I actually tend be a bit down on that music specifically because it sounds too emotive and sad for a “level 1” in a platform game imo. It really isn’t a feel-good tune lol
'06s music was definitely made by people who believed in the project, Wishing upon the Chaos Emeralds has to be one of my favorites, it's a masterpiece soundtrack intended to go with a masterpiece game... What could've been
Endless Possibilities holds a special place in my heart because when I first listened to it I was about to go to college and it made me feel like I could turn myself around and see all the possibilities my life could go toward. Living with my parents was a nightmare and I hated myself but nowadays I think I'm starting to get better about everything and I feel like I actually have a better support system.
Something about Theme of Starfall Islands just touches my very core in a way I don’t really understand. It gets across such a strong emotion without coming off as overly sappy or sad or melodramatic. Such a great track.
Raisin’ Me Up from the end of Sonic Rush always gets to me. The visual of Blaze being the first to put her hand out for Sonic to shake, and he greets her with a hearty high five perfectly sums up who sonic is as a character and the growth Blaze had went through in her story. The restoration of dimensions pulling them apart will never not hurt to watch
The song Mephiles Whisper from 06 always gets to me. It really encapsulates that feeling of something or someone getting under your skin and making you feel anxious. That whole cutscene is definitely an highlight of Shadow's story in this game
Yeah they really nailed the feeling of a dark abomination that steals your shadow very well. I wish he or something similar in concept would be used again but executed better
I really love the end of the track same with Showdown with Mephiles pulling you out of the despair and giving you new hope. The music has this sort of resistance to the track's first 2 thirds in an optimistic and badass way.
My favorite aspect of any sonic game is and will always be the music. Especially in the classic games, it really does hit the right notes and you can feel it in your soul!
For me, the collection room theme from generations (the 3K save select theme remix) is that one theme. Every time I go back to look at the concept art it really makes you feel like you're going back in time, it's quite magical... It was my equivalent of the mega collection museum theme, and it feels good every time. When it showed up at the symphony I teared up, legit (it was the sonic jam museum theme, but whatever, it's pretty much the same)
Fun fact: the menu song from Sonic Forces changes after you beat the game. The new song is slow and somber, with a mix of piano and strings. It's easily my favorite track from Forces.
At 15:37 You used my comment from the My Destiny video! By far the most unexpected shoutout I've ever seen. Thank you for noticing and making this video!
I know that they hardly fit a Sonic game, but I absolutely love the menu music from Black Knight, especially the Blacksmith and Fan Art themes. I usually turn them on in the background and they always chill me out
Also, shout-out to "Faraway Avalon." It's an energetic tune, but I doubt most people have heard it since it only plays in 2 side missions that you unlock after clearing every other side mission, if memory serves correctly. Most people probably didn't bother with the game after finishing the story (if even that much), based on it's general reputation.
@@MegaSonicX6 Yeah I can definitely agree that Faraway Avalon is underrated, luckily for me I was one of the people that really liked the game and so beat the whole thing. One of the best stage themes stuck behind a few optional missions. Also the Options theme is really nice too, I can definitely say that I love it, and especially Ash Grove and Name entry too, alongside the already mentioned stuff. Black Knight has my favourite soundtrack ever made, what can I say?
My favorite is honestly the Name Entry theme. The use of violins is so soothing, but with a tinge of melancholy. It conjures the feeling of bathing in the warmth of radiant sunlight in a bright, open field, but also an underlying mournfulness for something long lost to the past.
planet wisp has gotta be the stage theme with the most emotional impact. planet wisp in general is perfect environmental storytelling both because of its music and the things going on in the stage
Seeing the title, my mind instantly shot to Live Life from Black Knight. It absolutely fits the tone and message of the game. It's somber and reflective, and yet hopeful. Definitely my favorite music that makes you feel.
For me it’s Endless Posibilites. There’s something about the song that makes me reflect on all of my low points and make me realize that I’ve healed and turned into a better person. ‘And now I feel so free’, man, I’ve bawled like a baby to it
Endless Possibility HITS DIFFERENT after you beat Perfect Dark Gaia, you beat him but you also lose Chip and he can't even get a proper goodbye from Sonic. Unleashed is really peak
sea bottom segue is the one that always gets me. i used to have a friend around 2017-18 that i would talk to on discord pretty much every night, all night long because we were night owls even though she lives on the opposite side of america. but she always had it playing in the background because it was her favorite song, like almost every single night she’d play that song at least once and we’d just kinda vibe. until one day she just kinda stopped talking to me, and i’m not sure why. i know she didn’t like die or anything because we still follow each other on instagram and i see her posts, we just don’t talk anymore. not sure what i ever did wrong, or if it was even my fault or what, but that’s one of the 2 or 3 songs that give me real big somber nostalgia feelings whenever i hear it, and it always makes me think of her. i hope she’s doing okay, i think about her pretty often
Shoutout to the fan art section in the Sonic and the Black Knight. I know it's just a remix but seeing that a lot of people care so much about different aspects of a silly videogame character that is so important to me makes me truly happy. Knowing that i share the same love for this franchise with so many people always warms my heart.
one of my favorite moments in the series is the song that plays when Chip disappears at the end of Unleashed it going from sadness that Chip is gone into bombastic when Sonic looks at the horizon and starts running and Endless Possibility plays it just hits so hard man
16:50 For me ,"Gallery" From sonic generations is like my version of the sonic mega collection art room (mainly cause it is generations equivalent) but sometimes when I hear that song it brings a tear to my eye cause I remember that I can never go back to those times when I would play generations for hours and just be happy constantly yknow?
I know we all love the Kellin Quinn songs in frontiers, but I think my absolute favorite has to be “I’m With You”. It was so, unexpected and the lingering feeling for the official version just hits. I can understand if it’s repetitive for some, but the melody invokes sadness, but with some hope along with it, as if the melody is just drilling that in your head. Also I’m not sure but correct me if I’m wrong, but something tells me the chords used for “I’m with you” are the same or similar ones used in “Kronos Movement 1”.
im with you is so underrated its crazy. it has a lot of the same powerful emotion and grand feeling that the orchestral renditions of his world and such have. yeah, its not based on any preexisting song (i guess they kinda did the reverse with this one lol), but its still fantastic in its own right shortly after the games release a japanese twitter user wrote some notes for a japanese stream sonic team did, in which it was revealed that im with you is from the pov of sage, about how even in death she'll always be with eggman, and the quiet piano bit at the end represents her thoughts as shes floating through space i already adored the track before, but learning this made me appreciate it even more
The Last Scene is so good, I listen to it on a regular basis. Especially knowing the context of the story, it really evokes emotions. And I haven't played '06 yet, but wow, its soundtrack is SO GOOD.
I was obsessed with Unleashed and CD at a really difficult part of my life, and looking back the soundtracks were a huge part of my day to day while doing homework, drawing, hanging out in my room, etc. In a weird way the music takes me back to that uncertain time, but it also reminds me of the good there was buried in that sadness and the wavering optimism I held towards my future. Its the strongest bond I hold with my teenage self and a comforting light when things feel dark.
The entire soundtrack of sonic mega collection plus is so intensely nostalgic for me because I used to play that thing all the time up until I lost it at 15. That game is the soundtrack for my childhood
If only people knew. People started paying for monthly subscribtions on therapy after youtube got terminated. Heck, they can barely watch those 6 seconds long videos on tiktok.
