The snare in the pre-console version feels beefier and more intense than the console version. I would love to hear released versions of the pre console songs because they sound incredible, even if songs like Toxic Waste used a different bass sample.

Speaking of that song, no offence, but the bass in the pre console version of Toxic Waste kind of sounds like a fart. The console version didn't sound like that. Maybe because compression hid some details, or they used a different bass sample.

I live this part. It sounds like someone got mad, Started beating up the piano, then used is as part of the track

The whole song sounds so drastically different on pee console. How does that happen when others are slight?

Oh wow! I've been waiting for this one! Ripper Roo is the most memorable boss for me, and hearing the true original theme is sweet bliss. This is amazing, I love all the crazy, fast-paced sounds you hear in this. Very fitting. :P Thanks for uploading this! So happy. :}

Love this one! What’s the wheezy-sounding instrument at 0:14? 

Hi Josh, do you remember the library these brass samples could be from? Particularly this sax growl at 0:14... I haven't been able to find them in any Roland or E-MU CDs. Thanks in advance, love your music

Crash Bandicoot 2 - Ripper Roo (pre-console version)

Josh Mancell is a Los Angeles-based composer. He has created music for multi-million unit selling video game franchises (Crash Bandicoot, Jak & Daxter), Emmy award-winning television (Clifford the Big Red Dog), festival-acclaimed independent films (The Wake of Light, Love Comes to the Executioner, A Star for Rose, Eat the Sun, etc) and a diverse array of commercials (including Target, McDonalds, EA Games and AT&T), logos and other visual media. Josh is also involved with several bands as both a performer and a producer (Exploding Flowers, Vagrant Winter, Fun Time Objects, Cellborg) and has guest lectured/panel-participated at American Film Institute, Berklee College of Music, Royal Northern College of Music, Sarah Lawrence College, UC Irvine, Cal Poly Pomona and LA College of Music College. His iconic music for the Crash Bandicoot video games was performed by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra at London’s Royal Albert Hall in 2018 and music from both the Crash Bandicoot and Jak & Daxter games was performed by the Manchester Video Game Orchestra in 2022.

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