Hyper sonic, tails, or Knuckles, and just stand on the edge of the solid ground near the quick sand... you go make a drink, while the Boss kills itself!
This is actually the SONIC 3 boss music believe it or not. This is the music that was originally intended to play in all mini bosses throughout Sonic 3 until the soundtrack was reworked with MJ tracks after the game was split into 2
some info to back this up is if you fight the hydrocity act 1 boss, the robotnik boss theme plays but if you stay in the water long enough for the drowning to play, quickly spindash out of the water and this will play in S3
Anytime you go underwater during a boss battle in Sonic 3, the music will change to what is the minor boss theme from Sonic and Knuckles. The music continues playing until you are above water and then switches back to the main boss theme used in both Sonic 3 as well as Sonic and Knuckles. Trippy as it is, it switches back and forth.
What a great track. Such threatening, synthetic and kinda creepy tune. Just like Robotinik and his inventions. I could fight any robot for hours listening to this. Sonic series always had great soundtracks.
I like how this is the theme of basically “Knucks betrayal!” As in realising he got played by Robotnik in the Hidden Palace and tries to stop him from getting the Master Emerald but it was all in vain and they have to go to Sky Sanctuary!
Even though this song doesn't play in the "Sonic 3 only" version, you can secretly unlock the song when you face the minor boss at Hydro-city Act 1. Just let the "running out of air" song start, jump to the surface to breathe, then this song starts to play. Before I got "Sonic & Knuckles", I'd always do that just to hear this great song.
It is amazing how well the soundtrack to this game has aged. I would say that is really has not aged at all. I've been listening to this song since 1997 and I am still mesmerized!
2 things in mind: The fact this is really the original mini boss theme for sonic 3. And memories of me performing a glitch with the debug code to "kill" robotnik in hidden palace.
Yes, totally... just stand on top of it and let it whack away at it's own body.... This boss made me laugh, but I'd press down on the d-pad to the beat of the drums.... because why not? it's a Sonic jam!.... Hyper Sonic, Tails, or Knuckles, it's all good.
This was a replacement for the original funky minor boss theme in Sonic 3. The major boss theme was definitely more intense than the funky one. But when S3K came out the minor bosses outdid them both lol
@@omarbonilla8813 Turns out the funky minor boss theme was actually a replacement itself. A recent prototype revealed that this music was the miniboss theme at a very early stage.
Years go by and I keep coming back to this Sonic song. I wish it played in the background of all the major moments in my life. It gives me a sense of urgency, courage, and mild anxiety that something big is happening or about to happen.
No offence to MJ but his composition of the mini boss music sounds like pure sh*t to me, it just isn't Sonic......THIS on the other hand is a masterpiece....THIS is Sonic.
i agree with you, a shame they made the MJ theme be used for the act 1 bosses. In the November 1993 prototype version, it uses the S&K boss theme. Just goes to show, dont change perfection lol
Always think of the scene with knuckles and the emeralds, finally waking up to Eggman being the enemy, with this theme. Never gets old. Mario will always be Mario. But my God nothing will match the feels from Sonic music.
Just leaving a comment - to take a moment to appreciate how well constructed this music actually is. Harmonic chords: ✔ Energy: ✔ Presence: ✔ Urgency: ✔ Epic synths: ✔ Still better than some of what we get today(30 years later): ✔
Also known as Flying Battery Act 2 pre-boss fight and Hidden Palace Robotnik encounter music (these are the only times where the game plays act 1 music while the boss is Robotnik)
I remember there used to be a final stage where you fight the Boss fight under water in wich the song was the Mayor bosses OST ... but if you stayed long enough under the water to activate the drown count down, in the moment you get to take air again this masterpiece begins to play during the battle!!! OMG after discover this, I was never EVER able to stop doing it!
At the hydrocity zone in Sonic 3 you can jump in the middle of the pillar thingy and this will play strangely.. Even though it doesn't even belong in Sonic 3.
Funfact about this theme is , in Sonic 3 in hydrocity act 1 , the boss theme will play the act 2 theme boss for some reason but if you try to almost drown yourself but than exit out of the water , it's this theme from Sonic & Knuckles that plays and i remind you that this is Sonic 3 that i refer , but this was fix in Sonic 3 & Knuckles
I loved these themes pure adrenal rush x 10 👌 but why the sonic 3 logo/intro for this theme !? 😅 and as always because of you dr robotnik ❤ these themes were made possible !! 👏 thank you for being evil !
