That’s very purposeful because it’s supposed to feel as if you are getting deeper into a mountain. One thing Sega is constant about (well in quality) is music
I prefer this version to act 1. I love when each instrument methodically gets isolated. It makes you appreciate the individual parts to the composition, and the composition is so good that each individual part is worthy of its own song. A true accomplishment since everything I mentioned is about a video game song from the 90s
@@yetanotherhankhill1032 Its Just not as good as this either. But Its not SEGA's fault for what happened so im not really angry. Its Just a shame to revisit the game of my childhood and then THAT iconic track that gave way more atmosphere for the level is missing. Its Sad really.
Sega really knew how to take advantage of the Genesis’ sound hardware. Idc how inferior the Yamaha YM2612 was to the SNES hardware. The Genesis’ music was always iconic and will always be.
I'm not even sure it is inferior even if it is older tech. The Snes soundchip is a step away from synthesised sound and with a few bells and whistles but is severly limited by being inside a 16 bit console with little RAM. It's also limited by what samples the game studios could actually get into the games. I bet a lot of Snes game music consists of samples from synthesisers anyway.
@@andyukmonkey I wouldn't call it inferior, but rather different. Both chips have their pros and cons and their differences make them distinctive and lead to both chips still being remembered today.
@@Automatik234 Yeah, In recent years I realised they're just two different ways to get the same results. People can pick apart small differences if they want to but i'm sure 99% of music on one machine could be converted over to the other with 99% accuracy.
I ask myself "How the Hell did Michael Jackson think the Genesis made his songs sound worse?" Honestly, I think they're actually better than his normal renditions of his songs XD.
He never actually said that. Michael Jackson had a full personal arcade of his own filled with SEGA games. Someone else 'said that for him' after he died.
I like how of all the themes in this game, this is one where they were like “instead of making a slightly different song in Act 2, just replay Act 1 but mute some of the channels and highlight certain channels at different times to get a new experience with the exact same song cuz we ain’t doing any better than this :V”
I like how that's the exact same idea they had for both the Micheal Jackson team and the initial composers who made the Beta tracks (the ones in Sonic Origins).
@@aerodynamo4874 I actually just finished playing Origins throughout 4 different live streams on the channel called The Hedgehog Zone. But when I get to this stage, you'll hear this theme instead. lol A lot of people prefer this version of the tracks but some people prefer the Prototype music (Beta game version, not PC version obviously) but took issue with how they were constructed in Origins. So there's actually a simple mod for the PC version of Origins that switches the music back to the MJ tracks as well as a mod that switches the Origins tracks back to their more glorified Beta forms. For that, you can look up the channel called Overdash.
+mojo washington There was a song in Sonic CD that I liked so I made Sonic wait whilst I listened to the music, but at the 3 minute mark, Sonic said "I'm outta here!" and jumped off screen and got a game over! Glad that never happens on the Megadrive games!
mojo washington In Sonic CD, yeah, pretty much =P If you kept moving and didn't stay idle, then the 10 minute limit still applies. Sonic only buggers off after 3 minutes if you literally press nothing.
That's how every zone in Sonic 3 and Sonic and Knuckles works. Remixes for the second act. A practice carried over into Sonic 3D Blast and Sonic Mania.
@@mr.awesome6011 its not a remix tho. They Just isolate some of The Channels and plays them in different intervals. Its still The exact same music from act 1, but by muting some Channels and making each part of The song stands out, makes It have a completely different feel, and I like this approach for Act 2, i dont think It ever happens that much in Sonic 3 or K, but Its awesome nonetheless.
I know this is fucking old but "ill" is late 80s slang equivalent to today's "lit" or "fire". iller is technically the superlative of ill, so his comment is correct. The more you know, kids.
***** To extend this topic. They could have released some more levels as DLC for Generations quite easily. I haven't played the 3DS version so unsure what levels are in that, but I'd love to have seen Ice Cap, Mystic Caves, Mushroom Hill, Angel Island, Flying Battery and Death Egg. A few more levels from Sonic CD, like Stardust Speedway, Quartz Quadrant and Metallic Madness (complete with shrink rays) on top of the very awesome Metal Sonic fight would have also been awesome to see. I'd also love more classic bosses recreated including Mecha Sonic from Sonic 2. So much more they could do with this... I wonder if we will get a Sonic Generations 2? lol
FYI Sonic 3 works as a separate game because although its story links in with Sonic and Knuckles in a crucial way, it is long enough, and does have a story complete enough to stand alone.
I love how in act 1 you can almost hear the shivering in the track and get the sense of urgency like you need to keep moving or freeze to death. Then act 2 goes further with that urgency making the track more minimilaistic so it feels like hypothermia is setting in, your body and mind are starting to shut down and these could be your final moments.