I have many Sonic tunes that make me feel different emotions. Like, Green Forest always gets my adrenaline pumping, and Chaos Angel Zone gives me this overall sense of dread and finality. But I think the one Sonic song that really made me FEEL was Jungle Joyride Night. That low viola string paired with the chimes gives off this melancholic heavy vibe that had me immersed in the stage. I felt like I wasn't playing a Sonic stage, I was actually exploring Adabat's jungle in the cold dark.
to me find your flame has greatly affected me in the feels. I've been going through a lot mental healing and stuff the last 2 months and I got frontiers for Christmas and when I heard find your flame I felt so many emotions and I listen to at least once every day since Christmas. It's really helped me find my flame and to not give up.
My favorite has always been the beginning bit of never look back. That piano piece genuinely has the emotion of a life full of hardship, ending on an even sadder note, and then the guitar and drums kick in, followed by lyrics literally telling you you’re never looking back. It’s a great way to wrap up shadow’s tragic story, and shows he’s moving on with his life. It’s so good
The Last Scene theme from SA2 makes me cry everytime. Not only it's sad because of the context of the scene that plays it, but also in a way that it takes me back to my childhood. Sure, many songs can do that, but it's just different when an emotional song like that one does that, you know? It's difficult to explain... Another song that I really like is Holoska at night(the hub world one) Like damn, I listened to it a few years ago and I can't believe I overlooked it for so long :0 A song that makes me feel warn in a cold night, and that's just so nice :) ... Can we count My Die Young as a Sonic Music?
I’m very glad that the Mega Collection was brought up in this, not only is it an amazing collection, but the music itself is such a vibe, and it really resonates with everyone who grew up with it
Ouranos Island's theme from Frontiers actually has been an earworm for me. It's so transcendent and serene, and sounds more like something from a NieR game than Sonic. I also love the music from Black Knight that plays during the scene where Sonic confronts Merlina as the Dark Queen. It starts of as a tragic reprise of Merlina's theme, but transitions into a powerful, vengeful piece when she starts beating down Sonic. Following it up with It Doesn't Matter when Sonic makes his comeback is also an amazing touch.
The sonic mega collection extras music hits me in a primal part of my brain, I spent hours as a kid sitting at that screen looking at all the comic covers. My mom was the best and she introduced me to sonic at just the right age and I’ll never forget the times I sat in her room playing the mega collection with her watching me. Whenever I would get an extra life she’d say “you got a new guy” and as kid I thought I unlocked a new character like shadow to play as haha. She would get me every new sonic game that came out, it’s like she knew how important it was to me. I remember watching gremlins in our living room and my mom came home with sonic unleashed as it came out just that week, I’m not sure if anyone is old enough to remember but back in the day if you left a game on the title screen it would play a mini movie/trailer, for sonic unleashed I believe it played its E3 trailer and plays endless possibilities, every time I’d boot up the game I’d let that trailer play to hear that song. Whenever I hear it now I actually cry a bit, not because I’m sad, but I realize how thankful I am to have had such an amazing childhood, that song ignites such a special feeling in me, my mom did an amazing job raising me without my dad around and sonic was always there for me. I’m 21 years old now and I’m still playing sonic games to this day and I love him just as much as I did when I was a kid.
the gaia gate theme from unleashed is one of the more nostalgic songs from it for me. i may prefer the hd version, but i grew up with the ps2 version, where this track actually gets used (in the hd version you only hear a bit of it in one cutscene). i love any kind of open world area in a platformer, and i spent a lot of time in the gaia temples. its such an atmospheric tune, kind of reminds me of sky sanctuary
Seascape from Knuckles Chaotix is a track that always makes me feel nostalgic and sad. I found out about Chaotix back when I was around 9 or so, and Seascape was instantly my favorite song off of the OST. My home life at the time was pretty bad, so I whenever I felt tired, or just wanted to chill for a bit, I'd go back to that song. It was sort of an escape for me, a calming release. Whenever I heard it, I imagined myself standing out on a pier at night, watching as ships sailed past, their lights reflecting off the cool water. Besides, it was just a catchy and fun song to listen to. I remember listening to it when I did all kinds of other stuff, but most notably, whenever I played this online MMO with a few friends I had at the time. They were just a bunch of other kids like me, but we all had fun together, and we were all Sonic fans too. I even had a small crush on one of them. They were my only friends back then. I don't know them anymore, we all went our separate ways abruptly. I wish I could've known them longer. Whenever I listen to Seascape now, I think back on those days. I think about those friends I had, the fun we had together, the memories we made. I think about the nights I spent trying to calm myself down, listening to my family argue day after day, and feeling like my whole world was collapsing. And I still imagine that pier at night, that calming open sea, and those bright ships in the distance. It's a surreal feeling, one I welcome as much as I hate. It comforts me, yet makes me feel this almost unbearable longing. I'm not sure what for, though. Oh, and Labyrinth Zone has the most infuriating song ever. It's not even because of the level itself, the song just sounds super fucking annoying. If it was a person, I'd punch it.
6:06 Oh hey, it’s that music that one fanmade Fighting game had in it that played if you had certain tools on your computer. I can’t believe I remember that after all these years, it basically turned the game into a creepypasta because someone who worked on the game wanted to keep people from poking around i the files or something. It was a pretty big controversy at the time iirc, but it’s long since passed, and I’m not sure how exactly it went aside from it being creepy and making the game borderline malware.
I’d say the Sonic song that gives me the most feels would be “Knight Of The Wind.” There’s just something so epic about it, and it also features what I’d consider to be Jun Senoue’s best guitar solo *EVER.*
Pretty much every song Crush 40 and crew have done can bring out a number of emotions or images from me. I always call “I Am All Of Me” Crush 40’s “Moshpit” song, cuz not only is it their heaviest, but it also gives me the image of the pit at your local hardcore show just lettin’ loose. “Endless Possibilities,” which I consider to technically be a Bowling For Soup song, is always very inspiring and uplifting. Same with “Live And Learn” and “Escape From The City.” And “Open Your Heart” is just a straight rocker.
Sonic Mega Collection Plus was my full introduction to Sonic, and hearing the ost of that collection hit me in the feels and left me a beautiful memory I'll never forget. But I remember when I finally got to play Sonic 06, and hearing his world filled me with so much hope, determination, and bad assness. I felt like I was sonic myself, lol.
Something similar it happens to me with Mario and the Mario Galaxy ost. The Space Junk Galaxy, the whole observatory themes, Rosalina's backstory, and the lumas' sacrifice, etc. For a game often associated with synths, orchestra and jazz, it makes it more memorable.
I remember around the time when Colors: Ultimate was announced. One night, I was spending my time on RUclips & got recommended the new remix of Reach For The Stars. I fell in love with the song immediately, listening to remix after remix of it, & dicovering other tracks & it was the catalyst that made me the sonic fan I am today. The Sonic series’s soundtrack truly is a magical thing. SA1’s music also makes me feel nostalgic for a time I didn’t even exist in.
For me it would probably be the fan art reel music from Black Knight, which is a cover of It Doesn't Matter from SA2, it just hits too close to home and is very nostalgic, makes me remember my childhood. cover of a cover.
