Proto:Spyro the Dragon (PlayStation)/July 18th, 1998 build/Soundtrack Differences
This is a sub-page of Proto:Spyro the Dragon (PlayStation)/July 18th, 1998 build.
Pretty much every level in this game uses a different track to the one used in the final game. This page lists the differences in the soundtrack files and the differences in the tracks used by each level.
All levels presented here use their final name, and all tracks listed are named by the level they're used in in the final game, to avoid confusion.
For the most part, the music seems to be unchanged from the June 15th prototype.
Contents
STR Files
Track No. | Jul 18th Prototype | Aug 12th NTSC-U Release |
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PETEXA0.STR | ||
Track 0 | Stone Hill | Artisans |
Track 1 | Artisans | Wild Flight |
Track 2 | Dark Hollow | Stone Hill |
Track 3 | Alpine Ridge | Dry Canyon |
Track 4 | Ice Cavern | Haunted Towers |
Track 5 | Title Theme | Gnorc Cove |
Track 6 | Peace Keepers | Sunny Flight |
Track 7 | Alpine Ridge | Terrace Village |
PETEXA1.STR | ||
Track 0 | Credits Theme | Doctor Shemp |
Track 1 | Dark Hollow | Wizard Peak |
Track 2 | Ice Cavern | Icy Flight |
Track 3 | Title Theme | Night Flight |
Track 4 | Magic Crafters | Dark Passage |
Track 5 | Terrace Village | Ice Cavern |
Track 6 | Stone Hill | Lofty Castle |
Track 7 | Artisans | Beast Makers |
PETEXA2.STR | ||
Track 0 | Ice Cavern | Blowhard |
Track 1 | Title Theme | Peace Keepers |
Track 2 | Stone Hill | Crystal Flight |
Track 3 | Title Theme | Gnasty's Loot |
Track 4 | Magic Crafters | Title Theme |
Track 5 | Terrace Village | Misty Bog |
Track 6 | Stone Hill | Alpine Ridge |
Track 7 | Artisans | Metalhead |
PETEXA3.STR | ||
Track 0 | Stone Hill | Twilight Harbor |
Track 1 | Artisans | Gnasty Gnorc |
Track 2 | Dark Hollow | Town Square |
Track 3 | Alpine Ridge | Cliff Town |
Track 4 | Ice Cavern | Jacques |
Track 5 | Title Theme | Tree Tops |
Track 6 | Peace Keepers | Dark Hollow |
Track 7 | Alpine Ridge | Magic Crafters |
PETEXA4.STR | ||
Track 0 | Stone Hill | Dark Hollow |
Track 1 | Artisans | Toasty |
Track 2 | Dark Hollow | Dream Weavers |
Track 3 | Alpine Ridge | Dream Weavers |
Track 4 | Ice Cavern | Credits Theme |
Track 5 | Title Theme | Alpine Ridge (Alt) |
Track 6 | Peace Keepers | High Caves (PAL, Alt) |
Track 7 | Alpine Ridge | Wizard Peak (Alt) |
PETEXA5.STR | ||
Track 0 | This STR file is not present in the July 18th prototype. | High Caves (NTSC) |
Track 1 | Peace Keepers (Alt) | |
Track 2 | Credits Theme | |
Track 3 | Alpine Ridge (Alt) | |
Track 4 | High Caves (PAL, Alt) | |
Track 5 | Wizard Peak (Alt) | |
Track 6 | High Caves (NTSC) | |
Track 7 | Peace Keepers (Alt) |
Notably, also, the Peace Keepers theme's intro is significantly shorter on the first loop than it is in the final game. All prototype tracks are quieter and more dynamic than the retail tracks.
PETEXA0.STR, PETEXA3.STR and PETEXA4.STR are all identical. As PETEXA4.STR was not present in the June 15th prototype, and its addition allows music to be played in more of the Gnasty's World levels, as discussed below.
