Super Mario World OST Restored

[Morrison]

back in july of last year there was a major leak of nintendo code and documentation that revealed a ton of previously unknown info, from cancelled games to source code and even internal memos. one of these leaks was the source code from super mario advance, which reused samples from the original SNES game. the samples had the names of the instruments used in the original compositions, so the internet did what the internet do and managed to restore the original tracks, essentially making them sound similar to what they would have before they were compressed to fit into an SNES cartridge.

the playlist:
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL...QPPj1mP3soOVEx

it's amazing how familiar, yet different, these sound. I'll always prefer the compressed as hell 16-bit versions, but i think these are super cool for existing.

[Psycho666Soldier]

That's really interesting. I never knew that the music was recorded through conventional synth and then compressed for the cartridge. It makes sense, I was just always under the impression it was more like the 8-bit era where the sounds were programmed in. It's fascinating to think that these songs might have come out different from the vision of the composer, yet for everyone else the result is the iconic sound that can't be replaced.

Cool find

[Rancid_Planet]

This is amazing. The Vanilla Dome one is cool as hell.

[Morrison]

This is amazing. The Vanilla Dome one is cool as hell.

it sounds like something that would fit in perfectly during the midgar sequences of ff7.

[Nash Diesel]

Video game and movie soundtracks uploaded to Youtube get me through the day at work more often than not. This is incredible.