[Vampsonic]

See I've been looking for a genre to learn about and I've been having some trouble deciding, so I took to some of my early influence, Sonic's music. Sonic's music has always been pretty good. No matter how bad the game was, the soundtrack was at least good. Originally I intended to make a thread based on asking for the genre of Sonic CD's OST. However, I realized that would be just a question and would be a waste of a topic. So why not bring in every game's OST? I've always thought CD's Japanese influence comes from Disco and Funk. Sonic Rush was just full of samples, but I could never figure out what to call it. Honestly, some games with multiple playable characters have multiple genres depending on the levels and characters they correlate to. Anyone else have any idea what they would be?

[RenyNoise]

You can call Sonic Rush's soundtrack a form of Hiphop because alot of those samples used in songs are popular samples DJ's regularly have on tap, but it's presented in a Electronic way so technically it's EDM. The guy who did it also did the soundtrack for Jet Set Radio, I personally prefer Sonic to be set to Hip-Hop/Techno music, the energy it gives is more exhilarating than Rock, far better for the series in my opinion.

This post has been edited by RenyNoise: 13 February 2015 - 05:13 PM

[Fantastic]

RenyNoise, on 13 February 2015 - 05:13 PM, said:

You can call Sonic Rush's soundtrack a form of Hiphop because alot of those samples used in songs are popular samples DJ's regularly have on tap, but it's presented in a Electronic way so technically it's EDM. The guy who did it also did the soundtrack for Jet Set Radio, I personally prefer Sonic to be set to Hip-Hop/Techno music, the energy it gives is more exhilarating than Rock, far better for the series in my opinion.

I won't lie, the Hip-Hop is great, but I wouldn't want it to replace Rock. Or Jazz for that matter.
I can see why you wouldn't like Rock because of Adventure 2's OST, but I think it was used very well in Adventure's OST. Especially in songs like Be Cool, Be Wild, and Be Groovy where they fused Rock and Jazz together to make one of the best songs in the franchise.

Edit: I didn't mention how much I liked Rush's soundtrack either. Hideki Naganuma is one of the best musical talent Sega has had, it's a shame to see him no longer working there anymore.

This post has been edited by Fantastic: 13 February 2015 - 08:02 PM

[Falk]

I dunno

What color is a rainbow?

[.Luke]

Falk pretty much nailed it.

As for Sonic Rush, I remember some of its tracks would easily fit in Ska. Sonic's done everything short of piano rags at this point, so there's a lot of variety, as far as genres go.

[Cyberguy]

Part of why I love Sonic music is its sheer variety. Heck, look at Metal Harbor. It's got brass, it's got electric guitar. Where else are you gonna get a song like that? (I'm not really a big music buff besides game music, so people are probably going to throw all kinds of other songs at me that fit that category.)

[Falk]

Ska punk

[Afro Thunder]

Pretty much what Falk said. Ever since it's inception, the series has had musical influences from J-Pop, EDM, New Jack Swing/Hip-hop/R&B, Rock, Jazz, Ska, Orchestral, and virtually everything else you could possibly think of. On top of that Sega has tapped famous pop musicians like Masato Nakamura and Michael Jackson to work on their OSTs, not to mention much of their own amazing in house talent. You're literally bound to find any genre in the series.

[Nova]

Falk, on 13 February 2015 - 09:00 PM, said:

Ska punk

>tfw JB Conspiracy are the first song on this

holy fuck I saw them live in a tiny little place in Brighton like, 5 years ago

And then Sonic Boom Six! Oh gosh golly.

Metal Harbor doesn't feel too 'ska' to me though, just rock-y with brass.

[upg]

Classic era Sonic had a pretty versatile mix of
- Jazz / Funk
- Hip-Hop
- Rock
- Techno / Dance
- Drum & Bass / Jungle

This post has been edited by upg: 14 February 2015 - 06:03 AM

[Overlord]

.Luke, on 13 February 2015 - 08:11 PM, said:

Falk pretty much nailed it.

As for Sonic Rush, I remember some of its tracks would easily fit in Ska. Sonic's done everything short of piano rags at this point, so there's a lot of variety, as far as genres go.

It works quite well, actually =P

[Falk]

Nova, on 14 February 2015 - 04:55 AM, said:

Metal Harbor doesn't feel too 'ska' to me though, just rock-y with brass. />

Cyberguy, on 13 February 2015 - 08:58 PM, said:

It's got brass, it's got electric guitar. Where else are you gonna get a song like that?

Metal Harbor essentially continues the tradition of taking the concept of Ska Punk (adding the big band section to Ska) and applying it to other genres of rock. A shit ton of SA1 tracks did that, most notably Be Cool Be Wild Be Groovy which was a mashup of that fundamental idea with Satch Boogie.

[Jason]

Ska punk never completely left Sonic, either:

I'd totally be down for a Sonic game composed by Reel Big Fish, Suburban Legends, or Mad Caddies. Then go right back to string-section heavy rockestrals because god damn that shit is goooood.

This post has been edited by Jason: 14 February 2015 - 04:41 PM

[Wolf Rogers]

Sonic CD actually took quite a bit of influence from House Music, mainly being a backing style for most of the tracks but really pushed to the front for some tracks, like Wacky Workbench Past for example, and that style has stuck with Sonic games over the years, creeping up again in every other game, being mixed with other styles, one of the best and most recent being Dragon Road Day, which mixes some Drum n Bass elements in there and a dash of Jazz, which is a weird combination on paper but hey, it can sound good and it always seems to be Sonic games which arn't afraid of experimenting and mixing styles.

[.Luke]

Overlord, on 14 February 2015 - 02:26 PM, said:

.Luke, on 13 February 2015 - 08:11 PM, said:

Falk pretty much nailed it.

As for Sonic Rush, I remember some of its tracks would easily fit in Ska. Sonic's done everything short of piano rags at this point, so there's a lot of variety, as far as genres go.

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It works quite well, actually =P

And here I was expecting a Dumb Running Sonic GIF playing to Maple Leaf. />

I used to listen to Tom Brier's Gumball Rag for hours at a time when I came across it last year. It made me feel bad for not appreciating the bonus stage as a teenager. The music's adorable and happy, even better as a rag time.

Jason, on 14 February 2015 - 04:40 PM, said:

Ska punk never completely left Sonic, either:
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This one's used in Sonic Dash too. The "boss" sections bore me to tears, then hearing that playing during Zazz's appearance more than makes up for it. Now the song's stuck in my head again.