This Sonic Soundtrack did NOT need to go THIS hard

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[@CharlesCornellStudios]

Which Sonic game had your favorite soundtrack??

[@grahamjhallaudio8198]

This one! First Hey Arnold! now this? Get out of my brain Charles! 😁

[@grahamjhallaudio8198]

Also ‘Sonic 3 & Knuckles’ 👌🔥 check it

[@cristianromero5945]

Check out sonic unleashed! Specifically “windmill isle - day”

[@mrwebzone]

the jp sonic cd ost brother

[@Aurora_Animates]

I lov video game music :3

[@SonictheHedgehog]

You didn't have to go so hard with this video, so I'd say we're even.

[@OhGodWhatIsThisAah]

Holy moly hey Sonic!

[@Jayesbe]

It's always amazing seeing the official sonic channel comment on videos like these! thank you for all these years of sonic content from your channel, the music and remixes, the support of fan content, and just a whole lot of things in general. Thank you for the wonderful support towards the sonic community, from all of the guys and girls at SEGA and Sonic Team, and of course the people behind the official Sonic the Hedgehog KZbin Channel! Never change!^^

[@donky2807]

@@OhGodWhatIsThisAah Gee willikers, it’s S oinc !

[@OhGodWhatIsThisAah]

@@donky2807 bite my ass and call Mea Turkey it's snoccic!

[@duck4861]

sup sonic

[@treynobles]

2:17 “This is a Sonic videogame! It doesn’t need to be this good.” Bro. Sonic games are just fantastic albums with games attached to them.

[@boom-jr8vi]

This is depressingly true man, if they put as much effort into the games as the soundtrack, I think sonic would BOOM again (pun kinda intended).

[@makeda6530]

True (* ᴗ ᴗ)

[@AD3Supa]

Best description of Sonic games I've ever heard. It also likely explains why I love the games so much

[@Parappadarappa2]

@@AD3Supa same even if the game itself is bad you know that soundtrack is still gonna be godlike

[@Sholver]

@@Parappadarappa2 Yup as proven with 06

[@Lemonfreak1111]

FINALLY! Someone actually talks about how good this soundtrack is. I don’t care how corny the lyrics are, these songs bop!

[@AlienfromY841]

I never did understand the hate it got when the songs themselves were so catchy.

[@Cr4z3d]

@@AlienfromY841 Probably started with the Tails Doll...

[@Nitroxity]

Eurobeat is, imo supposed to be corny in its lyrics. Ridiculous that corny/cheesy is interpreted to be automatically bad.

[@roberthazelby4424]

The soundtrack is quality cheese. I love it!

[@demarcusm40]

That’s what I’m saying I still have sonic race in my soundtrack

[@ryan-4853]

This dude is so passionate, I don't even play any instruments, but I love this.

[@donstarlancer]

I feel the same

[@that1_throwawayaccountdeez277]

Same bro

[@TheGenisisDude]

Amazing

[@caramelcandys]

Videos where people get really into what they’re passionate about are some of my favourite videos to watch

[@yakkocmn]

sonic game options menu is one of my favorite genres of music

[@papaloreto4959]

I like sonic pinball music :)

[@danielnodland4072]

YO, YAKKO! Surprised to see you here.

[@RuthlessDutchman]

Man the bass slapping for "Funky Groove Makes U Hot!?" for SA1 is gnarly

[@user-pq9rq5yi4e]

YOOO YAKKO

[@KosTis]

Mood

[@NegoClau]

Oh... Now you got yourself into a real deep rabbit hole: The Sonic OSTs... These are actually responsible for generating in a lot of 90's kids the interest in instrumental music, because of the richness of those jazzy harmonies. They didn't need to go this hard. But they did and a lot of people is thankful for that.

[@autobotstarscream765]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/jJvNYZR3bphmldU

[@bsharpmajorscale]

Not just Crush 40, but also that one time Michael Jackson was involved.

[@casualgamingauraous2345]

@@bsharpmajorscale Ice Cap zone is a absolute bop…Carnival Zone also is one but I’m constantly reminded of a certain Barrel when I hear it.

[@caifabe8050]

some rando: "man why do 90s kids love jazz so much?" me: "OG-era Sonic and Gran Turismo"

[@SudrianAfro]

I’d love to find a lot of the soundtracks that have that kind of sound, any recommendations?

[@TNVGAMING]

Please talk about more of Sonic R's tracks. They're all gems- or I guess emeralds in this case.

[@WindyREDPanda]

Ahem.... It's a GEM COLLECTION.😎

[@HinbunEZ]

Shockingly small amount of music in the game

[@TNVGAMING]

@@HinbunEZ Qualitt over quantity my friend. The tracks are about a love story and it's really neat. The story is told in full by the end. You don't need anymore.

[@vrchemical]

They are all "diamonds in the sky"

[@Canalbiruta]

Diamonds? In the sky?

