Spyro Soundtrack - Zephyr Meadow

[@Hwd405]

A few people asked whether I was going to make a video covering this release - rather than do that I've decided to just upload a few of the more interesting tracks, with some comments about the history behind each of the tracks in the description for each video. Enjoy!

[@KidLeavesStoop]

Oh man this one’s a tease. Every buildup I was like ‘okay, finally here comes that excellent guitar!’ but nope, lol

[@Hwd405]

(Love your videos btw!)

[@cookiesontoast9981]

Loaf of bread 🍞

[@burgermike92]

Those iconic Copeland drums really make a difference and without them the song doesn't sound anywhere near as good.

[@NotOrdinaryInGames]

Well, you pointed out what was missing.

[@Drojam1]

No idea why this showed up on my recommended but I listened to the whole thing anyway 👌

[@anemoia5683]

I'm obsessed with Spyro's early gliding animation. You can see it's the same as the first game but with bigger wings that move in a different way. Could there be an even earlier build than 11th august 1999 where this animation is still present?

[@Hwd405]

There’s some earlier builds that’ll likely surface eventually but I don’t think any of them are early enough to have this gliding animation unfortunately

[@anemoia5683]

@@Hwd405 yeah I think that's really too early. The footage I saw where the animation was present also included a chest from Spyro 1 in skelos badlands

[@Hwd405]

@@anemoia5683 yeah, there’s a good amount of really early B-roll for this game, I’m honestly not sure why they felt the need to show the game off in that state though given how unfinished a lot of the animations were haha. The earliest full build likely to surface seems to be from quite a bit later, probably later than the earliest demo build too sadly

[@anemoia5683]

@@Hwd405 let's hope to find some interesting stuff. Love your work btw

[@KingExalted]

Drums really carried the complete version. It’s pretty good and you can hear certain parts clearer but feels empty without the Percussion

[@slytorres5685]

l wish this played whiIe overstaying ln certain Ievels Iike Sunny Beach IdoI Springs or Mystic Marsh

[@DrButteFatman]

Could you upload Ice Cavern? The remaster sounds quite different from the stereo mix of the prototype.

[@Hwd405]

Will do, admittedly when I was uploading these tracks I realised I’d missed that one haha

[@SwazoYT]

At first I couldn't tell a difference but listing for a bit from what I can tell it seems like there's no drum and I think it's slightly faster oh and I don't think there's any guitar in this

[@UrOpinionsSucc]

This is the original dynamic version that didn't make it in the official PS1 release

[@Subzero7228]

Had Stewart orchestrated this just differently enough, I would have liked to heard this in other levels if I had stayed too long.

[@jakeb202]

Wait there's a Spyro album?!? How do I get it?

[@Hwd405]

It’s now been removed from all the streaming services it was available on due to a backlash surrounding the copyright claims it caused so it’s no longer publicly available. The content on the album was saved though and we’re watching the copyright situation closely to see what the best way to preserve it will be. For now at least I’m going to upload some of the tracks here - most of them are tracks already heard in-game in slightly higher quality, but the ones I’ve uploaded already are just notably unique ones.

[@jakeb202]

@@Hwd405 damn, I've been looking for a way to listen to the original music for ages

[@Gamerjman19]

@@Hwd405 So were videos of the game automatically copyright struck because of the album's release?

[@Hwd405]

@@Gamerjman19 that’s right, some were blocked worldwide too