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13[[caption-width-right:350:[[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehogCD MC Sonic]] here to [[VideoGame/SonicAndTheSecretRings rock the place]] and to give you plenty of [[VideoGame/SonicAdventure songs with attitude]]!]]
14->''"It's no secret. Compared to the Platform/{{Super Nintendo|Entertainment System}}, the [[Platform/SegaGenesis Genesis]] wasn't exactly a killer in the sound department. It was fueled in part by what soundtracks really caught your ear. But for a real classic, you didn't have to look any farther than [[Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog the Sega mascot]]."''
15-->-- '''Website/ScrewAttack''', "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8RVFpsjrVs Top 10 Video Game Themes Ever]]"
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17Everyone's favorite [[Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog hedgehog speedster]] has had quite a number of [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic notable themes]] over the years which cements that, although the ride has been rocky with plenty of ups and downs [[VideoGame/SonicAdventure and all arounds]], and [[BrokenBase nobody can agree on what exactly are the ups and downs and all arounds]] ([[RunningGag among other things]]), one thing everyone ''can'' agree on is that the music is ''awesome''. We'd put "pretty much every piece of music from all the games" here instead of an actual article, but you probably want to hear them for yourself.
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19And now, you can get a lot of this music [[http://blogs.sega.com/2011/11/30/sonic-soundtracks-on-itunes/ on iTunes!]]
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22!!Main Games
23[[folder:''Sonic the Hedgehog 1'', ''2'', ''3 & Knuckles'' (Genesis/Mega Drive)]]
24[[AC:''VideoGame/{{Sonic the Hedgehog|1}}'']]
25* There may be many themes people and fans associate with the Blue Blur, but the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NaAb1s0MCQQ Green Hill Zone]] is the definitive Sonic tune. Like Mario and the very first beats of the Mushroom Kingdom, the melody of Green Hill would make sure Sonic's music stuck around just as long as his rival's.
26* The music for [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXukwNQG0uA Marble Zone]] has an appropriately sinister edge for a set of [[LethalLavaLand lava-based levels.]]
27* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDd_GlynA6A Spring Yard Zone]] features an easy-going track that may be somewhat at odds with the chaos of the series' first zone to feature pinball bumpers as obstacles, but it's definitely a winner.
28* The bass-heavy [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSKgprdDRTY Labyrinth Zone]] stage music takes a lot of the sting out of the series' first water levels.
29* The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7JueLGpe3Y Star Light Zone]] is something of a BreatherLevel between the frustrations of the water-based Labyrinth Zone and the difficulty spike in Scrap Brain Zone, and its stage music is appropriately laid back, as well as being well matched to the level's "city by night" theme.
30* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NoVY7nvcel0 The Scrap Brain Zone theme]] (especially the first part) is one of the best tracks ever written to give the impression of "prepare for insane difficulty". Notably it, along with Star Light Zone, was reused as the music on the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7QIxKn1wVU option]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZ_NeLugbCg screens]] for ''Sonic Advance''. Furthermore, Scrap Brain Zone's theme, along with Green Hill Zone's music, were both included in ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosBrawl''[='s=] awesome soundtrack.
31* The classic [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMlM0-E5CjA Robotnik boss theme.]] You can practically hear the sky clouding over the Green Hill Zone when this music kicks in for the first time.
32* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1nVwm4aQS_E Final Zone]]. The tune is more epic than the battle is.
33* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SsfufyJBGk The invincibility music]] is probably the catchiest 10 second loop ever.
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35[[AC:''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2'']]
36* The ''Sonic 2'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4L4TSrDB4M Final Boss Theme.]] One of the most epic final boss battle themes in the series.
37* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZzwIpbA3Go The Death Egg Zone Theme]] is, for a 16-bit era track, an eerie, haunting piece of genius, with an undercurrent of madness. You normally only hear a couple seconds of it as you run to the right and face Silver Sonic, but if you stand there and wait for a little while you'll start getting thoroughly creeped out. Bonus points for the top melody sounding like some sort of deranged lullaby.
38* No variant on the boss music is complete without a reference to the ''real'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzXwutv0yy8 boss theme]]. Where the original game had its own unique flavor and ''Sonic 3'' would later aim for straight-up intensity, this is too iconic to go unmentioned.
39* Hidden Palace Zone's unused music is really good. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcR81-nhKk0 Listen for yourself.]] As well as the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9ZULvUy_fA enhanced version]] used in the hidden "Proto Palace Zone" in the mobile remake.
40* The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTf_n6bHFj4 Super Sonic theme]] in itself is almost enough incentive to get all the Chaos Emeralds. This is the only Genesis game where Super Sonic gets his own theme instead of just borrowing the invincibility theme from the game in question.
41* The stage music tracks run the gamut from the jaunty to the intense to the heroic to the sinister, every one a winner:
42** With [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vaBxXCH9b8 Emerald Hill]], the game's soundtrack hits the ground running, the lively, upbeat music setting the stage for the fast-paced fun ahead. It also contains a MusicalNod to the Green Hill Zone theme from the previous game.
43** The strident [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LYB7iLZNWE Chemical Plant]] theme is ideal for the bright factory theme of the level.
44** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhHa7ph5GLg Aquatic Ruin]] is energetic yet dramatic, befitting a level revolving around underwater ruins.
45** The jazzy [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jl6kjAkVw_s Casino Night]] music really adds to the "vintage Las Vegas" feeling of the stage.
46** The "harmonica"-led music in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKUcIaGvSmw Hill Top]] has a pastoral, almost bucolic atmosphere.
47** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktdHyfVfB4Y Mystic Cave]] starts with a bass-heavy introductory figure that is [[SuspiciouslySimilarSong reminiscent of the theme song of]] ''WesternAnimation/InspectorGadget'' before leading into a tune that strikes the right blend of mystery and tension.
48** The heavily polluted [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ih8c6I1zH7I Oil Ocean]] Zone is well matched with a weighty yet eerie track with heavy Middle Eastern influences.
49** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRuJfhEeCe8 Metropolis]] may have a simple melody, but it is incredibly catchy and infectious.
50** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FCHk_gSwKo Sky Chase]] is appropriately light and ethereal for a level in which Sonic (or Tails if you're playing as him) rides on the wings of a biplane.
51** The martial music for [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_08z00qzfpw Wing Fortress]] practically screams, "The final confrontation is coming up - go get 'em, Sonic!"
52* Similarly, the 2-player stage tracks hold their own against their 1-player counterparts in the awesomeness department:
53** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z99fLBRH9j8 Emerald Hill Zone (2-player)]] is as laid back and easy-going as the music for the game's easiest level ought to be.
54** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vsmSx_ECsYk Casino Night Zone (2-player)]] is more forceful than its 1-player counterpart, but just as catchy and suited to the theme of the level.
55** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KhZzANSpUNk Mystic Cave Zone (2-player)]] has a reverberation-heavy atmosphere that is well suited to a cave level. It is later reused as the main theme of Hidden Palace Zone in the iOS remake.
56* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CpU5640iE5k Special Stage]] leads from a short fanfare to a relentlessly urgent track for the often chaotic journeys around the half-pipe stages.
57* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d48hVMZQjmU The Two Player Results]] tune is a fairly happy and epic way to finish a 2 player stage.
58* The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XkFybd5iMsE Ending Theme]] must be mentioned as a more than fitting a celebration for beating the game. All the more awesome that it's actually an arrangement of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ie7-MRFv79U a song]] Masato Nakamura, the composer for ''Sonic 1'' and ''2'', did as part of Dreams Come True.
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60[[AC:''VideoGame/Sonic3AndKnuckles'']]
61* The late Music/MichaelJackson was hired to compose the ''entire'' soundtrack of ''Sonic 3'', but bailed on the project after being dissatisfied with the Genesis's sound chip, leaving [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Buxer Brad Buxer]], keyboardist and musical director of MJ, to do the rest. Similarities between songs in the finished game and songs by Michael have been noted by fans, but the only song actually confirmed to be composed by him is the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_oUfB6-JF4 credits theme]], which featured a chord progression that would later be used in "Stranger in Moscow".
62** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYxlqTpZ-24 Ice Cap Zone Act 1]] was actually an instrumental version of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2OWC5Hosv8 "Hard Times"]], a then-unreleased song by a group called the Jetzons, whose keyboardist (Brad Buxer) composed the music for the game after Michael Jackson quit. The song did eventually get released, but ''Sonic 3'' was ''nearly 15 years old'' when it happened.
63* The ''Sonic & Knuckles'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=icd2STvBurY Opening Screen Theme]]. Aptly used as a fist-pumping [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4GTdbOXMPBk invincibility song]], and its fanfare-like reprise in the very end of the [[https://youtu.be/GRCS5DA6PVc?t=151 Ending Credits]] is a thing of beauty. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwsx8gqVOYc The Virtual Sonic remix]] is also great, with the 1:37 section probably being the most well-known section.
64* Angel Island Zone is backed by the tropical-sounding [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbPPWKEfw6I Act 1]]. Notably, it shifts from a major key to a minor key for [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9JHSUSwcUsw Act 2,]] set in the blazing inferno that used to be a tropical paradise and emphasising the now raised stakes. Act 2 received [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gMSYGWZSqI a sweet remix]] for ''Sonic Pocket Adventure''.
65* Hydrocity Zone is a level with [[DownTheDrain a lot of water]]. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1K1rV9kFs6I Act 1]] offsets the frustration that usually accompanies such levels with a catchy, jazzy tune, but when Sonic is sucked down a drain between Acts 1 and 2, the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPYzgCI6Q1I Act 2 remix]] kicks up the adrenaline level as the stakes are raised for the impending confrontation with Eggman.
66* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Qw10LYqye4 Marble Garden Zone's]] slick beat with very well-accompanying melody and melancholic climax makes the zone so much more memorable.
67* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHwHiymSojk Carnival Night Zone]]. Just the sound of that synthesized refrain as the deep bass and beats jam, punctuated by discordant quotes from "Entry of the Gladiators"... so cool. The Act 2 version is essentially the same as Act 1 but with some tracks removed for a few phrases; the sparser scoring suitably heightens the tension for the latest face-off against Eggman.
68* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYxlqTpZ-24 Ice Cap Zone Act 1]] hits the ground running (or snowboarding, if you're playing as Sonic) with a pounding bassline under a simple chord pattern, followed by a whimsical, almost romantic melody that communicates the cold and wind of the zone perfectly. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtQtbWifobQ Ice Cap Zone Act 2]] is just as awesome as the first, following the cue set by Carnival Night of keeping the same melody but paring down the "orchestration" (sometimes removing the bassline, sometimes removing the chords or the melody with which they alternate), as though the cold is continuing to set in, freezing out the missing instruments.
69* The groovy-sounding [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZH1o8N9PXU Launch Base Zone]] is just what the player needs to get the blood pumping for the final showdown of the uncoupled ''Sonic the Hedgehog 3'', punctuated by synthetic voices shouting "Go! Go!". As with the previous two zones, Act 2 is simply a stripped down yet somehow more intense version of Act 1.
70* The legendary Mushroom Hill Zone. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YF99oeiaznk Act 1]] is an easy-going track that settles the player back into a forest level after the frantic race through the Launch Base Zone, while [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=onjYGtkAWx4 Act 2]] puts more emphasis on the bassline and drums to fire up the player for the zone's Eggman fight.
71* The Flying Battery Zone, in which Sonic infiltrates one of Eggman's ships and channels the best Film/JamesBond he can, has just the music for it. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_T7hdIh-gtw Act 1]] takes wing straight away with an energetic bassline under a soaring octave figure, while [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bd8G40yhxNQ Act 2]] replaces the soaring octaves with a haunting vibes-like figure as the player heads deeper into Eggman's airborne warship to face the mad scientist himself.
72* The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvskEyw-hzA Act 1 music]] for Sandopolis Zone is appropriately sparsely scored for a level in which the player navigates an oppressively hot desert. But then Sonic/Tails/Knuckles enters a pyramid, and the far more sinister driving bassline of the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQTb46RLW0g Act 2 arrangement]] kicks in as the player fends off ghosts and other monsters, the darkness constantly threatening to close in.
73* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wo_4R17gYSY Act 1]] of the Lava Reef Zone announces itself immediately with a pounding bassline over which an almost ethereal melody appears, culminating in a dramatic and absolutely beautiful climax. The track is transformed completely for [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JL33L5Lm2Aw Act 2]] as the Lava Reef Zone itself goes from fire to ice, the pounding bassline still audible but now much milder as a smooth variation on the melody takes centre stage; the music continues into the Hidden Palace Zone.
74* The triumphant, heroic tune that plays in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNXBpzDp1K8 Sky Sanctuary Zone]] really inspires a "Yeah, we're gonna go save the world!" feeling. Fittingly, in the end credits medley, it is the last track to be sampled before the main title theme rounds things off.
75* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xsS-UDyNKf0 Death Egg Zone]] is just as driving and sinister as music for an epic-length storming of Eggman's stronghold - only explored very briefly in ''Sonic 2'' - ought to be. Acts 1 and 2 follow almost identical outlines, but the melody in Act 2 is an octave higher than in Act 1 to get the player's heart racing for this, the final confrontation with Dr. Eggman.
76* The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBTAGVnfXAw Act 1 boss music]] from ''Sonic 3'', from the opening "WOO! COME ON!", is equal parts energetic and discordant, just what the soundtrack needs for a confrontation with one of Eggman's automatons.
77* The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nX2aHrmVSKc Act 1 boss music]] in ''Sonic & Knuckles'' may be a simple rising and falling melodic figure, but the relentless bassline makes it clear the player needs to stay focused to stay alive.
78* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVnn0fVoiV4 The Act 2 boss theme, especially with]] the immediately singable opening riff. It soon gives way to lofty, echo-laden melody over a thundering bass that complements the ambitious scale of the Eggman boss fights beautifully. It has the same basic tune as Sonic 2's boss theme, but sped up and much more intense.
79* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FAffWEmB3I The Doomsday Zone]]. This one set the standard for all future Super Sonic battles. Not only is it an awesome FinalBoss theme, but it also accurately conveys the urgency of the situation; Sonic needs to catch Robotnik with the Master Emerald before his Super form wears off and Robotnik gets away. For those who couldn't get all the Emeralds, though, it was also used for the Super Mecha Sonic battle.
80* The final boss theme first shows up in ''Sonic 3'', and it marks the first – and one of the only – times that Super Sonic is NOT invincible[[note]] though it's apparently due to a programming oversight[[/note]]. A grab attack from Big Arms will outright knock you clean out of your super form. This is the first time in this game that Robotnik's REALLY a true threat, and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RyoMQg3d5cs this music]] really knocks it home. An absolutely menacing tune that quickly picks up the pace, before climaxing on a surprisingly positive note. There's also the ''Sonic Pocket Adventure'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWBA5O2zVbM version]] of it.
81* The DummiedOut [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4oX20hR9vIc early credits]] are a standard CreditsMedley like the other Genesis titles, but they still sound good!
82* ''Sonic 3'''s two-player competition mode was largely ignored in favor of the the one-player mode. A shame, as every track is a winner:
83** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHJz228QZ7k Azure Lake]] goes from an almost dreamlike opening gesture to a lively tune anchored by a frantic bassline, capturing the majestic beauty of Mother Nature in spite of its largely synthetic sound.
84** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNGs6IYvkVU Balloon Park]] conveys a suitably circus-like atmosphere for a track set in a city at night and based around jumping off giant yellow balloons.
85** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LseIASl1Pbk Chrome Gadget]] has a haunting yet energetic mood well matched to the industrial level it accompanies.
86** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyb7XbSx3fw Desert Palace]] provides another driving bass figure sure to get the player fired up for a race through the sand.
87** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5SKcTZNeRnQ Endless Mine]] has a certain warmth to it that makes it the perfect track to round off a run through all five courses.
88** The catchy [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RcJTTbIJgx8 Competition Select Theme]] is also very good.
89* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94PFWs8Melw The Special Stage Theme]]. This is the version heard ingame, where it gets fast and unbelievably awesome. That surreal blend of chirpy and mysterious at high speed is glorious.
90* The three bonus stages all have appropriately kickass tunes to accompany them. The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8CX_c1quVI "slot machine" stage]] takes a catchy bass riff and slaps an equally catchy melody on top of it. The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmUAewrg82A "glowing spheres" stage]] has an otherworldly air to it befitting the bizarre world of magnetic globes that allow the player to outrun an AdvancingWallOfDoom from below. And the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1UO1JJuoX9I "gumball machine" stage]] is backed by an energetic track that gives a real sense of fun to dispensing a long line of powerups and rings.
91* The catchy-sounding [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPuReaoG3rY Knuckles' theme]] only makes a brief appearance in ''Sonic & Knuckles''.
92** The ''Sonic 3'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WeNSzSq3a0w version]], in spite of being more repetitive, is no slouch, either.
93** The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EcNVZwr_qlU arranged version]] also qualifies.
94* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16VAMuR1Pc4 No Way!]] serenades you when you try to lock anything other than ''Sonic 2'' or ''Sonic 3'' onto ''Sonic & Knuckles''. However, it sure doesn't sound like you actually made a mistake.[[note]]It was also the Competition results and Continue theme.[[/note]]
95* The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3D32NFIXwlg level complete theme]], which would be reused and rearranged numerous times in future games, probably the most of the level clear themes. It may be short and simple, but it conveys a real sense of achievement at getting through the level and getting the better of the boss.
96* The PC version of ''Sonic 3 (and Knuckles)'' on ''Sonic and Knuckles Collection'' has a few levels with tracks that are separate from their Genesis counterparts, some of them widely considered to be even better than them. [[WhatCouldHaveBeen There's a reason why these "new" tracks even exist at all]]:
97** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sp5Bx-s-kVE Carnival Night Zone Act 1]].
98** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoj7kUXbrX0 Carnival Night Zone Act 2]].
99** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rV2YcmsizUA Ice Cap Zone Act 1]].
100** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oL-8L5eBwLg Ice Cap Zone Act 2]].
101** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bO47alrxZIk Launch Base Zone Act 1]].
102** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jCe2olJWcOI Launch Base Zone Act 2]].
103** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTiKlkZkOAU This unused track]] was also [[WhatCouldHaveBeen seemingly]] created for the PC version.
104* On November 16, 2019, the unthinkable happened. [[MilestoneCelebration 25 years after the release of]] ''[[MilestoneCelebration Sonic 3]]'', an earlier prototype of it was discovered, dated November 3, 1993. The biggest revelation about it is that the music thought to have been created just for ''Sonic and Knuckles Collection'' on PC [[OlderThanTheyThink turned out to be the original tracks this entire time]], and that [[WhatCouldHaveBeen the Michael Jackson-inspired tracks were the replacements!]] Some fans consider these once-shelved themes superior to not only their MIDI versions on PC, but also to [=ValleyBell=]'s take on them in ''Sonic 3 Complete'', and sometimes even the MJ-based tracks in the final Genesis release, as well.
105** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BsMbaNoWTVc Carnival Night Zone Act 1]].
106** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_HaUBkUDVU Carnival Night Zone Act 2]].
107** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-FK2KXb6n0 Ice Cap Zone Act 1]].
108** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UlNLnnmVcuk Ice Cap Zone Act 2]].
109** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Ywbskx2_BU Launch Base Zone Act 1]].
110** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lv7EiS4MXmQ Launch Base Zone Act 2]].
111** This [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXm0FxiCkf4 uplifting track]] remains unused, even in this prototype. Some theorize that it was meant to be a Bonus Stage theme, a Credits theme, or even a unique theme for [[GoldenSuperMode Super Sonic]] similarly to his theme in ''Sonic 2'', instead of reusing the [[ThemeMusicPowerUp Invincibility theme]]. ''Sonic Origins'' would eventually use it as the title theme to the unlockable New Blue Spheres bonus game.
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116* The [[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog18Bit 8-bit version of]] ''[[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog18Bit Sonic the Hedgehog]]'' has [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f54VElMUqGo Bridge Zone]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pwz_EVYRTM4 Labyrinth Zone]]. There has been an effort to convert some of the songs into the Genesis version, so here's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kO-EpqgThfQ the same songs]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0iGJxbVkMM in that style]] (note that the latter uses the ''Sonic 3'' drums).
117** The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCt6XPTAPn8 Scrap Brain & Sky Base]] music is great too.
118** How about the Act 2 [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6TEO2pomlI Sky Base?]] Sure it loops after only about 15 seconds, but so did quite a few tunes in the Mario Universe.
119* It also helps that the soundtrack was composed by Creator/YuzoKoshiro, who did the impossible with the Genesis sound card by crafting the most epic video game soundtracks, [[VideoGame/StreetsOfRage EVER!]]
120* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJQyydpX7fU Jungle Zone]] is a nice song. It has a real Disney vibe to it.
121* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VS89E3lY9rU The ending theme]] is one the most upbeat and happy ending tracks in the series.
122* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7eAbqRTK6Q The boss theme]] is super catchy, and some people actually ''prefer'' it to the Genesis boss theme.
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124[[AC:''VideoGame/{{Sonic the Hedgehog 2|8Bit}}'']]
125* The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-N--kDI8M7A Green Hills]] (yes, that's "Hills" with an S) Zone tune from the Sega Master System version of ''Sonic 2''. It's "Sonic ~ You Can Do Anything" from the Japan/Europe version of ''Sonic CD''! Even better is that ''Sonic CD'' was made – [[TroubledProduction or at least came out]] – way after the Master System version of ''Sonic 2'', so for ''Sonic CD'' they took a tune from a (probably) lesser-known ''Sonic'' game and turned it into a song! Now ''that'' is awesome!
126** The outstanding Game Gear version of the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-CMJxF3MlNQ Boss Theme]] became [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2w2v_kgzWo THIS]].
127** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zaQqkypEbuY BEHOLD!]] The two wed in glorious union!
128** And it was given an awesome remix as [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbwVPuXFDo8 Mecha Green Hill Zone]] in ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehogChaos''!
129* The fast-paced [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KurNgFIpbFg Master System boss theme]] is also very good.
130* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fG5uRQWKxok Underground Zone]] from the Game Gear/Master System version (from the first stage of the game, at that) is a great track that really exemplifies the speed of the series.
131* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktI0WUV8soc Scrambled Egg Zone]] carries the vibes of a ''Franchise/MegaMan'' level as well as dread and tension as you head on to confront Doctor Robotnik.
132* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqpT3VAIL9Q Aqua Lake]] packs in a hydro-bop in its tune, almost to simulate the water splashing.
