2020 and 2021 were certainly a couple of interesting years… given the world was in the middle of a pandemic, it goes without saying that I spent a LOT of time indoors. I started watching Twitch more and more, and on occasion I had it on in the background while doing work, similar to having the tv on with old sitcoms that I’ve seen a million times.
There are two great streamers out there that I watch regularly: Andy and Lackattack (go follow/sub them!). Both of them are awesome Speedrunners, Andy is one of the best ALTTP(R) runners out there, and Lack has world records all over the place.
Last year, both of these guys wanted to try and beat the game hack Grand Poo World 2.
For those of you who aren’t familiar, GPW2 is a “kaizo” game, where the levels created are extremely hard. Like “most people will never get past the middle of the 1st level” hard. It’s named after GrandPooBear, a Mario kaizo master. The original Grand Poo World and GPW2 were created by BarbarousKing (insert another ‘go follow/sub’ request here for both of these guys), another well-known master in the kaizo Mario community.
Anyhow – last year Andy/Lack played a lot of GPW2. It took both of them several dozens of hours to complete. And given I had their streams up quite a bit as my background noise, I got to listen to the soundtrack on repeat.
I don’t know much about kaizo games, but I can say that watching them is quite mesmerizing… because of the sheer difficulty of what’s asked of the player playing it AND the great music that plays in the background. I cannot emphasize how awesome the GPW2 soundtrack is – it’s a must listen.
I had to make an MSU from it.
Not only to listen to it more often, but because each of the people who had a hand in making this game had to be called out and recognized. Barb for sure, but each of the amazing artists that contributed to making the soundtrack (listed below) also deserve a ton of credit. The game is great, and the music is a huge reason why.
This MSU is definitely one of my favorites and it makes ALTTPR so much fun to play. It’s opened up my eyes to the world of kaizo and has introduced me to other fantastic kaizo games as well as an amazing library of music created by their community.
Download Pack: Grand Poo World 2.rar (609.5 MB)
Track Listing
- Opening Theme: Good Ending Credits – Tarzan Boy Remix (Beginning)- Credit to: com_poser
- Light World Overworld: Poo’s Laughter House – Sonic Heroes – Ocean Palace- Credit to: ggamer7
- Rain State (Standard): Title Screen – SoE Pirates of Crustacia- Credit to: DanTheVP
- Bunny State: The Nexus Palace – Streets of Rage 2 – Dreamer- Credit to: Lui37
- Lost Woods: Sunset Breeze – Mystical Ninja – King Ryukyu’s Secret- Credit to: DanTheVP
- Prologue: The Thousand Halls – Shin Godzilla – Who Will Know- Credit to: com_poser
- Kakariko: Laser Lifts – Snowboard Kids Big Snowman- Credit to: Masashi27
- Mirror Transition: Hall of Champions – Gauntlet Title Theme (Trimmed)- Credit to: HarvettFox96
- Dark World Overworld: Weathertop – Castlevania Dracula X Beginning- Credit to: DanTheVP
- Pedestal Pull: Victory Theme – Orb Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time Boss Clear- Credit to: Unknown
- File Select Screen: Deuce Lair – Mario Forever – Apoplexy Tanks- Credit to: AntiDuck
- Guards Summoned: The Escape – Big Boss Confrontation- Credit to: DanTheVP
- Dark Death Mountain: Castle Islands – Kirby Super Star – Way of the Fighting King- Credit to: Ultima
- Minigame: Main Overworld – VLDC7 Mountains- Credit to: Lui37
- Skull Woods Overworld: Thalassophobia – Super Castlevania IV Cellar- Credit to: DanTheVP
- Castle: Cave Overworld – VLDC9 – Ice Snow- Credit to: Lui37
- Light World Dungeon: House of the Undying- Credit to: com_poser
- Cave 1: Deuce Lair – SMB3 Underground Custom Arrangement- Credit to: ggamer7
