Spyro: Year of the Dragon Prototype OST (Apr 25th, 2000) | Lost Fleet

[@Guardian-of-Energy]

I feel like I was robbed. This slaps and should've been used

[@Bluntbows]

Damn this theme has some energy. What a shame it was left unused.

[@stylonide]

yoooooo blunt

[@GrasshopperKelly]

They ran out of room on the PS disc xD

[@DovydasRybakas]

I'm pretty sure because the atmosphere this track outputs, it's amazing.

[@Slurku]

It just baffles me how someone said " No, re-use Sheila's theme but tweak it" instead of this song. :/

[@carvahaunter122]

@DeItaGem It was done in the greatest hits version, which has most of the complete soundtrack, Reignited went with that version for the music so alas shelia remix

[@IidosGamingDen]

This is amazing, why in the world did they remove this in favor of reusing Sheila's Alp?!

[@Sapizanza]

@Jon Acosta YOD had a very messy production cycle so I don't blame them honestly. Still turned out to be a great game to finish

[@snickertoodles]

This track sounds a bit unpolished in some parts and YotD was very much rushed out (some of the music tracks didn't even make it in the game until the Greatest Hits release). So I imagine they simply ran out of time to put on the final touches for this song.

[@snickertoodles]

​@Jon Acosta That's a lot easier to do, I'm pretty sure Lost Fleet is just unmodified Sheila's Alp (maybe sped up a bit?) with a simple riff layered over it.

[@master106]

My disc has Super Bonus Round music.

[@EmilXOM]

@@master106 Yee, the PAL version uses that track

[@deoxysandmew2162]

I guess this theme was.... "Lost". Amazing piece of music that i would take over the original version we had any day.

[@deoxysandmew2162]

@Jon Acosta yeah....

[@corthulhu9293]

Man, the atmosphere on this track's incredible. Part of me likes this slightly more than the final rendition as it doesn't reuse the Sheila's Alps melody and therefore has a more unique identity when paired with Lost Fleet. Thematically it really captures the fun and spooky energy of the level.

[@cookiesontoast9981]

I feel that the Super Bonus Round track that was used in the PAL version of the game fits this level the best.

[@a-pathetic]

@@cookiesontoast9981 ikr! I feel that Super Bonus Round track was actually written for Lost Fleet

[@Sevfora]

Instrumental wise, it sounds more like something you'd have heard in Enter the Dragonfly. This is such a unique and neat track though, a shame it wasn't used, I'm surprised we knew nothing of this track until now.

[@cookiesontoast9981]

Yeah it definitely has more of an ETD vibe to it, I agree.

[@cookiesontoast9981]

@Jon Acosta Yup, I speak to the guy's behind it regularly. It's gonna be amazing!

[@cookiesontoast9981]

@Jon Acosta Wait no that's actually wrong, a Spyro fan music team is remaking the music and remixing it a bit, it sounds largely the Same though.

[@KrymsonScale]

I knew I wasn't the only thinking it sounds like an Enter the Dragonfly track.

[@FoxgirlEriana]

the more I listen to it, the more it feels like a combo ETD and Spyro the Dragon track tbh like, parts of it, esp the organ parts which remind me a *lot* of spyro 1's OST

[@SagaHanson25]

This honestly sounds very unique and more fitting for a spooky ghost ship level.

[@Zyberetro]

I know why this sounds like Enter the Dragonfly, it's the synthy techno percussion loop heard throughout. That exact same loop sample was used quite a bit throughout EtD's soundtrack.

[@MarbleJellyfish]

Yeah, it's especially prominent in the Monkey Monastery Factory Spitfire music.

[@elloofficer]

This track's a lost treasure :) Seriously it's amazing find this stuff after so many years.

[@SpyrosKingdom]

Ok but why is Lost Fleet always the level the developers couldn't figure out. Three music changes through its development and is literally broken in RT. Also this reminds me of the Flying Dutchmans theme from BFBB

[@mahkimahkila6396]

Don't quote me on this - but I remember hearing the majority of the development was spent on the Evening Lake worlds.

[@YFourteen]

Fracture Hills is even worse for this. In one IGN demo it’s playing Haunted Towers from Spyro 1, in the leaked prototype it was reusing Glimmer and in the final game it reused Idol Springs. And that’s not even including the unused track that may or may not have been made for it as well.

