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Some guy is restoring classic DKC music in HD using the original hardware
- Thread starter Petruccis Biceps
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Awhile ago I think David Wise or Grant Kirkhope, one of them posted the uncompressed versions of Goldeneye's soundtrack. Here's somebody's upload for that on Youtube:
Similarly, Josh Mancell, the composer for the PS1 Crash Bandicoot games, has been posting "pre-console" (uncompressed) versions of music he did while he was at Naughty Dog. So Crash 1, 2, 3, CTR, and the Jak games:
I remember downloading the soundtrack, but since lost the download and it had been pulled since. I'd love to have the original uncompressed files again. But oh well...
These sound incredible... DKC SNES games have some of the best OSTs of all time (Praise be to David wise) ......
Outstanding stuff
Outstanding stuff
That orchestral version is really good!
If you find that some of the things are off, why don't you try to change them in FLS? Is it too much work or you're just not interested on modifying someone else's stuff? (I'm just curious.)
I was literally mentioning this to someone today and it's absolutely feasible!
I guess I haven't tried, but presumably his FLP files will depend on plugins and instrument libraries I don't have installed. If I tried opening them, I'd get the notations, and maybe some basic settings like reverb/stereo separation, but even that's not a guarantee, depending on his workflow. But I definitely wouldn't have his instrument samples or anything like that.
This is absolutely incredible. I just finished playing through the entire setlist. It certainly gives me a new level of appreciation for the DKC series. I mean I'm listening to this in my car and I don't even mind it.
Even though it does make me want to...barrel through all this traffic.
Even though it does make me want to...barrel through all this traffic.
Really? :( Too bad, I hoped that all the soundtracks would be complete at this point.. :p
On the positive side, he does seem to still be working on more tracks. K Rool Returns (DKC2 title theme) was just completed yesterday:
Still my favorite video game track of all time. This version has me in heaven here.
Yeah, in fact, I just saw the song (Mining Melancholy) in the incomplete folder!
See, I would totally be down for MSU-1 hacks using stuff like this instead of Bandcamp interpretations. This stuff sounds great.
While most of these are great, they all have something that doesn't sound quite right in them and it really bothers me. Some samples are too loud, others too quiet. Sometimes it feels like the punch is gone. Sometimes it feels like some samples are cutting too short. Some just sound plain wrong or off-key even. There's always something that sounds off. I hope he will continue to work on them and polish them until they sound just right.
I think he uploaded the Game Over theme but took it down at some point (there's one deleted video in his playlist). Did anyone here download it in FLAC per chance? I've looped the entire DKC1 soundtrack for an MSU-1 hack, it's now the only track I'm missing (other than the "Lost a Life" and "Level Complete" fanfares, which I know he hasn't done). I'm going to try and contact Sam otherwise.
You're a lifesaver!! :D
I also messaged the man himself to ask for permission to share the hack with the community. Fingers crossed!
Can I get in on this too? I would love to have the flac files.
The MP3 and FLAC files are available in the description of each of his videos. Something to note: For the majority of the songs, he has uploaded an extended version and non-extended version of each track (video only). If a FLAC link seems to be down in one of the videos, try the link in the other video.
For whatever reason, I believe he has taken down the Game Over theme for DK1. This is the only track I do not have (not counting the fanfare themes), thus my request. I do have an MP3 of it however: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/0keg05vl6xwt3wz/AAAyErsVYP5ud3Eau6SWTVxna/DKC1/Game Over.mp3?dl=0
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At the end of the day the guy is still mostly recreating the tracks from the ground up (and those SPC to MIDI conversions are never 100% accurate) so there's bound to be differences. Like how the bass is really subdued in his rendition of Funky The Main Monkey. And even though he mostly picked samples Wise used himself, the compression they were put through originally for the game just changed how they sounded altogether. So there are invariably not going to sound quite the same.
These are really great though. It's such an interesting thing to do.
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The drums on Nuts & Bolts really need to be bigger and thumpier. Really overdrive the hell out of them.
Is that a different person?
The alto sax (I assume?) needs a bit of tweaking.
But that "Disco Train" is amazing. I wish I could specifically make 90s electronic music like that.
Rare instance where compression actually helps it. The logo intro isn't as good imo
That's just someone uploading the original song, that's how it sounds on a SNES.
goddamn these are great. Is there a mod/romhack for the games yet that incorporates these into the games through emulation?