As the themes used in-game match the order they appear in the STR files, tracks 3-7 on PETEXA4.STR are unused duplicate tracks.
In-Game Tracks
The tracks used by levels in-game perfectly match the order they appear in the STR files:
Level Name | Track Used |
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Artisans | Stone Hill |
Stone Hill | Artisans |
Dark Hollow | Dark Hollow |
Town Square | Alpine Ridge |
Toasty | Ice Cavern |
Sunny Flight | Title Theme |
Peace Keepers | Peace Keepers |
Dry Canyon | Alpine Ridge |
Cliff Town | Credits Theme |
Ice Cavern | Dark Hollow |
Doctor Shemp | Ice Cavern |
Night Flight | Title Theme |
Magic Crafters | Magic Crafters |
Alpine Ridge | Terrace Village |
High Caves | Stone Hill |
Wizard Peak | Artisans |
Blowhard | Ice Cavern |
Crystal Flight | Title Theme |
Beast Makers | Stone Hill |
Terrace Village | Title Theme |
Misty Bog | Magic Crafters |
Tree Tops | Terrace Village |
Metalhead | Stone Hill |
Wild Flight | Artisans |
Dream Weavers | Stone Hill |
Dark Passage | Artisans |
Lofty Castle | Dark Hollow |
Haunted Towers | Alpine Ridge |
Jacques | Ice Cavern |
Icy Flight | Title Theme |
Gnorc Gnexus | Peace Keepers |
Gnorc Cove | Alpine Ridge |
Twilight Harbor | Stone Hill |
Gnasty Gnorc | Artisans |
Gnasty's Loot | Dark Hollow |
*Note that Gnorc Gnexus uses Toasty's theme in the final game.
Due to an audio glitch, all themes played in the Beast Makers worlds loop every 2 minutes and 4 seconds, the same length as Stone Hill's theme.
Changes from the June 15th Prototype
Due to shifts in the level IDs of some of the Gnasty's World stages, as well as the addition of an extra STR file to cover the stages which didn't have music assigned yet, these levels changed in their music the most.
Specifically, in the June 15th prototype, due to there being only 32 themes present despite the presence of 33 levels, no theme plays in Gnasty Gnorc's level. Two more levels were added since that version, and so the extra STR file covers the final three level's themes.
Level | Jun 15 | Jul 18 |
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Gnorc Gnexus | Not present | Peace Keepers |
Gnorc Cove | Peace Keepers | Alpine Ridge |
Twilight Harbor | Alpine Ridge | Stone Hill |
Gnasty Gnorc | No music | Artisans |
Gnasty's Loot | Not present | Dark Hollow |
Dragon Dialogue Tracks
Several themes which aren't present in the soundtrack files are present in the background of some of the dragons' dialogue. This suggests these themes had been worked on but hadn't been added to the game's STR files yet:
- Several dragons in Dry Canyon use the Dry Canyon theme.
- Several dragons in Ice Cavern use the Cliff Town theme.
- Both Beast Makers dragons use the Beast Makers theme.
Missing Tracks
The following tracks are nowhere to be found in the game's soundtrack files, despite being in the final NTSC-U build:
- Alpine Ridge (Alt)
- Beast Makers
- Blowhard
- Cliff Town
- Crystal Flight
- Dark Hollow's duplicate variant (with no silence at the beginning)
- Dark Passage
- Doctor Shemp
- Dream Weavers
- Dry Canyon
- Gnasty Gnorc
- Gnasty's Loot
- Gnorc Cove
- Haunted Towers
- High Caves ("NTSC-U")
- High Caves (Alt)
- Icy Flight
- Jacques
- Lofty Castle
- Metalhead
- Misty Bog
- Night Flight
- Sunny Flight
- Toasty
- Town Square
- Tree Tops
- Twilight Harbor
- Unidentified unique unused theme
- Wild Flight
- Wizard Peak
- Wizard Peak (Alt)