133* The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZ19n421nBc Bad Ending]] theme is an [[TearJerker eye-watering]] track that conveys a feeling that you failed to save Tails from Robotnik. To compare, the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBpmM5wpJvA Good Ending]] theme is a very upbeat and euphoric track to congratulate you on [[NintendoHard the marathon of trials you overcame]] to get your buddy back. Sadly this theme is exclusive to the Game Gear version.
134* Short, but oh so sweet, the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ew6vEqx-Ank Title Screen]]. If anything it sounds ''better'' than the same tune used in ''Sonic & Tails'' (a.k.a ''Sonic Chaos''), which came out over a year ''later''.
135* The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-MHGlb1Plis Invincibility]] theme is one of the best in the series.
136[[/folder]]
137
138[[folder:''Sonic the Hedgehog CD'']]
139[[AC:''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehogCD'']]
140
141Where to begin? First, the music shared between both soundtracks: the 'Past' music.
142* The tropical sounding music for [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62dtMsx7E1w Palmtree Panic]], which is more laid back than the present music, fitting for the prehistoric setting the past takes place in. [[WhatCouldHaveBeen Way back when Palmtree Panic was going to be called Salad Plain]], its Past theme originally used higher-quality Red Book CD audio instead of the Sega CD's lower quality PCM audio to produce an ''even more'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEXSxqdx0Kc tropically-relaxing theme]]. This is the only track of its kind to be discovered, but it provides insight that the rest of the 'Past' themes in the game were also planned to be composed in this format, just like all of the Japanese 'Present' and 'Future' themes (and as such, would've likely even gotten counterparts for the game's American soundtrack).
143* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUVe_znl30U Collision Chaos]] has a more subdued version of the beat from the Japanese soundtrack's present track.
144* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5dSt9xvFBg Tidal Tempest]] would not sound out of place in a '90s computer game. It's a calmer, more subdued version of the Present theme.
145* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjgZul2wHI4 Quartz Quadrant]], which like Collision Chaos and Tidal Tempest has a subdued version of the beat from the Japanese present music.
146* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_TdXuR1aNM Wacky Workbench]], a Spaghetti Western-sounding track that goes with the wide open space around the area that can be seen in this time period's version of the factory while it is under construction.
147* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHLaaOSaOY8 Stardust Speedway]], which takes the vocal sample from the Japanese version's tracks and makes them and the main track more quiet. (Bonus awesome points for being able to do this in a ''chiptune'', which all the Past music is.)
148* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFZ-HpVXasg Metallic Madness]], which has the urgent beat of the Japanese present soundtrack and unlike that version is instrumental.
149
150[[AC:Japanese/European Soundtrack]]
151* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCSL7naH-8A Sonic - You Can Do Anything]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPqDhFL15gA Little Planet]], and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_HqRTYzQ58 Cosmic Eternity - Believe in Yourself]]. The first 30 seconds could also qualify as a TearJerker.
152* The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3c6TfY2J0o Boss theme]], an upbeat theme that starts with a younger man and an older man laughing as if they're making fun of Robotnik for his continual defeats, getting your heart pumping as you "work that sucker to death!"
153* Palmtree Panic: the happy upbeat [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yitJY0Z9MLM Present]], the heavily-distorted [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVCAEzSQXgU Bad Future]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCruB07rewc Good Future]]. The Present seems good for a day at the beach, while the Good Future is fitting for an outright beach party. The Bad Future, however, sounds like a trip to the beach in a post-apocalyptic world, and the need to go back in time to before whatever apocalyptic event has ruined this once lush paradise.
154* Collision Chaos: the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNYt9NHmucc Present]], the subtly darker take on the present that is the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XgZ2rbzaC0g Bad Future]], and the brighter and happier sounding [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNL0eSN8wPs Good Future]].
155* Tidal Tempest: the ever-so-ambient [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWUiDlMLzRU Present]], the groovy take on the present with the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TayblaP2jP4 Good Future]], and the subtly hectic and vastly different sounding [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8ZW7hAo0gw Bad Future]].
156* Quartz Quadrant: the catchy [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snTdU8riops Present]], the chaotic [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvg8mv3JZ4U Bad Future]], and especially the SugarWiki/SweetDreamsFuel that is the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CL6gcJM7SoQ Good Future mix]].
157* Wacky Workbench: the chaotic, fast-paced techno [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7zpY7K1oGc Present]], the even more so [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EvbloNI9sic Bad Future]] complete with factory alarms blaring, and the bright, mechanical [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GqagWRXuXFk Good Future]].
158* Stardust Speedway: the funky [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9bN8JBwk_s Present]], the darker [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_VHsD2aa7s Bad Future]], and the much brighter, calmer, and peaceful-sounding [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLd3xTIF0nw Good Future]]. Note that the Bad Future music plays during the Metal Sonic race even in the Good Future. Emphasis on "funky" for the present. It's even in the lyrics! "GET FUNKY! KEEP THE BEAT! BE FUNKY, YO HUSTLE! HUSTLE!"
159* Metallic Madness: The urgent [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMLDesSJ1BI Present]], fitting for the final level, the [[NiceJobBreakingItHero you-screwed-up-big-time]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Le5941dJKWE Bad Future]] complete with sinister-sounding instead of jolly versions of the laughing men from the boss track and a synthetic voice in the background saying stuff resembling anti-Sonic propaganda from Robotnik (e.g. "You can't do anything, so don't even try it, get some help," "Don't do what Sonic does," and finally, "Sonic, dead or alive, is mine"), and the [[AWinnerIsYou a-winner-is-you]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-PjIY0cEps Good Future]] that takes the instruments from the intro of the urgent present music and uses them for an upbeat version that frankly sounds almost like what the Good Ending's theme should be.
160* The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=olcgUtpIO14 Special Stage theme]] matches the feeling of running against [=UFO=]s in a psychedelic dimension.
161* The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJJlA5kPDeg Game Over]] theme is a [[BlackComedy somehow funny]] MockingSingSong which fits [[PsychopathicManchild Eggman's personality]] perfectly.
162* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QoImpEy9CZg Final Fever]], when it's finally time to drive the man himself from the Little Planet once and for all. Special mention goes to [[https://youtu.be/IlbJuf91fv0 the rearrangement]] in ''[[VideoGame/NightsIntoDreams Christmas NiGHTS]]'', which adds a new, more intense section to the track.
163* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAME2hmpQfw Little Planet]], the theme of the D.A Garden mode (and a scrapped level theme), is a very groovy and peaceful sounding track, complete with relaxing bird sounds that really emphasize the peacefulness of the track.
164
165[[AC:North American Soundtrack]]
166
167Instead of melodies, the American composers insisted on harmonies and atmosphere for a glorious result.
168* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYW7-hNXZlM Sonic Boom]], and the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UIWYU3xDcFw ending version]].
169** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S958OfGx5wM This]] version of the Ending Arrange of Sonic Boom, from the ''Sonic BOOM Limited Collector's Edition'' soundtrack, has an extended outro that just ''works''.
170** "Sonic Boom" turned out to be such a beloved song that even on the 20th anniversary release of the soundtrack, which contains nothing but the Japanese soundtrack, not only did they include "Sonic Boom", but a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNh-jNmKWfY Crush 40 vs. Cash Cash remix]] that simply surpasses the original.
171* Palmtree Panic: the tropical [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3HYc7KEa1wA Present]], the darker [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9FUkOg7uSQ Bad Future]], and the calm and mysterious-sounding [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6rYhEgAsrMA Good Future]].
172* Collision Chaos: the atmospheric [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5cVf2oUVYLw Present]], the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2uLKjnCZUaA Bad Future]], and the incredibly mellow and SugarWiki/SweetDreamsFuel [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDqoPk9utgk Good Future]].
173* Tidal Tempest: the upbeat [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RZt4JoD1eE Present]], the haunting [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rY35ovg66S8 Bad Future]], the funky [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kt7tOKgNuJc Good Future]].
174* Quartz Quadrant: the upbeat and catchy [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GIGXXqKu2IM Present]], the somewhat heavier [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdQVLNz_VGI Bad Future]], the angelic [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZf14To9Lng Good Future]].
175* Wacky Workbench: Starting of course at the awesomely funky [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Crg9nZ4VO0c Present]] music, you then have the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-Q0QrXPx70 Bad Future]], and, as with the JP/EU version, the bright (yet still mechanical) [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjsqzfM9JJA Good Future]].
176* ''Stardust Speedway'': [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aD95SxjkzAU Present]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XUW8QXUQGRA Bad Future]], and ''especially'' the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dc5DBfqF0-o Good Future]]. Note in the remake that during the race with Metal Sonic, the Bad Future music plays even in the Good Future. In the original Sega CD release's Good Future, the corresponding music plays through the race with Metal Sonic.
177* Metallic Madness: the suitably metallic-sounding [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0LioLi_9aec Present]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95CMUOA0bRI Bad Future]], and the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28_RkqxBLts Good Future]], which is upbeat yet still mechanical as with the Good Future music for Wacky Workbench in both soundtracks.
178* The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIbCe1A6SAU Special Stage]] music gives a darker tone to the Time Stones' levels wackiness and almost makes Sonic a NinetiesAntiHero.
179* The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9nrj6DntCg Boss]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77MDHoSuHNw Final Boss]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ClSOzsrpC6c Game Over]] themes, despite being (or for some, ''because'' they're such) NightmareFuel, certainly qualify.
180
181[[AC:Mixes & Remixes]]
182* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Fmk-WIV3U0 The Remix soundtrack]] is about an hour's worth of awesome.
183* The 20th anniversary album features completely new rearrangements of both [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPW1EVe06m4 Sonic Boom]] and the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bvw08UhfqZw American Stardust Speedway Present]] by Jun Senoue (and his band Music/Crush40 for "Sonic Boom") and Music/CashCash. Unsurprisingly, they are incredible takes on the tracks that stay true to the spirit of the tracks, all while giving them more of a Modern Sonic twist.
184[[/folder]]
185
186[[folder:''Sonic Chaos'']]
187* The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykJZogX_Ymc Sleeping Egg Zone]] music is just one of many catchy songs in this game.
188* The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B90Wlj0KZB4 Boss]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7SrRZTdGkro Final Boss]] themes are both amazing works of 8 bit glory.
189* The main [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62z1fIXiNB0 Electric Egg zone theme]] is good, if [[SoundtrackDissonance a bit mellow for a final zone.]] The third act has [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2Dx-htJcLM its own unique track]] which is even better, although you will probably have to wait instead of running straight to the boss if you want to hear the whole thing.
190* The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bxufCv1uo4 original version of Sunset Park Act 3]], at a higher pitch than the one used in Triple Trouble, unused in game.
191* The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tw0R45U-p9g Turquoise Hill Zone]] music is catchy, and there's a Generations style "classic" remix [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbrJiRW0t1A here.]]
192* [[https://youtu.be/SbKSm3P-4OY Aqua Planet Zone]] is so catchy and smooth that it almost makes you look forward to an underwater level!
193[[/folder]]
194
195[[folder:''Sonic Triple Trouble'']]
196* The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dot0iGpUL5I Sunset Park Zone Act 3]] music from ''[[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehogTripleTrouble Sonic Triple Trouble]]'', on top of being awesome, caught off guard many players who completed Act 2 and didn't expect the game to immediately segue into Act 3, with no end-of-stage bonus screen or title card in between. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cF1dWbIVAn0 The Act 1 & Act 2 theme]] counts as well.
197* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etrWLY6d_sg The boss theme]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0GMFIBHic0 Robotnik Winter Zone]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEYhEHZvDRk Atomic Destroyer Zone]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0nLg7AiHho the Final Boss theme]] also deserve mention, especially if you enhance the PSG using an emulator.
198* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Z9n4B6Nm8Q Meta Junglira Zone]] is excellent in its own right, despite being overshadowed by Sunset Park, which immediately precedes it.
199* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Td00XgybFHQ Fang/Nack's theme]] is rapid and crafty as this hunter is; even the music gets crazy.
200[[/folder]]
201
202[[folder:''Sonic Adventure'' series]]
203[[AC:''VideoGame/SonicAdventure'']]
204* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEzXFuYN89k "Open Your Heart"]] in the original ''Sonic Adventure'' is straight up epic. That palm muted noodling into is super iconic and the main riff is badass.
205** While we're speaking of "Open Your Heart", the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mK6dEdZvYNU Bentley Jones Remix]] is also made of utter awesome.
206** It gets a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHBksFzlppE good remix]] in ''VideoGame/SonicPinballParty'' as well.
207** And [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECojTutpYVE it was used for]] all the ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' games that featured Sonic [[GuestFighter as a playable character]] (with the exception of the fourth game's 3DS version, due to that version's limitations preventing it from having as many songs as the Wii U version).
208%%** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yb2ynhx49Ss The final boss remix]]!
209* Also from ''Sonic Adventure'' comes the Casinopolis level. While it may not be anything special, the [=NiGHTS=] pinball area music is [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqqGIVC-B2o quite a joy to listen to.]]
210* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDpZ9Qg761I It Doesn't Matter]] is a neat, concise description of Sonic himself and his attitude in life.
211* And the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6a4kyG5vHO4 second part]] of Perfect Chaos also qualifies. It actually changes the mood of the battle from power-up awesomeness to a dramatic climax.
212* Awesome non-vocal tracks include [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8N803zzS-ZI Azure Blue World]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4_bqMup7yw Windy and Ripply]], and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktykEb5bTOo Pleasure Castle]]. "Azure Blue World" [[https://twitter.com/AppuruGumi/status/1347694630108860424 has a gorgeous, Japanese cover]] that's been likened by Sonic fans as a great intro [[WhatCouldHaveBeen for a hypothetical Sonic Adventure anime.]] And even better? You can install a mod to ''Sonic Adventure DX'' on PC to replace the standard "Azure Blue World" with this cover.
213* The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iP5VzAc3i-A Casinopolis]] "Main Lobby" music. Is there anything equally as good as this when it comes to casino music? The music from [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1SFHvG0CHE the section down in the sewers]] is worth losing the pinball tables with less than a hundred rings (or going in as Tails) just to listen to.
214* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngOCBDw2FxY Mechanical Resonance]]. And the metal version of Resonance with [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHppHveX3-8 Crank the Heat Up!]] which is just epic.
215* "Twinkle Park" ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEqYvFrscrY Twinkle Cart]]) and "Windy Valley" ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3-xEsQa0Ac The Air]]), remixed from ''3D Blast''. Upbeat and inviting with sparkly instrumentation to welcome players for a ride or two.
216* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4fuhCZRMqI Twinkle Circuit]], especially one minute in when the instrumental dance-pop version of "It Doesn't Matter" plays.
217* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1i8MEHcX0Q Mystic Ruins' theme]]. Surprisingly ear-wormy, considering it's meant to sound vaguely tribal.
218* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eH0FMvYAIAo Lost World's theme: Tricky Maze]] is a tropical beat with lots of sinister sound effects to encapsulate the jungles.
219* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKjOzx7KrcM "Calm After the Storm"]] , a relaxing, upbeat number that ostensibly serves as the music for the Egg Carrier after it crashes into the ocean, but for whatever reason, doesn't get used for this purpose. It's only used once in the game, during a cutscene of E-102 Gamma boarding the ditched carrier. And speaking of the Egg Carrier...
220* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_8cv9Fi8K0 "A Song That Keeps Us On the Move"]], the theme of the Egg Carrier: an electronic medley that radiates the sprawling grandeur of Eggman's flying battleship.
221* "Mt. Red: A Symbol of Thrill", the theme for the first part of Red Mountain, is delightfully jazzy and adventurous, whether in the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9FcTTBh-oI looping sound test version]] or the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULsBpPgfzis OST version.]] The second Red Mountain theme, "Red Hot Skull", is arguably [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44ke3z47AEQ even better]]. It trades the first theme's adventurous feel for a badass rock theme.
222%%* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGrZgbpn-CE Run Through the Speed Highway]] from the first ''Adventure''. Also the source of the "Up and down and all around" meme.
223* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=az6eEJi1-pE At Dawn]] is one of the most beautiful songs you'll ever hear in a ''Sonic'' game.
224%%* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9reVPX5UyNQ Snowy Mountain]] from Ice Cap (not to be confused with ''Sonic 3'' of course).
225%%* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gNkg9kffK0 Good ol' "Sky Deck a Go! Go!"]]. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXbEzpSEnmY And "General Offensive".]]
226* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDt4FJLH9ww Tikal's theme]], as mysterious and mystical as the girl herself.
227* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jr7xjxZ6J8w Crazy Robo]], E-101 Beta [=MkII=]'s theme. Take the electronic and smooth feeling of Gamma's theme, speed it up, and slap on some [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47EB-v-lG3A Jazz.]] Perfect for a fight meant to represent the upgraded version of the E-series robots. Just don't get too caught up in the music as propeller-guided torpedoes and energy balls are flung at you!
228* The [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome epic]] and at times, [[TearJerker depressing]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2sOpyF1nF4 E-102's theme]] is beautiful. Combined with the fact that an equally as awesome [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-9FaXg5NOk remix]] plays during the death of E-102, realizing that he is the last of the series...
229* Widely considered one of the best boss themes in the series: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Ro10GWr99I "Militant Missionary"]], the theme for the Egg Viper and Egg Walker. "GET A LOAD OF THIS!"
230* Both of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YinRPzyZEfw&t=490s Chaos']] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-K164j-5RQ&t=265s themes]] set the mood for fighting a pissed off godlike being, and both are just straight amazing to listen to.
231* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDxaDGLrkXA Fishing]]. Even if you hated Big's [[ScrappyMechanic story]] [[UnexpectedGameplayChange mode]], there's no denying how awesome this theme is.
232* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0DizopdPMBw Tails's Theme]] carries a sense of admiration and longing to become a hero, an apt description of Tails' situation.
233* Want some [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tr6UUhHTHoM Lazy Days]]? This song delivers with a swinging brass tune and two vocals to nail Big and Froggy's friendship.
234* Amy's teen-pop song "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9CPgYAFWfEg My Sweet Passion]]", which has become her [[{{Leitmotif}} trademark theme]], except in ''Sonic Heroes''. The two [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvRrldZ5AE8 electronic]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8LXnghrIXY remixes]] of "My Sweet Passion" from the ''Sonic Adventure Remix'' album are epic. The remix in ''Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed'' is not too bad, either.
235* "[[https://youtu.be/0DizopdPMBw Believe in Myself]]," Tails' theme, is a rock song with a very upbeat, sunny mood and lyrics about how Tails strives to better himself so that he won't always depend on Sonic. As such, it's just as lovable as the fox himself.
236* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GM8h2Xyis9M "Unknown from M.E."]], Knuckles' incredibly catchy rap theme.
237* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3zRo6hxy68 Choose Your Buddy]], the perfect tune for a character selection screen.
238* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8Md4cr1Jig Be Cool, Be Wild, And Be Groovy]] remixed for ''Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing DS''. The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsIGkiXHO2A original version]] is good, too.
239* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O41bpujWvz4 Goodbye Chao]], from both ''Sonic Adventure'' and ''Sonic Adventure 2''. To hear this sad song, go to the Chao Garden, pick up a Chao, step on the Chao Transporter and select Good-bye. Who would send away a Chao after hearing this?
240* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CRTnMTUsIdc&t=367s Zero's theme]] is an aggresive techno track that makes the part of Amy's story when you're finally able to beat the bolts out of him after being relentlessly pursued by him for a good chunk much more satisfying.
241* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2sEIqtW32Uc The theme of Chao]], or more accurately their gardens, is a beautiful song filled with wonder and joy. It adds to the heart of raising Chao by a ton.
242** Surprisingly, another awesome (and very underrated) song is the Chao Race theme, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BzNxY8i-Rdo Join Us 4 Happy Time]]. Makes raising your Chao so very worth it when you get to listen to this masterpiece once more.
243** But most awesome of them all, so amazing that it came back in the [[UpdatedRerelease GameCube version]] of ''Sonic Adventure 2''[[note]]As the Chao Lobby theme[[/note]], is the Race Entrance theme, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLqaMA0QyHQ Letz Get This Party Started]]. Notable in that this and the above theme both use a sample from ''Series/TheATeam'', "Layin' the wax and spinnin' the center."
244* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1ecrz9R3Wc Funky Groove Makes U Hot!?]]" lives up to its name, being an excellent funky song that makes even the ''options menu'' a fun time.
245* Both themes for Hot Shelter are awesome. "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2XUVfSpy41c Bad Taste Aquarium]]" is a great, rock-heavy track, while "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IcCW_pho388 Red Barrage Area]]" is jazzy and funky, with an amazing synth bridge right before the loop.
246
247[[AC:''VideoGame/SonicAdventure2'']]
248* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1BRZg0GG0A Live and Learn]], one of the best rock songs in gaming history. Say what you like about the ''Sonic'' games, but you cannot deny the sheer awesome of this song. ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogFYx6dFBh4 click here for the remastered version released in 2008]]). Johnny Gioelli, the vocalist for Music/{{Crush 40}}, confessed this was his favorite song at the Sonic Boom 2011 concert.
249* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WcyVvWZJU4 Escape From the City]]." "Live and Learn" is awesome, but this song is ''iconic'', to the point that it's frequently been remixed and re-recorded for other games. Jun Senoue later admitted that it was his favorite song for this game.
250** In 2021, as the first of a series of remixes called "Sonic Sessions", [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-SSsThzjAI a funk remix of "Escape From the City"]] was released on the official [=YouTube=] channel. It's a much more chill take on the track, borrowing elements from the ''Generations'' remix, but is nonetheless still as catchy. It's also essentially a look into what a Sonic/Franchise/{{Persona}} crossover might sound like, as in addition to the funky instrumentation, this remix features ''VideoGame/Persona5'' vocalist Lyn as the singer.
251* Hunnid P's works are great. The distinct style of jazz rap ([[NarmCharm no matter how cheesy they might be]]) is Knuckles personified, and really bolsters the musical diversity of the ''Adventure'' series. For starters, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59RIVbWC4oE Kick The Rock!]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxL_r-0VC1k A Ghost's Pumpkin Soup]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f84w1gEAXYQ Dive Into The Mellow]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDWWryudg5k Deeper]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sftFzatlg4I Space Trip Steps]], and of course, Knuckles' theme [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JntQ1X46qgg Unknown from M.E.]].
252* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OxLH0nnUnCY Throw It All Away]] is a jarring soundtrack akin to heavy metal, with minor chords to encapsulate Shadow the Hedgehog's status as the Ultimate Lifeform and the inner sorrow he bears.
253* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohm5CVdutrw It Doesn't Matter]] gets a second rendition with a faster, more carefree tempo to highlight Sonic's positivity and derring-do.
254* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4mPkze9AEs E.G.G.M.A.N.]] is a booming IndustrialRock piece that showcases the genius of the egoistic doctor.
255* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIs0htInHKE E.G.G.M.A.N remixed]] for ''Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing DS'' nails the diabolical doctor's sheer power and rocket barrages. And [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdE-sFEKca4 the remix]] for ''Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed'' packs in an electronic punch to back up the main melody.
256* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XspKmxaC9Tw Fly In The Freedom]], Rouge's theme. It's smooth, suave, and awesome.
257* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1dITqy1aVI Rhythm And Balance]] is a groovy tune to show Shadow's inner turmoil as he races through the equally messy jungles.
258* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZ7Keyb6ZN4 Soarin' Over The Space (Cosmic Wall)]]. A bright, fast theme with some nice guitar riffs and a siren wail in the background. A perfect fit for what's considered Eggman's best level.
259* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLWLN62ZFho Trespasser]], the theme for [[BlackoutBasement Lost Colony]]. EtherealChoir with drums and electric guitar really capture the feel of exploring a dark space station that's been abandoned for decades with nothing but hostile robotic guards around.
260* While not being all powerful, manly or exciting like most music here in this page, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYwc_6Wy-kE Chao Garden]] on ''Sonic Adventure 2'' is the most relaxing (and cutest) piece of music around. It's awesome in its own way.
261* The Biolizard has "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXeIRsqqFbA Supporting Me]]". Compared to everything else on the soundtrack, the {{Soundtrack Dissonance}} only heightens both awesomeness and [[NightmareFuel creepiness factor]]. Even if you do want to [[ThatOneBoss strangle the lizard with your bare hands because it's already cost you 20 or so lives]]. Someone remixed "Supporting Me" [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_wcLEqgZzU in the Sega Genesis soundfont.]] It was ''awesome.''
262* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7yWN5Uiy-g Mr. Unsmiley]] (Sky Rail), [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sv3gOaniEBU Vengeance Is Mine]] (Radical Highway), [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhPHu_JipRg On The Edge]] (Eternal Engine), [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMsT9om7seE I'm A Spy]] (Security Hall).
263* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1xOuzAnA_Q Dry Lagoon ("Bright Sound")]] brings a smooth, silky auditory flare to describe Rouge the Bat in music.
264* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_F5BR0CuK6w Rumbling HWY]]. Upbeat and dreamy.
265* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IgoCc0kGvW8 Unstable World]]. Incredibly metal, and part of the instrumentation invokes and calls back the Death Egg Zone's theme from ''Sonic 3 and Knuckles''.
266* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ds4gZ6pwg6U That's The Way I Like It]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vc3ffItUtlc Keys the Ruin]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIx8rJxfarI Won't Stop, Just Go!]], and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyTuMb-jhkc Scramble For The Core]]. And then someone took [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-QeJnZarcEg That's The Way I Like It]] and gave it absolutely EPIC lyrics.
267* Tails's Theme, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-279WY54YnI Believe in Myself]], is given a complete rewrite in the music, though the lyrics are the same. This version is a little slower and more emotional than the first - the verses sound quite downbeat, and make it sound like Tails is really struggling with his self-confidence. But the chorus has a more uplifting mood, showing us that Tails still remains hopeful for his future. All in all, this version isn't as sunshine and rainbows as the first, but it's a bit more structured in its composition and melody, and it's just as catchy.
268* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNufJ8m5KOw Shut Up, Faker!]] is an epic piece before Sonic and Shadow's iconic- [[InterruptingMeme I'LL MAKE YOU EAT THOSE WORDS!]]
269* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYHKtPE9edU Way To The Base]], very stylish and makes you feel like a total badass.
270* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JjH_EiN1Md8 Sonic vs. Shadow]], the theme that plays in the cutscene before the final battle with Sonic/Shadow on the ARK, builds up neatly for the final showdown between the world's fastest hedgehog and the ultimate lifeform.
271* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_SUlc1ndFbQ For True Story]], a suitably ominous theme for a final battle, complete with some downright apocalyptic sounding lyrics:
272-->Stars don't twinkle, the moon doesn't shine\
273Stars don't twinkle, the moon doesn't shine...\
274Birds don't sing, the wind doesn't blow,\
275To the pure body, the perfect existence...\
276I shiver with cold...\
277I struggle against despair...
278* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWjozTNgBnU Suitable Opponent]] is metal and techno to showcase the might of Tails and Dr. Eggman's machines.
279* The hidden Green Hill NostalgiaLevel (made in honor of the [[MilestoneCelebration 10th anniversary]] of the franchise), the reward for getting all 180 emblems in the game, which comes complete with nostalgia sound effects and an awesome faux-square wave version of the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xN-TEP4vESg classic theme]].
280* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sftFzatlg4I Space Trip Steps for Meteor Herd]]", a chill funky tune that gives off a futuristic space feeling which suits the overall layout of Knuckles' final level.
281* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zua2ek_Ryn0 Still Invincible...No Fear!]]" is a fast, guitar-riff heavy piece that plays when you get the invincibility powerup. The sheer power it exudes just ''dares'' your enemies to come get you.
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284[[folder:''Sonic Advance'' series]]
285[[AC:''[[VideoGame/SonicAdvanceTrilogy Sonic Advance]]'']]
286* Considering the original ''Sonic Advance'' is considered the SpiritualSuccessor of the classic Sonic games on Genesis/Mega Drive, the music has to be up to par as well, and it well was up to that prestigious level with tracks like the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ixg96gKPz8 Egg Rocket Zone]].
287** The Egg Rocket's Zone's "Act 2", the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OXBwvNPKyHo Cosmic Angel Zone]], kicks it up a notch.
288** The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGlbxYfczRE Cosmic Angel boss theme]] isn't bad either.
289* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJP4BhPelUE Secret Base Zone Act 1]] is a bright jazzy piece that's evocative of the music of ''Franchise/JamesBond''.
290* There's also [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjMheEmcGgQ Casino Paradise Act 1]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYuUqpp4jQ0 Act 2]]. Dig the awesome jazz piano solos.
291%%* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8nNkcAHOpOk Angel Island Act 1]]. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKrwqdYE9pA Act 2]] was jamming too.
292%%* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhScNIi2rgI Ice]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ww2nP3yhPkI Mountain]], and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pu7IcJtKCwI a remix of the first act]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=onba8QRHUls or another remix of Act 1]].
293* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUtmG-aiDXU Neo Green Hill Zone Act 1]] from the first game oozes with nostalgia. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zUGXqD1pm0 Act 2]] is just plain awesome.
294* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NE1NRg60tUY The theme for Mecha Knuckles]]. Definitely gives you a sense of urgency, huh?
295* The music for the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGviY4-pQ9k final boss in X-Zone.]] Why they didn't put this on the in-game soundtrack is anybody's guess.
296* The theme of the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1MGseX0dRw Super Egg Robo in the Moon Zone]], filled with tons of OrchestralBombing.
297%%* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qPy8W5w7y8 The Special Stage Theme]].
298%%* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsSzVG7p-3o The Opening Theme.]]
299* ''Sonic Advance'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJ15iMYs5Rk Invincibility]]. Sound familiar? Interestingly, they were going to use a different [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZGrb-5r3Rs Invincible song]], but they decided to go nostalgic, and instead it went to be used in ''Sonic Advance 2'' and ''3''.
300* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yTbwj3dLO1g Egg Rocket Theme]] has oddly calming chimes and a peaceful rhythm for such a difficult level. Despite such, there is still a palpable sense of urgency.
301
302[[AC:''Sonic Advance 2'']]
303%%* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-e1H_C_q_I Final Boss]].
304* The "aerial-feeling" [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jIDGEukXiws Boss Battle]] theme really fits the game's GetBackHereBoss nature.
305* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kScGIo2uthY Boss Pinch]]. If this isn't awesome, nothing is.
306* The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HY-eyigVrWY Knuckles Boss]] theme is a sinister techno theme that is only heard when fighting Egg Saucer as Sonic for first time.
307%%* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bKZm_5-wtQ True Area 53]].
308* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztLixEIt59o Techno]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrzR9athxOU Base]] is an amazing song on its own, but it gets even more impressive when you realize that they made the GBA, a gaming system with a slightly more advanced soundchip than the SNES, produce full-on ACID TECHNO with a clear amen break sample in the second act! Truly an impressive feat!
309%%* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jgw5wF0JOEM Egg]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4VRmTHEIUE Utopia]].
310* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BrTMGfAiKts Leaf Forest Act 1]] ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDbKNdlatfA Act 2]]) was essentially Sega telling you to gear up for one HELL of a game.
311* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nay22wtDv-M Sky Canyon Act 1]] ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOjakHkeKGg Act 2]]) gives off a very fitting "high-flying" feel.
312* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0VHeWy3V3Io Music Plant]]. '''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qp2RNE_dzdQ MUSIC PLANT]]'''! It was like ''VideoGame/{{Electroplankton}}'' before ''Electroplankton'' even ''existed''!
313%%* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmwzWv3OYIY The Opening Theme]].
314* Both Acts of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zt5uXyktGM8 Ice]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVoJerLG704 Paradise]]. Act 1 is an icy-sounding track that goes well with the Zone's snowy cityscape, while Act 2 throws in a Christmas vibe.
315%%* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSq05VpH_rs Hot Crater Zone]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufy3YtqZJfc anyone]]?
316* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-v5_3bEjc5w This heart-racing piece]] that plays during Sonic's tense rescue of Vanilla, which really captures just how desperate and down-to-the-wire the game's finale is.
317* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrGI2JIo-5Q The Final Boss theme]] is pretty damn intimidating, even if the boss itself [[AntiClimaxBoss doesn't quite live up to it.]]
318
319[[AC:''Sonic Advance 3'']]
320* The theme for [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XpGWL2X7Wmo Sunset Hill]], essentially a remix of the Green Hill Zone at higher pitch.
321* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvLNHF-kcHU "Twinkle Snow".]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3WjaD9Z-ado Twinkle Snow Act 2]] gives a beautiful song quite a catchy rendition which just makes you want to go run on the snowy roads.
322* Route 99 is all around [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WM91KgSibpE best]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4UoJgvkBWWw way to]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VaMwNSCK_dg set you]] for the game's awesomeness. Act 3 starts impressively with a synth made sound like a '''guitar-riff'''. Very cool, even for GBA's standards. And it's good to hear ''Sonic Generations'' hasn't forgotten about it with a remix of Act 1 for one of the missions in the game.
323* Everything for Chaos Angel: Acts [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UlCArsA_yMY 1]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4gDakHeb4Y 2]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FtGxsGydN-M 3]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nsy4v_T5lz4 the boss]], and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5D29CjtU00 the]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGZ8s-VPSjk final]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sg0U8wHpcz4 bosses]]. Sheer awesome, and ''very'' good at conveying the sense that [[NintendoHard you are gonna die.]] Frequently. Imagine what they could have done with [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eq041forRpI better sound quality...]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrvDnHDeYec The fast-pacing Modern remix of Act 3]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKHtd7VV1-I Classic remix of Act 1]] also count.
324%%* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_ebAgLhTSg What about]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELjMTc73Z8U Toy Kingdom's]] music?
325%%* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLpYdISEq9k The Special Stage Theme]].
326* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNdWjgVfUNY The Opening]]. Words don't do it justice. Here's an [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZGztTzo4hA alternate version of that opening]], that plays before the true final boss.
327* The frantic-sounding [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGYUhtWIQFE boss battle]] theme is backed up by psychotic drumming. The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o526HR5XEVI Pinch version]] was just as great.
328%%* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ysrwx7Q0tWA Ocean Base Act 3]].
329%%* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5nQhtM40yQ Cyber Track Act 1]].
330* The map themes for [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnAgN1Y2wrU Ocean Base]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EsekxqtTsyI Cyber Track]] are really cool, even according to someone who doesn't usually like 8-bit music.
331%%* The themes for the Versus mode are cool, especially [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7z0DkDa0bk this one.]]
332%%Which one? If this video gets taken down, it will be literally impossible to replace. Always include the TITLE of a video.
333* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKwOqIGvs2g Nonaggression Zone's theme]] is an epic, fast-paced remix of Emerl's {{leitmotif}} from ''Sonic Battle'', fitting for when [[EnemyMine Super Sonic and Dr. Eggman team up]] to face [[OneWingedAngel Ultimate Gemerl]].
334* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6Gv100AUG8 The Golden Ending theme]] is probably the happiest end theme in the entire franchise.
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337[[folder:''Sonic Heroes'']]
338* The final boss theme, "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuVAaU63K7k What I'm Made Of...]]" like most, if not, all Sonic final boss themes, will get you ''pumped'' to defeat the final boss. Jun Senoue even considers it his favorite work for Crush 40 on his website, and for good reason. In ''The Best of Crush 40 Super Sonic Songs'' album, there are a few minor changes made to this song such as added distortion on the bass and the echo on the vocals at the end being removed. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mCdgRD7poc Check it out.]]
339* The TitleThemeTune [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jw6KRkx0vNg gives you an idea]] of what is to come, music wise, being fast and urging you on to stop Eggman again.
340* The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nupXDabV8CA team select screen music]] is probably one of the funkiest video game menu themes ever conceived. The actual [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWI86scY8PE main menu music]] is a short loop, but even so is also quite the foot tapper.
341* ''VideoGame/SonicHeroes'' is the only 3D Sonic game where one gets the Chaos Emeralds via a minigame rather than through the story. And you get to do it [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=knMUsWRipgs to really cool background music.]] Besides the Emerald Challenge, there's also the music for the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKxN2KwX1NE Bonus Challenge]] special stage, which is probably even better.
342* Here's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOEjOUlhSFE BINGO Highway's]] music (unlike some of the other 3D games, it didn't give names to the stage tracks). This song is so awesome, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zra1_cyIDmk it got an official remix on the OST.]]
343* Other great tracks from the game include [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9E66ywToGU Team Chaotix]], Team Dark's industrial-rock theme [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhZDbhqnAWE This Machine]], Team Sonic's alternative theme [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccwPi67kf9Y We Can]], Team Rose's upbeat pop-rock theme [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YND-d3gInI Follow Me]], and even the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42amlS41ch0 Main Theme.]] It's one of Crush 40's most popular Sonic themes for a reason.
344* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZ-OqqR3P5U Grand Metropolis' theme]] is a pounding rock tune with a fast bass to reveal the hustle and bustle of this high-tech city.
345* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AeoLK6M9sts Seaside Hill theme]] presents a relaxing rock tune fit for a vacation by the sea, while also sounding quick enough to remind you of Eggman's declaration. Even the piece goes into E major to urge our heroes and you to hurry to save the day.
346* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3eDoi9F7Rp4 Hang Castle]] is an eerie blend of Scooby Doo-style jazz and hip-hop turntablism that changes whenever [[GravityScrew the castle flips upside down.]]
347* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1I_hpg6lX84 Mystic Mansion.]] When you're playing the game proper, the part of the song that plays is dependent on which room you're in, just as an added fun detail.
348* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJWpsMZ38ss Egg Fleet]]. And compared to most of the other tracks in the OST, which were happy and rocking, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tB1Z338gcsU Final Fortress]] is no slouch either, with its definite intensity, cementing it as the final stage indeed.
349* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4SVUlszGfM Ocean Palace.]] sounds very energetic and cheerful while managing to sound very EPIC at the same time. It has one of the most well-composed, eargasmic climaxes ever composed with an electric guitar in any videogame.
350* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Clwq9IsETlc Rail Canyon]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSS6wc_Aco8 Bullet Station.]]
351* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrvfMWypejY Egg Emperor]]'s theme has to be the most rock-heavy song to ''ever'' grace a FinalBoss in ''Sonic'' history. Hot diggity damn!
352* One of the more esoteric songs of the game, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=audPerNXaiw Lost Jungle.]]
353* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUHWh7pufsU Metal Madness]].
354* Casino Park. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZfFI8F7XSY Instant Awesome Just Add Broken Piano.]]
355* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4jIiMjzizU Power Plant]]'s theme is suitably epic for, well, a power plant.
356* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nu9GuUc163Q Frog Forest]] has such a relaxing fast paced feel to it.
357* Somebody remixed several of the songs here for the DS version of ''Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing''. And boy is it AWESOME. Exhibit A: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nw_gSg1cgR4 Final Fortress]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtawvyeUQM0 Seaside Hill]].
358* The heavy metal/techno stylings of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRuACfH-yf4 Robot Storm]].
359[[/folder]]
360
361[[folder:''Sonic Rush'' series]]
362[[AC:''VideoGame/SonicRush'']]
363* The soundtrack was composed by Hideki Naganuma of ''VideoGame/JetSetRadio'' fame, with additional tracks (e.g cutscene music) by Teruhiko Nakagawa. Standouts include [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMeafEWN2jo "Back 2 Back"]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7RwIC5-nAdM "Get Edgy"]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sx0CQDc2rMU "What U Need"]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkD7ee0Qz64 "Right There, Ride On"]], and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MlCK5RWO54E "Wrapped in Black"]]. And yes, for those who haven't played it, that's the actual in-game music from ''a DS game''.
364%%* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhq0IpvyMQk Jeh Jeh Rocket]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90Ie7RofBYQ Metal Scratchin']], and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xX_2YGa9zcI A New Day]] are awesome, too.
365* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WpLWceWXFvo Vela]]-[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4JY9phgIbE Nova]] plays during the DuelBoss between Sonic and Blaze, and could count as Blaze's theme. It's a smooth, jazzy song with sensual vocals in the background. %%Also the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OzG0GO3U55g OST]] version.
366%%* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMMANIT5v-M Ethno Circus]], which plays in Mirage Desert.
367%%* Aw, heck, since we've covered all the other boss themes, throw in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CR5EcOETJSg "Bomber Barbara"]] as well.
368%%* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eyPT7b6ngmg Right There, Ride On]].
369%%* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mbZH2-bnOXg Ska Cha Cha (Sonic Ver.)]].
370%%* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrrVDodsLF8 Theme of Sonic]].
371%%* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lze4wUGNYFQ Metamorphosis]].
372%%* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mjmPastXWo Blaze's version of Get Edgy.]]
373%%* [[https://soundcloud.com/hideki-naganuma/ethno-circus-digital-remakin A "Digital Remakin' Trax" version of Ethno Circus]] exists, but was sadly not featured on the OST due to space limitations.
374%%* Even the short jingles are catchy; just try Groove Rush [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTKPOePwipU #1,]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucG7tKtgG_U #2,]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jw3O8Zwx3U0 #3,]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KlSLyzRAL9A #4,]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oB15-pq9aaA #5,]] or [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVyOu6KdTaI #7.]]
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376[[AC:''VideoGame/SonicRushAdventure'']]
377While Hideki Naganuma didn't return, the composers (Tomoya Ohtani, Mariko Nanba, Seirou Okamoto) did a good job of imitating his style while giving it their own spin.
378* The main theme and Marine's Theme, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-_4FokoGyY "A New Venture"]], whose cheery tropical tune will put a sunny smile on your face. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHHNvoKmYMY The Surfin' S.R.A. remix]] is much faster and more upbeat, and also awesome!
379* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOziQq9etB4 Plant Kingdom Act 1]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQklo_PYgFk Act 2]] feel like a spiritual successor to "Right There, Ride On" from the first game but with it's own fun, unique feel and is a perfect opening song for the first two levels of the game.
380%%* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJ9UU9gut3w Machine Labyrinth Act 1]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bUHfOAj-as Act 2.]]
381%%* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=liNWe723weU Coral Cave Act 1]],[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7TniVPwPFQ Act 2.]]
382* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ikxxwyI2oI Haunted Ship Act 1]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7bUbagrKbk Act 2]] work very well for the spookier vibe of the Haunted Ship stages.
383%%* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11IrFIOXnUE Blizzard Peaks Act 1]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8DKdt_FjTY Act 2]].
384%%* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hg0KyCrmW88 Sky Babylon Act 1]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6O1grKGcL0 Act 2]].
385%%* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJohFwH5wJo Pirates' Island Act 1]], and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9S-oP9ypXxg Act 2]].
386%%* All of the vehicle themes are worth a listen:
387%%** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gm2sby-yyik Waterbike.]]
388%%** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqhMwBmEw7Y Sailboat]].
389%%** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7E_UKz7n1c Watercraft.]]
390%%** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GS8TNJnDpoI Submarine.]]
391%%* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=saYTUVskoz8 The Boss Theme.]]
392%%* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IuDNn3fHKsE Whisker and Johnny's Battle Theme]].
393%%* The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tO80PPtF88A Boss Theme]]. (The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ozufu9ulM3M "Allegro"]] [[SongsInTheKeyOfPanic version.]])
394%%* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cu4sxuhiQ-c Big Swell]], the battle theme for the Ghost Titan [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OdVnL8HwiHM ("Allegro"]] [[SongsInTheKeyOfPanic version.]]) .
395%%* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJgkO0R7fDs The Final Boss Theme, Deep Core]]. (Plus the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ozufu9ulM3M "Allegro"]] [[SongsInTheKeyOfPanic version.]])
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397
398[[folder:''Sonic the Hedgehog'' (2006)]]
399* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPflHWn9HN0 Aquatic Base ~Level 1~]], an ambient ''IDM'' song.
400* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awJTBGiM28s White Acropolis ~Snowy Peak~]], Mariko Namba doing techno.
401* All four Crisis City themes are ''excellent''. A friendly reminder that these are all songs that come from Silver's '''first level''', which is one heck of a way to kick things off!
402** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSkMNhc04SI The Flame.]]
403** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOjBELxCP1U Skyscraper.]]
404** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pUHW-jXPeE Whirlwind.]]
405** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYjAebpGWY0 Tornado]], a progressive d'nb song.
406* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_HNK3nfu_c End of the World]], one of the most beautiful tracks in the game. What makes it so special is it sounds slightly different for each character. If you can believe it, it's theoretically inspired by the FiveStagesOfGrief.
407** Tails' theme sounds empty and depressing. His best friend, his ''brother'', was killed, and he doesn't know what to do without him.
408** Omega's theme is action packed, as he is the most focused and doesn't have much of a connection to Sonic.
409** Knuckles' theme has that 'lost' tone to it. Despite their rivalry, he's Sonic's best friend next to Tails, and he wants to save him too.
