Sonic CD - Past Music Ranked, Worst to First
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No, this ranking doesn't include my US Past concepts because (1) they are unofficial and don't appear in the game without fan mods, and (2) they are my own creations and I would be biased toward them.
0:00 Intro
1:10 Number 7
2:32 Number 6
3:53 Number 5
5:20 Number 4
6:43 Number 3
8:06 Number 2
9:36 Number 1
11:25 Outro - เพลง
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KMS, do you mind if I extended your Past Themes on my channel, and add them to the Sonic CD Extended Archives with the other tracks?
@@HyperSonic777uhhhhh idk but you can add it to playlists to say the least.
Rip Metallic Madness past. I love that the most out of all the past themes because of the way it feels like Eggman is panicking and trying to hurry and finish his lair
That's a good point. I'm not sure if that would have affected my ranking, but it is something I didn't think of
Mine too I thought this one was kind of like looking back at the race but also looking forward saying look out Eggman you're next.
Or he's panicking because he realizes Sonic is that close to completely foiling his plans.
Makes sense
I thought the entire point was to show how, even in the past, metallic madness was a horrible place. The fact that it barely sounds different to the present kinda reflects that.
To me Metallic Madness past always sounded like it was trying to convey a frantic factory frenzy. Like the badniks are working hard to build the place while Eggman is asleep in a surveillance room
I luv it
My Personal List, I LIKE ALL OF THEM.
6 - Palmtree Panic, I do like how calm this is for the past for the first level. I just feel that some are just better
5 - Collision Chaos, I like how they try and make it similar to the present of JP so even if you are a US player you can listen to, the Walmart version of Collision chaos JP?
4 - Metallic Madness, I like how speedy the music is because the last level is the last, get it done quick.
3 - Tidal Tempest, This fits in so much for an underwater level, It just feels like you can just sit there in a pool and listen to this and just casually daydream about being here.
2 - Stardust Speedway, the calmness for this level is amazing. It's a literal calm version of bad future JP. What's not to like?
Tied 1st - Wacky Workbench + Quartz Quadrant, They just are so damn good songs I could listen to these day night and never get tired of it.
Same I love Wacky workbench and Quarts Quadrant.
Know what? THIS IS BETTER THAN THE ACTUAL LIST!
Also, the past songs have a extensive use of acoustic instruments. Even though Metallic Madness, Wacky Workbench and Collision Chaos use various synths, machine noises and eletric instruments in future and present versions, the past versions are made with pianos, flutes, xylophones and acoustic basses. The idea of simplicity is acrescented with compressed samples, and the feel of "AM Radio" is completed using Jazz and R&B styles.
What a sound design!
The way PP Past got you to like the JP Soundtrack...
Your Past Tracks got me to appreciate the generell US Soundtrack and got me some favs like Stardust Good Future (dat damn bass part!) or Wacky Workbench Presents
Wacky Workbench Past will forever be the best Sonic CD past
No
Palm-tree panic
@@mairecoffey3422 no
Facts
Lol, it's my least favourite
What i like of Wacky Workbench past theme is it also works great with the US present version, which makes me think if that was one of the last themes made for that version once they know they had not enough time to make US past themes.
I don’t think the US Past themes might have ever started production, because it would take too much effort to sequence and program the music as opposed to just making CD Audio and putting it in.
There was still the issue of disc space and Sonic CD was already approaching nearly 650-700 MB with how much CD Audio it had not including the past themes.
@@Turbulation1
I wouldn't ve surprised if Nilsen had planned what the past music was supposed to be though.
@@Red_Tsar well for now we can only speculate
On another note, you did make a valid point that the music is really important to telling the story. Not just in this game but the other original games as well. With no words spoken, no real text to give us an explanation of what's going on, the music (along with the background) is the key to understanding the story. It is a good thing that the music is excellent in these games.
I honestly like your list
(Even though Collision Chaos is my favorite past theme of them all lol)
Mine is wacky Workbench
I like Tidal Tempest Past soundtrack because it really sounds like an old Tempest. I also and still do have Sonic Gems Collection, I'm glad that in Sonic Origins You can choose the soundtrack you want.
