Relistening to the original upload of this made me fall in love with this album all over again. I think mono just suits lo-fi recordings more, idk. If you like Songs for Scaffolding more than this I'm going to kill you
They didn't need to go this hard for this album. Mother 1's soundtrack is beautiful and incredible even in 8-bit, but making an album that turns these songs into fully realised pieces using real instruments is brilliant. Pollyanna's the highlight of course, but shout-out Snowman and Fallin' Love, two of the best tracks in the game and on this soundtrack. Snowman sounds like something out of Klonoa 2 and it's awesome. I prefer the NES version of Fallin' Love, but ... read more
Shout-out Jesse Moynihan: Adventure Time's best writer/storyboarder, and a Prog Rock Maverick
The results amount to a catchy collection of elaborate pop that's been perfectly captured on a nickel budget.