I'm a big fan of the
Wipeout franchise. The gameplay is addictive and the music kills - especially Tim "CoLD SToRAGE" Wright's work. One interesting bit of music-related trivia is that licensing issues forced the Sega Saturn version of the first
Wipeout game to drop several of the tracks from the Playstation original. These tracks then got replaced with three Saturn-exclusive exclusive pieces composed by
Mark Bandola of The Lucy Show and veteran jack-of-all-trades
Rob Lord.
The exclusive tracks are on YouTube, but YouTube tracks aren't real music. Am I right? I couldn't find any "real" links online, so I just decided to rip them from my own copy. Here they are, in lossless FLAC and 320kb MP3. The host is MEGA. If the links go down, hit me up. Otherwise, enjoy!
Warning:
AGwolf2097 from YouTube has pointed out that Planet 9 has two loud pops in the left channel - one at 1:00 and another at 3:24. He's remastered his versions on YouTube to remove these artifacts, and I've uploaded his fixed MP3 below. That said, the FLAC lossless version will remain faithful to the source audio (blemishes and all) and will not be updated.
FLAC, ZIP (111 MB)
MP3, ZIP (36 MB)
Planet 9 (AGwolf2097 Remaster), MP3, (9MB)
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| Planet 9 @ 1m00s |
Planet 9:
Gotta dig the jam on this one. Dives right into a rolling breakbeat, then layers in some crowd cheers for that future hovercraft racing vibe. Sticks in a tight box for the duration of the track - upbeat, energetic, and just plain groovy.
Brickbat:
This track kicks off with a retro Detroit Techno sound, snaps into a hip sampled guitar riff, then gutters its way to the end by remixing and recycling those two natty elements.
Poison:
Chill-out track - mellow jamming on the synthesizer provides an abstract lead-in to a earworm hook. Bumping bassline throughout, gets angry before the sixty second minute mark. Another Detroit Techno sound, very similar to
Streets of Sim City, if you've ever played that game.
