Michael Jackson & Sonic 3

This is fucking brilliant. I love how you included footage from each example, including the music videos to bring more visual depth to the article along with the music.

Those few months when Shade discovered it were vital IMO. This is certainly one of the bigger discoveries in terms of the music department, and that being my favorite part of the series, it brings a smile to my face.

You should really make more of these, seriously. A picture is worth a thousand words, but a video has uncountable words. =P

 

Of course it does. At 30FPS, a minute is worth one million, eight hundred thousand words.

 

Not really. I don't hear it either.

As for the video, awesome stuff, Qjimbo. The similarity in the Ice Cap music, in particular, amazes me. I never really participated in this whole MJ/S3 thing, so I didn't know much about it before now. Good job making this, and I hope you have time for more stuff like this in the future.

 

This is an extremely nice video; Very proffesional. I vote this for archiving in the future.

Anyway, I am actually very happy, proud, and most of all, honored, that I was able to contribute to the Sonic scene; Especially in such a major way. In all my years of lurking, I always thought I'd consider myself lucky to become a member. Never did I imagine I'd be making a contribution, especially such and impactful one. So thanks guys; Especially Tweaker for the praise and Qjimbo for crediting me. While I'm at it, I may as well say: I love being here, I love participating and being a part of the Sonic Research scene, and I love being around you guys. Its been every bit as awesome as I imagined it to be while lurking, and I plan on staying until the bloody end. Okay, end sappy ramble :P

I must say, its a real trip going back to play Sonic 3 and thinking "Man...and all these years, I never new that Michael Jackson composed this."

Oh, and by the way, the Stranger in Moscow connection; It's there. Its probably a lot more noticeable in an actual clear version of the song, with headphones..You know, all that good stuff. Even then, it is clearly there. Just slower, it seems.

 

I can hear the relations of all songs. Not always clear as day, but there.

Two problems:

1) QJimbo does not have a narritive quality voice *runs*
2) Why did you not use my MIDI recordings for the PC stuff? They're from the hardware the PC composers used! =P

Other than that, great work =P

 

Actually, I rather enjoyed Jim as a narrator this time around. It really set the mood of things, IMO.

Is it possible you can render another version that's 15MB or less? I wanted to show it to saxman, but it was too big. :P

 

Transcription please? =|

 

Ow, I thought you had got some proof from SEGA insiders or something. =(

 

Reci?n ahora noto que eres de Espa?a, IceKnigth XD As? que supongo que deber?as poder leer esto...

BTW, returning to English, and to the video specifically... I never noticed all those similarities (but yes the speechs and such). However, very good job! Really well documented... And QJimbo's voice isn't as bad as it looks (no, it isn't a joke). I though it was going to be worse when I read the comments about his voice...

Anyways, I agree that the video must be archieved, too.

 

S?, claro. =P

More stuff...

We've been knowing there was some connection ever since we saw part of MJ's team in the Sonic 3 credits a while ago. And many people had noticed the obvious similarity in the past.

Is it? How'd you know?

That covers about everything speculated about it... The only known stuff is what Roger Hector told us.

 

Awesome stuff. Hearing it all together, I'm convinced.

 

It's fairly obvious. Being a Michael jackson fan and having all of his albums thus far (Totalling at over 130 songs) I can safely say that is very much his style, both vocally and musically.

True. We can never be 100 percent sure. However, it seems to me that all these people we interview are always flaky about their memories. Like Brenda Ross or half of the other Sonic 2 guys, and especially that guy with the horrid grammar that named Dr. Robotnik. Who's to say that Rojer didn't get his facts a bit messed up, or was simply covering up to prevent the possibility of a lawsuit being filed by someone? And aside from all of that, the musical similarities combined with all of MJ's alleged tracks being replaced in the PC version, as well as one of MJ's team members being in the credits...I think it's safe to assume he had some amount of involvment in the music. And that is what I believe.

Oh and by the way Jimbo, I thought you did a great job narrorating

 

I didn't think anything of it at first but after watching that video I'm definately convinced that MJ was originally involoved. Well put together video as well.