Ar Tonelico II vs Ghost Trick: Not a soundtrack I'd hype normally outside the game, but very effective in the game. I kinda wish that's what we actually voted on sometimes. Game music isn't about just being good stand-alone tracks, not at all. If that were true we could mix in game and non-game music just as easily in a contest like this. Game music does something pretty special in terms of how it develops mood within a game. However, the decision to nom games lots of people haven't played makes voting along those lines virtually impossible.
What was my point with that? I dunno. But anyway, Ghost Trick music is kinda okay out of game, great in-game. I dunno about AT music in-game but I really don't like it out of game.
Final Fantasy 13 vs Lufia 2: Lufia 2 doesn't even win battle themes which is a bad sign for that OST.
And... total apathy for this set of NES soundtracks!