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Title: Sonic CD: Which soundtrack do you like better?
Post by: Kitsunexus on April 01, 2007, 02:14:39 PM: OK, so we pretty much all know that Sonic CD for the SEGA CD got a different soundtrack when it was released over here. If you need to know more, here's the Wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonic_CD

Now then here's some examples of the differences in the soundtracks. These are my favorite songs, and ones that I think show the most difference, in my opinion. So don't get mad if your favorite wasn't chosen. ;)

INTROS:
USA - http://gh.ffshrine.org/song/7218/1
Japan - http://gh.ffshrine.org/song/1672/32

TIDAL TEMPEST - PRESENT:
USA - http://gh.ffshrine.org/song/7218/9
Japan - http://gh.ffshrine.org/song/1672/8

COLLISION CHAOS - PRESENT:
USA - http://gh.ffshrine.org/song/7218/6
Japan - http://gh.ffshrine.org/song/1672/5

If you still need to decide more, here are the complete soundtracks:
USA - http://gh.ffshrine.org/soundtracks/7218
Japan - http://gh.ffshrine.org/soundtracks/1672

For the record, I think that the Japanese soundtrack has catchier melodies than the sparse, generic US version. But it's not about what I think. What do YOU think!?
Title: Re: Sonic CD: Which soundtrack do you like better?
Post by: Bonknuts on April 01, 2007, 02:18:13 PM: I voted US because the opening intro song kicks much more ass than the JP version :P
Title: Re: Sonic CD: Which soundtrack do you like better?
Post by: Kitsunexus on April 01, 2007, 02:19:24 PM: Could you say that about the ENTIRE soundtrack? Or just one song?
Title: Re: Sonic CD: Which soundtrack do you like better?
Post by: Turbo D on April 01, 2007, 02:33:51 PM: I would say the entire soundtrack.
Title: Re: Sonic CD: Which soundtrack do you like better?
Post by: FM-77 on April 01, 2007, 02:36:52 PM: I don't like either. They should've gone in the same vein as Sonic 2 - the best soundtrack in the world.
Title: Re: Sonic CD: Which soundtrack do you like better?
Post by: Digi.k on April 01, 2007, 02:41:16 PM: hmmm I'm quite partial to Sonic 3D: flickies island on the Saturn sound track.. but nothing beats the cheese-fest joyous beats and vocals of Sonic R!!!

oh btw I like the USA version of the Sonic CD
Title: Re: Sonic CD: Which soundtrack do you like better?
Post by: Bonknuts on April 01, 2007, 06:26:29 PM: Quote from: Kitsunexus on April 01, 2007, 02:19:24 PM
Could you say that about the ENTIRE soundtrack? Or just one song?

Meh~ the intro sound track nullifies the comparison between the other tracks. "Sonic Boom - Sonic Boom..."
Title: Re: Sonic CD: Which soundtrack do you like better?
Post by: TR0N on April 01, 2007, 09:18:58 PM: USA i never did under stood why gamefan made a big deal, about the jpn one :-k
Title: Re: Sonic CD: Which soundtrack do you like better?
Post by: Necromancer on April 02, 2007, 06:48:40 AM: Neither one is really all that much better than the other, just different. Either way, I'm glad that the TG-16 lacked Blast Processing and didn't inundate us with lame ass lyrics (very often, anyway).
Title: Re: Sonic CD: Which soundtrack do you like better?
Post by: Joe Redifer on April 02, 2007, 06:52:41 AM: Blast Processing wasn't responsible for the lyrics. Instead both it and the high mega power were responsible for the high-octane super-speed next-generation gameplay that the Genesis offered.

Any game starring Victor Ireland usually had a horribly sung song with awful lyrics, and I think that extended over into the TurboGrafx.
Title: Re: Sonic CD: Which soundtrack do you like better?
Post by: torgo on April 02, 2007, 08:50:35 AM: The Japanese soundtrack KILLS the US PoS.
Title: Re: Sonic CD: Which soundtrack do you like better?
Post by: Necromancer on April 02, 2007, 08:59:02 AM: Thank you Joe, I stand corrected. :wink:
Title: Re: Sonic CD: Which soundtrack do you like better?
Post by: termis on April 02, 2007, 09:05:23 AM: INTROS:
US = Japan (both rather cheesy :P)

TIDAL TEMPEST
USA < Japan

COLLISION CHAOS
USA > Japan
Title: Re: Sonic CD: Which soundtrack do you like better?
Post by: Black Tiger on April 02, 2007, 10:30:19 AM: Quote from: Joe Redifer on April 02, 2007, 06:52:41 AM
Blast Processing wasn't responsible for the lyrics. Instead both it and the high mega power were responsible for the high-octane super-speed next-generation gameplay that the Genesis offered.