I noticed you looped this song longer than the others, sonicKAI. Yeah, you know what you were doing. You knew I needed 8 minutes to do my little dance of to the best boss music ever to revel in sweet nostalgia.
Mushroom Hill: Chop chop. Flying Battery: Stop hitting yourself. Sandopolis: Don't be scared, go for a swim Lava Reef: Need a Hand? Death Egg: Watch the spikes and big scary laser
vulcathene: Yeah, once I got past the spheres and hit the eyeballs lazer attack then I was like "How many hits does he take?!?!" This song has a mixture of adventure, a little of Sandopolis (only thing good about sandopolis is its soundtrack anyway ;D) and a powerful punch of robotics in the song. Really helps you concentrate on kicking some Ro-butt-nik! :D
@Parkster175 Yup. Brought my Mega Drive to school yesterday and played it connected to the interactive board. Teacher was mad because she couldn't teach maths.
@ARWINGx1 The true end also shows how Knuckles's story begins and explains why Robotnik looks the way he does, and when you play through it all as Knuckles and get all chaos emeralds (and later the super emeralds and become hyper Knuckles), you get the final ending to the really long story. This mid-boss music was inserted into S3 when you put them together. You could also put Sonic 2 into the S&K cartridge and play through S2 as Knuckles.
Yes when you fight eggman at the end of hydrocity level. I even used to get drowning countdown to hear this music. I was glad they used it for mini boss in sonic and knuckles, this theme is a lot better than the mini boss theme of sonic 3.
while fighting eggman in hydrocity zone act 2, keep your head under the water until the drowning music starts, when you jump up for air this song will play during the fight.
Lmao, I remember making lyrics to this song as a kid! Something about Evil coming, having to take a chance to save your friends, just be brave. lol. im going to try and remember. so long ago, but the beat makes me remember.
@Shane Naab As years passed by, Robotnik lost his spherical shape and became more of an elliptical(eggshaped) person. As a result, the name "eggman" started to be a little more fitting.
Do you know in Sonic 3 in the second stage, if you are underwater while you are fighting the mini boss for a long time you'll hear this song after you come up for air when the countdown starts!
![Sonic 3 Music: Final Boss [extended]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/fgdZ76w00D4/mqdefault.jpg)
![Sonic 3 Music: Final Boss [extended]](/img/tr.png)
I liked the robot who chopped trees at me.
Hei Hou was just doing his job tbh
Jetpack Lumberjack
Plot twist: he wasn’t actually fighting you, he was just doing his job and was accidentally hurting you in the process
@@NeonBlueLight If that's the case,he is by far one of most tragic robot in Sonic!
"Toc... Toc... Toc..."
0:14 this part is just so nostalgic, I love it
That’s my favorite part, I wish it was on repeat
Es mi parte favorita bro
Ikr
I AGREE
@@TT_0703 is wouldn't be hard to loop
You can feel the urgency and the wickedness, but also the greatness playing this theme.
especially when you listen to it at high volume with headphones. the underchord in the song will blow your mind
It does what the Sonic 2 boss theme did but even better
Still waiting for the Sandopolis boss to jump into the sinking sand.......
Ur supposed to hit his front when hes fzcint you and right next to it
You can let it chase you into the quicksand
Hyper sonic, tails, or Knuckles, and just stand on the edge of the solid ground near the quick sand... you go make a drink, while the Boss kills itself!
"NOW WHY DID HE GO BACKWARDS!? ARGH, HE'S JUST FUCKING WITH ME!"
This is actually the SONIC 3 boss music believe it or not. This is the music that was originally intended to play in all mini bosses throughout Sonic 3 until the soundtrack was reworked with MJ tracks after the game was split into 2
some info to back this up is if you fight the hydrocity act 1 boss, the robotnik boss theme plays but if you stay in the water long enough for the drowning to play, quickly spindash out of the water and this will play in S3
@@dannybu898 wow didn't know that
Anytime you go underwater during a boss battle in Sonic 3, the music will change to what is the minor boss theme from Sonic and Knuckles. The music continues playing until you are above water and then switches back to the main boss theme used in both Sonic 3 as well as Sonic and Knuckles.
Trippy as it is, it switches back and forth.
@@dannybu898 yep!!! That’s happened to me lol
no matter how many times this short theme repeats..... never bored listening ..
So true
Ikr??
