[Bozuit]

I wanted to find out what people's favourites are, so I've searched the forums and can't find a thread on this.

Before I start a poll or whatever, I wanted to check with some of the older members in case they know of one. Posting the same thread seems a sure way to not get promoted to full member :P

Anyone know?

[Ravenfreak]

Well, if there is already a topic, a Moderator could merge the existing topic with yours. Also, even if there is an old topic, it'll never be bumped, because that's not allowed. I'll post my favorite songs, my all time favorite song is Stardust Speedway GF (JAP). Next in the list would be Ice Cap Zone Act 1, Competition Menu from Sonic 3, Sky Chase Zone, Quartz Quadrant (JAP), Quartz Quadrant GF (JAP), Special Stage (Sonic CD, JAP), D.A. Garden (JAP), Sonic Boom, Stardust Speedway(US), Stardust Speedway BF (US), Wacky Workbench (US), Tidal Tempest (US), Tidal Tempest BF (US), Sky High Zone, Crystal Egg Zone, Hot Crater Act 2, Cyber Track Zone (all 4 versions), Open Your Heart, and finally Chaos Version 6. There's more than that though, I just can't think of them at the moment.

[Bozuit]

I think I only know 5 of those :P

[Quarterman]

All of it up until Sonic Adventure 2. The older Sonic themes were, along with Megaman's music, The epitome of the music from their generation. Sonic Unleashed was great as well. More than half of my MP3 player is music from the Sonic games. Yeah, I'm a nerd.

[Bozuit]

I have Sonic 1 - S&K on iTunes, plus Hedgehog Heaven and Project Chaos (remix albums for Sonic 2 and S3K respectively) and MetalHog by MegaDriver (an album of Sonic musics in a metal style). I used to have about 200 MIDI remixes and some stuff by Cinossu but I lost that...

[DigitalDuck]

Star Light Zone, Sonic 2 Ending, Sky Sanctuary Zone (especially Kanjika's orchestration), Panic Puppet Act 1 (or whichever one was reused for Twinkle Park). Windy and Ripply, Grand Metropolis, Dreams of an Absolution, and the two Tornado chases in Unleashed. That just about sums it up.

[nineko]

I once wanted to post the definitive favourite music poll, complete with a spreadsheet listing ALL the songs from ALL the Sonic games. I got lazy after half a dozen of Sonic games and I never finished that list.

Back on topic, here's some of my favourite songs, in no particular order. VERY good tracks are underlined. VERY VERY good tracks are bolded.

Sonic 3D (Genesis) - Diamond Dust 2
Sonic 3D (Genesis) - Green Grove 2
Sonic 3D (Genesis) - Panic Puppet 1
Sonic 3D (Genesis) - Spring Stadium 1
[the first 16 seconds of] Sonic 3D (Genesis) - Rusty Ruin 2
Sonic 3 & Knuckles - Azure Lake
Sonic 3 & Knuckles - Endless Mine
Sonic 3 & Knuckles - Flying Battery 2
Sonic 3 & Knuckles - File Select
Sonic 3 & Knuckles - Sky Sanctuary
Sonic 3 & Knuckles - Special Stage
Sonic 2 - Aquatic Ruin Zone
Sonic 2 - Mystic Cave 2P
Sonic 1 (8-bit) - Labyrinth Zone
Sonic 1 (8-bit) - Jungle Zone
Sonic 1 (8-bit) - Sky Base Zone
Sonic 2 (8-bit) - Crystal Egg Zone
Sonic Chaos - Mecha Green Hill Zone
Sonic Chaos (Game Gear) - Aqua Planet Zone
Sonic Chaos (Game Gear) - Special Stage
Sonic Triple Trouble - Sunset Park 3
Sonic Triple Trouble - 3D Special Stage
Mean Bean Machine (Genesis) - Password Entry
Sonic Crackers - Walkin'
Sonic CD (jap) - Stardust Speedway Bad Future
Sonic CD (jap) - Metallic Madness Bad Future
Sonic CD - Metallic Madness Past
[the chorus from] You Can Do Anything

This post has been edited by nineko: 14 July 2010 - 07:28 PM

[Tichmall]

Bridge Zone
Scrap Brain Zone (Master System)
Sky High Zone
Green Hill Zone (Sonic 2 Master System)
Scrambled Egg Zone
Mecha Green Hill Zone
Sonic CD title (JP)
Versus Mode (Mean Bean Machine Megadrive)
2 Players Casino Night Zone
Hydrocity Zone Act 2
Icecap Zone acts 1 & 2
Sonic 3 Special Stage
Sonic 3 Final Boss
Azure Lake
Flying Battery Zone acts 1 & 2
Sky Sanctuary Zone
S&K Invincibility
Rusty Ruin Zone acts 1 & 2 (Megadrive & Saturn)
Diamond Dust Zone act 2 (Megadrive)
Gene Gadget Zone act 1 (Megadrive)
Panic Puppet Zone act 2 (Megadrive)
Speed Highway part 3
Sky Deck part 1
Final Egg parts 1 & 2
Prison Lane
Hidden Base
Pumpkin Hill
Cosmic Wall
Sea Gate
Egg Fleet
Final Fortress
Egg Angel Zone act 1
Egg Utopia Zone act 2
All the Twinkle Snow ones, even the map.

