Gwise from your gwave...!
We still are inconsistent about albums with "original source music".
Ie.- music directly from the composer, before being converted for the game (like MIDI to SNES sound chip).
Sometimes we use "remaster" or "arrangement", but I don't think either are accurate (implies "newly done after the game's music", this case is "source before generating game's music).
We could handle it with a new classification:
Original source / original version (new classification)
For albums with music BEFORE being altered for the game.
ex. NDS high quality "composer" music vs NDS low quality "in-game" music conversion.
Remaster (old classification)
For albums with music AFTER the game's music.
ex. an album mastered from a source album (or maybe re-recorded).
examples:
FF IV OSV (SNES line-in) >
FFIV Remaster (redone line-in or remastered from the prev)
(OR: get rid of this and use notes; it's hard to quantify this since only a few tracks/discs may be altered: ex.
Rockman X vs
Rockman X: only Rockman X1/2/3 were changed)
So one album could be classified as "original soundtrack" (to keep consistency) + "original version" (to signal "contains source music").
I think the term "original source" (or "original version") is easy to understand and complements "original soundtrack" nicely.
Any thoughts...? :3