ShadowOfChaos Act 2 music is just genius, and the level itself is soo atmospheric, the way the lave cools down and you're in a hidden palace inside a volcano. Just marvelous!
Dude, I had forgotten this. Man, Sega was NOT fucking around when doing the music for this game. Listening to these, and replaying older games, I'm realizing what I didn't back then: The Sega Genesis/Megadrive was one incredible little machine.
redhotsonic Ah ok. However the model 2 genesis does output stereo sound. The model 1 genesis can only output stereo sound through its head phone jack (port in the front) but the model 2 genesis can output stereo sound through it's back port. You need the AV cable for it (yellow/red/white). I prefer the model 2 over the model 1 for this reason because the cable management is better this way (no audio cables sticking out from the front).
This music reminds me of 1997 when I was 11 years old playing this game in the living room just having a good time. I loved every minute of it! You can't replace memories like that, for real...lol! I love the 90s and I love Sonic so much!
How I understand. I was born in 98, but remember such amazing times playing Castlevania Bloodlines, Rocket Knight and mainly Sonic & Knuckles... Better said, I watched my brother play, and years later play it myself in his Sega Mega Drive. The music and Sky Sanctuary, along with all the others as well bring me such a sense of nostalgia, just when times were simpler, watching my brother play the night away, I remember crying when I was a kid because I thought Knuckles was dying in Sky Sanctuary, but this theme alone gives me such vibes... Getting lost in memories, now we grew up and unfortunately I don't have as much time as I used to with my brother and he lost his love for videogames, but this is definitely one of the best memories.
Sonic 3 & Knuckles is my favorite game for the Genesis. I loved other games but going back to the system 20 years later, I think this game was its masterpiece.
@@kristofer334 same man, up there with super mario 3 and world for me. I've never gotten that hooked in a game like I had with those until I found a game called factorio which is dangerously good itself.
This game was a major part of my childhood. To this day I still hum the songs and play the game to 100% completion once a year. So many good memories with friends playing this.
@@cooldebt Not quite the same, but their cover is good and I did find myself tearing up thinking about the game while listening. This game is one of my favorites, so thank you for sharing.
This song is...the best. It really felt like you are deep in things now, like you were figuring things out. Like a mystery, and it was a challenge to yourself to finish.
This is one of the greatest musical creations of all time. The nostalgia and emotions this brings up for me is unreal. Nothing captures my childhood as good as this OST
Once more, this is the best and epic game of all time! People with 20 years, 30 years, will never forget the good times of childhood past the side of Sonic. Sonic gave me strength for what I am today.
One of my absolute favorite levels of all time. The music, the gameplay... The feel of the entire stage was just perfect. I remember so many hours as a kid, just sitting and playing this level... That was true happiness.
I always loved this song. Though it's a 90s video game song, it has a distinctively 80s feel to it. Sounds very much like 80s dance pop like Shannon's "Let the Music Play" and Pretty Poison's "Catch Me I'm Falling".
This song has such a beautiful melody :)....i looooove the classic sonic soundtracks they were the best composed...seems like the composers put their hearts into the sountracks for the classic sonic games
This song literally makes me cry everytime I hear it. And it's not out of nostalgia, since I grew up in 2010's and I became a Sonic fan right after the first movie, that recently came out. It's just this beautiful.
What made this music so great from a player perspective was that it came off the back of a tedious (though cool) sand-zone with fairly gloomy music. When you finally got through the labyrinth that was 'Sandopolis Act 2' the music of Lava Reef Act 1 before the title screen had even gone away was hype AF.
This music is so awesome i was REALLY hoping that it made it into Brawl. Along with Hydrocity, Sky Sanctuary, Ice Cap and various others ARG its so awesome!
Thumb this up if you want Smooth McGroove to make a acapella cover of this. [[if you never heard of him i highly suggest checking his work out, very good material.]]
This game is sooo incredible.It's by dar my favorite game,Sonic 3 & Knuckles. There are so many emotions,so many ambients. You begin in a in flames jungle.You pss by a underwater city...an ice zone. This game is just PERFECT.The stages,man, a lava reef and after a falling sky fortress...and the climax.A space fortress.The climax,when you see everything you have passed and you're just fighting Eggman,at the same time you're seeing EARTH.
