Meh. Still a great soundtrack from the same artists. It's a remake, not a remaster. It preserves the original games in spirit but also offers something fresh to the old-school fans.
Oof, can’t lie, that significantly impacts my desire to get the game. They did such a good job with 1+2 in fighting years of licensing rot, I’d assumed they’d have equivalent success with 3+4.
there are apparently a few cases where they didn't get the same song, but they got a new song from the same artists. But yeah...it's a bummer from a game preservation perspective