The History and Disappearance of "Endless Possibility" from Sonic Unleashed
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- Опубликовано: 25 июл 2023
- Since the game's release, "Endless Possibility" from Sonic Unleashed has had some ups and downs regarding its release not only on streaming platforms, but the franchise as a whole. We delve into the history of the track, its significance, and the possible reasons for its quiet disappearance.
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Spotting a continuous confusion in the comments.
Yes, Endless Possibilities has appeared in different facets since the release of this video, including Sonic Symphony World Tour (in which it was also featured in the Symphony stream beforehand as stated in the video)
The original recording of the song itself is currently held in a rights limbo. That is the main focus point, as its situation is unlike most other main theme vocal tracks for Sonic titles.
Thank you
I'm going to give a hot take here, I think Endless Possibility is more fitting of the franchise as a whole than Live and Learn. It's a banger, don't get me wrong, but there's something about Endless Possibility that really encapsulates Sonic's personality.
immaculate opinion
Live and Learn legit feels more fitting as Shadow's theme, as the song has many allusions to his past life
@@ryannathaniel9296yeah it basically is, as it has more references in his tracks and game.
I think His World is a better series theme than both, but 06 is still a dogshit game
@@mondopatrickI can’t say that you’re right, but I agree. Endless Possibilities is a fantastic theme and I think it does represent sonic well, but His World is just everything to do with sonic.
Fun Fact: Endless Possibilities is still very present and is heard throughout every Sonic game where you can hear the "Super Sonic aura" sound effect, which originally came from Sonic Unleashed and features Endless Possibilities motif. (you can find audio rips on youtube where you can clearly hear it in the background)
Bro I thought I heard it when I was like 7 it’s crazy that I was right all along and not crazy lmfao
yeah i can definitely hear it. what a cool detail, honestly
Holy shit, I never knew they lost the rights to Endless Possiblities. That’s really crazy, I remember hearing that song for the first time playing Unleashed and playing it all the time on Rooftop Run in Gens. Hope they can figure something out
I do too… lovely that it’s featured in the Sonic Symphony tour 🙏
@@HedgeOnStage Yeah when I went to the Chicago Symphony that song is the one that took my voice lol
If you read the staff roll for Sonic Unleashed, you might notice something about Bowling for Soup members’ appearance being courtesy of Jive Records, a label that was shut down by Sony some time throughout 2011 - same year as Sonic Generations was released. Bowling for Soup were then absorbed into Sony’s RCA records, along with other Jive artists, before establishing their own independent record label. Since BFS is no longer part of Sony and Jive Records no longer exists, Sony might still retain the rights for the song but there’s no label to manage it anymore. That may be a potential reason why the song has been lost. What’s even more surprising is that Sony doesn’t even try to monetise the song through RUclips’s content ID, considering how hostile they are to anyone who uses a 5 second clip of their music for a meme video
I wonder if they will even try and get the music sorted out for a remake of the game considering they just made a new cover of it. I mean it’s alright I suppose but I honestly prefer the old version better
@@hamstergod9525 same. The new cover is great but… there’s something slightly off about it and I don’t know what exactly
Could it be the slight difference in the timbre of the vocals?
@@xxlarrytfvwxx9531that’s exactly it. Nathan does a great job, but it’s not the same.
Wow, when has Sony become the Nintendo of music?
This is why you download and preserve music you enjoy, not stream it. Rights can change at any time and the songs you love can be stripped away.
Couldn’t have said it better amigo
This is why I'm in a very few group of people in the world who still listening music using Winamp.
