Whats cool is JP Robotnik is usually depicted as a jolly evil guy while US Robotnik was more depicted as a pure evil villian who never smiles. The boss themes reflect those differences
@@Agent_Extreme w h a t 😅, everyone loves that song, like do you mean as i the past version or what like even people who don't play sonic games have heard stardust speedway, i mean aside from green hill it might be one of the most if not the most iconic sonic song
@frenchtheguy I mean the original version of Stardust Speedway gets overshadowed by the remixes which is EXTREMELY valid but don't neglect the homie yk
19:28 - I spoke with a dude at Sega Europe (which is based in London) and he said in the 90's there were loads of pirate radio stations operating in London and he was listening and this was before he worked at Sega but he heard them playing the source track for the sample from the boss theme. the song is "Work that Sucker to Death - Xavier"
The only thing you missed from the Japanese OST is You Can Do Anything and Believe in Yourself, the opening and ending themes of the game. Definitely worth listening to for the full OST experience.
D.A Garden was supposed to play in a scrapped zone called Dubious depths, probably the present version. It was supposed to be the second level but was removed due to space. A bad future version of this song can be heard in the sonic the hedgehog - remix from 1994, along with bad future remixes from the other levels
@@gabigote1439 Not really, the focus of wacky workbench is to stay on the low paths, unlike traditional sonic stages, while dubious depths, which was the cd equivalent to marble zone, was likely just as slow, and looking at the ending animation, with water as well
@@gabigote1439 it was confirmed by naoto oshima tho, like a year ago. people asked him many question about R2 and he shared a few names of the stage and his "theory" that it was cut due to it being too slow to match sonic's speed
Stardust Speedway G Mix is the definition of Good vibes. I can say that for a lot of the G mixes for the Jp Sonic cd songs but Stardust Speedway is the best representation of the peak Good Vibes in Sonic CD
something i've always loved is that most of the music used the high quality cd audio for the music but for the past they used the genesis hard ware which not only helped with making it sound more simplistic but also saved on space for an already very ambitious game
Actually, the past tunes use the Sega CD's own sound chip (Ricoh RF5C164) which plays sequences of up to 8 samples at a time (very similarly to the SNES' Sony SPC700, but without its effects). In this game, the Genesis' Yamaha YM2612/YM3438 FM synthesizer only generates most of the sound effects.
@@RWL2012 huh, i thought it was the genisis hard ware playing it i didnt know it was still from the sega cd, in fact it being closer to a snes is very neat, thanks
I really enjoyed seeing your reaction to the Sonic CD soundtrack, both part 1 and part 2! I think you might find the US OST interesting! Greetings from Argentina!
I like how even after getting the good future in stardust speedway, you gotta beat metal sonic in a race with the bad future theme playing, like he's testing you to actually fight for the good future.
The DA Garden theme is very much inspired by 808 State - Pacific 707, which is a famous House music track from 1989. You can hear it clear as day when you play the two back-to-back.
Stardust Speedway is the most famous track from the game, but it’s absolutely deserved imo. Each of the different versions is great in its own way. As a Metal Sonic fan, though, Bad Future is my favourite. It basically became his theme song.
Glad to see that most of the OST was of your like. Stil... I think the iconic music intro is missing. I hope "You can do anything" gets reacted in a next Sonic video because I love the jp intro and how it's mixed in future tracks.
Stardust Speedway's Bad Future Mix's melody is also famous as Metal Sonic's theme! This has been a re-occurring melody within the Sonic franchise! But seriously! HUE HUE HUE!!!
I LOVE the “change of network” part right before the beat drop in metallic madness “B” because it shows that robotnik just *wins* here, you got the bad future, if you didn’t collect all the time stones, even with doing the things in the past necessary for a good future, eggman takes over little planet like he wanted and the “change of network” just shows that this ISNT little planet anymore, it’s just another part of the Eggman Empire
Sonic CD and Sonic riders zero gravity are by far the most atmospheric Sonic soundtracks. It’s beautifully chill at times yet full of energy and life it is most glorious
Metallic Madness "B" Mix goes as follows. "You can't do anything, so don't even even try it" "Get some help, Don't do what sonic does" "Sonic 💀 or alive... he's mine" Probably makes a reference to a previous track from the opening of the game. "You Can Do Anything" "Toot-toot, Sonic Warrior - always takes a chance Toot-toot, Sonic Warrior - never says he can't Nothing can survive the will to stay alive 'Cause if you try, you can do anything!" Crazy yes?
