Custom-made Terranigma-Soundtrack

[Wyv]

Hiya!

I've been directed to these boards by a member on ffshrine.org, because he thought it'd be a good idea to showcase my little soundtrack here, what with all those Terranigma fans roaming the place.

Since Terranigma is one of my all-time favourite video games and its music is nothing short of legendary, I decided to take on the task of creating a soundtrack of it some time ago. I do know there already is an official one - but even though the arranged tracks on it absolutely rock, it has two major drawbacks: The sound quality isn't half as good as it should have been, and it is nowhere close to complete, several awesome tracks are missing. That was reason enough for me to give it a shot and see whether or not I could somehow do a better job.

It took me about 2.5 years with long breaks of missing motivation, but in June this year I was done. My Terranigma soundtrack features each of the game's 56 tracks, some of them with slight changes or in arranged versions. Many of them have been done with the help of midis, the rest is entirely self-sequenced due to a lack thereof.

The soundtrack still isn't half as perfect as it deserves to be and as I'd wish it to be, but the positive responses thus far seem to imply that it's still worth listening to.

So, enough of the chatter, here are the links:
- Individual tracks as single downloads: http://www.wyverns-spirit.com/?soundtracks
- Whole soundtrack in a .rar file: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=AV97M7Y3

Enjoy! Comments are more than welcome.

[inferiare]

Downloading the full thing now.

Also, you're able to post links (I went ahead and changed that for you, since you aren't a spambot XD).

[Blade]

Same here! Downloading it right now!

Wow, amazing! Another highly dedicated person appears, and show what he has done!

I've been thinking about recording the TN soundtrack on guitar for quite some years now, but lack of equipment prevented me from doing it...

[Wyv]

rainichan wrote:

I went ahead and changed that for you, since you aren't a spambot XD

You sure you did? I still can't edit my posting up there to contain actual links! It's no big deal, though, this way's fine enough.

Tell me whatcha think when you're done listening!

[Blade]

I'm through it by now...

Awesome, considering the efford you put into it. I wouldn't consider it to be "better" than the original soundtrack, but it definitely has his moments. The first two songs gave me creeps! Sylvain has a very orientalic touch now,, and Genuin Playground is outstanding too, very X-Filish.
Some songs are "more taken care off" than others, I'd say, probably because it took you 2,5 years to get it done...
A slight minus point is that in some songs, the bassline is too much in the front, while the melody is too weak to cope with it.

All in all, thank you for the efford!
I haven't played Terranigma (or even listened to the soundtrack) in about a year now. Gave me some sweet memories...

[inferiare]

Wyv wrote:

rainichan wrote: I went ahead and changed that for you, since you aren't a spambot XD You sure you did? I still can't edit my posting up there to contain actual links! It's no big deal, though, this way's fine enough. Tell me whatcha think when you're done listening!

Hm! Weird that it won't let you. I'll see if I can't add the links in myself as an admin, then.

[Moddex]

These are incredible! You must have spent a lot of time with these.

[Wyv]

Thanks for the comments.

Blade wrote:

Some songs are "more taken care off" than others

That's absolutely true, some of the tracks were done around 2004/2005, and by now I've gotten quite a bit better at using Reason (though I can of course still improve). I probably should have revamped the older tracks, but I was too excited that the thing was finally completed after so much time. :p

Blade wrote:

A slight minus point is that in some songs, the bassline is too much in the front, while the melody is too weak to cope with it.

Oh, mind pointing me to the tracks in which you noticed that? Because I can't find any! Then again, I mastered the whole thing using a headset, so I don't know what the tracks sound like through speakers.

Moddex wrote:

You must have spent a lot of time with these.

I did, but it was well worth it.

[eFlare]

I must say... wow. I've listened to the original soundtrack over a million times (I'm a real game music addict) and really, wow. Amazing job with the Terranigma soundtrack.

You really managed to improve the quality of the music while still keeping a little bit of the SNES feeling.

Because I'm way to familiar to the original soundtrack I do tend to like the original better but your version is truly great. Awesome job.

(Same goes for the Secret of Evermore and Kirby soundtrack that you're working on... excellent!)

[Zhetty]

This is absolutely amazing... very amazing. The effort you've applied has shown--not only is it faithful to the original material, but at the same time has a fresh, new feel.

I love this so much.

[inferiare]

I finally got the chance to listen to it all, and I must say, I really loved it. My favourite track was done some really awesome justice, and I love that track as much as I love the original soundtrack version (the ending theme, if you're curious).

Thank you for doing this.

[Wyv]

Thanks for all the comments, much appreciated. Who knows, maybe in a year's time or so, when I've gotten better, I'll redo the tracks that deserve a better quality. There are quite a few I'm looking at in particular.

[lucas_kelly11]

If my internet wasn't running slow I would download it.

[Manibrandr System]

Joan haet Megaupload. Any chance of reuploading it to Rapidshare or Yousendit?

[Wyv]

Since my upload speed is incredibly slow and I'm rarely ever at home long enough during the week, it's unlikely to happen before next weekend, sorreh.