Based on the instruments used [among other factors] he most certainly did :) Also, thank you for disclosing the info about Jun Senoue and Scirocco on the other videos. Helped me in a lot in trying to figure everything out.
The Sonic & Knuckles cartridge was a revolutionary idea in video gaming. It added 6 more levels to Sonic 3, a whole new character with their own powers to add more depth and play to the game, and you could attach it to Sonic 2 and play as knuckles. In many ways, it was the first DLC. And beyond that, what they were able to squeeze out of those cartridges on a 16-bit processor, was nothing short of amazing.
LOVE this music!! And this level - fantastic (and so many chances for last-minute emeralds, too...)! It's really amazing how much story & heart & excitement they used to pack into these games... and now they've got so much more in terms of graphics & gameplay to play around with, and the new games aren't a patch on the 16 bit ones. *sigh* they just don't make 'em like that anymore.
Tracks like this show what the Genesis sound chip(s) were capable of when the composers actually used proper samples and played to the strengths of the chips.
I don't know why but I just started randomly huming this tune to myself today and I remember it was from a Sonic game but couldn't remember which so I searched high and low on the Sonic tunes on RUclips and finally found it haha. This tune is defanitly one of the best of all the Sonic games!
jeez.... my earliest memories were of my brother playing sonic 1, 2, cd, 3, and knuckles. it feels as if i'm back then seeing him play the game. I FUCKING LOVE THE ORIGINAL SONIC GAMES!
Nostalgia overload! This game was so good, and so was the music! So much so that I ended up remastering the song in my spare time. If anyone would care to have a listen, you can find lava reef zone remastered version on my channel. Cheers, ~Syllix
When I listen to this. I listen to the bass, drums and melody. They are all so awesome. The bass fits perfectly with the melody and the drums give me eargasiams
omfg, all the songs in the sonic series ROCKED like REALLLLLLY HARD! I never found a game ever since that made me really fall in love with the music as I did with these games :)
Sonic was always my favorite video game hero, and the music was a big chunk of why he wins my vote for favorite video game star. I freely acknowledge Mario has the most famous video game music of all time, but my loyalty is to Sonic.
Out of the hundreds of video game songs I've heard over the years, I can honestly say this is the best song I've ever heard, NOTHING even comes close to being better than this! I especially like it from 0:23-0:37.
well there was a genre of dance music popular in the 80s and early 90s called "Freestyle" and many of the songs had this sound going on. If you look up artists like "Shannon" and "The Cover Girls" you'll see what i mean...
Sometimes I feel uncanny about going on youtube just to listen to video game music that I used to love as a youngster. Seeing over 300,000 views changes my whole perspective. Im glad I have something in common with a vast majority.
I'm 17, a part of this generation of FPS players, and while I do enjoy a round of CoD every now and then, I still stay true to my roots of Sonic, Mario, Mega Man etc. I still pop in Sonic Mega Collection and do a quick run of Sonic 2 or 3&K. I was raised on 2d gaming.
![I.N "HALLUCINATION" | [Stray Kids : SKZ-PLAYER]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/n5B5q1Hwt_U/mqdefault.jpg)
This track blew my mind when I first heard it. The arrangement to this day is phenomenal.
This shit bangs right!!!
+Ro Kaine come view my remix.
Daryl Castillo i had the same feeling! This track has an amazing melody!
Same thoughts here. It really grabbed me when first playing the level on Mega Collection.
This track still sounds great in 2020!
Act 1: Upbeat and energetic!
Act 2: Calm and mystical!
ShadowOfChaos Act 2 music is just genius, and the level itself is soo atmospheric, the way the lave cools down and you're in a hidden palace inside a volcano. Just marvelous!
Moon Flash Cool!
Moon Flash Eggman boss! Flame sheild or hyper sonic but,when I was little I thought the crystals are cold!
I did a orchestra remix go view it on my early videos on my page.
HyperSonicPlayz Dey bofe gud.
Dude, I had forgotten this.
Man, Sega was NOT fucking around when doing the music for this game.
