When SNES music glitches, hilarity ensues...

I died laughing when I first heard this track. But it doesn't hit right away. For the first 40 seconds I was confused, wondering why the composer chose to repeat the same vocal sample over and over (is she saying "come"?) Then the song swells up at the 43 second mark and that "come" sample is pitched to all hell, screaming it's shill melody all over the beautiful strings and harp playing along (listen below):

I later learned this was actually due to an error with the sound emulation as it was ripped from the original ROM file. In the real version, the song strings together many audio samples to make a full vocal performance. Here's that version in it's natural state:

...but I still enjoy the broken version the most.

I'll share more selections from this list (and future lists!) on the regular, so if you enjoy retro game music or just interesting hidden gems, consider following along!

This song is one of many in a playlist I created after listening to all 1,513 Super Nintendo game soundtracks and picking out my favorites (I made a larger post with more info here last year). If you liked this track, check out the others in the youtube playlist! I've also nearly finished new list of music almost 3 times as large, so stay tuned!