Super Mario Galaxy 2/Unused Music

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Unused Galaxy Theme

An unused level track exists in the stream directory. It only uses synthesized instruments, and was presumably cut before the game's music reached the live orchestra phase of production. The track comes right after the theme for Cloudy Court Galaxy, and the tune has a similarly light tone. It also has Yoshi drums.

SMG2_galaxy08_strm

Track with Yoshi drums

Unused World Map Themes

Two unused "world map" tracks are also present. Unlike the other world map music pieces, these don't have multiple channels with "galactic sounds" built-in. They follow the proper naming convention for the world map tracks, and are the second and third world map tracks. The world map streams start at worldmap00 and end at worldmap08.

SMG2_worldmap01_strm

SMG2_worldmap02_strm

Fast Versions of Boss Music

Fast versions of the boss music for Gobblegut, Glamdozer, Megahammer, and Digga-Leg (the last of which also plays for the Whomp King boss) exist, but these bosses don't use them, even when "angry". Curiously, the fast track for Megahammer is a single-channel stream, while the main track has multiple channels for the drums that play while riding Yoshi.

Gobblegut (SMG2_boss01b_strm)

Glamdozer (SMG2_boss02b_strm)

Megahammer (SMG2_boss03b_strm)

Digga-Leg (SMG2_boss08b_strm)

Tall Trunk Galaxy Unused Yoshi Drums

The Tall Trunk Galaxy theme, used for the start of the glider stages and the second mission in Tall Trunk Galaxy, has a track for drums that play when Mario is riding Yoshi. However, Yoshi is not present in any of the stages that use this theme. While Yoshi certainly does appear in the first mission of Tall Trunk Galaxy, he is not used for the slide mission. You can get to the slide with the Yoshi infinite flutter jump glitch, but the game freezes, and the music still doesn't play even if you manage to flutter jump to the end!

SMG2_ev_mokku_strm + drum track

Tall Trunk Galaxy Early Version

This sequenced version of the theme appears to be a much earlier version than the used streamed one.

smg2_ev_mokku_cnv

Flying Mario

To do: Upload the first game's version of the Red Star's theme for comparison.

The Ice Flower and Red Star theme from the first game are still present in the data, but they sound a little bit different. The Red Star theme has different instrumentation, such as a sitar replacing the flute and a synthesized, low-quality instrument replacing part of the brass section. This version of the theme is heard if you manage to use the Red Star in-game.

smg_ev_fly_a_cnv

Ice Mario

To do: Upload the first game's version of the Ice Flower's theme for comparison.

One of the instruments in the Ice Flower theme sounds rougher than in the first Super Mario Galaxy.

smg_ev_ice_a_cnv

BGM_IN_BUBBLE

The unused soothing music sequence from the first game has found its way into the sequel, still unused.