So glad you got to come back for Stardust Speedway, such an iconic stage for the series thanks in no small part to the muisic. Sonic CD was basically a cult classic for a long time, cause you needed a Sega CD to even play. There are a couple songs you missed, primarily the opening song, "Sonic Boom" and ending theme version as well. As a finale to this series, maybe watch the opening and ending, and then compare the music to the stages visuals as you mentioned. Either way, glad you enjoyed the soundtracks. 😎👍
Since this is the JP version she was listening to, the opening theme would have been "You Can Do Anything (Toot Toot Sonic Warrior)" instead of the US track "Sonic Boom." Maybe she'll get to that when she listens to the US OST!
Stardust Speedway's themes get some great remixes in later games. Generations and ESPECIALLY Mania do those tracks justice with the Metal Sonic boss themes.
Having only seen the opening animations to Sonic CD in Mega Collection during childhood, this game was such a mystery to me for the longest time. Was such a joy discovering the game and OST so many years later, so cool to see a fresh reaction to this in present day
Ik theres a lot of sonic games you could do but at some point please listen to Sonic Frontier's soundtrack, it has a lot from the open zone themes to the cyberspace themes to the boss themes but its all really good. I would love to see your reaction to any sonic game soundtrack though, so many good picks!
My brother had the US version of the game, and while I enjoyed the music, when I got to the past in Metallic Madness I couldn’t begin countenance why the music was not only so different but also so much better! It gave me chills with that synthetic wild cat roar or meow at the beginning of the track leading into the piano section. It was the first midi track I heard in the game at the time as well! I had to know why it was so different! Later my brother got the Japanese version and it probably wasn’t a week later before I raided my local NYC import shop and bought my own copy of the game just to listen to it! Great Stuff, as always!
Stardust Speedway is so well liked that it’s been remixed in other Sonic games so many times and they all sound just as amazing. You have an insanely wicked taste in music!! 🔥🔥 Keep these vids coming, I would absolutely love to see more of your reactions to music from this franchise or others as well!
I only found out about this game like 2 or so years ago. For you to react to the OST is awesome. Stardust Speedway is the absolute best. Video Game music goes hard!
Interesting fact! Originally, music D.A. Garden Meant for a Good Future Relic Ruin, But because the level was cut, He Found was renamed to D.A. Garden and was used in the tab of the same name (if there are any mistakes, then I apologize, I wrote through a translator)
I love your account! Some months ago my sonic hyper focus started. I’m a painter and I’ve been painting him on canvas, murals, stickers - your videos scratch a very specific spot in my brain! 😄
Metallic Madness' 3 main themes being so drastically into their tones is so straightforward but so perfect. Present saying "Hurry, you're running out of time!" Good F saying "Congratulations, the future is secured!" Bad F saying "It's over. You failed." Particularly the Futures. Doing that short little final level and either letting you bask in it/wallow in it is peak
Fun fact: D.A Garden / Little Planet is actually the Present them for the cut second level of Sonic CD known as "Dubious Depths" it was supposed to be inbetween Palmtree Panic and Collision Chaos.
I loved this. Very happy you enjoyed this. The BOSS!! theme always put a silly grin on my face and Stardust Speedway is amazing. Are you open to game ost suggestions btw? I assume from the 90s or 90s sounding music.
This video specifically was the gateway to your channel, and I insta-subscribed. Great reactions and commentary to one of my favorite OST's of all time. If people loved Sonic CD, I always try to direct them towards a fan game called "Sonic: After the Sequel"; has perhaps one of the most mindblowing OST's ever made, and barely anyone has uploaded their reactions on it. Highly recommend!
Wacky Workbench's good future mix with its dialing phone samples always give me the vibes of " todays a good day, just clocked in for work, the phones are ringing in the office, we are in business!" especially considering japan's economy was pretty good at that time, so i could see that being an inspiration on that song!
From the second you described Collision Chaos' theme as "funky as f**k" in your previous video you got an instant sub from me. I think you'd love the Sonic Mania soundtrack, some of the songs from CD have been remixed there to make them all shiny and new. Awesome channel, love your chill and enjoying these classic tracks anew through your eyes. :)
This is my first time watching you, you're such a positive vibe! Reminded me why I love this OST so much; I definitely would be down with you checking out other Sonic game soundtracks or just more game music in general. I personally recommend the work of Hideki Naganuma, he did stuff like the osts for Jet Set Radio and Sonic Rush.
Here before 6k subs 🧡 Glad you love this soundtrack as much as I do lol!! I totally agree about getting chills at the end of Metallic Madness G mix btw, call and response done well really makes my skin start jumping lmao
Stardust Speedway "B" Mix is iconic for many reasons, the big one being it's use during the race against Metal Sonic who very conveniently first appears in Sonic CD (the US version is very different)
Walking through the halls of my high school with both US and JP soundtracks I slowly downloaded of an FTP site at 28.8K blasting in my discman and terrified anyone would know I was listening to a sonic soundtrack of all things... I now feel vindicated that a non-sonic fan is like "hell yeah this is awesome!"