Collision Chaos is my favourite actually, because of how weird it is! I used to not like it when I first played the game 13 years ago, and let the awkwardness overshadow how good of a song it is, instead of embracing the weird. The detuned orchestral hits remind me alot of the late 80s/early 90s hip-hop songs (Get Ready For This comes to mind in particular), and we know how much Sega of Japan loved western music and media. I can't decide if those disgruntled sounds are more akin to the Rugrats intro or a caveman grunting. XD
I always took WW Past as a sunrise rather than a sunset.
Cool video! I'll be honest, I wasn't expecting Metallic Madness Past to be ranked so low. But it is what it is.
Also y u gotta bully my boi Collision Chaos XD
11:26 for those who knew what to expect just from hearing the first second of the game over theme im with yall there. I just watched this at 11:36 pm and now I cant sleep.
I made two separate list because it would have been too hard for me to rank 14 tracks.
So for the JP past my ranking is:
7) Metallic Madness:
The present theme always has been my least favorite theme of present, so same for others time iterations (except fews exceptions) i really like the piano though and the part at the end is actually my favorite part it fit so well the level because it sounds like an evil computer crashing lol.
6) Tidal Tempest:
You know i grew up with Rush Adventure and Chronicles on the DS and the first time i played CD was on gems collection at my friend house, i was amazed when i travel in past for the first time in this zone, i was like is that the sonic chronicles battle music wtf? great memories but aside from that i think this past theme lack instrumentations and feel empty in comparison of others past themes (yes it's a cave but still) i really like it though i just prefer the ones after.
5) Palmtree Panic:
If Palmtree Panic Bad future doesn't exist it would have been my fav of the zone too, mainly because i'm not the biggest fan of the zone music overall but the past theme is the one that make me appreciate better the main melody of present because it's a more calm version and imo the best past in the feeling of relaxation.
Fit the level well with that prehistoric vibe in that wild nature area.
4) Quartz Quadrant:
That piano solo is amazing man, also the bassline and the 90s piano sound is so good, the only thing bad i would say is that (imo) it's the past with the less resemblance with present, for the longest time i wasn't able to recognized the present theme in it, no more a problem now.
Cool mysterious vibe overall.
3) Stardust Speedway
The rythm section is so sick with that cool DJ scratch drums and bassline!
I even prefer it over the present theme and i agree the part when the synth is added is the best thing it's also my favorite part and the stardust speedway piano melody is even better here.
Only thing that annoys me is that part with the weird instrument at the beginning, i think with an other instrument i wouldn't mind but not a big deal, top 3 guaranteed!
2) Collision Chaos:
I can understand that the part at the end with the loud instrument can be a thing that can make peoples don't like this song but i actually like it, it was hard to choose between this and wacky workbench past but i choose to put it number 2.
I absolutely love this past, that vibe of a dangerous ancient forest and that crazy flute, the fact that collision chaos present is my fav present theme explain why i place this past so high i love the main melody.
1) Wacky Workbench:
Ok not so original it's the favorite of many Sonic CD fans but well it's one of the best tracks of the game ahah.
The nostalgic feeling it adds, the new melody over the present theme make it much more unique and the beep beep part that i absolutely love who is also in both present and good future. (Good future is my favorite track of all Sonic CD for that reason)
I like the open hi-hat and the bassline is the best.
I agree with the atmospheric argument you said in the video with sky and rocks in the background fit really well.
Love the little detail at the beginning with the buttons sounds that make it feel like a machine is getting started and the whole song too.
Best Past.
For your amazing US past creations my ranking is:
7) Tidal Tempest:
The bad future is one my favorite us track and i appreciate the idea of making the past based on it but i don't get the same vibe here, a bit too sad and don't really like the piano, i find it a bit repetitive too.
6) Collision Chaos:
I love the Metroid vibe lol, share some similarities in sounds with the JP counterpart, perfect Past for this zone it's just low because i much prefer the others past themes and i'm not the biggest fan of the US collision chaos present theme so that explain it.
5) Palmtree Panic:
Well done! I actually prefer it over the JP version (it was also the case with present) i love how you made the good future US (which is underrated) flows so well in this theme great idea, the flute for the melody of the present was a great choice as well as the accordions.
