Sonic 2 - Mystic Cave Zone (Big Band Swing Metal Cover)

"Sanic the Swinghag 2: Mystic Speakeasy Zone" - A cover of "Mystic Cave Zone" from Sonic the Hedgehog 2. Made for the April 2021 VGMConline 72-hour Charity event!
LISTEN:
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Arranged by Tony Dickinson & JohnStacy
FEATURING:
THE TIBERIAN SONS:
Tony Dickinson - Bass, Guitar, Mixing, Editing
Connor Engstrom - Guitar
Frank Klepacki - Drums
JohnStacy - French Horn, Trumpet, Trombone, Tuba, Horn Arrangement
THE VGMCONLINE BIG BAND:
Mattmatatt - Guitar
evilsonic - Guitar
Charles Ritz - Alto Sax
Alex Popoff - Tenor Sax
Thomas Kresge - Bari Sax
Jamin Morden - French Horn
Becca Michaelson - Flute
Sean Hanson - Vibraphone
keyotter - Piano
Austin Colden - Organ

[@imptwins]

1:22 =_=... ... ... excuse me 5:34 *=_= ... ... ... ... ... pardon* Okay but for real this. ABSOLUTELY. SLAPS. What the HECK? Incredible. Ugh. I love fusion styles. Fantastic job, all of y'all.

[@kangelenjoyer]

her: you better not be a megalo when i get there my iconic ass: 1:22

[@AfroRyan]

Wow! I would have never bet on Frank and the Tiberian Sons covering Sonic music, but I am so glad they did. Here's hoping for more!

[@timmyginley6]

4:27 the drummer just steals the show. this is my first time listening and clearly this man TAKES OVER. LOVE IT!!!

[@albo3music]

I would expect no less from Frank himself! :)

[@keyotter]

I'm so hype I got to be a part of this! Killer arrangement and musicians!

[@DesertRainReads]

You all did a stunning job fusing hard rock/metal and jazz together to create a unique sound that makes you want to get up and dance, while headbanging like crazy as well. It takes serious talent to pull a fusion like this off.

[@zyrobs]

Pretty unexpected to see Frank cover Sonic music, when it comes to Genesis covers I would've expected him to cover something with more punch, like Streets of Rage 2, Comix Zone, The Ooze, Road Rash 1-2, etc... The Ooze would've fit his style the most since it combines metal with Elfman-like creepy orchestra.

[@thomaskresge]

Oh man, this turned out so good! Killer edit. Thanks for having me!

[@Dreadwing21]

We need every song from sonic 1 2 and 3. Or frank and tiberian sons sonic mag fest.

[@mrhuron5136]

5:35 ....what could it be?

[@Ehrmann_Gregsson]

Would be cool to see more covers of different games OSTs like this!

[@Ehrmann_Gregsson]

Gooooooddaaaaaamn!! That's amazing! And even The Mighty Frank Klepacki himself on drums! Awesome awesome awesome!

[@dreamhollow]

I wondered for years what the musicians from the old 90s games might have been up to in the current day. I never imagined the legend Frank K. would have an entire band!

[@natebrown9446]

Awesome composition, and great work by everyone involved! I'm amazed by the level of skill on multiple instruments for Frank and Tony.

[@BeccaMichaelson]

Ya got any more of that Sanic ?

[@RejonMunchausen]

I didn't know I needed this in my life, but I sure did, nice one guys!

[@markmitohnefox]

So fucking cool 😎 is there also the bossfight music from sonic 2 possible?

[@SnevilGrey]

No way... Mystic Casino Zone goes hard

[@Defyant123]

A bunch a pro muso's at the top of their games ! what a pleasure what a blast ! Can we have some more?

[@HugoJunstrand]

All of my yes

[@jexthegamer]

Now I want a Sonic film-noir movie where snazzy-lookin' Sonic strolls into Robotnik's Mystic Cave night club while this song is playing from the stage. Wowser!

[@flocrobar]

Merci !!! c'est ce que j'ai toujours entendu quand je jouais sur ce stage, et personne ne comprenait quand je disais qu'elle était mortelle cette chanson ! Bravo !

[@cookedchicory6742]

This is epic-ly sick. Love the swing. Love the players. Love each solos. Love the mix and the video edit.

[@richardwilliams877]

Wow, this Frank guy you have on drums isn't bad. He kept up with you all pretty good! Jokes aside, this was amazing! Please do moooooaaaaarrre :D :D

[@MikeOnTrack]

Oh god please tour and do 2 sets... C and C we know and love and some big band covers.

[@davf5915]

Just amazing

[@Tigerhawk1981]

f**king epic!

[@StrawberryFluffyFox]

The fact that one of my childhood favourite songs get's a fan remix that slaps THIS HARD just makes my love for this song brighter then it already is. Thank you for making the remix my childhood needed guys. You all are awesome! This video doesn't get enough attention then it need

[@Banty3D]

1:23 cannot believe you snuck that in

[@imptwins]

lmaoooo someone else caught it huh

[@FiXato]

This arrangement slaps and swings! More please :D

[@trekicb]

Realy cool. I'm allso a great fan of Sonic the Hadgehok for the mega drive like C&C Tiberian Sun. Cool work.

