Treasure of Rudras (Rudora no Hihou) OST Remastered 2023 / ルドラの秘宝 BGM リマスター版

In my opinion one of the most underrated soundtracks from Square's Japan exclusive Super Famicom games, with music by rock n rolling Ryuji Sasai who you could call sort of the proto-Soken (both having a very strong melodic sense and ability to rock out).
Very high level description pulled from Wikipedia: "The plot incorporates elements from Indian religions, centrally the concept of the wheel of time - every 4000 years the world is destroyed and recreated by a Rudra - the name taken from an aspect of the Hindu god of destruction, Shiva". I checked out the English translation patch and unfortunately think it could use a lot of improvement so I wonder if Square would ever give this game the HD remaster treatment they recently gave the Pixel Remaster series and LIVE A LIVE. Either way I think the structure of the game is unique because you can switch back and forth between the characters to progress the story or finish the story with one character and then play the whole game from start to finish with another and see different angles or conversations play out.
My favorite song remains "Shadows of Illusion" which I uploaded a single track of when I first started this channel a year ago. Strangely the official OST CD release only has one loop per song which is definitely not enough for a JRPG where you are hearing these melodies sometimes even hundreds of times as you play the game. I included cover scans of the rare dojin CD Chrysoprasos of music inspired by this game which was released all the way back in 2008.
00:00 The Quest for Rudra's Mines
3:17 Beginning for the End
5:50 The Mysterious Stone
8:45 Rudra
10:47 Sword of the Valiant (night)
12:40 Sword of the Valiant
14:57 Between Two Worlds (night)
17:15 Between Two Worlds
20:04 Crime of the Heart (night)
21:45 Crime of the Heart
24:58 Take the Gold and Run! (night)
26:33 Take the Gold and Run!
29:04 Amazing Express
30:36 Ride on the Breeze
33:22 Under World
34:34 Earth Bound
36:44 Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
39:12 The Ultimate Warrior
41:11 Holiday in the Village
43:56 Night Shift
45:14 Parade
46:50 Waiting for the Moon
48:27 Whistle Down the Wind
49:28 Place in the Sun
51:32 Underwater City
53:22 Dance with the Zombie
55:04 The Nightbreed
58:15 Downfall
1:00:46 Battle for the Fields
1:02:06 Evil Eyes
1:03:50 Strange Encounter
1:05:21 The Spirit Chaser
1:07:21 The Flame and the Arrow
1:08:28 Blazing Impact
1:10:09 Winners Take All
1:11:35 Mystics in Babel
1:12:06 The Tower of God
1:13:55 Clockwork Steeple
1:16:23 Shadows of Illusion
1:18:30 Prophecy
1:20:58 Sanctuary
1:22:51 Storm over the Place
1:25:39 Bio Hazard
1:26:16 Night Gallery
1:27:59 Evil in the Deep
1:30:15 King of the Mountain
1:31:45 The Inhuman Condition
1:33:50 The Aquarians
1:36:23 The Invisible Dead
1:39:55 Edge of Darkness
1:43:01 Ko-So-Do-Ro
1:44:49 Run for it!
1:46:06 Creatures from the Silent Sea
1:47:36 Purgation
1:48:47 Land of Doom
1:52:17 Battle of the Last Enemy ~ In the Mirror
1:54:08 Battle of the Last Enemy ~ Damned
1:56:26 Battle of the Last Enemy ~ Evolution
1:58:39 Battle of the Last Enemy ~ Final Conflict
2:01:04 Change of Mind
2:04:23 Beyond the Rising Moon (part 1)
2:07:09 Beyond the Rising Moon (part 2)
2:09:50 Echoes (short variation)
2:11:26 Echoes
2:16:21 Sunlight
2:16:50 The Eclipse
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[@StarExploderEX]

14:57 - Between Two Worlds (Night) 17:15 - Between Two Worlds 1:05:21 - The Spirit Chaser (My overall fave. Y'know, as if the pattern wasn't obvious.) 1:07:21 - The Flame and the Arrow 1:08:28 - Blazing Impact

[@bassboostedgamemusic]

Some of the hottest jams on here - let us know if there are any you like besides these! 33:22 Under World 1:16:23 Shadows of Illusion

[@Chukoko]

thanks!!!

[@JanessKudar]

My favorite snes ost. ❤

[@Bardockdrexler]

1:39:55 edge of darkness

[@Bardockdrexler]

1:36:22 the invisible dead

[@kroutkas5507]

Nice to see love for this forgotten game! A remake would be awesome (though I feel like Chrono Trigger or Bahamut Lagoon might be safer choices for Square) Regarding the translation patch, are you referring to the complete patch with the reworked mantra/kotodama system or the precarious one with big characters and hyphens in mantras? (Akin to how Live A Live had two translation patches, the cool one with a font for each chapter and the mediocre one with badly trimmed text)

[@symphony137]

How was this Remastered? Like what has been done to the audio? Maybe it's just me but I can't hear what the difference is.

[@bassboostedgamemusic]

This one was pretty subtle but usually I am either optimizing to make it sound loud and bass pop out on iPhones/weak earbuds or alternatively just using more subtle techniques like tone shaping and EQ while upsampling and running things back through modern plugins - it is usually the easiest to tell a difference by just making it sound louder but I have seen that not all people like that...another way is to add effects like reverb or stereo widening but not all people like that either, so it is kind of tricky. The one thing I can say is that things I did even 3 months ago sound completely different than today - learning new things almost every week