To make it more epic, I don't even have Spotify account 🤣
one of the hardest songs in the franchise
on god
This song and “It doesn’t matter” from SA1 have lyrics that really sound like Sonic’s whole personality and I love them for it
I think each song encapsulates sonic perfectly in each game
SA1 encapsulates him as a teenager who doesn't care what the world tells him, he will fight for good, even if people see it as the opposite (such as Fighting Perfect Chaos and sparing him, even though Perfect Chaos probably killed millions of people)
Live And Learn encapsulates sonic who isn't like he was in SA1, he won't see a villain as "Just The Villain" but as someone who could be redeemed (in this case, Shadow The Hedgehog and Rouge The Bat) which happens, Shadow remembers his promise to protect earth, eventhough he did things that could of destroyed it
His World encapsulates him as the best of both, he doesn't care what happens, what people tell him, if he thinks he is doing good then that's all that matters BUT is always willing to give people another chance if they do bad (in this case, Silver on his multiple attempts to kill Sonic) and his ignorance of Mephiles, protecting the princess was his priority, even if he was told different
Endless Possibilities encapsulates everything, no matter what happens, no matter what comes his way, he will run, he will save the day and he will protect people and whatever outcome that comes, he will take it with pride because in his world, where it doesn't matter what people say, he can live and learn and enjoy the Endless Possibilities that are in his future
Man watching this video I didn’t even realise that Endless Possibilities was gone. I had always had the mindset that each game has its own theme, but they’ll occasionally come back via extra unlockables or whatever. With the Sonic Generations remaster releasing this year… if the original version of Endless Possibilities isn’t in the game, well then I guess it’s just gone for good 😔
This^
I absolutely love this song, I grew up with Jaret Reddick's vocals because of Phineas And Ferb and I heard his voice when going to Chuck E Cheese. The song has a great message about (how i portray the song) how things change. But there's so much endless possibilities in life that you can't miss, it has rock elements in the meloey and it's from the first Sonic game I've ever played
I love Nate's version too, but nothing can beat the original. I wish the song was treated nicely
Please don't let this beautiful message make me cry 😭
Personally? I believed it was about not giving up on yourself and continuing to grow. You can do so more than u think u can. I do like ur interpretation and I think it's what makes music beautiful. Everyone views it differently
Sonic Unleashed is also available on XBOX ONE and XBOX Series X and Endless Possibilities is intact, worth noting since you named all official methods of listening to it at the end.
aaa that’s right! thank you!
It’s a real shame. Cos this version is legit my favourite vocal theme in the franchise. I hope they can somehow overcome the legal issues with it.
Thank you for shedding light on this topic. Endless Possibility is without a doubt in my top 5 rock songs from the franchise, and I wondered what had happened to it after I fell in love with it when I first heard it in Unleashed.
Ty for being here! It’s an interesting case of a track that just goes missing out of nowhere, hopefully we hear it in its original form again someday
Endless Possibility was also featured as the 11th track on Disc 2 of the History of Sonic Music 20th Anniversary Edition CD, and its instrumental was featured in a Sonic Unleashed themed event in Sonic Runners
I love Endless Possibility so much, because I always saw it as a song that kind of embodies the feeling of 'things getting better'. I've been waiting for things in my life to get better for a really long time now, and whenever I feel really down, I would listen to Endless Possibility and I'd feel better really fast. Since last month, I got even more in love with this song, because things in my life are finally actually getting better, so whenever I listen to this song again I cry to it even harder, feeling that, after all that happened, it was worth enduring everything that was going on. I love Sonic Unleashed so much, man...
I love that music is able to help people during hard times, I can’t think of a more fitting song. I hope things continue to get better for you
I'm so glad to hear someone talk about this. It's one of the best songs in this series so it sucks seeing it get done so dirty 😭
You know this song has it bad when it's only other appearances in the series are Sonic Runners, the 30th Anniversary Symphony and the World Tour.
Literally
Stole my comment! Was about to say this
This song was beautifully made. No other sonic OST can compete to this masterclass of a song.
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Disagree heavily. Dreams of an Absolution exists. It's a very beautiful and meaningful song, too. Depressing even, considering how it's about Silver's destroyed future and his character as a whole. But it's also hopeful.