Once again just here because the ones above are a bit better.
4) Stardust Speedway:
Magical! You encaptured the night full of stars vibe so well! Many elements of the good future who is my favorite GF in the US ost so it was amazing to hear!
3) Wacky Workbench:
It has the exact same atmosphere of the JP theme how the fuck?
You actually manage to made flows together parts from present and both gf/bf which is insane.
Really high because JP is my favorite past + all the themes of wacky workbench US are probably in my top 5 of US lol.
2) Metallic Madness:
Fucking nailed it, the present is my favorite US present and i can say that you perfectly understand what made this song great, minimalist and ambiant i like the replacement of the guitar by voices in the melody and THE GENIUS idea was the saws sounds you added through all the song, it fit so well the level with the enemies and obstacles that have it in the level and it add so much at the vibe of the construction of the eggman base and robots.
Much much better than the JP version imo.
1) Quartz Quadrant:
The best past US ever and the best part of it is that any of the quartz quadrant songs from the US are in my favorite.
You finally made a link between all the themes of the zone in one song because i always thought that the present and futures themes had nothing in common, the present as the rythm and the good future as the melody that made the theme gorgeous and the vibe from the JP is still here too! Great choice of the snare!
Nice job thank you for your tracks!
My comparison:
Palmtree Panic: US>JP
Collision Chaos: JP>US
Tidal Tempest: JP>US
Quartz Quadrant: US>JP
Wacky Workbench: JP>US (But really really close to equality)
Stardust Speedway: JP>US (Same here)
Metallic Madness: US>JP
It's sad you ranked Metallic Madness so low, it's my favorite OST from this game. I really love these parts with Orchestra Hits 😊
I'm a sucker for orchestra hits, so I agree
one thing you failed to consider about collision chaos is that is goes hard, that descending part at the song makes it for me
I think one thing that contributed to me liking the past tracks a lot is that when I first played Sonic CD, they gave me nostalgia for the similarly compressed nature of the music in some of my old baby/toddler toys, which really sold the back-in-time feel of all these themes for me. Wacky Workbench is definitely my favorite of them all, though.
Missed oppurtunity to rank them with the USA past themes, but I guess it'd be weird since you are the creator of those. I would rank a few of yours over their originals like Quartz Quadrant and Stardust Speedway
Glad to see you feel the same as I do about Wacky Workbench Past.I mean it is just so Wacky. Also, I'm with you in liking all the Past Themes. Something has to be in last place though. However, I do expect in the Bad and Good Futures to see a lot of commenters get upset even though they shouldn't. You like what tracks you like. I also understand the premise of not ranking your own US Pasts with the whole bias issue. But, I would not mind seeing a ranking of those in a separate video if you feel up to it. I'm sure most of us wouldn't mind seeing that as well.
Nice!
I just love the industriousness of Wacky Workbench, in all 4 timelines (it's my favorite Zone).
I actually remember trying to fuse the melodies of the Past with the heart-pounding chaos of the Bad Future. I think it might be a project for later...
Also that game over USA music you added in the outro reminds me of me running away from a monster but he got me
Since Japan, North America, and Europe share the same past themes due to a different song standard format that's harder to modify, I will just be ranking the past themes:
7- Palmtree Panic
6- Collision Chaos
5- Quartz Quadrant
4- Stardust Speedway
3- Metallic Madness
2- Tidal Tempest
1- Wacky Workbench
WHY YOU SCARED ME IN THE OUTRO CHILL BRO
Tidal Tempest is my personal favorite past theme but I also really like the Salad Plain past mix from the 1992 prototype. More than the Palmtree Panic one we got and that one's already great.
Wacky Workbench’s past has always been a favorite of mine! It’s just so bouncy.
Collision Chaos Past would be alright, but that one part you mentioned in the video (1:46-2:01) is not pleasant to listen too. It always wore on me when I first got this game and struggled to find the generators in the past. But hey, at least it’s not Tidal Tempest JP Bad Future or the US Game Over, right? (Speaking of which, I don’t appreciate that you used the latter at the end of the video)
Palmtree Panic Past is a great one! It’s so laid back while still being upbeat, just like the US Present, and to me, that’s how opening levels should be. The Japanese present of PP is just too explosive and happy to the point it sounds nearly identical to it’s Good Future, which doesn’t really make sense to me. The Present is supposed to strike the balance between the four time zones, both visually and musically.