[@gemlik_rogue]

I heard this from the HP stream and I'm extremely mad that this wasn't in the final version.

[@floofilis]

It's been HOURS since I first heard this and I gotta say, I haven't been able to STOP listening to it! I just, love the vibe it gives off? HUGE shame it wasn't used and instead we got Sheila's Alp with extra steps for this level. If this was used in the final, it would've been my other favorite track from this game alongside Fireworks Factory.

[@LookingTheBest]

@Jon Acosta apparently Beenox is making 4, I wish I had a twitter to message them to get Stewart back!!! 🤕🤕🤕

[@Sapizanza]

@Jon Acosta Reignited is bad? Are you serious?

[@Sapizanza]

@Jon Acosta I'm not the part of Reignited as far as Spyro games go. Grew up on Gateway to Glimmer and played Year of dragon couple of years later so I'm very fond of originals. Maybe I respect Reignited more because it wasn't plagued with glitches like N.Sane Trilogy with witch I grew aswell and was very happy to play it. The music however I couldn't agree more. Maybe 5 tracks gave me a new element than the original soundtrack (and it's 3 games so a lot of music/levels) but I was still blaring Original all day long

[@Sapizanza]

@Jon Acosta To be honest,I haven't played the PC version. Mby it wasn't patched but I completed all 3 games 4 times on console and never saw a gamebreaking glitch,nor diamonds dissapearing. If anything it only happens to me in some levels in the original series. And skateboarding was shit even in original :P

[@Sapizanza]

@Jon Acosta Respawning eggs? Missing gems? Are you talking about the original pirated Spyro 3? 😂

[@Jojje4567]

In hindsight, this would’ve made for the perfect track choice for Reignited’s rendition. Fits the atmosphere and graphical design of Lost Fleet much better, than either the Super Bonus Round’s or the GH theme.

[@1992SMOFF]

What the hell were they thinking not using this?! Awesome track!

[@jakest123]

Second listen through - realised it reminds me a LOT of the more ominous/atmospheric Ratchet and Clank tracks like Gemlik Base and Tabora.

[@keenanpalmer2594]

Interesting how the "heavy metal" guitars which are a Spyro staple appear frequently in these prototype tracks, but are completely absent in all the final Spyro 3 tracks. Copeland must've changed direction later on during development. Also does anyone know what Ryan Beveridge's role was in these tracks? I feel he may be the biggest reason a lot of the music sounds different in 3.

[@LukeManiaStudios]

I'm not an expert on this, I'm more onto the music theory of Spyro but I'll try to explain with what little knowledge I have. :) Ryan Beveridge's role was co-composer for all of Stewart's tracks. Stewart and Ryan worked together on every track, so it wasn't a case of someone coming in to change up the soundtrack. The power chords used in this track were from "EastWest Steve Stevens Guitar Samples", and were not the staple heavy metal guitars. I presume insomniac just didn't like the tracks that used them since they aren't found in the final game at all as you said, and they either recomposed tracks like Aztarctica or just made alternates of tracks like Lost Fleet. Ryan had nothing to do with it being changed, it was likely Insomniac. It wasn't Stewart either btw, they were likely an addition by him as he owned the pack himself. We know this because the pack also contains riffs from an unused Spyro 4 track "Prates" and were likely an addition by Stewart Copeland because the composer of the track tended to stick to 1 or 2 companies for his samples. Sorry for nerding out on you, tl;dr is this: nah, ryan nor stewart likely had nothing to do with it. If you're seeing this Hwd, feel free to correct me.

[@justinsinger2505]

I don't care if this was unfinished. I would of much preferred this

[@LookingTheBest]

Wait.... a new Spyro song out of the blue all these years later? Holy crap this one absolutely makes me head bang. I hope more is found, especially that piece from the Intro of 3. It's my favorite unknown track.

[@cookiesontoast9981]

You mean the track that plays as he jumps into the hole to the forgotten world? That really beautiful melodic tune? Yeah I agree, I love that so much.. I really wish we had a longer version that was seperate from the cutscene.

[@LookingTheBest]

@@cookiesontoast9981 exactly the piece of music I was talking about.