@@ravaniphoenix5431L take
@ravaniphoenix5431 it's good but this is different
I really hope they get this sorted out some day. My first exposure to the entire Sonic franchise as a whole was with the games post 2005. Hell, i share the same birth year as Sonic Unleashed, so as you can probably tell this specific song along with its original vocals mean alot to me
Same😊
Best Sonic theme in my opinion. If there will be Sonic Unleashed remaster without Endless Possibility due to copyright issues, it would be so disappointing.
There are always covers
@@ScoutPlaysKalimba01true, they’d probably get Nate to do a cover since he did it for one of the Sonic symphonies
@@Glitchyy07aka: the best version of the song as of this reply
They'd just include a cover as close as possible to the original.
Worse they could do is the potential "Unleashed Ultimate" or whatever they name the Unleashed remaster giving us an instrumental version of the song (Sonic CD 2011 flashbacks)
This song should of been in Smash Ultimate. Its a criminal it never returned...
should have even been in smash 4
It’s the same for Powerman 5000’s Almost Dead and the Zebrahead version of His World, no where to be found 😔
??? I found the zebrahead version with a quick RUclips search..
I’ve always loved endless possibility from the very first time I heard it in the sonic unleashed teaser trailer! The fact that it has been absent from easy listening has always astounded me.
In my opinion this song kinda represents the franchise as a whole?
It symbolizes how the franchise kinda lost its flow, and how many possibilities Sonic had, it just needed to find its way, find the power inside it, and you can see that with Sonic Unleashed and the insane shift in quality after 06.
Sonic team put EVERYTHING in this game, and you can feel it, it feels like the most epic and grand Sonic game ever made, the feeling of speed, the vibes, the character and his attitude, it was all present in this game, Sonic Unleashed really was Sonic incarnate, I love this game.
Thankfully the new version with Nate is an absolute banger too
Ehhh bowling for soup is better
@@AdamSelvigboth are amazing g in their own rights
But even I prefer nates version just a bit more. Especially since the Symphony adds more energy to the song and Nates Vocals are so great
Check out the Video Game Orchestra's version as well. Dave Vives's vocals are INCREDIBLE.
Ew Nate's ver. of songs are MID
@@zxabeir hard disagree bro.
You're so underrated my man, hope you grow, this is really good quality content, continue the quality! :)
bless ya
ty so so much. That means a lot considering the majority of past uploads are from a single brand. I’ve wanted to gradually branch into my other huge loved for so long. I appreciate you ✌️
@@HedgeOnStage give it your best my guy 😆💪
Endless Possibilities (yes that's what I call it, sue me) is to this day still one of my favorite tracks from the entire series. I often have a hard time picking singular favorites, but few songs are as high up on my list as this one. Of course it also helps that Unleashed is my favorite (and first) Sonic game :) I'm a sucker for werewolf stories and the way Sonic was written in Unleashed just felt perfect for the type of character he is, so any future game would be hard-pressed to beat Unleashed as my favorite ^^'
This song is just so wonderfully upbeat and pleasant to listen to, the lyrics fit Sonic perfectly, and the pitch of Jared's voice compared to Jason Griffith's Sonic really makes it feel like Sonic is the one singing :D
I will see you in the high courts.
Don’t know what happened to the Zebrahead version of His World and the whole of the Rush OST (besides back to back) cuz their not on Spotify
Were they ever on there? Spotify is missing a lot of Sonic songs.
Has anyone else listened to the remix done by RedDesertStorm (I think that’s his name)?
It’s an old video from the early 2010s where he essentially combines the main theme’s vocals with the orchestral version (Perfect Dark Gaia) and it goes hard as fuck.
Only issue is that it’s been hit with the RUclips Kids label, so you can’t post comments or save it to a Playlist, but if you search “endless possibility remix” on RUclips it should still come up just fine.
I noticed this when I was making my Sonic playlist. I was like 'uh... why isn't Endless Possibility on the soundtrack??' My solution was to just pull it from an unofficial upload LOL. Sad to hear that the rights are gone.
