original composer, alias conrad coldwood? [REASON CONFIRMED IN THREAD]

[socks]

do we know of the original composer, alias conrad coldwood, will be back for new music or if the old music is at least staying in?

EDIT: we now have the official reason. they did originally want the old soundtrack in it, but alias conrad coldwood chose not to do it for a few reasons (see below reddit post)

https://www.reddit.com/r/offthegame/comments/1hmf8gj/i_emailed_acc_asking_about_the_new_soundtrack_in/

[TIBdOBtheGLOB]

He's gone, replaced. Old music is gone, replaced.

[Cory]

Not having the original OST is a deal-breaker for me. Too bad.

[Shadowfury]

The new one might end up being better, who knows.

[TIBdOBtheGLOB]

Originally posted by Shadowfury:

The new one might end up being better, who knows.

I'm leaning towards hard no on that given Alias's incredibly individual unique flare when it comes to making music but I wouldn't doubt it being serviceable at least. According to Mortis one of the new composers's is "Morusque"? Also known as "Yann van der Cruyssen." Who from what I can tell has redone OSTs for other indies such as the Wiiware version of Cave Story, Knytt, and Stray.

[Kyubi]

You can't beat Alias' music for OFF, nobody can replace him, and the new composer... well, he's just OK.

[AwesumDood]

Damn, that's actually disheartening to hear that his music won't be coming back. Oh well, maybe it will be possible to mod in the OG tracks for the PC version.

[INF-Scanner Man]

it would be a shame if the whole soundtrack is replaced, seriously, the soundtrack of alias colwood is perfect, if they are going to add a new soundtrack, fine, let it be for the new stuff they introduce, but by all means, don't replace the original theme. Although the text leaves me a bit confused: “All-new soundtrack, featuring musicians including Morusque. (OFF's original soundtrack, by Alias Conrad Coldwood, will always be available in the game's original release)” I don't know if it means that this only will be in the version that we all have played or that it will be available here too? I don't know to tell you the truth, but the thought that they will replace ALL the soundtrack scares me.

[(M3) spd12]

The issue I've heard is that the original composer all but fell off the internet and simply could not be contacted, and thus securing the rights to the music for a new retail release is completely impossible.

Luckily we still have the original game out there for that!

[Snagglesnorf]

Originally posted by AwesumDood:

Damn, that's actually disheartening to hear that his music won't be coming back. Oh well, maybe it will be possible to mod in the OG tracks for the PC version.

That‘s the only way I‘m going to play this.

[TIBdOBtheGLOB]

Originally posted by INF-Scanner Man:

it would be a shame if the whole soundtrack is replaced, seriously, the soundtrack of alias colwood is perfect, if they are going to add a new soundtrack, fine, let it be for the new stuff they introduce, but by all means, don't replace the original theme. Although the text leaves me a bit confused: “All-new soundtrack, featuring musicians including Morusque. (OFF's original soundtrack, by Alias Conrad Coldwood, will always be available in the game's original release)” I don't know if it means that this only will be in the version that we all have played or that it will be available here too? I don't know to tell you the truth, but the thought that they will replace ALL the soundtrack scares me.

From the stream Mortis had it seemed like he made it pretty clear that the OG Soundtrack by Alias will forever be in the free original game as the only official way to play it with that soundtrack. The upcoming rerelease will have no option to swap between the music since the rights weren't secured. It's like that one situation with Persona PSX vs PSP with their OSTs but I'm at least betting that the new composers will be doing a better job of soundtrack replacing unlike Meguro who gutted out like 3/4ths of the game's original OST with mostly 1-2 minute low effort fl studio loops.

So really either people are gonna have to mod this upcoming release to have the old OST or mod the new content into an older rpgm03 release. Both are incredibly unlikely in fact I shouldn't even recommend the latter as an option.

[PKPenguin]

who gaf there'll be a mod to put it back in day 1

[TIBdOBtheGLOB]

Originally posted by PKPenguin:

who gaf there'll be a mod to put it back in day 1

I like how everyone here at least so far has gone down of expecting this to happen even though this is basically expecting too much from the OFF community in the first place. Give it a few months to several decades I say since that's- actually that's still not enough leeway honestly lol. The fanbase is a group of jenkemhuffers, not people who know what the ♥♥♥♥ they're doing.

[cringe ass nae nae baby]

Originally posted by TIBdOBtheGLOB:

Originally posted by PKPenguin:

who gaf there'll be a mod to put it back in day 1

I like how everyone here at least so far has gone down of expecting this to happen even though this is basically expecting too much from the OFF community in the first place. Give it a few months to several decades I say since that's- actually that's still not enough leeway honestly lol. The fanbase is a group of jenkemhuffers, not people who know what the ♥♥♥♥ they're doing.

i havent played off so idk ♥♥♥♥ about the fanbase but my prediction is that this rerelease is running on unity in which case swapping the music will be piss easy bc there are a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ of existing modding tools out there and it would probably take like 1 hour of work max

[dixy chicken dalai lama]

http://gaarabis.free.fr/060_links/faq/index.html
"I haven't seen or talked to Mortis for the past couple of years, something like that. Now, don't worry, that doesn't mean mommy and daddy are mad at each other. I'm going to explain something that probably won't make me look very good, but it may also help you understand my motivation and why I interact with people the way I do. Short version: I have a hard time bounding with people.

I tend to stick with people for only one reason (that reason varies from person to person). But the moment I lose this connection, I also lose interest. I tend to treat all my relationships the same way you probably treat relationships with strangers; Let's say you really like that stand up comedian because he or she makes you laugh, the day they stop being funny to you, you also lose interest in them. That's how it goes for me, with everybody."

[dixy chicken dalai lama]

^ just some context for why he probably isn't present for this release