One thing I really like about Wacky Workbench is that, unlike most of the songs, which feature a walkdown on the pentatonic scale, it walks up the scale, which is actually reminiscent of the level itself because the floors bounce you way up high Also, the past version in particular goes out of its way to convert all of the chords into their major modes, which makes them sound suuuuuper wacky (hah, wacky)
Idk if they werent on the soundtrack but there's also 2 vocal themes part of the Sonic CD JPN soundtrack called "You can do anything" and "Cosmic Eternity"
What I love so much about metallic madness is the urgency. And you can hear the tempo between every time period get slower and slower . I see it representing eggman finally winning. With past being urgent to fix the future as quick as possible. Present being that eggman has took over this area and made it his. And bad future being the slowest showing his confidence and the laughter
Da garden theme was originally a level called dubious depths but got scrapped due to space and memory limitations , the song prob got altered to be what it is currently but it sounded different back in the earlier stages of sonic CD s' development.
@@SonicStuffs Yeah, it's pretty easy when you learn that, along with how to time travel with the bouncy floor. Btw, remember that comment I made about Cosmic Eternity? I'm making the video, just need to get the last three parts done 😅
Stardust Speedway has the best music in both soundtracks, and is perfectly evenly-matched between the two. Both present songs fit the levels perfectly, and yet are so, so different (I came up with the phrase US = Stardust and JP = Speedway all the way back in 2008 in the SonicKAI comment section, though that was on an old account). Same with the bad futures - I love them both equally. The good future is a toss-up for me - I think the Japanese version is beautiful, but it's also kinda boring. The American version is a lot more interesting but it's not as feel-good. As for the boss themes, I don't really like either. The JP version is too silly, and the US version... well, you'll hear it eventually.
@2:28 I agree tbh. The entire OST is pretty good, but Wacky Workbench is my least favorite zone out of this soundtrack + least favorite zone in the game in general
Had to watch this after seeing part 1. Great break down and even I noticed some new instruments and hooks in the music even 30 odd years later. PAL gamers were blessed with the Japanese music on the MegaCD. Though it wasn't licensing that forced a change in the US. They just didn't want what was there and got Spencer Nielsen to create an all new OST (bar the past music's which were done using MegaDrives internal Yamaha so they stayed the same in the US) to very...mixed results (aka no single song is better then it's JP/PAL counterpart) Was very enjoyable watching you vibe to this music that I've been listening to for 31 years. Always something new to discover with video games!
I don't think there were any licensing issues at all with this game, actually. What I think happened was that Sega of America wanted to make their own CD soundtrack but wouldn't bother with changing music of the past games since it was harder to do before CD. Think back to the many TV shows from Japan that got their own soundtracks overseas at the time. I highly recommend checking this game out if you ever get the time. It's one that I keep coming back to. Specifically the Sonic CD 2011 decompilation and its fork called CD Restored, which overhauls the time travel mechanic and restores the cutscenes. Keep in mind that that Restored by default has its own playlist for the soundtrack so you have to set every stage to play JP music if you want to experience the original release. But it really is super fun to play for like 30 minutes or 1 hour and try to get better at. And this game's original JP soundtrack is truly among the most incredible we've been gifted with
Oh and I forgot to mention about the "P" Mix tracks, they're all sequenced for the Mega CD PCM chip (I believe its called). So as you can hear they're made with the same limitations as all video games had before they were distributed on CDs. I think it really adds to how cool this game already is. For some reason people nowadays have been adamant on "restoring" these tracks to not have these limitations so CD Restored comes with that by default, but I don't like it at all, so I deleted all the files it adds for those: R1B.ogg, R3B.ogg, etc I think by doing all of this I'm left with a really incredible game that has a universally important message
You should also listen to the unused PCM loops for these tracks, they give these tracks a cool extra 3 seconds. They were meant to loop back to the beginning of the tracks since there was no sophisticated way to loop the tracks on the technology they had. On youtube you can find the "missing music restoration" which has all the music from this game in the same place
DA Garden/Little Planet is believed to be the present music from the scrapped "R2" zone, supposedly called Dubious Depths. And there is a "G" Mix called "Sonic Stream"
*3 notes play* Battleapple: well this sounds like late 80's, it music definitely has the distinctive sound and vibe that is reminiscent of the late 1980s. The synthesizer-heavy melodies, combined with the upbeat tempo and the characteristic drum machine beats, evoke a sense of nostalgia for that era. It’s almost as if one can picture the neon lights, the fashion trends, and the cultural atmosphere that defined the late '80s. The production style and the overall feel of the track transport listeners back to a time when pop and electronic music were undergoing significant transformations [...]" i'm really impressed by the amount of knowledge that exists, and how knowledgeable people can be
never listened to Sonic CDs OST til I watched this video, wow! Shout out for Guardian Heroes for the Sega Saturn, such an enthralling soundtrack with that made a great game even more fun to play. It has everything .. classical, jazz, rock, funk, trip hop... tunes as catchy as sonics
Great video! If you're considering a mini third video, you should also check 'You Can Do Anything', 'Cosmic Eternity', and 'Sonic Boom (US theme)' As cheesy as the lyrics are, they're still one of my top favorite vocal sonic songs out there
I didn’t have a Sega CD but years ago when I heard how different and how fire the midi tracks were I had to find out more. I eventually just bought the game for its soundtrack alone.