410** Silver's theme has a mythical tone in it. He was tricked into killing Sonic, and then once he realised this, he teamed up with Sonic to help save his future, only for him to be killed anyway. He wants to put this right.
411** Rouge's theme has her jazz to it. She isn't that close with Sonic, but is on good terms with him no less and wants to save him like everyone else.
412** Amy's theme is a void of sadness. The guy that she loved so much has died, and she is desperate to find the emerald. Even said emerald she finds is blue, which represents her sadness and possibly Sonic himself.
413** Finally, Shadow's theme is action packed like Omega's, but has a haunting tone to it. He's focused on finding the emerald, but has more of a connection to Sonic and secretly misses him.
414* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Al8eGK3bJ4M Mephiles]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPrQOcz7h3g Mephiles Phase 2]] by Hideaki Kobayashi, both of which are reminiscent of his PSO works.
415* Sonic's theme, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SnKb6GZcnLg His World]], succinctly captures the blue blur's speed and attitude.
416** Also the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3VHnFwVskl0 Zebrahead version]]. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AcUFFDBTyms And this one.]]
417** And [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yurEjiJYsXk the E3 version]].
418** Also the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QR4EcZdlO6A Summer of Sonic remix]] by RichardJacques and LeeBrotherton.
419** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCql4_uTFqY Crush 40's new mix]] for their album ''The Best of Crush 40 Super Sonic Songs''.
420* Silver's theme from '06, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zvjYLAzJb8 Dreams of an Absolution]] and the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Ne49KtcQlA remix from Jun Senoue]], is considered to have the ''best'' lyrics of any Sonic song.
421** And [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EscqArfze-k Bentley Jones has remade the song for his second solo album.]]
422** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1xqK18X0RI His 2019 remake]] is as futuristic-sounding as possible with new synths to showcase the world Silver came from.
423* Both Wave Ocean tracks, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NyrP6mHnX1Y The Water's Edge]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahXzlX6OH_8 The Inlet]] are damn cool.
424* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNDQvKBQOVc Flame]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmymm6ygEUQ Core]] packs in all the tension of a horror movie or ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' lava levels, a perfect description of this desolate landscape.
425* Some Eggman love: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbUuFg_3sdY The Egg Cerberus]] music was already epic and made even more epic with the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYni0x_NAWk Egg Wyvern.]] Or how about this eerie tune played during [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWe14fz-hSU Eggman's plan?]] Sure it isn't exactly subtle as it builds, but it's still sweet.
426* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2bcJALZPzQ Kingdom Valley.]] Especially the Water part.
427* Sonic's ending theme was originally the ending song for ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2'' for the Mega Drive; it was called "Sweet Sweet Sweet" and was performed by the Japanese band Dreams Come True. For ''Sonic '06'', they actually did a remix of this song for Sonic's ending, and they did it with Akon! The Japanese version is [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NzZUpxQAiHw "SWEET SWEET SWEET -06 AKON MIX-"]] and the English version is [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t36agO2H-ZU "Sweet Dreams"]].
428* How 'bout some event music? [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XlpU_zmfnsU Mephiles' Whisper]] is supremely creepy, yet epic at the end as well. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHn7Vmlnc0M You Are My Companion]] (though not totally fitting for Silver's Ending) is a nice piece to set a tone of "I WILL get through the next character's story."
429* Crush 40's All Hail Shadow Remix from the game. It's one of their better covers of another band's song which actually manages to be better than even the original from Magna-fi. Just listen [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kl8kra0XRcY here]] which technically the Crush 40 remix first appeared in this game rather than Shadow the Hedgehog.
430* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-AoY9VMU0g This song right here]], which plays at the end of Shadow's story. It was actually part of the track "Showdown with Mephiles", for whatever reason.
431* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDm9xFaBqC0 Dusty Desert]] is a must-listen.
432* Radical Train, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4c-7BXfTjM0 The Abandoned Mine]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51ucPjFTKGA The Chase.]]
433* It's hard to deny that Princess Elise's ImageSong [[https://youtu.be/zaUGQ673VbU "My Destiny"]] is simply gorgeous, reflecting her character arc pretty well.
434* The [[https://youtu.be/pWakcyO-3KM Results theme]] is a chilled out remix of His World that signals a breath of relief at having cleared another level.
435* Both phases of the FinalBoss against Solaris have killer music.
436** [[https://youtu.be/Voz7AJnpBXo Solaris Phase 1]] starts off with OminousLatinChanting that quickly transitions into a booming and chaotic orchestra piece that mixes in pieces of the themes of both Mephilis and Iblis, emphasizing the sheer danger posed by Solaris and the high stakes the fight presents.
437** The crowning jewel of the entire soundtrack, and the final boss remix to end all final boss remixes, is easily [[https://youtu.be/qAx3hTZeyBw Solaris Phase 2]], a glorious, triumphant, and suitably epic reprise of "His World" that really sells the renewed hope after gaining the upper hand in the free-for-all to decide the fate of the entire world and is a perfect capstone to the game’s amazing soundtrack.
438* [[https://youtu.be/OqavV0SRcR8 "Just Smile"]] from the final story's ending, which is an [[PlayingTheHeartStrings instrumental]] version of "My Destiny" that plays when Elise blows out the Flame of Solaris, thus preventing any of the game's plot from happening -- which manages to be ''heartbreakingly'' beautiful and kind of a TearJerker.
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440
441[[folder:''Sonic Unleashed'']]
442* ''[[VideoGame/SonicUnleashed Unleashed]]'' has a rather impressive soundtrack. For starters, there's the ''Super Mario Galaxy''-inspired [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wD80M5zY7HQ World Map]] music.
443** Which is nothing compared to the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHkRu_f_FpQ full, orchestrated version]] of the same song, which is also one of the songs that plays during the Figure Skating Pairs event in ''[[VideoGame/MarioAndSonicAtTheOlympicGames Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Winter Games]]'' with added beats and the audience clapping along with the rhythm.
444** Even the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yODLkaF8F-Y Rank E version of the theme]], which is intentionally bad to mock the player, [[StylisticSuck sounds amazing!]]
445** And the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VfJ0_tcqnc4 Gaia Temple]] music. Absolutely beautiful.
446** Also, the diverse selection of music taking place in different countries for day or night makes you want to travel the world.
447* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AfiRbKgcKA0 Endless Possibility]], and the obligatory [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2g6K-gsnGlE Final Boss orchestral remix]].
448* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXi0GpOSArw Dear My Friend]] brings tears to many an eye.
449* Let's run through (no pun intended) the day stages:
450** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLkXpZ03VhQ Windmill Isle (Day)]] starts the levels off strong with its fun mix of light violin and techno backings.
451** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKo9p_Icz2U Savannah Citadel (Day)]] A remix from the Master System/Game Gear version of ''Sonic 1'', even!
452** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8oLzftF5rg Cool Edge (Day)]], a memorable fusion of light, airy melody and ''phenomenal'' guitar!
453** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eiSaI_X2mcY Rooftop Run (Day)]] is practically the definition of awesome music thanks to its triumphant violin/guitar combo.
454** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djuCGh_I7RI Dragon Road (Day)]] already has great electronic backings, but combining it with traditional Chinese instrumentation and good piano work makes it sound ''amazing''!
455** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y40jsusmYVg Skyscraper Scamper (Day)]]. A great techno beat, combined with a ''fantastic'' sax that hits you in the beginning and never goes away.
456** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_AxyPDq3GuQ Arid Sands (Day).]] Everyone's favorite modern Arabian techno beat with some flashy trumpets.
457** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SiBWcaIA6hE Jungle Joyride (Day)]]. A electronic beat with great drums and wind work makes you feel like you're cutting through a jungle.
458** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNx7c-lSedw Eggmanland AKA Crimson Carnival (Day)]]. A frantic beat giving an air of playfulness, yet still dark and sinister enough to remind you who's playground you're running through.
459* The Night stages are classics as well. For example, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFhUsRhKJEM Dragon Road (Night)]].
460** You may hear it a lot, but it is hard to deny that [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bj_4Dr40_Zc the Werehog battle theme]] is a ''damn'' good piece of jazz music.
461** In that same vein, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCqcGWawxLY Cool Edge (Night)]].
462** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=suJQ0e52Pjo Rooftop Run (Night)]] mixes some truly groovy funk guitar with, [[MundaneMadeAwesome of all things]], an accordion playing variations of the lick, with synth lead joining in midway. Sneaking through the night streets with style.
463** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93XICCmcCr0 Jungle Joyride (Night)]]. ''Yes. A thousand times yes.''
464** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35OvZlP1_6c Skyscraper Scamper (Night)]] is incredibly jazzy.
465** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7NhVioT6dNU Eggmanland AKA Crimson Carnival (Night)]]'s guitar is just ''badass''. And in the Platform/Xbox360 / Platform/{{PS3}} version, [[BackgroundMusicOverride it's not even interrupted by the battle theme.]] The soundtrack version has a piano riff at the end that's just ''haunting''.
466** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QL1n-JIf80o Windmill Isle (Night)]] sounds so relaxing...
467** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pN9rfmqNe28 Arid Sands (Night)]], especially with that saxaphone. There's a lot more backing this track, but the saxophone work speaks for itself, confidently.
468* Even the hub music is often catchy!
469** Case in point, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZc9fsNtm8I Empire City (Night)]]. Such a relaxing tune...
470** You want relaxing? [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cctZ89gv4vU Chun-Nan (Night)]]. Woodwinds and piano come together to give you the ultimate ambiance.
471** Also, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8jsF5eY_Mw Holoska (Day)]]; simply beautiful. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFFW5hc-c3g Holoska (Night)]] is also quite lovely.
472** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jQGypkweUc Shamar (Day)]], which mixes a vaguely Middle Eastern melody with flamenco guitar and some big band swing horn.
473** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2K6N35UcoXA Empire City (Day)]] ain't too shabby either. Feels just like walking across a street performer with a harmonica and some backup, don't it?
474* The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulVFx6weDhg Egg Dragoon]] music, easily the game's most awesome boss theme, and an embodiment of all of Eggman's lethal rage, hatred and desperation against Sonic.
475* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86gCRRDlS1o Tornado Defense Act 2]] ''[[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehogCD Sonic CD]]'', anyone?
476* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRJY7Ax320I Nighttime Boss Theme]]. Keep in fact that you're battling a Titan-sized phoenix, an eel the size of a Big Mother, or a shaman that's [[PintsizedPowerhouse only barely taller than a Deep Nightmare, yet stronger than the Mid-bosses]]. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4F_T0LJIho Eggman Boss]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7v-yuC59Kgg Vs. Titan and Big Mother]] are both equally awesome examples.
477** Also [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LLyD8nj95A vs. Dark Gaia]]. That really intense, building string and horn section that plays as you're sprinting across the Gaia Colossus to attack Dark Gaia...''yes''.
478* The scores from the cutscenes are also great:
479** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGY000w5d1A Cutscene - Opening]] has this epic start as Sonic lands on Eggman's flagship and just starts tearing his way through the whole fleet and then transforms into Super Sonic without even breaking a sweat before Eggman reveals it was all a trick to drain Sonic and the Chaos Emeralds of their power.
480** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQctMAIeXRg Dark Gaia Appears]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2_3okbv94U Shrines in Flight]], and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkl7052nRvg Hour of Awakening]], which all play one after the other as Dark Gaia appears and Chip summons the Gaia Temples to gather to him to create the Gaia Colossus.
481** [[https://youtu.be/MKvqidKRKk4 The Final Form]] frames the oppressive weight of Perfect Dark Gaia's presence, the whimsical and heroic fanfare as Sonic goes super, and the lead up to the final clash. The crescendo into a snippet of the theme as Sonic exclaims "Let's do this!" just screams that he's ready to rumble as much as the player.
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483
484[[folder:''Sonic the Hedgehog 4'']]
485[[AC:''Episode I'']]
486* First, Sega released the theme for the first level of ''[[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog4 Sonic 4]]'', [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vVWi7bKGVo Splash Hill Zone]], and it is ''good.'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNh4RPVME_8 Splash Hill Zone Act 3]] is more upbeat within the same atmosphere.
487* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kur2Opc-WAY Casino Street Act 1]] is incredibly catchy, too. As is [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NTJR4UqeJY Act 3]].
488* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LP7fMzu-MXo Mad Gear Zone Act 1]] is rather tense piece of music.
489* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NTEvzJ_vERA Mad Gear Zone Act 3]] is good when AdvancingWallOfDoom is right behind you.
490* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGOh3loQ6cM Boss theme]], which is a remixed version of the unused boss theme from ''Sonic 3D Blast''. The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbM3XlgyIBI Pinch version]] is also great.
491* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ObcsUNGPPI E.G.G Station Zone]] is a mechanical number to showcase the full strength of Eggman's army.
492* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5F8YcewuFbo Lost Labyrinth Zone Act 2]]. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_d_JfSp-ugw Lost Labyrinth Zone Act 1]] is also great.
493
494[[AC:''Episode II'']]
495* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2JdZT7zJ-I Metal Sonic's]] theme is a fast and electronic roller to show the power of this robot knockoff.
496* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sfim-nK_kzI Sylvania Castle ~ Act 2]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7VdXMFKY98 Act 3]] both carry an air of the beginning of the adventure just like the old Sonic games.
497* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6eIQ4ubAMg Sky Fortress ~ Act 1]], a great track for a stage where you finally use the Tornado again.
498* Then when you finally board the fortress itself, you get [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25NvVyNWx3A Sky Fortress Act 2]], which sounds like it would be better used for [[VideoGame/MegaManClassic Wily's Castle]].
499* Have a listen to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOIgU6JyJHI Sky Fortress ~ Act 3]] and hear the sheer high notes show how high up this zone is above ground.
500* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bSROlWwPxs Death Egg mk.II;]] the track just ''screams'' 'showdown'. It also [[BackgroundMusicOverride plays for the entirety of the zone's first act,]] including during the only mid-stage boss fight in the game against [[DualBoss Eggman and Metal Sonic]] up until the last [=fight/race=] against Metal Sonic alone, where the music switches to... the Genesis-ish remix of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_NglF07tfWc Stardust Speedway Bad Future]].
501* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cS_63QWvXi4 The final boss theme]] complements an equally awesome boss fight.
502* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iICVAUHy0Ek Oil Desert]] has a really nice dark techno flare to it.
503* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVheTW4WOjc White Park ~ Act 2]] really fits the stage's theme of zipping back and forth between roller coasters at top speed. They also managed to cram part of the theme of Twinkle Park's Pleasure Castle section from ''Sonic Adventure'' in there, which is appropriate since that section of the stage opens with a roller coaster ride.
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505
506[[folder:''Sonic Colors'']]
507* We would say ''damn near everything'', but that doesn't seem to do [[VideoGame/SonicColors this soundtrack]] justice. Where to begin? How about with the orchestrated rendition of the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrPBXYywFNA main theme.]]
508* The main theme [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OP-uxSvHUn8 Reach for the Stars,]] sung by Jean Paul Makhlouf, is an energetic and cheerful track that suits the more fun and lighthearted tone of the game. Bonus props to the more rock-based [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mpp9TfNoGrM rearrangement]] in ''Sonic Colors Ultimate'', which is arguably even better than the original.
509** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5cyOn1DPtFY The DS version,]] played during the battle with [[TrueFinalBoss Nega-Mother Wisp]], is a truly fantastic 8-bit instrumental remix of "Reach For the Stars".
510** Ditto the ending theme [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lg9sh4qc0A Speak with Your Heart]] in all its glory.
511* The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAPJhfUgrk0 main world map theme]] is a spectacle to hear for a view in space just above Earth.
512* Tropical Resort – [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xF2KhTYb9VA A suitably catchy first level]], with [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mc-Tg1xW5c map music to match]].
513* Sweet Mountain – A jazz-filled [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kgrUccv3WWU map theme]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jEzvc4OTkIo Act 1]], and a unique spin with [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ne23oOkyxZw Act 2]].
514* Starlight Carnival – One of the best [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b75KBQnL34c map themes]], and then ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVHWmbbC7q4 this]]''. What more is there to say?
515* Planet Wisp – Some lovely [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DCufGTmJRs map music]], and then [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7U80AGvH4Yw sheer]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3I8g1Y5b7wU bliss]] with an unforgettable piano and a wicked bassline. Especially how the various act mixes start out relatively laid back and then get more and more industrial and beat-driven as the stage goes on and the technological parts of the stage become more prevalent.
516* Aquarium Park – The entire zone's soundtrack can be summed up thus: {{Wutai}}-styled [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liquid_funk liquid]] DrumAndBass. Standouts include [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BF_xwMxSJ5o the map music]], a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jEGro4NpgCg fast-paced, yet relaxing]] Act 1, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvxbR3cgbVs Act 2]], and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mep1Ts2zLks a piano-heavy]] Act 3. The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bH_JSyZ1J84 rearrangement of act 1]] in ''Sonic Colors Ultimate'' gives the track a Japanese flair well-suited to the zone's setting.
517* Asteroid Coaster – Some [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xn9080eM6zo eerily badass]] map music, and while [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0buo1ju0oZA Act 3]] carries a lot of energy, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pUWVNrl22M Act 1]] alone is ''absolute rock'', {{pun}} not intended.
518* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMarBcodJyc The final level]], Terminal Velocity. Perfect for fast-paced endgame action. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EteRhh2Guuk The second act]], while [[MusicalSpoiler only half a minute long]], adds an extra layer.
519%%* Three words: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMUOMZNEzXw Orchestrated drowning music]].
520* There are no words to adequately describe the final boss music. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QovDgfjB6Ek Just]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NcCrHZAKfPI listen.]] Also note that the first phase may very possibly be the only final boss music ever to feature taiko drumming.
521* Even the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvE45cM7zQM Result]] music is fantastic. Consider it an epic reward for making it through a stage. And that was just a short rendition of the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hioIoXgvLQc Title Screen]] music. That song gives you the thrill that you're about to embark on a grand adventure!
522* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgcW1Ng92I8 The special stage theme]] from the DS version is just as frantic as the old previous special stage themes to urge you to get running along to the final point.
523%%* The boss music for both Tropical Resort and Planet Wisp ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFTOpc3zZCc Vs. Rotatatron/Refreshinator]]), as well as for Starlight Carnival and Asteroid Coaster ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKKc_RJizpk Vs. Orcan/Skullian]]).
524%%* Sweet Mountain/Aquarium Park ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AS2oIOnNON4 Vs. Captain Jelly/Admiral Jelly]]).
525* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kq8Rk6lN_28 Game Land 3]], a remix of Starlight Carnival Act 1's music in a chiptune form. It definitely sounds like something straight out of the 8-bit era, and it's beautiful. Not that the other Game Land songs aren't great as well.
526* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYCS9LAixsE Gotta Go]] by Gyom, which is used in the trailer for ''Ultimate'', is a short, yet adrenaline-inducing rock tune.
527* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1VtOi1kLJv8 Rival Rush - vs. Metal Sonic]] from ''Ultimate'' sounds like the Japanese version of Stardust Speedway while still being an original track, making it perfect for a fun and upbeat race/mini-game.
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530[[folder:''Sonic Generations'']]
531[[AC:[=Console/PC=] Version]]
532* To start with, the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LV6leJ_mq0s Hub World Music.]] ALL of it, especially the way the music transitions based on what stage/rival/boss you're near. For best results, try spindashing or boosting back and forth through the hub world at least once. It'll blow your mind!
533* [[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog1 Green Hill Zone]] was awesome when it was first composed, and its [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxaT6WDTkgg Classic]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAFiSr7iSEc Modern]] versions are just as awesome.
534* Ladies and gentlemen, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDunSQ5qJac Chemical Plant Modern Remix]], which just ''screams'' "Time to kick some ass!" [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1UZecQmQC4E The Classic Version]] also counts, making already very funky music *GASP* even catchier by adding much more drumming with nice electronic-sounding riffs and thumps. You can't go wrong with that.
535* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FQQhSqO-ms The Modern Remix of Sky Sanctuary Zone.]] The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=audIBjtM6A0 Classic remix of Sky Sanctuary Zone]] adds booming atmospheric percussion for an excellent take on the classic tune.
536* No matter if you're on the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9A6788MNjk Japanese]] or [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NY3j1KDLS3o US]] side, [[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehogCD Stardust Speedway]]'s themes are pure awesome. JP's Remix makes for a very funky party song, while US-version is more racing-induced and has very melancholy-sounding ambiance to it.
537* How about the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKY8eHTDCxY Death]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9d97lzxmds Egg]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XwTBSEmG2wE Robot]] boss fight, which has three stages of increasingly frantic awesomeness? First stage is all brass, the second phase adds more rock, and the final phase adds a psychotic drumbeat.
538* Cash Cash's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOG5Qo_EPrE Classic Remix of "Run Through the Speed Highway"]] from ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure'' turns a frenetic rock number into what can best be described as the most kickass techno song to grace the ears. It could be played at a club and nobody would probably question it. Warning: It will make you dance. The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ls-6SYqq-Zo Modern Remix of Speed Highway]] is just as kickass!
539* [[VideoGame/SonicAdventure2 City Escape]]'s remixes are two very different takes on the original track:
540** The Classic Version is a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0LosYvpZkY catchy synth-pop affair]] (courtesy of [[PopStarComposer Alex Makhlouf]] of Cash Cash) using Tony Harnell's vocals from the original song. A degree of auto-tune is also used to work in a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5SKcTZNeRnQ small melodic reference to the Endless Mine 2-player stage from ''Sonic 3''.]] It was awesome enough to be one of several ''Sonic'' tracks featued in Sega's arcade RhythmGame ''maimai'', and represents the limited time Sonic Lobby in ''VideoGame/PhantasyStarOnline2'', on infinite loop.
541** The Modern Version sees Tony Harnell and Ted Poley returning to provide [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4jR_gQioA8 a new recording of the original track, complete with new vocals and very different instrumentation]]. The resulting track sounds notably faster-paced than the original and more fitting with the Modern gameplay, whilst also managing to work in a solo using the melody of ''It Doesn't Matter'' from ''Sonic Adventure 2''.
542* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lEvPwllyos Shadow's Boss Fight Theme]]. Shadow's fight actually switches between multiple pieces of awesome music. If Sonic and Shadow are neutral in the boss fight, [[VideoGame/SonicAdventure2 "For True Story"]] plays. If you're winning the boss fight, [[VideoGame/SonicAdventure2 "Live and Learn"]] will play. If Shadow's winning, [[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2006 "All Hail Shadow"]] plays instead.
