84. Touhou 8: Imperishable Night - History of the Moon
Uploader: superangelo128 (026)
Rating: 7.0
Comment: Touhou being Touhou. 25 seconds of crazy piano, trumpet solo over subtly frenetic background, back to piano, back to brass with piano lingering...all of it fairly over the top stuff. Like I said, Touhou being Touhou. I don't consider any of that negative, and really I don't have anything negative to say about the song. There are simply other songs I liked more.
83. Sonic Generations - Rooftop Run Zone, Act 2
Uploader: Pikachu025 (430)
Rating: 7.0
Comment: I can like uplifting songs, see?
82. Pop'n Music 10 - Beyond the Earth
Uploader: TheKnightOfNee (020)
Rating: 7.0
Comment: The song's description says it's from Pop'n Music 12 Iroha. I didn't care enough to research the matter. The song itself provided a much-needed pick-me-up on a Monday morning. The energy of this piece is amazing -- not in a thrashing, wild convulsive way, but as just an upbeat pulls-you-out-of-a-bad-mood sorta way. The drum feature at 1:11 is especially awesome....wait, did I just admit to liking one of the music game songs? Aw crap, that's just going to encourage them to upload more.
81. Bust-A-Move 3 - Main Theme
Uploader: superangelo128 (145)
Rating: 7.0
Comment: I prefer the original version simply as a purist, but this variation's plenty good. And how can you not like this melody...after hearing it for hours at a time? Familiarity definitely breeds contentment. (BTW, 46 second loop. Why 4:34 on the video? If I wanted to hear it six times, I could actually play some Bust-a-Move.)
80. You Have to Burn the Rope - Now You're a Hero
Uploader: Harmonica (291)
Rating: 7.0
Comment: Some games' songs are sweet and sonorous. Some rock hard. This one's awesome for unconventional reasons, but certainly no less so. I love the dry humor, and the fact that You Have to Burn the Rope has a song at all, let alone this one, is pretty funny to think about.
79. MegaMari - Prologue, Title & Final Battle
Uploader: Ed Bellis (393)
Rating: 7.0
Comment: Ed Bellis upload of the day #6. This song fools you twice in the first minute. This is gonna be bleh...no, it's gonna be ok...oh, wow. Alright, never mind! -- Unfortunate that the remainder just rehashes the same line over and over. However, I really like where that part enters. The samples in general are really good, but especially the melody's voice (whatever you call that) and the electric organ.
78. Neotokyo - Tin Soldiers
Uploader: Ed Bellis (008)
Rating: 7.0
Comment: Ed Bellis upload of the day #7. Somehow in cut-and-pasting, I lost my original write-up. It went something like this. Neotokyo songs are good when they're not being weird. This one is less weird than most, so it's the best one I've heard. I still wasn't sure where to rate it. I went up and down a bunch of times, but finally settled on 7.0, and I'm sure the fans are happier with that verdict than if I had stuck with the original 6.6, which might have literally doubled its rank.