The original Ballade is gone. What's left is a clone of his original self. He make look like the original, but he didn't have the mind of the original.
...Did you make this up, or is this canon? Where else does Ballade appear besides 10? I've only ever played the 11 main games, the start of &Bass, and the first Mega Man X (I can't beat Sigma) so let me know. I heard they made games for Gameboy, but are those canon?
Maybe of because old RU-vidrs (including extended YTers) was big back in the very day until couple years later few or some game companies like Nintendo & Square Enix copyright striking these people and lean them to get permanently banned for some.
This is a really nicely crafted theme that sounds so peaceful almost. Believe it, I have not played this stage YET. So I cannot give my opinion now. Until later.