What a great track. Such threatening, synthetic and kinda creepy tune. Just like Robotinik and his inventions. I could fight any robot for hours listening to this. Sonic series always had great soundtracks.
yes
Agreed. Even Sonic Frontiers music is pretty good. I really like the portal stage music in Frontiers especially.
I like how this is the theme of basically “Knucks betrayal!” As in realising he got played by Robotnik in the Hidden Palace and tries to stop him from getting the Master Emerald but it was all in vain and they have to go to Sky Sanctuary!
That creepy giant mechanic hand at the end of Lava Reef Zone Act 1.
+Matheusfpolis1
Let it crush you, but just before it lands, do a spin dash, then when it lands, release spin dash and barrage the bastard with hits.
blinkyth3fish I always do that. ^^
thats the giant robot in act 1 of doomsday zone..i think
Spartan War118 It should be, Death Egg was in Lava Reef Zone's background after all.
+Nobody Is Here i thinkk that too
I love how this song brings back different memories for everyone.
Even though this song doesn't play in the "Sonic 3 only" version, you can secretly unlock the song when you face the minor boss at Hydro-city Act 1. Just let the "running out of air" song start, jump to the surface to breathe, then this song starts to play. Before I got "Sonic & Knuckles", I'd always do that just to hear this great song.
This song... is so damn iconic to this day!
Rlly wish they'd make a sonic game that brought these elements back...
Now listen with headphones
It is amazing how well the soundtrack to this game has aged. I would say that is really has not aged at all. I've been listening to this song since 1997 and I am still mesmerized!
2 things in mind:
The fact this is really the original mini boss theme for sonic 3.
And memories of me performing a glitch with the debug code to "kill" robotnik in hidden palace.
*music when ur parents check search history*
+Hirotrum I'd say the proper accompaniment to that situation would be Doomsday zone if anything
+Michael Kemel Re-reading this comment a week later I'm wondering why I decided to sound so pretentious
So happy to have Shift + Ctrl + N :)
+ssonic15 yep me too
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Who's fighting a mini-boss for 8 minutes? lmao
All you have to do is get one play of the song, then loop it.
Sir Echo I know how it works. It was a joke lol ;)
I love when my name is mentioned, I feel like hale or something.
Sir Echo Sir Echo Sir Echo Sir Echo Sir Echo Sir Echo Sir Echo Sir Echo
I AM.
This honestly sounds like it was ment for the final boss
listen to this song with headphones
Most of S3&K's boss music is so epic that it only gets even more epic.
Yeah.. but then you hear the ACTUAL final boss music. Holy shit. And THEN Doomsday Zone, it's fucking mad
Yeah, this music is too awesome for just a mini-boss
i totally agree
Eggman betraying Knucles
yeet
Please, call him Dr Robotnic
@@BF109G4 What. Why. Doctor Robotnic name was used in USA and classic sonic games was made in japan.
@@BF109G4 nope its egg man
His original name is Dr Eggman. Dr Ivo Robotnik was invented from the Sonic cartoon show.
(Flying Battery Boss as Hyper Sonic)
Just casually waiting for the boss to kill itself..
Looks up to the beat
Yes, totally... just stand on top of it and let it whack away at it's own body.... This boss made me laugh, but I'd press down on the d-pad to the beat of the drums.... because why not? it's a Sonic jam!.... Hyper Sonic, Tails, or Knuckles, it's all good.
Try debugging and flying as far away off screen as possible, it starts attacking in the opposite direction lol
Y E S
67............66...........65.........64..........63......62 20 seconds later
41........boss dead
Bigger chungus
This was a replacement for the original funky minor boss theme in Sonic 3. The major boss theme was definitely more intense than the funky one. But when S3K came out the minor bosses outdid them both lol
@@omarbonilla8813 Turns out the funky minor boss theme was actually a replacement itself. A recent prototype revealed that this music was the miniboss theme at a very early stage.
@@SamuelMcConnell Wait what!? That's weird!
i think they should have swaped the songs
yes.
Lol this song played in my head when I was taking an Algebra Quiz one time
I've honestly always preferred this minor boss theme. This makes the boss feel more like a threat and there's stakes to the fight.
i get chills listening to this
number 15
Saaame, they actually put effort in making you feel something, one of the best boss themes out there!
Years go by and I keep coming back to this Sonic song. I wish it played in the background of all the major moments in my life. It gives me a sense of urgency, courage, and mild anxiety that something big is happening or about to happen.
