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Kitsunexus

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Sonic CD: Which soundtrack do you like better?
« 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!?
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Bonknuts

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Re: Sonic CD: Which soundtrack do you like better?
« Reply #1 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

Kitsunexus

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Re: Sonic CD: Which soundtrack do you like better?
« Reply #2 on: April 01, 2007, 02:19:24 PM »
Could you say that about the ENTIRE soundtrack? Or just one song?

Turbo D

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Re: Sonic CD: Which soundtrack do you like better?
« Reply #3 on: April 01, 2007, 02:33:51 PM »
I would say the entire soundtrack.

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Re: Sonic CD: Which soundtrack do you like better?
« Reply #4 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.

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Re: Sonic CD: Which soundtrack do you like better?
« Reply #5 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

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Re: Sonic CD: Which soundtrack do you like better?
« Reply #6 on: April 01, 2007, 06:26:29 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..."


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Re: Sonic CD: Which soundtrack do you like better?
« Reply #7 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

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Re: Sonic CD: Which soundtrack do you like better?
« Reply #8 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).
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Re: Sonic CD: Which soundtrack do you like better?
« Reply #9 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.

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Re: Sonic CD: Which soundtrack do you like better?
« Reply #10 on: April 02, 2007, 08:50:35 AM »
The Japanese soundtrack KILLS the US PoS.
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Re: Sonic CD: Which soundtrack do you like better?
« Reply #11 on: April 02, 2007, 08:59:02 AM »
Thank you Joe, I stand corrected.  :wink:
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Re: Sonic CD: Which soundtrack do you like better?
« Reply #12 on: April 02, 2007, 09:05:23 AM »
INTROS:
US = Japan (both rather cheesy :P)

TIDAL TEMPEST
USA < Japan

COLLISION CHAOS
USA > Japan

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Re: Sonic CD: Which soundtrack do you like better?
« Reply #13 on: April 02, 2007, 10:30:19 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
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Re: Sonic CD: Which soundtrack do you like better?
« Reply #14 on: April 02, 2007, 10:42:28 AM »
Victor Ireland rulez.
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