The emotional peak of the Layton trilogy, and the soundtrack knows it. "Puzzles Reinvented" keeps the playful tone alive, but tracks like "Sorrow" and "Memories" go somewhere genuinely devastating. Nishiura gives London two distinct moods: the bright, bustling "London Streets" and the weirder, off-kilter "More London Streets" that signals something's wrong.
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"The Gilded 7 Casino" is all swagger and sly rhythm. "Chinatown" adds Eastern instrumentation that still fits the Parisian-cafe DNA somehow. "The Mobile Fortress" brings real urgency with driving percussion. The minigame themes ("The Toy Car," "The Parrot") are ridiculously catchy throwaway pieces.
If you want to understand why grown adults cried at a DS puzzle game, this score is the reason.