Listening to these, and replaying older games, I'm realizing what I didn't back then:
The Sega Genesis/Megadrive was one incredible little machine.
forget about model 2 and unnofical model 3
TheMistakenGoomba What's wrong with model 2? Also, Model 3 is official.
diasflac0g Sound chip isn't as good, plus, I believe it's only mono, no stereo (correct me if I am wrong, I only ever owned a Mk1).
redhotsonic Ah ok. However the model 2 genesis does output stereo sound. The model 1 genesis can only output stereo sound through its head phone jack (port in the front) but the model 2 genesis can output stereo sound through it's back port. You need the AV cable for it (yellow/red/white).
I prefer the model 2 over the model 1 for this reason because the cable management is better this way (no audio cables sticking out from the front).
Music was something the Sonic Team always had locked down.
I'll never forget beating Sandopolis and hearing this song for the first time.
such a great reward!!
@@morgboat744 after such a traumatising horrible zone😭
Exactly!
Sandopolis was the ordeal and Lava Reef was the reward. 😄
Sandopolis was awesome wdym guys
@@TheTyckyngTymeBomb Act 2 was extremely long....at least at the time.
This is why I place bass now. That tone, the catchy but tastefully sparse bass line, and that glittery synth on top. Iconic
Also banging with acoustic double bass and keyboard solo in this cover by The Consouls ruclips.net/video/i4UZAVEixq4/видео.html
*dances salsa*
Hold up, have I seen you before?
@@TeriSneky delete your comment or else
🔫🤏😤
@@chiapetYT nahh it's clearly a fake one. Case closed, good night
@@TeriSneky k understandable have a nice day
Best theme in the entire game,. the stage transition from a hot zone 1 to a frozen zone 2 is unreal.
So true
I hate frozen one,too long
Hot zone to CRYSTAL zone
Agree
Dokuro but this is his opinion
im going to make my kids play this game
Good Dad/Mom
Now that's what I call good parenting
PhillT1988 damn right
Campbell5ful true dat
Lol, you can't MAKE them! Just play it and have them watch, that's what I used to do with my Dad.
So happy this is back in Mania
it did🤣🤣
Im mad that it made back in, it's my least favorit zone in mania
THE MOST Normal goomba
I loved it
@@dabud8454don’t tell me you liked Hydrocity more
i got old so fast .. omg i miss those days .. ;(
MEE TOO!
Haha old ass!
I agree I'm so Glad I've grew up as a 90's Kid.
🫂
This music reminds me of 1997 when I was 11 years old playing this game in the living room just having a good time. I loved every minute of it! You can't replace memories like that, for real...lol! I love the 90s and I love Sonic so much!
How I understand. I was born in 98, but remember such amazing times playing Castlevania Bloodlines, Rocket Knight and mainly Sonic & Knuckles... Better said, I watched my brother play, and years later play it myself in his Sega Mega Drive. The music and Sky Sanctuary, along with all the others as well bring me such a sense of nostalgia, just when times were simpler, watching my brother play the night away, I remember crying when I was a kid because I thought Knuckles was dying in Sky Sanctuary, but this theme alone gives me such vibes... Getting lost in memories, now we grew up and unfortunately I don't have as much time as I used to with my brother and he lost his love for videogames, but this is definitely one of the best memories.
Sonic 3 & Knuckles is my favorite game for the Genesis. I loved other games but going back to the system 20 years later, I think this game was its masterpiece.
Jazz Jackrabbit Mastapeece
It's my favorite game of all time.
@@kristofer334 same man, up there with super mario 3 and world for me. I've never gotten that hooked in a game like I had with those until I found a game called factorio which is dangerously good itself.
This game was a major part of my childhood. To this day I still hum the songs and play the game to 100% completion once a year. So many good memories with friends playing this.
And now we can enjoy updated nostalgia with The Consouls' covers ruclips.net/video/i4UZAVEixq4/видео.html
@@cooldebt Not quite the same, but their cover is good and I did find myself tearing up thinking about the game while listening. This game is one of my favorites, so thank you for sharing.
Very nostalgia am I right?!
