Sonic 3's Endless Mine: Music Theory
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- Опубликовано: 19 окт 2024
- A look inside the music theory of Sonic 3's song for Endless Mine.
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Endless Mine Sonic Gameplay by RUclips user 2Qwuik
Sonic 3 | Endless Mine (Sonic) in 36"95 (No glitches)
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City Escape Gameplay by RUclips User Xendemo
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Looping Mania Title Screen by RUclips user Sonic Speed News
Sonic Mania Title Screen Music
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Twinkle Park Racing Gameplay Footage by RUclips user SonicJGB
Sonic Adventure DX: Twinkle Park (Sonic) [1080 HD]
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Panic Puppet Gameplay by RUclips user rynogt4
Sonic 3D Blast - Panic Puppet Zone (Let’s Play Part 7)
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Sonic 3D Blast Final Boss Gameplay by RUclips User sonicfan1984
Sonic 3D Blast - Final Boss and Credits - Part 8
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Endless Mine Tails gameplay by RUclips user Glenn O'Brien
Sonic 3 & Knuckles | Endless Mine (Tails) in 53.49 (3 October 2019)
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Star Light Zone Gameplay by RUclips user SonicJGB
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Audio
0:01 & 3:07 & 3:41 & 4:57 & 5:35
Endless Mine - Sonic 3 & Knuckles
1:03 & 2:01 & 2:20 & 3:02
Time Travel - Sonic CD
1:13
Escape from the City - Sonic Adventure 2
1:54
Escape from the City Classic Version - Sonic Generations
2:07
Title Screen - Sonic Mania
2:24
Twinkle Cart - Sonic Adventure
2:37
Panic Puppet Act 1 - Sonic 3D Blast
2:51
Final Fight - Sonic 3D Blast
3:25
A Teenager in Love by Dion and the Belmonts
3:56
Me by Taylor Swift feat. Brandon Urie (Cover)
4:04
Baby by Justin Bieber (Cover)
4:11
Friday by Rebecca Black (Cover)
4:18
Every Breath You Take by the Police (Cover)
5:15
Star Light Zone - Sonic 1
5:22
Mystic Mansion - Sonic Heroes
6:40
Title Screen - The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
7:04
Someone Like You by Adele (Cover)
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You’re criminally underrated
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I know right
I am aware, correct?
He’s smooth criminally underrated
@@christopherpluto3192 i like Micheal Jackson reference :)
I guess you could say that the whole Sonic series soundtrack is an _endless mine..._
I see what ya did there
@@brytheweirdguy4326 would anybody not notice? :)
@@forhisneutralspecialhewiel4446 You'd be surprised.
@@exceedexceed760 puns are not amusing.
@@forhisneutralspecialhewiel4446 da fuck
As a kid, I wouldn't have gotten why it made ppl wanna cry (though rest assured that I understand now). For me, I was addicted to this song because it made me feel really happy in a strange, new and strong way, unlike anything I'd ever felt before in my child life; and I just couldn't get enough of it!
To this day, it remains a comfort song of mine.
It's kind of a bittersweet feeling.
Som people overreact
Nostalgia is the combination of both sad and happiness, maybe that's why you felt happy in a strange way while others felt sad in a weird way.
This feeling happens to me with the Mario Land theme
I’m still a young lad going through my childhood still and I have that feeling as well. It’s such a bittersweet song like the others said and it also feels reassuring. It tells you to not give up and move forward and I like that.
this song gives me no emotional feeling
Oh my fucking god you just exploded my mind when I saw that sonic mania’s MAIN MOTIF is just fucking ENDLESS MINE!
this makes me happy to see someone who hears endless mine zone instead of city escape when they hear those notes
Yes but it’s awesome how they used the melody for city escape in generations
@@comedicpsychnerd it is
I'd like to thank you for the bits of this video where you sang examples yourself - not only is your voice lovely, but they were incredibly effective illustrations. Your points were that much easier to get with your great examples beside them!
It's funny how you mention this "nostalgic sadness" that comes from the song's construction, because I feel the same way with Sonic 3D Blast's end credits theme for the Genesis version, knowing that that was Sonic's last Genesis outing, plus also being one of the last official games released for the console. It just gives off this "end of an era" vibe, and I wonder if that's what Jun Senoue intended.
As someone who has just begun studying music composition and got here due to his love of classic video game soundtracks, including this very song... thank you for making this. Also, kudos for getting around copyright issues by singing the mainstream record label songs yourself. That's handy, lol
Well, time to watch your entire catalogue!
