Ape Escape OST Remastered | PS1 Breakbeats and Vibes | 1999 Gamerip Restoration

Hey I re-ripped and remastered the original version of Ape Escape's soundtrack. This is now the highest quality version of the game's music available. I promise! (download link is below!)
Download Link:
drive.google.com/drive/folder...
Support me on Ko-fi:
ko-fi.com/drenched0224
I recorded brand new versions of each track, rendered fresh with the highest resolution audio settings. After that, I mastered each track, tuning their EQ, dynamics, and stereo imaging. Additionally, I recorded some footage from the game, emulated at 4K. I matched the stage to the music, and I hope it gives some extra goodness into your listening experience.
And to clarify, this is the original 1999 PlayStation version of the music, and is distinct from the Originape Sountrack (2011) version. That version sounds great, but the instrumentation, mixing, and arrangement of the tracks are all different. And I think that version really hurts some of my favorite tracks like Primordial Ooze and the Time Station.
Credits to Soichi Terada for composing this game's iconic Drum and Bass soundtrack. His Originape version is available on Spotify. The new instrumentation sounds really incredible, especially on tracks like Specter' Castle. And it includes a couple tracks that I don't have, like Ski Kidz Racing and Specter Boxing.
The other versions on KZbin are made from low-quality MP3s from a 2006 rip of the soundtrack, so I really wanted to give the music another life. I hope this becomes the definitive way to experience this game's music, so please credit this video if you use these versions in any of your work.
Let me know what other soundtracks I should help restore and remaster! I really enjoyed working on this and I hope to continue this project for a while. Thanks for listening.
Timestamps:
00:00:00 - 01. Title Theme
00:01:54 - 02. Time Station
00:07:12 - 03. Fossil Field
00:10:05 - 04. Stage Select
00:10:35 - 05. Primordial Ooze
00:14:33 - 06. Molten Lava
00:17:35 - 07. T-Rex's Lair (Molten Lava 2)
00:20:56 - 08. Thick Jungle
00:23:27 - 09. Rafting Area (Thick Jungle 2)
00:26:48 - 10. Dark Ruins
00:30:03 - 11. Cryptic Relics
00:33:31 - 12. Crabby Beach
00:36:44 - 13. Coral Cave
00:40:58 - 14. Dexter's Island
00:45:17 - 15. Snowy Mammoth
00:50:35 - 16. Frosty Retreat
00:54:22 - 17. Retreat Cave (Snowy Retreat 2)
00:57:19 - 18. Hot Springs
01:00:28 - 19. Inside Springs (Hot Springs 2)
01:04:52 - 20. Sushi Temple
01:08:15 - 21. Wabi Sabi Wall
01:12:00 - 22. Crumbling Castle
01:16:28 - 23. City Park
01:19:36 - 24. Specter's Factory
01:22:56 - 25. Inside Factory (Specter's Factory 2)
01:26:14 - 26. TV Tower
01:29:32 - 27. Monkey Madness (Specter Land 1)
01:33:32 - 28. Westernland (Specter Land 2)
01:36:37 - 29. Circus (Specter Land 3)
01:38:52 - 30. Coaster (Specter Land 4)
01:41:35 - 31. Haunted House (Specter Land 5)
01:44:49 - 32. Stadium Attack (Theme vs Jake)
01:47:37 - 33. Specter's Castle (Specter Land 6)
01:52:30 - 34. Credits #1
01:55:55 - 35. Specter's Theme (Final Battle)
01:59:44 - 36. Credits #2
02:03:45 - 37. Galaxy Monkey (Peak Point Matrix)
02:07:48 - 38. New Gadget Theme (Outro)

[@drenched.0224]

Hi everyone, thanks for listening! I've updated the description to include a Google Drive link to download the soundtrack. I uploaded it in a few formats, but reach out if you need anything specific, I'm happy to help! and lemme know if you have any requests for video game soundtracks that could use a little bit of love! this project was so much fun to work on. thanks!