This song is...the best. It really felt like you are deep in things now, like you were figuring things out. Like a mystery, and it was a challenge to yourself to finish.
The music from the Genesis Sonic games still holds up today. This feels so fresh and banging. SEGA for ever.
Also fresh and banging is this cover by The Consouls ruclips.net/video/i4UZAVEixq4/видео.html
This is one of the greatest musical creations of all time. The nostalgia and emotions this brings up for me is unreal. Nothing captures my childhood as good as this OST
Once more, this is the best and epic game of all time! People with 20 years, 30 years, will never forget the good times of childhood past the side of Sonic. Sonic gave me strength for what I am today.
Epic game of all time. (?)
It's a cool game, but TES III: Morrowind wins the best game of all time for me XD
One of my absolute favorite levels of all time. The music, the gameplay... The feel of the entire stage was just perfect. I remember so many hours as a kid, just sitting and playing this level... That was true happiness.
I wonder how many ppl didn't get to experience this due to sandopolis and those countless slides smh
When I was a kid for me it was not the counless slides, but the time puzzle with stone block.
Shawn Haliburton This is the farthest zone I could get to in Sonic and Knuckles. Damn bottomless pits.
Terrell Big Sorrel Horse carnival night eh
It took me a long time to get to this Zone
*raises hand*
Love the snap on the drums and that bass.
When I first played this game.I immediately feel in love with this music.I like act 1's version better than act 2.Because it sounds more fun.
william nelson Act 2 is kind of annoying. Too high-pitched.
Also fall in love with this cover by The Consouls ruclips.net/video/i4UZAVEixq4/видео.html
I’m sentimentally attatched to act 1
I always loved this song. Though it's a 90s video game song, it has a distinctively 80s feel to it. Sounds very much like 80s dance pop like Shannon's "Let the Music Play" and Pretty Poison's "Catch Me I'm Falling".
I'll never forget this music. It perfectly captured the atmosphere of the adventure. 🙂👍🏼
I love how even these retro games has much better music than almost all of nowadays trend music. Music was generally good back then
Everything was more memorable back then. Much more love involved.
Yeah games were good back in the 90s and 2000s and now I am 22 I few so old man
VERY true
The consoles back then had their own unique sound chips.
@@CephlonMayngrum Now The Consouls have a brilliant ocver of this tune ruclips.net/video/i4UZAVEixq4/видео.html 😉
My favorite song from Sonic and Knuckles
same i love it
one of my favorites
Mine too
*Sonic 3 & Knuckles
@@unlimited8410 Ah you’re right!
22 years and I finished the game yesterday
The best game for the sonic franchise ever and definitely the best OST ever
This song has such a beautiful melody :)....i looooove the classic sonic soundtracks they were the best composed...seems like the composers put their hearts into the sountracks for the classic sonic games
I love when it geys more upbeat at 0:22, a staple of the classics and never forgotten
This is unbelieveable good. Glorious 😭😭😭❤
Yea💖💖💖
This song literally makes me cry everytime I hear it. And it's not out of nostalgia, since I grew up in 2010's and I became a Sonic fan right after the first movie, that recently came out. It's just this beautiful.
This game is epic.
I remember it was a stormy Afternoon and i just beat sandopolis the first time i heard this it was inner peace
What made this music so great from a player perspective was that it came off the back of a tedious (though cool) sand-zone with fairly gloomy music. When you finally got through the labyrinth that was 'Sandopolis Act 2' the music of Lava Reef Act 1 before the title screen had even gone away was hype AF.
Best soundtrack in the game.
Almyros but this is his opinion
Almyros why lava reef zone act 2 is better tell me
YES!! I finally beat Sandopolis Zone 2! ....Lava Reef? Love the sound of this already....
I bet most people like this song for 00:22 to 00:37
Yup. Lol. x2
nah
i just love the music entirely!
YES!!!!!!!!!!
Yes, We do.
I like the whole track but I'll admit it is pretty damn epic.
This music is so awesome i was REALLY hoping that it made it into Brawl. Along with Hydrocity, Sky Sanctuary, Ice Cap and various others ARG its so awesome!
