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The main menu theme is giving Outer Wilds and Final Fantasy XV all rolled into one (I say this very fondly). It is breathtakingly beautiful, lush sounding.

The stroll theme sounds nice, fittingly background.

Uh Oh is a danger cue, a foresty danger cue. That's what it conveys to my mind.

The run theme  does have the motifs of the Uh Oh theme, but to my mind, not the urgency, at least not until the end with those growly basses. For the rest of the song it does give a cyberpunk run theme, which can convey all sorts of emotions, but especially, neutral.

Clearing is a beautiful cue, not just musically, but from a narrative standpoint. If this were set on loop, it very effectively conveys that I, the player, am getting a moment's peace, where the dangerous wide outside world doesn't matter at least for these few moments. The reverb being more boxed in also conveys that quite effectively.

Northern Lights... It feels triumphal, but I'm not sure it's giving Northern Lights when I'm listening to it, I'll be honest. To me it gives back not-great memories of faux-patriotic songs from more despotic regimes (personal experience, apologies!). I think it's the relative thinness of the mix compared to what came before, which felt lusher, that's also giving this to me. When people have described the Northern Lights to me they've described not just a dance of colour, but also a feeling of smallness when looking at something as vast-reaching as the Northern Lights. I want to feel wonder and awe. I'm not getting it here.

Memories, now that's a very nice bookend to the soundtrack. It has the same feel of lushness of the main menu theme, but very clearly has the song of the stroll theme. That hits me really really hard. 

Comments on the tracks aside, this is quality -- very well produced, and very well put together for two days. It is a submission to be proud of. Well done, and all the best in this jam!

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I said it on Discord, I'll say it here - this comment took a ton of effort and is super helpful to me. I am so grateful you made it.

Thank you, Troisnyx. You're a legend.