If you’ve played Super Meat Boy in the past and plan on grabbing it for PlayStation 4 or Vita next week, you’ll notice something quite different about it.
According to a post on the Team Meat blog, via Destructoid, the game will not contain the same soundtrack as its PC and Xbox 360 counterparts.
Oct 02, 2015 Hello, PlayStation fans! The day is almost upon us — on October 6th Super Meat Boy will finally come to PS4 and PS Vita as a cross buy title. As a thank you to the fans who have been so patient with us, Super Meat Boy is going to be free to download as part of October’s PS Plus lineup.
Designer Tommy Refenes said the reason was due to not being able to secure the rights to the original score composed by Danny Baranowsky.
Super Meat Boy 2015 Soundtrack Download
“Long story short, we couldn’t secure the rights to include the old soundtrack with the re-release of the game on PS4/Vita. Now don’t be too bummed because we’re not,” said Refenes. “Every dark cloud has a silver lining, and the silver lining on this dark cloud turned into an opportunity to work with our most favorite artists to rescore Super Meat Boy.”
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Baranowsky said on his bloghe no longer maintains “a working relationship with Team Meat,” and when approached by the developers regarding the license, he felt the “fee and exposure through PSN offered” wasn’t enough to consider accepting the deal.
“I wish them and the new artists the best of luck with the game, he said. “I’ve heard rumors that there were creative differences between us; this is not true, or at least was never communicated to me.”
The new score was created by composers Matthias Bossi and Jon Evans (The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth), David “Scattle” Scatliffe (Hotline Miami) and Laura Shigihara (Plants vs. Zombies).
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Super Meat Boy 2015 Soundtrack Download
Super Meat Boy's soundtrack was a big part of the game's identity, when it came out a few years ago. The work of composer Danny Baranowsky is a part of that game's DNA in a way that isn't always the case in titles.
Unfortunately though, Team Meat are going to be replacing his work for the upcoming PS4 and PS Vita releases of the Super Meat Boy. Ridiculon, David Scatliffe and Laura Shigihara will now be taking over, it was revealed by Team Meat's Tommy Refenes in a blog post.
Baranowsky did give some incite into why this is happening in his own blog post, where he says:
Many of you have probably already seen the news, but my soundtrack for Super Meat Boy will not be in the PS4/Vita versions. This is because I no longer have a working relationship with Team Meat. You may also know that I did not do the soundtrack for The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth. I made a decision a couple years ago to end my working relationship with them for many reasons that don't really need to be listed here. I apologize for any disappointment this may cause my fans.
He added:
I didn't feel like the license fee and exposure through PSN they offered was enough to make me seriously consider accepting the deal.
It's sad to see a significant rift between the two parties, since they've made good work together, but hey. Now this is a new soundtrack and more work to admire out there. That's at least a silver lining.
Thanks Dtoid!