2:49 i'll be excited if you ever make a music theory about this song
Another awesome analysis, love it! I had no idea Endless Mine's melody pops up in so much other Sonic music, that's mindblowing. Also, OOT's title music is such a perfect example of the major 7th having a nostalgic quality! Keep it up man 👍
endless mine
0:45 endless mine section a
0:50 rhythm
1:18 city escape opening vocal line
1:48 city escape verse 2
1:57 city escape (generations) verse 2
2:10 title theme
2:30 twinkle park racing section
2:40 panic puppet zone
2:57 final boss
the ice cream changes
3:26 a teenager in love
3:41 endless mine section a
3:56 me!
4:03 baby
4:11 Friday
4:17 every breath you take
chromatic descending tonic of minor chord
4:51 example
5:01 endless mine section c
5:16 starlight zone
5:26 mystic mansion
7th note
6:31 endless mine section a
6:47 title screen
7:07 someone like you
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Yep :) can confirm. As an 8 year old playing this game, I used to play this level on repeat to listen to this song. It felt so nostalgic, like it was unlocking a long forgotten memory I didn’t know I had. Like saying hello or even goodbye to an old friend 🤷♂️
As a kid, I just assumed that this was the place on Angel Island that Knuckles had been born, as it was underground, the music was nostalgic and you could actually play as him here 👍😅
I'm absolutely incorporating "Knuckles was born in Endless Mine" into my headcanon, thank you!
@@AroundTheBlockAgain 😄👍
Nice! Thanks man 😁
It just made sense to my 8 year old brain. Glad I could help 👌
This is a video I didn't know I needed, and I'm so happy to finally learn about it being referenced in Mania. Thank you for this.
Thank you Cyber Shell for showing me this channel.
I didn't expect this video to be made so well and peak my interest in music theory. I felt like I've learned something of value watching this. Keep it up, also great singing voice btw.
Bro, nice singing. Unironically. Also, nice videos. It has been a blast looking at music theory using sonic.
Edit: And nice gags.
Dude this is the same progression I been talking about for years and you got it spot on especially with twinkle park. Most of my fave sonic songs have this
I gotta say, you have a great singing voice. Loved the video as well.
woow, had no idea about this being a motif, especially one being used so often!
Binging all of your music theory vids rn. This one was my favorite, I love this song so much (:
i just remembered ullillillia and wondered if he died and then found this channel, seconds after, you upload.
He is still active on his platform masters facebook page. facebook.com/platformmasters
? I do not understand the relevance
Looks like I finally got my answer.
Amazing video, it's genuinely moving to see a breakdown of music that imprinted on me so strongly when I was a child.
I always thought Mania’s theme was based on Puppet Panic, never realized that also shared Endless Mine’s rhythm
The effort put into this... You deserve 900,000 views at least.
I'm sure you didn't mean it that way, but I just found it funny that you'd say the video deserves 900,000 views specifically rather than 1 million...
@@joseph-fernando-piano I said "at least".
The chromatic descent is powerful. It makes me feel something close to sadness but also happy every time it is used.
I'm tearing up even with you talking over it and pausing it for demonstrations.
Wow! Never seen anything by you before, but this was insightful and clear and fun and accessible! Great stuff. Gonna check out more of your stuff now!
This video answered so many of my questions. Subscribed.
The singing is beautiful.
I'm very glad that there are people who appreciate S3&K's compositions.
The amount of attention to subtle details in these tracks and effort you put in these videos is incredible.
Those comments you mentioned in the video don't lie; I also found Endless Mine theme melancholic when I was 6, and now it feels nostalgic and still sad to me.
I've loved this game's soundtrack since childhood and you've made me love it even more now. Very well done !
When I first heard Endless Mine as a kid, it was love at first note, I guess. I even had dreams about different covers of this tune. I'm glad to see it's really exceptional.
Thanks for makin these, dude. Your videos always put me in a good place.
I never realized this song went this deep and wide. Cool!
Man this series of videos is excellent, I hope you cover Chrome Gadget at some point, it's probably my favorite song from the classic series.
yeah, this song press my feelings, makes me emotional to cry, remembers me, ESCAPE FRMO THE CITY, LIVE AND LEARN, AND SONIC 2006 HIS WORLD
Wait what the fuck??? That's why this 1 esoteric song is so familiar?? It's been reused everywhere??? From twinkle park's race section, sonic mania's title screen, and even city escape to some extent... That's fuckin insane
Why are you saying what the fuck.
Endless Mine gripped me in a way no other sonic song has.
the amount of 🤯 in each of your videos! songs i grew up with since i was 5 -12 years old now taking on deeper connections 🤯
thank you!
You have a great singing voice, and your examples are a pleasure to listen to.