Done right, the Genesis/Mega Drive sound absolutely amazing. Both acts of Lava Reef are a prime example of excellent usage of sound hardware.
what a days :') i wish i can go back a child without caring about life and problems :(
Ya got dat right
0:30 That bass on the last section just really jumps out. Gives me music chills just how great it fits.
Thumb this up if you want Smooth McGroove to make a acapella cover of this. [[if you never heard of him i highly suggest checking his work out, very good material.]]
This game is sooo incredible.It's by dar my favorite game,Sonic 3 & Knuckles.
There are so many emotions,so many ambients.
You begin in a in flames jungle.You pss by a underwater city...an ice zone.
This game is just PERFECT.The stages,man, a lava reef and after a falling sky fortress...and the climax.A space fortress.The climax,when you see everything you have passed and you're just fighting Eggman,at the same time you're seeing EARTH.
love how this sounds like 80s Freestyle music
When I reached this level and heard this music it meant a path to victory.
They were in the studio making absolute HEAT
I can´t believe how great this song is ...this melody and the harmony change is just awesome. i LOVE it
0:22 - 0:37 BEST PART!!
Light Sparks same here
Based on the instruments used [among other factors] he most certainly did :)
Also, thank you for disclosing the info about Jun Senoue and Scirocco on the other videos. Helped me in a lot in trying to figure everything out.
This is more Al Capone than Smooth Criminal.
Yeah more like sneaky prisoners escaping from jail
John Doe YESS
Yes
Uhh Mj didn't work on Sonic and Knuckles
@@Beansman-gp3ws How do you know for sure.. news flash: you don't
The Sonic & Knuckles cartridge was a revolutionary idea in video gaming. It added 6 more levels to Sonic 3, a whole new character with their own powers to add more depth and play to the game, and you could attach it to Sonic 2 and play as knuckles.
In many ways, it was the first DLC.
And beyond that, what they were able to squeeze out of those cartridges on a 16-bit processor, was nothing short of amazing.
hint:USE THE DAMN FIRE SHIELD!
this brings back so many memories... shiieet..... i could cry
AGUANTE SONIC LA PUTA MADRE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
😡😡😡😡😡
Eres malo
@@erickdiaz6961 no entiendes verdad
RE SÍ LPM
SONIC POR SIEMPRE NENE
And that is honest preference right there. Keep supporting the genre!!
LOVE this music!!
And this level - fantastic (and so many chances for last-minute emeralds, too...)!
It's really amazing how much story & heart & excitement they used to pack into these games... and now they've got so much more in terms of graphics & gameplay to play around with, and the new games aren't a patch on the 16 bit ones.
*sigh* they just don't make 'em like that anymore.
They really don’t
You randomly hummed this tune because it's too AWESOME to forget! :D
Sega always made amazing music for their games. They cannot be touched.
The Consouls did a whole Radio with SEGA tunes and they just released their re-cover of this tune ruclips.net/video/i4UZAVEixq4/видео.html
Tracks like this show what the Genesis sound chip(s) were capable of when the composers actually used proper samples and played to the strengths of the chips.
I don't know why but I just started randomly huming this tune to myself today and I remember it was from a Sonic game but couldn't remember which so I searched high and low on the Sonic tunes on RUclips and finally found it haha. This tune is defanitly one of the best of all the Sonic games!
I would say this and "Hot Head Bop" (DKC2) are probably the best lava themes from the old days.
Red Volcano
Lava Shelter
Hot Shelter
Magma Flows
Heat Man Stage
....Etc.
Old days meaning the 16-bit era.
Volcano Valley Act 1 and 2 (Genesis) are also on par with Lava Reef and Hot Head Bop.
The music for the sonic series is just amazing.
The Consouls agree ruclips.net/video/i4UZAVEixq4/видео.html (they've done Sonic tunes also)
Sounds like 80s Latin Freestyle
jeez.... my earliest memories were of my brother playing sonic 1, 2, cd, 3, and knuckles. it feels as if i'm back then seeing him play the game.
I FUCKING LOVE THE ORIGINAL SONIC GAMES!
Nostalgia overload! This game was so good, and so was the music! So much so that I ended up remastering the song in my spare time. If anyone would care to have a listen, you can find lava reef zone remastered version on my channel.