Sonic Mania is another banger of OST. The composer Tee Lopes mentioned that CD was a big influence for composing for Sonic Mania. Standout tracks are Stardust Speedyway. Studiopolis act 1 and 2. Green Hill Zone act 2 (Got a Palmtree Panic vibe) Press Garden act 2. Mirage Saloon. Super Sonic theme (Glimmering Gift - Super Transformation) Egg Reverie theme.
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"You can't do anything, don't even try" in Metallic Madness B Mix is a callback to the game's main theme called "You Can Do Anything"
Whats cool is JP Robotnik is usually depicted as a jolly evil guy while US Robotnik was more depicted as a pure evil villian who never smiles. The boss themes reflect those differences
Which includes traumatizing the Kids on US version, Alongside the Majin Sonic thing
The JP manuals describe him as a man baby which is fitting.
7:47 GET FUNKY, BE FUNKY, STAY FUNKY, YO HUSTLE HUSTLE 🗣️🗣️🔥
That’s what it says?? I thought it was just some dude going “Yeah oh yeah!” that had been tweaked around and manipulated
i always viewed it as cops yelling "HEY PUNK KID, hey punk kid, HEY PUNK KID" then some one else saying "HUSTLE HUSTLE" but it could be anything
The og Stardust Speedway is slept on
@@Agent_Extreme w h a t 😅, everyone loves that song, like do you mean as i the past version or what like even people who don't play sonic games have heard stardust speedway, i mean aside from green hill it might be one of the most if not the most iconic sonic song
@frenchtheguy I mean the original version of Stardust Speedway gets overshadowed by the remixes which is EXTREMELY valid but don't neglect the homie yk
19:28 - I spoke with a dude at Sega Europe (which is based in London) and he said in the 90's there were loads of pirate radio stations operating in London and he was listening and this was before he worked at Sega but he heard them playing the source track for the sample from the boss theme. the song is "Work that Sucker to Death - Xavier"
OMG thanks for posting this. I haven't listened to that in a bit!! such a good song 😊
13:56 i love how she unintentionally asks "What the hell is he saying?" And the rap instantly goes "GET OUTTA HERE"
"Sonic's gonna fucking die if you don't win" should've been a real lyric
Sonic won't die, but little planet will tho
They can't swear in a kids game, Sam.
@@rafaelpereiragomes1735 "worke that sucker to death" worst thing they said
@@MalenbolaiTrue.
"Sonic, dead or alive, is mine"
You should check Sonic Mania OST, it's the closest to CD in style :D
Agreed, Sonic Mania should definitely be next! You're channel is now a Sonic music channel, sorry not sorry 🤷
love press garden!
Definitely. Talk about a kickass soundtrack all around
Sonic mania stardust speedway 🙏🏻
Real
BTW Stardust Speedway B Mix is pretty much Metal Sonic's theme, so it's now one of the most iconic Sonic songs just out there-
Thank God for that cause this song always hits no matter the mix
It SO has to appear in the next Sonic movie!
The New Jack Swing influence on Stardust Speedway is crazy, it really is a product of its time while still sounding timeless!
Just in case you wanna go on a New Jack Swing deepdive, search anything from Teddy Riley from the late 80's- early 90's.
I'm glad to see someone call it by name. Love me some New Jack Swing.
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And MJ's Dangerous album!
And Guy's first album. That was Teddy's band.
Your voice is like unintentional ASMR, mixed with some of the greatest VG music ever made, mixed with smart and interesting reactions. Instant sub.
True, her videos are always so relaxing lol
She's just unabashedly authentic. Pretty refreshing nowadays.
The only thing you missed from the Japanese OST is You Can Do Anything and Believe in Yourself, the opening and ending themes of the game. Definitely worth listening to for the full OST experience.
I knew you'd ADORE stardust speedway
WE ARE SO FUCKING BACKKK JUST IN TIME FOR MY ART SESSION.
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@@battleappleAbout the previous video you released a couple days ago, it’s totally alright if you butchered the pronunciation the name
8:14 - "HIT IT!" (The cat turned their head) so cute.
