I propose we start calling the Sonic 3 music by different terms

"MJ Soundtrack" and "Proto/PC Soundtrack" or "Sega Soundtrack" would be quite clear if you ask me.

 

I have literally never been confused by any of the terms people use.

 

Well we can always use "the great ones" and "the unvelievably lukewarm ones" and everyone will know what you're talking about.

 

I jest, but in all seriousness I can't imagine anyone thinking of the SST tracks when you say "Genesis". The SST tracks were never officially released for Genesis, but were for PC. And while there may be discussions in which the technical aspects are important, you can generally use PC and Prototype interchangeably.

I do think SST and MJT (or even just MJ even though it's not technically correct etc etc) are good names for general purposes though.

 

I imagine when Origins comes out, it will probably supersede other naming conventions as it will have the defacto finalised proto/pc music.

 

Just wait until the collection releases and normies figure out the music’s been swapped out. In an insular community like this - where many of us were expecting music replacements for happen - that’s one thing, I’m just thinking about the not-super-diehards inevitably screaming about how Sega RUINED the game by replacing Michael Jackson’s music.

 

It's fairly obvious.

Original Music = The music the final game shipped with back in 1994.

Proto Music = 1993 music from the proto

Depending on what Origins does...

Origin Music = The music used in Origins

Seems fairly obvious to me.

 

- "Original" is ambiguous, as it can mean the original MD release tracks, or the original tracks that got replaced for the final MD build. Never ever use this if you can help it.

- "Genesis/Megadrive Final" and "PC" are crystal clear, as that's how each set of tracks were introduced to the public. "Prototype" also works interchangeably for "PC" just fine, minus the edge case when you're talking about the revision differences between the two, but that's easy to follow since you'd likely be using both terms.

- "MJ Team" and "Sega Sound Team" are also crystal clear, as that's who made them.

"PC" is less to type, but "Proto" flows better when spoken/written, so I lean towards slightly preferring "Proto" and "MD Final" overall.

 

No, it isn't. It would only be that way if someone deliberately makes it so.

 

"Origins" and "Original" are too similar.

Just say Genesis, Proto, Origins... and maybe S&K PC for the midis. Maybe.

 

But what about the non-Americans who say Mega Drive?

 

???
Original can mean "this was created first" (Proto) as well as "this was presented to us first" (MD Final). Both of those are perfectly valid descriptors, right?
I don't know how to make my point any clearer than that, sorry ;;

 

From a wiki perspective: prototype, final, S&KC (FM/GM), Origins.

Colloquially I tend to call the final tracks in Sonic 3 (that weren't in the prototype) "MJ tracks" or something of that nature, but then you risk getting into fights about which specific bits Michael Jackson had a hand in and it gets messy and stupid. But whatever, fight me.


You can retire the term "original soundtrack" though, because as I said in the other topic, there might have been two. Maybe more. And then it gets into one of those Dust Hill Zone scenarios where we're all getting tribal and throwing non-evidence around.

p.s. the fact people are getting confused means that yes, the term probably is ambiguous

 

well he DEFINITELY had a hand in carnival night zone and launch base zone, CNZ being the obvious Jam sample and the glass smash sound is a direct sample from In the Closet which also appears in LBZ. It was confirmed by Brad Buxer that him and Michael wrote Stranger In Moscow based on the chords from the Credits theme. The drum sample in the miniboss theme/knuckles theme reappeared years later in Blood on the Dance Floor so really the only ones he probably didnt contribute to were Ice Cap Zone and the Competition Menu.

 

Well, then you'll be able to use PC, Prototype and Origins interchangeably, unless the songs change too much.

 

I know you were half joking, but Gen/MD would also be a good compromise.

 

I think the SST and the MJST approaches is the best considering it's based on facts given by how the game and its music have been credited, and how different is each version of the SST tracks. "Original", "intended", "replacement tracks" and similar terms are questionable terms thus their meaning can change from one person to another since we lack proof of when or what for each one entered the development process.

 

Considering that "original" is how Katie first described the proto tracks when announcing them, I'm gonna have to agree that it's actually pretty ambiguous.

"Prototype" and "release"/"final" are what I use, personally.