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[Keihart]

I find every Sonic game soundtrack to be a bop regardless of the uneven quality of the games, how about you? do you have a favorite or a most hated one?
I'll start with this track, game was kinda trash but i love this one :

 

[Jethalal]

 

[01011001]

this was the first time I heard Crush 40.
and back then, at a friend's house, I was super confused... I heard this and was like... WAIT A FUCKING MINUTE... hold on... is that the singer of Axel Rudi Pell?
because I was a huge Axel Rudi Pell fan and still like a lot of their stuff.

and sure enough, it was Johnny Gioeli... that was so fucking weird to me as a kid, hearing this american guy from a german metal band I listened to since I was 8 sing the damn theme song for Sonic Heroes

edit:
if someone is curious about the Sonic theme music guy singing "normal" stuff, here ya go:



that was the first Album he was on, I was having this album on repeat for a good few months back then (my cousin recorded it to cassette for me, that was the easiest way back in the mid 90s lol)
so yeah, imaging you love a band as a kid, and then one day your friend is like "hey let's play that new Sonic game! I just got it!" and you hear the singer of one of your favorite bands sing the damn theme song lol

 

[zweifuss]

I gotta say I love the Chemical Plant Zone from Sonic 2 the most. Obsessed with this track. And Sonic Mania took it to another level. Thank you Tee Lopes

 

[Kokoloko85]

The return to Lava Reef in Sonic Mania and all the returning levels was epic.

Pound for pound, Sonic music —> Mario music lol

 

[Enjay]

Not only good, but also very remixable:

 

[Otherspacing]

Every single one?

 

[Werewolf Jones]

 

[Sidney Prescott]

Might be an unpopular take but Sonic Adventure is my favourite. I absolutely adore that game.

 

[RAIDEN1]

 

[Larxia]

What I'm Made Of.


This is definitely my favorite Sonic with lyrics music.

The whole ending was really epic and hype building, with this song playing during the final fight.
It's a similar feeling to what I got in Metal Gear Rising boss fights. When songs with lyrics are used properly it can really create epic moments.

 

[Whitecrow]

Jun Senoue is the fkn shit. I adore his style on the guitar.

 

[Belmonte]

Love Mystic Cave, very underrated IMO.



It has the genuine 90s Sonic vibe and swing but in a phantasmagorical and mysterious format.


There is a jazz style cover I like a lot where they mix with the Ghostbusters theme in the middle:

 

[Orta]

Not only the best Sonic tune but I always associated it with Sega's return from the dead. Playing Sonic Adventure on my new Dreamcast and having that blaring from my tv speakers was as good as it got back in '99.

Unfortunately they were fucking well dead 18 months later

 

[SALMORE]

Living in the city
You know you have to survive
You've got to keep that dream alive
Where everything is free
Can't you see​

 

[StateofMajora]

 

[Kagoshima_Luke]

Every single one?

Hey, give the pianist a break. They lost 9 of their fingers in a freak bowling accident.

 

[Kholinar]

Honestly, there are a lot more bangers that I could share, but these are the ones I find myself listening to these days.

 

[Soodanim]

Every non-vocal Sonic track is good.
My contribution is probably a rare one for a couple reasons, but it’s a hell of a throwback. It’s not the usual speed most people will be used to, but I prefer the music at this speed.

Bridge Zone (50hz PAL version) from Sonic the Hedgehog on Sega Master System


Bonus track
Robotnik Theme, same game

 

[cireza]

How about some Sonic Forces



Black Knight :


My favorite Sonic OST are Sonic 06 and first Adv.

 

[SCB3]

Escape from the City

Endless Possibility (I cannot find a nice clean version of this song for some reason)

 

[JimboJones]

How about some Sonic Forces



My favorite Sonic OST is Sonic 06.

The music that plays in the avatar editor is quite catchy.

 

[UniformDeliverance]

Oh heck yes to this tread! Best track:

 

[SonicJams]

All the vocal tracks so amazing, but the Sa1 and Sa2 tracks are killer. Even my wife loves Knuckle's theme song.

 

[MistBreeze]

most of sonic music are great among the best of the medium for sure













and this is only from top of my head I can not stress enough how sega is good at music more than actual games

 

[Keihart]

Every single one?

Every single one

 

[Soodanim]

I can’t forget to mention Project Chaos, a fan sourced remix project of 3&K. They’re not all winners, but everything SnappleMan touched is good fun:

 

[Can't decide]

I'm all about the first 3 Sonic (and S+K) games on the Genesis/Megadrive, all of them were great and so were the soundtracks. I still catch myself humming/whistling some of them to this day.

I love some of the remixes people have done over the years too. The "Project Chaos" album some people put together is fantastic, which they released for free IIRC back in 2006.




Edit: Soodanim Damn it, you beat me to it.

 

[Valt7786]

How has it taken this long in this thread for this song to appear!

 

[Celcius]

The Sonic franchise has had soooooo many amazing tunes over the years

 

[Touch fuzZy. get BizZay]

Sonic 1 on the megadrive for life. Sometimes I just put on a beautiful track from that game and space out

Also many great rearrangements out there

 

[Lethal01]

Double post

 

[Lethal01]

 

[SpiceRacz]

Sonic 1 has the best soundtrack across all games in the series. Also, some of the songs mentioned in this thread are straight trash. Especially the more recent stuff.

 

[ShirAhava]

 

[Cutty Flam]

These never get old

 

[Joyful]

 

[Mobile Suit Gooch]

 

[iorek21]

 

[Komatsu]

Sonic music is so baller that even... controversial... politicians want a piece of the action. Here's the president of Brazil using the final boss track of Sonic 06 to toot his own horn:



It doesn't stop here. He even used the Green Hill Zone theme, possibly one of the top 3 most famous tracks in gaming, in another set of videos:

Random: Brazil's President Keeps Using Sonic Music In His Tweets, And Now The Mario Theme

What is going on here?

www.nintendolife.com

 

[BusierDonkey]

 

[Xenon]

most of sonic music are great among the best of the medium for sure

This is by far my favorite Sonic tune.

 

[RAIDEN1]

How come nobody mentioned this:?

 

[Grand Theft Scratchy]

 

[showernota]

 

[teezzy]

I prefer Sonic Youth

 

[matty3092]

shadow the hedgehog While not a good game god damn some of the vocal tracks are great lol

 

[Cutty Flam]

 

[DelireMan7]

Me right now :

 

[cireza]

Sonic Generations on 3DS has great remixes.