[@LookingTheBest]

@DeltaGem the Cutscene music in Reignited is atrocious. 😥 Too bad those didn't have the classic music in classic mode. ..

[@JKara-sn4wp]

@@LookingTheBest thats where the mods come in 😜

[@LookingTheBest]

@@JKara-sn4wp I've heard..... I will need to get the PC version I suppose.

[@zstarl]

It almost sounds like music from Enter the Dragonfly

[@Radicalicious]

I think some of those guitar samples are used in the early Frozen Altars and Sgt. Byrd's Base themes, so it's possible there was even more melody to this song planned. I'm so glad this prototype was found, I've always hated how Lost Fleet was the only level to not have a fully unique track.

[@mahkimahkila6396]

*laughs in PAL region*

[@Anthony-gc7el]

This is pretty damn incredible, can't believe it wasn't used. Such a shame!

[@petereckmann3896]

Woh! This build worth gold!

[@SonicWalle]

it's extremely strange they'd cut this from the final game, nothing seems wrong about it to me and to be honest this wouldve been probably one of my favourite songs in spyro 3. although i do like the greatest hits version of lost fleet's music, i do think this is way better than what we got in either version of spyro 3 and im somewhat sad this got axed as this is an excellent track that in my opinion, i like even more than some of my favourite spyro music tracks. also, yes, it wouldve made me tolerate lost fleet a bit more but that doesnt mean i think it wouldve made the whole level as a whole good (at least in my opinion.).

[@LookingTheBest]

Ageed, I'm starting to think this is my favorite Spyro track. Regardless, now we know about it :)

[@ChaoticPochi]

obsessed with this track since hearing it on the stream, it sounds like an epic showdown

[@razvandobos9759]

God never knew this existed!!!!! Actually fits better. Just wish they had a Sheila sub level in Lost Fleet.

[@limm_ee]

Adding this to my game music playlist, holy crap the ATMOSPHERE Weirdly enough, this track reminds me of some of the music in the Sly Cooper series. Like, it gives me vibes reminiscent of Raleigh's levels from the first game

[@LookingTheBest]

1:08 listen to that Organ build up. And then Copeland went full ham. So bad ass.

[@ratchetclank_fan971]

THEY SHOULD'VE KEPT THIS ITS FUCKING AWESOME

[@ratchetclank_fan971]

@Jon Acosta I hope so, I would love to play Lost fleet with this amazing soundtrack I the background

[@LookingTheBest]

@DeltaGem it's almost too bad Copeland stayed with Spyro ED when Ratchet and Clank was being developed, he would have made some kickers.

[@ThrasherDBS]

Was unconvinced until 30 seconds in. Holy shit

[@redguirus]

HOLY SHIT, THIS IS SO MUCH BETTER! WHAT WERE THEY THINKING?!

[@Dr_Tapeworm]

would take this over that mediocre sheila's alp variant any day, lol...this fits lost fleet's atmosphere perfectly, it's somber and emotional with some adventurous high-seas energy befitting a haunted shipyard. a little unpolished in some places but what song wasn't unpolished in this build?

[@Takoto]

Was surprised to hear this on the stream, it's really nice. I can understand why they didn't go with it in the end, as it feels very sombre and downbeat compaired to the rest of the soundtrack, but it might have made a pretty nice credits theme or something.

[@YamiSpyroX]

I love how much this sounds like it'd belong in an 90's Anime.

[@YamiSpyroX]

@Jon Acosta Something,something main character action oriented.

[@Zulf85]

I think even more so with the other arrangement! I could really see the other one being in the soundtrack for some obscure dark visual novel from the 90s

[@YamiSpyroX]

@@Zulf85 I thought it sounded like something like a 'What-if' Spyro anime OVA. Like if it was an 90's anime in a similar bane to Yu-Yu-Hakusho or Slayers!

[@Zulf85]

@@YamiSpyroX ooh, I see it!

[@puffwad]

Why in the hell would they not use this???

[@ricardohuff8774]

Wow this really fit lost fleet better than the final one.

[@megashawnx4427]

Why did they scrap this and gave us Shiela's Alp music for this stage instead? This music slaps!

[@3godzilla3]

WHOA!! What is this gem of a song?? Not gonna lie, as AWESOME as this song is, I don't believe it's in tone with the rest of the soundtrack, especially the part where it picks up and "drops the bass" so to speak. But truth be told, I would still have preferred this over what we got. I'll see if I can mod this into Reingited soon!

