Sonic Superstars - Sky Temple Zone (YM2612 + SN76489 Arrangement)

the baby. she rises
Song name: Sky Temple Zone (YM2612 + SN76489 Arrangement)
Written by Jun Senoue;
Original arrangement by Rintaro Soma;
arranged by John "Joy" Tay
Made with tildearrow's Furnace tracker
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[@BlacklightDarkmast]

One of the Normal Jun Senoue Tracks! If he had done all the tracks in a similar style, then we would have said "He's back!".

[@mauro27279]

Yeah, i'd love the OST more if he didnt use the damn Sonic 4 instruments

[@BlacklightDarkmast]

@@mauro27279 I agree! Yes, in "Sonic 4", although there were a couple of good Tracks, like "Metal Sonic" (Not from "Sonic CD", but which is after "White Park Zone Act 3"), "Death Egg Mk. II Act 1" or "Splash Hill Zone Act 1", but these Instruments just hit the ears. I've heard these tracks in a Normal 16-Bit version and they sound much better than the Originals.

[@jaywarudo]

He was never gone, whoever decides shit at sega is just sabotaging him by insisting he makes to make all his music affiliated with a "classic sonic game" to sound like it's from sonic 4.

[@trizyurx]

Rintaro Soma arranged it so...

[@hypes138]

@@BlacklightDarkmast both death egg tunes are bangers tbh

[@BorkHammer40k]

Ohhhhh my god that transition into the Virtua Racing replay theme breakdown at 3:04 is so smooth AND THEN SMILE BOMB????? 100/10

[@ChannelPup]

I was chatting with Noah Copeland a week ago on a podcast and he spoke highly of you and your work, so I decided to check your channel out, and WOW. I seem to be in a bit of a minority in that I enjoy most of the Sonic Superstars soundtrack, and you've bought a heck of a lot of energy to this track that I already loved. I always love picturing how these games would look on 16 bit hardware and your music sets the scene perfectly.

[@cyan.6399]

These are the kindsa results you get when your chiptune artist is really working with software trying to simulate the true mechanics of FM and not just pre-recorded bits and pieces of old games. They can really flex it to unimaginable lengths and shit's beautiful.

[@sega641]

Noah is a godsend and this is sexy I love it wow

[@gameyfirebro9645]

Sup pup

[@bluestaggo]

Oh, I could imagine Press Factory with this style sounding really cool!

[@rhetti6368]

i love this picture of trip. shes so silly. shes a silly willy. she is a goofy girl. she is uppie down. she is so wacky and weird dizzy mode. i love her so much

[@AeroAry]

Throwing Smile Bomb in there really caught me off guard and seriously made my day

[@TheBirdSolution]

A Superstars remix pack done by you and other big Mega Drive creators like Savaged Regime and RClay would be the Best Timeline we could possibly live in, just saying...

[@elcu-chao95]

Oh, you mean a mod? That's a really great idea

[@DigitalPhantomZX]

I'll happily take all the musics and compile them into a mod :D

[@NikkaTiel]

I made mods for sonic 2 and 3 origins version with John, 4sythe, uhrwerk etc but gamebanana took them down :( It took a fair amount of time messing with all the text files to do, but alas GB said nope

[@LandyRShambles]

it's funny how so much of Jun's stuff just ends up sounding like lost 3D Blast tracks when done like this also, very solid approximation of the Korg lead at 0:56

[@johntayjinf]

it's funny because that lead instrument actually came from doomsday zone, i just extended its sustain

[@ddduv]

It's actually from the Roland JV-1080! Exact patch is Analog Lead

[@vgmegamega]

This is a masterful example of making those limited number of channels work for you, sounds full and exciting, great work.

[@AsecasJavi]

You do really well yourself too lol

[@joobtheboob]

Genuinely didn't realize how good this song really is until I noticed I put it on loop half an hour ago. Jun can make good melodies, but it's such a shame he never gets the instrumentation right. Thanks for this lovely and catchy remake

[@Formula_Zero_EX]

I’m here before anyone complains about Sonic Superstars’ OST in the comments. Nice remix, by the way.