543* The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gb_42k30YE Open Your Heart - Perfect Chaos Boss Remix]] is actually face-meltingly good.
544* The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TbrqqRA_cPc Perfect Chaos Revival]] music returns in an orchestral remastering of the original, and ''man'' is it epic!
545* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g518Thd-yec "Classic" Remix]] of [[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2006 Crisis City]] is made of awesome, taking a heavy metal approach with a catchy guitar medley in the middle. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MyWezywxxqU "Modern"'s Remix]] is very beautiful and manages to sound very serious at the same time.
546* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8G1lq0UvxsY It is impossible NOT to be cheered up]] by the Classic Remix of [[VideoGame/SonicUnleashed Rooftop Run]]. Modern [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VoT3wuYod5M Rooftop Run]] somehow topped the original. The ''VideoGame/KirbysEpicYarn''-like piano certainly helped. It also plays in ''[[VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosForNintendo3DSAndWiiU Super Smash Bros. for Wii U]]''!
547* In truth, both the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCElIAlQzqU Classic]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNPSzcvo_ho Modern]] versions of [[VideoGame/SonicColors Planet Wisp]] ended up just things of sheer beauty.
548* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8b0zLn7VgM Silver's Boss Battle Theme]], which is the theme used in ''Sonic '06'' whenever you fight him, Shadow, or Sonic in the three storylines. Now it's given a darker, more badass, revamp to fit the stage.
549* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWBy5Wogv5o Egg Dragoon]], now given an even more badass revamp courtesy of Richard Jacques.
550* Time Eater may not be the best final boss battle, but the music that plays during it definitely makes up for it. The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9XOJ8BrsK6s "Classic" version]] oozes of electronic goodness. Special metion for the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8EkbV8VW3-4 orchestrated "Modern" version]] for adding some OminousLatinChanting to the mix.
551* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHLK_vWErCQ The ending medley]] is a whirlwind multi-stop tour of Sonic's musical history.
552* The game's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5dJ7uUhd5E remix]] of [[VideoGame/SonicBattle Emerald Beach]] is JustForFun/MadeOfWin.
553* Some surprises, including the use of a remix of Heroes main menu theme for [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cn2PoxhkDjg Generations options music]].
554* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vke6B4eKkm8 The Casino Night Zone DLC Remix.]]
555* The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDq9jVwSm9w Remix of Door into Summer]] that [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nn2y3yBRFXo plays]] in the collection room. ''VideoGame/KnucklesChaotix'' fans rejoiced. And for [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqLFjcyK0_c the Gallery room]] you get a relaxing, extended remix of ''Sonic Jam''[='s=] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TtH-ODRgEK4 "Museum"]] theme, itself a slowed-down remix of the ''Sonic 3'' file select theme.
556* The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFcOeT1sSAM Mission Music]], a beautiful remix of the ''Sonic 3D Blast'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLCChpIxE2o Saturn Title Theme]].
557* Balloon Park from the two player mode of ''[[VideoGame/Sonic3AndKnuckles Sonic the Hedgehog 3]]'' gets remixed twice for the mission mode: First, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymQmxvebZ0Y with the Quick Race song]] from ''VideoGame/SonicHeroes'', second, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-tvHQ7PUZU a more straightforward adaptation]].
558* The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NlrwjBZZ80g Skill Shop Theme]] has probably the most unlikely of songs to remix for it, but it fits.
559* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvEX9kNyYg4 Cutscene 10]] has to be one of the most relaxing, joyful, and just plain awesome cutscene tracks ever to grace a Sonic game.
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561[[AC:Platform/Nintendo3DS Version]]
562* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAEEeoB475Y Modern Casino Night]] gives the song an upbeat, jazzy feel. [[MemeticMutation Truly Casino Night as you imagined it.]]
563* The heavy-rock [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRiTsl78_Gg Modern Mushroom Hill]].
564* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICAEtRBpqTg Classic Mushroom Hill]]. Very very faithful to the original.
565* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQQNnyxpilA Classic Emerald Coast]], now performed with actual guitars instead of electric sitars, and guaranteed to bring a nostalgic tear to your eye as the song brings back memories of 1999.
566* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-qDaV-IDEI Modern Emerald Coast]] is a modern reimagining of the original level with modern rock instruments giving the same vibe of the old '90s rock.
567* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVUgBgRXxcU Classic Radical Highway]] rocks the same jarring tune, just like the level it's based on, but with a more 16-bit flair.
568* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ElSKDSxNDd4 Modern Tropical Resort,]] THE most ear-gasmic remix in the entire game. It's basically [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LOR2tqX6-Ms Classic Tropical Resort]] with a faster rhythm. For the win.
569* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwlC89-X-oc Big Arms battle]], which is an epic remix of ''Sonic 3 & Knuckles''[='=] final boss theme, may be Cash Cash's (and Jun Senoue's) finest BGM work ever.
570** There's also [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HB7KuKG2MQw the live version]] played at Sonic Boom 2012, courtesy of Jun Senoue.
571** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxSXk-qZhBc Combining the original version with this song]] gives awesome results.
572** Youtube user 1stmulletboy [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGE2zUbHurM?t=4m5s combines this song with Time Eater battle]], and it works!
573* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JyBb_ylA7rU Supporting Me]] from Biolizard's battle, which now has clearer lyrics and a stronger beat.
574* Finishing off the awesome boss trilogy, we have a remix of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9HqhLKgKpo the Egg Emperor]] boss music from ''VideoGame/SonicHeroes'', somehow being even more fast-paced and harder than the original.
575* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGBMYN1mCKQ Modern Water Palace]] is even better than the original.
576* Special Stages are once again used to obtain the Chaos Emeralds in the portable version of ''Generations''. The Special Stages use ''Sonic Heroes''[='s=] style and also [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7Zz3ZhV4wU remix that theme]], appropriately.[[note]]Though, in a bit of irony, the theme remixed is that of the Bonus Challenge, not the Emerald Challenge.[[/note]]
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578
579[[folder:''Sonic Lost World'']]
580* The main theme, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vC5pfJxRxIw "Wonder World",]] is GLORIOUS.
581* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_mwiRYr2aM Windy Hill Zone 2]] is a very calming and bouncy tropical piece. Thank the flute!
582* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1A-JIq2dCI Dr. Eggman Showdown]], used for the final boss battle. That fricking violin/guitar riff is made of pure awesomeness.
583* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmVOEV29bIk Sea Bottom Segue]], which is the calming and so very beautiful theme to Tropical Coast Zone 3 and Lava Mountain Zone 2.
584* The crowning jewel of ''Sonic Lost World''[='=]s soundtrack, the insanely catchy [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68EzgPTsjVU Honeycomb Highway]], for Desert Ruins Zone 2.
585* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9izwFiDfCE Desert Ruins - Zone 1]] seems to be styled like a more extravagantly produced '60s surf rock number--think the popular version Creator/DickDale's "Misirlou", something to pump you up, with catchy, vaguely Egyptian-sounding guitar and horn riffs.
586* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HW5L7_M9FI This variant]] of the [[BigBad Deadly Six's]] {{leitmotif}} is insanely catchy and awesome, and it could potentially be one of the very few video game boss themes to use a banjo throughout. The BossRush [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TxOns_AtoYY variant]] also absolutely '''rocks'''.
587* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=motXCyDOEEE Sky Road Zone 1's]] music seems to encapsulate the spirit of Lost World... You're on a journey through a strange, exotic, and beautiful land. And [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRtyuhjY1-0 Dragon Dance]], from Sky Road Zone 2, is a perfect song to serve as a prelude to your first fight against Zavok, feeling like you're flying through enemy territory, ready for a climactic final battle with your nemesis.
588* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZUhpf7tMkE Midnight Owl]], from Silent Forest Zone 2, is perhaps the very first time a tango has appeared in a Sonic game and demonstrates that Sonic can handle ANY musical genre with mastery.
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590
591[[folder:''Sonic Mania'']]
592* Much of the promotional videos for Sonic Mania uses the music of the artists Hyper Potions, which harkens back to the original 2D Sonic games that many fans remember and liked, compared to more recent 3D games where fans have had numerous gripes over:
593** The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KxmtYdEWVzo reveal trailer to the game]] has a beat that emulated back to the original games ("Checkpoint" by Hyper Potions). Even a cheery "SEGA!" echo in the background.
594** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zA9zwpMj_8A The intro animation]] is best described as a colorful throwback piece produced by comic bookwriter/artist Tyson Hesse coupled with the nostalgic beat provided by Hyper Potions, a song called "Friends." The song proved so popular that it was used to introduce Sonic in the Sonic movie!
595* Have to go back where we started? Well, what better way for it than the nostalgic Genesis-style [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IBnUhZw8zDI Act 1 of Green Hill Zone?]] The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NN7_Wnitn1E Act 2 version]] has the Palmtree Panic vibe to it.
596* The ever-funky [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGqmtzzXYqY Chemical Plant Zone Act 1]] is as catchy as, or even more catchy than, the Classic Generations version. The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YO5n6FUcwDA Act 2 Version]] adds electric piano and guitars to make it funkier than ever.
597* The initial reveal of the game showed three different songs, and they quickly garnered an extreme amount of praise from the fanbase. The most popular of the three, however, is the theme of Studiopolis Zone Act 1 [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIWyZmFSep0 Lights, Camera, Action!]]. It's groovy! It's funky! It's got a ''Sonic CD'' vibe! And it's ''catchy as hell''! The Act 2 theme, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6VSG7rZe0Q Prime Time]] follows suit in a fast pace!
598* Feel like Film/JamesBond again? [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27Nv6cweyhM Flying Battery Zone Act 1]] will give you an answer with more beats. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwcvt1ipR5Y Flying Battery Zone Act 2]] gives the same deal which makes Eggman's airbase more sinister than before! Both themes feature new down-mixed sections that reduce the bass and creates an ''awesome''-sounding crescendo when the main melody returns.
599* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNRnFqWJQz0 Press Garden Zone Act 1 (Tabloid Jargon)]] is very smooth yet hypnotic at the same time with added machine noises to fit in the press-paper factory. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MlkO3OJhjYE Press Garden Zone Act 2 (Blossom Haze)]] is a more relaxing Japanese theme that feels like it was based on the {{VideoGame/Shinobi}} series.
600* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2z2WagF1Gd8 Stardust Speedway Zone Act 1]] adds more beats and vocals to the past version making it mellow and relaxing. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOjTLgnGqD0 Stardust Speedway Zone Act 2]] infuses its present counterpart with more jazz, funk and house tempos along with some elements from the good future version.
601* [[RunningGag The catchy tunes keeps going]] with [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acD0wC-nKzU Hydrocity Zone Act 1.]] The adrenaline rises up even more on the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dj8GEabeYps Act 2 version]] to confront Eggman again, who really isn't happy that you are using [[HoistByHisOwnPetard his own machine]] against him!
602* Another catchy song is [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zb1mSGhyido Mirage Saloon Zone Act 2 (Rogue's Gallery)]]. Fitting its Western theme, it layers traditional instruments (like trumpet, flute, piano, and even whistling) on top of a jamming dance beat. The two Act 1 themes are fitting for their scenarios; [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8Mzpb2RhNo the theme for Sonic and Tails (Skyway Octane)]] is a fast-paced number befitting the aerial chase after Heavy Magician, while [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTmvu_OqOVw Knuckles's version (Wildstyle Pistolero)]] is a slower-paced version to follow his fighting his way through the desert. For a taste of how Mirage Saloon would have sounded if it were in a Genesis game, composer Tee Lopes has made his own "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4z-JhQmoFWQ 16-bit remix]]" of the Act 2 theme.
603* The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TH0VN3Nixwg Oil Ocean Zone Act 1 theme]] is darker than the original. The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yn1cxLMt5nE Act 2 version]] will give you the chills by adding some Sandopolis Zone atmosphere!
604* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6hHVSpUfbM Lava Reef Zone Act 2]] has added great guitar riffs to make it a smoother theme. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSu26QU2Uxs The Act 1 theme]] is not too shabby either, adding a new bridge that occurs before the loop that plays certain notes slightly off-beat before the theme starts over again.
605* Remixing the past version on [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xYUFedt1wk Metallic Madness Zone]] with more jazz combined with a catchy house and techno feel, and making it tame as a preparation against Eggman. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzY4fl_shME Act 2]] remixed the present version with added bad future elements. Both songs have a [[IndecipherableLyrics barely comprehensible yet catchy rap]] provided by Tee Lopes!
606* Both themes for [[TheVeryDefinitelyFinalDungeon Titanic Monarch]] are amazing; the Act 1 theme, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JlQvB7E52o Built to Rule]] begins with some harpsichord notes and old dial-up internet sound effects before a powerful organ riff transitions into the song proper. It is very eerie which is fitting for a base of Dr. Eggman, but the tempo at the end gives you a [[HopeSpot sense of hope!]] Act 2's theme, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oEAIOWkiOWk Steel Cortex]] is creepier and more industrial-sounding, and gives you a feeling that there will be a tough battle ahead!
607* Super Sonic has his own theme again for the first time since ''Sonic 2'' in the form of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OIOSQvnO5g0 Glimmering Gift]]. And it is absolutely majestic, a super hero theme.
608* The track to start off Encore Mode in the ''Plus'' expansion is a wonderful remix of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ZiccIwYFfo Angel Island Act 1]], which takes the shortened rearrangement briefly featured in the beginning of the main story mode and expands upon it to feature the rest of the track in all its tropical glory.
609* All of the boss themes are awesome. Take your pick:
610** The mini-boss theme, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2XNgZYufOOE Danger on the Dance Floor,]] is funk-tastic and catchy, as well as reminiscent of ''Sonic 3'''s own mini boss theme.
611** The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VW6TtXKVLYg Hard-Boiled Heavies]] is gloriously funky, fast-paced and frantic. It seems to have been inspired by both versions of Knuckles' antagonistic theme from ''Sonic 3 & Knuckles''.
612** Both of Eggman's themes, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYwAfF_SO4M Ruby Delusions]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GqSjx7xWuHk Havoc Prognosis]] are intense and amazing, with the first one in particular inserting his EvilLaugh a la ''Sonic CD''.
613** Chemical Plant Zone Act 2 has its own boss theme, due to being an UnexpectedGameplayChange (mild spoilers): a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRUCSbALMdE remix of the 2-player theme]] from ''VideoGame/DrRobotniksMeanBeanMachine'', aka the final boss theme from the original ''VideoGame/PuyoPuyo''.
614** To go along with his return, Metal Sonic gets a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8VYLWdwHUQ bombastic remix of Stardust Speedway Bad Future]], the signature piano now being accompanied with a funky bass and brazen horns, all of which just tells you he's ready for a rematch!
615** The final boss theme [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bproQ9SY-NU Ruby Illusions]] theme sounds menacing and badass, and even manages to include a bit of the ''Sonic 3'' final boss theme.
616** The TrueFinalBoss in Egg Reverie gets [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4jFUSxcpys an epic theme]] that complements the sort-of [[MeleeATrois three-way battle]] going on, with Sonic, Eggman, and the Phantom King all fighting over the Phantom Ruby. As an added bonus, the song borrows the chorus from "Fist Bump" to tie it in with Forces and the theme only gets more epic when it enters [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHnQtJBeO1s Boss Pinch Mode]]...or it would if it wasn't a CutSong.
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618
619[[folder:''Sonic Forces'']]
620* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOUjuj4izcQ "Fist Bump"]], the main theme of the game, sounds amazing, as if it were made for an anime...and this is just the ''instrumental'' version. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XI97jY3FZ9Q The vocal theme]] retains all of the awesomeness of the instrumental version mixed in with some of the series' trademark [[NarmCharm delicously cheesy lyrics]], very reminiscent of ''VideoGame/SonicHeroes''[='=] main theme. There’s also a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_5GvaQsgbA piano version of the theme]] that sounds like it belongs in some of the game’s more emotional moments. Whenever "Fist Bump" [[ThemeMusicPowerUp suddenly kicks in]] as Sonic and the Avatar activate their Double Boost, you know shit's about to go down.
621* The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijJ_o_KQ7us title screen theme]] conveys a sense of worry to set the stage for the near-desperate story to claim back the world from Eggman's control. This also returns with more electronic beats as [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ax1MODwatx0 the Resistance's theme]] also loaded with a feeling of valour to describe Knuckles' LaResistance team striving to fight back.
622* Episode Shadow remixes a few nostalgic tracks from the Ultimate Lifeform's past appearances. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsKYsyuw0r0 Enemy Territory]] brings back the theme from Westopolis with Radical Highway mixed in, appropriately enough for a city that was already decimated by the antagonists.
623** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iL3Fqw1pX-M Eggman's Facility]] brings back "Rhythm and Balance" which still packs in the same air of desperation and dread, only this time, it sound rather disorienting to simulate Shadow's situation.
624** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDiyzGsSg_c Virtual Reality]] brings back "Supporting Me" with electronic instrumentation to hammer in Infinite's ability to warp reality itself along with the vocals [[{{Determinator}} reeking of determination]].
625* All of the Custom Avatar stages have some good vocal tracks, like [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7IU5Q0yC3vQ "Nowhere to Run" (Prison Hall's theme)]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Goph8e4eXiI "Fighting Onward" (Spaceport's theme)]], and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfJxqhN6vUU "Virtual Enemies" (Capital City's theme)]].
626** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7PV1MVNgOcc "Justice" (Park Avenue's theme)]] revives lyrical songs, with an catchy rhythm!
627** Ladies and gents, we present [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jUMilheaIzc "Moonlight Battlefield" (Aqua Road's theme)]]. A beautiful techno piece.
628** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVcpANOjt8E "Fading World"]] (Imperial Tower's theme) is a Eurobeat-inspired tune with lyrics befitting the coming final battle.
629* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yr-g08X0E4Q Arsenal Pyramid]], [[LongSongShortScene while short gameplay wise]], is an epic take on an exhilarating rush through Eggman's army after the Avatar has been united with Sonic. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5oB-YTpEzn4 Entering the pyramid?]] A head-banging {{Trance}} as you take one of the many methods to completing the level!
630* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVaD8hcLzws Mortar Canyon]] has a Crisis City-esque vibe in it.
631* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQ0ilhdTOf8 Sunset Heights]] holds a very appropriate kind of sound for the kind of level it's named after. It also later gets reused for ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate'' alongside Fist Bump.
632* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fB8tH7NTAFI Egg Gate's theme]] is appropriate for an epic jailbreak out of the Death Egg. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_Hga0K5vT0 The music]] used for the small ''Franchise/StarWars'' shoutout is epic, too.
633* Both parts of Network Terminal, Modern Sonic's level in the Chemical Plant, help to add to the mood as you infiltrate the Chemical Plant. Better yet, the faster, dramatic [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7H4MPRtp2kM first part]] and slower, more jazzy [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UeksBmCZMGc second part]] help to set the mood for each section of the level.
634* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKjOJuPjiu4 Infinite]]", the VillainSong for the eponymous character, is an appropriately sinister rap IndustrialMetal and NuMetal hybrid composition, highlighting just how dangerous he is and how much of a threat he poses to Sonic. If you can't get past the overly-edgy lyrics, it can at least be enjoyed for its massive amount of NarmCharm. There are also its remixes, used during the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1z3at22wENo first]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYu3Hhixoa0 second]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jy3Qtq2i0pY third]] boss fights with him.
635* This time around, Classic Sonic's music was done with an actual FM synth to give it an authentic Genesis feel. [[MoodWhiplash It sticks out like a sore thumb from the rest of the game's soundtrack]], but it's catchy enough that we're willing to forgive it:
636** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkwQx0Y8Qn8 Ghost Town]] is a funky tune that sounds like something out of a '70s spy movie.
637** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mj5I6E743wg Green Hill]] gets a completely new song that takes cues from [[VideoGame/SonicUnleashed Rooftop Run]] and [[VideoGame/SonicLostWorld Windy Hill]].
638** The music for [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TA4-Yx6W1X0 Classic Sonic's fight with Eggman]] perfectly captures the NewJackSwing style of the classic games, even when it kicks into high gear during the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_H8fa4qJPCw second phase]].
639** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDhIBaJFmSc Casino Forest]] is a jazzy tune that wouldn't be out of place in ''VideoGame/BonanzaBros''.
640** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xG8fmgKj97c Chemical Plant's]] new music takes heavy cues from ''Sonic 3''[='=]s MJ-influenced soundtrack, particularly Angel Island Act 2.
641** The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCzyge-DcnA Death Egg's]] music is frantic and fast-paced, with a somewhat Egyptian feel to it, oddly enough.
642** Fist Bump gets a nice [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NTS9R6AmjQs Genesis styled cover]] for the invincibility power up and it sounds good.
643* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NhwBpAQnYvs The Metal Sonic boss theme]] is an intense techno-rock remix of the Stardust Speedway BadFuture theme from ''Sonic CD'''s US soundtrack, fitting for one of Sonic's deadliest foes. It's also a moment of vindication for those who feel like the US soundtrack for ''CD'' doesn't get enough love.
644* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1v3kSjP7VlY Zavok's boss theme]] from ''Lost World'' gets a remix here, and the faster pace and techno instruments make it sound far more threatening this time around.
645* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9MLw6-08PU The London Symphony Orchestra]] were hired to perform music for the game, and it all sounds phenomenal.
646* The FinalBoss battle has three themes for each of its forms.
647** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwlMWfsu8f8 Phase 1]] is a foreboding retro-style piece with ominous chanting in the background for your first foray with a nigh-unstoppable foe.
648** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVlbA7FjcRI Phase 2]] sounds even more foreboding, and carries a hint of desperation as your opponent becomes even more dangerous.
649** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GcNEDhlfpv4 Phase 3]] sounds as though the battle is hopeless at first...then the drums kick in. Then the guitar. Then OrchestralBombing and AutobotsRockOut kick into full effect: this is a song for those who believe there's nothing in the world they can't do!
650* The credits song [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPJyntLWQQM Light of Hope]] is truly an AwardBaitSong that [[TearJerker brought tears]].
651[[/folder]]
652
653[[folder:''Sonic Frontiers'']]
654Before we say ''anything else'' regarding the soundtrack of ''[[VideoGame/SonicFrontiers Frontiers]]'', one thing should be made very clear: this is the ''biggest'' soundtrack a mainline ''Sonic'' platformer has ever received by a '''country mile'''. Including the individual movements that comprise each island's musical suite, the Cyber Space levels' themes, vocal tracks, jingles, cutscene music, and the rest of the game's music, this soundtrack comprises roughly '''one hundred and fifty''' musical pieces, composed by a total of '''seven different composers'''. It's so big that the official CD release had to split it all up across ''six discs''. And yes, we're glad to say, a lot of it goes '''extremely hard'''. The ''Final Horizon'' update would add another whopping '''46 tracks'''.