Stardust Speedway Past? Love that one, too. Seriously, every single song in Stardust Speedway is amazing, regardless of region.
Would've liked to see you rank your own US Past remixes haha - jokes aside though I genuinely consider those good enough to be "canon" I guess you could say
EDIT: Just wanted to point out that I always thought the percussion in Tidal Tempest Past sounded a tiny bit similar to the percussion used in Sans' overworld theme from Undertale
Granted, it's a pretty basic pattern, so that's likely why it's easy to find similarities - not like Sans copyrighted cowbells and shakers or anything
Here is my list of your Past US themes (0:51)
From worst to best (please don't be sad)
7. Metallic Madness (5th - KM decision)
6. Quartz Quadrant (6th - KM decision)
5. Collision Chaos (7th - KM decision)
4. Tidal Tempest
3. Palmtree Panic
2. Stardust Speedway
1. Wacky Workbench
Nice! I agree with your top 4, but I would reverse your bottom 3 (I'd put CC last and MM above QQ)
Sorry but no
@@FelixLotus2506 I'm not saying you have to agree with me
In defense of Metallic Madness, Robotnik made this base, so of course it shouldn’t sound like a legitimate past like Palmtree Panic. Robotnik took over Little Planet almost immediately if Origins is to be concerned (regarding the cutscenes) so Robotnik couldn’t really make an actual past without it being distinctly different. It would just be a mountain like how according to Sonic 1 8-bit Scrap Brain is on a mountain. personally I’d rank it the lowest because of that reason though it slaps
King Meteor I really like the contrast between the US present themes and the Past themes. The Japanese present themes sound too much like the past themes, which is why I always preferred the US soundtrack. Lastly Wacky Workbench past is quite possibly my favorite track in the whole game. The contrast between US present and past is crazy good.
Really enjoy your rankings on these keep it up
Palmtree Panic Past is probably the only lo-fi song I'll ever listen to (I tried to get into it but just couldn't, though I liked the oogway one).
Great work dude love this change of pace
Say, have you ever listened to Church of Kondo's Past remasters?
Yes! It looks like those were actually done by other artists, contributing to the channel, with the Tidal Tempest remaster being done by Collision Chaos Radio
Ok so wacky workbench makes sense I thought quartz quadrant is the first but wacky workbench took its place
I love stardust speedway because huehuehuehuehue
i love how you make wacky workbench past on top since it deserve it with many interesting stuffs (I cant tell) this is my favourite past song!
tbh, i like quartz quadrant past more than all of the other past tracks, listen:
even though it somehow feels blank due to the piano literally carrying the song, it becomes a full pontential material to several remixes wich the piano may become the best fking banger of the earth or become the counterpart of what makes QQ past connect itself to the present
I was today years old when I realized QQ’s past music also uses the good future part like the present
Ay, keep up the good work king!
Palmtree Panic sounds like it hasn't had its coffee yet this morning.
Well this was an interesting list, and I do happen to like Wacky Workbench's Past theme a lot too.
I spent so much time looking for the robot teleporter in wacky workbench and then I missed the crusher timing and panicked but then out of nowhere I was in a pipe.
This video is all I think about in terms of my own ranking, excepto for Metallic Madness P Mix that I would have switched places with Stardust Speedway P Mix in my casé, but other than that this is very accurate to my personal ranking.
I also started playing Sonic CD through Gems Collection and my first introduction with the Japanese ost was with these Past themes, Palmtree Panic P Mix is my favourite Sonc CD track and it also got me to like the other mixes in the JP ost, Wacky Workbench, Tidal Tempest and Metallic Madness P Mixes rock!