[@LoneTaurus82]

I was just looking to download the PS1 soundtrack for this game and stumbled across your Reddit post for this restored version of the entire soundtrack you did. As an audiophile I really can appreciate the effort you put into updating the quality of the music!! Ape Escape was one of my fave games as a teen and I always enjoyed the soundtrack for it. I'm now 42!! Thanks a lot for doing this!!

[@Zetchzie]

Idk why but ive always loved Crumbling Castle and Galaxy Monkey

[@drenched.0224]

definitely two of my favorites!

[@DreamingSora]

Thanks a ton for this. I was also upset over the soundtrack floating out there being low quality mp3s until this came along!

[@SeanSeanson]

Excellent work! Time Station sounds amazing

[@1nWaterBurning]

will probably be hearing more ape escape in future videos eh?

[@pizzahotline_]

Nice work! You should try doing the Sheep Raider soundtrack next

[@drenched.0224]

I'll check it out! thanks for the suggestion

[@LasseVestergaard]

These songs are still such bangers, thank you for uploading this!

[@Furry_Wall]

Love it!

[@mydadsacop123]

Sounds great, thanks for the download options

[@drenched.0224]

Enjoy!

[@NickolasNinja]

This sounds absolutely amazing! You did such a a great job!

[@drenched.0224]

Thank you so much!!

[@colinwhitecool]

Fire

[@AstralPhnx]

Fantastic stuff! The originape soundtrack is fantastic but nothing beats the PS1 mixes for me.

[@drenched.0224]

same!!! so much

[@masanobi999]

If possible, I would like to see a remaster of the songs from the Ape Escape on the Loose version.

[@drenched.0224]

I could give it a try! do you enjoy the "On The Loose' version of the soundtrack more than the PlayStation version?

[@masanobi999]

@@drenched.0224 thank you very much! I love both the PlayStation version and the On The Loose version!

[@24Nyome]

Thank you 👍😊😊

[@lesliegibson5964]

This is great but you forgot the movie intro theme to it

[@drenched.0224]

true! that is an awesome track. I missed most of the cutscene music and the minigame music too. might do those in a separate upload. The tracks that I did for this video were the ones that were accessible through the game's sound test in the debug menu.

[@DoctorMario606]

Nice! How'd you go about ripping the soundtrack? I imagine setting the correct instruments for the midis was hard

[@drenched.0224]

LOL, I just opened the game up in an emulator, maxed out the sound resolution settings, and then manually recorded each song from the game's sound test debug menu. I would NOT trust myself (or anyone) to rip the MIDIs out of the game and try to find sounds that matched the original. So this is just the original music, sounding its absolute best!

[@AstralPhnx]

Also question, is the Ape Escape soundtrack like, tracker music or sequenced in a similar sort of manner to tracker music where the PS1 is playing back the samples in real time as opposed to just playing back an audio file? Always been curious about this

[@drenched.0224]

yeah, as far as I can tell its all sequenced like that with MIDI and the PSX soundcard, which probably lends a lot to the aesthetics' of this version of the music. It's pure synthesis lol. there weren't audio files on the disc (the only ones i found were for cutscenes), so I captured all of this audio through the game's debug menu, played back in real time.

[@OneWHOIsInsane]

Where can I download it?

[@drenched.0224]

ooo good point, I'll get that set up.

[@drenched.0224]

hey I updated the description, the link is before the timestamps! hope you like it.

[@lesliegibson5964]

I don’t see the download link sorry

[@drenched.0224]

@@lesliegibson5964 lol no worries! I just moved the download link to higher up in the description, like after the 2nd chunk of text.

[@mobilelegend20244]

there 3files anyone to download game?

[@drenched.0224]

I've included links in the description to download this version of the soundtrack. Hope that helps

[@03222192138]

Where's Jake Challenge OST?

[@drenched.0224]

I think you're looking for 01:44:49, "Stadium Attack" (I just used the sound track's names). I'm not sure if its the same song that plays in his boss fight though!

[@03222192138]

@@drenched.0224 That's the one! Thank you. And yeah, the Stadium Challenge and Jake's Boss fight are the same OST.