[@3godzilla3]

@Jon Acosta Patience, haha. These things take time. I've reached a roadblock, but it's at the last possible moment in the process.

[@3godzilla3]

@Jon Acosta OMG, THANK YOU! 😭😭 Reveal trailer goes up in 3 hours, it's a fun watch if you have the time. 🙏🏻

[@3godzilla3]

@Jon Acosta Yep! Mentioned that already in the mod description. It's a glitch within the game itself, nothing I could do about it.

[@DumasP]

The way I wish they used this

[@neog8029]

On one hand, I kind of get why this was cut since the creepier atmosphere makes it feel more like "This is a graveyard of ships haunted by their sunken crew" and less of the fun and wild "Yar, here be pieates and ghosts!" On the othrr hand, this is still a super unique song from the OST and its a shame it was gutted entirely.

[@xboxed720]

Someone should make a mod for Reignited on PC that replaces the Lost Fleet theme with this.

[@PandaMoniumReviews]

This is miles ahead of crappy Sheila's Alp remix. I literally mute the music on this level. Really wish they stuck with either this or Super Bonus Round's theme.

[@magrildz]

Why was this not used? It's perfect for Lost Fleet...

[@JulianCaesaro]

I was expecting it to sound a bit more like Sheila’s alps… But this does fit with the somber feeling I got at that point in the game a whole lot more

[@RubbberRabbbit2]

So awesome!!

[@djtoxicdhg]

I'm a bit bummed out that they didn't use this song As opposed to just re using the same song this honestly sounds amazing I would have liked to at least see this song come back for the reignited trilogy.

[@Naean]

Gives me quite strong Sonic CD American soundtrack Bad Future vibes, particularly the sections from approximately 0:30 to 0:45, 1:38 to 1:53 and 2:45 to 3:00. 😃

[@superlombax1561]

Wow. This track is crazy. Sounds like something I would hear in Ratchet & Clank at times. Like if Stewart Copeland and Ryan Beveridge were still around for those games, I could imagine this in there. Like Rilgar or something.

[@TheOncelerFan]

This is on my "unused songs that are way better than what was actually used" list along with Biggering from The Lorax

[@danzen5024]

I feel as a kid this music would have given me nightmares, even if really nice

[@wilymagician4679]

A comment like that is reason this was remove to begin with.

[@Ratchetti]

Never heard this before! Very unique!

[@cinnasauria]

man this seriously coulda been the best song in the whole series if it was actually in the series

[@expendableindigo9639]

There seems to be a tiny vocal sample at 1:30-1:31, wonder what that's about.

[@themeekwarrior]

I love this!!! I'm so sad they reused Shiela's Alp for the level instead. This gives it so much more appeal.

[@takanuinuva]

I wonder if TFB new about this track. You think they would have used it?

[@TekkenGirl4Lyfe]

WE. WERE. ROBBED.

[@jeffersonmason3780]

I always WONDERED why this level didn't have its own original level song... back before youtube, I had always thought it was an issue with my disc and that's why it recycled Sheil'a Alp

[@MonkeyDSergio]

Toys for bob should’ve added this track In reignited as an option

[@Hwd405]

They wouldn’t have known about this track

[@MonkeyDSergio]

@@Hwd405 well they should’ve at least looked on KZbin

[@Hwd405]

@@MonkeyDSergio this was released after Reignited came out

[@MonkeyDSergio]

@@Hwd405 that track was made when insomniac was starting development on year of the dragon in 1999

[@Hwd405]

@@MonkeyDSergio yes but it wasn’t discovered until 2020 and TfB would not have had access to this track as a result

[@scaperist]

It's a crime it wasn't used!

[@tb3411]

There was no reason to not use this track

[@LookingTheBest]

Even weirder knowing when the game first shipped they had the normal Sheila Alps instead. Not until Greatest Hits did the level even have it's own song.

