Music
Freedom Planet's OST is probably one of its key highlights. It took a lot of effort to perfect, and as such a lot of tracks got scrapped or reworked along the development process, as is usual in game dev.
• Earlier Track Versions Earlier Track VersionsFreedom Planet Theme
Sourced from the game files and Soundcloud.
you found it!! :D
I found it!!
- Sabrina's Demo, comments section
Freedom Planet Theme (Title Screen)
Sourced from the game files.
This song went through a lot of changes, honestly. I'd actually originally intended it to be a little more emotional, and a little less action-y, but that didn't end up working out. I'm pretty happy with the final product.
- OST Commentary
Dragon Valley 1
Sourced from the game files and Soundcloud.
This track was used as a base for the song that made it into the final game... at least, the beta version of it. I was worried about one part of the melody being too similar to a theme from Final Fantasy IV, so we revamped the song a second time before release.
- Sabrina's Demo
I honestly wasn't terribly happy with what I did for the level at first, and very, very late into the project, [Sabrina] gave me the go ahead to redo the song. I had a far, far clearer idea of what I wanted to do with it the second time through. [...] The end product is something I felt that flowed together far better, although it was very different.
- OST Commentary
Dragon Valley 2
Sourced from the game files and Soundcloud.
This one was from an era early in the project when we had a third musician join us for a little while. In fact, [she] did most of the arrangement on this track. Musicians will notice the time signature change between the first stage and this one – that was [Claire]'s doing, and [she] really brought a lot to the table with it, I feel.
This song, like the first Dragon Valley stage was redone very late into the game's development. Neither it nor the first stage really met the level of quality of the rest of the soundtrack, and I set out to fix that with both. - OST Commentary MEANIE Boss! (Minor Boss Battle)
Sourced from the game files, Dragon Valley beta video and Soundcloud.
Start: 2011, first song I did for Freedom Planet (arrangement work here, composition was by [Sabrina].)
- 2011vs2020 [Freedom Planet/2]
I didn't feel this early piece held up with the rest of the soundtrack, and ultimately redid it, building off of what was already there! There are a few things that sound rather odd in this, listening back, but it was definitely a learning experience.
Like the two Dragon Valley stages, this theme was redone very late into the development of the game. [...]
The redo also included a part that I had composed for the song originally, and then ultimately cut out of the song, thinking what I had for it was long enough, before. Since some boss fights end up lasting a long time, though, when I redid the song, I added everything back in! - OST Commentary Relic Maze 1
Source unknown for the early version, otherwise from the game files and Soundcloud.
This is the version with better-sync'd vocals, and less sharp guitar. The old one is going byebye!
- Relic Maze (part 1) [BGM] [Re-Upload!]
Relic Maze 2
Source unknown for the early version, otherwise from the game files.
Major Boss Battle
Sourced from the game files.
Like with the meanie boss theme, there was a large section I left out initially, and added back in, when I touched the song up to reach the level of the rest of the soundtrack.
- OST Commentary
Freedom Planet TV!
Sourced from the game files, OST and Soundcloud.
Fortune Night 1
Source unknown for 15route, otherwise taken from the game files, Furaffinity and Soundcloud.
Rather than me arranging a song [Sabrina] wrote, I dug up a song I wrote in my teenage years, and actually added parts of [her] song to it!
- Furaffinity upload of Fortune Night 1 (Early)
Both the 15route version heard here and the version for Fortune Night 2 are in-between arrangements of "Route 15", from the time Leila was attempting to adapt it into Freedom Planet's music style:
"Route 15" is a song I wrote as a child that I adapted into Fortune Night. The files here are two of the 'in-between' versions, where I was adapting the style.
- Soundcloud DMs
Fortune Night 2
Source unknown for 15route-act2, otherwise from game files.
I had the MIDI file from when I first composed this song laying around on my computer, and actually used that to create the project file for stage 2.
- OST Commentary
Target World (Shang Mu Academy)
Sourced from the game files and Soundcloud.
A long, long time ago, I composed most of this song for a personal project. I didn't end up using it at all, and while [Sabrina] and I were sending each other old, outdated songs, [she] really got a kick out of it. [She] arranged what had been a slow, inspiring orchestral piece into something faster, and shot it back my way, at which point, I finished it.
I think the arrangement really fits an academy setting. Do your best! - OST Commentary Sky Battalion
Source unknown for the earliest version, otherwise from the OST.
[The earlier version] is also one of the unused themes that originated from Sky Battalion. Ultimately, it was going to end up being used in Rage Ravine (or one of the beta Aqua Tunnel themes was, either way!) but the level just wasn't going to be ready in time, unfortunately.
[The early version] was the last tune I solo-composed for Sky Battalion before [Sabrina] ultimately came up with the solution for the puzzle that was making a song for that level.
I think this song about killed [Sabrina] and I. I don't know if it was the level itself, or just how long it took to get right, but there were several different takes on themes for this levels, none of which quite worked, until, ultimately, [the final] one came along.