What the hell was going on in 1993? One hell of a stacked year for entertainment
rave music was happening. You can definitely hears it's influence in a lot of videogame soundtracks and vice versa
Wasn't sonic cd released in 1992 tho?
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It was released in 1993. Sonic 2 released in 1992.
D.A Garden was supposed to play in a scrapped zone called Dubious depths, probably the present version. It was supposed to be the second level but was removed due to space. A bad future version of this song can be heard in the sonic the hedgehog - remix from 1994, along with bad future remixes from the other levels
I thought it was removed because it didn't suit Sonic's speed.
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Wacky workbench exists in this game
So
Clearly thats not it
@@gabigote1439 Not really, the focus of wacky workbench is to stay on the low paths, unlike traditional sonic stages, while dubious depths, which was the cd equivalent to marble zone, was likely just as slow, and looking at the ending animation, with water as well
@@Someoneidk-k6m the ending animation segment doesn't feature any water?
@@gabigote1439 it was confirmed by naoto oshima tho, like a year ago. people asked him many question about R2 and he shared a few names of the stage and his "theory" that it was cut due to it being too slow to match sonic's speed
Quartz Quadrant and Stardust speedway are masterpieces
The whole ost is
Am I right?👍🏿
Stardust Speedway G Mix is the definition of Good vibes. I can say that for a lot of the G mixes for the Jp Sonic cd songs but Stardust Speedway is the best representation of the peak Good Vibes in Sonic CD
something i've always loved is that most of the music used the high quality cd audio for the music but for the past they used the genesis hard ware which not only helped with making it sound more simplistic but also saved on space for an already very ambitious game
Actually, the past tunes use the Sega CD's own sound chip (Ricoh RF5C164) which plays sequences of up to 8 samples at a time (very similarly to the SNES' Sony SPC700, but without its effects).
In this game, the Genesis' Yamaha YM2612/YM3438 FM synthesizer only generates most of the sound effects.
@@RWL2012 huh, i thought it was the genisis hard ware playing it i didnt know it was still from the sega cd, in fact it being closer to a snes is very neat, thanks
I really enjoyed seeing your reaction to the Sonic CD soundtrack, both part 1 and part 2! I think you might find the US OST interesting! Greetings from Argentina!
Metallic Madness Good Future never fails to make me feel emotional. It's even more effective in the context of the game
I like how even after getting the good future in stardust speedway, you gotta beat metal sonic in a race with the bad future theme playing, like he's testing you to actually fight for the good future.
Sonic CD is a all time favorite OST of mine
The DA Garden theme is very much inspired by 808 State - Pacific 707, which is a famous House music track from 1989. You can hear it clear as day when you play the two back-to-back.
Im glad your giving the soundtrack a try! :D
Stardust Speedway is the most famous track from the game, but it’s absolutely deserved imo. Each of the different versions is great in its own way.
As a Metal Sonic fan, though, Bad Future is my favourite. It basically became his theme song.
I’ve listened to this soundtrack so many times and this is the first time I’m noticing the “I got the power” sample 😮 thanks for pointing that out!!
21:55 - It's where I got my online name from. I love anything Sonic, and the D.A. Garden theme is so mysterious and unusual.
Me too!
This OST is definitely one to easily vibe to at anytime. It's definitely one of my most favorite OST's of all time.
Glad to see that most of the OST was of your like.
Stil... I think the iconic music intro is missing. I hope "You can do anything" gets reacted in a next Sonic video because I love the jp intro and how it's mixed in future tracks.
Stardust Speedway's Bad Future Mix's melody is also famous as Metal Sonic's theme! This has been a re-occurring melody within the Sonic franchise! But seriously! HUE HUE HUE!!!
I LOVE the “change of network” part right before the beat drop in metallic madness “B” because it shows that robotnik just *wins* here, you got the bad future, if you didn’t collect all the time stones, even with doing the things in the past necessary for a good future, eggman takes over little planet like he wanted and the “change of network” just shows that this ISNT little planet anymore, it’s just another part of the Eggman Empire
Sonic CD and Sonic riders zero gravity are by far the most atmospheric Sonic soundtracks. It’s beautifully chill at times yet full of energy and life it is most glorious
Idk why, but Past Wacky Workbench has become one of my favorite tracks recently, it's just like a big DJ party 🥳
Why does your channel bring back memories even though it’s literally not even old😭😭
Metallic Madness "B" Mix goes as follows.
"You can't do anything, so don't even even try it"
"Get some help, Don't do what sonic does"
"Sonic 💀 or alive... he's mine"
Probably makes a reference to a previous track from the opening of the game. "You Can Do Anything"
"Toot-toot, Sonic Warrior - always takes a chance
Toot-toot, Sonic Warrior - never says he can't
Nothing can survive the will to stay alive
'Cause if you try, you can do anything!"
