Yeah, #12 is the only medley on the CD; the other 14 songs are separated, individual tracks.

Smash Bros. had excellent music. A lot of Nintendo games that have no original soundtrack released did. That's why it puzzles me that Nintendo isn't treating the music produced in their games the same way that Square-Enix, Konami, Falcom, and Namco (to name a few) treat theirs. Promos offered in magazines don't compare to the full treatment that Final Fantasy, Phantasy Star Online, and Castlevania get.

So does anyone know enough about Nintendo or the world of VG music to answer my question properly?

maybe later

Actually, SSBM did get a soundtrack. It was only released in Japan though. And if you subscribe to Nintendo Power, you get a free Twilight Princess strategy guide and a small soundtrack of Twilight Princess.

I'll venture a guess...

Square has gotten such a reputation for not only its games, but its soundtracks as well that they'll release 'em even if they're not the best (I'm looking at you Parasite Eve 2) and I'm sure they have an agreement with the respected artists who composed the music. I'm not even sure that a portion of the soundtrack sales get back to the original composer.

Nintendo, who I'm assuming is much more stringent with their programmers, composers, and pretty much everyone, probably owns the entire rights to the soundtracks published by the in-house composers and have just sat on this missed opportunity. There's no real excuse for SSBM because it was developed by HAL, a 2nd-party company to Nintendo. They should be able to publish what they want, although I don't think they really have the resources to do so.

Does this help you out?

I hadn't thought about it till now, but I think you're right.

Well, it's not the answer I wanted to hear, but it's probably correct. If Nintendo stops producing soundtracks, we can also say goodbye to special arranged versions of songs from GBA/DS titles (New Super Mario Bros.). It really sucks.

However, I have to wonder why they made an arranged album for Mother 3. I also wonder if Hirokazu "Hip" Tanaka, Koji Kondo, or Yuka Tsujiyoko (Fire Emblem) have given thought to composing music for other companies.

A revolution.

But, despite it, yes, I miss soundtracks from Nintendo games.

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Probably because the Mother fanbase in japan is astounding. From what I've seen online, whoever developed that game spent alot of time releasing stuff for the fans. Recall the "gifts" on the japanese site. You could get one a day until the game came out. Usually it was a simple .gif image, but there were a couple mp3's released as well. What kills me is the itunes only release of the Mother 3 OST. (got it anyway through one of my sites but it's the principle of the thing!)

I'm not entirely sure if it has.