The Sonic 1 credits music when it transitions into GreenHill gives me nostalgic goosebumps every time I hear it, even when I heard it for the first time back when I completed it 30 odd years ago 🤷♂️
Seaside Hill is one of my favourites. When I was a kid I had a demo version of Sonic Heroes so I replayed that first stage a lot, it makes me sad that these times will never come back. I also love Little Planet from Sonic CD and of course Green Hill from Sonic 1, that one just hits hard. Honourable mention to The Water's Edge from '06, never played the game but this song feels really nostalgic, it's just great
@@kevinbrodacki Great stuff, I'm playing the full game for the first time rn and the first stage is as good as I remembered. Unfortunately the game gets worse after a few levels, it sucks to lose your last life after 15 minute in one level, I wish they were shorter. It's still a good game tho, I love playing as all 3 characters
Idk why but something about the soundtrack of Sonic 06 just keeps me making come back to it. It really is magical and that Last story ost really gives me the feels. Such a shame the game turned out the mess it is. In some universe it's called Sonic 07 xD
I don't think I've ever seen this track talked about because it's very obscure but the song that plays directly after Live n Learn in the Japanese version of Sonic X, called "Mi-Ra-I (guitar instrumental)" is a piece that I play a lot when I need to unwind after my anxiety gets to much. I find it incredibly soothing
The track that resonates with me the most is Azure Blue World (Emerald Coast). I know that as an opening stage it would obviously leave a strong impression, but I loved it way before actually playing SA1. The way the iconic drums open the track, followed by an upbeat guitar, and finally the sitar comes in to welcome you to a chill beach vibe. It's such an uplifting song but at the same time so chill and relaxing.
I will say the Song “History” from Sonic Mega Collection made me feel sad as a kid. Looking at the old comics, the freedom fighters (characters I didn’t know at the time.) It made me think these were Sonic’s friends who he lost contact with and doesn’t talk to anymore. And that the song and visuals is about Sonic thinking of his old friends that he misses, but can’t see again. But even though he misses them he’s happy to have these memories of them. Their History.
My personal favorite sonic game in terms of the soundtrack is colors. The menu music and the different themes of the levels that feel like they blend in with the aspects of the level. It was my favorite game as a child and my dad used to let me play it to comfort me when something really made me sad. When my beta Pluto died when I was in early elementary school and the game really helped me cope with it. Not to mention the final boss theme goes hard (despite the fact that the boss is so easy that the song always get cut short). I always have a special place for these songs and always rely on my favorites when the day has been particularly hard.
The Base Sonic 3 credits theme will always be this super emotional thing to me whenever I hear it because as the years go by ever since the first time I played the game, the more it genuinely deeply upsets me with how we really can’t go back in time and reexperience stuff.
I may be a little biased due to the Sonic 2 mobile port being my introduction to Sonic. However, I'd say the ending music as Tails saves Sonic from falling to his death (better in the bad ending) deserved a mention as it's both triumphant and sad creating an iconic moment in the franchise
It doesn’t make me cry, but the bad ending music from Sonic 2 on the Master System marks the first time I’ve ever really listened to a song and felt like I was exactly where it wanted me to be. There’s just a sparse feel to the whole thing, especially when the echoey 8-bit soundwaves start coming through about ten seconds in. It’s strange, because for such a sad song, it has a rather quick beat to it. In a way, I think that only goes to accentuate how much your mind would race in a similar situation, with the higher chords accentuating the emotions that you just can’t stifle. All you can do is try to find peace in knowing where you are. Even while lying in bed, it makes me feel as if I’m sitting on a hill in the dead of night, the cosmos shining down and comforting me as I contemplate my choices, the end of the song marking the moment’s end before I drift off to sleep. For it being an 8-bit chiptune, it’s really quite a wonderful composition. Just wish it could have been given to a better game.
My favorite songs from Sonic 2006 are Crisis City and Kingdom Valley. They Crisis City theme gets me hyped and excited, while also thinking how the world will giving me some existential dread at same time of the the world will end. Kingdom Valley theme makes me feel more calm and relaxed, and put my mind at ease.
10:58 You wouldn't understand the pain I went through, being super hyped that after all this time SplashDash will finally talk about the beautiful, amazing game that is Sonic Unleashed, specifically about the music no less, and then Sonic '06 snatched it right from beneath me. Fire vid tho keep up the great work dude
I loved the video and respect your opinions but tbh i seriously, SERIOUSLY love the more techno style Tomoya is taking, i always thought it fitted the sonic franchise in some way and the cyberspace levels being all synth made me jump with joy! Love u
It definitely fits its use in Frontiers at the very least ! I'm not lying when I say I cried when I heard the Cyberspace DJ mix for the first time, I was so happy and so emotional that we're blessed with music THAT good ! I really love what the composers have done with Frontiers, so so much.
Other than what's already mentioned, let's see... if we're talking about melancholy/lonely/opressing sounds Lost Impact, Gun Fortress, Rhea Island and End of the World first come to mind. Sea Bottom Segue, Aquatic Base and the Saturn ver. of Rusty Ruin are very enchanting, while Holoska/Apotos (Night) give an incredibly comfy feeling. And Cosmic Eternity is just one of the most feel-good songs ever, I love it.
The most emotional Sonic music to me has always been Lost Impact from Shadow the Hedgehog, it’s so beautiful yet so upsetting at the same. Knowing it plays through a memory Shadow has of being with a loved one who is no longer alive, it always moves me when I hear it.
The one song that makes me FEEL is Sonic Advance 3’s credits theme, I remember completing the game for the first time as a kid and now whenever I listen to it, I always tear up or just full on cry. Hearing it makes me wish I could stay a kid forever and not deal with any of the shit I have to bother with now, back to a time when my dad was alive and could spend more time with him. I just turned 20 recently and I don’t really feel anything. But to be fair I’ve felt dead inside for a few years now but I’m happy that Sonic is a constant in my life that I can always go back to feel like a kid again.
Honestly glad you looked through the comments on the History song from Mega Collection, I remember spending an afternoon just reading the stories there.
I absolutely know what you mean with the History song from Sonic Mega collection. That song makes me want to cry. It feels debilitatingly nostalgic despite the fact that I honestly didn't even play Sonic Mega Collection all that much when I was little.
Something similar happens with the music of the end in Sonic 2 after defeating the last boss. It feels like it's all over, you defeated Eggman, a victorious triumph. That adding the cinematics before the credits ........ It's beautiful.
Sad Sonic music has so much heart. Whether it’s a bittersweet feeling or feel good moment, you’ll reflect and process the events that transpired as you approach a journey’s end.
I still think the most underrated track in sonic history to this day, Is Stardust speedway good future US. Nobody talks about how much it fits the racing theme of stardust speedway. I guess because in the re releases no matter what the bad future track plays during the metal sonic race and most people don't go to the future anyways or use the US soundtrack. But its a serious banger and I recommend you check it out. Also 3D blasts soundtrack is amazing too, the sonic fangames have amazing soundtracks too. Eggrock act 2 is my favorite zone music.
don't worry you are not alone Sonic CD and 3D Blast's osts are my religion including both of each version (Quartz Quadrant Good Future JPN and Rusty Ruins Act 2 Saturn are my favorites ever in music)
Slaps so fucking hard. Its also gives the feeling of "the world has been saved, you can now rest". All of the Stardust Speedway themes, but Good Future US has got to be my favorite.
