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[Enjay]

This is the best memory I have of 100%ing the Sonic Generations trophies. Not the painful hunt for red rings in each stage, not the grinding to get s-rank on each stage, not the time trials, not that suffering through replays of that spotty final boss fight over and over so I could beat it without getting hit. No, just the first time I did this stage and the theme in it:

 

[GreatnessRD]

Sonic has top tier music across the board. It's so hard to choose just one, but I'll go with the first off the top of my head.

 

[MrA]

Every single one?

This one is so specail , it is beyond reproach
Personally I don't like sonic 2s soundtrack on a whole, hilltop zone being the worst track

 

[Miles708]

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

Sonic 06 music is genuinely outstanding.
Flame Core is awesome, but I raise you Aquatic Base Stage 2:

Yeah that's good but what about this:



Lastly, Sonic R credit music, I blast this in my car whenever I can

 

[MeteorVII]

It really is true. There is not a single mainline Sonic game with less-than-stellar music!

Open Your Heart from Sonic Adventure and In His World from Sonic 06 are the best though. Quintessential Sonic Themes.

 

[Whitecrow]

Sonic Heroes have the most amazing guitar tracks of all 3D Sonics IMO, with Sonic Adventure getting really close.

 

[TLZ]

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

I was just humming this! Thank you!

 

[Closer]

This is my personal favorite. Sonic Rush overall hits all my buttons real good.

This one is real good too. Has too much energy and is catchy as hell. Love it.

 

[STARSBarry]

I am honestly surprised no one has posted this yet, it is blatantly the best sonic track.

 

[NewChoppa]

There is not a single mainline Sonic game with less-than-stellar music!

I thought Forces and it’s over reliance on synths was really mediocre when it came to music

 

[MeteorVII]

Shout out to Pumpkin Hill as well. Might be the single greatest rap song ever made for a video game.

I thought Forces and it’s over reliance on synths was really mediocre when it came to music

Forces is the weakest Sonic game in every regard, including the music, but I’d still say it had a banger of a soundtrack.

Fist Bump, the forest stage and the first Infinite Boss themes are top-tier.

 

[DeaconOfTheDank]

Yeah that's good but what about this:

Man, how had no one posted this yet? What a fucking banger.

 

[Miles708]

Shout out to Pumpkin Hill as well. Might be the single greatest rap song ever made for a video game.

Yes!
I'd like to also post Meteor Herd, which I love so much

 

[Keihart]

I thought Forces and it’s over reliance on synths was really mediocre when it came to music

Synths can be cool too, Moonlight Battlefields it's straigh up something that Utada Hikaru would make

 

[DeaconOfTheDank]

 

[Sp3eD]

Seen lots of my favorites already,

love the progression from 3D blast to adventure with this one.




Hitting more of my adventure favs.





edit. Oh yeah this also. (I’ve sang this more times then I’d like to admit on my Rock band 3 setup

 

[deriks]

Every music, no. But a whole lot? Oh, yeah

Live and learn

 

[ne1butu]

Lava Reef Zone Act 1 & 2.

Actually all of Sonic 3 & Knuckles is the magnum opus of sonic music.

 

[NeoGiffer]

 

[Tarin02543]

My favourite:

 

[BabyYoda]

I think this might be my fave ever:



I didn't like Sonic Racing Transformed as much as All-stars, but man it has an excellent soundtrack. Still better than the uninspired TSR though...

Special mention goes to Star light Zone, it just gives me the feels like no other and the level is so chill as well, UK version of course:



Just realised that both tracks have "Star Light" in their title...I wonder if they have anything else in common?

 

[IbizaPocholo]

 

[Zotaku]

I apologize if it's been posted already, but this right here really brings out the feels.....

 

[SEGA_2012]

I love this one:

 

[Mr.ODST]

There is only one true king for Sonic Music

 

[F31 Leopard]

Sonic 2 Chemical Plant Zone

 

[DragoonKain]

My favs:

 

[Team Andromeda]

Here's some of my favs

 

[D.Final]

Where to start?
Hard choice

 

[Mamofish]

Here's a weird version of chemical plant

 

[D.Final]

Here's a weird version of chemical plant

Lovely

 

[Cutty Flam]

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

 

[Pedro Motta]

How come nobody mentioned this:?

the Japanese version is the best!

 

[RAIDEN1]

the Japanese version is the best!

Naa, Sonic Boom, Sonic Boooom!! Just sounds a lot better..

 

[RoboFu]

Love Mystic Cave, very underrated IMO.



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

the best !

 

[22:22:22]

 

[UnNamed]

 

[Ikutachi]

 

[JSoup]

Loving all the Game Gear/Master System stuff. GG Sonic 1 was my first Sonic and the music stands out in my memory.

 

[kinjx11]

Marble Zone is the goat, the composition is just better than everything else

 

[Thabass]

Supporting Me
Arrangement by: Heigo Tani / Fumi
Kumatani Lyrics by: Fumie Kumatani (translated by Shinobu Shindo)
Vocals: Everett Bradley



Tricky Maze ...for Lost World
Music & Arrangement: Fumie Kumatani



This Machine: Theme of Team Dark
Performed by: Julien-K



WHAT I'M MADE OF...
Performed by Crush 40

Just a few of my favorites. No where near the full list. All Sonic music is good.

 

[Bo_Hazem]

Nothing beats this from Sonic:

 

[Insolent]

 

[AMSCD]

This is a great remix of Green Hill Zone

 

[Marcinkowski]

My Favorite

 

[SF Kosmo]

Sonic Rush is really underrated in the Sonic canon all around. The gameplay was really tight, the only time anyone has reworked the classic 2D Sonic physics in a way that didn't feel like a worse versions n if the same thing. Speedrunning levels in Sonic Rush is crazy fun thanks to the expanded moveset. It's so good.

 

[Isa]

I could go to town ranting and raving over the Sonic series OST's. But the first 4 are my absolute faves by far. Sonic 2 is my top GOAT, but closely followed by Sonic & Knuckles. The colors, speed, sound, and attitude was why as a kid I saved for a Genesis over a SNES. Plus many friends had the SNES so I wasn't missing out when hanging out or spending the night.

I've been on a Genesis kick lately, hell I actually never stopped. Got 'em all on my Sony Walkman mp3 player. Plus the shooters had great OST's, hell the whole system was full of great music. Some I've been enjoying lately but made an immediate impression way back when.





I appreciate seeing the GG and Master System versions too. Great conversions. Sega was really on to something at this time. The whole package was awesome, beautiful artwork in a world I wanted to run around in, a game you could beat in a sitting but wanted to replay, fantastic music that packed some serious groove. There were a few on the GBA that I enjoyed but not to the same extent of the Genesis titles. I really enjoyed the two SA titles on the Dreamcast, still have 'em, but they never approached the greatness of originals for me.

 

[SF Kosmo]

Let's not forget the GOAT

 

[RetroAV]

 

[OmegaSpirit32X]

i like a lot from a lot of sonic games so here's a huge collection of some my favs, one per game, also for some games i have several faves, so i just highlight some underrated ones.