My personal ranking:
7: Collision Chaos
6: Stardust Speedway
5: Tidal Tempest
4: Palmtree Panic
3: Metallic Madness
2: Quartz Quadrant
1: Wacky Workbench
Despite this ranking, I love seven of these songs, they’re what got me into Sonic CD back when I heard Palmtree Panic sampled on a machine girl song around mid 2022. (I was going through a Machine Girl phase at the time) Quartz Quadrant Past also has to be one of if not the most underrated song in this entire soundtrack, it gives off such an otherworldly, nostalgic vibe. I also love how the first four past themes have a somewhat tropical vibe to them.
I’m friggin vibin hard to Metallic Madness Past
I think of Metallic Madness past as a frantic race to find the transporters and save this final zone from becoming Eggman’s base while it’s being built
that us game over music at the end jumpscared me
Tidal tempest past is good at establishing the tone of the past, not only does it feel like your in an underwater temple but a lonely desolate area due to the spaced yet quick notes if the lead instrument in a slightly repetitive pattern, it feels as if your lost and have no clue where to go, my main gripe with it is that it does too good if a job, I dont really ever want to go to the past to feel lost and alone, probably my brain goin' on the fritz, but if my main problem is that its effective then its fine.
Wacky workbench past sounds really nostalgic to me
I'd say stardust speedway feels like a city like Hollywood, newyork or even Vancouver. A city that would be known to make anyone a town star. So its past theme sounding very retro tv actually fits well.
I think I hear hints of the past music in all the good future music; I thought that was showing how the future used technology to bring back the pristine nature of the past and using that tech to help the environment thrive.
Also metallic madness sounds sinister because eggman already took over the place just trying to finish it up and i know this video was a long time ago but its a banger
I really like the idea of you ranking your Past Remixes of the US soundtrack, a other idea could be ranking your CD Remixes but thats just a idea, pretty same opinión about this ranking thought
Now I want someone to do this but include your US past concepts.
Alright, here’s my ranking!
7. Palmtree Panic, it’s just not nearly as good as the Present, Good or Bad Futures.
6. Quartz Quadrant, doesn’t help that I can never remember that specific level very well.
5. Collision Chaos, sounds really good imo but the other ones are better.
4. Tidal Tempest, fits really well for a damp cave or Minecraft’s Deep Dark.
3. Stardust Speedway, that saxophone part is TOO good.
2. Wacky Workbench, 15 seconds in it sounds like the melody for Luigi Raceway from Mario Kart 64 and now you can’t unhear it.
1. Metallic Madness, I love frantic and fast songs and I always sing the rap from Sonic Mania at the beginning, top tier
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my opinion: (including US past themes!)
14. Collision Chaos JP
13. Wacky Workbench JP
12. Stardust Speedway US
11. Quartz Quadrant JP
10. Tidal Tempest US
9. Metallic Madness US
8. Palmtree Panic US
7. Metallic Madness JP
6. Stardust Speedway JP
5. Collision Chaos US
4. Palmtree Panic JP
3. Quartz Quadrant US
2. Wacky Workbench US
1. Tidal Tempest JP
I think collision chaos sounds a bit constructive so in my theory I think it colission chaos In the middle of being built
#1 Stardust Speedway
#2 Quartz Quadrant
#3 Palmtree Panic
#4 Metallic Madness
#5 Wacky Workbench
#6 Collision Chaos
#7 Tidal Tempest
The chords are used by flutes flutes are in the musical introments?
The legendary HUE is here 5:23
I like the 80’s feel stardust speedway has, which makes it my favourite past track
My ranking
7 collision chaos
6 quarts quadrant
5 tidal tempest
4 metallic madness
3 palmtree panic
2 wacky workbench
1 stardust speedway
Past themes be like:
Palm tree Radio
Collision Crater
Fishy song interrupted by a snake block
No whistle gooder
Funky foundation
Hue practice session
Metallic panic
Even though I mentioned the distorted choir in Collision Chaos as making it special, I can definitely see people considering it special in a bad way. As a child, I was so creeped out by the end part I actually muted the sound when I reached the past, and later on, made sure I stayed in the present.