My favorite tracks from 3D Blast Saturn version is Rusty Ruins Act 1 and 2. It's so perfect for looking out the window as it rains. Hell I go to sleep to it lol
I recently went through a existential dread type bad time for quite a few months, couldnt get rid of the thought there is no painless way to die, you WILL feel your body shut down, you WILL take a few seconds to die after getting shot, you WILL hear and feel juuuuuust for a split second an explosive shredding you to a mist. thought about best ways to die, I want it fastest and painless as possible with my personal mindset of me being COMPLETELY unaware its gonna or is happening. and then I found sonic again after al my life, I never was old enough to understand the lyrics, to understand the meanings of several songs. the fucking plot of sonic and black knight with merlina was just LITERALLY what I was thinking about with death and everything ending and "live life" hit fuckin hard. Genuinly made me realize yeah its gonna happen and as humans we fucking procrastinate and try not to think about things until they happen, I'm just a real as fuck person I'm not gonna sugarcoat ur kid is obv autistic and not "special" or the fact we are either getting buried in the ground while our skin rots away or I'm getting incinerated to a ash powder and chucked in the ocean. either option WILL happen, but... in another 60-80 years tops for me, I've got some time left, then my midlife crisis will be when I once again realize I've got only half of it left and too old to do a lot of the physical things I love today.
8:07 I feel like there's a pretty good reason why people use that exact song in their essay videos when making a certain type of point. To this day, I still feel it is the most powerful Sonic ending, with the sense of unity the characters have together, putting aside their differences-- that lighthearted but poignant conversation Tails and Eggman share. All mourning what they lost. yes the following games after that happened, but... actually after playing Shadow, discovering that even happened in SA2 via a random YT video is what got me so into the lore, beyond just the games themselves. Will always remember that exact day.
3:23 i think my two choices would be the meaning of dream of absolution from sonic 06, But my main choice would be *My Burden is Light* from the Oneshot OST. Playing the game and reaching the specific scene where it plays is magical and depressing at the same time. Please play Oneshot. Dont watch playthroughs, play, experience and *live* the game, its worth it.
A lot of the tracks in the Saturn games really stick out to me. I don't know what it is, but they have such a unique and melancholic sound to them. Everyone talks about the tracks in Sonic R, for good reason, but here's a couple more obscure ones which really stand out to me: - Credits, Sonic Jam - This one is weird to me. I think it's supposed to be kind of upbeat, but it has a real sense of longing to me. Sonic Jam is the last Classic Sonic game, and the music really gives off that "Ode to Classic Sonic" feeling even if it's probably not intentional. Much like the Mega Collection music, it gives you a feeling that those times are gone and not coming back, but that your fond memories will still be there. -Rusty Ruins Act 1, Sonic 3D Blast (Saturn) - This track is pure melancholy. There's something so soothing, yet kind of sad about it, and it has such a uniquely late 90's sound to it that you just don't hear anymore. Everytime I hear this track, I imagine myself listening to it in the rain, with the water dripping down my face, with distant thunder far away. It also blew my mind when I found out this track absolutely samples 'Sadeness' by Engima, which is another very melancholic song.
Mortar Canyon is absolutely great. A great blend of synth, orchestra, and the piano. It's a shame you didn't put it in here but It's mortar canyon, but it's a sub minute stage with a 2 minute looping song, so unless the synth intro hooks you, you wouldn't know or care about the song.
IDK if this counts but Midori no Hibi by Off Course from the orignal Japanese version of Episode 52 of Sonic X.(From the original televised airning and not on the DVDs or subbed version from Hulu.) For me, it resonates with me the same way that My Destiny/Just Smile from Sonic 06 does with most people. Hell, it makes legit empathize with the internal struggle of Chris having to say goodbye with Sonic.
It’s good to see someone talking about both “Is it right?” And “You’re my companion” (the Silver themes) They honestly are top tier and manage to tell a better story than what the game had,they’re so good that they actually make you care for Blaze despite her relationship with Silver not being developed at all.
Personally, the Sonic music that reasonates me much (which is not from a Sonic game) is Mi-Ra-I, from the first Sonic X opening. I don't know how to explain in words, but this song makes me feel happy and sad about what kinda of *future* I'm building right now. It's a nostalgic and thoughtful music, and the ending just shows that.
One of my favorite songs is Raisin Me Up from Sonic Rush. It gives off that feeling of the day being saved and finally returning home after such an adventure
At 9:39 the song got copyrighted so I'm sorry it cuts out for a bit :(
It's okay, LS Mark :)
i mean uhh... Splash Dash 👍👍👍
Who copy claim it?
I can’t believe the timing on it cutting out. It’s like the video was shocked that Shara died.
Good to know.
Copyright ruins everything.
Finally,SplashDash is talking about how emotional Green Hill Zone act one's music is
I actually tend be a bit down on that music specifically because it sounds too emotive and sad for a “level 1” in a platform game imo. It really isn’t a feel-good tune lol
@@BareBandSubscription Except in Sonic Mania. It sounds beautiful there, and the version of Act 2 gets better.
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I can agree on both counts. Still, that lead melody is just way too melancholy for my liking.
I thought you meant in Dream of an Absolution
“Emotional”.
“Sonic has been moving away from rock/metal” Enter the Titan themes
'06s music was definitely made by people who believed in the project, Wishing upon the Chaos Emeralds has to be one of my favorites, it's a masterpiece soundtrack intended to go with a masterpiece game... What could've been
I have one question, are you a Godzilla fan?
@@KingGoji54 kind of, I just like the animatronic used for 1984
@@superbodoque7860 Nice lol, I like the animatronic too
project 06 will fix that soon lol
@@NithProYTnot the same.
Endless Possibilities holds a special place in my heart because when I first listened to it I was about to go to college and it made me feel like I could turn myself around and see all the possibilities my life could go toward. Living with my parents was a nightmare and I hated myself but nowadays I think I'm starting to get better about everything and I feel like I actually have a better support system.
Unfortunately I have a similar story but the complete opposite.
@@BlueTyphoon2017damn. hope your doing better now buddy.
Something about Theme of Starfall Islands just touches my very core in a way I don’t really understand. It gets across such a strong emotion without coming off as overly sappy or sad or melodramatic. Such a great track.
Kronos Island 1st Movement.
Fishing Vibes
Ouranos Island's theme is one i keep going back to. It really has a kind of vibe that just dyes my soul in its colors.
Raisin’ Me Up from the end of Sonic Rush always gets to me. The visual of Blaze being the first to put her hand out for Sonic to shake, and he greets her with a hearty high five perfectly sums up who sonic is as a character and the growth Blaze had went through in her story. The restoration of dimensions pulling them apart will never not hurt to watch
The song Mephiles Whisper from 06 always gets to me. It really encapsulates that feeling of something or someone getting under your skin and making you feel anxious. That whole cutscene is definitely an highlight of Shadow's story in this game
Especially the version with the "All Hail Shadow" motif at the end.
Yeah they really nailed the feeling of a dark abomination that steals your shadow very well. I wish he or something similar in concept would be used again but executed better
I really love the end of the track same with Showdown with Mephiles pulling you out of the despair and giving you new hope.