655
656* The main theme of the game, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUJS9ystZlc "I'm Here"]], is a raw and powerful metal ballad that creates an eerie and dramatic feeling that sets the tone of more {{Seinen}}-esque story. The fight against Supreme, the final Titan, uses [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mj95Qp25wUE an edited version]] of the song that starts off as a more rock-infused instrumental version... then halfway through, as the second phase of the fight begins in earnest, the vocals finally kick in to drive you towards victory!
657* The themes for the first three of the Starfall Islands take a very unique direction: all of them are atmospheric musical suites composed in the vein of classical music, each split across 7 movements that build upon the last.
658** In keeping with the darker tone of the game's opening act, the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wiL6mP50Ss first movement]] of Kronos Island is a fittingly grim piece primarily driven by moody synth instruments, with a somber piano chiming in every so often. As Sonic starts getting his footing, though, that piano becomes more prominent, traditional string instruments are added, and the synth instruments take more and more of a backseat, eventually reaching a breaking point in the more confident-sounding [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJyNvQy_yw8 movement four]], wherein the suite picks up in tempo and the music starts sounding more "Sonic-like". However, as the anticipated fight against Giganto approaches, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJLMNTn3seM movement six]] kicks in, and that confidence takes a backseat to a different emotion: ''dread'', and it's soon followed by [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4T6k-hkUzU the seventh and final movement]], which conveys one message loud and clear: '''it's do or die time'''.
659** [[ShiftingSandLand Ares Island's]] suite, fittingly, carries very similar vibes to Dusty Desert from ''Sonic '06'' and Shamar from ''Unleashed'', complete with instruments hailing from the likes of Western Asia, the Middle East, and India, [[GeniusBonus all regions whose climates are defined by deserts and rocky terrain]]. While [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJEuvH-4AO0 movement one]] carries a slower, mysterious aura akin to Kronos' suite, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8m38VtEZtKo movement two]] ''immediately'' picks up the pace, clearly indicating that, unlike the previous island, Sonic's got a good sense of what to do and where to go right off the bat. Once more of the island's explored and progression's further along, things pick up even more in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_TL1AZyMjrM the fourth movement]], which almost sounds like a long-lost hub theme from ''Unleashed''. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0KMoQdqd4c Movements six]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOvxNePx46Y and seven]] continue the bustling pace of the previous two movements, but like Kronos Island's final two movments, the dread of the upcoming Titan fight gives these pieces a more ominous vibe.
660** If you've ever wanted a theme that conveys finality in a chilling, yet beautiful and serene manner, the main [[https://youtu.be/mQ9LQvhGGLU overworld theme]] for Ouranos Island is the way to go. The piece is dominated by a piano and strings at the beginning, before the chorus kicks in with the synth, giving the piece an ethereal feel. TheVeryDefinitelyFinalDungeon ''indeed''. The DLC adds a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bM8k0v4Vpiw new remix]] of Ouranos Island's theme, incorporating trap beats into the song to add a sense of energy and tension.
661* The Cyber Space levels' tracks essentially pick up from where ''Forces''' Avatar stage themes left off, complete with vocals on a couple of them! There's quite a bit of variety, too, thanks in part to Tomoya Ohtani being joined on these tracks by new composers Kanon Oguni, Kenji Mizuno and Rintaro Soma of ''maimai'' fame!
662** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5o2O2U0E_8 "Database"]] really sets the theme of what is in store for Sonic as he drops into this familiar yet strange new world, with its haunting piano keys followed by an airhorn building up into a ghostly choir and all manner of club/techno riffs along with the sole monotonous lyrics playing on repeat like a twisted mantra[[note]]"This is where data is stored—where we manage, record, and control—where we manage, record, and control—where we manage, record, and control..."[[/note]]. You know that Sonic is really in for it when something this foreboding plays as the theme of 1-1 for Sonic Frontier's first teaser of gameplay.
663** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RClybr5U-iQ "Flowing",]] the theme of 1-2, provides a fast-paced track with fittingly light vocals, getting you pumped up for an adventure.
664** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TL80HDK3DjY "Dropaholic"]], the theme for 1-5, was an instant fan favorite when first heard. The driving, rave beats just hit the spot. The sound team even acknowledged this in their commentary about the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogD1zO2zTmg remix for 4-E]] in The Final Horizon update, which is just as good, if not BETTER than the original, with the lighter, brighter tone of the song and YURI's vocals coming together perfectly.
665** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gv7ns6ar0I "Hype Street"]] plays in 2-4, and befitting its name, it fills the player full of hype! The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOJ8u5eJ0Ls DLC remix]], courtesy of Rintaro Soma, slows down the tempo slightly but uses samples to great effect, making the song even more dance-worthy.
666** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1R_b4Evno4 "Go Slap"]], the theme of 3-2, says it all in the name. It has an absolutely awesome slap bass accenting the main melody that gets the listener pumped!
667** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-HwQ592HONQ "Enjoy this World"]] is the theme of 3-6; a suitably light-hearted happy hardcore track that encourages you to, well, ''[[TitleDrop enjoy this world.]]'' Funnily enough, it tends to go with many people's ThatOneLevel.
668** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2n53xT4ltdk "Exceed Mach"]] plays in 4-1; a hard-hitting dubstep track that really serves to get the adrenaline pumping.
669** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mCwL0ooOvg "Ephemeral"]], the theme of 4-2, mixing lo-fi drum-n-bass with sad, wistful vocals, helps evoke a feeling of loneliness as time goes on.
670** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8OF47ISYQJg "Wishes in the Wind"]] plays in 4-4 and, like "Ephemeral", is a wistful drum-n-bass song for one of the most unique and longest stages in the game. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OiQk-p4U08I The DLC remix]] by Ohtani, meanwhile, remixes the song into a blood-pumping psytrance number.
671** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fl4_bbFrk-g "Rewind to go ahead"]], the theme of 4-7, plays like a dancefloor drum and bass song and feels very triumphant as Sonic nears the end of his journey on Ouronos Island. Even though it isn't the final Cyber Space stage, the song itself more than makes the level feel like it and pumps the player up into conquering the last bits of Cyber Space.
672** [[https://youtu.be/mp43MxlZwf8 "Signs"]], the theme of 4-9 and the final Cyberspace level, is very clearly inspired by the theme that plays in the interior of Arsenal Pyramid, but ''better in every way'' (same composer - Tomoya Ohtani - and all). A very high-energy techno piece that conveys finality as well as the overworld theme for Ouranos Island, it has an amazing reprise at the halfway point that really pushes you forward to see the story to the end.
673* Hiroshi "HIRO" Kawaguchi, who did a lot of the sound work on most of SEGA's classic arcade lineup, including the likes of ''VideoGame/OutRun'', ''VideoGame/AfterBurner'', and even ''VideoGame/SegaSonicTheHedgehog'', provides some fittingly arcadey music for two of the game's mini-challenges: the music for the shmup-inspired [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yaonpxHhhM4 hacking missions]] almost sounds like it was ripped out of a Creator/{{Konami}} game, while the sudden [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1VlU3wvnLCc pinball minigame]] features an upbeat, cheery tune similar to HIRO's work on ''VideoGame/FantasyZone'' -- it even uses the iconic whistle featured in that game!
674* The official [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hv_zibBXjlg launch trailer]] for the game is set to "Don't Stop Me Now" by Music/{{Queen|Band}}, an amazing nod to the song's use in the [[Film/SonicTheHedgehog2020 2020 movie.]]
675* The Titans may prove to be a bit much for Sonic by himself to handle, but when you grab the Chaos Emeralds to turn the tables, the game [[AutobotsRockOut makes you feel the power]] with a series of metalcore tracks (sung by Kellin Quinn of Music/SleepingWithSirens) that outright echo ''VideoGame/MetalGearRisingRevengeance'' while keeping in line with the mid-00's era style of punk rock that Sonic has embodied:
676** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NoKAOTE_ZI "Undefeatable"]] is an absolutely soul-shredding banger that will pump you up for fighting against the first of the game's Titans, with it being an ''awesome'' answer to ''[[VideoGame/MetalGearRisingRevengeance Metal Gear Rising's]]'' "Rules of Nature" and Metal Gear RAY and essentially burning its way into players' memories for being associated with the game's SignatureScene. It makes such a strong first impression for the game, and the lyrics perfectly encapsulate the feeling of power that Sonic gains upon turning Super Sonic, a feat normally reserved for final bosses.
677--->And you can throw me to the wolves, ''''cause I am undefeatable!'''
678** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-PCdu2PHjwA "Break Through It All"]], the theme for Wyvern on Ares Island, is a heart pumping {{Metalcore}} track that is about how you can't let anything stop you. If you never fight, you never win. So get up and break through any barrier in your path and don't let anyone or any''thing'' stop you!
679** [[https://youtu.be/xpP4Hi8HvHU "Find Your Flame"]], the theme for the Knight boss, is a NuMetal track that goes phenomenally hard, harkening back to Infinite's theme (even having Tyler Smyth again doing the rap parts). The lyrics are just one giant BadassBoast about carving your own path and making a legacy for yourself, and how ''nothing'' will stop you, fitting Tails' character arc about becoming his own hero very well. The song can also be seen as a GoodCounterpart to Infinite's theme with the parallels it has, and it being uplifting rather than hope crushing.
680* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-81CKnNuo0 "Heart and Soul"]] is a somber theme that plays during one of Sage's cutscenes. It does a good job of showing Sage's depression over not having a "family born out of love" like Sonic.
681* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ab3mFH3wd6g "Time to Unite"]] starts off rather foreboding, where after Sonic has absorbed so much Cyber Corruption energy, his body gives out that traps him in-between dimensions, which is followed by The End setting itself free. Sonic's recently freed friends however won't let it end like this, where it then cues up a piano version of "I'm Here," and once they give up their bodies, Sonic is restored back to normal, with "I'm Here" going from somber to triumphant. This is followed by Sage pleading with Eggman to work together with Sonic to save the world, which is punctuated by Sage's own leitmotif (heard from "Dear Father" and "Heart and Soul") bringing a sense of hope.
682* The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SgmOZym8cMA final boss' theme, "I'm with you",]] not only embodies the sheer epicness of the final battle, but also serves as a bittersweet conclusion to the adventure.
683* For the first time since ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure2'', each playable character in the Final Horizon DLC has a character theme!
684** Amy's theme, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHcj0gLR6ws "Maybe If..."]], is a slower, wistful song that fits the vibe of the Starfall Islands, but the beats in the middle continue to drive the song, and the player, forward.
685** Knuckles' theme, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3hQxYmg_N0 "Blood Flow"]], is more energetic, with its awesome piano solo helping to pump the player up for a new adventure.
686** Tails' theme, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFAuLcwOo0c "Another Passage"]], is the most fast-paced of the vocal themes, with the guitar riffs fitting the more urgent feel of the DLC story.
687** Lastly, Sonic's theme, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9k9QGANkJM "Second Wind"]], uses the piano and guitar to effectively build tension, perfect for those tough tower climbs.
688* The Final Horizon update does not disappoint, with an orchestral TriumphantReprise of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bm_kbywbBDw "I'm Here"]] underscoring the battle with the TrueFinalBoss. The metal ballad from before is uplifted with powerful orchestration that underscores Sonic's newfound strength in the cyber corruption that once proved near fatal while at the same time raising the intensity in response to the monstrous new form Supreme has taken to combat the hedgehog. Then the second phase begins, now playing [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKxf0NQyb0c "I'm Here - Revisited"]] which then changes the instrumentation and adds the vocals of [[Music/SleepingWithSirens Kellin Quinn]], singer for the other three Titan themes in the game, making it a proper final Titan fight. It serves to round out the overall experience and properly send off ''Frontiers'' with a resounding bang.
689* The game's credits themes from the base game and the Final Horizon update manage to give fans something heartfelt after beating the game:
690** The base game's first credits theme is [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oyVKV5BWzhk "Dear Father"]] playing after beating the game's final boss regardless of difficulty. It's a full extended vocal version of the above "Heart and Soul", where Sage realizes how much she loves Eggman, and wishes that they could have spent more time together. It's a heartfelt and bittersweet piece that brings a tear to the eye, especially when it follows the bittersweet "I'm with you" against The End.
691** The credits theme of the Final Horizon DLC, [[https://youtu.be/razdk0Mp0Ro "I'm with you - Vocal ver."]], is a vocal mix of the base game's The End boss theme, but this time sung from Sage's perspective about how she finally has the family she wanted.
692** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=knz-3qUmTHg "Vandalize"]] by Music/OneOKRock is a nostalgic 00's-like rock song for the ending theme, at least on Easy and Normal mode of either the base game or Another Story. The chorus is catchy as hell! However...
693** Clear the base game or Another Story on Hard mode, and you'll get treated to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYtGaUQLJC0 "One Way Dream",]] sung by none other than [[Music/NateWantsToBattle Nathan Sharp]]! It even contains a small riff from "Reach for the Stars", making you feel that the journey's only going to get better from here! What makes it even more awesome? The song's composer, Tomoya Ohtani, said that the song [[https://sonic-city.net/2022/11/10/translation-the-story-about-a-former-emo-kid-who-lost-interest-in-music-since-2010-and-was-captivated-from-the-first-second-by-the-post-hardcore-sound-of-the-main-theme-of-sonic-frontiers-and-the-tit/ contains a message from Sonic Team]]. Listening with this in mind makes it [[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments incredibly touching]]:
694--->They said we'd break, they said we'd lose\
695But here we are, what else is new?\
696Stronger with every fall\
697Faster with every mile\
698You and me, we're built on trust\
699That's why we can always get up\
700Even if they laugh, we'll never bite the dust\
701Heads up high, reach for the top\
702Give it everything that you've got\
703This is how we ignite
704[[/folder]]
705
706[[folder:''Sonic Superstars'']]
707* Hot off the heels of the Cyber Space levels from ''Frontiers'', Rintaro Soma returns with the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIuugJM8fVo first act]] of Pinball Carnival Zone. Between the ''Sonic CD''-style New Jack Swing vibes and the usage of both digitized voice clips and a catchy piano, Studiopolis Act 1's influence is pretty keenly felt -- not that that's really a ''complaint'', as Rintaro uses those elements alongside a few of his own touches (such as opening the track with the distinct sound of pinball flippers) to create a jammin' introduction to ''Superstars''' own take on the casino/carnival zone.
708* Tee Lopes arranges [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMdOBJMwPNo a medley of all three acts of]] Speed Jungle Zone:
709** Act 1, composed by Lopes himself, is a bouncy, energetic track with some fittingly jungle-y synths perfect for a speedy run through the jungle.
710** Sonic's character-exclusive act features music by ''VideoGame/ChainChronicle'' composer Takahiro Kai. Befitting the darker atmosphere of the act, Kai's track is a moodier affair, but still keeps the pace nice and fast.
711** Act 2 features the surprise introduction of ''VideoGame/LikeADragon'' series music director ''and'' ''VideoGame/SuperMonkeyBall'' and ''VideoGame/FZeroGX'' composer Hidenori Shoji, who draws on his ''Monkey Ball'' expertise for an airy techno track that suits this act's rainy, foggy weather.
712* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHFptyYsf5I Fang Mk. II]], Fang's theme when fought as the FinalBoss of Trip's story, serves as a CallBack to the synth-heavy themes of ''VideoGame/SonicAdvance'' and showcases that this time, ItsPersonal between Trip and Fang.
713[[/folder]]
714
715!!Side Games & Spin-Offs
716[[folder:''Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine'' (Genesis/Mega Drive)]]
717* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VH854r3aY8o Exercise Mode's]] music (aka. "Sticker of VideoGame/PuyoPuyo") is a treat to the ears.
718* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2558kyUsDE8 1P Vs 2P Mode]] (aka. "Final of VideoGame/PuyoPuyo"). Fittingly, the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--G5olJ7Fd0 "Danger"]] theme is a frantic techno remix of it.
719* The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrOGmKkh0KE Stage 1-4]] theme will forever play in your head.
720[[/folder]]
721
722[[folder:''Sonic Spinball'']]
723* The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PY0oUYel_40 Boss Theme]] tends to be overlooked but it's quite catchy!
724* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UcYTD9Uhato Lava Powerhouse]]. Holy shit. Oh and the very catchy [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkWUJfIotfU Toxic Caves]], which is a great piece of music to start the first level with.
725[[/folder]]
726
727%%[[folder:''Tails Adventure'']]
728%%* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1ETE5xAzuM Poloy Forest.]]
729%%* The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1O5ra_j11Y final boss theme]].
730%%[[/folder]]
731%%
732[[folder:''Sonic Labyrinth'']]
733%%* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwATf2oglvs The title screen music.]]
734%%* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ud5ey6i6duI The options menu.]]
735%%* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfvzTSAKzbQ How about the first level theme?]]
736* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXFSPmN9Ni8 The second level theme]] sounds very funky and is a nice listen.
737* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TipHW2sg7lQ The third level theme]] is also very funky.
738* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynkhAuFnX3s The level clear theme.]] Shame it only lasts 10 seconds.
739* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2VTwoDt73c The bonus stage.]] Shame you only hear it once and [[LongSongShortScene for a few seconds.]]
740* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTwIMNzJs4Q The boss intro]] is very frantic and fast paced.
741* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HfAQRqp0gNo Boss battle theme]]. Same goes for the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EI0AClI8ikw Final boss.]]
742%%* What about [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewIVof0QMq4 The credits theme?]]
743[[/folder]]
744
745[[folder:''Knuckles' Chaotix'']]
746* The music in ''VideoGame/KnucklesChaotix'' makes the game worth playing, even if you're not a fan of the mechanics – case in point: the intro level theme, [[https://youtube.com/watch?v=GvV05M2kmzI Door Into Summer]].
747* Marina Madness' mesmerizing music, [[https://youtube.com/watch?v=GvRKIxTUbf4 Seascape]].
748%%* [[https://youtube.com/watch?v=L6BSQVK9gSc Combination]].
749%%* [[https://youtube.com/watch?v=fhUL7Ixb5gQ Electoria]].
750* [[https://youtube.com/watch?v=72yQZlbHuko Midnight Greenhouse]], the theme for Botanic Base, has a very groovy and laidback tone, which fits perfectly if your partner is Vector the Crocodile.
751%%* The themes for World Entrance. All of them:
752%%** [[https://youtube.com/watch?v=O9XLWW39F08 Evening Star]].
753%%** [[https://youtube.com/watch?v=c3R4tqOpVto Moonrise]].
754%%** [[https://youtube.com/watch?v=WiE3t_xdA5Q Walkin']].
755%%** [[https://youtube.com/watch?v=WMI8SU8TBeE Hyper-Hyper]].
756* Needs more [[https://youtube.com/watch?v=oiek6UUuop4 Surging Power]]. Best invincibility music ever.
757* [[https://youtube.com/watch?v=DtqLn6mld98 Speed of Sound]] is a fast paced and energetic theme that is befitting of its name.
758* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHWk9IX7lrE This Horizon]] is a really great theme for the title screen.
759* [[https://youtube.com/watch?v=mMXWxPqkzOk Labyrinth]], the theme for Amazing Arena, when the lights are off, gives the zone a very eerie and mysterious vibe upon entering it. By contrast, the theme that plays when the lights are turned on, [[https://youtu.be/U0zDRi-N-GQ New Moon]], is a lot more upbeat and fun.
760* [[https://youtu.be/lO-O1Gah7X8 Tube Panic]] is by far one of the best Special Stage themes in the series, with its upbeat, frenetic sound making for an excellent mad dash for the Chaos Rings.
761* [[https://youtube.com/watch?v=8R0Zsw3j7tk Suprise!]], the theme for the penultimate Metal Sonic boss fight.
762* [[https://youtube.com/watch?v=QEc-tP4VbEQ Oriental Legend]], the hard-hitting theme song for the final showdown against Metal Sonic's OneWingedAngel form.
763* The ominous Bad Ending theme, [[https://youtube.com/watch?v=h0FjbK8Y4JQ Destructive Power]], perfectly nails how badly you messed up, while the Good Ending Theme [[https://youtube.com/watch?v=PqrZQNOjbWE Just Another Day]] revisits all the lovely music.
764[[/folder]]
765
766[[folder:''Sonic Blast'']]
767[[AC:''VideoGame/SonicBlast'']]
768* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Am6JiHsI5i8 Red Volcano Zone]] has a catchy tune with a sweet hip-hop rhythm that was pulled off nicely despite the limits of the Game Gear/Master System sound chip.
769* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-Y1po20u5c Green Hill Zone]] deserves mention as well. It's probably the most beautifully composed opening zone song to appear on the Platform/GameGear.
770* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9waPsiWjM8o Blue Marine Zone]] has a very mellow piece of music that makes you feel like going underwater. It's the perfect tune for getting your feet wet.
771[[/folder]]
772
773[[folder:''Sonic [=3D=]: Flickies' Island'']]
774[[AC:Genesis/Mega Drive]]
775
776The 16-bit version of ''VideoGame/Sonic3DFlickiesIsland'', soundtracked by Jun Senoue, has some tunes just as good as the technically superior Saturn version:
777* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5uNUdf_AZoE Panic Puppet Act 1]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2pBoFCV1v9E both acts]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOEOg3Xmtdo of Green Grove]] were awesome enough that they got rearranged into ''Sonic Adventure''[='=]s [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFELeJaZlPQ Twinkle Park]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uhh8K2wJC1E Emerald Coast]], and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFDfoXSQ2zc Windy Valley]], respectively.
778* And [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eko8B2xXLQM the final boss theme]] was just epic.
779%%* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mf7-ixllcgo Diamond]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKRkOFlIdsQ Dust]].
780* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1d_ro7E5MKs Rusty Ruins Zone Act 2]]. At least this game has some awesome music, even if it has some issues with the mechanics (Sonic and isometric projection don't mix well).
781* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-MrP51YTWak Volcano Valley Act 2]] matches the atmosphere of the zone with a dark, foreboding memory and pulsating drums.
782%%* The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3LJgfKVA3oE boss]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27p2P8MiEf8 themes]].
783%%* The epic [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HuWXGH3UBbM Gene]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9soCtQorus Gadget]].
784* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgdpfeM8evU Panic Puppet Act 2]], an absolutely amazing song that fits the fact that it is the final level.
785* The circus-sounding [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LL5qnQzvPlY early boss theme]], which ended up getting used in ''[[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog4 Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode I]]''.
786* Both versions of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SaKTXVHeizM Gene]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGLEz4fwrFM Gadget]] have a superb combination of bass and synth.
787* Every normal zone has a remix for Act 2. Green Grove has ''three'' remixes for Act 2, taking over 4 minutes to get through! Because of a bug, though, the longer you listen to it, the quieter one part gets, until it's basically an [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmryHIcNUdQ extra set of remixes]].
788
789[[AC:Saturn & PC]]
790* The Saturn/PC version of ''VideoGame/Sonic3DFlickiesIsland'' has an incredible soundtrack, composed by Richard Jacques. Highlights include [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PAbIVvAup70 Green Grove Act 2]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDMN8XKs1z0 Rusty Ruin Act 2]], and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f035kGmpdW4 Volcano Valley Act 1]]. Simply put, Richard Jaques is a phenomenal composer.
791* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TlAaAlnSBVA The Special Stage]] theme starts with a glorious fanfare before going on a chaotic theme which fits Sonic's crazy race in the half-pipes.
792%%* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3z2Q8maJTOo Gene]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITuC-56ziY8 Gadget]].
793* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IVg8dWlfDYc The boss music]] which is just made all the more epic by Robotnik's laugh in the background. And [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TqpSOMb3eSo the final boss]] theme as well.
794* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AzBxs09FKxg Panic Puppet Zone, Act 2]]. Once this theme plays, you know shit's gonna get real. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWHluhvS3D4 Act 1]] is also seriously good, with its threatening techno and piano-backed thumping beat.
795* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKtgvmgMUPc You're My Hero]]", the Saturn version's absolutely SugarWiki/{{Heartwarming|Moments}} vocal ending theme.
796[[/folder]]
797
798[[folder:''Sonic the Fighters'']]
799* [[VideoGame/SonicTheFighters The game]]'s fast paced and energetic main theme, "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UmDK21_tz0U Advertise]]", gets you pumped up and ready to take on [[BlindIdiotTranslation Robotnic]] as soon as you start playing! Also, the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xv9X8BIEaI remix]] kicks ass.
800* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtUk7RGwjVw Get Into the Wave]]", the character select music, and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9YQ78hPdd4 its remix]]. It's almost a shame that [[LongSongShortScene you only have 20 seconds to choose your character]].
801* Kunckles' theme, "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtvWxutPo3U Lovers]]", sets the player up for a good ol' brawl.
802* Amy's theme, "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9oUmvp2MjOs Back to Soul]]", is an excited theme that also fits the silliness of fighting on a flying carpet.
803* Bark's theme, "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGRhZVICxUE Black Bed]]", is an awfully smooth tune to have your [[WakeUpCallBoss tail repeatedly handed to you]] to. Sega apparently liked it enough to specifically pick it out for a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVUMFpJH1bg remix]] sung by [[VideoGame/DaytonaUSA Takenobu]] [[IndecipherableLyrics Mitsuyoshi]].
804* Espio's theme, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbBoHtdddSY Come On, Mr Sonic]], is a silly theme that gives the desire to smash all the buttons and to laugh at the irony of [[TheComicallySerious the character it represents]].
805* Tails' theme, "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ErA_Gy3zaqg Blue Garden]]" is a carefree cruise theme that fits well with the character's easy-going demeanor.
806* Fang's theme, "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LtiDUsA1ioc Here We Go]]", fits well for the frenetic battle against the cork-shooter.
807* Bean's theme, "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUG-PqVONNE Try Again]]", embodies the essence of Bean’s insanity and hyperactivity... regardless of whether or not he [[ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogArchieComics actually is]] [[AlternateContinuity either of those things]].
808* Sonic's theme, "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDKZ7taa8A4 Fire Stone]]", is a fast-paced and almost dangerous-sounding tune, perfect for a brawl on the wing of an airplane.
809* If Sonic and Knuckles are fighting, the game plays "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vtzePkLpsQ North Wind]]", a unique theme that wouldn't be out of place in a hero vs. rival shonen battle.
810* Despite being DummiedOut in the original game alongside its associated stage and character, the salsa-esque "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3chMBckyic Sunset Town]]" still makes appearances on the official soundtrack and with rereleases, and deservedly so.
811* Metal Sonic's theme, "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZhjzUqHSKQ0 Never Let It Go]]", is one of the lesser known and more underrated themes in the franchise.
812[[/folder]]
813
814[[folder:''Sonic R'']]
815%%* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKeTuZ-zoeA Living In The City]] and its [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdRQLXlk07k Instrumental version]].
816%%* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJRosZzB_a8 Super Sonic Racing]] and its [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRX7g1ZGxIU Instrumental version]].
817%%* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oY9m2sHQwLs Can You Feel the Sunshine]] and its [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNrC97PFH_E Instrumental version]].
818%%* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAeBXh25NiQ Back In Time]] and its [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tf5kAC3hsDk Instrumental version]].
819%%* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xx-yryFIB6E Work It Out]] and its [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pdqe0PJ3Ic0 Instrumental version]].
820%%* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zex_DZcEn4o Diamond in the Sky]] and its [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxzmPx2u9o8 Instrumental version]].
821* The DS version of ''[[VideoGame/SegaSuperstars Sonic & SEGA All-Stars Racing]]'' brought us [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umhELpYf4b8 this awesome remix]] of "Can You Feel the Sunshine".
822* ''Sonic Generations'' remix of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XzMMcGI5Vac Super Sonic Racing]] with a very appropriate tech update.
823[[/folder]]
824
825[[folder:''Sonic Shuffle'']]
826* For its other flaws, this game has some good music; [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqQN88lJZSk Blizzard Coast]] for example.
827%%* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSYlLzzOqEA Go With V-Train]].
828%%* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fddFSa8r_c A Silver Drop]].
829* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7VCGRGRZxy4 Wave Taste]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FwCszmcU4Lg Pig City]]. Fun Fun Sonic and Sonic DJ respectively, two of the small handful of unique minigames that even the Mario Party series can't compete with.
830%%* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zw8PP8CZB88 Feel Noisy]], the theme of Emerald Coast's endgame mini-game.
831%%* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulqhm37G_8w Fourth Dimension]].
832[[/folder]]
833
834[[folder:''Sonic Battle'']]
835[[AC:''VideoGame/SonicBattle'']]
836%%* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifJlTH523ik Emerald Beach.]]
837%%* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqbX0Fp3hyU Chao Ruins.]]
838%%* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujFppjcBHUU Club Rouge.]]
839%%* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A21lLjvfiLI Central City.]]
840%%* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yAe5WZI5i9E Holy Mountain]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97QFtfnYhOw Holy Summit]].
841%%* The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJ-EHRLnW74 Chaos]] battle theme.
842%%* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PqizduQ2SfE Emerald Town.]]
843%%* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUcPydVABIk Green Hill Zone]] [[NostalgiaLevel strikes again!]]
844%%* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wz4n25yb1IY Amy's Room.]]
845%%* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFbgR0HCn2c The Library/Cream's battle theme.]]
846%%* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0UCHVDmhjZE Emerl's/the Coliseum stage's theme.]]
847%%* Eggman's and Emerl's final [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWvugIvImJQ theme.]]
848* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJE__wvIm2U The Credits theme for the Final Story]] especially due to its slow pace. The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_0n3xJpc9c credits theme]] for the other stories is a shorter, more exciting piece.
849[[/folder]]
850
851[[folder:''Shadow the Hedgehog'']]
852* Say what you want about ''VideoGame/{{Shadow|TheHedgehog}}'', but it also has great music. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VpYfMxIoR4 I Am... All of Me]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=goEiLADVQfU Never Turn Back]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rryQVEGuI9c Chosen One]], and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9HFQpog6fo Waking Up]]. "I am... All of Me" is essentially Shadow accepting what he is, and then basically ''daring'' Black Doom to control him and use him as his pawn as planned.
853* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swoqEiSbqzQ All Hail Shadow]] is a blaring tune which praises the hedgehog for being edgy.
854** The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVZmXlxFOIs Magna Fi version]] is an equally rocking tune capturing Shadow's ferociousness.
855** The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PsfVbW1ksJ8 Hybrid Mix]] reveals Shadow's combat prowess and drive to win in loud rock and metal.
856* The player can only hear it once in the game, but [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lU6ZlOPy0Sw the music that plays when Shadow becomes Super Shadow]] is nothing short of godly. It begins as a remix of "I Am...All of Me", but then switches to something even more familiar... It turns into a remix of "Live and Learn". [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sx3j5YBfIW0 A slightly more electronic-sounding version]] shows up as Shadow's All-Star theme in ''Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed'', and it's just as great as the original.
857* "E.G.G.M.A.N.", Dr. Eggman's theme from ''Adventure 2'', received a sweet [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxg93olL4vU remix]]. It's a good first impression from Bentley Jones, who contributed to other songs later in the series.
858* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=308XCdjPuaY The Doom]] is ridiculously awesome, as are [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GbpwSw3uXkE Lost Impact]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RskQfbg6l-I Cosmic Fall]].
859** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2E7axaAZUno Westopolis]] is the very first level, and it definitely gives the vibe of wanting to run away very quickly. Considering the surroundings it succeeds very well.
860** And [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqqvMbvRfxY Lethal Highway]] also wins in terms of wanting to make you do the opposite and chase something down.
861* Rounding out the list with [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4caPbB7kdo Digital Circuit]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBHFsggebAc Central City]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Axj3Y5_DN0E GUN Fortress]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHhqme_Bds4 Black Bull]]... in fact, just go look up all the stage themes or something. Chances are unimaginably slim that you'll find one that isn't awesome, let alone a bad one. Regarding Digital Circuit, here's the unreleased [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evKgcCzPTnc "original" version]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnF35YbNdIw remix version]].
862%%* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qZLTYb7mvA Sky Troops]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCNUuCl93i4 Air Fleet]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0lVtyMUVkA Space Gadget]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SgKZTdqy6k8 The Ark]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fIdee59XcY Lava Shelter]], and '''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=erUgBh6fIPg Circus Park]]'''. For the very latter, the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6X_DeugGGwA unreleased version]].
863* It's easy to miss this one. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KI3ADxtEkaA Prison Island]] is great, though the music doesn't quite match the level. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_YUkRlFo98E The Black Comet theme]] is a supposed remix of it, which may give off some "bad future" vibes for any ''Sonic CD'' fans.
864%%* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBOmL9rRWRA Death Ruins]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rdrohEWc10 Mad Matrix]].
865%%* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_76uz-JZDw Almost Dead]] by Music/Powerman5000!
866* Also the lost tracks: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=noBucnkjd6k Broken]] by Sins of a Divine Mother was to be used, but since they couldn't find one of the members to get permission, two of the others formed A2 and did Chosen One. Magna-Fi also have another song, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Pd0AlzUA9A Who I Am]].
867%%* m-flo's remix of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XIrnGqs7fJQ Tripod Baby]] to promote the game.
868%%* The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhrAcW-fb-k Black Doom]] battle theme.
869[[/folder]]
870
871[[folder:''Sonic Riders'' series]]
872[[AC:General]]
873* Jet's theme, "Catch Me If You Can", also by runblebee. (''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lns6H8oFH8 Riders]]'', ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cK9Cj_fCyPc Zero Gravity]]''.)
874%%* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhFJr09vuuI Theme of Babylonian]]" and "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9GOBK_Jy9Y Legend of Babylonian]]", the latter of which was reprised multiple times in ''Zero Gravity''':
875%%** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CqyRyAfiwhQ The Divine Wings.]]
876%%** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3iiAz2-fQhE Give Me the Power.]]
877
878[[AC:''VideoGame/SonicRiders'']]
879* The main theme, "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PMGfXXB6YY Sonic Speed Riders]]", performed by runblebee (who would go on to do some other Sonic main themes, most notably the entire ''VideoGame/SonicStorybookSeries''), sets the mood of the game straight from the beginning.
880* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmEj0Orqh-c Sand Ruins]] would make for an excellent ''[[VideoGame/PrinceofPersiaTheSandsofTime Prince of Persia]]'' battle theme due to the Arabesque influence.
881* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxMNfY6kLFk SEGA Carnival]], arguably one of the best tracks in the game, would not sound out of place in an actual carnival, and for good reason: the level celebrates the history of Creator/{{Sega}} up to that point.
882* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9A0-Rg-9XFg Metal City]], with its fast-paced techno beat that's both invigorating and hella catchy, works very well for weaving in and out of the hovercar traffic in a futuristic city.
883* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHiUHTlXYQQ Digital Dimension]] doubles as the final boss theme. It's full of mystical, echoing riffs and relentless pumping bass that gets the adrenaline raging.
884* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6POTnRvnGI High Flying Groove]] starts off slow and then transitions into a fast, pounding techno beat that wouldn't be out of place in the CoolestClubEver.
885* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9g_ZdLJ47oc Egg Factory]] takes some cues from ''VideoGame/SonicUnleashed'' by combining menacing and villainous with catchy.
886* [[https://youtube.com/watch?v=6wXKG3EkEaY Green Cave]] is a weird sort of catchy, with mystical chants backed up with the usual techno.
887
888[[AC:''Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity'']]
889* Another main theme, "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HTs2n0q-RA Un-Gravitify]]", as well as the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3eUmZOf_u4 Electro Extended Mix]]. And, of course, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-hHLffIE4w the Crush 40 Cover]] reworks the techno main theme into a ''face-melting'' rock anthem.
890* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N69JXBBfwvY Through Traffic]] which, along with [[HotPursuit the situation Sonic's been thrown into during the story mode visit to Megalo Station]], acts as a very effective opener for the story. The music feels even more at home when applied to [[CyberpunkWithAChanceOfRain Nightside Rush]].
891* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-TRV-BU5BA Aquatic Time]], a groovy track with nice beats and a piano melody that matches the atmosphere of the Aquatic Capital and stormy Tempest Waterway stages.
892* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ly4l60Pa7f8 Sealed Ground]], a song with a very mystical tone to it that perfectly suits the more intense and mysterious Gigan Rocks and Gigan Device stages.
893%%* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCAYVsVQ3zE Dive Into Gravity.]]
894* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4E1WD2VUAUg The Core]]. Even with all of the awesome music in the Sonic series, it's rare to get a song as incredibly powerful and triumphant as this. Additionally, [[VariableMix the Gravity Control musical cue]] far and away is the best one in the game, making every instance of Gravity Control set to it into [[MundaneMadeAwesome something grander than it actually is...]]
895* [[https://youtu.be/9v4hlZ1uegU Blast Town]] is a funky and jazzy song that brings to mind Jet Set Radio and suits the more urban, retro vibe for the SEGA love letter stages 80s Boulevard and 90s Boulevard.
896%%* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZcsVhvYhSFU Multi Attack.]]
897%%* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYm3PXL0RNs Gadget Round.]]
898
899[[AC:''Sonic Free Riders'']]
900* ''[[RuleOfThree This]]'' game's main theme, "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DbLTQOC8Np0 Free]]", performed by Chris Madin. And the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=In9PKsAFbl8 Crush 40 version]].
901* Among the track themes, which are mostly instrumental, the Hideki Naganuma-style themes, with the samples and all, stand out:
902** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MRIyf1Wz6w The theme of Rocky Ridge]], ''[[RefrainFromAssuming not]]'' "Shake it Baby", is a rare fusion of country and funk, yet very jaunty. It's often mistaken for a work of Hideki Naganuma, one of the most well-regarded video game composers (it's actually composed by newcomer Koji Sakurai).
903** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xY3Dby3tATg The theme of Metropolis Speedway]], ''[[RefrainFromAssuming not]]'' "I'm Still a Believer", a mellow yet grooving rock song that evokes the adventurous city feeling.
904%%* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NOUGlRExns The theme of Final Factory]].
905[[/folder]]
906
907[[folder:Storybook Series]]
908[[AC:''VideoGame/SonicAndTheSecretRings'']]
909* ''Sonic and the Secret Rings'''s Arabian-themed music was off the hook, especially the main theme, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35Vsc2m0fZ0 Seven Rings In Hand]].
910* Then there's the Sand Oasis theme, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_nfld1C7RuE Let the Speed to Mend It]]--awesome from start to finish.
911* Evil Foundry's fantastically fiery theme, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYTu4Mo983c The Place That Was Found]]. ''WHO'S GONNA ROCK THE PLACE? [-PLACE?-] [--PLACE?--]''
912%%* The boss theme for the Ifrit Golem, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBoSuUVlZnA How It Started]].
913* The music for Levitated Ruin, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRgEyp4CqPo High and Broken]]. Easily the best track in the game.
914* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTzH9lIXLJ0 No Way Through]] practically ''embodies'' the feeling of terminal dread on the high seas found within Pirate Storm. When Sinbad convinced Sonic that the Arabian Nights are filled with endless adventure, this theme proves he ''wasn't'' kidding.
915%%* The boss theme for Captain Behemoth, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAvyu5giugs Blue on the Run]].
916* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKzbAP4RILs Unawakening Float]], an epic track for [[TheVeryDefinitelyFinalDungeon Night Palace]].
917* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ngaxovw1PPw It Has Come to This]], for the Erazor Djinn bossfight is a tense theme to urge you and Sonic to defeat this wacko djinn once and for all with everything you've got.
918
919[[AC:''VideoGame/SonicAndTheBlackKnight'']]
920''Sonic and the Black Knight'''s soundtrack brought the return of Crush 40, who didn't fail to impress. Then again, Jun Senoue is the composer and part of the music department for Sega in general, so...
921* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eL0xgWe6z9s Knight of the Wind]] is an awesome PowerMetal song with an epic mix of guitars and violins. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lndJB0F4tYc The acoustic version.]]
922* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fnAfUgYag20 The most awesome remix of "It Doesn't Matter" ever.]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9MUKv_eQEs The most beautiful remix of "It Doesn't Matter" (SA2 version) ever.]]
923* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWz-eFRv_SA Misty Lake]]-- essentially an all strings version of "Knight of the Wind". With ''epic'' [[MundaneMadeAwesome violin]].
924%%* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uX67mB6iPIs Camelot Castle]].
925* The ''Zelda''-esque [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pdyPTs4n6BU Deep Woods]] theme.
926* Then we have the insanely awesome [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnVaKRWBMLY Molten Mine]] music by Tommy Tallarico... [[RecycledSoundtrack which is itself]] a rearrangement of the "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yc_wtYyHdvs Action Theme]]" he composed for the completely-unrelated-to-Sonic game ''Black Dawn''. Not that it's a bad thing.
927* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_cXnagIhxI Fight the Knight]] is an epic track that sums up both Sonic and King Arthur's willingness to fight each other over the fate of the kingdom.
928* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9i_RpSMpt0 Through the Fire]], which plays during the battles with Lancelot, Gawain, and Percival, is a short but awesome anthem about taking down your foes.
929%%* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKXf8p1u2zo Knight's Passage]].
930%%* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QIO_pStY2pA Dragon's Lair]].
931%%* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsnErdtvHyQ Shrouded Forest]].
932%%* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xo8C8Lpz8LE Faraway Avalon]].
933%%* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZes2J4ALt0 Sir Percival Appears]].
934%%* The music used for the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccidgR44vBo transformation into Excalibur Sonic.]]
935* Then there's the actual final boss theme with guitar work from ex-{{Music/Megadeth}} bandmate Marty Friedman. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xbrxf9fpYcU With Me]]. Of course, Crush 40 [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21zj6xTcNi0 covered it as well]]. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r68qoehH7iU Here]] are both together for the extra awesome.
936* Last, but certainly not least, the credits theme -- another Crush 40 song -- [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_1tFJB-lTU Live Life]], a CarpeDiem song that'll have you in tears.
937[[/folder]]
938
939[[folder:''Sonic Rivals'' series]]
940%%[[AC:''VideoGame/SonicRivals'']]
941%%* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lf2mP89iwA4 Forest Falls.]]
942%%* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Ll4dFjkFpI Colosseum Highway.]]
943%%* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36qwiDhZhvo Crystal Mountain.]]
944%%* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0cIb4y9VEU Death Yard (vs. Metal).]]
945%%* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQzF-IhaC_U Meteor Base.]]
946%%* The credits theme, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DcEJAq-YJd4 Happy]].
947%%
948[[AC:''Sonic Rivals 2'']]
949* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5jPF_GdC-0 Race to Win]]. It's short, but great.
950%%* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-Gypac7rJo Sunset Forest.]]
951%%* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZV6mbY3H9FY Neon Palace.]]
952%%* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H99_7xLD-RY Mystic Haunt.]]
953%%* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7Jnm919G2A Chaotic Inferno.]]
954[[/folder]]
955
956''Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games'' examples go [[AwesomeMusic/MarioAndSonicAtTheOlympicGames here]].
957
958[[folder:''Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood'']]
959* From ''VideoGame/SonicChronicles'' comes [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mq6Vl_UJhkI Super Ix]]. At least there's the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzGYztkYB70 mid-boss version.]]
960* The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARy1oZ1wfhs opening theme]] (of which a variation plays when getting ambushed in battles) is actually great, as are the battle themes.
961* The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3FUPdG8vEuc regular boss battle]] sounds clean and fine.
962%%* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3dQRp74A3Q Mystic Ruins]] is not bad at all.
963[[/folder]]
964
965[[folder:''Sonic Boom'']]
966[[AC:''Rise of Lyric'']]
967* ''Rise of Lyric'' features sweeping orchestral pieces that, while perhaps not catchy in that traditional Sonic sense, are quite beautiful and atmospheric. For example, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RMRm8i8y28 Cliff's Excavation Site]] has a ethereal theme that inspires a sense of discovery and awe.
968* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Jb7knKGYuE The first theme of The Pit]] is ''quite'' unnerving.
969%%* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xbq_XIM1qIE Dr. Eggman's theme]].
970%%* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3r8rDpwltDM Metal Sonic's theme]].
971* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOHKd4AOpGc The final boss theme is a dark reprise of the main theme]], something rather familiar to those who have played the post-06 games.
972
973[[AC:''Shattered Crystal'']]
974* ''Shattered Crystal'' has more typical Sonic-y tunes, such as the energetic [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltPa9Y8ERRA Seaside Beach 1]].
975%%* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=onf-lskxe3I Worm Tunnel]].
976%%* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rexGFWyIKFY Robot Facility 1]].
