Developer Toys for Bob's Spyro Reignited Trilogy is set to arrive soon, and thanks to the breakthrough success of a previous similar remastered collection, the Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy, there's plenty of anticipation seeing another one of our favourite nostalgic heroes being brought to life again. In an interview with IGN at San Diego Comic-Con, music remixer Stephan Vankov talked about making sure the soundtrack was fitting of the reimagining.

"For us it was really important to get with him early on in the process because, you know, we're remaking his music. His music was amazing in the original. It's very beloved, but it's his music," said Vankov when talking about the original games' scores composed by The Police's Stewart Copeland (I just found that out too, my mind is blown). "My anticipation was that we're really going to have to sell this thing and over-explain… And he's just like 'Let me just hear the music.'"

However, the team was delighted to hear that Copeland actually approved their work. He also offered them the "Spyro concerto" - the main (and now iconic) melody of the original soundtracks, to work with. The new composer then created "Tiger Train" as a result; the opening theme music for Spyro Reignited Trilogy.

Copeland shared his enthusiasm to work on the game again when Activision initially approached him. "Getting there was a little awkward at first. They called and said 'We've got the music reimagined.' I go 'What do you mean reimagined,'" said Copeland. "I'm getting more and more suspicious...so I go down there and I was just blown away. They did a really great job. They very faithfully got all the bass lines, the feel of it, as well as the actual role of notes, which is another layer of getting it right."

“It's just this wild ride through the franchise history,” Vankov finally concluded.

Spyro Reignited Trilogy is set to arrive on September 21, 2018 for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.