The music has this sort of resistance to the track's first 2 thirds in an optimistic and badass way.
My favorite aspect of any sonic game is and will always be the music. Especially in the classic games, it really does hit the right notes and you can feel it in your soul!
For me, the collection room theme from generations (the 3K save select theme remix) is that one theme. Every time I go back to look at the concept art it really makes you feel like you're going back in time, it's quite magical... It was my equivalent of the mega collection museum theme, and it feels good every time. When it showed up at the symphony I teared up, legit (it was the sonic jam museum theme, but whatever, it's pretty much the same)
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@@ascaro1885 ovunque e da nessuna parte
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That song is Door Into Summer from Knuckles' Chaotix. Not the save select theme of 3&K.
@@zemchia there are two tracks and one of them is the 3K save select theme (when you look at the concept art, character bios and such)
Fun fact: the menu song from Sonic Forces changes after you beat the game. The new song is slow and somber, with a mix of piano and strings. It's easily my favorite track from Forces.
Yes, the new title screen has a flower growing out of the abandoned resistance HQ. And an instrumental of "The Light of Hope" plays.
@@MechaKnucklesgreat details.
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You used my comment from the My Destiny video! By far the most unexpected shoutout I've ever seen. Thank you for noticing and making this video!
I know that they hardly fit a Sonic game, but I absolutely love the menu music from Black Knight, especially the Blacksmith and Fan Art themes. I usually turn them on in the background and they always chill me out
The Options Menu, of all things, is a great slow piece too. Quiet yet whimsical.
Also, shout-out to "Faraway Avalon." It's an energetic tune, but I doubt most people have heard it since it only plays in 2 side missions that you unlock after clearing every other side mission, if memory serves correctly.
Most people probably didn't bother with the game after finishing the story (if even that much), based on it's general reputation.
@@MegaSonicX6 Yeah I can definitely agree that Faraway Avalon is underrated, luckily for me I was one of the people that really liked the game and so beat the whole thing. One of the best stage themes stuck behind a few optional missions. Also the Options theme is really nice too, I can definitely say that I love it, and especially Ash Grove and Name entry too, alongside the already mentioned stuff. Black Knight has my favourite soundtrack ever made, what can I say?
My favorite is honestly the Name Entry theme. The use of violins is so soothing, but with a tinge of melancholy. It conjures the feeling of bathing in the warmth of radiant sunlight in a bright, open field, but also an underlying mournfulness for something long lost to the past.
planet wisp has gotta be the stage theme with the most emotional impact. planet wisp in general is perfect environmental storytelling both because of its music and the things going on in the stage
It’s a genius song in general, with the piano going into more techno stuff symbolizing Eggman taking over this peaceful world.
Seeing the title, my mind instantly shot to Live Life from Black Knight.
It absolutely fits the tone and message of the game.
It's somber and reflective, and yet hopeful. Definitely my favorite music that makes you feel.
For me it’s Endless Posibilites. There’s something about the song that makes me reflect on all of my low points and make me realize that I’ve healed and turned into a better person. ‘And now I feel so free’, man, I’ve bawled like a baby to it
Ha loser cries to sonic music
@@nobodycares607 If this is the only enjoyment realistically possible in your life, YOU'RE the loser
Endless Possibility HITS DIFFERENT after you beat Perfect Dark Gaia, you beat him but you also lose Chip and he can't even get a proper goodbye from Sonic. Unleashed is really peak
Especially if you grew up with it, I was just listening to it yesterday and damn it hit me hard
@@nobodycares607 sad bowomp
The cyberspace tracks were definitely made synth because it literally takes place in ‘Cyber’ space. The open zone has tracks that fit the setting
Also, not much you can do to make the tracks fit the levels when it's the same 4 themes over and over again
sea bottom segue is the one that always gets me. i used to have a friend around 2017-18 that i would talk to on discord pretty much every night, all night long because we were night owls even though she lives on the opposite side of america. but she always had it playing in the background because it was her favorite song, like almost every single night she’d play that song at least once and we’d just kinda vibe. until one day she just kinda stopped talking to me, and i’m not sure why. i know she didn’t like die or anything because we still follow each other on instagram and i see her posts, we just don’t talk anymore. not sure what i ever did wrong, or if it was even my fault or what, but that’s one of the 2 or 3 songs that give me real big somber nostalgia feelings whenever i hear it, and it always makes me think of her. i hope she’s doing okay, i think about her pretty often
Cosmic Eternity from Sonic CD makes me FEEL
Shoutout to the fan art section in the Sonic and the Black Knight. I know it's just a remix but seeing that a lot of people care so much about different aspects of a silly videogame character that is so important to me makes me truly happy. Knowing that i share the same love for this franchise with so many people always warms my heart.
one of my favorite moments in the series is the song that plays when Chip disappears at the end of Unleashed it going from sadness that Chip is gone into bombastic when Sonic looks at the horizon and starts running and Endless Possibility plays it just hits so hard man
16:50 For me ,"Gallery" From sonic generations is like my version of the sonic mega collection art room (mainly cause it is generations equivalent) but sometimes when I hear that song it brings a tear to my eye cause I remember that I can never go back to those times when I would play generations for hours and just be happy constantly yknow?
I know we all love the Kellin Quinn songs in frontiers, but I think my absolute favorite has to be “I’m With You”. It was so, unexpected and the lingering feeling for the official version just hits. I can understand if it’s repetitive for some, but the melody invokes sadness, but with some hope along with it, as if the melody is just drilling that in your head. Also I’m not sure but correct me if I’m wrong, but something tells me the chords used for “I’m with you” are the same or similar ones used in “Kronos Movement 1”.
im with you is so underrated its crazy. it has a lot of the same powerful emotion and grand feeling that the orchestral renditions of his world and such have. yeah, its not based on any preexisting song (i guess they kinda did the reverse with this one lol), but its still fantastic in its own right
shortly after the games release a japanese twitter user wrote some notes for a japanese stream sonic team did, in which it was revealed that im with you is from the pov of sage, about how even in death she'll always be with eggman, and the quiet piano bit at the end represents her thoughts as shes floating through space
i already adored the track before, but learning this made me appreciate it even more
The Last Scene is so good, I listen to it on a regular basis. Especially knowing the context of the story, it really evokes emotions. And I haven't played '06 yet, but wow, its soundtrack is SO GOOD.
I was obsessed with Unleashed and CD at a really difficult part of my life, and looking back the soundtracks were a huge part of my day to day while doing homework, drawing, hanging out in my room, etc. In a weird way the music takes me back to that uncertain time, but it also reminds me of the good there was buried in that sadness and the wavering optimism I held towards my future. Its the strongest bond I hold with my teenage self and a comforting light when things feel dark.
There's also the Lost World one with the water tunnel.
A perfect blend of upbeat and majestic.
Kinda makes you wanna cry.
Sea bottom Segue?
The entire soundtrack of sonic mega collection plus is so intensely nostalgic for me because I used to play that thing all the time up until I lost it at 15. That game is the soundtrack for my childhood
thank you for mentioning Live Life (even in passing), gotta be the single most underrated Sonic song
People should return to this video in ten years and talk about how nostalgic they are for it
got it
Sorry bro RUclips got terminated in 2030 cause a pug twerking made a senator mad
If only people knew. People started paying for monthly subscribtions on therapy after youtube got terminated.
