I have 2 basic questions about use of terminology in video game soundtracks.

1) I came across the use of 2 seemingly same meaning words in a different thread but decided not to post my question there as it was a year old thread. What's the difference between "original soundtrack" and "CD Rip"?--I thought it was the same thing but if you check the link below, there seems to be another connotation to them.

seen here in first post: Thread 34654

2) Does Original Sound Version (OSV) mean that the CD audio will sound just like it did in the game with lower sound quality as present in the game (ie, a gameboy game), while an Original Soundtrack (OST) CD's audio will sound just like the original recording as recorded by the composer (ie, prior to the sounds files being lowered in sound quality to fit a gameboy cartridge)?

Thank you!

original soundtrack means an official soundtrack released at some point. some people use the term incorrectly. "official soundtrack" and "ost" should ONLY be used of a soundtrack was released seperately from the game.

"original sound version" is an occasional japanese variation on ost.

CD rip, CDA, or redbook refers to games that had the music embedded and playable directly if you stick them in a CD player.

gamerip means they were in some other format and it took some form of extracting or recording from the actual game.

Thanks for the reply.



CD rip, CDA, or redbook refers to games that had the music embedded and playable directly if you stick them in a CD player.

I don't fully understand you. Are you saying there are some video game discs that when inserted into a pc/cd player will actually start playing audio?


I recall there being a 2CD Final Fantasy related release where disc 1 is the (full) audio as recorded by the composer and disc 2 is the same audio but with lesser sound quality as heard in the game console. Is there a term used to describe the type of audio found in that disc 2?

Thanks.

Well, a good example of this would be old Sega CD games and some first run PSX games. One example is the PSX game Toshinden. You can either play the game on your Playstation, or you can put that CD in a CD player and listen to the music.

it's mostly older PC games and some very old console games [think sega cd, etc] that use CD audio. and yeah, you can just stick them in a cd player and they'll play. total annihilation did this for example.

I have the japanese version of DDR 2nd Remix for Playstation, The bottom of the disc is white so, i put it in my computer and it showed all the tracks on the game. Of course, I ripped them. :)