[@sodathejunker]

Holy actual god Finally Someone who’s history and experience growing up with Sonic is identical to my own. Sonic R PC was THE Sonic game I sank my teeth into as a kid. …and now here I am also a musician with affinity to keys. It must be the Sonic R effect. Praise be to Richard Jacques and TJ Davis all the way. It was “Work It Out” for me. Reactive Factory.

[@MisterTaye0702]

Work It Out was such a good song

[@Erthshade]

It's been forever since I played that game (also had Sonic R PC, ran a bit slow on the system I had at the time but that just made it so much more doable) but I can still hear that track. We all need to work together to build a better life To make it what we feel we have to make it real We all need to remember nothing in this world comes for free We have to make it what we want just you and me and everybody Work it out, work it out, think about it Work it out, work it out, talk about it Work it out, work it out, make it happen Just work it out, work it out We got to make it real We got to make it real We all know that life gets harder it's getting harder day by day We need to show that we are trying we're making sure that everyone can say You're the one I can depend on no one else can put it right You're someone I can rely on 'Cause we're not giving up without a fight

[@CyleJackson]

Back In Time is my jam! 💯 But Diamonds in the Sky slaps too. Lol

[@Indomavel2112]

"Work It Out" is a bop amongst bops. They made it real, alright!

[@NraButtons]

Also the PC / Saturn Sonic 3D Blast soundtrack (also by Rich) has some amazing Moby/Enya-style tunes for Rusty Ruins, god

[@jeffreysherman8224]

"This is a Sonic video game. This is so unnecessary. It does not need to be this good!" Actually, Sonic games are kinda known for this specific thing. They have really high quality soundtracks. As far as I know they're universally well liked. I want so badly to see your reaction to the different countries' music in Sonic Unleashed. (Chun-nan, Shamar, Apotos...) Also, the Rouge segments in Sonic Adventure 2 Battle are considered jazz. I wonder how you'd feel about them. Edit: Also, now that I think about it, Sonic Advance. Please do Sonic Advance! As a kid, I used to plug my Gameboy Advance into my old PC speakers and just listen to the music. It's definitely one of my favorites.

[@subliminalvibes]

Agreed. Also, Michael Jackson wrote most of the original Sonic music too. Good stuff. 👍😎

[@mpmedia6735]

@@subliminalvibes No he didn't. He has been credited for contributing to Sonic 3 - to which I don't know if it's confirmed or not. It's rumored that he heard back his tracks with FM synthesis instruments and hated how it sounded so he had his name taken off the credits.

[@tannertadlock7741]

@@mpmedia6735 his tracks on Sonic 3 & Knuckles still exist, but go unused. Fragments of them are in the used tracks

[@StereoTyp0]

Jet Set Radio

[@scym5800]

@@mpmedia6735 I'm pretty sure he did. Ice Cap Zone is literally Hard Times by The Jetzons, Brad Buxer's band. Brad has worked massively with MJ confirmed in an interview with Black & White magazine how he worked with him on the soundtrack. And honestly when I hear the groove of Hydrocity Zone I can't help but hear MJ.

[@kc0naa]

Fun Fact: The SonicR soundtrack is actually encoded on the CD as an audio CD, so you can stick the disc in a CD player to listen to the soundtrack! As a young kid it seemed amazing to me that I could take the disc out of my computer and keep listening to the soundtrack using my CD player. It was one of my favorite Sonic games growing up, partially because it had 4 player split screen, and largely because of the great soundtrack. I didn't know until recently that it was generally disliked, and I don't really understand why, because we sure enjoyed it!

[@original__gmebvy]

Sonic R was generally disliked because the controls for all the characters feels sloppy and unfinished. The game itself has jank gameplay and collision physics. The game is also laughably short to complete compared to other racing games of the era like Mario Kart 64, Crash Team Racing and Diddy Kong Racing, like one could go to Blockbuster and Hollywood Video, rent the game and beat it in the span of an afternoon. It also sold poorly on the Saturn due to crappy support for new games by Sega, and was dead on arrival since most gamers either had a PlayStation and/or a Nintendo 64 already, or were waiting for the Dreamcast to drop the next year in 1998. The only saving grace this game has honestly is the soundtrack, which is borderline legendary. But as a racing game it doesn’t do enough to pull you in and keep you invested.

[@j43l35]

I did this too!! Was like magic to me, that I put it right in my compact CD player and I'd listen to these songs again and again!!

[@dfcx1]

Lots of loud Sonic R haters out there. Personally I always loved the game.

[@thomashost272]

Not many games have perfect soundtracks. This one is one of those games with perfect soundtracks. Every single track is amazing with none of them being bad at all, which is one of a kind even for the Sonic Franchise.