Crazy yes?
So glad you got to come back for Stardust Speedway, such an iconic stage for the series thanks in no small part to the muisic. Sonic CD was basically a cult classic for a long time, cause you needed a Sega CD to even play.
There are a couple songs you missed, primarily the opening song, "Sonic Boom" and ending theme version as well. As a finale to this series, maybe watch the opening and ending, and then compare the music to the stages visuals as you mentioned. Either way, glad you enjoyed the soundtracks. 😎👍
Since this is the JP version she was listening to, the opening theme would have been "You Can Do Anything (Toot Toot Sonic Warrior)" instead of the US track "Sonic Boom." Maybe she'll get to that when she listens to the US OST!
aye! I knew you'd love Stardust Speedway! 😌👌🏾🔥
Can't wait to see your reaction to Sonic Mania's rendition of it
All of the original Japanese versions of all of the tracks in Sonic CD are not just lit, they're LITTY. Which means they're even better than lit.
Stardust Speedway's themes get some great remixes in later games. Generations and ESPECIALLY Mania do those tracks justice with the Metal Sonic boss themes.
Don't sleep on the Sonic Generations version. Very similar to the OG bad future, but it does just enough to spice things up.
@@jordancooney6817 Absolutely! The intro on Gens version sounds really nice!
@@ThePurpleCheeseMan I really like the keyboard section that was added over parts of the song.
Having only seen the opening animations to Sonic CD in Mega Collection during childhood, this game was such a mystery to me for the longest time. Was such a joy discovering the game and OST so many years later, so cool to see a fresh reaction to this in present day
Ik theres a lot of sonic games you could do but at some point please listen to Sonic Frontier's soundtrack, it has a lot from the open zone themes to the cyberspace themes to the boss themes but its all really good. I would love to see your reaction to any sonic game soundtrack though, so many good picks!
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My brother had the US version of the game, and while I enjoyed the music, when I got to the past in Metallic Madness I couldn’t begin countenance why the music was not only so different but also so much better! It gave me chills with that synthetic wild cat roar or meow at the beginning of the track leading into the piano section. It was the first midi track I heard in the game at the time as well! I had to know why it was so different!
Later my brother got the Japanese version and it probably wasn’t a week later before I raided my local NYC import shop and bought my own copy of the game just to listen to it!
Great Stuff, as always!
Stardust Speedway is so well liked that it’s been remixed in other Sonic games so many times and they all sound just as amazing.
You have an insanely wicked taste in music!! 🔥🔥
Keep these vids coming, I would absolutely love to see more of your reactions to music from this franchise or others as well!
I only found out about this game like 2 or so years ago. For you to react to the OST is awesome. Stardust Speedway is the absolute best. Video Game music goes hard!
Yesss, been waiting for this! Great vibes on this channel overall
Sonic CD had one godlike soundtrack.
After all this time, Stardust Speedway STILL slaps so hard.🔥
Interesting fact! Originally, music D.A. Garden Meant for a Good Future Relic Ruin, But because the level was cut, He Found was renamed to D.A. Garden and was used in the tab of the same name (if there are any mistakes, then I apologize, I wrote through a translator)
4:31 THE BOY IN THE BACK MOVES!! 🐈
I love your account! Some months ago my sonic hyper focus started. I’m a painter and I’ve been painting him on canvas, murals, stickers - your videos scratch a very specific spot in my brain! 😄
Metallic Madness' 3 main themes being so drastically into their tones is so straightforward but so perfect.
Present saying "Hurry, you're running out of time!" Good F saying "Congratulations, the future is secured!" Bad F saying "It's over. You failed."
Particularly the Futures. Doing that short little final level and either letting you bask in it/wallow in it is peak
I’ve just been spamming comments as I watch the video but ong, your commentary is just so entertaining. I really hope your channel continues to grow!
Fun fact: D.A Garden / Little Planet is actually the Present them for the cut second level of Sonic CD known as "Dubious Depths" it was supposed to be inbetween Palmtree Panic and Collision Chaos.
I loved this. Very happy you enjoyed this. The BOSS!! theme always put a silly grin on my face and Stardust Speedway is amazing.
Are you open to game ost suggestions btw? I assume from the 90s or 90s sounding music.
This video specifically was the gateway to your channel, and I insta-subscribed. Great reactions and commentary to one of my favorite OST's of all time. If people loved Sonic CD, I always try to direct them towards a fan game called "Sonic: After the Sequel"; has perhaps one of the most mindblowing OST's ever made, and barely anyone has uploaded their reactions on it. Highly recommend!
Interesting!! I’ll check it out! Thanks for the support. 😊
So glad for this Part 2, I've been jamming to these tracks for 30 years. The Special Stage is my ringtone.
