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Rayman, released for the Atari Jaguar originally (had pretty bad controls and the music was worse), but was quickly ported to the Playstation 1, was developed by Ubi Soft Montpellier (basically, french Ubi Soft), and published by Ubi Soft. It was later released for the Sega Saturn, and the PC in 1996. This game has quite a legacy, being highly acclaimed for its animated 2D Graphics, Atmosphere, and Soundtrack. It was awarded both "Best Music in a CD-ROM Game" and "Best Animation" in Electronic Gaming Monthly's 1995 Video Game Awards. While the gameplay hasn't aged the best, it's still worth trying out. But let's delve further into "Best Music", shall we?
The music was solely composed by Rémi Gazel, a musician, a graphic designer, and also a composer (thinking this may've been obvious). The compositions are some of the best to have come from the PS1, and in my opinion, still hold up to this day. And seeing how Rayman's 20th Anniversary is upcoming, what better way to celebrate it than by reminiscing onto the past, and honoring Rémi Gazel's fantastic work onto Rayman. We'll be specifically looking at the PC/Saturn release of the game, if only because the extra tunes the PS1 version has are nothing special, just some basic drum beats.
Most Likely Possible To Be Mapped
(right click the links below, and select "Save As")
Any with a (Maybe) beside them are either trickier to work with than the others, or may be dull to try.
02 - World Map
The Dream Forest
03 - First Steps
04 - Deep Forest
06 - Magician's Challenge
07 - Betilla the Fairy
08 - Bzzit Attacks
09 - Flight of the Mosquito
12 - Suspense ~ The Flood (Maybe)
13 - Moskito's Rage
Band Land
14 - Bongo Bridge (Maybe)
15 - The Band Awakens
16 - Harmony
19 - Mysterious Gongs
20 - Meditating Monks
21 - Fear of Heights (Maybe due to length)
22 - Blazing Brass
23 - Saxophone's Song
Blue Mountains
24 - Peaceful Peaks
26 - Rocking up the Mountains
28 - Suspense ~ Cutting the Ropes (Maybe)
30 - Ruler of the Mountains
Picture City
32 - Picture Perfect
33 - Painted Pentathlon
34 - Space Mama's Play (Maybe choose between 34 and 36?)
35 - Quiet!
36 - Washing Machine from Space (Maybe choose between 34 and 36?)
The Caves of Skops
37 - Entering the Cavern
38 - Deep in the Caves
40 - Lurking in the Darkness
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41 - Party at Joe'shttps://osu.ppy.sh/s/285207 (Pending)
42 - Never Wake a Sleeping Scorpion
Candy Château
44 - Creepy Clowns
45 - The Cake is a Lie (no, not Portal)
46 - Cloak of Darkness
Other
47 - Once More (Maybe due to length)
48 - End of the Line (Maybe)
56 - Learning with Rayman (literally the longest track in this entire game) (Maybe)
As you can see, there's a lot of work to be done, and I may need some assistance on the way. If you are interested in helping out to celebrate Rayman's soon to be 20th anniversary, feel free to choose any of the songs above, and transform them into a beatmap! It doesn't matter what gamemode, and in fact, some songs may be suited towards something that isn't standard, hey it's your choice.
Cannot Be Mapped
These mostly aren't even really songs, but rather atmospheric sounds (with the exception of a few, which are just too short) Feel free to listen though!
01 - Ubisoft Presents
The Dream Forest
10 - Hold on tight!
11 - Rainfall
Band Land
17 - Storm in Band Land
18 - The Red Drummers
Blue Mountains
25 - Night on Blue Mountain
27 - Watch your step!
29 - Flooded Mountains
Picture City
31 - The Inky Sea
The Caves of Skops
39 - Alone in the Dark
Candy Château
43 - Candy Party
Other
49 - Yeah!
50 - Oh no!
51- Movie ~ Presents
52 - Movie ~ Title Screen
53 - Movie ~ Intro
54 - Movie ~ Outro
55 - Drums of the Enemy (though feel free to add it to the end of 13, 23, 30, 36, 42, and 46 if you can find a way to make it work!)
If you for some reason want to map these songs, go ahead, I'll be damned (and seriously impressed, though that doesn't matter) if they find a way onto the rankings list! I personally won't be looking at any of these songs.
Extras!
This isn't really in relation to the project in general, so feel free to ignore this box.
During the last year, Rémi Gazel has started up the Rayman 1 Live Project, where they are remaking many compositions from Rayman 1. The two videos they have up now are absolutely top to listen to, and you can locate them onto his channel! If you want to keep track of the progress, his twitter page is an option, but a more viable option is the project's Facebook page. If you're interested, feel free to stop on by those places, and have a listen!