[@djinn0466]

This track in particular touches on so many good points old school sonic . The launch base intro, the 3D blast motif, those smexy 16 bit drums. Definitely my favorite from the game.

[@DubiousDepthsRadio]

I'm willing to do a cd styled remix

[@borisnetwork]

Now if the "go" and "come on" sample were in the beginning, it would makes this even more godly than it needs to be

[@Tyree42069]

3:29 ITS TIME TO OPEN MYSELF, DO SOMETHING NEW, I WANNA _stop_ AND GROW UP A-BIT that part immediately hit me when it came on💀 Oh my god it’s just the rest of the verse from smile bomb that’s dope asf 4:06 _THANK YOU FOR WAAAKING ME UPPPPP_

[@Neetso]

I thought it wasn't possible to surpass perfection, but the part at 3:23 manages to do just that. You genuinely got a Smile Bomb on me, haha!

[@king_cheese768]

You did not have to hit us with a banger like that! 😭

[@king_cheese768]

Yep, I think I'm gonna keep this on repeat till my gravestone.

[@HarbingerYT]

Had to double take for a minute when I started to hear Smile Bomb. Another man of culture, I see.

[@jadetealaaron2003]

my favorite zone in the game, and probably my favorite sonic zone in general also I like the smile bomb part alot because Sonic Megamix

[@Jadinite-2006]

Sky Temple has a really good theme but this arrangement is so much more cleaner.

[@dprototype6431]

The Smile Bomb jumpscare immediately made me think of Metal Sonic Hyperdrive the first time I heard it.

[@alonsojett]

Smile Bomb showing up at the end was really quite wonderful

[@YanniBanani]

That transition into Smile Bomb 😭❤❤❤

[@supermariobro93]

I’ll admit while I’m not a big fan of Jun’s contributions to Superstars’ soundtrack, this is one of his best. But your take is even miles better! 😄

[@felipepardinimenezes4356]

One thing that should be fixed in this game is the zone transitions from Golden Capital to cyber station and from cyber station to Frozen base. the entire game has cohesive transitions except this zone

[@nescartridges]

I already think Sky Temple is one of the better Jun songs in the game but this just makes it even better, good shit Tay

[@Autumn5layzallday]

I love your style in YM2612 tracking. It always sounds good!

[@Radical_SeS]

WE IMPROVING THE SUPERSTARS OST WITH THIS ONE!!! 🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@AustinOnSugar]

Love the jam session in the second half. Brings a lot of life to the composition!

[@MegaTheman25]

Ik its been there for a while but, I love the little commentary at the top. Nice side effect of keeping viewers engaged too ; ]

[@DonPuffles]

3:04 OMGGGG that's the end of the credits theme of Sonic & Johnny romhack

[@Part_Time_Fox]

SMILE BOMB?!? AYYOO?!!!

[@joaonitro5149]

sounds amazing, you made one of the better jun tracks in the game even better!

[@somecitrus7561]

Another John Tay mastapiece, you really brought this track to it's true potential.

[@jacoblawson713]

This is absolutely my favourite thing, putting on loop for the rest of my day.

[@Da-Keyla]

I never played or watched Sonic Superstars, but this gave me Launch Base vibes

[@pebble6087]

considering the composition reminded me of it a lot i am not surprised you threw in smile bomb at the end, well done

[@HARUNOboy17]

this is criminally underviewed. kudos to you tho! this is a masterpiece

[@LucasDanielCab5]

This track was a highlight of the OST fs, so it's great to see it improved upon

[@DigitalPhantomZX]

Addressing your messaged at the 1:05 mark, you can disable the blurred background on the PC version by disabling Depth Of Field. The colors also pop out a lot better on PC with shadows off.

[@commentarysheep]

Heaps better than what we actually got in Superstars. Now THIS pays homage to the Yamaha OPN2 (otherwise known as the YM2612)!

[@Formula_Zero_EX]

The YM2612 soundchip is also known as the Yamaha OPN2 soundchip? Huh, the more I know.

