In today's PS Underground video of Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy, Vicarious Visions proudly say that they ripped the original MIDI tracks from the PlayStation 1 versions of the games and just remixed and added instruments around that. Now, one of the things which has felt extremely lacking in this trilogy thus far seems to be the actual new music and sadly the method described above would attribute to that.
So, I was curious to see what the original composer thought of this and checked his Facebook page, and he revealed a few days ago some bad news and what he thinks:
Considering he still has the masters and demos for all the tracks he's worked, and even uploaded some, what possible reason could Activision or Vicarious Visions have against working with the original composer in favour of doing what sound like cheap techno ports of the compressed PS1 tracks??
So, I was curious to see what the original composer thought of this and checked his Facebook page, and he revealed a few days ago some bad news and what he thinks:
There are many reasons why I haven't been discussing the N. Sane remakes publicly or privately. It's not because I'm angry or bitter. True, it's disappointing that my initial inquiries to Activision and Vicarious Visions were ignored... but here's what I posted a few months ago: "Its a privilege to have been able to create and collaborate with the Naughty Dog team on the original games. My hope for the new games is that the original fans are happy and that a new generation of Crash Kids will have just as much fun." .... that being said, I do have opinions about the *remade* Crash music (please stop referring to it as "remastered") Of course I have opinions (like everyone else) regarding music that's based on what I originally created and put a lot of thought and care into. There are many, many fan-made remakes and remixes that I REALLY like and have been vocal about. However, I'm reluctant to discuss the N. Sane remakes as many people are quick to unfairly box me in as being "negative". So again, I really want the new games to be great - especially for the new gamers who have never played the originals. Thanks for reading and thanks for the ongoing appreciation for the original CB soundtracks ♡ ))))
Considering he still has the masters and demos for all the tracks he's worked, and even uploaded some, what possible reason could Activision or Vicarious Visions have against working with the original composer in favour of doing what sound like cheap techno ports of the compressed PS1 tracks??