I may have forgotten some ones but the essential is here. I'm not really a fan of the Sonic 1 & 2 tracks on Megadrive.

This post has been edited by Tichmall: 14 July 2010 - 07:22 PM

[Trujin]

1. Sonic 2's Ending Theme.
2. Casino Night (2-player.)
3. Mystic Cave (2-player.)
4. Flying Battery (Not act specific.)
5. The Doomsday Zone
6. Lava Reef Act 1

My personal favourites. But when it comes down to it. I haven't really got around to playing much of the modern sonic games, so I'm only aware of the classic stuff.

This post has been edited by Trujin: 14 July 2010 - 07:21 PM

[BetaX]

Aquatic Ruin Zone (Sonic 2)
Diamond Dust Zone (Sonic 3D)
Endless Mine Zone (Sonic 3)
Bridge Zone (Sonic 1 SMS/GG)
Mystic Cave Zone 2P(Sonic 2)
Hidden Palace Zone (Sonic 2)
Scrap Brain Zone (Sonic 1)
Lava Reef Zone Act 1 (Sonic & Knuckles)
Special Stage (Sonic 3 & Knuckles)
Chrome Gadget Zone (Sonic 3)
Most of the Boss themes from the Genesis era.

[Vinchenz]

This is my kind of thread! :>
I'm going to copy what nineko did and bold my favourites out of my favourites. :P

In order they appear + series appearance... for the Classic Series at least:

Labyrinth Zone
Starlight Zone
Scrap Brain Zone
Chemical Plant Zone
Casino Night Zone
Metropolis Zone
Quartz Quadrant - Present
Quartz Quadrant - Good Future
Stardust Speedway - Present
Stardust Speedway - Past
Stardust Speedway - Bad Future
Hydrocity Zone
IceCap Zone
Launch Base Zone
Flying Battery Zone
Lava Reef Zone <--- THIS track is what made me realize that music in video games is awesome.
Death Egg Zone

For S3&K themes, both act musics in general are pretty awesome. Lava Reef Act 1 is probably my favourite in the entire series of Sonic music, though.

Also, all of the boss musics are usually awesome, in particular, both boss themes in Sonic CD and the Egg Emperor theme in S3&K.

[Scarred Sun]

From here on out, stop making lists and actually, you know, justify your choices or else I'm binning the thread.

[Shakidna]

The entire Sonic Adventure Soundtrack, bar most of the vocal tracks. I feel like it met every standard Sonic music set in the last decade, this with real instruments and extraordinary samples. There was a real sense of variety that just hasn't been recreated in any other Sonic game.

[Blue Emerald]

Rusty Ruin 2 from Saturn's S3D Blast is my favorite Sonic track; it's such a zen track to listen to. I'll sometimes listen to it when I need to concentrate. Otherwise, game-wise, it added a lot of ambience to those old rainy ruins.

Also, I find Collision Chaos Bad Future (JP) to be a real headbanger; all those piano synths and heavy percussion slams, and the occasional "Unh!". It's a real upbeat track that gets me excited-- now THAT is what video game music should sound like.

Overall, I guess I really like all the jazzy tracks from the Sonic series; I find them to be such fun tunes, and I wish that style of music would be brought back to video games, or at least be a prominent style in the Sonic games.

This post has been edited by Blue Emerald: 15 July 2010 - 12:46 AM

[WouldYouKindly]

Sonic 3&K - Invincibility music (fast paced and catchy, love it)

Sonic 3&K Flying Battery act 2 (Same reason as above, I can never get it out of my head)

Sonic 3&k Boss Music (Has that "sense of dread" feeling that no other boss music in the series has)

Sonic 3&k Ice Cap Zone act 1 (genesis version, not the PC version)

Sonic 1 Green Hill (Classic. I never get tired of it)

Sonic Advance 3 Chaos Angel zone 2 Acts 1 and 3 (yes, I like a tune from a fairly recent sonic game, both fit the atmosphere of the level very well in completely different ways. Act 1 has that feeling that you're on the last stretch of your journey and you NEED to hurry and stop Robotnik. Act 3 has a sort of sense of dread to it that really fits the ancient ruin vibe.)

Sonic 2 Super Sonic (the other games just re-used the invincibility tune, but this was actually unique to Super Sonic, and it was awesome)

This post has been edited by WouldYouKindly: 15 July 2010 - 01:54 AM