Heck, they can barely watch those 6 seconds long videos on tiktok.
i remember watching this video with my son before he died of old age
I have many Sonic tunes that make me feel different emotions. Like, Green Forest always gets my adrenaline pumping, and Chaos Angel Zone gives me this overall sense of dread and finality. But I think the one Sonic song that really made me FEEL was Jungle Joyride Night. That low viola string paired with the chimes gives off this melancholic heavy vibe that had me immersed in the stage. I felt like I wasn't playing a Sonic stage, I was actually exploring Adabat's jungle in the cold dark.
I agree
And then the battle theme starts again like a brick to the head.
to me find your flame has greatly affected me in the feels. I've been going through a lot mental healing and stuff the last 2 months and I got frontiers for Christmas and when I heard find your flame I felt so many emotions and I listen to at least once every day since Christmas. It's really helped me find my flame and to not give up.
My favorite has always been the beginning bit of never look back. That piano piece genuinely has the emotion of a life full of hardship, ending on an even sadder note, and then the guitar and drums kick in, followed by lyrics literally telling you you’re never looking back. It’s a great way to wrap up shadow’s tragic story, and shows he’s moving on with his life. It’s so good
Gamma's theme itself gives off very melancholic and insightful vibes too, it's always stuck with me out of all the bombastic SA1 character themes.
The Last Scene theme from SA2 makes me cry everytime.
Not only it's sad because of the context of the scene that plays it, but also in a way that it takes me back to my childhood.
Sure, many songs can do that, but it's just different when an emotional song like that one does that, you know? It's difficult to explain...
Another song that I really like is Holoska at night(the hub world one)
Like damn, I listened to it a few years ago and I can't believe I overlooked it for so long :0
A song that makes me feel warn in a cold night, and that's just so nice :)
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Can we count My Die Young as a Sonic Music?
I’m very glad that the Mega Collection was brought up in this, not only is it an amazing collection, but the music itself is such a vibe, and it really resonates with everyone who grew up with it
Ouranos Island's theme from Frontiers actually has been an earworm for me. It's so transcendent and serene, and sounds more like something from a NieR game than Sonic.
I also love the music from Black Knight that plays during the scene where Sonic confronts Merlina as the Dark Queen. It starts of as a tragic reprise of Merlina's theme, but transitions into a powerful, vengeful piece when she starts beating down Sonic. Following it up with It Doesn't Matter when Sonic makes his comeback is also an amazing touch.
Something about the start of believe in yourself from Sonic CD JP sounds really melancholic
Lava Reef Act 1 really hits me for some reason. I can’t listen to it without getting emotional and I have no idea why
The sonic mega collection extras music hits me in a primal part of my brain, I spent hours as a kid sitting at that screen looking at all the comic covers. My mom was the best and she introduced me to sonic at just the right age and I’ll never forget the times I sat in her room playing the mega collection with her watching me. Whenever I would get an extra life she’d say “you got a new guy” and as kid I thought I unlocked a new character like shadow to play as haha. She would get me every new sonic game that came out, it’s like she knew how important it was to me. I remember watching gremlins in our living room and my mom came home with sonic unleashed as it came out just that week, I’m not sure if anyone is old enough to remember but back in the day if you left a game on the title screen it would play a mini movie/trailer, for sonic unleashed I believe it played its E3 trailer and plays endless possibilities, every time I’d boot up the game I’d let that trailer play to hear that song. Whenever I hear it now I actually cry a bit, not because I’m sad, but I realize how thankful I am to have had such an amazing childhood, that song ignites such a special feeling in me, my mom did an amazing job raising me without my dad around and sonic was always there for me. I’m 21 years old now and I’m still playing sonic games to this day and I love him just as much as I did when I was a kid.
the gaia gate theme from unleashed is one of the more nostalgic songs from it for me. i may prefer the hd version, but i grew up with the ps2 version, where this track actually gets used (in the hd version you only hear a bit of it in one cutscene). i love any kind of open world area in a platformer, and i spent a lot of time in the gaia temples. its such an atmospheric tune, kind of reminds me of sky sanctuary
2:44 alright bro, you do you I guess...?
Seascape from Knuckles Chaotix is a track that always makes me feel nostalgic and sad. I found out about Chaotix back when I was around 9 or so, and Seascape was instantly my favorite song off of the OST. My home life at the time was pretty bad, so I whenever I felt tired, or just wanted to chill for a bit, I'd go back to that song. It was sort of an escape for me, a calming release. Whenever I heard it, I imagined myself standing out on a pier at night, watching as ships sailed past, their lights reflecting off the cool water. Besides, it was just a catchy and fun song to listen to. I remember listening to it when I did all kinds of other stuff, but most notably, whenever I played this online MMO with a few friends I had at the time. They were just a bunch of other kids like me, but we all had fun together, and we were all Sonic fans too. I even had a small crush on one of them. They were my only friends back then. I don't know them anymore, we all went our separate ways abruptly. I wish I could've known them longer.
Whenever I listen to Seascape now, I think back on those days. I think about those friends I had, the fun we had together, the memories we made. I think about the nights I spent trying to calm myself down, listening to my family argue day after day, and feeling like my whole world was collapsing. And I still imagine that pier at night, that calming open sea, and those bright ships in the distance. It's a surreal feeling, one I welcome as much as I hate. It comforts me, yet makes me feel this almost unbearable longing. I'm not sure what for, though.
Oh, and Labyrinth Zone has the most infuriating song ever. It's not even because of the level itself, the song just sounds super fucking annoying. If it was a person, I'd punch it.
ouranos island is the goat when it comes to emotional island songs, it’s the only sonic song that has made me cry lmao
7:12 I can't take this track seriously because of memes
One of my favourite Sonic Songs that hits the feels for me is Live Life.
6:06 Oh hey, it’s that music that one fanmade Fighting game had in it that played if you had certain tools on your computer. I can’t believe I remember that after all these years, it basically turned the game into a creepypasta because someone who worked on the game wanted to keep people from poking around i the files or something. It was a pretty big controversy at the time iirc, but it’s long since passed, and I’m not sure how exactly it went aside from it being creepy and making the game borderline malware.
AND NO ONE TALKS ABOUT "I'm With You" FROM SONIC FRONTIERS
And dear father he just kinda joked about it
I’d say the Sonic song that gives me the most feels would be “Knight Of The Wind.” There’s just something so epic about it, and it also features what I’d consider to be Jun Senoue’s best guitar solo *EVER.*
Pretty much every song Crush 40 and crew have done can bring out a number of emotions or images from me. I always call “I Am All Of Me” Crush 40’s “Moshpit” song, cuz not only is it their heaviest, but it also gives me the image of the pit at your local hardcore show just lettin’ loose. “Endless Possibilities,” which I consider to technically be a Bowling For Soup song, is always very inspiring and uplifting. Same with “Live And Learn” and “Escape From The City.” And “Open Your Heart” is just a straight rocker.
Sonic Mega Collection Plus was my full introduction to Sonic, and hearing the ost of that collection hit me in the feels and left me a beautiful memory I'll never forget. But I remember when I finally got to play Sonic 06, and hearing his world filled me with so much hope, determination, and bad assness. I felt like I was sonic myself, lol.