[@The8BitBigBand]

Yo dunno why it took me so long to see this but an incredible analysis of an incredible sound track!! Speaking specifically about Can You Feel the Sunshine: Since the harmony was already so killing in it, it was an easy adaptation to create our up tempo big band/broadway version based on it. I always say a great tune can be arranged in ANY style and still hold up as long as the bones of the tune (it's melody and harmony) are well written, and this song is truly proof of that!

[@PigDan]

Great work!! I got all your albums now!

[@Sedyon]

Oh hi! I absolutely love your channel ;D

[@Much_Ado]

"it's a sonic game! the music doesn't need to be this good" amusingly, one of my recommended videos was the 30th anniversary Sonic Symphony, which is just 2 hours of musical bliss

[@tashawoods7807]

I actually got kinda teary eyed 🥲

[@voxieart]

thing is, it's the music in Sonic games that have always been high quality, unlike some of the games themselves lol

[@maniacaal]

@@voxieart if there's anything sonic ALWAYS has going for it, it's the music.

[@voxieart]

@@maniacaal 100%

[@Rishi123456789]

""it's a sonic game! the music doesn't need to be this good"" Wrong, it's a Sonic game and that's why the music NEEDS to be THIS GOOD. Sonic games, despite the varying quality of their gameplay, have always had a high standard of good music.

[@TeddySaxbang659]

“When I was a kid, video games weren’t really part of my life.” - *Ah, so that’s why he’s so good at piano*

[@tehedx]

Never too late to stop consuming and start creating. (although thanks to consuming this video I got some inspiration for playing again)

[@zacksguitarhacks6390]

So much of my own musical inspiration comes from video games and movies. And not just the soundtracks either. The Zelda soundtracks are incredible though.

[@TeddySaxbang659]

@@zacksguitarhacks6390 Same! The jazz and ragtime-inspired music from Super Mario 1-2-3, the diversity of styles in the DK series for SNES, The progressive jazz-funk fusion from A Guardian's Crusade (and many PSX games). LoZ has rich OSTs that introduced me to new sounds, in my memory to this day; the beautiful yet functional melodies on the ocarina, the use of different modes, parallel open chords, creative rearrangements of themes... I could go on

[@bsharpmajorscale]

@@TeddySaxbang659 Have you heard of Motoi Sakuraba?

[@zacksguitarhacks6390]

@@TeddySaxbang659 yeah I reaaally love the Zelda soundtrack from OoT, I just made a metal song that has some odd Zelda vibes, like the spirit temple I think is the track it reminds me of. Using a scale called rampriya it's an Indian scale and sounds super interesting and wild.

[@VoidPlugger]

Sonic R (in my personal opinion) has the greatest, most consistent and masterful OST in the entire franchise. Everything we get in every form sound-wise is absolute perfection. The breakdown in “Back In Time” is so genuinely emotional and just goddamn beautiful. I could never thank TJ and Richard enough for the gifts they have given to my ears and countless others.

[@kcidd12]

I agree the inconsistent concise consistentedness … is consistent

[@Nifnix]

I love that as a self taught guitarist I understand NOTHING of what you're saying but still feel it, and then I'm just vibing waaaaaaay too hard lol

[@mindwavelain]

same 😂😂😂

[@dewanewelch1744]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@kyoobqa]

As a person who makes music from "notes that sound nice together", I completely agree!

[@BrianMcCallcsd]

Whoever edited this video.... Masterful Work. I laughed at the zoom in on Charles' stray hairs sticking out on the back of his head. Like, did we really need to have our attention drawn to that??? LOL Good stuff.

[@ihaveaname15]

Agreed. Give the editor a raise😂 I learned and laughed

[@UhKimboze]

That had me on my knees, lololol!!!

[@brown9671]

It’s probably him

[@elijahdage5523]

This was edited by little Charles Cornell

[@elbraymundo]

Ditto to the excellent use of all the different sets!

[@fanman1]

Richard Jacques (pronounced Jakes) is an old Uni buddy of mine and started with SEGA straight after graduation. His latest award winning game is Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy - a six hour score mostly recorded at Abbey Road. The original Sonic chords are descending 7ths (Fmaj7 Emin7 Dmin7 Cmaj7) so Rich’s version is almost a retrograde version. Great video analysis!

[@TornaitSuperBird]

Wait he did Guardians? Holy shit, dude's everywhere and I don't notice!

[@cooldebt]

That's amazing. You might be interested to see what The Consouls has done with SEGA music (the guy on keys was my son's accompanist for an exam years ago) kzbin.info/www/bejne/fmHdmYhjfcl2ebc Bandai Namco also just commissioned the band to cover the Tales of Luminaria Title Theme

[@fanman1]

@@TornaitSuperBird He also did the James Bond 007 Blood Stone game and Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed!

[@mimi-fk6dp]

@@cooldebt that's really cool! The Consouls are one of my favorite video game cover bands. Great stuff.

[@rimmersbryggeri]

Is so much cooler to do it in this context than other games that have very unfullfilling pseudo "classical" soundtracks. Much better to have people think "Why did they make this so good" than "Why did they make this so plain".