I was about 10 seconds into this video and I already loved it. This song meant so much to me as a kid but I never got the grasp of why. Thank you so much for this amazing analysis!!
Woah, Thank you to RUclips recommendations for showing me your channel! Subscribed!
Good video good video, this content majorly interests me. Sonic and music? What’s not to love. Keep it up!
nice analysis! the video editing is really good and it helps to understand all the complicated details you go through in a concise way.
Man, I'm so glad I found your videos because despite having no drive to practice any music I find musical Theory infinitely interesting and I'm super appreciative for the depth you go into each of these songs! There's other channels where musical expert listen to a song and go "ha ha yup, this is good" and say basically nothing else, and then there's ones who's depth have taught me a lot and given me a greater appreciation for the thought and work that goes into writing Great and Fitting music for all kinds of media.
The simplicity of your explanations somehow has granted me more "aha!" moments than any other channel I've watched before. and I had to come back after a few days and leave this comment because this song in particular is one I'd never listened to or heard of before watching your video, but it makes me want to cry. And thanks to the care you put into the video I know exactly why that is.
I love this video, I just want to express my gratitude for the amount of work and effort you put into these. This song absolutely has made me feel something my entire life and I always am grounded and returned to that "feeling" every time I hear it. Thank you for deconstructing it into a digestible format.
Thank you for crediting my endless mine video lol (Ik i have been a year late but thanks for the credit)
Haha absolutely, all the thanks goes to you!
I just keep watching these videos over and over, i love them so much
I always found this song happy and bright. Never thought it'd be considered a sad, emotional piece.
Also blue. (Twinkle Park is pink)
Maybe the reason the strong use of the 7th degree in a melody can feel so nostalgic because its this absolute longing to return to the roots, to the home key and that tension that comes with it, and also dissonance from being one of 2 notes being a semitone interval and having more weight
This piece of music made me cry so much when I first heard it as a kid, and I never knew why lol. Even now it has this sad quality to it that makes me tear up, except that it really is actual nostalgia. This game (the two cartridges together) was the last time I ever enjoyed a Sonic game - it's been decades. None that came after this really captured the feeling in either gameplay or music.
I recently watched the Sonic 2 movie, and the nostalgia it brought up made me seek out Sonic 3 content again lol. And I found this channel.
I know this video is 2 years old at the time of me commenting this, but I love your work! I’ve always been interested in music theory and leitmotifs as such, and to see Endless Mine’s brilliance be referenced in other sonic games and even parts of the song be found in popular non video game music is super cool! Great work!
Fr man like they just made a perfect melody and never let it go, it’s so beautiful for all the right reasons
That Billie Jean joke was hilarious! Could we get an episode about the music of a PS2 platformer, like the Ratchet, Jak or Sly Cooper Series? Also the part with the pop songs is always hilarious and educative at the same time.
I lost track of how many times I've watched this video. You're so well spoken and informed about music theory, and present it all in such a digestible and entertaining way.
Love it, man. Love it all.
What a lovely video. It's comforting to know others valued this music the same way I do and did when I was a child. It was an important part of my inner life and though it seemed like such a private thing at the time, it turns out there were many others having the same experience.
Okay, this one was just mind blowing. I knew the EXACT moments in City Escape and the Mania title screen theme as soon as I saw them on the timeline graphic. No wonder Mania's title left such a lasting impression on me, it's just stuffed with Genesis goodness. I love that you covered the versus zone themes, always felt they were super underrated.
The older I get the more I appreciate the Competition music. This particular track always had an effect on me though. It’s a masterpiece
i just found this channel and i really appreciate the detail and humor on display. i never learned to read sheet music but i never feel lost either. exceptionally explained.
This song doesn’t make my cry it makes me want to dance
I don't know anything about music, but this video is some professional production, and I'm really impressed. You certainly deserve more than 30K subscribers.
2:07 yo...yo dog.. thats like finding out your wife is actually the girl you where friends with for that short while during your second move.
This reminds me of a funny story. When i was in 4th grade, i had a friend whose name was Nicholas. A year later, i changed schools and thought i would never seen him again, but when i was in 8th grade, i came back to that school and i found a person who was familiar for me, i became his friend, then days later, i realised he was Nicholas. Maybe i'm just dumb, but that was interesting.
This is the first video I've watched from you and was pleasantly surprised to hear you sing the example songs. That was a treat and effective! Also I started losing my mind when you sang "Baby" with the reverb on (and all the other songs in that section) because it is one thing to know "yeah a lot of songs use the same chord progressions". It is an ENTIRELY different feeling to have them presented rapid-fire like that. Loved that. XD
Found your channel on my recommended page today and just binged through them all. I had never heard all these 2 Player Sonic 3 tracks before as I never had Sonic 3 as a kid on the Megadrive, just 1, 2 & Sonic & Knuckles.
