Unused Song Filenames

This is a sub-page of Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness.

Unused Song Filenames#

In Pokémon XD, there are quite a few unused music files. Rather than deleting the unused music files, the game's developers replaced the contents of the file with what sounds like the cry of the Pokémon Pidgey, making each of these music files sixty-five kilobytes (this is also the shortest length for a Pokémon cry). Thus, forcing the game to load any of the tracks listed below will simply play Pidgey's cry once. The filenames themselves, however, are still notable. Oddly, most of the filenames seem to originate from pop and rock songs from the 80s and 90s as well as a few films released around the turn of the century perhaps as placeholders or for testing purposes.

Like the majority of files in the game's data, all of XD's audio files are in the fsys format.

Filename	Notes
stm_bgm_00seaside32	Unknown
stm_bgm_01Latin_st32	Unknown
stm_bgm_02snowfreak32	Unknown
stm_bgm_03yukiwatari32	Possibly a track from Yukiwatari (1994) , based on the 1921 story 雪渡り by Kenji Miyazawa.
stm_bgm_04_keio2_fuji32	Possibly a track from Keio Flying Squadron 2.
stm_bgm_05Keio2_azuchi32	Possibly a track from Keio Flying Squadron 2.
stm_bgm_B_ore	B is associated with battle music for other tracks in the data - likely was battle music for Orre Colosseum.
stm_bgm_dancing_queen	Possibly was the song Dancing Queen originally recorded by ABBA.
stm_bgm_ev_end	ev is used to designate music for events or specific characters - possibly a leftover from Pokémon Colosseum.
stm_bgm_ev_shadow	ev is used to designate music for events or specific characters - this was the Cipher Syndicate song in Pokémon Colosseum.
stm_bgm_ev_trouble	ev is used to designate music for events or specific characters - possibly a leftover from Pokémon Colosseum.
stm_bgm_dont_look_back_in_anger	Possibly was the song Don't Look Back in Anger originally recorded by Oasis.
stm_bgm_i_want_you	Possibly was a song called I Want You but this could have been one of several songs with this name. Interestingly, Miror B. throughout the game will sing the name of the song "I Want You", usually while he is dancing and hasn't noticed the player yet.
stm_bgm_kikujirononatsu	Possibly was a song from the Takeshi Kitano film Kikujirō no Natsu.
stm_bgm_kiss_of_life	Possibly was a song called Kiss of Life but this could have been one of several songs with this name.
stm_bgm_life	Possibly was a song called Life but this could have been one of several songs with this name.
stm_bgm_norahjones_001	Possibly was a song by the artist Norah Jones.
stm_bgm_o_brother_019	Possibly a song called O, Brother or a song from the 2000 film O Brother, Where Art Thou?
stm_bgm_open_arms	Possibly was the song Open Arms originally recorded by Journey.
stm_bgm_petshopboys_001	Possibly was a song by the duo Pet Shop Boys.
stm_bgm_sentochihiro_001	Possibly was a song from the anime film Spirited Away.
stm_bgm_sentochihiro_002	Possibly was a song from the anime film Spirited Away.
stm_bgm_virtual_insanity	Possibly was the song Virtual Insanity originally recorded by Jamiroquai.