In general, I love jazz and bossa nova, so the soundtrack is right up my alley. Totaka is through and through a jazz musician, so the NH hourly music seems like something he put a lot of care into.
That being said, jazz isn't a favorite genre of many folks, so I'm not surprised by the number of posts saying they prefer NL's score.
Yes, 100%. I feel like all of the hours are too similar, but I could just not be paying enough attention to it. I loved the hourly music in all the past games, I'm curious as to why it's so different in this one