It's a shame that Sega apparently didn't learn their lesson with the Sonic 3 tracks and ensure that any future agreements permitted them to use the song as much as they wished (unless that was legally impossible).
It was likely that latter case, since it was unforunate unforeseen consquences that were all messy in terms of right legality. It wasn't like michael jackson where they just didn't fully realize at the time there was more to it.
It's more it got shuffled into a dusty corner in Sony's copyright box, and as much as they want to grab it, I think SEGA fears what might happen if Sony actually decides to take advantage of the fact they have it considering how cutthroat they are about copyright before deciding to hand it back.
I like how in the perfect dark Gaia version of endless possibilities when he goes super the werehog transformation is transformed into a hero in triumph as the trumpets get louder and the beat getting faster you feel like going faster and faster flying through the air ready and close to defeating dark Gaia
Endless Possibilities has always been my favorite sonic song especially growing up with this era of sonic it has always spoken out to me and been more sonic fitting than any of the other songs like his world and live and learn. It hurts that you can only really listen to this song on youtube and i love listening to the planetary pieces albums in my playlist. I did not know that they lost legal rights but this is definitely the greatest sonic song oat in my opinion.
The original version is honestly my favorite Sonic song of all time, its so nostalgic to me and always manages to rouse emotion in me. It doesn't just remind me of that era of Sonic that I grew up with, but that part of my childhood in general.
The new version they have with Nate is good, but it could never hold a candle to the original in my opinion.
Yo this video is great, never in my life i would notice this. Keep up the amazing work🔥❤
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I love this song so much man. It’s sad that it wasn’t in Frontiers as a music selection.
Endless Possibility is my favourite song of the franchise. Thank you for giving it the love it deserves. I definitely love both of Nate's covers, he did one on his own channel before he performed at the 30th Anniversary Symphony. Also, Video Game Orchestra have performed a cover of Endless Possibility, and their singer Dave Vives is absolutely incredible.
oh I’ll have to give that a look!!
Was waiting for someone to make a video on this
I love the original so much, however if Nathan Sharps version is going to be the mainstay from here on out, I’m personally fine with that. Been listening to his music for years and am always happy to se him grow.
I tried to find the original version on Spotify but I’m fine with the cover it’s in my video game music playlist
This is probably one of or my favorite video game song, so it’s unfortunate that they did lose the rights to the song. I hope they bring it back somehow
I wondered why my favorite song was removed from my sonic playlist :'((( I love Nate's voice so I guess its all good
So thats why they had Nate do a Cover for the anniversary orchestra Edition instead of the OG version.
That orchestra rift was all i heard and thought it was the games song for a good couple of years until i heard it. Well years later
Jun Senoue was only involved with the final boss version. The guitarist behind the main theme version was Chewtaro Moritake.
If Sonic X Shadow Generations omits the song or replaces it with the cover... I guess then it makes sense why they started the remasters with Colors instead of with Unleashed. RIP.
Endless possibility represents everything sonic, that nobody can stop you and your freedom and that your limits are farther than anyone can set for you, even yourself. To not be afraid of the unknown as it might have something incredible for you
Endless Mystery
It truly is 😞
I’m glad they were able to do a new version of the song so it’s not a forever-lost thing.
this song at the end of the ps2 version of unleashed made me feel something no other game has as a kid
I love this theme and I always interpretted the breakdown as, "even though I look evil, that I look like a monster, that any minute, I might snap and go wild, I want you all to stand back because I won't let this darkness hurt anyone because I AM A HERO"
At least, that's how I felt it, Sonic knowing he could lose it so he begs for people, both strangers and friends to get away because he doesn't want to hurt them
It even solidifies when he interacts with Amy for the first time in his form, he runs away but not like how he normally does, he runs away but sad, not happy or teasing, just sad, like he knows he could accidentally hurt his friend so he separates himself and Amy so it doesn't happen
Endless Possibility was my jam back in the day... really strange to hear that it was being omitted this whole time!