Oh, and of course Wacky Workbench is first. It's actually the only zone in which I like the Past version the most, though I also really like just how freaking evil and scary the Bad Future theme is. IMHO, the creepyness fits there where it doesn't fit a natural zone (PP, QQ and especially TT)
As for a little ranking of your versions, apart from the officials:
7. Metallic Madness - With a series of themes that give vastly different vibes, I don't really get what vibe I'm supposed to get from this version. It goes for an ancient theme that fits other zones, but doesn't really sound right in Robotnik's fortress, even in the past.
6. Quartz Quadrant - Hey, it was a really hard job trying to match elements from all timelines. It fits the stage better than the Present theme.
5. Collision Chaos - Obviously, it's based on a Present theme that you and I both find quite weak, but it feels just as primal as the Japanese version, without dragging into the distorted voices. As mentioned in that video, sounds like something out of a Metroid game.
4. Wacky Workbench - Again, I'm not sure how ancient WW's Past should sound like, especially considering it also still uses a lot of industrial sounds. However, the original themes gel together a lot better than Metallic Madness.
3. Palmtree Panic - This track goes for a sound similar to the Japanese version. It also gives a bit of a feeling of solitude IMHO, and maybe it's not the most fitting choice, but it sounds a little unique. It's also almost as relaxing as the Good Future.
2. Stardust Speedway - Another zone that makes it hard to combine elements from the various times, but here they gel a lot better. Then again, I really love the official themes. Stardust Speedway is the only zone in which I unanimously prefer the US versions to the Japanes versions, though the latter are also really good (okay, maybe the JP Good Future is a little weak)
1. Tidal Tempest - This one nails the ominous tone, taking from the fantastic Bad Future theme as well as the Japanese Past theme. In fact, a fan video called "Sonic CD Retold" uses it instead of the official Past theme, because it's just so good. (It also uses KingMeteor's Palmtree Panic Past, but not as much)
Anyway, Bad Future is next... I assume Tidal Tempest JP and Palmtree Panic US are near the bottom, as are probably also... well, all JP themes except Stardust Speedway and Metallic Madness. Yeah, knowing this guy's dislike of the panicky tunes, the US tracks are going to shoot the moon here, fronted by the amazing Stardust Speedway (and probably the equally amazing, morbid Tidal Tempest)
It'd be interesting to know what you think of the high quality version of Palmtree Panic Past (or I guess I should call it Salad Plain, lol), from the recently discovered prototype that didn't use the PCM audio for that one track!
I agree on how Metallic Madness Past kind of sounds like a mess. Personally, I think Tee Lopes did a much better job with it in Sonic Mania. Metallic Madness Act 1 in that game takes MM Past and makes something truly amazing out of it.
Tidal tempest past japenese really triggers my fears of big things underwater
The past of collision chaos looks tropical
Ngl, I really liked Metallic Madness past, mainly because unlike other past tracks, which seemingly are based on the present/good futures, MM past seems to be based moreso on a bad future. I understand people have different tastes, but I actually liked that weird synth part. I don't have a problem with your ranking though.
3:35 this is my favourite part of this music
Man... the D.A Garden song is so cool
Here's my ranking
7:tidal timpest (I hate it lmao )
6: collision chaos (pretty ok)
5:quadz quadrant (ok too)
4: palmtree panic (good but not perfect)
3: stardust speedway (great!)
2:wacky workbench (i love all jp wacky workbench ost especially bad future and I hate how you putted it in 13 th place in the bad future ranking 😤)
1: metallic madness (i agree this song is kinda weird but it sounds like eggman is hurrying to finish his base because sonic is already near him.)
Quartz quadrant p mix might be my favorite sonic song of all time not gonna lie
What I would do for bad future is that you start the video with your favorite track and work your way down the ranks (opposite direction of present and past videos).
@King Meteor Studios Just like you, the Past version of Palmtree Panic's theme is one of the many songs in Sonic CD that brought me to the Japanese/European soundtrack.
My phone has the mobile version of the game installed, which featured the JP OST, but even though I liked the US one better while I was playing Sonic CD on the phone, I think that most themes of the JP soundtrack fits more the atmosphere of the levels and they sound less bland or generic than its US counterpart.