[@KirigayaOokami]

_It's what they say:_ *"The game may be bad, but the music does not miss."*

[@thiccmemegod3421]

Except, the game is not bad (excluding sonic forces, Sonic 06 and sonic lost World but they do have really good music)

[@bub777]

I feel that can apply to all SEGA games.

[@Hyper_Drud]

@@thiccmemegod3421 you forgot Sonic Chronicles, which didn’t have good music.

[@LordTyph]

Even the 'games may be bad' is exaggerated. The music bit, hwoever, is putting it mildly.

[@idk_45633]

@@Hyper_Drud no sonic spin-offs

[@sonikku956]

9:50 THIS is why I love new jack swing music. The jazz chord, the hip hop influenced swing beat, the fast tempo similar to house/dance-pop, and those soulful vocals ❤❤❤❤

[@Diam0ndnite]

95% of sonic games have a good soundtrack despite the gameplay being good or bad. I feel like the music team for the sonic games almost always put their heart and soul into the games soundtrack. Also in the category of video games, I recommend checking out the Hades soundtrack, the blend of instruments is fantastic.

[@seacliff217]

One thing I love about the soundtrack is that the length of these songs are a good 4-5 times the length of what it actually takes to finish a race in this game. Like, unless you just sit around in time trials or listen to the OST separate, there's massive chunks of these songs most people who played the game normally likely never heard before.

[@siriuslyawesome]

What you can do is what I ended up doing. Play the race without vocals, and the vocals will show up instead on the replay. Race poorly enough to make it last long enough and just keep listening to it.

[@stardustspeedway]

I LOVE that you highlighted Number One. That's without a doubt to me the best song out of the entire soundtrack. What an incredible piece of music and I'm so glad you highlighted it.

[@FormalFilmsProductions]

Agreed!!!

[@ARandomUser5]

If I ever get married, that's definitely going to be one of the songs on the playlist!

[@maromania7]

Honestly, it DOES need to go this hard, especially the modern ones. The soundtracks are one of the big reasons sonic's managed to survive. The bad games would be far worse if the soundtracks were bad. I'll happily contend that composers like Jun Senoue (with Crush 40) and Richard Jacques are some of the most important components to sonic still existing in modern times.

[@savvivixen8490]

Truth!

[@an0rangutan]

No kidding, Sonic R's soundtrack is legendary. And it is my favorite by a small margin above Sonic 3 and Knuckles Only disagreement is that "It doesn't have to be this good" heh, it's a Sonic game and evidently it's pretty well accepted that Sonic Games have good soundtracks, generally, so that never surprised me. For the record, I'm one of the few people that defends this game and genuinely loves it, it always has been one of my favorite games and it seriously doesn't deserve even half the hate it gets. Also, potential piano cover of a Sonic R song maybe???

[@crimsonnin2]

Even freaking Sonic 06 has an amazing soundtrack, and they got Micheal freaking Jackson to write the original Sonic 3 soundtrack. It's expected for Sonic soundtracks to go hard at this point.

[@theirishpotato6588]

Exactly what I thought.

[@SianaGearz]

I think music is often a part of core experience in many games if not most, especially was back in the day; and i feel this applies doubly to racing games. You'll be hard pressed to find a successful racing game with a dud soundtrack, and 90s stuff was outright FIRE. Sonic R is explicitly a racing game. But what is Sonic? I would say it's a genre blend platforming and racing. Rarely do you get an actual race opponent, but you do race against your own times in a way.

[@Scrofar]

I'm pretty sure he meant "It doesn't have to be this good" jokingly and in good humor, but yeah Sonic OSTs slap

[@cooldebt]

You might enjoy The Consouls. They have done a fair few Sonic VGM jazz covers including kzbin.info/www/bejne/e3iklIx6rs2Fj6M

[@FZuloaga]

Richard Jacques also did the music for Sonic 3D Blast/Flickies' Island for Saturn and PC. Overall, Sonic R is among my favorites Sonic OST, but Sonic 3D on Genesis has superb music too (I think it's made by Jun Senoue) and the whole Sonic Adventure series 1 and 2 are outstanding, and it goes through different styles.

[@mikestudioz216]

1:42 1:56 3:20 3:32 4:04 4:31 7:00 7:34 7:53 8:57 9:43 10:26 11:00 11:08 11:22 11:56 12:16 Epic Piano Man Moments 😎

[@alpphire]

Sonic music always goes hard, an underrated gem is Sonic Rush, a game composed by Hideki Naganuma. Absolute legend of a Composer.

[@neoqwerty]

Pretty sure the only reason I didn't throw my DS was the sound track. (to explain my frustration: there's a "blind spot" area between the two screens where you can die and I kept dying in that blind spot. ALL. THE. TIME. WHO THOUGHT THAT WAS SMART FOR A SONIC DS GAME???)