Cheers,
~Syllix
I feel like this is the most iconic song I have ever heard. Thank you Sega :)
Certainly a breather stage after Sandopolis, Act 2.
When I listen to this. I listen to the bass, drums and melody. They are all so awesome. The bass fits perfectly with the melody and the drums give me eargasiams
Why don't modern games have such good background music like this?
omfg, all the songs in the sonic series ROCKED like REALLLLLLY HARD!
I never found a game ever since that made me really fall in love with the music as I did with these games :)
I onlt listned to flying battary and ice cap but i decided i should listen to something else I listen to this and its great
Ahhhhh... Such nostalgia... I used to LOVE this Level!!!
Sonic was always my favorite video game hero, and the music was a big chunk of why he wins my vote for favorite video game star.
I freely acknowledge Mario has the most famous video game music of all time, but my loyalty is to Sonic.
You might like The Consouls covers - they cover Sonic and Mario stuff and just released Lava Reef Zone ruclips.net/video/i4UZAVEixq4/видео.html
Ah, Lava Reef Zone Act 1, the first time I played it, it instantly became one of my favorite video game levels ever.
I absolutely agree with fabioamp, after, Ice cap zone, this is the best Sonic song ever!
Ice cap rocks!
Isaias Ramos Sandopolis is awesome too.
This was my childhood lmao, so many good times!
Ouh it sounds 80's!
What a bassline, fits perfectly with the rest of the instruments.
Minha música preferida do jogo.
Out of the hundreds of video game songs I've heard over the years, I can honestly say this is the best song I've ever heard, NOTHING even comes close to being better than this! I especially like it from 0:23-0:37.
This song's quality is like the lava's heat.
well there was a genre of dance music popular in the 80s and early 90s called "Freestyle" and many of the songs had this sound going on. If you look up artists like "Shannon" and "The Cover Girls" you'll see what i mean...
Why I chose to listen to this song while playing TF2 yesterday is beyond me.
ahhh i get the genowhirl refrence
TF2?
Christian McNellie yes sir
Mark Lonner What? I wasn't referencing anything...
Christian McNellie Team Fortress 2. Y'know, the game that Overhyped is trying to be like.
this song has been my ringtone for a year now, and i'm still not sick of it!
Loved this tune and it meant pyramid was over.
As a kid whose interpretation of the power of prayer was to wish for a copy of Sonic and Knuckles, this was all I asked for.
East theme and Flying Battery are very good.
Sometimes I feel uncanny about going on youtube just to listen to video game music that I used to love as a youngster. Seeing over 300,000 views changes my whole perspective. Im glad I have something in common with a vast majority.
Underground Dance Party!
A shining example at how diverse simple game play can really be. YAY SONIC OF OLD...hopefully sonic will get some fan-service in his new title.
Se puede sentir el ritmo hasta en las venas, lindo ardiente ♪ ♫ ♩ ♬ ❤
such good times. suuuuuch good times. seriously, these were the best memories of my life
has anyone noticed there are NO water levels in this game whatsoever?
Have you even played the game? o.o
Mystyc Cheez But he is right, there is no water in Sonic & Knuckles.
MigratedRook Oh yeah... xD
But what about Hydrocity, most of that round is underwater, and you fight the boss underwater.
Jazz Jackrabbit That's Sonic 3, we are talking about Sonic & Knuckles.
17 years later and this song is still amazing!
Fuck yes.
Yet another my favorite soundtrack I like the most in sonic and knuckles, Very nostalgia
sega mega drive is the best sega console imo
هلا و الله
with the Dreamcast
The BEST level music in Sonic history!
Calling all remix lovers come view my lava reef remix its epic and original.
+Isaiah The Music Guy It indeed is!
I'm 17, a part of this generation of FPS players, and while I do enjoy a round of CoD every now and then, I still stay true to my roots of Sonic, Mario, Mega Man etc. I still pop in Sonic Mega Collection and do a quick run of Sonic 2 or 3&K. I was raised on 2d gaming.
Que pasó Sega? Antes eras chevere...
Listen, the title card saying Sonic 3 & Knuckles drives me crazy.