- Boss Victory: Streets of Rage Round Clear- Credit to: Nameless
- Sanctuary: Riptide Slide – Streets of Rage 2 – Wave 131- Credit to: com_poser
- Boss Fight: Idle Hands – The Ninja Warriors Boss 6- Credit to: DanTheVP
- Dark World Dungeon: Toasty Coals – Doom Dark Halls- Credit to: com_poser
- Shop and Fortune Teller: Main Overworld – VLDC7 Mountains- Credit to: Lui37
- Cave 2: Toasty Coals – Doom Dark Halls- Credit to: com_poser
- Zelda Rescue: Final Island – Star Fox Boss Venom Base Intro- Credit to: DanTheVP
- Crystal Cutscene: Final Island – Star Fox Boss Venom Base Intro- Credit to: DanTheVP
- Fairy Fountain: The Thousand Halls – Shin Godzilla – Who Will Know- Credit to: com_poser
- Top of Castle Tower: Hanzo Castle – Shinobi 3 Izayoi- Credit to: com_poser
- Ganon Reveals Himself: Hall of Champions – Gauntlet Title Theme (Trimmed)- Credit to: HarvettFox96
- Drop Into Ganon: The Thousand Halls – Ocarina of Time Ganon’s Organ Theme- Credit to: DanTheVP
- Ganon Fight: Toasty Coals – Doom At Doom’s Gate- Credit to: com_poser
- Triforce Room: Hall of Champions – Gauntlet Title Theme- Credit to: HarvettFox96
- Ending Sequence: Beginning Overworld – VLDC8 Forest- Credit to: Lui37
- Ending Credits: Good Ending Credits – Tarzan Boy Remix (lengthened)- Credit to: com_poser
- Eastern Palace: Danger Zone – Cybernator – Asteroid Run- Credit to: DanTheVP
- Desert Palace: Arrakis – Sonic 2 Oil Ocean- Credit to: Wakana
- Aga Tower: The Eyrie – Romancing SaGa – Beat Them Up!- Credit to: Wakana
- Swamp Palace: Thalassophobia – TMNT – Dam Level- Credit to: com_poser
- Palace of Darkness: Weathertop – Batman Return of the Joker – Gotham in Danger- Credit to: Izuna
- Misery Mire: Mirkwood – Jurassic Park 2 – Dark Jungle- Credit to: ggamer7
- Skull Woods: Forest Island – Jurassic Park – Raptor Rap- Credit to: LadiesMan217
- Ice Palace: Idle Hands – The Ninja Warriors Final Stage- Credit to: DanTheVP
- Tower of Hera: Yacht Club Castle – Shovel Knight – A Thousand Leagues Below- Credit to: Ultima
- Thieves Town: Mount Moon – Journey to Silius Stage 2- Credit to: Iguy
- Turtle Rock: The Orbliette – John Carpenter’s The Thing – Main Theme- Credit to: DanTheVP
- Ganon’s Tower Downstairs: Caradhras – Snowboard Kids Night Highway- Credit to: com_poser
- Eastern Palace Boss: Marathon – Mega Man 7 Slash Man- Credit to: com_poser
- Desert Palace Boss: Arrakis – Arabic Coffee- Credit to: ThinkOneMoreTime
- Aga Tower Boss: The Eyrie – Final Fantasy V – Clash on the Big Bridge- Credit to: MasterLink
- Swamp Palace Boss: Sen’s Fortress/The Thousand Halls – Turtles in Time: Climactic Battle- Credit to: DanTheVP
- Palace of Darkness Boss: Weathertop – Batman Return of the Joker – Gotham in Danger Remix- Credit to: com_poser
- Misery Mire Boss: Sen’s Fortress – Mortal Kombat Genesis – Pit Theme- Credit to: com_poser
- Skull Woods Boss: Yacht Club Castle – Star Fox Boss Corneria- Credit to: DanTheVP
- Ice Palace Boss: House of the Undying Boss- Credit to: com_poser
- Tower of Hera Boss: Mount Moon – Journey to Silius Stage 3- Credit to: Iguy
- Thieves Town Boss: The Thousand Halls – Mystic Ark Powerful Ally- Credit to: DanTheVP
- Turtle Rock Boss: Idle Hands – The Ninja Warriors Boss 6- Credit to: DanTheVP
- Ganon’s Tower Downstairs Boss: Final Boss – Geese Howard Theme Arrangement- Credit to: com_poser & DanTheVP
- Ganon’s Tower Upstairs: Fraternal Fortress – Castlevania Bloodlines – Iron Blue Intention- Credit to: Ultima
- Light World 2 (Post Ped): Riptide Slide – Streets of Rage 2 – Wave 131- Credit to: com_poser
- Dark World 2 (Post 7 Crystals): The Thousand Halls – Actraiser Fillmore- Credit to: DanTheVP
Links to each composer’s profile:
- AntiDuck
- com_poser
- DanTheVP
- ggamer7
- HarvettFox96
- Iguy
- Izuna
- LadiesMan217
- Lui37
- Masashi27
- MasterLink
- Nameless
- ThinkOneMoreTime
- Ultima
- Wakana
- And the game author… Barbarian