[@alpphire]

@@neoqwerty you ain't wrong, it had its fair share of unfair moments, but as do most games. The sequel to the game tho is absolutely fire. Only real annoying part is the grindy aspect to it.

[@andyrevo19]

Sonic Rush's ost is dope 👌 didn't the producer also worked on Jet Set Radio?

[@alpphire]

@@andyrevo19 Yup!

[@KipsterMc]

I LOVE the Sonic Rush soundtrack so much! Probably one of my favorite Sonic soundtracks, just so much energy and style to it

[@ThatSpearheadGuy]

I feel exactly how you do, as a kid you didn't quite understand why the songs were so satisfying beyond just liking them. Even as an adult I didn't quite get it until watching this video because I'm a music scrub, but this makes me appreciate the music of Sonic R in such a new light. Absolutely incredible, thank you for the insight.

[@LavaCreeperPeople]

listen to sonic mania

[@jjiggh]

No one cares 💀🤓

[@akere6750]

Have you heard sonic & sega

[@kaikollas]

2:00 NO PLEASE WHY WHY WHY

[@lopeo2324]

ඞ!

[@marinellovragovic1207]

welcome to music theory.

[@garymajor7106]

This soundtrack is one of my favorites of all time. I bought a Saturn and Sonic R back in 2002 and quickly sold the system a year later, but I kept Sonic R and used it in my CD player

[@techsmechs2485]

You're saying the Saturn had disks configured to play the soundtrack in a CD player? That's awesome, I never really heard about that much, even when it was common.

[@Xankek]

@@techsmechs2485 i think there were a couple playstation 2 games i owned that did this! Super weird that it seemed to be such a novelty

[@NiGHTSaturn]

@@techsmechs2485Yes! Most Saturn games used the Red Book standard for most of their audio tracks. Which is why the games were categorized as CD Quality Audio Games. Don’t play Track 1 though! That’s Data! 😅

[@OrojinMusic]

Sonic Adventure 2: Battle. Legendary soundtrack with unparalleled diversity. Metal, hip-hop, jazz, techno/EDM, punk, etc. All in one game, all iconic parts of the game

[@HectorRodriguez-music]

GOATed game and soundtrack. One of a kind masterpiece 👏

[@targetbuddy5]

YOU KNOW ME, THE FIGHTING FREAK KNUCKLES

[@jake0215]

7:17 - 7:27 NEEDS to be a meme format. Editing different backgrounds behind Charles' jubilant expressions has infinite meme potential.

[@awesomeapfel6519]

So, do it.

[@Swagstufff]

Put him in front of a scene from Breaking Bad.

[@codeman90000000]

Sonic R really had one of the best sound tracks ever!!!! We can all agree it's just pure fireeeeeeeeeee. Love a lot of the songs.

[@clay8156]

1:24 Now we're gonna do a C-Sus AMONG US

[@Vubbss]

5:00 Dear Editor, the way you pulled us out from the action to see the goof, was absolutely hilarious. Thank you.

[@tcgcardbuyer5649]

Also 6:16

[@juliusnuora7756]

I feel like Earth, Wind and Fire also used those kinds of chord progressions and transitions a lot. Great analysis and fun to watch, thanks!

[@theinktician]

That's why i was surprised he said it was so 90s. Felt more early 80s to me

[@ZombifiedBuizel]

Do you remember the 21st night of September?

[@neoqwerty]

@@theinktician It has a lot of Eurobeat in its tracks, I'm guessing that's where the 90's part comes from. To me it's sitting snugly in-between these two and trades back and forth.

[@Canalbiruta]

I'd argue richard took some inspiration from them, i mean, Number one from the same game has some brass work that is very EWF like

[@benceszarvas5464]

I'm so proud of myself to finally own the original soundtrack CD from this game. I just love Sonic R it has a charming feel even if the game is short and the controls are really heavy handled. My favourite musuc from this game is "Back in Time" such a masterpiece. Also one little fact from Jon Burton's official youtube channel. First he wanted the option to mute the singing and only hear the instrumental but after he heard and said this is really really good, he totally refused this idea immediately!

[@arcticsoul1729]

As someone who's never heard these songs before, I could feel the nostalgia through your happiness alone.

[@FlynnTheRedhead]

Speaking of Sega published games (yeah I’m reaching), you HAVE to take a look at Persona 5’s jazzy funk soundtrack, please. The Royal soundtrack also has some great pieces like “Our Light” or “No more What Ifs”

[@TheD00MSAYER]

Gotta agree here with the Persona music recommendation

[@kenkune55]

Big agree! Gotta check out Persona. Honestly any Persona ost is worth checking out

[@vharmi.]

Staying on the topic of Sega published games. Jet Set Radio and its sequel has some of the biggest bangers in gaming history. And man I listen to so much game music, so that's not light praise. Hideki Naganuma is just such a beast.