Collision chaos past song was suposted to be a mix of modern music and primitive music (the wierd sounds was suposted to represent sonic collyding)
The end caught me off guard
Metallic Madness on its own is very different to the other stages, the other 6 stages were naturally there and are simply thought of as regions of Little Planet. Metallic Madness however feels out of place, it was built by a foreign invader that travelled to the past from the far future (our present). Metallic Madness past feels strange, it should be pure and completely unaffected by either egg man or sonic. However it’s the opposite, metallic madness was an evil place from the very beginning, which should create a mysterious and unsettling tone, it’s unusual for a past zone to be riddled with eggman emblems and dangerous devices. sonic as a character should be confused by this as he arrives to the past, why it still seems so dangerous and evil, the music captures that perfectly in my opinion.
it’s the origin of eggman’s plan to enslave little planet, and yet it’s also going to decide the outcome of the games ending. Which adds to its uncertain sounding soundtrack. The past also looks unsafe if that makes sense, the design feels incomplete, like you shouldn’t be here, construction scaffoldings are everywhere, lack of safety as there are walking bombs everywhere waiting to explode. pistons aren’t firing yet and you can still see nature in some areas of background. The metal seems really new as you still have brownish copper wirings and fresh steel-blue metal panels and surfaces, which are again restored in the good future. The past gameplay also feels unusual and incomplete (whether or not that is intentional im not sure, but it kind of works for this zone anyway)
Ranking Metallic Madness #6 is just incorrect imo
My Ranking:
7 - Metallic Madness
6 - Tidal Tempest
5 - Quartz Quadrant
4 - Collision Chaos
3 - Stardust Speedway
2 - Wacky Workbench
1 - Palmtree Panic
11:27 no need to jumpscare me like that xD
Also, my favorite past track is mettalic madness
What’s the opening song with the birds chirping?
P.S. I discovered your channel based on a recommendation of you Maximum Carnage videos you made 11 years ago and I just wanted to say you are an absolute legend for doing that.
The intro song is Little Planet, from the JP soundtrack (of Sonic CD, of course)
I think you're right.... Collision Chaos Is little scary to me..
And quartz quadrant the bottom of the screen inside is lava it’s real I promise
I never knew that the Past tunes for each stage would stay the same in the US version, even if they're light remixes of the Japanese versions of the songs. However, I do find your US remix of Tidal Tempest Past badass!😏
My ranking.
7. Quartz quadrant.
6. Stardust speedway.
5. Collision chaos.
4. Tidal tempest.
3. Wacky workbench.
2. Metallic madness.
1. Palm tree panic.
Have you heard the beta Palmtree Panic Past theme that was composed using Redbook Audio?
9:02 literally me when I first played sonic cd via gems collection.
My ranking:
#7. Collision Chaos
#6. Tidal Tempest
#5. Stardust Speedway
#4. Quartz Quadrant
#3. Wacky Workbench
#2. Metallic Madness
#1. Palmtree Panic
3:41 Well, they don't call it Metallic *Madness* for nothing!
Idk How But This Is My Rank
7.Wacky Workbench (Ok But Its Just Worse And Doesnt Fit Wacky Workbench Itself)
6.Collision Chaos (EH EH EH EH its just decent)
5.Quartz Quadrant (Good But Bad At The Same Time)
4.Palmtree Panic (good and its just feel like stone era for some reason + chilling)
3.Stardust Speedway (Just Give Me Shadow Run Vibes,IDK HOW THAT HAPPENS-)
2.Tidal Tempest (Cool + Underwater Cave Feel)
1.Metallic Madness (Just Make Me Balling And Make Me Vibing For Some Reason,In Last Part Also Make Me More Balling. LAST ONE IS THAT ITS MADNESS)
14: Collision Chaos US - Going to sound like a Broken Record, but this song provides nothing, but Swell Choir and repetative beat by Strings and Bass. I guess the Pitched percussion part sounds cute and replaces the Synth from original quite good. In fact, I'd argue that it sounds better then Original. But also, composer forgot the objectively best part of Collision Chaos USA - THE BONGOS which usually give a lot more vibe to this song. But overall, with what they had to work with - they done a decent job
13: Collision Chaos JP - Yeah, I don't know how well it fits in the past representation of Collision chaos, since I don't know what Collision Chaos past is supposed to be. Not to mention - the point of those annoying synths is like... Why? To imply, that sometimes people Bump in here? Ok, cool, but like why?
