Sonic 3 - Hydrocity
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- Опубликовано: 25 сен 2024
- Sonic 3 was developed and published by Sega in 1994 for the Sega Genesis, originally intended to be released as a single game with Sonic and Knuckles. The eventual Windows release did properly combine the two games. Its soundtrack was composed/created by a giant list people: The Sega Sound Team, as well as Brad Buxer, Bobby Brooks, Darryl Ross, Geoff Grace, Doug Grigsby III, Cirocco Jones, and Michael Jackson.
Ok, that bit about Michael Jackson remains a point of contention. We know for a fact that Jackson did work on the game's music at least at one point, but he remains uncredited and it took until last year for a Sega dev (in this case, producer Yuji Naka) to officially confirm that this happened. As far as I can tell the rest of Sega now maintains that none of his work made it into the game... but not everyone agrees.
Sega's official story (firstly that he did not work on it, then that his work was removed) has not stopped a surprisingly large community of avid listeners dedicated to "proving" Jackson's work remains in the game, starting since a long time before official confirmation. They claim to do this by listening to the tracks and finding similarities between them and Michael Jackson's music. Setting aside how much of a stretch these comparisons can be (in some cases, wholly unconvincing to my ear), even the most obvious similarities can at best be considered circumstantial, not actual proof.
In my mind, it's a weak argument compared to simply recognizing the reality of a game's development cycle and short turnaround times. Not to mention, it's hard to say how much anyone outside the composers themselves and maybe a few sound designers would even be able to recognize any of the music as Jackson's work. Some of those composers argue his music is still in the game too.
So... did Michael Jackson's music make it in? I don't know, and neither do you, but I think it's more likely than not.
Now that this arrangement is done, I'm looking forward to finally getting to listen to the 8-bit big bands version and seeing how they, with an actual composer/arranger capable of real writing, handled it all.
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Gotta love a brass version of Hydrocity.
This is absolutely amazing, please keep making more videos 😭
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Out of this world.
Salsa + Sonic = Gold!
I'm LOVING this arrangement! Nicely done!
Another great mix! Thank k you!
THE RETURN OF THE KING!!! this is amazing, i LOVED the latin spin you pulled for act 2! was so excited when i got this notification!
Fantastic job
I've never understood the controversy vis-a-vis MJ's involvement. _he didn't write his own music._ so by having people who DID write his music, e.g. Brad Buxer, write music for the game (and never paying for it, cheapskates) and having MJ give a little input, he "wrote some of the music."
In short, most of the "controversy" itself isn't whether or not he did it, it's that Sega refused to admit it, and still refuses to some degree.
But yeah, I don't really have much skin in the game, just thought people might be interested to know!
@@AaronBueckert c-... capcom?
Did you just have a freudian slip because of how badly capcom treats everyone who works for them? XD
@@KairuHakubi woooooooooooooops I'll edit that lol
@@AaronBueckert Oh great, now *_I_* look crazy.
Incredible! I love brass and I love sonic 3, so this arrangement is perfect!
This is a masterpiece.
Thar beginning, man, incredible!!!
What model is your B flat trumpet?
I play on a Schilke S42, though I bought it used and believe it's had some modifications done to it in the past, not limited to its change in type of spit-valve.