Any game starring Victor Ireland usually had a horribly sung song with awful lyrics, and I think that extended over into the TurboGrafx.

Actually, I think that the TG-16 narrowly escaped VI lyrics (Cosmic 3 has a title song), but it did get stuck with a VI'esque poem in DEII performed by the master himself. :P
Title: Re: Sonic CD: Which soundtrack do you like better?
Post by: Keranu on April 02, 2007, 10:42:28 AM: Victor Ireland rulez.
Title: Re: Sonic CD: Which soundtrack do you like better?
Post by: Joe Redifer on April 02, 2007, 10:51:14 AM: Cosmic Fantsy 2 had a credits VI song. I know the lyrics were pretty bad, but the song itself was nealry tolerable. I don't know if VI wrote any other songs for the Turbo.
Title: Re: Sonic CD: Which soundtrack do you like better?
Post by: FM-77 on April 02, 2007, 11:00:45 AM: Victor Ireland is a thief.
Title: Re: Sonic CD: Which soundtrack do you like better?
Post by: Black Tiger on April 02, 2007, 12:01:05 PM: Quote from: Keranu on April 02, 2007, 10:42:28 AM
Victor Ireland ruleZ.

With a capital "Z". 8)
Title: Re: Sonic CD: Which soundtrack do you like better?
Post by: FM-77 on April 02, 2007, 12:16:54 PM: With three capital Zs.
Title: Re: Sonic CD: Which soundtrack do you like better?
Post by: Kitsunexus on April 02, 2007, 12:33:12 PM: Quote from: Seldane on April 02, 2007, 11:00:45 AM
Victor Ireland is a thief.

Victor Ireland is an elitist otaku dick who makes too many "funny" Americanizations, but he does pick some good musicians, and he's generous with pack-ins, so I don't COMPLETELY hate him.
Title: Re: Sonic CD: Which soundtrack do you like better?
Post by: FM-77 on April 02, 2007, 12:51:28 PM: I said he was a thief. He stole my camera, that bastard! With three Zs!!
Title: Re: Sonic CD: Which soundtrack do you like better?
Post by: Kitsunexus on April 02, 2007, 12:54:56 PM: Quote from: Seldane on April 02, 2007, 12:51:28 PM
I said he was a thief. He stole my camera, that bastard! With three Zs!!

EDIT:

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Title: Re: Sonic CD: Which soundtrack do you like better?
Post by: Kaminari on April 04, 2007, 09:30:18 AM: I'm a fan of Spencer Nilsen -- Ecco CD rocks. However, while I enjoy his Sonic CD soundtrack, I think it was simply not necessary to ask him to compose an entirely new score. The Japanese one perfectly suited the game, and I can only imagine it was changed because of obscure copyright issues.
Title: Re: Sonic CD: Which soundtrack do you like better?
Post by: Kitsunexus on April 04, 2007, 10:43:35 AM: Yeah, kinda like what happened with Sonic Spinball (the proto and some early shipped carts have the official 16-bit Sonic theme, however they didn't license the song from Dreams Come True, so it was replaced).
Title: Re: Sonic CD: Which soundtrack do you like better?
Post by: Black Tiger on April 04, 2007, 04:15:52 PM: I didn't have a problem with Sonic CD's music. It sounded extra CD like and was a good way to stress the difference from a cart game.

When I finally got the Mega-CD version, I was disappointed because the soundtrack didn't seem so special and I was expecting more Sonic sounding music.

I think that most people who have a problem with it are influenced by the perception forced down our throats by game mags for years that we got cheated somehow. Like how some people feel that any kind of localization other than a boringly accurate script translation is sacrilege.
Title: Re: Sonic CD: Which soundtrack do you like better?
Post by: Kitsunexus on April 04, 2007, 04:46:32 PM: I heard the Japanese soundtrack first (via the screensaver on the Sonic 3 and Knuckles PC CD-ROM), so that's what I like better, I think it's mostly what we get used to.
Title: Re: Sonic CD: Which soundtrack do you like better?
Post by: Joe Redifer on April 04, 2007, 06:05:33 PM: Seldane, how/why did Victor Ireland steal your camera? I demand you tell us the story... OR ELSE!