For some reason, this thread went by completely unnoticed. How shameful of me.
"First Impressions" for stage 1 is easily my favorite among the 5 tracks, all happy pop and influences from the east. I played through the whole game, and even though I feared for my poor gamelives, there wasn't too much of a challenge or dangerous parts at all. Cept for the holes on the last stage. Curse that hole.
I can understand why he didn't chose to have the sphere sound with it, the frenzy of noises that would happen while collecting them would cover up the music completely. Despite it not being in a familiar language, understanding the instructions was simple. After my second go at it, I got through it with no lifeloss and all spheres taken. 25067 points, baby.
Good jorb, that goes both for you and the programmer.