Something similar it happens to me with Mario and the Mario Galaxy ost. The Space Junk Galaxy, the whole observatory themes, Rosalina's backstory, and the lumas' sacrifice, etc. For a game often associated with synths, orchestra and jazz, it makes it more memorable.
I remember around the time when Colors: Ultimate was announced. One night, I was spending my time on RUclips & got recommended the new remix of Reach For The Stars. I fell in love with the song immediately, listening to remix after remix of it, & dicovering other tracks & it was the catalyst that made me the sonic fan I am today. The Sonic series’s soundtrack truly is a magical thing.
SA1’s music also makes me feel nostalgic for a time I didn’t even exist in.
For me it would probably be the fan art reel music from Black Knight, which is a cover of It Doesn't Matter from SA2, it just hits too close to home and is very nostalgic, makes me remember my childhood.
cover of a cover.
The Sonic 1 credits music when it transitions into GreenHill gives me nostalgic goosebumps every time I hear it, even when I heard it for the first time back when I completed it 30 odd years ago 🤷♂️
Seaside Hill is one of my favourites. When I was a kid I had a demo version of Sonic Heroes so I replayed that first stage a lot, it makes me sad that these times will never come back. I also love Little Planet from Sonic CD and of course Green Hill from Sonic 1, that one just hits hard. Honourable mention to The Water's Edge from '06, never played the game but this song feels really nostalgic, it's just great
Man I spent an ungodly amount on the PC demo of heroes
@@kevinbrodacki Great stuff, I'm playing the full game for the first time rn and the first stage is as good as I remembered. Unfortunately the game gets worse after a few levels, it sucks to lose your last life after 15 minute in one level, I wish they were shorter. It's still a good game tho, I love playing as all 3 characters
Idk why but something about the soundtrack of Sonic 06 just keeps me making come back to it.
It really is magical and that Last story ost really gives me the feels. Such a shame the game turned out the mess it is. In some universe it's called Sonic 07 xD
I don't think I've ever seen this track talked about because it's very obscure but the song that plays directly after Live n Learn in the Japanese version of Sonic X, called "Mi-Ra-I (guitar instrumental)" is a piece that I play a lot when I need to unwind after my anxiety gets to much. I find it incredibly soothing
The track that resonates with me the most is Azure Blue World (Emerald Coast). I know that as an opening stage it would obviously leave a strong impression, but I loved it way before actually playing SA1.
The way the iconic drums open the track, followed by an upbeat guitar, and finally the sitar comes in to welcome you to a chill beach vibe. It's such an uplifting song but at the same time so chill and relaxing.
I will say the Song “History” from Sonic Mega Collection made me feel sad as a kid.
Looking at the old comics, the freedom fighters (characters I didn’t know at the time.)
It made me think these were Sonic’s friends who he lost contact with and doesn’t talk to anymore. And that the song and visuals is about Sonic thinking of his old friends that he misses, but can’t see again. But even though he misses them he’s happy to have these memories of them.
Their History.
Green Hill classic just tugs at my strings for some reasons as well as that one part of Green Hill Modern
The options music in Sonic Spinball brings me to tears ... I really feel it piercing my heart and my eardrums each time
My personal favorite sonic game in terms of the soundtrack is colors. The menu music and the different themes of the levels that feel like they blend in with the aspects of the level. It was my favorite game as a child and my dad used to let me play it to comfort me when something really made me sad. When my beta Pluto died when I was in early elementary school and the game really helped me cope with it. Not to mention the final boss theme goes hard (despite the fact that the boss is so easy that the song always get cut short).
I always have a special place for these songs and always rely on my favorites when the day has been particularly hard.
The Base Sonic 3 credits theme will always be this super emotional thing to me whenever I hear it because as the years go by ever since the first time I played the game, the more it genuinely deeply upsets me with how we really can’t go back in time and reexperience stuff.
Sonic Rush -- Raisin' me Up -- another heartbreaker you may not remember
It's something I'll never forget.
I may be a little biased due to the Sonic 2 mobile port being my introduction to Sonic. However, I'd say the ending music as Tails saves Sonic from falling to his death (better in the bad ending) deserved a mention as it's both triumphant and sad creating an iconic moment in the franchise
It doesn’t make me cry, but the bad ending music from Sonic 2 on the Master System marks the first time I’ve ever really listened to a song and felt like I was exactly where it wanted me to be. There’s just a sparse feel to the whole thing, especially when the echoey 8-bit soundwaves start coming through about ten seconds in. It’s strange, because for such a sad song, it has a rather quick beat to it. In a way, I think that only goes to accentuate how much your mind would race in a similar situation, with the higher chords accentuating the emotions that you just can’t stifle. All you can do is try to find peace in knowing where you are. Even while lying in bed, it makes me feel as if I’m sitting on a hill in the dead of night, the cosmos shining down and comforting me as I contemplate my choices, the end of the song marking the moment’s end before I drift off to sleep. For it being an 8-bit chiptune, it’s really quite a wonderful composition. Just wish it could have been given to a better game.
SEGA: We have 30 stages but only 3 classic variations of them for Frontiers, can you make it work?
Ohtani:
My favorite songs from Sonic 2006 are Crisis City and Kingdom Valley. They Crisis City theme gets me hyped and excited, while also thinking how the world will giving me some existential dread at same time of the the world will end. Kingdom Valley theme makes me feel more calm and relaxed, and put my mind at ease.
The mini movie options cover of Fist bump.
I know it sounds stupid but trust me it sounds like the end of a well anything and it’s beautiful.
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You wouldn't understand the pain I went through, being super hyped that after all this time SplashDash will finally talk about the beautiful, amazing game that is Sonic Unleashed, specifically about the music no less, and then Sonic '06 snatched it right from beneath me.
Fire vid tho keep up the great work dude
Raisin' Me Up from Sonic Rush always gets me :')
I loved the video and respect your opinions but tbh i seriously, SERIOUSLY love the more techno style Tomoya is taking, i always thought it fitted the sonic franchise in some way and the cyberspace levels being all synth made me jump with joy! Love u
techno music fits for cyberspace perfectly, because its a CYBER space
I agree. I’ve always enjoyed sonic music but recently it’s just on another level
It definitely fits its use in Frontiers at the very least !
I'm not lying when I say I cried when I heard the Cyberspace DJ mix for the first time, I was so happy and so emotional that we're blessed with music THAT good ! I really love what the composers have done with Frontiers, so so much.
Other than what's already mentioned, let's see... if we're talking about melancholy/lonely/opressing sounds Lost Impact, Gun Fortress, Rhea Island and End of the World first come to mind. Sea Bottom Segue, Aquatic Base and the Saturn ver. of Rusty Ruin are very enchanting, while Holoska/Apotos (Night) give an incredibly comfy feeling. And Cosmic Eternity is just one of the most feel-good songs ever, I love it.
I was sitting here thinking "yo this dude kinda sounds like LS Mark" before I finally realized who I was watching in the first place 😭 Poggers video
2:23 crazy part is...some of those sad songs still be slapping like damn you can not vibe with a sonic song
I feel this was about many peices of game music. The silent forest from kingdom hearts birth by sleep always gets me teary eyed
The most emotional Sonic music to me has always been Lost Impact from Shadow the Hedgehog, it’s so beautiful yet so upsetting at the same. Knowing it plays through a memory Shadow has of being with a loved one who is no longer alive, it always moves me when I hear it.