The thing that makes Wacky Workbench is that triangle
just watched these videos and was inspired to bang out some music! thanks for making them!
Wacky Workbench's good future mix with its dialing phone samples always give me the vibes of " todays a good day, just clocked in for work, the phones are ringing in the office, we are in business!" especially considering japan's economy was pretty good at that time, so i could see that being an inspiration on that song!
16:24 "➿️ that was cool" 😂
From the second you described Collision Chaos' theme as "funky as f**k" in your previous video you got an instant sub from me.
I think you'd love the Sonic Mania soundtrack, some of the songs from CD have been remixed there to make them all shiny and new.
Awesome channel, love your chill and enjoying these classic tracks anew through your eyes. :)
Stardust Speedway Bad Future is also the Metal Sonic race theme
This is my first time watching you, you're such a positive vibe! Reminded me why I love this OST so much; I definitely would be down with you checking out other Sonic game soundtracks or just more game music in general. I personally recommend the work of Hideki Naganuma, he did stuff like the osts for Jet Set Radio and Sonic Rush.
Was nodding along to tgese bangers for the entire video lol Awesome video!
Here before 6k subs 🧡 Glad you love this soundtrack as much as I do lol!! I totally agree about getting chills at the end of Metallic Madness G mix btw, call and response done well really makes my skin start jumping lmao
I love your videos so much!
Thank you for being a positive voice, I feel like that’s so rare these days.
I am not a big sonic fan, so I was listening this for the first time too. Bangers.
Stardust Speedway "B" Mix is iconic for many reasons, the big one being it's use during the race against Metal Sonic who very conveniently first appears in Sonic CD (the US version is very different)
Love your channel! Analyzing and vibing to Sonic music is 10/10 :)
Walking through the halls of my high school with both US and JP soundtracks I slowly downloaded of an FTP site at 28.8K blasting in my discman and terrified anyone would know I was listening to a sonic soundtrack of all things... I now feel vindicated that a non-sonic fan is like "hell yeah this is awesome!"
You put my favorite one for the outro :D
One thing I really like about Wacky Workbench is that, unlike most of the songs, which feature a walkdown on the pentatonic scale, it walks up the scale, which is actually reminiscent of the level itself because the floors bounce you way up high
Also, the past version in particular goes out of its way to convert all of the chords into their major modes, which makes them sound suuuuuper wacky (hah, wacky)
Okay lady, i wanna ask, why did you cut this specific part of the song 8:47, it's a certified banger
You should check out the Streets of rage 1 and 2 soundtrack, they are iconic.
Definitely
Idk if they werent on the soundtrack but there's also 2 vocal themes part of the Sonic CD JPN soundtrack called "You can do anything" and "Cosmic Eternity"
What I love so much about metallic madness is the urgency. And you can hear the tempo between every time period get slower and slower . I see it representing eggman finally winning.
With past being urgent to fix the future as quick as possible. Present being that eggman has took over this area and made it his. And bad future being the slowest showing his confidence and the laughter
Da garden theme was originally a level called dubious depths but got scrapped due to space and memory limitations , the song prob got altered to be what it is currently but it sounded different back in the earlier stages of sonic CD s' development.
every cd fan hates wacky workbench , They just play it to hear the music
@@bardhi09 the entire level can be skipped once you reach to the top on the very beginning. Your welcome :)
*every cd fan who didn't enter the "crushers" and openings in the walls yet
@@RandomHomoSapiens easy right? 😆
@@SonicStuffs Yeah, it's pretty easy when you learn that, along with how to time travel with the bouncy floor.
Btw, remember that comment I made about Cosmic Eternity? I'm making the video, just need to get the last three parts done 😅
@@RandomHomoSapiens oh I mean you can skip the entire act 2 of mm
But yeah that too for the time travel. And ohhhh sounds good! I can't wait to watch!
Metallic madness bad future is absolute 🔥🔥🔥 the best theme in the game
It’s good but not my favorite.
I think it's incredible Sonic franchise has been able to almost maintain the same musical identity all this time.
Stardust Speedway has the best music in both soundtracks, and is perfectly evenly-matched between the two. Both present songs fit the levels perfectly, and yet are so, so different (I came up with the phrase US = Stardust and JP = Speedway all the way back in 2008 in the SonicKAI comment section, though that was on an old account). Same with the bad futures - I love them both equally. The good future is a toss-up for me - I think the Japanese version is beautiful, but it's also kinda boring. The American version is a lot more interesting but it's not as feel-good.
As for the boss themes, I don't really like either. The JP version is too silly, and the US version... well, you'll hear it eventually.
The edits of these videos are so GOOD!! 😭
I’m definitely gonna check out your channel some more! ❤
Glad you’re enjoying!!
Suscribed, I love your reactions listening the tracks.Waiting for more Sonic OST videos.