Personal best was ~750 rings in act 2. Most in all of the Sonic Genesis games I played back then. This was locked-on to S&K. Last game I played was Generations years ago 👍
0:26 is in SSX when the music gets all blurry from SHOOTING off of the edge of an icy cliff with your snowboard hundreds of feet in the air, and you get to see the whole of creation from above. You don't get that view in Sonic, but I'm sure he does. This part in the song just sets my soul free! :)
Sega Genesis was truly ahead of it's time. I remember it's marketing sound design being a KEY feature, that today means nothing new. Back then it was truly amazing, they definitely showed off and mastered Sonic 3 & Knuckles to showcase this! (Genesis sound design showcase is equivalent to showcasing a PS5 4K HDR Gameplay today.) This is also my favorite track ever from SNK3
i'm playing this masterpiece just now (was waiting for it to come out on 3ds like 1 and 2 but never happened for sone reason) and wow is it good. it's awesome how good its storytelling is without having any dialogue at all, like in mania. and i see just now how this game inspired a lot of the later games. like this zone feels to me like a mix of twinkle snow and cool edge, but it actually inspired them both. idk. cool.
I does sound sad, 0:00 - 0:27 brings back memories of my friends who turned fake on me and when I see them I have to speed walk the opposite way so that they don't see me💔😢😢😢😭😭😭😭😭🇺🇸🇬🇧
I go to the beach in the winter time when the shores of Lake Erie freeze over and it's all snowy and icy and play this song while I'm walking around with my dog. Can't tell you how much it adds to the experience.
The best sound track I would wake up at 6 in the morning to just play this stage all over and over and over before school and on my weekdays out of school
This is the definition of work smarter not harder. The composer still managed to make it distinct from act 1 without adding and changing instruments. They nailed it in my opinion.
Let's hear it for Sonic 3! :D Dang, it's soundtrack is amazing! This has got to be one of my favs, though. Wish this song would've been remixed in Generations. :/
How good is this music, as I child I loved playing all the sonic games on my SEGA console, but never really got into the music, but now it's just amazing
This was when voice-overs weren't needed, when a story in a platforming and when music mattered. Sonic 1 to 3 are the best Sonic games to date. They always will be too.
@@mehdinaitlho6019 yeah lol i'm cringing so hard at what i originally wrote. i was a dumbass pseudo intellectual thinking i wrote something deep. sonic 1 sucks but it paved the way for 2, 3 and mania so i give it a pass, a VERY generous pass.
@@PushingUpTrollss ahahaha didn't expect an answer 11 years later that's funny and yeah I agree Sonic 1 has the merit to be the game which set the bases for the series, but having only really played it fully last year, of course I'm biased by today's standards 😭 unrelated but your comment is 11 years old that's wild ! did you try to have a sort of retrospective on where you were in life and where you are now? if not, that's a cool chance of doing so, it's always very nice to look back at the progress we made and I'm happy to have given you this opportunity completely randomly 😂 I'm 20 years old so 11 years ago I was a little 9 year old kid so I assume you're older than me 😅 Internet is the best really
@@PushingUpTrollss Oh my goodness I did not expect to see a recent reply. I remember when people hated Unleashed alot back then and everyone thought we would get more games like Generations.
the music is so smooth sounding, almost sad sounding, like sonic might fail defeating robotnik or something. i still miss the good ol' days when i used to play this game with my mom
This is a testament to Michael Jackson's composing ability. No matter what anyone says about him, they CAN NOT say that he didn't do a damn good job with this game's music.
This is my favorite song ,and zone in this game. If only this game got rereleased more,but sadly the soundtrack is a copyright mess because of Michael Jackson, and the Jetzons (not the cartoon characters).
I'm still very much into Sonic the Hedgehog games as much as I was in the 90s, and I was real good at it, too lol. On the music note, it's a shame that many games in today's generation don't have excellent theme songs like this, as well as in the 90s as a whole. ~Trav.~
is hard when... look back and understand... all of that never will be the same today, we can simulate the old times, trying to build an ambient like that, with friend who know how is, if you have friends from that time (not my situation) that times was really happy, i can remember a lot of things, all the things, how i felt, the energy of that days, the light, the weather... memories registered in the song, one thing by one beat, good days... today i can feel only the pain of a injustice world, and loses, a bad life, that only runs sustained by memories. i live all days, basing myself in the past, believing that the world could be happy again, once was and I saw, then it could be again this song carries value of giving me faith and power again
Love this theme, reminds me of the good ol' genesis days :) my favorite level and theme of the whole game well act 1' i liked better but still awesome. Thanks for posting this up.
Did Sonic 3 have a generations level? Or was it combined w/ Sonic & Knuckles? It's a shame. Generations was a decent idea, but we ended up with way too many city levels (day city, night city, foreign city, city on fire...)
