Paper Mario The Thousand Year Door New Music Comparison

Paper Mario the Thousand Year Door 2004 and 2023 TTYD trailer music comparison.

I could not find something like this on YouTube, so I thought I would make it myself. Each piece plays for approximately four bars as it sounded in the trailer and then switches instantly over to how it sounded in the 2004 original game. Luckily, all the songs except for the last have retained their tempos and, as such, are extremely easy to sync with the trailer music. I have always been fascinated the music in this game and it is wonderful that it is getting the modern Paper Mario instrumentation upgrade. However, I must admit that the modern instrumentation misses some of the charm of the original, especially in the Intro Story music. However, I will withhold my final judgement until the game releases in full. I am certainly not displeased to hear these songs updated, much to the contrary. I think most of my fondness of the originals come from nostalgia and not much more in terms of actual preference for instrumentation. Time will tell.

I have purposefully left out the music played in the second scene, given that this music was not present in Paper Mario the Thousand Year door but in it's predecessor Paper Mario for the Nintendo 64.

Nintendo is the sole owner of the visuals and audio found within. I make no claim to ownership. This video is for purely educational purposes and for my own edification.

00:00 Opening (New)
00:09 Opening (OG)
00:15 Petal Meadows 1 (New)
00:30 Petal Meadows 1 (OG)
00:45 Petal Meadows 2 (New)
01:00 Petal Meadows 2 (OG)
01:15 Petal Meadows 3 (New)
01:29 Petal Meadows 3 (OG)
01:41 Battle Theme 1 (New)
01:51 Battle Theme 1 (OG)
01:59 Battle Theme 2 (New)
02:06 Battle Theme 2 (OG)
02:13 Battle Theme 3 (New)
02:19 Battle Theme 4 (OG)
02:24 Bowser's Castle (New)
02:36 Bowser's Castle (OG)
02:47 Title Theme 1 (New)
02:56 Title Theme 1 (OG)
03:04 Title Theme 2 (New)
03:11 Title Theme 2 (OG)
03:18 Title Theme 3 (New)
03:27 Title Theme 3 (OG)
03:34 Title Theme 4 (New)
03:40 Title Theme 4 (OG)
03:49 Peach's Theme? (New)
04:13 Peach's Theme (OG)