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Originally Posted by GoldfishX
Funny thing is, looping VGM tracks aren't much different than a lot of mainstream tracks that repeat a chorus with verses inbetween (verse, chorus, verse, chorus, solo, chorus).
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This is not really that true. What you described in parentheses is a pretty nice formula in which the entire thing doesn't actually repeat from the beginning to end - you have verse~chorus which repeats once (although with some very minor differences) and then goes to solo~chorus. This means the two instances of verse~chorus sort of build up to something new - the solo - and then rather than going back to verse, goes straight to chorus (of course not all songs are like this, but this is one example). That
entire whole is the song. When you repeat a VGM song, you literally repeat the
entire whole of it. You just slap it onto the end of the track and say "listen to the ENTIRE SONG over again" minus maybe 10 seconds of intro at the beginning. It's not a sensible formula like mainstream tracks have in that there's some kind of progression to any intended repetition - the people producing the CD are just simply having the entire track play a second time.
Anyway, it doesn't look like this whole soundtrack is looped again, because like orion said, the songs would have increased in time way more than this. Also kind of a question for vol.2 but does anyone know if the original "Emotional Theme" or whatever it's called plays out fully in the new release? I never played the game, and can't track down any audio files, but it seems like the song fades out right when it gets to a new piano part. EDIT: Actually, dumb, it's only 12 seconds longer so I'm going to assume no. It doesn't sound like the original track plays out though.