Shenmue - New Music Collection Early, Undocumented, Unused Songs

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A collection of early, unused, undocumented and generally obscure tracks from Shenmue. Presented by Richard Payne.

✱ Timestamps ✱

0 (00:00) – It's your lucky day! | Tom presents the new music
1 (00:35) – Unknown 1 (Shenmue Passport) | Unused
2 (01:07) – Free Quest V1 (What’s Shenmue) | Early Version
3 (01:37) – Free Quest V2 (What’s Shenmue) | Early Version
4 (02:08) – Free Quest [Final] (What’s Shenmue) | Used, put for reference
5 (02:59) – QTE Battle 2 (What’s Shenmue & Shenmue 1) | Undocumented
6 (04:43) – Flower Girl (What’s Shenmue) | Early Version
7 (07:30) – Like a feeling (What’s Shenmue) | Early Version
8 (09:01) – Like a feeling? (What’s Shenmue & Shenmue) | Unused/Obscure
9 (10:36) – A Predestined Encounter (What’s Shenmue) | Early Version
10 (14:00) – Earth and Sea [Variant] (What’s Shenmue) | Unused
11 (14:44) – Nightmare 2 (Shenmue) | Undocumented
12 (14:55) – Morning Sunlight (Shenmue) | Undocumented
13 (15:12) – Working Man (Shenmue) | Early Version
14 (16:49) – Unused Theme (Shenmue) | Unused
15 (17:54) – Mark’s brother [JP Only] (Shenmue) | Undocumented
16 (18:54) – Bike Race Intro (Shenmue) | Undocumented
17 (19:09) – Bike Race (Shenmue) | Undocumented
18 (19:36) – Visitor At Night (Shenmue Passport) | Undocumented
19 (21:26) – Feeling tired [Variant] (Shenmue Passport) | Unused
20 (23:36) – Unknown 2 (Shenmue Passport) | Undocumented
21 (24:15) – Hostility (Shenmue Passport) | Undocumented
22 (26:03) – To Fly Vacantly, Like an Eagle (Shenmue Passport) | Obscure
23 (29:22) – End Credits (What’s Shenmue) | Early Version
24 (34:11) – Options [Variant?] (Shenmue Passport) | Undocumented
25 (36:45) – Photo Harassment (Shenmue 2 Game Jam Prototype) | Early Version
26 (39:17) – Arm Wrestling Area (Shenmue 2 Game Jam Prototype) | Early Version
27 (40:30) – Man Mo Temple Intro (Shenmue 2) | Undocumented
28 (40:49) – Unused Theme? (Shenmue 2) | Unused?
29 (42:38) – Unused Theme 1 (Shenmue 2) | Unused
30 (43:50) – Unused Theme 2 (Shenmue 2) | Unused
31 (44:49) – Unused Theme 3 (Shenmue 2) | Unused
32 (45:55) – Searching Tapes Intro (Shenmue 2) | Undocumented
33 (46:27) – Street Fight (Shenmue 2) | Undocumented
34 (48:03) – Unused Theme 4 (Shenmue 2) | Unused
35 (49:09) – Yuan’s Chainsaw (Shenmue 2 Game Jam Prototype) | Early Version
36 (51:21) – Yuan’s Defeat (Shenmue 2 Game Jam Prototype) | Early Version
37 (52:27) – The Place Where The Sun Sets (Shenmue 2) | Unused
38 (55:07) – Saving Shenhua (Shenmue 2 Game Jam Prototype) | Early Version
39 (57:43) – Idle Seasons (Shenmue 2 Game Jam Prototype) | Early Version
40 (01:00:49) – The Story Goes on (Shenmue 2 Game Jam Prototype) | Early Version
41 (01:04:15) – This is how it's done | Tom's dance team makes their debut!*

*Dance segment was taken from Fishbiter's video on YouTube - see the original:
Doing The 'Mue:    • Doing The 'Mue  

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[1] (Track 1)

This music plays in the intro for Dance Dance Revolution 2ndMIX, an arcade game made by Konami. A remix is also featured in Dance Dance Revolution Extreme with the name "DDR All Stars". Special thanks to Michael Stewart for pointing this out in the comments!

Intro Music [DDR 2ndMIX]:    • DDR 2ndMIX Title / NM  
"All Stars" Remix [DDR Extreme]:    • Dance Dance Revolution - Naoki feat. ...  

[2] (Track 20 & 21)
The Phantom River Stone blog has an excellent article on the F355 Challenge hidden menu! Check it out if you're interested.

F355 Challenge menu in JP Shenmue Passport: https://www.phantomriverstone.com/201...

[3] (Track 37)
This unused version was released in high quality in the recent “Shenmue 3 The Definitive Soundtrack” album. It's labelled as the "piano version".

The Place Where the Sun Sets (Piano Version):    • The Place Where the Sun Sets (Piano V...  

[4] (Track 40)
There’s actually a 4th version of “The Story Goes On” found by BlueMue a while ago. It’s called “Big Relief” in the game files and it’s not a sample-based track like the others.

Big Relief (The Story Goes On unused version) [Video by BlueMue]:    • Shenmue II Music - Big Relief (Unused)  

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