Full Land of Darkness Theme Extended (Sonic OVA) ~Recovered~

If you want to know the story behind this recovered audio, I encourage everyone to watch the original upload where you can listen to the full OVA demo soundtrack: • Sonic the Hedgehog OVA...
I take no credit in its recovery or creation, I only cut together this extension so people may listen to the Land of Darkness theme in its full, crisp glory.

[@theimmensegamer3367]

Sounds like something that could serve as replacement music for Collision Chaos Present in Sonic CD.

[@TheDanimatorsChannel]

Good point haha it does!

[@TheGoldNShadow]

Or maybe an Act 2 version of the present music?

[@TheShockVox]

It’s almost jarring not to hear the whoosh after all these years

[@warioland523]

I actually heard this movie was originally going to be longer but they could only make 2 acts of it hence why the ending kind of felt open note with everyone going after Robotnik. It's a shame too because I really like the setting of this film. The idea of Freedom possibly being a ruined earth with landmasses floating in the sky and Robotnik living on the surface of the planet where there's hardly any sunlight was quite interesting. I would have liked to see more of Robotnik's city too. The neon lights and everything were awesome. Still what we got was nothing short of amazing. Metal Sonic taking the center stage as the main enemy was cool and I like how as he continues to fight Sonic he begins to become more and more like Sonic eventually taking on Sonic's heroic identity to the point he in a moment of redemption sacrifices his own life to save the president. It leads to a sad scene where Sonic tries to save the clone from dying but Metal resigns to his fate saying that there can only be one of him not two as the planet's hero. Sonic screaming Metal's name as he melts in the lava just was sad. In a way Sonic saw himself die before his eyes. He was created to combat Sonic but in the end he became just as much a Sonic as the person he was based off of.

[@Ani8900]

The "whuh" sound is missing... but that's OK it still sounds exactly as I remembered it!!! Well a few sounds are missing too but again it all good!!!

[@faris8859]

Believe it or not, that's not part of the original recording - which is why it's not included here. This is the unaltered music before it was put into the film and overlayed with additional audio.

[@BranJohn98]

No swoosh sounds in the background?
Pog

[@adamdenardis5438]

The swoosh was an actual sound effect from the ova that couldn't be edited out before because it was a recording of it. This is the clean track without Sonic and it's not on a fake loop.

[@diddlenfiddle7311]

Weird I know the swush sfx isn't a part of the original score but I actually think it adds to it.
That being said, amazing job honestly!

[@ZionMathisAKASonicFan1999]

I always think about Metal Sonic when this soundtrack starts

[@Sonictrainkid]

the piano at 0:55 reminds me of my broken roland d50

[@rainy7600]

It’s not the d-50 doesn’t have a sound like that

[@rainy7600]

It most likely a KORG or a different Roland. The finalize track used in the OVA was either a M1, 01/w or Trinity since the Trinity released in 95

[@Sonictrainkid]

@@rainy7600 I ment the sound of this version th-cam.com/video/zp9-1XBCCn4/w-d-xo.html

[@rainy7600]

@@Sonictrainkid that’s a KORG M1 piano

[@rainy7600]

There’s no piano patch for D-50
Also, it would have been outdated for 1996 while the M1 would start to die out by 96

[@ViperousVT]

This sounds beautiful 😍

[@truearea53]

I love dark themes so atmospheric. TY for extending this.

[@hearteyedgirl]

fall back into 90s

[@Sensation_Studios]

Nice job

[@Kim-py3iv]

This is amazing 😍🤩
Great job on restoring this 👍

[@Ggy_2035]

I love this music. Bro is soo epic

[@marcorodriguez8792]

I feel old

[@sadpenguin2906]

Unironically sounds like something from smt or the persona series

[@omodiaogbeoboh8045]

more like smt/persona sounds like something from classic sonic