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The musicians behind Sonic 06's soundtrack didn't have to go hard. But they did.

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This game doesn't really need an introduction, so to keep things short and sweet: Sonic 06 is known as one of, if not the most disappointing Sonic release of all time. There was a lot of hype surrounding it prerelease, and it sold quite well, but ultimately the game was critically panned to the point where SEGA did a complete course correction with their subsequent Sonic games. Just about everything this game had to offer was criticized heavily: the glitchy, twitchy controls and gameplay, the weird realistic graphics, the gigantic boring hub world... you name it.

Everything but the music, that is. So I'm gonna post some killer tracks, and y'all are gonna listen. I'm hoping that those who haven't played the game will now discover how cool the soundtrack to this game is, lol.

Seriously... the game's soundtrack jumps across so many genres. It's insane! Genre's and sounds that you wouldn't expect from a Sonic game.


Flame Core hits you with a CHILL AF vibe once you hit the caverns...


The vibe ramps right TF up when you enter the mach speed section of Radical Train...


And then back down again with the excellent piano composition in Aquatic Base!

There's so much to love about this game's soundtrack, it's so varied and cool. It's too bad the game attached to it is fucking miserable, lol.

Post your fave tracks here.

One more from me, lol.


Tropical Jungle's jungle track is fucking great and super chill.
 
Mekanos

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His World slaps so fucking hard and I'm forever mad it got stuck with this game.
 
Kinsei

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Dreams of an Absolution is the best character theme in the series IMO.


Last year Bentley Jones put out a music video for the song.

 
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Yeah, the soundtrack for the game is phenomenal, one of the absolute best in the whole series IMO. And in a series known for great music, that says a lot.

I'd also like to shout-out to all the White Acropolis music, but especially this one:
 
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Aquatic Base alone deserves to be attached to a so much better game. You can feel the ambition for the game's scope seeping through it. Part of me sort of misses when Sonic games weren't scared of dreaming big. They all felt like grand adventures, up until they kinda stopped with Generations.
 
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Mind was blown when I realized Dreams Of Absolution had a part based on Green Hill Zone.

Sonic 06 was partially a victim of everything in the mid-late 2000s trying to be "epic" but damn it still makes me sad thinking about the final product being what it is. I think this game scared Sega from trying to be more ambitious with the IP.
 
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I remember His World helping me get psyched up for my first college exam (the only exam I've ever been nervous for)

It's a crazy ass soundtrack, the best part about that game.
 
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NotLiquid said:
Aquatic Base alone deserves to be attached to a so much better game. You can feel the ambition for the game's scope seeping through it. Part of me sort of misses when Sonic games weren't scared of dreaming big. They all felt like grand adventures, up until they kinda stopped with Generations.
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Def. Now, games like Generations and Colors are far better games than the like of 06 and Unleashed, but there is a little something missing from them when it comes to the scale and scope.

There hasn't actually been a mainline Sonic game since Forces. I'm kinda hoping they're putting the series to rest for a bit while they try to come up with a new vision for the series. Making a Crash-style comeback would be great to see.
 
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Solid SOAP said:
Def. Now, games like Generations and Colors are far better games than the like of 06 and Unleashed, but there is a little something missing from them when it comes to the scale and scope.

There hasn't actually been a mainline Sonic game since Forces. I'm kinda hoping they're putting the series to rest for a bit while they try to come up with a new vision for the series. Making a Crash-style comeback would be great to see.
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A big issue I think was the "Sonic's shitty friends' criticism that was highly prevalent in reviews in the late 2000's/early 2010's which then became a criticism of some fans, a lot of which (though not all of them) stopped enjoying the games after the Genesis/Mega Drive games. In response we got games like Sonic 4 and Colors and as a result review scores started going up. While a large portion of the fanbase disliked Sonic 4 (for very good reasons), critics were largely positive on the game, netting it an 81 on MC. Since then the series largely lacked any real ambition in favor of playing it incredibly safe. Even Sonic Mania (a fantastic game) feels incredibly safe due to it's focus on old zones.

Sonic Forces feels like a weird cynical middle ground where they brought back familiar faces from the 2000's era as well as tried to have a more grandiose backdrop, but at the same time really wanted to still appeal to the "Sonic's shitty friends" crowd by downplaying their involvement in the game so much that they honestly might as well have not been included. Combined with the incredibly mediocre to flat out bad level design and you've got a game that makes no one happy. At least we got a really damn good sequel in the form of the IDW Sonic comic along with Tangle and Whisper.

I'm really hoping Sonic's first major game in the 2020's is a big ambitious adventure.
 
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Aquatic Base is legit really good. It reminds me a bit of Aphex Twin. I feel like Sonic Team's composers are always the overachievers on the team lol.
 
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Sonic may be a rollercoaster, but Sega's Sound Team has never slumped.
 

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I've never really listened to Sonic 06's soundtrack before, but those songs in the OP are great. Aquatic Base almost sounds like a Zero Escape track. And Flame Core is really nice and chill and has some good drums as well. Good shit OP, thanks for sharing.
 
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Seeing Tropical Jungle being mentioned fills me with immense joy. My work is done for me. That track is BANGING!!!
 
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Forreal. It doesn't even sound like it should be in a Sonic game, haha.

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Sonic may be a rollercoaster, but Sega's Sound Team has never slumped.
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Except Sonic 4, lol. Idk wtf happened there but it wasn't good.

Femme Man said:
Seeing Tropical Jungle being mentioned fills me with immense joy. My work is done for me. That track is BANGING!!!
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Great song! Super energetic and fun.

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It's a shame that despite the strong musical performances that the game was so visually garish. You'd think with them coming out swinging on the musical front, that they wouldn't have made artistic choices like this:

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