[@tb3411]

@@LookingTheBest Actually no. The first edition used Super Bonus World's theme and Greatest Hits used the Sheila's Alp remix

[@tb3411]

@Jon Acosta Actually I liked the Reignited version but yeah Super Bonus World's theme fit better

[@tb3411]

@Jon Acosta I mean it was trying to differentiate itself from Sheila's Alp

[@tb3411]

@Jon Acosta Hey now. The Spyro 1 ost remixes are sick

[@eyeflaps]

My guess that it was unused is because it sounds like a boss battle track rather than a level track.

[@1murigno]

Instead the final theme of the greatest hits version (Sheila's Alp remix) this one should been in the original ps1 Even the Super Bonus World music in the first american release (not greatest hits) and european release sounds better

[@LUMINIZEDOG]

damn spyro 3 almost had atmosphere

[@mahkimahkila6396]

#thuglife

[@arkfounder7056]

Someone mod this in the Reignited Trilogy now!

[@MrBepis-qx5ye]

This sounds like some final boss OST at 2:00

[@Ratchetti]

C'moon Insomniac, stop cutting all the amazing content from your games 😂

[@Ratchetti]

@DeltaGem yea, florana felt a bit too short level.

[@FunkyGhost37]

They had a second chance to use this song, and decided to just slightly change the already reused song in the Special Hits version.

[@Mr.Feather130]

I swear this unused music made me think lost fleet is originally going to be a cavern level before they change it to the lost fleet we all know and love but still why do they drop this music in favor of a different version of the Sheila’s alp theme?

[@Hwd405]

No Lost Fleet was always conceived as a shipyard level

[@Mr.Feather130]

@@Hwd405 oh I see but the music sounds like it could be fitting for a cavern level but hey the haunted shipyard works better for the music

[@GreyWolfLeaderTW]

Darn it. We ended up with arguably the worst song in Spyro 3 being partially reused for the "intended final version" song for Lost Fleet (the original black label release of Spyro 3 had a partially incomplete soundtrack, which ironically led to Lost Fleet getting the better option of the Super Bonus Round's theme in that version of the game than the eventual version the Greatest Hits green label got). How we didn't get this more mysterious and fitting theme for a ship graveyard, I'll never know.

[@sweetwheatsy]

I still honestly prefer the Super Bonus Round's theme for this level, but this fits so much better than the Sheila's Alps remix? Why was this not used...??

[@HarryHeath_]

why tf did they use this in the end? final theme was just shielas theme remixed lmao

[@fadoress3142]

My bet is that it was probably lost at some point during development, probably before it was released (and the music issues they had with the original release since this initially used the Super Bonus Round music instead) and when it came time to fix it for the Greatest Hits Release they probably gave up on finding it and went for a Sheila’s Alp remix instead

[@galaxian23]

when the 00:31 hits

[@banishedbary5239]

Is there any way to mod this into the level?

[@TheXenochrist]

They shoulda brought this back for Reignited Trilogy

[@Hwd405]

This wasn’t known about when RT released

[@TYMEKX0x]

For me crazy ed in originally spyro 3 looks like he has pickles on his eye

[@gemnickygamer169]

I thought Lost Fleet had to borrow/reuse other sound tracks because they didn't have time to make one like with Fracture Hills in Spyro 2. Now I'm just confused and the only explanations I can think of is that it didn't fit with the rest of the soundtrack or they're idiots. Makes you think if Fracture Hills has some secret unique track that goes on used.

[@mahkimahkila6396]

The song for Fracture Hills was always the Idol Springs song Idols Springs was the one that had a different song originally

[@gemnickygamer169]

@@mahkimahkila6396 Forgot I made this comment. How do you know the song belongs to Fracture Hills? Did a dev say something or the Idol Springs original song came out and I didn't know about it?

[@mahkimahkila6396]

@@gemnickygamer169 sorry darling, I'm useless at technology. The video with the explanation was by a KZbinr named yearofthe, but I guess he deleted his channel or something. I've found the song but it's on a channel named bremmus, and the video is: unused track 2 - spyro 2 riptos rage Weirdly the comments are all debating whether or not it was the original fracture hills music, but from my understanding it was the original Idol Springs music Remember this back in 2009 this information was out there, so I guess wires got crossed over the years

[@gemnickygamer169]

@@mahkimahkila6396 I just looked at it. I'm surprised other people haven't mentioned this unused track or the others. Maybe because they aren't linked to any prototype or even level. Didn't even know about unused tracks from Spyro 2, only the others in the trilogy and Spyro 4.