[@knowngorilla8745]

He’d love persona music

[@Ztama12]

I was actually going to comment something similar and am glad this was already mentioned. Persona 5 is my favorite game soundtrack of all time along with Persona 5 Strikers

[@RedHair651]

This is one of your best videos so far in my opinion: - Just the right length - Great music - Phenomenal editing

[@eargandonaa]

"Living in the city" is my favorite song form this game, so many hours playing this game, good memories, good video :D

[@knuxplay1662]

Charles Cornell: *starts playing "Can you feel the sunshine"* Me: *having flashbacks of Tails Doll when I was a kid*

[@Automatik234]

Oh boy, you've just gotten yourself into something... Almost every Sonic game, even the worst ones, have phenomenal soundtracks which are, together with their composers, celebrated by fans. There's also multiple "giants" in the Sonic music scene. Masato Nakamura, from the the Jpop band Dreams come true, responsible for many iconic tracks from the classic games, Jun Senoe with his band Crush40, who brought hard rock music to Sonic and often brought in guest singers, before their rise and currently Tomaya Othani, who composed various tracks, ranging from rap to electronic music and even bossa nova! There's of course many more notable composers, also Richard Jaques had other great Sonic soundtracks too. Sonic soundtracks are definitely a thing, very much worth checking out and having a great time with!

[@boom-jr8vi]

The ONE game I didn’t have people raving about it’s soundtrack to me was Forces (me to kms)

[@Automatik234]

@@boom-jr8vi Even Forces had a few bangers tho. I remember people being pretty hyped about Fist Bump and Infinite's theme.

[@astracrits4633]

@@boom-jr8vi Eh, Forces had a few good ones. The only Sonic soundtrack I can think of that people actively dislike is Sonic Chronicles (which probably still would've sounded good, were it *actually finished.*)

[@ahogammer6895]

@@Automatik234 Fish Bump sucks.

[@Automatik234]

@@ahogammer6895It's not my cup of tea either, but you can't deny its qualities and that it hyped quite a lot of people, who ultimately like it.

[@AnferneeMyers]

Charles just revealed such new meaning to the song “Can You Feel The Sunshine.” The lyrics now match the chords in a way that feels like it was always intended for them to be working hand in hand like this. I knew I had valid reasoning for playing song this at my restaurant job.

[@cooldebt]

You might like this version by The Consouls - kzbin.info/www/bejne/e3iklIx6rs2Fj6M

[@AnferneeMyers]

@@cooldebt I do, indeed, like this version!

[@cooldebt]

@@AnferneeMyers 👍 It's also on Spotify!

[@mossasaur]

I gotta be honest I don’t understand most of your music talk but I do deeply enjoy listening to you be so excited about this banger music

[@bub777]

Nice, this is some of the most SEGA sounding music I've heard. I never played the game, but I know Sonic R has quite the following for "Can you Feel the Sunshine" alone! I haven't felt this moved by such an early example of a racing ending credits song since Double Dash.

[@viscountrainbows6452]

The Double Dash end credits song was on my work playlist for a while. True story.

[@lvbboi9]

The Build-Up at the end of the verse then the DROP to the chorus is one of the best things I've ever heard. It's good to know that I have a professional musician that likes it just as much.

[@caleb875]

Time stamp?

[@lvbboi9]

@@caleb875 2:45

[@hedgesolo4977]

The edits, camera, and setting changes were spot on in this vid!!!

[@dolex161]

Loved the zoom on the back of his head 😅

[@LordTyph]

Dude, it HAS to go this hard. Making Sonic games without music that is at least above average is a cardinal sin in gaming. It's like an extra commandment: Thou shalt not make Sonic Games with bad music. Even _Sonic 06_ has good music, that's how necessary it is.

[@JHLThe1Star]

Sonic doesn’t have one bad tracks , and sonic R always remind me of my grandma who passed thank you for this man truly .

[@zackawa3510]

I love the sheer child-like wonder, seeing someone so passionate about something is so energizing👌🏻

[@noobkiddo6522]

I swear a simple video game with amazing soundtrack like Sonic and Undertale is all I need

[@BuzzaB77]

Jacques had epic moments across pretty much all his work. Clearly a jazzer.

[@wickdaman]

I've always loved the soundtrack to Sonic R. Every song is awesome. I don't care if it sounds dated now, it's still incredible to me. Some elements of the soundtrack remind me a little bit of Sonic CD (end credits is the best example). Love it!

[@yell0]

Seeing charles get hyped about the same videogame soundtracks I lose my shit to is just so cool. My favourite sonic soundtrack (and my favourite videogame soundtrack) is Sonic Mania's one. Tee Lopes made an OUTSTANDING job for that one. From a producer, composer and arranger standpoint, I don't think there's a Sonic soundtrack as mindblowing as Mania's one. You should definitely check it out!