[@Josbird]

Yessss gorgeous

[@Josbird]

I love reading the notes at the top! Reminds me of how Abigail Thorn talks to viewers in the subtitles of Philosophy Tube videos while the credits roll :D

[@leont6813]

NOT SMILE BOMB AT THE END??? you're the best🤣🤣🤣

[@ABitofEpicness]

YES YES YES YES YES MY FAVORITE TRACK FROM THE GAME

[@Ninjacat25]

Incredible work, dude. This is quite lovely.

[@hotchocolate8008]

Absolutely legendary stuff as always! But yeah, regarding your comments, on PC, you can turn of DOF. Most of the stages improve a lot because of it... but in others, you can tell they were made with DOF in mind lol (Lagoon City mostly suffers)

[@ThisisTheUltimate]

Sky Temple is my favorite song out of the ones that use soundchips (I don't really know how to call them, sorry) in this OST, and that remix made this track even better

[@cubedtothex]

Wow! Love the enhancements!!

[@1thousandarrows944]

god i was so sad that this one was one act out of all of them i was like "man that kicked ass cant wait to see act 2" and then i got hit with the patchy the pirate "thats it"

[@1thousandarrows944]

@@dietbep i think the 3 act zones are not as bad considering its either one of the fruit bonus levels or one of the character specific levels which i think are cool but yeah they should have just made every zone have 2 acts

[@cofofo]

The level was massive, thx god we got to listen to that music for that long.

[@sanicmaniac]

THIS IS SO GOOD ESPECIALLY THE NEW SECTIONS

[@MatrixEvolution17]

one of the best tracks in superstars tbh

[@MatthewCobalt]

Not to sound like I don't appreciate the work and the high quality you give to this track, but hearing SMILE BOMB at he end pulled me out of the inmersion with the track. I love Yu Yu Hakusho as a pre-teen, so hearing the chorus segment literally crossed some wires in my head and made me try to avoid finishing the video everytime I listen over and over. It's not bad that you did this, but just how my mind works making it hard for me to enjoy.

[@cheeto5899]

I didn't know Jun composed this one that's awesome

[@crimsonlycaondc143c6]

Jun composed a lot of sonic superstars' music, some of them are more obvious since they have the sonic 4 like instrumentation but there's a few more arranged or polished by someone else that were composed by Jun

[@shiningneo0548]

I immediately recognized Smile bomb 3:21 . Made me smile.

[@BroodMeister]

I WISH YOU COULD HAVE SEEN THE GRIN ON MY FACE WHEN I HEARD SMILE BOMB

[@agustinelric2909]

My good ol 16 bit soundtrack. Beautiful

[@FelixDaCreature]

Okay, can we agree that the start sounds weirdly like Launch Base?

[@MatthewCobalt]

Which one?

[@FelixDaCreature]

@@MatthewCobalt Launch Base Act 1, the one in Sonic 3 & Knuckles. you thought I was talking about the prototype or something?

[@MatthewCobalt]

@@FelixDaCreature You're forgetting about the versions in Sonic Origins, the worse versions of the Prototype tracks.

[@FelixDaCreature]

@@MatthewCobalt the one in origins is just the Prototype tracks with Sonic 4 styled instrumentation, which is why I neglect their existence

[@GiruMatto]

Virtua Racing Deluxe Replay theme is God Tier

[@RandomTomatoMusic]

Has no one else realized that this track is quite adjacent to Freedom Planet 2's style? Just listen to Phoenix Highway from that game

[@jeanmarcelo6815]

Amazing!

[@dusthillresident]

John Tay Zonday

[@superstefanmaker2483]

Sega should hire you

[@AltKaxREAL]

Nah, sheesh Jun here bringin' out those midi synth BANGERS!!!!!! (they should've given his guitar back)

[@therisinghero3932]

*Now i want to see Sonic Superstar Alternative Themes by you*

[@ashkirby8896]

Nice Sega Genesis cover of the song!😄🤩😎👌

[@gazpaviles7909]

Amazing

[@ElleQuach]

clean

[@limonadaxyz2]

Nossa senhora ficou incrível!!!! Queria q a do jogo fosse assim😢

[@herculescelular3278]

Eu também queria.

[@chimklee]

he did it.

