[Dag]

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.

examples:

FF XII (not PS2-source)
FF Tactics Advance (GBA source + original MIDI)
FF Tactics A2 (not NDS-source)
Okamiden (not NDS)
Assault Suit Valken (original source, vs: SNES OST)
Ape Escape (original source, but used in the PSP ver.?)
Tactics Ogre (SNES source + original MIDI)
Ogre Battle (same)
Tales of Legendia (original MIDI for several tracks, may be debatable)
God Eater (may be debatable too, since Shiina alters the music)
Sword Maniac (originals)
Dodonpachi (original source + PCB source)
Rage of the Dragons (original HQ wavs, Neo-Geo streamed very LQ wavs)
NOT: Blazing Star (contains LQ Neo-Geo wavs, though one would expect HQ originals)

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