Some tracks contain arrangements from official Sonic songs like You Can Do Anything and Hidden Palace and Sweet Mountain from Sonic CD, Sonic 2 and Sonic Colors respectively.īeing a fan game, the Sonic Before the Sequel '12 Original Sound Track is, like the game itself, a free download. You'd think some of these tracks were written by Jun Senoue as some of the more guitar heavy tracks sound like they came from the Dreamcase games and beyond. There's a lot of funk on this soundtrack and it is super catchy. The result is a soundtrack that listens like a wonderful merging of both Sonic's musical worlds. No, I'm here to discuss the game's soundtrack, which is easily on par with official Sonic game soundtracks.īefore the Sequel may play like the Genesis Sonic games, but the music takes inspiration from both the classic and modern era of Sonic games. However, I'm not here to talk about the game. While there are a plethora of Sonic fan games and ROM hacks out there, Before the Sequel easily rates among one of the best. Sonic Before the Sequel is a fan game that released in 2011, playing very much like the Genesis 2D Sonic titles. Falk, Andy Tunstall, KgZ and Funk Fiction may not have had official gigs for writing Sonic music, but after hearing their work on Sonic Before the Sequel, I think SEGA would be wise to hire all of them or keep them in mind for future Sonic projects. The music he wrote for Sonic Mania has more than earned him a spot along side the Sonic music writing greats.

Recently, another name was added to the ranks of Sonic music legends: Tee Lopes. These people are music writing geniuses, responsible for giving Sonic the Hedgehog and company some of the most soothing, rocking, head bopping music. Masato Nakamura, Jun Senoue, Richard Jacques, Tomoya Ohtani, Naofumi Hayata, Fumie Kumatani, Kenichi Toki.

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