977%%* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1EwC7A5pqHQ Air Fortress]].
978
979[[AC:''Fire and Ice'']]
980* ''Fire and Ice'' continues the trend of Sonic-y music begun by ''Shattered Crystal'' with even bouncier and fast-paced tunes. Probably one of the best tracks is the upbeat and atmospheric [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EE6Q0QPpxFw Gothic Castle]] near the end of the game.
981[[/folder]]
982
983[[folder:''Sonic Runners'']]
984Most of the soundtrack sounds heavenly and joyful, feeling like a calm sunny day. Thank its composer, Tomoya Ohtani.
985* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSltAPHODlU "End of The Summer"]] is friggin' beautiful, almost like an anime theme.
986* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jx-FXccJe6g "Beyond The Speed Of.."]] for Windy Hill Zone. A nice, energetic way to start the game.
987* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6y05zboFebA "Going My Way"]]. Unusually understated, but still quite nice for an invincibility jingle!
988* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-qexQu_pNM "Theory Of Attack"]] for Vs. Eggman, an upbeat and rocking tune that's still fun.
989* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tr2YgJGW0zg "Where To Today?" for the Menu/Map/Results music]]. Not bad for something you'll be hearing dozens of times.
990[[/folder]]
991
992[[folder:''Team Sonic Racing'']]
993With Music/Crush40 guitarist Jun Senoue back at the helm after not being there since ''Sonic and the Black Knight'', you know ''VideoGame/TeamSonicRacing'' is a return to form music wise, including the following:
994* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWFOcegKMn8 Green Light Ride]] as the opening theme really catches the ear, especially if you do the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YcZ7mL7sfz4 Time Attack mode which has the extended theme]]. There is even a remix for [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExFNBbndm_4 when you're customising your car]] which keeps the awesomeness factor. Welcome back, Crush 40.
995* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jd6N_TCJc4Y Wisp Circuit]], a rock-focused variation of [[VideoGame/SonicColors the ever-beautiful Planet Wisp]]. At this point, it may be impossible to create a bad version of this song.
996* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uo3qBv30mqY Sky Road]], one of the original tracks, reflects the heavenly and bouncy feeling of racing through the skies and clouds above [[VideoGame/SonicUnleashed Spagonia]].
997* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-autEFRKYI Ice Mountain]], an energetic remix of [[VideoGame/SonicUnleashed Holoska - Cool Edge]] guest-starring the instruments and melody of [[VideoGame/SonicColors Reach for the Stars]].
998* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhCLD9QHNHo Bingo Party]] takes the intensity of [[VideoGame/SonicHeroes Bingo Highway]] and adds a heavy supporting guitar and a manic chiptune bridge.
999* The ominous [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjptlCSAl8A Haunted Castle]] is another original track that combines the traditional Adventure-era rock stylings with spooky classical orchestra music.
1000* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jmpOBXEr2Q Boo's House]], a fast-paced techno and rock guitar-based remix of [[VideoGame/Sonic3AndKnuckles Sandopolis Act 2]], backed up with a whimsical-yet-sinister sitar and bridged by elements of [[VideoGame/SonicAndTheBlackKnight Shrouded Forest]].
1001* It is nearly impossible NOT to headbang along with [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uyYEdtubGdI Frozen Junkyard: Final Lap.]] It's catchy, fast paced, and has an absolutely ''beautiful'' electric guitar going from low to high that could energize the car you're driving in all on its own.
1002* Fittingly for the final track in the game, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uoXXU9cnKWE Turbine Loop]] revives the dark and ominous theme of [[VideoGame/SonicHeroes Final Fortress]] with heavy-hitting rock guitars and fast-paced techno beats.
1003* Jun Senoue contributed to the Apple Arcade version of the game, ''Sonic Racing'', with a brand new [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GwQZUM3bRI0 rocking remix]] of "Beyond the Speed Of..." from ''VideoGame/SonicRunners'', that adds a ton of extra energy into an already upbeat and energetic song.
1004* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmQOqNLTrKw Ocean View]] is another rocking remix courtesy of Jun Senoue, this time of [[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehogCD You Can Do Anything]]. Its [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCEbQ-C4Tbg final lap remix]] mixes You Can Do Anything with the chorus of [[VideoGame/SonicR Super Sonic Racing]].
1005* ''Every'' [[ThemeSongPowerUp Team Ultimate theme]] is awesome, but Team Vector's songs deserve a special mention: a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3svT-5gPWF0 pumped up remix]] of [[VideoGame/SonicHeroes Team Chaotix's theme]] for Vector, a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=stq4jdUgZg4 fast-paced EDM remix]] of [[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2006 "Dreams of an Absolution"]] for Silver, and, as a rather surprising choice, a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBcC0J83H4g kickass hard rock remix]] of [[VideoGame/SonicRush "Vela Nova"]] for Blaze (you can even faintly hear the vocal samples from the original!).
1006[[/folder]]
1007
1008!!Other
1009[[folder:General]]
1010* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yv4a4E8sObc The infamous drowning music.]] [[NightmareFuel More Drowning Music of Trauma.]]
1011* The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWvqF-w1TFI Opening Theme]] to ''Sonic Mega Collection'' is a fan favorite and even got reused for ''Sonic Generations''.
1012* The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2OnZY-84G4 boss theme]] of ''VideoGame/SonicRunners'' is fantastically catchy.
1013[[/folder]]
1014
1015[[folder:Scrapped Games]]
1016* Designer Chris Senn was able to release concept music for the scrapped ''VideoGame/SonicXTreme'' game for the Platform/SegaSaturn. One theme, ''Space Queens'', was posted on Website/YouTube, and the poster asked Senn to do an extended version of it. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmaDfHU303E This was the result.]]
1017* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TIOHUU7H6kU Sonic Crackers Options Song 1/Attraction Stage]], the early version of Electoria, Techno Tower's theme from ''VideoGame/KnucklesChaotix''. Has the "Walkin'" lobby theme mixed into the track and it sounds great.
1018[[/folder]]
1019
1020[[folder:Non-Game media]]
1021* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxeSNmd55Yc Robotnik's theme]] from ''WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfSonicTheHedgehog'' easily is the silliest yet entertaining villain theme ever composed.
1022%%** Also the upbeat [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPtPsoHBtT4 main]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_z2onG9ZXvU theme]].
1023* The opening theme to ''WesternAnimation/SonicTheHedgehogSatAM'': "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LntDLGKXAFI Fastest Thing Alive]]". Sure, it's a BraggingThemeTune, but it really gets you hyped to see the show and is the TropeNamer for FastestThingAlive.
1024* While most of ''WesternAnimation/SonicUnderground''[='=]s songs tend to be [[{{Narm}} cheesy]], the [[https://youtu.be/NGcbUzen0r8 theme song]] is both catchy and inspiring.
1025* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5w0lDYPQvw Look-a-like]], the theme of [[Anime/SonicTheHedgehogTheMovie the Sonic OVA]], which actually made it onto the True Colors album. The full, unedited version ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUENLoRGvvs Link here]]) was uncovered in 2020 when fans contacted one of the production staff for the OVA and he went one further and gave them a copy of the original, complete with all the vocals.
1026** The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBSelj9logI South Island]] theme works well as a centerpiece for introducing the OVA's location, but it becomes even ''more'' awesome when it's used during the clash between Sonic and Hyper Metal Sonic.
1027%%** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7FrsBh5xt0 The Land of Darkness]], easily one of the best non-game Sonic songs.
1028* From the Virtual Sonic album, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azGCY4W7vvo Metal Sonic's song]] is an [[LoudnessWar intentionally loud]] {{grunge}} VillainSong where Howard Drossin describes how terrifying the robot is in the world of ''Sonic''.
1029* ''Anime/SonicX''[='=]s Japanese opening, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vn-6IuPVX5g SONIC DRIVE]], sung by anime music legend [[Music/JAMProject Hironobu Kageyama]].
1030** The Creator/FourKidsEntertainment dub's opening isn't half bad either; try [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TsixiUX6TWo Gotta Go Fast]].
1031** The Japanese ending is sad enough ''without'' lyrics or context. When you remember what events [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LN-gPo7g6vs "Hikaru Michi"]] underscored, it becomes an automatic TearJerker.
1032** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCIVoNDZK0s The Italian opening]]: the lyrics are nothing special, but the dance-ish music is catchy.
1033* While admittedly goofy (they did "I'm Too Sexy", after all), the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFQNFTeRjWc music video]] for the Right Said Fred song "Wonderman" contains various references to ''Sonic the Hedgehog''. The song itself was used in advertisements for ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog3''.
1034* ''Theatre/SonicLiveInSydney'' was a corny show, but of all the songs in it, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Doj5AXP_ULQ "Thank You For Being You"]] probably stands out the most - not just because it's a song sung entirely from Sally Acorn's point of view, or because it's specifically about how much Sonic means to her, but also because it's in a show that came out in ''1997''. To put that in perspective, Ken Penders was doing [[ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogArchieComics Endgame]] at the same time, and fully intended to kill Sally off for good in that arc. Sega thankfully put the boot down because they wanted to put Sally in more stuff. Sega World Sydney ended up being all that came of it, but ''hot damn'' did Sega go all in. They made her a park mascot equal with Sonic, gave her merch that you could ''only get'' at that park, and ended up providing Sonally shippers with a ''shit-ton'' of shipping fuel all out of this one song.
1035* An honorary part of this page, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LonLPm-zVCs Sonic Youth]] by Music/{{Crush 40}} sounds like it could have been the main theme of ''Generations''. Its lyrics contain nods to much of the most famous Sonic songs, making it an awesome tribute to the soundtrack of the series. Some fans have even considered it an unofficial theme to ''Generations''.
1036* The ''Sonic REMIX!'' Album contains remixes of gems from the [=JPN/PAL=] version of the ''Sonic CD'' soundtrack.
1037** Track 01, "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LrP58Srp30 Love You Sonic]]" has a deliciously funky beat to it.
1038--->(Love you) She never really shows how much it means to her. (Sonic!)\
1039(Love you) She will be yours, and that's forever, rain or shine. (Sonic!)\
1040(Love you) There isn't anything she wouldn't do for you (Sonic!)\
1041(Love you) Long as you tell her - Sonic please, say you love her.
1042** Track 03, "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQbUTutaKKo Dr Gigglymen]]" puts a really strange but amazingly catchy twist on the Boss theme.
1043** Track 04, "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DC9wtpcVm3M Brand New World]]" reinteprets "You Can Do Anything".
1044** Track 07, "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ruBmWuSoFAE When We Reach For ~You Could It Be Right?~]]", turns the ending theme "Cosmic Eternity" into something truly memorable.
1045* ''WesternAnimation/SonicBoom''[='=]s BackgroundMusic has a very ''[[WesternAnimation/TheRenAndStimpyShow Ren and Stimpy]]'' vibe that fits nicely with the comedy focus of the show. Its BackgroundMusic in season 2 has absorbed more emotion and action, making it sound really awesome.
1046* ''WesternAnimation/SonicBoom'' episodes "Lightning Bowler Society" and "Planes, Trains, and Dude-Mobiles" both have pieces of the same music used at their climaxes, which have the same song structure as Giorgio Moroder's "Push it to the Limit" (even lifting some of the notes straight from the song!). [[http://dribbleondo.tumblr.com/post/161963596030/this-isnt-even-remotely-subtle-and-i-love-it It can be heard here.]]
1047* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WosV9Y4l79Y "K.T.E Cypher"]], a new Knuckles rap by Hunnid P featuring Doryan Nelson, has the original rap artist for Knuckles's themes in the ''Adventure'' series come back with an all-new and catchy rap number to celebrate ''Mania''.
1048* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ps2hebagSrU The Big the Cat song]], an official song sung by Creator/{{Egoraptor}} that surprisingly has those sweet rock riffs courtsey of Music/Crush40.
1049* From ''Film/SonicTheHedgehog2020'':
1050** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCuCpVPkWDY Speed Me Up]] has a nice tune filled with Sega Genesis sounds, and it has various references to other ''Sonic'' tracks, like Emerald Hill Zone from ''Sonic 2''.
1051** At one point in the start of the second trailer, there is a new remix of the classic Green Hill Zone Theme. A jazzy, calming piano rendition [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_fiwjSP4Aw by Jon Batiste]] underscores the epilogue, but unfortunately becomes a LongSongShortScene.
1052** While sadly unused, Chizzy Stephens & Thicc James' D&B single for the movie "Gotta Go Fast" (no relation to the ''Anime/SonicX'' song of the same name) is [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmHT6MhJ3Ww another fantastic remix of Green Hill Zone.]]
1053** The studio logos at the film's start [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbiR5xNo-3Q have this familiar tune]], that includes a brief version of the Green Hill Zone theme, as well as an operatic variation on the original 16-bit Creator/{{Sega}} [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLVelULW1zE chant]]. ''Yes, that Sega chant.''
1054** During the early scene where Sonic is having fun on Earth, Music/{{Queen}}'s "Don't Stop Me Now" kicks in with the bridge line "I wanna make a super'''sonic''' man outta you!"
1055** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4fAyWi7dNg "Welcome to Green Hills"]] is a very upbeat and happy tune to introduce the viewer to Green Hills.
1056** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0PNgRXsiYOE "A New Home"]] is a incredibly heart-melting piece of music that plays at the ending, when Sonic is shown his new bedroom by Tom and Maddie and is essentially adopted by them.
1057** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0QRfy6xzv0 "Boom"]] by X Ambassadors plays over the scene where Sonic uses his BulletTime super-speed to stop an entire bar fight in a matter of seconds while managing to enjoy some chili dogs for the first time and take a selfie on someone's phone. The lyrics time in right with "My feet go boom boom boom, my heart goes zoom zoom zoom, I said hey, uh huh you can't stop me!".
1058** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0Z0tZ8jua8 Dr. Robotnik's theme]] is a close soundalike if not a ''direct remix'' of his theme from ''WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfSonicTheHedgehog'', and the film had turned it into a hell of a lot more threatening tune on top of that.
1059** Robotnik's tunes of anarchy, a.k.a "[[https://youtu.be/mgkzFt8Q_k4 Where Evil Grows]]", by The Poppy Family is a catchy one as it accompanies his amusing dance.
1060** The 8-bit remix of "Blitzkrieg Bop" by Music/TheRamones from the second half of the trailer calls back to the old Sonic games with a sense of nostalgia.
1061** The song that plays during Baby Sonic's run around his home world? [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEboG4LnUBI Friends]] from the ''VideoGame/SonicMania'' opening, showing his childlike sincerity and naivete.
1062* From ''Film/SonicTheHedgehog22022'':
1063** The title announcement teaser alone gave us [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQuoffM1y-w a short but sweet remix]] of the iconic [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWdhufzxQRA Emerald Hill Zone theme]] that got us pumped for the action to come.
1064** The first trailer blows us away with [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5o_i-q4p3E Really Slow Motion & Giant Apes' Age of Heroes]], a sweeping score that perfectly encapsulates the high-octane adventure to come. As Sonic himself puts it: "Today's forecast calls for a 100% chance of adventure!"
1065** As before, Junkie XL provides a top-notch score for Sonic's second cinematic spin.
1066*** "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYSXAEiUu58 Sinster]]", the track that plays when Robotnik builds the Giant Eggman Robot, is an eerie and bombastic tune that even features the Death Egg Robot leitmotif at the end.
1067*** "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qcegBAPtTg You Don't Have to Be Alone Anymore]]" is a gripping track for when Sonic saves Knuckles from drowning after Robotnik steals the Master Emerald, with a brief snippet of the dreaded drowning music. (Check the 1:00 mark!)
1068*** "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hdl0UubF54 Okay, We're Not Friends]]" is an appropriately epic track for the debut of Super Sonic!
1069** The songs are just as awesome:
1070*** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMMpYx_vaZQ Stephane Legar's "Speed Life"]] (exclusive to the French version of the film) is a fun beat that lifts the main chorus of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YvAYIJSSZY Rockwell's "Somebody's Watching Me"]].
1071*** "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=efiLdiBk1f8 Stars in the Sky]]" by Kid Cudi is a soft yet energetic melody that truly showcases how Sonic has found a home after so long alone in the world.
1072*** Sonic's scene as a vigilante has the energetic [[https://youtu.be/cppLhpAnjk0 It's Tricky]] by Run-D.M.C. to set the playful mood.
1073*** When Sonic is left at home while Tom and Maddie go to Hawaii, does he get lonely again? Nope, he throws himself a wild house party with [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15UffN8eilI "Here Comes the Hotstepper" by Ini Kamoze]] as the perfect party theme.
1074*** When Sonic and Tails aren't doing so good at the pivonka in the Siberian bar, what does Sonic do? Turn up [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPf0YbXqDm0 "Uptown Funk" by Bruno Mars]] and lead Tails on an amazing dance number which gets even better when Tails uses his gadgets to create stellar effects to win the pivonka.
1075*** Rachel gets a crazy awesome theme in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PeMvMNpvB5M "Barracuda" by Heart]] during her rampage against Randall and the GUN Commander for tricking her with that fake wedding.
1076*** When Robotnik uses the Master Emerald and makes the Death Egg Robot, what tops his World Domination Playlist? [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkFqg5wAuFk "Walk" by Pantera!]] Cue head-banging.
1077[[/folder]]
1078
1079[[folder:Misc]]
1080* The ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosBrawl'' remix of ''Sonic 3 & Knuckles''[='=] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0KDInBsVJEo Angel Island Zone]] composed by Jun Senoue is awesome.
1081* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DoYjHfzotjs Sonic Boom 2011.]] Half an hour of ''live'' Crush 40 audio bliss. Including a special guest appearance by Alex Makhlouf and a ''never-before-heard'' arrangement of Sonic Boom.
1082* Mike Pollock, the voice actor for Dr. Eggman, decided to record [[FilkSong his own version]] of the classic "Frosty the Snowman," as "Sonic the Hedgehog". [[https://soundcloud.com/itsamike/sonic-the-hedgehog It is hilarious and wonderful.]]
1083* The soundtracks for the remastered Sonic Android/iOS Genesis games. The original Genesis soundtracks were not only re-used, but ''cleaned up'' with higher-quality samples to create CD-quality audio while simultaneously staying faithful to the originals. And it [[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQczN-XTQwtZ7OdQBvxuaZMZR-s99Wgvt sounds]] [[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLCzcc-0Pvm1Y3M3qDvWSSTYyUQ2hiTaQj glorious.]]
1084* In celebration of the blue blur's 30th birthday, SEGA streamed a pre-recorded symphony performance of music from across the series' history, with additional performances by Tomoya Ohtani and Crush 40- and it's an utterly '''epic''' love letter to Sonic's legacy, with fans from all sides agreeing that it was the perfect way to celebrate 30 years of super-sonic speed. With a setlist that includes songs from nearly[[note]]No tracks from ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog4'' were included, probably because ''VideoGame/SonicMania'' has effectively supplanted it[[/note]] every mainline series game (yes, even ''[[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2006 Sonic '06]]''), Crush 40 performing damn near every main vocal theme they've provided (including, somewhat surprisingly, "[[VideoGame/ShadowTheHedgehog I Am... All of Me]]" and "[[VideoGame/SonicAndTheBlackKnight Knight of the Wind]]"), an intermission featuring a 10-minute long arrangement of the Chao Garden theme from ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure2'', a couple vocal song covers with guest vocals from [=NateWantsToBattle=], an orchestral cover of "Friends" by Hyper Potions playing over the credits, ''and'', in a very unexpected move, individual medleys for the Platform/GameGear games and Sonic's incredibly short tenure on the Platform/SegaSaturn, with the latter even featuring both the theme from ''VideoGame/NightsIntoDreams'' and the Data Select theme from ''VideoGame/Sonic3AndKnuckles'' as nods to the ''Sonic: into Dreams'' mode from ''Christmas [=NiGHTS=]'' and the Museum from ''VideoGame/SonicJam'', respectively! Words really can't do this performance justice — just sit back, relax, and jam out to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGTlBHNvjsU nearly two hours of pure audio bliss.]]
1085* For Sonic's [[MilestoneCelebration 30th anniversary]], Masato Nakamura (the original composer of ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog1'' and ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2'') and his band, Dreams Come True, composed "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGWQzgOXFAo UP ON THE GREEN HILL]]"[[note]]original Japanese version [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCa0icui-sE here]][[/note]], a glorious and grand vocal rearrangement of his original Green Hill composition. Too slow and not Sonic-y enough? Well, Dreams Come True later released the Sonic-themed [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEhxv4B-dOg MASADO and MIWASCO version of the song]][[note]]original Japanese version [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3bChjPoaRTE here]][[/note]], which is a more faithful rearrangement of the original 16-bit track that is just as glorious.
1086* The 2020 Summer Olympics Parade of Nations was soundtracked by orchestral arrangements of video game soundtracks, one of them being a sweepingly wonderful [[https://twitter.com/zanysatsuma/status/1418545570835095561 orchestral arrangement]] of Star Light Zone. It is heard during Oman and China's parades, for the curious.
1087* In honor of Sonic's 30th anniversary, the social media channels had begun uploading new remixes under the title "Sonic Sessions", bringing in fresh new takes on both classic and modern tracks that sound absolutely wonderful.
1088** What happens when you mix a beloved Sonic vocal theme with the style of ''VideoGame/Persona5'''s Music? You get the incredibly funky [[https://youtu.be/C-SSsThzjAI Escape From the City - Funk RMX]], sung by ''Persona 5'' singer Lyn Inaizumi.
1089** Did you want to hear a jazzier arrangement of the Continue/NO WAY! theme from ''Sonic 3 & Knuckles'' by Jun Senoue, featuring [[VideoGame/Persona5 Lyn Inaizumi]] scatting the main melody? [[https://youtu.be/zGFq5fimj1c We thought so.]]
1090** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TlXsEfFpyQk Fist Bump - Edgy Remix]] reimagines the already awesome Fist Bump in the style of the hard-rock vocal themes of the early-to-mid 2000s ''Sonic'' games and to say it sounds absolutely badass is a bit of an understatement.
1091** Youtuber Creator/ChrisNiosi was able to team up with Jamison Boaz to do a cover of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2n2d_W2_JIo a cover]] of "His World" in commemoration of ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2006'''s fifteenth anniversary. It is a strong and touching tribute both to ''Sonic '06'' and the Sonic franchise as a whole, complete with Creator/JasonGriffith and Pete Capella [[RoleReprise returning as Sonic, Shadow, and Silver]] for the first time in more than a decade.
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