Amazing to know about this Endless Mine motif!
Fantastic video! Would love to hear Sandopolis music breakdown next. Why most never liked the level, I always thought it was one of the most immersive stages.
Rollin' around, at the speed of sound!
I always had a fascination about Sonic BGMs, since Sonic 1 was released to be precise, and I find your explenations and theories about the music SO relevant to my personal life, that I want to say thankyou... so Thankyou very much!
I had a cheesy smile watching this vid.
When you started singing, I couldn’t help but laugh 🤣.
Great analysis & thanks for the recommendations.
Sonic Generations’ version of the song City Escape has a section that switches the melody of the lyrics to that of Endless Mine.
Holy crap. I gotta favourite this video so I can watch it every day from now on
This is genuinely one of the best youtube videos ive seen in 13 years of youtube. Incredible work.
I have real nostalgia for this song, since I played a bunch of multiplayer, and I loved playing this level.
when you open a video for sonic music history and wind up in a new variation of the "four chord song" video
OK I thought it was only me, but I'm so glad it's a fairly universal feeling to feel sad and nostalgic from this track...always makes me miss my childhood when I first played Sonic 3.
Breathtaking karaoke of those songs sir!
This is probably my favorite pattern in the entire franchise
I really love this song.
I spent so many hours on the sound test of the Genesis' Sonic games just marveling at these songs...
I had no idea a lot of other people felt sad while listening to Endless Mine. Even back then, I thought it was just me being overly sentimental.
Mind is various kinds of blown. Thank you for solving this back-of-the-mind mystery.
This is just beautiful, and I’m high af so i enjoyed X1000.
What a great song and now as a Sonic fan it has more meaning to many of us.
Underrated genius 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
Endless Mine has always been my number one! Great video
Oh my god I have never felt my younger self be validated as much as you acknowledging that Endless Mine riff in City Escape, holy shit yes
Sonic music defined my childhood, and influences my adult life still. The way that all these songs share DNA is like having a direct line to those memories some 30 years ago.
As soon as i saw Kojima at 8:00, i said the line out loud, perfect
Wait, I subbed to a music theory channel? Why?
Oh, that's is why!
Great musical insights, keep them comming!
This video was awesome!!! Never heard of you before someone left a comment on a different Sonic music vid and I wanted to check it out. So so good!!!
7:55 that is actual beauty, its so, so damn simple, yet its so powerful, but also so subtle at the same time
Your singing is top notch! Lol
I loved this video
This song didnt necessary make me sad when i was a kid but it did hit differently. Almost like a celebration or reflection like the year book analogy. Definitely felt like it was a change in passage if you will. These songs that i knew and loved have so much meaning to them, im appreciating them in a new way. Thank you for your commentary
I'm a newcomer and... Wow! Such, such an amazing and inspiring work the one you are doing in this channel. I'll check your Patreon because this channel it's and outstanding endless mine.
Iago.
this channel is a hidden gem
Your channel is fucking amazing. I love Sonic 3s OST, I love music but I'm terrible at music theory. Your explanation makes it so clear, and probably my internet it's at it's peak because I know all these songs very well. Gonna binge your videos tonight 😁
Awesome Channel!! Finally, somebody talks about the feeling that we feel when we play Sonic. Since childhood I percept this 'sad' and nostalgic felling when I heard Endless Mine Zone theme and others, like Bridge Zone in Sonic 1 of Master System. Great video, congratulations to the channel. Keep on work!! 👏👏👏
Sorry for my english.😁 Greetings from Brazil! 👍
7:56 This made me Subscribe. It's genius.
You are breaking my brain with these. I love it.
shoutouts to the singing segments btw, your voice is very nice :)
I am freaking in love with these videos!!
Wow this is such a great breakdown!
Interesting. I don't know about _crying,_ but even though I liked this song, I definitely remember this triggering some sad, false feelings of nostalgia when I was young.
Ubergrau's Endless Mine Reprise once caught me off guard, it sounded so good.
It gave me such nostalgic chills.
nostalgic is an understatement...as a kid it never made me cry though...but as a adult i almost want to lmfao. i love these videos man i just wish u showed the piano notes a little more often cause i can read sheet music for ish and i barely understand theory
There's a place where people uploaded midi versions of video game tracks. Some people even did remixes!
One of my absolute favourites was a mashup of this track, and Vanessa Carlton's A Thousand Miles.
It fit so perfectly. Thanks for helping to shed some light as to why!
Had to come back to this video to say that this melodic rythm is all over Dreams of an Absolution