- OST Commentary
Prince Dail Boss Battle
Sourced from the game files and Soundcloud. Aqua Tunnel 1
Source unknown for the early version, otherwise from the game files.
Aqua Tunnel 2
Source unknown for the early version, otherwise from the game files.
Bossoft (Aquatic Boss Battle)
Sourced from the game files. Up The Creek (Jade Creek 1)
Sourced from the game files and Soundcloud.
Up The Sub (Jade Creek 2)
Sourced from the game files and Soundcloud.
Stage 2 features some sections that Stage 1 did not have, and vice-versa, but that is because the feeling for stage 2 is far, far more urgent. Still, there are some very familiar cues, such as the strings, and the 1:13 section, which starts a bit earlier here, due to the faster tempo!
- OST Commentary
Thermal Base 1
Sourced from the game files and Soundcloud.
Pangu Lagoon 1
Source unknown for DnB_01, otherwise from the game files and the second Galaxytrail forum.
Late-beta version of Pangu Lagoon from Freedom Planet, just before we added the voiceover and removed the other vocal samples.
- pangu beta
Anyway, this is from before we added the voiceover, and removed the other vocal samples (their melody, but not the sample itself, returned for Pangu_B.)
- Galaxytrail Forums
Hey, I finally have some insightful commentary!
I'm glad it was something so simple! I don't have any of the old files or anything from either FP game nowadays (they're all on an old dead hard drive.) So this was a relief that it was just a quick one-click fix!
- Twitter DMs
Pangu Lagoon 2
Source unknown for Pangu_2-roughsketch, otherwise from the game files.
Neo Chase (Tragic Boss Battle)
Source unknown for Chase Scene v1.7, otherwise from the game files.
This song is a very, very interesting story. If you listen closely, you'll notice it shares a melody with the Chase Scene song (there's also a large chunk of it at the end!) This is because it was actually meant to be a replacement for it, although ultimately, it wasn't used for that purpose.
This song also contains part of an unused stage theme meant for Sky Battalion, and part of an unused boss theme, which ultimately ended up being replaced with the theme for the Dail battles. - OST Commentary Schmup Stage
Sourced from the game files and OST.
It was originally meant to be the background music to Jade Creek (then Chaos Creek) and later ended up being Torque's unofficial theme of sorts. It finally ended up in the schmup stages, and it couldn't be a better fit.
When this was going to be Jade Creek's BGM, I went for a much less digital/computer-y sound, and for an arrangement more in line with the sort of things I normally compose for other tracks.
- OST Commentary
Battle Glacier 1
Source unknown for Battle Glacier_Idea-v001, otherwise from the game files, OST and Soundcloud.
A long, long time ago, [Sabrina] sent me the song we ultimately ended up using here. At the time, it was meant for Jade Creek (this was before I composed the schmup song for it, even!) but it ended up coming out way, way too final-confrontation-y for that.
The story was much different back then, though, and featured Shang-Tu and Shang-Mu troops facing off in the background. - OST Commentary Final Boss 1
Sourced from the game files and OST. The beta features a weird synth arp during the entire song.
Not terribly different from the one we ultimately used! The arp ultimately didn't fit very well with the song though, and neither of us was too big a fan of the tempo. Still, it was kind of interesting!!
- OST Commentary
Final Boss 2
Sourced from the game files and second Galaxytrail forum.
Oooh~ I'm not even sure I remember that one. xD It may have been renamed though.
- Galaxytrail Forums
Time Attack
Sourced from the game files and Soundcloud.
This one also originated from a [Sabrina] MIDI, and was the 6th or 7th song I arranged for the soundtrack. It's my favorite of the menu themes!
- OST Commentary
Beta Aqua Tunnel 1 (Bonus Theme)
Source unknown for MillqueToast_idea2, otherwise from the game files.
Relic Maze (Extended Mix)
Source unknown for the early version, otherwise from the game files and OST.
I was torn about which mix of the song to use, but I ultimately decided that [Leila]'s atmospheric rendition was the best fit for the pacing of the stage.
- Sabrina's Demo of Relic Maze 1
I Am Invincible! (Invincibility Theme)
Sourced from the game files, Dragon Valley beta video and OST. Stage Complete!
Sourced from the game files and Dragon Valley beta video.
Demo Reel/Audio Sampler Demos
Sourced from Furaffinity. Also available in video form if that's your thing.
Unused/Removed TracksSpace Panic!
Spacier Panic!
Sourced from the game files and Soundcloud. Trap Hideout 2
Sourced from the game files. Pangu Lagoon 1 (Japanese)
Sourced from the OST. Disaster Strikes
Sourced from the game files. Speedup Powerup
Sourced from the game files. Thereisnopasswordscreen.mp3
Sourced from Soundcloud. Robot Playground
Source unknown, probably the forums? Otherwise Soundcloud. City Centre Groove
Sourced from the game files and Soundcloud.
nb4 someone mentions mahjong
- WT City Centre Groove
Like A Boss/Storyline Boss
Sourced from 1.5.0, otherwise from Soundcloud.
