obligatory reminder that all of these writeups were written some time ago and i have not changed them at all based on what CG7 has posted thus far
55. Grandia Xtreme - Combat 1
Nominated by: NioraptH
Is it just me or does this track have a little Latin flair to it? Definitely not what I was expecting from a game called Grandia XTREME. Needs more guitar solos and explosions and bad punk rock to be XTREME. seriously though that is a dumb name and i'm glad the music is way better than the name would suggest. I don't really like the section from 1:42 to 1:54 but it's short enough to not be an issue. Possibly the best thing I can say about it, though, is that it's rather unique for a battle theme, which is always nice to hear.
54. Touhou 8: Imperishable Night - Gensokyo Millenium ~ History of the Moon
Nominated by: SuperAngelo
The funny thing about Touhou music in this topic is going to be the difference in rankings between CG7 (who loves Touhou music) and me (who generally doesn't like Touhou music). That said, it's not going to be as funny as it could have been because nobody nominated anything truly terrible. In fact I actually like both History of the Moon and True Administrator. My general criticism of Touhou music is that it's really cluttered and directionless and same-y, but History of the Moon generally avoids... two of those things. It's definitely same-y though; I'm not sure I could name a single characteristic of this that sets it apart from any other piece of Touhou music aside from just being of a higher quality than most.
53. Wild Arms - Adlehyde Castle
Nominated by: SuperAngelo
Oh man. The first few seconds of this sound SO MUCH like a track from... I want to say Fire Emblem 4? It does kind of go downhill from there in my opinion but I still like it. I'm usually not a big fan of Wild Arms' music, but this ranks among the best from it that I've heard. Just wish more of it was like those first few seconds. >_>
52. Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective - Jowd ~A Captive of Fate
Nominated by: KirinATW
This is neat. It definitely reminds me of Ace Attorney music which I guess makes sense. I think it would work better as BGM though; listening to it by itself, it gets kind of repetitive, though it's good enough to start with that it being repetitive doesn't bother me too much.
51. Seinarukana - The Bravery
Nominated by: Phase
Original link is dead, but I got to it before it went down, so yay.
Sort of reminds me of Skies of Arcadia's music. I like pretty much everything this does; it develops just enough as it goes to stay interesting without becoming something entirely different. I wish it was longer though. It's trying to be dramatic but at 1:27 it just doesn't have quite enough time to pull that off.
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