12: Metallic Madness US - On one hand I understand, that composer had nothing to work with, since original version was way too techno, but still - the vibe that this song gives fits more with some ethnic Aztec temple, rather then with a Fortress of Robotnik that is yet to be built. I do love the Choir part though. It replaces the original Guitars amazingly. Key change though is weird...
11: Stardust Speedway US - Gives more vibe of a good future (JP style) then the vibe of this zone past. I don't know why, though... Probably it's because of the chord progression at the beginning and majority of the song. Which is... Fine I guess, to show a Harmony of the place without Robotnik influence, but like - you're here to freaking destroy his machinces, so that implies that harmony is kind of harmed already, no? Not to mention, while yeah, it fits the Stardust aspect of zone, it doesn't really capture the Speedway part that much. I do like the reference to bad future melody in the section B. But overall song doesn't feature speedway part
10: Metallic Madness JP - Yep, this song is weird... The Xylophone part sounds fun, but also way to hurtful for ears, since it repeats through the entire song. I do like the improvisation part and that it also references the freaking Wacky Workbench. The ending bit like... What? Why?!
9: Quartz Quadrant US - I appreciate the effort a lot, of combining present theme, that was in 6/4 with Future songs that were Depeche Mode on 4/4. The melody feels nice, and the rhythmical changes felt organic in there. My only complaint is that just like the Bad future version it goes nowhere from melody standpoint, which is upsets me, since it feels like that's the only part composer took from Bad Future.
8: Palmtree Panic US - I love the first part: It gives off a bit more childlike feel to Present version. Not to mention the fact, that this uses probably the cutest flute for the melody, lol. It was nice. I have problem though, with incorporation of Good future music. Melodically it sounds weird with Harmony of Present music. It's still fun, but I find other songs better
7: Stardust Speedway JP - literally will copy everything you said, with the addon to the fact that I love Midi saxophone used for melody, and that section with Synth pads and piano gives me Personal nostalgia feelings, of hearing this music with my Dad in Car at night, while we were riding somewhere... Good times...
6: Tidal Tempest JP - way to anxious for what is supposed to be like a cute little underwater temple, no? Not to mention that the Xylophone sequences, while fitting for the vibe of Bubbles going by is still sounds odd. At least I am happy, that this section acknowledged the existence of completely cut part of the present version, that slaps the most. The melody is kind of echoey which is nice, I guess... And the way how they altered the
5: Quartz Quadrant JP - once again, kind of agree with points that you made
4: Tidal Tempest US: Why is it bad future? Probably because Present and Good future for this zone kind of inferior, with which... I can't blame the arranger, he worked with whatever they had to work with. I do like, that you used Present music melody in Piano there, it was cute. My personal favorite, to be honest out of all Past US tracks, but there just one, that I feel was done a little bit better.
3: Palmtree Panic JP - purely nostalgia reasons.
2: Wacky Workbench JP - ok agree with you here, but hear me out...
1: Wacky Workbench US - You done the job better in case of capturing the feeling of the stage, while having to work with what was essentially a generic Funky album, that was the Wacky Workbench US. I love how you changed Prestige with Sine Waves, it was cute. The solo from Good future fits amazingly in there and gives off more of a hope, that "while the Canyon is now invisible behind the walls, you still can rework what would be done in something good".
Collision Chaos is an amusement park.
So Tee's MMZ1 for Mania is actually better than R8P in CD? ("R8P" refers to Round 8 Past - in the files, Metallic Madness is referred to as "Round 8" (due to the whole "Round 2" shtick))
nah you did thr quartz dirty
7:34 That's not an instrument, that's a cartoon character running lmao
You should do this but with other classic Sonic games, like Sonic 2 or 3.
My Ranking:
7: Tidal Tempest
6: Palmtree Panic
5: Wacky Workbench(Don't Get Mad At Me, It's Just My Opinion)
4: Collision Chaos
3: Metallic Madness
2: Stardust Speedway
1: Quartz Quadrant
W for respecting the Past CCZ