[@SerpongeDash]

Sonic unleashed soundtrack is also pretty mind-blowing NGL, in a very different way tho, more so in how it manages to have all these different vibes from all across the world while still being a cohesive soundtrack! But honestly all sonic osts go hard

[@watercolor4725]

Sonic games as a whole almost always have fantastic soundtracks, even the “bad games” (06, the storybook games, forces, etc) one of the best parts of playing a Sonic game is the soundtrack. Unleashed’s different regional and day/night songs vary a lot, but still remain consistent across the world of unleashed. Mania fantastically shows the energy of each different zone and gives each area new life. Colors’ spacey tracks are awesome, and any time I hear tropical resort I can’t help but have a good time. Forces’ music is a fair bit different (the focus on the more electric/synth style) a lot of people dislike it, but in the context of the story, I think it works well. Team Sonic racing and generations do fantastic jobs at remixing old tracks and making them sound new. Even 06 has brilliant music over some, not so brilliant gameplay (Silver’s theme is one of my favourite tracks ever). And the vocal themes always go way too hard lol, Endless possibilities, Reach for the stars, can you feel the sunshine, live and learn, and more, all these and more are ingrained in my mind even if I haven’t played the game it comes from. Even if frontiers doesn’t live up to the hype, if is the same sort of botw/open world kinda thing, I hope they ditch the “atmospheric piano hits” and simple atmospheric sounds with only combat music (as much as I love them, I want music lol and that’s what Sonic is known for) (doesn’t have to play all the time, just more music then a few piano notes every once in a while). Here’s to more Sonic ost’s!

[@sektorispiar2988]

This! All of This!

[@folo7595]

The story books games are great wdym😂 even Forces is good it's just average if anything, the only bad one is '06

[@watercolor4725]

@@folo7595 I did put the "quotes" for a reason lol /nm

[@folo7595]

@@watercolor4725 "nm"?🤨 and which reason

[@watercolor4725]

@@folo7595 I didn’t want to come off as rude lol, wanted to make sure I was clear

[@destroyerkitty9434]

“It didn’t need to be THIS good, but they made it this good” defines basically every Sonic soundtrack. They’re all incredibly composed.

[@tedwasanasan3805]

It’s awesome how excited you get about songs in other videos, but it’s so wonderful how excited you get doing this one

[@joelprange8082]

3:04 I know he always says he's not a singer but I love his voice. His timbre is so pleasant and smooth

[@AMD_Potato]

Charles, you NEED to look at Sonic Mania. I have yet to come across an OST more nuts and energy filled.

[@RobertoLopez-yn7tx]

I would love that so much

[@gabrielrodriguez8019]

Sonic Mania is God Like

There's a totally unappreciated masterpieces out there in games and movies that honestly need more respect. Since I discovered your channel i liked how you explain different aspects in the music and with such joyful energy. 😋

[@a.t.rivera7460]

MAN i actually still have the credits theme on my spotify playlist. i loved this game so much as a kid and the music is a solid 80% of that love

[@FlameEmber]

Sonic R was also a soundtrack I spent my entire youth growing up with, and still have to jam out to as a 32 year old adult. I'm so glad it was something special through your youth too.

[@M14Gaming]

"This is a SONIC video game! It (the music) does not need to be THIS good!" Oh you naive fool, you have yet to experience the endless collection of absolute bangers that this franchise has to offer. I'd highly recommend checking out a lot of the other sonic osts either in a video or just on your own. My personal favorite osts are from Sonic Mania, Sonic Adventure, and Sonic Generations, personally, but MOST of the games have amazing osts so any of them will do just fine lol

[@chrilz1498]

Thank you so much for appreciating this soundtrack for its merits musically! It's been one of my all-time favorite soundtracks unironically since I first fell in love with is a few years back, and I'm glad I'm not alone!

[@lifexearth]

I never thought watching a guy playing a piano and explaining how the music transitions from one set of chords to another set and so on would make me smile so much. I can almost feel the passion he has for music, and I love it cause I have that same kind of passion as well. So glad this video was recommended to me. 😇

[@gwillymusic]

Check out the Rouge the Bat music in Sonic Adventure 2. Or "My Sweet Passion". The writing, arrangement, players, production, & mixes on those are remarkable.

[@nicknewton292]

Nice to see you here Garrett!

[@damarihanson3876]

It is my literal dream to see “My Sweet Passion” be covered and analysed in a KZbin video

[@Jason-ir5ig]

"This is a Sonic video game...it does not need to be this good!" While the quality of Sonic games is variable through the years, good music is a non-negotiable MUST of the series

[@ThaddeusSilva]

Exactly!

[@josh_miester_x511]

You play so well, I would love to hear whole piano covers from you.

[@Rollenstone]

I LOVE your enthusiasm and passion. Great taste in music!

[@truefilm6991]

It's refreshing to hear that some composers come up with beautifully crafted music where it apparently doesn't matter that much. At the very least people (= non musicians) get exposed to quality music, which is a very important step to more quality music being made - as opposed to the same old diatonic four chord vamp.