@2:28 I agree tbh. The entire OST is pretty good, but Wacky Workbench is my least favorite zone out of this soundtrack + least favorite zone in the game in general
Had to watch this after seeing part 1. Great break down and even I noticed some new instruments and hooks in the music even 30 odd years later. PAL gamers were blessed with the Japanese music on the MegaCD. Though it wasn't licensing that forced a change in the US. They just didn't want what was there and got Spencer Nielsen to create an all new OST (bar the past music's which were done using MegaDrives internal Yamaha so they stayed the same in the US) to very...mixed results (aka no single song is better then it's JP/PAL counterpart)
Was very enjoyable watching you vibe to this music that I've been listening to for 31 years. Always something new to discover with video games!
I don't think there were any licensing issues at all with this game, actually. What I think happened was that Sega of America wanted to make their own CD soundtrack but wouldn't bother with changing music of the past games since it was harder to do before CD. Think back to the many TV shows from Japan that got their own soundtracks overseas at the time. I highly recommend checking this game out if you ever get the time. It's one that I keep coming back to. Specifically the Sonic CD 2011 decompilation and its fork called CD Restored, which overhauls the time travel mechanic and restores the cutscenes. Keep in mind that that Restored by default has its own playlist for the soundtrack so you have to set every stage to play JP music if you want to experience the original release. But it really is super fun to play for like 30 minutes or 1 hour and try to get better at. And this game's original JP soundtrack is truly among the most incredible we've been gifted with
Oh and I forgot to mention about the "P" Mix tracks, they're all sequenced for the Mega CD PCM chip (I believe its called). So as you can hear they're made with the same limitations as all video games had before they were distributed on CDs. I think it really adds to how cool this game already is. For some reason people nowadays have been adamant on "restoring" these tracks to not have these limitations so CD Restored comes with that by default, but I don't like it at all, so I deleted all the files it adds for those: R1B.ogg, R3B.ogg, etc
I think by doing all of this I'm left with a really incredible game that has a universally important message
You should also listen to the unused PCM loops for these tracks, they give these tracks a cool extra 3 seconds. They were meant to loop back to the beginning of the tracks since there was no sophisticated way to loop the tracks on the technology they had. On youtube you can find the "missing music restoration" which has all the music from this game in the same place
DA Garden/Little Planet is believed to be the present music from the scrapped "R2" zone, supposedly called Dubious Depths. And there is a "G" Mix called "Sonic Stream"
sonic always have such amazing osts also I just got you channal reccommended and you vids seems amazing
Get funky! Be funky! Stay funky and hustle hustle!
*3 notes play*
Battleapple: well this sounds like late 80's, it music definitely has the distinctive sound and vibe that is reminiscent of the late 1980s. The synthesizer-heavy melodies, combined with the upbeat tempo and the characteristic drum machine beats, evoke a sense of nostalgia for that era. It’s almost as if one can picture the neon lights, the fashion trends, and the cultural atmosphere that defined the late '80s. The production style and the overall feel of the track transport listeners back to a time when pop and electronic music were undergoing significant transformations [...]"
i'm really impressed by the amount of knowledge that exists, and how knowledgeable people can be
15:30 All your Thomson Gazelle be like: “😡”
Also, great video :) Please do the intro and ending themes for JP and US as well
"HAVE A KID
HERE'S YOUR KID
HAVE A KID
LET'S HUSTLE HUSTLE"
The music of DA Garden is from a deleted level called Dubious depths
never listened to Sonic CDs OST til I watched this video, wow!
Shout out for Guardian Heroes for the Sega Saturn, such an enthralling soundtrack with that made a great game even more fun to play. It has everything .. classical, jazz, rock, funk, trip hop... tunes as catchy as sonics
Great video! If you're considering a mini third video, you should also check 'You Can Do Anything', 'Cosmic Eternity', and 'Sonic Boom (US theme)'
As cheesy as the lyrics are, they're still one of my top favorite vocal sonic songs out there
Collision Chaos Good Future, Quartz Quadrant Present, and Stardust Speedway Present are my favorites of Sonic CD.
Both ost’s are God-Tier. So grateful for both.
I didn’t have a Sega CD but years ago when I heard how different and how fire the midi tracks were I had to find out more. I eventually just bought the game for its soundtrack alone.
20:49 it is in fact the final boss music 💥
Sonic Mania is another banger of OST. The composer Tee Lopes mentioned that CD was a big influence for composing for Sonic Mania. Standout tracks are Stardust Speedyway. Studiopolis act 1 and 2. Green Hill Zone act 2 (Got a Palmtree Panic vibe) Press Garden act 2. Mirage Saloon. Super Sonic theme (Glimmering Gift - Super Transformation)
Egg Reverie theme.