Some of you who beta tested Freedom Planet may recognize this tune, as it was used as a placeholder for boss fights involving prince Dail.
- [Boss] Like A Boss
DMV
Sourced from Weasyl.
Over the course of many, many months, Purplewolf and I made many, many repeat trips to the DMV to get his motorcycles papers sorted. It was very boring. For some odd reason, every time we went, this very upbeat, poppy 90s, Sonic-esque tune would rattle around in my head and refused to leave.
- DMV, Weasyl upload
Dangerous
Sourced from SoundCloud. MetadataWhen I was given the beta builds of the game, I noticed that some music tracks from the Data folder had unique metadata not present in any public version of the game (or I may be completely wrong and these are public! Please feel free to correct me!!).
m_1up.ogg (1up Jingle)Encoded By: LAME in FL Studio 10
m_boss.ogg (Major Boss Battle)Title: Normal Boss Theme v-04 m_boss3.ogg (Prince Dail Boss Battle)
Title: SD87_v13
m_brevon.ogg (Brev In Yo Hizzle (Lord Brevon 1))
Title: Brev_in_yo_hizzle_dail_wut_u
_gunna_do_oh_get_possessed_
thats_cool_bro_now_youre_a_midboss
m_chase.ogg (Chase Scene)
Title: Chase_Scene-1-5
m_credits.ogg (Freedom Planet Theme)
Title: Credits Theme
m_disaster.ogg (Disaster Strikes)Title: Disaster_Strikes!v01 m_gameover.ogg (Game Over)
Title: Gameovermangameoverrrrrrr
m_hub1.ogg (Lilac's Treehouse)
Title: DV_act1_TESTYtest
m_hub2.ogg (Zao Majestico! (Shang Mu City Hall))Title: Shang_Mu_CityHall ZAO MAJESTICO m_hub4.ogg (Snowfields)
Title: Icefields
m_invincibility.ogg (I Am Invincible! (Invincibility Theme))
Title: Invincibility v1-2
m_menu1.ogg (Time Attack)Title: STAGE_SELECT m_menu2.ogg (Main Menu)
Title: Ambient-Menu_Idea_7_1-3[Loop point added]
m_midboss.ogg (MEANIE Boss! (Minor Boss Battle))Title: MEANIEboss v-03 m_rescue.ogg (To The Rescue!)Title: Heroic_2v03 m_results.ogg (Results Screen)Date: 2013 m_schmup.ogg (Schmup Stage)
Title: Kevin_Spacey-v016
m_secret.ogg (Beta Aqua Tunnel 1 (Bonus Theme))
Title: MillqueToast_v_03
m_stage0.ogg (Aqua Tunnel 1)Date: 2013 m_stage0b.ogg (Aqua Tunnel 2)Date: 2013 m_stage1.ogg (Dragon Valley 1)Title: DV_2013v06 m_stage1b.ogg (Dragon Valley 2)Dragon Valley 2 v02 m_stage2.ogg (Relic Maze 1)
Title: RELIC MAZE v1-3
m_stage2b.ogg (Relic Maze 2)
Title: Relic Maze Act 2 Woofle V1-1
m_stage3.ogg (Fortune Night 1)
Title: Fortune Night Act 1 (beta)
m_schmup.ogg (Fortune Night 2)
Title: Fortune_City_Night_Act2V_1-1[violin]
m_stage5.ogg (Up The Creek (Jade Creek 1))
Title: Up_The_Creek_v05
m_stage5b.ogg (Up The Sub (Jade Creek 2))
Title: UpTheSub_v06
m_stage6.ogg (Thermal Base 1)
Title: Thermal_Fire_C
m_stage6b.ogg (Thermal Base 2)
Title: Thermos_Water_R
m_stage7.ogg (Trap Hideout 1)Title: Trap_Hideout_Stage2 m_stage7b.ogg (Trap Hideout 2)Title: Trap_Hideout_Stage1 m_stage8.ogg (Pangu Lagoon 1)
Title: DnB_01-v4
m_stage8b.ogg (Pangu Lagoon 2)Title: Pangu_2_v1_5 m_stage9.ogg (Battle Glacier 1)Title: Battle_Glacier_v10 m_stage9b.ogg (Battle Glacier 2)Title: Battle_Glacier_Stage2_v021 m_stage10b.ogg (Final Dreadnought 2)Title: Final_Dreadnaught_Stage3 m_stage10d.ogg (Final Dreadnought 4)Date: 2013 m_target.ogg (Target World (Shang Mu Academy))
Title: Target_World v1_1
m_teamwork.ogg (Meet The Team!)Title: Meet_The_TeamV01 m_title.ogg (Freedom Planet Theme (Title Screen))
Title: Titlel_Wavev04
m_trouble.ogg (Here Comes Trouble!)Title: Here_Comes_Trouble!V01 m_tvshow.ogg (Freedom Planet TV!)
Title: FREEDOM_PLANET_TELEVISION
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