During the transition between Windows to Mac a little over two years ago, a good chunk of my music got lost in translation, Metroid Metal one of them. I recently got the newest sponsor email, where Grant's new masterpiece, Metroid Fusion's Sector 1 background music, had been put up for downloading goodness. I re-downloaded the music, and got my ears on their first, commercially-available CD, Varia Suite, which remasters various tracks from Grant's MM past, and it really did put an awesome sheen on my face, one that hadn't been there in a while.
I threw everything on my iPhone and listened to it in my car; getting into it like I did back in high school really did put a gigantic smile on my face, one that I haven't had in a long time.
My favorite tracks were Kraid, Ridley, Lower Norfair, Phendrana Drifts and the Boss Medley, a culmination of various boss tracks from Super Metroid, namely, Torizo, Spore Spawn, Kraid, Ridley and Mother Brain. The haunting guitar during Spore Spawn, plus the Awesome-Sauce oozing breakdowns during Ridley, really had me itching for Metroid. Don't forget the eerie voice interjected in Item Room, which is actually Grant reading the story from Metroid's manual. True story.