Although I don't really hold this song dear to my heart like Live and Learn or Open Your Heart I still hope that one day they manage to officially revive the original version, I guess the silver lining is that we can at least listen to it on youtube...
I’ve just started to listen Sonic Unleashed’s soundtrack again. I was so confused why Endless Possibilities just wasn’t on Spotify, I had to come here on RUclips to find the song, as it’s been reposted so many times on this app. It kinda sucks the original song has gone through this weird loophole, I hope it returns in some capacity digitally. It’s basically in my top 5 for best main themes in a Sonic game.
the music literally gives me chills I beat this game a few days agao and o my goodness is it amazing the best sonic games in my opinion , when I heard it when I was fighting dark Gaia I was so hyped bro , this music still slaps to this day it’s so amazing and nothing can top it or hit the way it hits
both versions of endless possibility are amazing aswell
Nathan Sharp (NateWantsToBattle) is the GOAT! I was already a huge fan of his before the 30th anniversary symphony, and it was such a pleasant surprise to see him performing Endless Possibilities.
The ost from Sonic games just hits differently 😭 I always find myself eventually jamming out to them often especially when I've had enough to drink lol
OMG! I had no idea Endless Possibilities was actually a COLLAB! 😮 That makes this song even more epic knowing it was composed by Sega and sung by Bowling For Soup. Also I love Bowling for Soup because they also put their music in many anime movies I watched as a kid, including Digimon. Sonic Unleashed is EPIC.
This song hit me in a way other dont. Unleashed has the best story and presentation.
Dang you just reminded me of in his world, Chills.
This is my number one favorite song ever.
Endless possibilities is the best sonic main theme for me I’ll always treasure this song for the rest of my life
this is pretty normal. music rights in japan are a clusterfuck, that's part of why a lot of japanese media doesn't even get international soundtrack releases.
Makes me wonder if they're gonna replace it as an unlockable song in the Generations remaster. With either the sympthony version or a different song entirely.
Theres a video on youtube that has the original track, so i converted the video into an mp3 and connected my local files to my spotify, so now i can enjoy endless possibility on spotify
I hope they don't change the original version used in generations for the remaster
There's also the fact that the track doesn't appear in the Super Smash Bros. series.
Smash has almost every vocal Sonic main theme, with the exception being Endless Possibilities. His World seems to have similar problems, which is why Smash and Frontiers used the E3 version of that track.
Generations seems to be an exception because this was to be their biggest celebration and was worth splurging. Or maybe including the tracks was how they found out about the difficulty.
I wonder if those two tracks and the Rush tracks (which are also under some legal issues it seems and were removed from iTunes, Smash, and Mario & Sonic) will return in Sonic x Shadow Generations
NateWantsToBattle mentioned 👍
Endless possibilities makes me smile EVERY DAMN TIME I hear it
I can’t believe Charles Entertainment Cheese himself wrote the lyrics of and performed one of the best Sonic themes in the series!
This is always a question i had in my head ive wanted this on Spotify for so long so now I just use RUclips music to hear it
Oh. Maybe this is why Unleashed hasn't gotten a remaster yet or even a port to PC, because they lost the licensing rights to the main theme. Man, that sucks. I love Unleashed and Endless Possibilities is in my top 5.
I will go on record to say that this is one of my favourite Sonic themes ever made (His World and I'm Here are certainly up there as well), but if I'm being completely honest, I don't really mind it being missing from Spotify. Both Nathan Sharp (NateWantsToBattle) versions (ie the Sonic Symphony version, and the one from Nathan's own Sonic cover album(s) Gotta Go Fast (and Gotta Go Faster)) are just as good, if not better, and I've grown used to Nathan's voice more than Tyler's.
