Praise the Lard
Sieger's Squire
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Woo Pulstar. Who doesn't love them some Pulstar? I sure love me some Pulstar. Somewhat recently I was even able to purchase the Pulstar OST. I'm not real big on buying game OSTs, but in the case of Pulstar, between it having an excellent soundtrack and being one of my favorite shooters ever, it was a no brainer.
Previous to having the OST I'd only heard the tracks from the Neo Geo CD audio and the AES/MVS version, but never bothered to compare. I expected the Pulstar OST to be the same but with different mastering. While that is largely true there are a few interesting differences, most notably in the tracks 'Mission' and 'Planet of Forest'.
The song 'Mission' (aka the music from the attract sequence) seems to be a different arrangement. The original builds slower, and seems to have a different rhythm section in the beginning among other things. Different than what is found with the actual Neo Geo CD audio.
'Mission' (Pulstar OST 'Neo Geo CD' version)
'Mission' (Actual Neo Geo CD audio)
'Mission' (Pulstar OST AES/MVS version)
'Planet of Forest' (aka stage 5's music) is among favorite songs in the game and is the track that immediately clued me into the fact that the OST's so-called "Neo Geo CD version' tracks are not the same as what is actually on the Neo Geo CD game disc. I'm not sure what to make of this track. There are many games on the Neo Geo CD that have somewhat sloppy audio, and at first I thought this may be the case here. A synth patch gets switched.. No one notices.. Disc gets pressed any ways.. It happens. This may actually be intentional though. Who knows?
'Planet of Forest' (Pulstar OST 'Neo Geo CD' version)
'Planet of Forest' (Actual Neo Geo CD audio)
'Planet of Forest' (Pulstar OST AES/MVS version)
AES/MVS versions of those 2 tracks are included as well, direct from the OST. They match the OST's 'Neo Geo CD' versions, just not with all that fancy CD audio quality..
Any ways, just sharing this small find. I found it interesting, maybe some of you will as well. Hopefully the links stay alive.
Previous to having the OST I'd only heard the tracks from the Neo Geo CD audio and the AES/MVS version, but never bothered to compare. I expected the Pulstar OST to be the same but with different mastering. While that is largely true there are a few interesting differences, most notably in the tracks 'Mission' and 'Planet of Forest'.
The song 'Mission' (aka the music from the attract sequence) seems to be a different arrangement. The original builds slower, and seems to have a different rhythm section in the beginning among other things. Different than what is found with the actual Neo Geo CD audio.
'Mission' (Pulstar OST 'Neo Geo CD' version)
'Mission' (Actual Neo Geo CD audio)
'Mission' (Pulstar OST AES/MVS version)
'Planet of Forest' (aka stage 5's music) is among favorite songs in the game and is the track that immediately clued me into the fact that the OST's so-called "Neo Geo CD version' tracks are not the same as what is actually on the Neo Geo CD game disc. I'm not sure what to make of this track. There are many games on the Neo Geo CD that have somewhat sloppy audio, and at first I thought this may be the case here. A synth patch gets switched.. No one notices.. Disc gets pressed any ways.. It happens. This may actually be intentional though. Who knows?
'Planet of Forest' (Pulstar OST 'Neo Geo CD' version)
'Planet of Forest' (Actual Neo Geo CD audio)
'Planet of Forest' (Pulstar OST AES/MVS version)
AES/MVS versions of those 2 tracks are included as well, direct from the OST. They match the OST's 'Neo Geo CD' versions, just not with all that fancy CD audio quality..
Any ways, just sharing this small find. I found it interesting, maybe some of you will as well. Hopefully the links stay alive.
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