The one song that makes me FEEL is Sonic Advance 3’s credits theme, I remember completing the game for the first time as a kid and now whenever I listen to it, I always tear up or just full on cry.
Hearing it makes me wish I could stay a kid forever and not deal with any of the shit I have to bother with now, back to a time when my dad was alive and could spend more time with him.
I just turned 20 recently and I don’t really feel anything. But to be fair I’ve felt dead inside for a few years now but I’m happy that Sonic is a constant in my life that I can always go back to feel like a kid again.
Honestly glad you looked through the comments on the History song from Mega Collection, I remember spending an afternoon just reading the stories there.
I absolutely know what you mean with the History song from Sonic Mega collection. That song makes me want to cry. It feels debilitatingly nostalgic despite the fact that I honestly didn't even play Sonic Mega Collection all that much when I was little.
Something similar happens with the music of the end in Sonic 2 after defeating the last boss. It feels like it's all over, you defeated Eggman, a victorious triumph. That adding the cinematics before the credits ........ It's beautiful.
Quandent quarry past theme from sonic cd hits hard because it makes you realize how simple our world used to be
Sad Sonic music has so much heart. Whether it’s a bittersweet feeling or feel good moment, you’ll reflect and process the events that transpired as you approach a journey’s end.
I still think the most underrated track in sonic history to this day, Is Stardust speedway good future US. Nobody talks about how much it fits the racing theme of stardust speedway. I guess because in the re releases no matter what the bad future track plays during the metal sonic race and most people don't go to the future anyways or use the US soundtrack. But its a serious banger and I recommend you check it out.
Also 3D blasts soundtrack is amazing too, the sonic fangames have amazing soundtracks too. Eggrock act 2 is my favorite zone music.
Sonic chronicles best sonic soundtrack
don't worry you are not alone Sonic CD and 3D Blast's osts are my religion including both of each version (Quartz Quadrant Good Future JPN and Rusty Ruins Act 2 Saturn are my favorites ever in music)
Slaps so fucking hard. Its also gives the feeling of "the world has been saved, you can now rest". All of the Stardust Speedway themes, but Good Future US has got to be my favorite.
@@unknownwill4th549 Yes
My favorite tracks from 3D Blast Saturn version is Rusty Ruins Act 1 and 2. It's so perfect for looking out the window as it rains. Hell I go to sleep to it lol
I’ve listened to a take on Gamma’s theme that adds lyrics with Chipspeech and it enhances the song which was good on its own
Love your content keep up the good work
YES! An in depth review of the options theme from sonic spinball.
I recently went through a existential dread type bad time for quite a few months, couldnt get rid of the thought there is no painless way to die, you WILL feel your body shut down, you WILL take a few seconds to die after getting shot, you WILL hear and feel juuuuuust for a split second an explosive shredding you to a mist. thought about best ways to die, I want it fastest and painless as possible with my personal mindset of me being COMPLETELY unaware its gonna or is happening. and then I found sonic again after al my life, I never was old enough to understand the lyrics, to understand the meanings of several songs. the fucking plot of sonic and black knight with merlina was just LITERALLY what I was thinking about with death and everything ending and "live life" hit fuckin hard. Genuinly made me realize yeah its gonna happen and as humans we fucking procrastinate and try not to think about things until they happen, I'm just a real as fuck person I'm not gonna sugarcoat ur kid is obv autistic and not "special" or the fact we are either getting buried in the ground while our skin rots away or I'm getting incinerated to a ash powder and chucked in the ocean. either option WILL happen, but... in another 60-80 years tops for me, I've got some time left, then my midlife crisis will be when I once again realize I've got only half of it left and too old to do a lot of the physical things I love today.
Thanks for bringing up Just Smile from Sonic 06. That's one of my favorites from that soundtrack. Gives me goosebumps hearing it again.
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I feel like there's a pretty good reason why people use that exact song in their essay videos when making a certain type of point. To this day, I still feel it is the most powerful Sonic ending, with the sense of unity the characters have together, putting aside their differences-- that lighthearted but poignant conversation Tails and Eggman share. All mourning what they lost.
yes the following games after that happened, but... actually after playing Shadow, discovering that even happened in SA2 via a random YT video is what got me so into the lore, beyond just the games themselves. Will always remember that exact day.
The credits music in SA2 hits me every time
i thought most people thought electro-funk when they thought about Sonic music
3:23 i think my two choices would be the meaning of dream of absolution from sonic 06,
But my main choice would be *My Burden is Light* from the Oneshot OST.
Playing the game and reaching the specific scene where it plays is magical and depressing at the same time.
Please play Oneshot. Dont watch playthroughs, play, experience and *live* the game, its worth it.
A lot of the tracks in the Saturn games really stick out to me. I don't know what it is, but they have such a unique and melancholic sound to them.
Everyone talks about the tracks in Sonic R, for good reason, but here's a couple more obscure ones which really stand out to me:
- Credits, Sonic Jam - This one is weird to me. I think it's supposed to be kind of upbeat, but it has a real sense of longing to me. Sonic Jam is the last Classic Sonic game, and the music really gives off that "Ode to Classic Sonic" feeling even if it's probably not intentional. Much like the Mega Collection music, it gives you a feeling that those times are gone and not coming back, but that your fond memories will still be there.
-Rusty Ruins Act 1, Sonic 3D Blast (Saturn) - This track is pure melancholy. There's something so soothing, yet kind of sad about it, and it has such a uniquely late 90's sound to it that you just don't hear anymore. Everytime I hear this track, I imagine myself listening to it in the rain, with the water dripping down my face, with distant thunder far away.
It also blew my mind when I found out this track absolutely samples 'Sadeness' by Engima, which is another very melancholic song.
Mortar Canyon is absolutely great. A great blend of synth, orchestra, and the piano. It's a shame you didn't put it in here but It's mortar canyon, but it's a sub minute stage with a 2 minute looping song, so unless the synth intro hooks you, you wouldn't know or care about the song.
Refreshing to see someone speak positively about 06's story. It's very obviously flawed but it also definitely has its moments.
IDK if this counts but Midori no Hibi by Off Course from the orignal Japanese version of Episode 52 of Sonic X.(From the original televised airning and not on the DVDs or subbed version from Hulu.) For me, it resonates with me the same way that My Destiny/Just Smile from Sonic 06 does with most people. Hell, it makes legit empathize with the internal struggle of Chris having to say goodbye with Sonic.
It’s good to see someone talking about both “Is it right?” And “You’re my companion” (the Silver themes)
They honestly are top tier and manage to tell a better story than what the game had,they’re so good that they actually make you care for Blaze despite her relationship with Silver not being developed at all.
That cobanermani bit just fucking smashed me over the head and unlocked a memory rooted so deep down I didn't even remember was there
Personally, the Sonic music that reasonates me much (which is not from a Sonic game) is Mi-Ra-I, from the first Sonic X opening. I don't know how to explain in words, but this song makes me feel happy and sad about what kinda of *future* I'm building right now. It's a nostalgic and thoughtful music, and the ending just shows that.
One of my favorite songs is Raisin Me Up from Sonic Rush. It gives off that feeling of the day being saved and finally returning home after such an adventure