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#95. Calling to the Night
Game: Metal Gear Solid Portable Ops
Nominated: Raetsel (1st Ranking)
Score (Out of 199): #20th [6/6]
Games Rank: 48/61
Time: 3:12
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXkgn3QUA2w

There's a lot of Metal Gear Solid I really enjoy, but for some reason, this has done nothing for me. If it had in the past, I have no recollection of it doing so. I'm glad it got a perfect 10 from Raetsel (my first of seven in her rankings!), but it's so slow and plodding. It's my only Metal Gear Solid nomination and I'm disappointed in myself for not picking something more atmospheric or bombastic.

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#94. Phendrana Drifts
Game: Metroid Prime
Nominated: Ed Bellis (September 2012)
Score: --- [25/25]
Games Rank: 47/61
Time: 3:50
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbbUv1hz6mE
Note: 'Solitude.'

Welcome to winter, hope you enjoy the peace and cold. Very atmospheric and conjures up memories of that great icy expanse. Metroid Prime is such an incredible game with so much to do and explore, one of the most immersive games ever made. The stages and their music selections were a huge part of that. Phendrana Drifts is wonderful, but for some reason I remember more in it than is here? Like a 'Dire, Dire Docks' situation where it's pretty and calm and grounds you in the area with its atmosphere but starts picking up the melody and rolling like a Katamari into something so much more, and this feels less than what I remember. It shouldn't rank this low, but it does disappoint me a little.

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#93. Wings of Kynareth
Game: The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
Artist: Jeremy Soule
Nominated: tazzyboyishere (August 2012)
Score: --- [7/10]
Games Rank: 46/61
Time: 3:30
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkypBTH8hQQ

I don't remember too much of Oblivion's music fifteen years past, but randomly hearing this tune wandering Cyrodiil was always a pleasant and welcome experience. Jeremy Soule does wonderful atmosphere, and we'll come back to him in a bit. I've yet to become a Hero of Kvatch, advancing the early story enough so that gates open, because I enjoyed roaming all over far too much. One day, I may try again and shovel forward through the main quest so I'd never have to worry about gates later on; Skyrim became much more fun when I did the main story first and worried about all the sidequests and exploring later. Mmm, listening to it gets me into a n exploring mood. Urge to play Everquest rising some more.

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#92. Satorl, The Shimmering Marsh / Night
Game: Xenoblade Chronicles
Nominated: tazzyboyishere (August 2012) & Kenri (January 2013)
Scores: --- [6/10] & #40th [4/5]
Games Rank: 45/61
Time: 3:21
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TA7pFI4pEv0

Another impressive atmosphere that surprises and delights upon first arriving. I don't think I've played Xenoblade Chronicles at all in over a decade. I still have very fond memories of the game and its characters and the vibrant worlds atop two massive sentinels, and the soundtrack is incredible. I know I don't have the time or patience to hop back in without getting sidetracked by all the sidequests and social links I want to accomplish and nurture again. I wonder how common it was with others to avoid equipping certain armors because of their aesthetic?

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#91. Voices
Artist: Sahaj Ticotin
Nominated: ahirsch101 (February 2015)
Score: #66th [4/4]
Standard Rank: 47/49
Time: 3:25
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3r1c6ueN1M

Ah, Wrestlemania XXX~ To think they were really trying to sell Randy Orton vs. Batista as the main event after all that's happened since summer with the rise of Daniel Bryan and the dumping on him by Orton and the Authority. I liked these acoustic promo versions of themes they had for Orton and Batista, but it's not really that great unless I'm in a mood for Firefly or some such.