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Ok let settle this! Best Sonic CD intro song? Sonic Boom (NA ) or Toot Toot Sonic Warrior (EU, JAP)
- Thread starter CosmicPanda
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This is like choosing a favourite son.
But I have to go with Sonic Boom, I remember it synching so well in the opening when Sonic spindashes through a falling bolder.
It also got an over-the-top official remix in the 20th anniversary OST, while You Can Do Anything didn't.
But I have to go with Sonic Boom, I remember it synching so well in the opening when Sonic spindashes through a falling bolder.
It also got an over-the-top official remix in the 20th anniversary OST, while You Can Do Anything didn't.
It's strange-- if you didn't tell me back in the days, I would've thought boom was made by Japan, and toot toot was made by the west (USA). At the time, USA was all about hip hop/rap and video games.
My vote goes to boom. And this is one of the rare cases where the western version is patently better than the eastern version. Landslide. It's not even close. Yu yu hakusho's western version of the op theme is also better as well.
My vote goes to boom. And this is one of the rare cases where the western version is patently better than the eastern version. Landslide. It's not even close. Yu yu hakusho's western version of the op theme is also better as well.
There's only one choice: the JPN/EU intro song.
In fact, the JPN/EU soundtrack as a whole is better.
In fact, the JPN/EU soundtrack as a whole is better.
Ive been a toot toot sonic warrior stan since I first heard it in Sonic Jam and never looked back.
Yeah, this.
The slow instrumental used in the Time Attack menu is particularly good.
I played the hell out of Sonic CD in America on PC and somehow am super familiar with the Toot Toot song. I've also heard Sonic Boom plenty of times. But I'm confused as to how I know both so well. I also had Sonic Jam on Saturn and despite CD not being part of that collection maybe there was a video with the song as a bonus? There were a bunch of Japanese commercials I remember watching within the game too. It's just weird I know both of these songs really well.
Like some... to me it's "less bad". I intrinsically don't like them because they don't connect with the animation on screen and that's a sin to me.
Sonic Boom it is then, by a loooooooooooot, i don't like rap segments in songs, you can imagine how teeth grinding the other is to me.
Sonic Boom it is then, by a loooooooooooot, i don't like rap segments in songs, you can imagine how teeth grinding the other is to me.
Sonic boom is super bad. Like, no energy or anything. Toot toot may be corny, but at least hypes you up and at least the music follows the rhythm of what's happening on the screen.
Blimey, surprised at the landslide!
I adore both and heard Sonic Boom way sooner since I first played the early PC version, but Toot Toot has such exuberent energy and beautiful beautiful Engrish :')
Kind of goes for the whole soundtracks in general, I think both are great but I've come to prefer the Japanese one over time. I love that the remaster gives you the option for both! And a much necessary mod is available to put the lyrics back in on Japanese openings+closings
I adore both and heard Sonic Boom way sooner since I first played the early PC version, but Toot Toot has such exuberent energy and beautiful beautiful Engrish :')
Kind of goes for the whole soundtracks in general, I think both are great but I've come to prefer the Japanese one over time. I love that the remaster gives you the option for both! And a much necessary mod is available to put the lyrics back in on Japanese openings+closings
Oh my god what the hell are these poll results?
Sonic- You Can Do Anything is incredible, it's a vocal versio of the best song from one of the best sonic games.
Cosmic Eternity is the GOAT Sonic vocal song though.
Sonic- You Can Do Anything is incredible, it's a vocal versio of the best song from one of the best sonic games.
Cosmic Eternity is the GOAT Sonic vocal song though.
There's a version of Sonic Boom (US) that isn't so "rock". Same song, but less loud guitars. A more soothing version.
Anybody got that?
Anybody got that?
An argument can be had over the intro...
But the US Outro is so insanely superior it's almost a joke.
The Japanese Outro is terrible, it's crazy how bad it is.
That's the US Outro above. It slaps.
But the US Outro is so insanely superior it's almost a joke.
The Japanese Outro is terrible, it's crazy how bad it is.
That's the US Outro above. It slaps.
