Flute part in game missing in final soundtrack release? (Sonic R)

You're 100% right. That's why I've uploaded it to my YouTube channel some time ago:


I like it.

 

oh god, oh god has anyone checked on jungle joyride recently

 

Typical Sega problem. They had something good going but decided to fuck it up.

 

That's a neat find. Got nothing to say other than that, really. SEGA seems to have little goofs like this on their soundtrack releases occasionally, can't think of any others off the top of my head right now lmao, but this is one of the most egregious I've seen. Must've just been negligence or a really strange yet deliberate choice.

Also I didn't get what you were saying at first, but wtf you're totally right. The flute has a very similar melody to the opening of Jungle Joyride - Day. What an odd coincidence. Maybe it's the same sample?

 

Im surprised, always heard the flute version. Didn't know there was one without it.

 

I've always been of the understanding it is in fact the same sample, from the first moment I'd heard it.

 

Same here. I always listened to the Redbook Audio rips from the Saturn version and never the actual, officially released soundtrack. But today I listened to Back in Time from that release and... yeah, that flute is not there. Wonder why they mixed it differently for the OST?

 

My guess: They just took whatever version sounded the most finished to them at the time and put it on a CD. I don't feel like they really cared when they put Sonic Adventure artwork and the Sonic R logo next to each other and called it a cover.

 

I'll bet it's one of the games most sold in bargain bins around the world.

Not even joking.

 

O_o

I don't have sales figures in front of me, but I think that's a bit extreme. Surely it did well enough that they've re-released it many times, including (I think) twice on PC alone. I always got the impression that most people at a minimum thought it was a decent enough game.

 

Top tip: post them both so we don't have to go searching:


The OST is a different mix that's not designed to loop, so might be an older version, or a later one, or whatever.



The instrumental version has a flute... although the instrumental versions have lots of subtle differences IIRC. It's hard to tell - I lose brain cells with the vocals on so my judgement might not be accurate.


You might get answers in the prototypes/demos and/or any differences between Saturn, PC and Gems Collection, but I suspect it was a special mix for the album that forgot the flute for whatever reason.

 

LMAO between this and Frog Forest Act 2 in Heroes, someone at Sega hates flute parts

 

Wtf. I've always heard the flute version.

 

Same.

So what's wrong with Frog Forest Act 2?

 

Pretty different arrangement between the known beta releases and the final version that, go figure, got rid of a flute part and replaced it with a synth line that turned the whole song into something in the style of Bitches Brew or On the Corner era Miles Davis

 

The flute’s in Gems Collection on GameCube, which is a port of the PC version, IIRC.