When I was introduced to Grand Poo World 2 and Invictus, I started to spend a lot of time on the SMW Central website perusing the music that was uploaded there. The site over 6,000 track submissions – most of them ports from games or remixes of tracks you’ve likely heard. But there are also several hundred ‘Original’ tracks as well.
After releasing Invictus I figured that there had to be an MSU (or two or maybe more) out there that could be made from Originals… so I went to work.
Two of the nicer things about the site, as barebones as it is, is that they (1) have an average rating tag for each track and (2) have a music player built into the search track listing. So as simple as it sounds, I just sorted by highest rating and would play the tracks. Every track was great and with one banger after another I knew I had my work cut out for me!
During a first pass without much thought other than simple ‘Yes/Maybe’ vs ‘Easy No’, I downloaded about a hundred tracks, and started to place them in my usual manner.
Right away I could feel the pack had this rather “groovy” feel to it! Lots of cool beats and a great selection of upbeat tracks offset by some slower (or creepier) ones when needed. It’s a pack I absolutely fell in love with and play regularly!
This MSU pack been built for a while, but what has prevented me from releasing it sooner was simply pulling the track/creator list together. Unfortunately I had a hard drive issue late last year where I lost some of my MSU work, and that included the .json & Excel with my notes (luckily my SD card had all the MSUs on them so I didn’t lose the .pcm files).
Knowing that I would have to pull together the detail for the 63 tracks seemed a bit daunting, mainly because I didn’t want to release the pack without giving due credit to the amazing artists who created the music.
So leave it up to Fearagent to give me a little kick in the ass, since he wanted to interview me (!!!) to talk MSU’s for his new podcast.
Sidenote: It’s called “216: A Link to the Past Randomizer Podcast” and can be found at: https://216pod.com/.
GO CHECK IT OUT AND HIT THAT SUBSCRIBE BUTTON!
On the podcast, as we were talking about MSU’s and what might be next, one of the packs I mentioned was this one. And I figured that the best way to commemorate the release of the pod was to stop being lazy and pull all the right info together so I could release this pack for everyone.
So without further ado, below is the download link to the ‘SMW Central – Original Tracks’ pack. I had a blast making it, and I hope you have a blast playing it!
Download Pack: SMW Hacks – Originals (742.3 MB)
Track Listing
- Opening Theme: Groovy – by Torchkas
- Light World Overworld: Grasslands – by RednGreen
- Rain State (Standard): Passat of the Hero – by ThinkOneMoreTime
- Bunny State: Happy Accidents – by VecchiaZim
- Lost Woods: Forest – by S.N.N.
- Prologue: Mountainous Melody – by Blind Devil
- Kakariko: Summer Hammer Time – by Blind Devil
- Mirror Transition: Snow Day – by VecchiaZim
- Dark World Overworld: Cloudy Beach – by Maxodex
- Pedestal Pull: The Snow Carnival – by Crispy
- File Select Screen: Polytron Coltrane – by Dispace
- Guards Summoned: Tib-8 – by ThinkOneMoreTime
- Dark Death Mountain: Dark World – by MoosieHD
- Minigame: Syrup Forest – by xyz600sp
- Skull Woods Overworld: Blood Forest – by TheInsanity115
- Castle: Crystarp Hollow – by S.N.N.
- Light World Dungeon: Bank Heist Blitz – by Ruberjig
- Cave 1: The Expansive Cave – by Moose
- Boss Victory: Snow Day – by VecchiaZim
- Sanctuary: Floating Overworld – by Giftshaven
- Boss Fight: Rock the Funk – by ThinkOneMoreTime
- Dark World Dungeon: YUMP 2 – Bowser’s Castle – by sincx
- Shop and Fortune Teller: Minigame Soul 2 – by Dispace
- Cave 2: Molten Ice Cavern – by Jimmy
- Zelda Rescue: Starlight Slide Soul – by Dispace
- Crystal Cutscene: Starlight Slide Soul – by Dispace
- Fairy Fountain: Shiny Crystals – by Maxodex
- Top of Castle Tower: Il Maniero Spettrale – Danger
- Ganon Reveals Himself: Mysterious End Theme – by Janno27
- Drop Into Ganon: The World’s End – by Jead
- Ganon Fight: Escape!!! – by Ultima
- Triforce Room: Crispy – Not Really – by Crispy and Lazy
- Ending Sequence: 1st Part: Happy Nimono & 2nd Part: Prelude of the Hero – both by ThinkOneMoreTime
- Ending Credits: 1st Part: Hungarorized (Walking Groove) – by Dispace; 2nd Part: Prince of Moonlight – by Moose
- Eastern Palace: Neo Beat – by Plasmariel and brickblock369
- Desert Palace: Dark Pyramid – by Gamma V
- Aga Tower: The Forgotten Treasure Ship – by K M S
- Swamp Palace: Atlantian Temple – by MercuryPenny
- Palace of Darkness: Bank Heist Blitz – by Ruberjig
- Misery Mire: Seven of Wands / Sunset Beach – by Janno27
- Skull Woods: Inner Nights – by DoubleThink and Milon Luxy
- Ice Palace: Shivering Flood – Icicle Frost – by bebn legg
- Tower of Hera: Triple Func – by VecchiaZim
- Thieves Town: Long Range Motivation – by Milon Luxy
- Turtle Rock: Absolute Claustrophobia – by Mayonnai
- Ganon’s Tower Downstairs: Twinkle Treachery – by bebn legg
- Eastern Palace Boss: Super Peach World – Mice on the Moon – by Jead
- Desert Palace Boss: GoooO – by ThinkOneMoreTime
- Aga Tower Boss: ADDER EGG – by MercuryPenny
- Swamp Palace Boss: Walking Your Protogent – Nikku4211
- Palace of Darkness Boss: Rock the Funk – by ThinkOneMoreTime
- Misery Mire Boss: Fatal Chase – by RednGreen
- Skull Woods Boss: Samplicity – by ThinkOneMoreTime
- Ice Palace Boss: Frozen Rail Planet – by Fullcannon
- Tower of Hera Boss: Epic Battle – by Moose
- Thieves Town Boss: Krack The Hack – Sokobansolvermanianicazen Sins – by Daizo Dee Von
- Turtle Rock Boss: Last Battle – by EDIT3333
- Ganon’s Tower Downstairs Boss: Trying to be Epic – by ThinkOneMoreTime
- Ganon’s Tower Upstairs: YUMP 2 – Bowser’s Castle – by sincx
- Light World 2 (Post Ped): Celestial Fight – by RednGreen
- Dark World 2 (Post 7 Crystals): Kackebango – Windmills – by Enker
Alternate Track 1 – Skull Woods: Haunted House 2001 – by wol_e
Alternate Track 2 – Thieves Town: Super Peach World – Macchiato Nights – by Jead
Links to each composer’s profile:
- bebn legg
- Blind Devil
- brickblock369
- Crispy
- Daizo Dee Von
- Danger
- Dispace
- EDIT3333
- Enker
- Fullcannon
- Gamma V
- Giftshaven
- Janno27
- Jead
- Jimmy
- K M S
- Lazy
- Maxodex
- Mayonnai
- MercuryPenny
- Milon Luxy
- Moose
- MoosieHD
- Nikku4211
- Plasmariel
- RednGreen
- Ruberjig
- S.N.N.
- sincx
- TheInsanity115
- ThinkOneMoreTime
- Torchkas
- Ultima
- VecchiaZim
- wol_e
- xyz600sp