Lies make baby Jesus cry 😂
Serious, I loved the EU / Japanese outro as an 11 year old and I love it as a 37 year old
The Japanese one is better, the different singers make it sound more chaotic. It suits the game more because little planet is one of the most unhinged settings in the series. 'Sonic Boom' would suit one of the mega drive games better but the Japanese soundtrack captures this game better.
I think we should change the terminology and stop talking about the "Japanese" soundtrack.
We should be talking about the original soundtrack (and the US soundtrack). The original soundtrack was composed within the same team that did the concept of the game, the character designs, the graphics, etc.
If we respect videogames as a medium we should despise a company altering a whole creation by substituting one of its parts (the easiest one to do, because it was simple redbook audio), in a couple of weeks, by a single person isolated from the original team. Regardless of how much we like or not the end results.
We should be talking about the original soundtrack (and the US soundtrack). The original soundtrack was composed within the same team that did the concept of the game, the character designs, the graphics, etc.
If we respect videogames as a medium we should despise a company altering a whole creation by substituting one of its parts (the easiest one to do, because it was simple redbook audio), in a couple of weeks, by a single person isolated from the original team. Regardless of how much we like or not the end results.
if we respect video games as a medium, we understand they are products of design and part of what goes into design can be artistic elements. and it really doesn't matter what a 'creator did', but that the correct art is chosen to solve the problem.
sonic boom's a lot better. no opinion on the japanese soundtrack or the us soundtrack.
Sonic Boom sounds too normal to me, when little planet is so weird.
Sonic Boom and it's not even close.
In fact, I much prefer the entire NA Spencer Nilsen soundtrack over the JPN version as well👍
In fact, I much prefer the entire NA Spencer Nilsen soundtrack over the JPN version as well👍
Mmm, how exactly can we say if a piece of art is "correct" or not? How could an art creation have an objective "problem"? I think those are totally subjective.
But what is not subjective is altering an original finished creation. They could have made their own version (there are plenty of art creations that consist of mixing parts of existing words), but Sega of America altered one part of a product and sold it as if it was the same.
(And I've voted for Sonic Boom in the poll...)
well that's something designers do. they use art to make the whole work on a functional level. i think what people may consider good music or a good story is subjective but the type of music or the type of story can be really off-putting if it doesn't fit the general work of the design.
it's a stretch to suggest this was some kind of nefarious deed. they wanted a better product for their region and they put in the work they thought would make that happen. how many kids in 1992 were anticipating the music of the japanese or european sonic cd they would have had to have imported? sega sold a product to consumers and then they bought it. it wasn't some weird bait and switch.
the argument reminds me of comments regarding '''''''censorship''''''' so pardon if i'm taking this more seriously than i should.
There's nothing to pardon. I also want to take this to serious territory (and I'm grateful for us being able to handle it in a civil way). Although I don't know which are those "censorship" comments that you refer to.
From your response I'd say you see videogames more as a functional product than an art creation. You see its art contents as tools for a functional design. It's respectable but I don't share it. And I also think it's too subjective, because what is that function exactly?
I accept such reasoning about things like, for example, brand logotypes, because the intended functionality is much clearer there. I can affirm the Apple logo works better than the Starbucks logo because it's demonstrated that more people is able to remember its shape (as it's simpler and relates to a known object in the real world), and it's more versatile to reproduce in mediums of all sizes, resolutions and color depths. And that's independent of how we like them aesthetically or as "art" creations.
But what are those objectives for a videogame? Transmit "feelings"? Tell a story? Be "fun"? Those are really subjective. I surely get a clearer message and a more exciting experience with the original soundtrack of Sonic CD, and other people do with the US one, but all of that is subjective.
The only objective function I can think of for a videogame is sales numbers. I understand Sega might have thought a Sonic CD with a different soundtrack more akin to the US trends of that time could sell more, and that's well intented from their point of view of an industry that seeks benefit. But what I defend is that we, as videogame enthusiasts that I think appreciate the medium rather than being shareholders wanting to maximize profits, shouldn't let that pass, and instead should pressure companies to respect the original works of creators.
In other words, I would respect the US soundtrack of Sonic CD much more if it had been commanded and made by the original team. And even more if Sega had enabled some way to get the original product as well (although I understand that's much easier now than then).