[@cooldebt]

You might like to check out The Consouls - they pull out the jazz in VGM and really vamp it up so more kids have learned to enjoy jazz by listening to their VGM covers. (I used to think that VGM didn't matter at all - I was wrong)

[@dfcx1]

People are still talking about how fantastic the soundtrack was decades later, it definitely mattered!

[@SeasOfCheese929]

Richard Jacque's soundtrack to the Saturn port of Sonic 3D Blast is tragically underrated.

[@sektorispiar2988]

Oh yes indeed! I was thrilled to discover it was another disc that you could put in a CD player and listen to the tracks!

[@CaptainZombeh]

Rusty Ruins Zone and the choir going: TROZ!!

[@DLCJRpc]

Don’t care how bad this game is, this is one of my favorites. I’ve logged hundreds of hours in this. I honestly have no idea how the main menu theme works and would love a short breakdown of it.

[@bp2000k]

That Game alone was so much to play when i was a Kid. I loved that Soundtrack From Body to Soul. Just amazing ✨

[@KuraiMuin]

"This is a sonic videogame, this didn't need to be this good!" I beg to differ here, sonic games are known to have extremely good soundtracks, one of the most iconic in the 16bit era

[@lunabear]

I only watch these videos for the part where he's so incredibly tickled that he lets out a CACKLE of joy. This music makes me nostalgic for late 90s-early 2000s anime. ❤️

[@davidsterling7570]

FINALLY someone putting some love on All I Need is You Love that track so much

[@rosastraszalifebloom8809]

I have once heard it jokingly said that Sega shouldn't bother with games anymore and should just become a music label. Honestly, I kinda agree. Sonic R has an amazing soundtrack that pulls away from normal Sonic soundtracks, but as a whole Sonic games' greatest strength is the music.

[@jessewildman1292]

That sudden cut to the other view just watching Charles groove out had me rolling XD

[@crystalspikes7867]

9:31 In Sonic games even option menu themes don't disappoint. Wait until you hear Sonic Adventure's option music

[@OldSavXL]

Sonic Spinball would like to know your location

[@DubiousDepthsRadio]

​@@OldSavXLsonic mega collection will apologize for the mistake

[@renebidwell2168]

I was hoping wishfully to one day come across someone who would dissect the sound of “Can you feel the Sunshine” in all the highlight details mentioned as you have with such giddy and enthusiasm. *sniff*….bless you man…

[@noirakita428]

You're My Number 1 is one of my all-time favorite videogame tracks. I also played the heck out of this on PC. Great video!

[@isaiahbaggett5014]

I love seeing him groove, jive and laugh - so wholesome!

[@grahamjhallaudio8198]

I always loved this soundtrack both un-ironically and ironically 😆

[@astrophilosophe]

Oh my god... I've been listening to this soundtrack A LOT recently hence why I was recommended this video I'd wager, but omg I'm so glad I was. Fantastic analysis, makes me appreciate it even more

[@Unimportant]

I love how warm your keyboard sounds.

[@SeeleSO02]

The original Sonic the Hedgehog 1 and 2 were composed by Masato Nakamura, who was a member of a band called Dreams Come True. I highly recommend you give them both a listen, (though honestly, pretty much every Sonic game has a pretty good soundtrack.)

[@ImAFutureGuitarHero]

I'd love to hear you talk about the Chrono Trigger soundtrack, it's one of my all time favourites, and it's got some cool stuff on a music theory level

[@joeywood3759]

Yes, chrono trigger rules!

[@WigWoo1]

I actually think supersonic racing is one of my favorite songs in the Sonic franchise. I've always loved it

[@SS3Jake.]

I would pay ANY amount for an album you made of just piano versions of the entire Sonic R soundtrack! 😍

[@ashleybatte9711]

Sonic Racing soundtrack is so good. I listen to it often. So glad it's getting recognition it deserves!!

[@FindingsOfAnArmouredMind]

Man, I love the sound of those keys. You should seriously make a keys only rendition of Can You Feel The Sunshine?", it sounds sooo beautiful.

[@SonicPAJ]

I second that! I want "Can you Feel The Sunshine (Coffee Shop Edition)"!

[@endersftd]

I'm so glad you covered this!! I was scrolling through your videos, saw the thumbnail, and was like "please let it be the one", and it totally is! 4:57 This is me jamming to this while driving

[@Ikkepop]

If there is anything I love about your videos is how you get so overexcited about every little piece of music. Like you feel the sunshine that brightens up your day, if you know what I mean :D

[@tangentofaj]

One thing I LOVE about this soundtrack is every lyric must rhyme to the point where it the sentences don't even make sense anymore. 😂

[@alexhiggin]

7:16 The face of a man who can feel the sunshine

[@DharmaScienceRadio]

Your enthusiasm is UNSTOPPABLE my friend

[@fuegovic]

The video editing is gold on this one!