound routinely. From (0:00) a sweet soft sound to (0:30) a brass melody with a techno background that changes character a few times to (1:40) a lighter melody that keeps the brass and the rumbly bass to (2:03) a sparse section with streaking violins for a background to...you get the idea. I'm not sure there's a section I like more or less than the others; it's all pretty much the same quality, which is to say it's all moderately decent.
164. Yakuza 4 - For Face
Uploader: Kleenex (343)
Rating: 6.4
Comment: Proof that I can appreciate a simple, fairly calm melody. Granted there is a certain air of intensity behind this one, like we're in the calm before the storm. And then at 1:54 it takes that intensity up another notch. But it's certainly not a busy song, and yet it's still elegantly beautiful.
163. Ys 7 - To Reveal the Way to Go
Uploader: Pikachu025 (304)
Rating: 6.4
Comment: I feel like I was supposed to really like this. It was rousing and all, and it seems like my style, but it just never clicked with me. Why is anybody's guess.
162. Professor Layton and the Last Specter - The Last Specter's Theme
Uploader: Kleenex (413)
Rating: 6.4
Comment: I'm not a big fan of Layton music, but I give credit where it's due. Sometimes. Violin with accordion seems like an odd mix, like it's something you expect to hear while walking through some old Italian city. I have nothing against accordions, but the violin parts were far superior. The best was about two minutes in when they and the piano started playing off each other.
161. Xenoblade Chronicles - Satori ~ Phosphorescent Land / Night
Uploader: Kleenex (364)
Rating: 6.4
Comment: Wasn't expecting the vocals 2 minutes in, but they helped buoy the song when it was starting to go stale.
160. Super Smash Bros. Brawl - Overworld
Uploader: Ed Bellis (365)
Rating: 6.6
Comment: I've heard the SMB theme far too many times to get very excited over it, but it was a nice touch uploading it on day 365. Gonna do the Zelda theme on #730?
159. Final Fantasy VII - Jenova Absolute
Uploader: superangelo128 (061)
Rating: 6.6
Comment: I like the FF7 battle music, but I dunno I need to hear it repeated with all kinds of different variations. Can't we just hear the normal one with the cool flute part at the end of the loop? Still, this does present a certain measure of intensity to select scenes that Hurry! can't match.
158. Sonic Colors - Aquarium Park Act 2
Uploader: Pikachu025 (493)
Rating: 6.6
Comment: Happy, pretty, peppy. Both mellow and energetic. Starts to sound more like a traditional Sonic track at the one minute mark when the alternate melody enters, but doesn't lose any of its flavor.