No offence to MJ but his composition of the mini boss music sounds like pure sh*t to me, it just isn't Sonic......THIS on the other hand is a masterpiece....THIS is Sonic.
i agree with you, a shame they made the MJ theme be used for the act 1 bosses. In the November 1993 prototype version, it uses the S&K boss theme. Just goes to show, dont change perfection lol
Always think of the scene with knuckles and the emeralds, finally waking up to Eggman being the enemy, with this theme. Never gets old. Mario will always be Mario. But my God nothing will match the feels from Sonic music.
Just leaving a comment - to take a moment to appreciate how well constructed this music actually is.
Harmonic chords: ✔
Energy: ✔
Presence: ✔
Urgency: ✔
Epic synths: ✔
Still better than some of what we get today(30 years later): ✔
Also known as Flying Battery Act 2 pre-boss fight and Hidden Palace Robotnik encounter music (these are the only times where the game plays act 1 music while the boss is Robotnik)
This sh*t was serious back in the day 😅
Sonic osts go so hard they need to make more games similar to the classics
I remember there used to be a final stage where you fight the Boss fight under water in wich the song was the Mayor bosses OST ... but if you stayed long enough under the water to activate the drown count down, in the moment you get to take air again this masterpiece begins to play during the battle!!! OMG after discover this, I was never EVER able to stop doing it!
This theme always comes into my head when ever serious shits about to go down
Think I'm gonna go dust off my Genesis after listening to this... God bless these 20 year old games for still being amazing
IMO Genesis and SNES games have held up way better than a lot of PS1 games.
Did you dust off your Genesis?
Definitely the better mini boss theme then 3
This one can sound both catchy and menacing while the original one is just catchy
the fuckin tree cutter guy at the end of mushroom stage.
CHUCK. CHUCK. CHUCK
The boss hit sound: T-HE-NEK!
Good times...
+The Commentator I still want a refund for my parrot....>:[
+NYG5 Same way I felt.
+The Commentator Oh im a lumberjack im im oka, OH SHET A HEDGEHOG
10/10!!! So catchy and filled with emotion
This is how you do a boss theme.
The people who created the sound track for this game are geniuses.
Looks like a chasing theme :)
listen to it with headphones
Yes I am :)
Except YOU’RE the one giving chase.
The quality on thumbnail 💯
Math test song
I can still hear that lumberjack robot chopping those trees
Trivia: This also plays when recovering from drowning in Hydrocity boss fights, and when Knuckles fights EggRobo in Marble Garden.
Transformers G1 Decepticons boss theme
BEST boss song ever! i can't stop hitting the replay button! ahh.. i still play this game on my gamecube. :') it never gets old
When you try to proceed the level but the minor bosses theme starts playing:🕺🕺🕺
At the hydrocity zone in Sonic 3 you can jump in the middle of the pillar thingy and this will play strangely.. Even though it doesn't even belong in Sonic 3.
.....then they decided to make it separate games as it was an ingenious money scheme.....
Nigga please.
If they had released the game in one single cartridge it would probably costs the same as buying both separated anyways
Do you remember how expensive Sonic 3 was when it came out?? Somehow I doubt it...
I remember costing the same as the others games
Funfact about this theme is , in Sonic 3 in hydrocity act 1 , the boss theme will play the act 2 theme boss for some reason but if you try to almost drown yourself but than exit out of the water , it's this theme from Sonic & Knuckles that plays and i remind you that this is Sonic 3 that i refer , but this was fix in Sonic 3 & Knuckles
One of the greatest boss themes of all time
I loved these themes pure adrenal rush x 10 👌 but why the sonic 3 logo/intro for this theme !? 😅 and as always because of you dr robotnik ❤ these themes were made possible !! 👏 thank you for being evil !
I literally could listen to this song during the Sandopolis mini boss fight lmao
I noticed you looped this song longer than the others, sonicKAI. Yeah, you know what you were doing. You knew I needed 8 minutes to do my little dance of to the best boss music ever to revel in sweet nostalgia.
That moment you realize the 1st Act boss's theme is better than the 2nd Act boss's theme.
This is the best soundtrack in Sonic 3
This is the most iconic theme for any Sonic game created
This is my most favorite Sonic boss theme.
Mushroom Hill: Chop chop.
Flying Battery: Stop hitting yourself.
Sandopolis: Don't be scared, go for a swim
Lava Reef: Need a Hand?