Additionally, another official Sonic vocal track that is impossible to find on Spotify outside of those NWTB cover albums is the version of His World done by the full Zebrahead band. We only have the original by Ali Tabatabaee and Matty Lewis, the numerous tracks from Sonic '06 that reuse the same melody, and the Crush 40 version from 2009. Thankfully, when Nate did his His World cover, he covered the Zebrahead version, so it's not too far off!
my current concern is whether it will still be in the Gens remaster or if it will be a 3&K situation
Pretty sure the reason is just that when the license agreements were drafted in 2007/2008 between music labels, streaming rights were not set, as streaming was not yet as big, especially in Japan, so it was likely seen as something not worth it at the time.
Endless possibilities is my favorite theme in the entire series it’s a shame that it hasn’t been included in frontiers or any of the smash games
8:10 I love that you put a Barney the Dinosaur!
I also love hearing the endless possibility cover from R3 Music Box! Which I listen to all the time
A majority of my channel is based in covering the history of Barney.
Check out my older uploads when you get the chance, the franchise is a big part of my life
The reason why the original version is not available on streaming is because the sound recording is not owned by SEGA, it is licensed to Zomba Recording LLC (as per the OST's booklet) aka Jive Label Group. The company shut down on October 2011, a few weeks before Sonic Generations came out, so I assume that made licensing complicated for SEGA
God why is everything about this game so neglected by sega? They won't remaster it, they won't re-release the main theme
Honestly my favorite vocal track for the pick me up feel
I got an iPod mini for Christmas the same year this game came out. It was one of like 10 songs I put on it at first. I played sonic unleashed all day with this song on repeat in my ears hahaha
God that brings back, memories
I was on Apple Music getting all the unleashed music and was so confused why it was missing. It’s the TITLE theme! So sad to hear dumb bs politics getting in the way.
This game will always be apart of me and my heart as my favorite game and my only going childhood. And I thought the werehog was the best part, I know your body has different opinions and that’s OK ❤
Nice video
Sonic x shadow generations better have this banger 😭
I wonder why its not on spotify and other music streaming, and this video answer my question
Hopefully with the upcoming gens remaster they sort this out and get the rights to it.
Would be a shame to lose it's presense in the game, let alone if they were to make an unleashed remaster someday
I’m so happy i bought the original soundtrack so I have this song forever
The 30th Anniversary Symphony with NateWantsToBattle is the best version of the song. (In my opinio)
Endless possibility is the best song ever
The boost style began in Sonic Rush
I just assumed it got replaced by Reach for The Stars; as that became the defacto Sonic theme in games since colors.
Sonic themes are not “replaced” when a new game comes out. They serve as the theme for that one game specifically. The video dives into why the song in its original incarnation is not brought out officially anymore, not the new songs that followed it
@@HedgeOnStage then why did they keep using It Doesn’t Matter, His World, & Reach for The Stars outside of their respective games?
The fact they were able to make an official cover of the song at all suggests Sega has the rights to the song in general, instrumentation and lyrics- just not the original Reddick vocals and performance specifically.
precisely
It's on RUclips too
You ommited to mention Sonic Runners where a different intrumental version of the song was played during an event in the game.
(Also, Jarett Reddick said not long ago that he’s working on a new version of the song)
1: it wasn’t omitted, it just wasn’t known
2: this video is over a year old. Try not to hold strong assumptions
Im hoping that this will be the next game that will be remade after generations X. Unlesshed still to this day has the best sonic trailer
It's in sonic frontiers after they added more unlockable music!! One of the first songs I found I was stoked. I think it was the orchestra version though not sure it's so good either way
The only proof I’ve seen of this is a mod that adds the song into the game. I’ve seen no one else speak of its inclusion nor it’s location
1:19 hes litterally holding a bass....
my mistake!
I think the question here too would be like who actually would have it? Like if Tomoya doesnt have it nor bowling for soup vocalist doesnt have it then surely sega would have it but if sega doesnt have it, who bought it? Who else would be able to get their hands on the rights to a song they didnt create? If not sega then sonic team, but if sonic team has it then the original version would be shared more frequently. So who has it? Is it a group or a sneaky individual person?
Probably SEGA doesn't want to pay royalties. Same issue with the Sonic 3 tracks