[@mahkimahkila6396]

@@gemnickygamer169 I think because there's only 2 unused tracks as far as we know. Where as 1 and 3.....yeah

[@shlakenjake]

This almost reminds me more of a Ratchet and Clank track than a Spyro one.

[@terabitez3374]

Wait it had an original track why want it used

[@kennysdead500]

This sounds like it would have been on Ratchet and Clank similar to Planet Aridia

[@EuroMIX2]

Any way to mod this into an emulated copy of the PS1 game?

[@amunve]

i thinlk developer lost this song and remix shila theme(becouse the first relase have super bonus round theme and the fixed version coming 1 year later)

[@Hwd405]

The “fixed version” wasn’t a year later than the first release, it was only a month later

[@amunve]

@@Hwd405 greatest hits relase date(fixed music version) is 2002

[@Hwd405]

@@amunve but it wasn’t available only on Greatest Hits discs. There’s plenty of black label discs that have the updated version, too. The build date of that version is October 31st 2000, way earlier than 2002.

[@NotOrdinaryInGames]

Sounds like something Ryan did all by himself.

[@lolzy684]

Badass song somebody needs to hack this into the game

[@7EEVEE]

my fav Linkin Park song

[@thesuddensilent7349]

Sometimes I can’t understand what the developers are cutting from the game or what is leaving the game. Obviously we have 2 really good sounding music inside Spyro 3 and neither was used (the other was that wild west theme sounding dino music) this 1 kzbin.info/www/bejne/eXXRqKBmrb6HrqM

[@Hwd405]

I have no idea why this is uploaded claiming to be a Spyro track, but it’s completely unrelated to Spyro. It’s a track called “Death Valley” from a game called Cel Damage. As such, this track has absolutely no relevance to Dino Mines at all. There’s a couple tracks Copeland had uploaded to his website in 2008 which were never used in any of the known builds of Spyro 3 and there were also two tracks present in the final that weren’t used - the Evening Lake theme and the Sorceress theme - both of which would be correctly implemented in the revisional NTSC-U release

[@Hwd405]

@Jon Acosta it’s not a Spyro track at all, nor a placeholder, it’s just unrelated to Spyro entirely

[@Hwd405]

@Jon Acosta no it was never used in Spyro at all, the uploader is just a liar

[@Hwd405]

@Jon Acosta the Wild West song?

[@Hwd405]

@Jon Acosta oh I figured you were talking about another thing

[@mahkimahkila6396]

This should have been the Super Bonus Round music

[@SuperMafia864]

I think this music would fit a speedway level.

[@vendrineswtor3190]

Who else is here from Square Eyed Jack?

[@TheOrcCorp]

Yup! Heard it in the background and decided to give the track a proper listen...I'm really sad this wasn't the official song!

[@KrymsonScale]

Shame it wasn't used.

[@RyanStorey1231]

I can see why this wasn't used. It's a solid track, but it doesn't really fit with the rest of the music in the game. It sounds really out of place. In fact, it sounds more like an Enter The Dragonfly track. And also, unpopular opinion: I actually like the Sheila's Alp remix they used for this level. It fits with the abandoned, spooky vibes that the level has.

[@NitwitsWorld]

You would think the remake could have added this song back as a rare surprise bonus or something. :/

[@LookingTheBest]

Reignited ruined the atmosphere by removing the beginnings/ Fade out endings Stewart originally had. I cant stand what they did.

[@LookingTheBest]

Not only that, but they also removed the secret songs that would play if you stayed in a level long enough. Now it's just continuous music. Almost obnoxious.

[@NitwitsWorld]

@@LookingTheBest without fades the game just loops the music badly. Old 90s music was not meant for looping

[@LookingTheBest]

@Jon Acosta regardless Stew has made it pretty clear he would have composed the music if T4B had asked. He wants to Compose another Spyro more than anything.

[@NitwitsWorld]

@Jon Acosta lol

[@eatanotherzio6811]

Its obvious why it was unused It sounds like PS2 audio quality

[@BFG_2002]

The only thing I’ve found wrong with reignited.. and it’s that they didn’t use this track instead of Sheila’s alp on crack. I mean seriously guys what the fuck

[@Hwd405]

To be fair to them this wasn’t known at the time reignited released