Death Egg: Watch the spikes and big scary laser
Fun Fact: One Of The Characters For My Series Is Based Off The Tree Chopping Robot 🌲 🪓
His Name Is Lumber-Jack
"Knuckles, stop! Robotnik's stealing the emerald!"
The zone 13 Red eye boss was perfect for this tune. (Death Egg)
Yes, very hard and intense fight. This theme was perfect for red eye boss.
Dang I remember when the upload date used to say 2 years ago.
Took me ages to figure out where this was from. Was humming it at work today!
THANK YOU!!!!
I have been trying to get this in good quality for a long time.
When I hear this soundtrack, my blood pressure builds up and I go crazy
minor boss theme is better than the major boss theme. the sense of urgency and dread is there
The Fact that Guardian is the ONLY mini boss was not part of robotnik army that fought in.
Best Sonic game ever. After all this time it is still number 1!
vulcathene:
Yeah, once I got past the spheres and hit the eyeballs lazer attack then I was like "How many hits does he take?!?!" This song has a mixture of adventure, a little of Sandopolis (only thing good about sandopolis is its soundtrack anyway ;D) and a powerful punch of robotics in the song. Really helps you concentrate on kicking some Ro-butt-nik! :D
Since this theme is mixed with the beginning of flying battery it feels so right when you go into the miniboss for flying battery.
S3 and knuckles I meant, sorry
Dr. Robotniks Mean Bean Machine & Knuckles be like:
@Parkster175 Yup. Brought my Mega Drive to school yesterday and played it connected to the interactive board. Teacher was mad because she couldn't teach maths.
If anxiety were music.
@ARWINGx1 The true end also shows how Knuckles's story begins and explains why Robotnik looks the way he does, and when you play through it all as Knuckles and get all chaos emeralds (and later the super emeralds and become hyper Knuckles), you get the final ending to the really long story.
This mid-boss music was inserted into S3 when you put them together.
You could also put Sonic 2 into the S&K cartridge and play through S2 as Knuckles.
me running away with a red guys big green rock and he gets mad at me:
The best Boss music from all the original sonic games in my opinion.
this song actually came out accidently on sonic 3 after when you are drowning with the countdown and jump from the water.
Yes when you fight eggman at the end of hydrocity level. I even used to get drowning countdown to hear this music. I was glad they used it for mini boss in sonic and knuckles, this theme is a lot better than the mini boss theme of sonic 3.
Yeah during the hydrocity mini boss. Prefer the MJ mini boss theme anyday though
When a predicament occurs, I play this song as loud as I can!
Sonic "James Bond" the Hedgehog.
while fighting eggman in hydrocity zone act 2, keep your head under the water until the drowning music starts, when you jump up for air this song will play during the fight.
Lmao, I remember making lyrics to this song as a kid! Something about Evil coming, having to take a chance to save your friends, just be brave. lol. im going to try and remember. so long ago, but the beat makes me remember.
Robotnik betrays knuckles for the first time.
Another great boss theme, these are truly timeless.
speed at 1.25....just insane:)
Robotnik rave.
All in, no fear.
@lilhood12345:
@Megajanitor:
I've already got another account just in case.
Come to find out this theme was intended for the first half of Sonic 3 presumably before Jackson's involvement
Much much better than the minor boss theme from Sonic 3!
I heard this when Dr. Robotnik stole the Master Emerald!
The best 26 second song of all time. Layers and layers of exciting beauty.
Turns out this was the original all along.
I know, right? [Nov 13 Proto noises]
the hardest sonic sega, not including mean bean machine or spinball, 3d blast was tricky tho
Death Egg Zone Act 1 mini boss that one eye dude.....
@Shane Naab As years passed by, Robotnik lost his spherical shape and became more of an elliptical(eggshaped) person. As a result, the name "eggman" started to be a little more fitting.
SEGAS' masterpiece
muitobonitaa musica
BEHOLD... I... AM... KEVIN!
For some reason my version of sonic 3 had this music for boss battle, I liked it more than the original
This is really epic.
Do you know in Sonic 3 in the second stage, if you are underwater while you are fighting the mini boss for a long time you'll hear this song after you come up for air when the countdown starts!
This theme sounded very cool when I was fighting that spark plug boss in the Carnival Night stage! ⚡⚡⚡
I thought it was called the bowling spin 🎳🔄
Robo-dick
too damn epic for such a mini boss theme
More like too damn epic for its time.