[@dankmacromusic]

SICK!

[@nuttyjawa]

Whoa! Made my week, thanks all! Amazing!

[@mr.m2909]

Lately I've been listening to a lot of youtube artist covers of old school Sonic songs. There's some Hydrocity covers that I'm in love with... but THIS cover? WOW. I love this. Please cover more Sonic songs in the future!

[@camojoe83]

Man.. This is very fkn cool.. not even really a sonic fan but this is good stuff.

[@dawnrage6928]

yeah i pretty much like the little Megalovania at 1:22 ;) nice song guys

[@nikkity5491]

Epic

[@user-ih8jc8mk7z]

Holy shit, I saw you guys mentioned in a Twitter post and had to investigate (big C&C fan) and within the first three seconds of this it was GUARANTEED I was subscribing! You guys are FUCKING AWESOME!!!

[@JohnnyFnG84]

This is phenomenal! I've listed to countless hours of OC Remixes for hundreds of games... and this is the best game cover I have ever heard. Bravo!!!

[@Stammer6]

This absolutely made my night. You guys all did a fantastic job!

[@HortaRacing]

This is fantastic, well done!

[@tarcisiobighi]

Certainly deverve every like for the respect to the nostalgia!

[@jelly434]

Oh my god this is f*cking incredible

[@elanorthefair1091]

I think swing metal may be my new favorite genre of music. XD

[@Chernabogue]

A fav of mine done by one of my fav VGM bands, so good!

[@A15-bx5ow]

Incredible job. This song truly encouraged me to proceed at a high velocity.

[@magicalpencil]

that was incredible! great song and video :)

[@urbynwyldcat9131]

Fkn yasssss! Two best game soundtracks come together!

[@Shamanix000]

That bass line is INSANE. I love it!

[@andrewryan2814]

This was FUCKING INCREDIBLE!!

[@fastrack2170]

*Chefs Kiss*

[@MonochromeWench]

A combination i'd have never thought of even though I played a lot of sonic and games with frank klepacki music as a teenager. Big band swing style you'd normally instantly think casino night but they went for something a bit different and it totally rocks.

[@CaptainJWesker]

This is a thing of beauty.

[@heythere135]

Was brought from a live performance of Hell March to this. I’m blown away. The stylistic transitions are out of this world! Such talent. Bravo!!

[@Inimitablessj]

Great stuff!

[@Rhino1004]

4:44 Frank trying to put holes in his drumset, as always!

[@christianberthet5199]

Fantastic guys!!!!!! Really awesome. Congratulations!!!!

[@flare2828]

BIG BAND! yeah!!

[@DesertRainReads]

Wowzers, this is seriously awesome, a unique mix of hard rockin' jazz and swing that actually works for this wonderfully catchy piece of music. The solo which allowed the bass and brass to shine was cool too. Seriously talented band of musicians, surprised you don't have more followers on here because this is killer.

[@istranuwonk7260]

Frank Klepacki in swing - that's unexpected) But great!

[@TimACroninMusic]

1:52 THE LICC!!

[@BeatSlayer]

Fantastic cover. Love it!

[@nubbinthemonkey]

Sonic 2 OST slaps so damn hard

[@michaeldrayer5429]

This is awesome! My grandmother used to listen to big band swing and I always thought growing up as a hard rock/metal guitar player that Benny Goldman's "In the Mood" would be awesome done metal style! This fits right on with that idea to me! Well done!!!

[@brianthomas123]

Absolutely amazing

[@Josbird]

this doth slap severely

[@dmr7356]

Incredible

[@GAMEMUSICREMAKE]

Divine!

[@Tomas_Dane]

Det er fandeme god!!!! Разьеб!!! this is banger!!! es may bien!!!!!

[@istranuwonk7260]

so beautiful !

[@trunkskgb]

You guys have done it again, just brilliant!!!

[@isaccgutierrez411]

2:22 This is the part where sonic takes the elevator in mystic cave

[@alexanderpankratov5019]

Great job!

[@mevolviotaku7704]

OHHHH SOOO COOOLLL! 😍

[@Harmsing]

Eee ! Very cool ! 👍

[@thehumbleone1983]

👍🔉

[@NDS8027]

POV you didn’t fall into the act 2 pit:

[@airbornefilip9139]

Unrelated to this but what does Hell March guy actually yell? :D

[@GAMEMUSICREMAKE]

Can I use this cover on my channel, with the artist's name and links to your work?

[@ThudFudgins]

Generals and zero hour them redone?

[@johnrambo8709]

5:02

[@dylanlong1197]

Casino zone

[@Selxis]

This video has way too few likes considering the production value.

[@After4th]

Makes a good Inspector Gadget remix.

[@wizkhalifa1268]

Too orchestray, has no funk