[@shadowsdmg]

Lol, love the yu yu hakusho opening you throw in

[@TanicthePorcupine]

Dont think I didnt notice you sticking Smile Bomb in there

[@theultimateswagon]

I loved the original and I love this arrangement a little more. This is the zone that got my hopes too far up that this game would be better than Mario Wonder🤧

[@trizyurx]

I love the work that you do and like everything else you make, this is amazing! What's your arranging process for genesis arrangements?

[@katamari_]

HOLY SHIT????

[@coolspot117]

Would love to see Frozen Base Zone - Act Tails. It was such a bop.

[@TheActualNoober]

why did inever knew this existed until now!!!! stupid algorithm

[@BonitoJoe111]

"The baby. She rises." Yes, Trip is indeed baby. But I'd say she looks more like she's falling in that pic...

[@UltraEpicLeader10020]

This track reminds me of Launch Base Zone a little bit.

[@raisotope]

PLEASE DO SPEED JUNGLE ACT 1!

[@AltKaxREAL]

Act Sonic would be even more perfect

[@agustinelric2909]

Sega needs to hire you.

[@Chibiknux]

Sound design so good it could be a Peter Gabriel song

[@kingboinko]

YuYu Hakusho at 3:29 based

[@kibbybipps]

1:05 - yeah you can turn off the background blur in the settings, but if your graphics are on "high" then its enabled by default. i played the game with "high" graphics since i just assumed itd be the prettiest, but nope

[@nullSupernova]

I actually prefer to play with the blur on because of Lagoon City 💀

[@kibbybipps]

@@nullSupernova thats fair

[@kibbybipps]

i only just now realise this vid released on my bday

[@nullSupernova]

@@kibbybipps happy extremely belated birthday

[@kibbybipps]

@@nullSupernova thank you!!

[@CrimsonThePhantom]

Im hearing a mix of sonic 3D blast and knuckles chaotix

[@preston_gaming6203]

The first time i heard sky temple i thought it sounded like something similar to sonic & knuckles alternate at around 0:57

[@jeromemccalla9520]

I though this song sounded bad in the game, it just seems that the arrangement was bad his melody is good, just needed better instrumentation.

[@SilencePlains]

Why I feel Launch base vibes?!!!

[@herculescelular3278]

Can anyone please make a mod for Sonic Superstars with the music of Joy to replace respective strange songs in the game?

[@the39wow]

can we get a replacement of all the jun senoue composed songs with john tay remixes? its all i ask for

[@matutesantiago4656]

The yuyu hakusho reference

[@Sonic_jams]

Kind of sounds like a village in Heartgold/Soulsilver

[@Galamoth06]

To be honest, I thought this was one of the weaker tracks. I was kind of suprised to see so much praise for it. I really just don't care for the initial melody, but that's obviously subjective. I just think it's kind of ugly. And then the song just sort of meanders for a while. There are four or five distinct sections that don't particularly blend well with each other. The third section isn't bad, I'll give it that much. This arrangement was really good though. I liked the parts that were added more than the original part of the song.

[@poketoons4625]

Can you please do sand sanctuary 😊❤

[@LegamSSF]

If I can ask, how do you know this song was arranged by Rintaro Soma? I don't really see any documentation anywhere, unless I'm not looking at the right place

[@johntayjinf]

someone told me that the vocal synth from lagoon city act 1 and sky temple are the same, so i made my assumption

[@MelmanOfDaSouthh]

Virtua Racing Deluxe Replay and smile bomb lol

[@callmeninaiced]

certified jam

[@raphaelv.9672]

Wow this remix song is Amazing it was too beautiful and look, SMILE BOMB YU YU HAKUSHO MIND BLOW I liked the original song, it's one of the mega drive songs from the game that I liked along with Press Factory act 1 and 2 and Frozen base act 1 ,Tails and 2. Please, I really hope you arrange these songs

[@jzeepozitron]

where are these drum samples from?

[@ykm568]

How to remove a 1 square 3?

[@woodman_is_nice_mid]

need this modded in asap

[@RyanGamer_R2.1101]

In your next video can you do Winds of Fjords by minomus

[@gib2689]

Please do the same thing with SPEED JUNGLE