without any doubt, this music captures the essence of this confused, terrible, without mercy phase of this first sonic and although it is undoubtedly one of the most great that has several competitors up close, this imposes a BRUTAL RESPECT where you are playing and remember in the background mocks without mercy some of the weakest. "literally playing"
The first time I got to this stage I just stopped, and listened to this tune for a while. The misterious, mechanical sounds in the music fit the stage well. Not all that stands in your way is what you can see, and foolishly rushing in will only send you to an early grave, Robotnik cackling as he turns your strongest weapon against you. Speed alone won't get you to the end, you must use your wits as Robotnik's shadow looms closer the further you infiltrate.
The first half is the intimidation of how furious the world portrays, and the second half is Sonic's confidence to push through. That's how I've seen it all of the time.
The Megadrive soundchip was so awesome. Its hard to explain but it has a really "gritty" Sound. So awesome. Prefer this over today's orchestral music etc.
ChrisFulford Since I -have OCD-, I tried collecting an emerald every zone, but then I realized I fucked up when I finished the act with 50+ rings and no big ring showed up.
Love the original Sonic and this music, really brings me back to my younger years of the 90s. I love this tune for SSBB stage music it's so epic to fight to!
What old times! I remember sittng for hours playing Genesis games nonstop. This one specially of course. I completed the whole game at leat 10 times. This melody and the Metropolis zone's kick so much ass! I use it as my ringtone now. It's the coolest!
I was playing this extended version on my phone while I was running on the treadmill at the gym..and this shit gets your adrenaline pumping! I recommend it! perfect workout music!
Maybe they called this stage Scrap Brain Zone because that's exactly what this song did to your head...scrap your brains and put fear in you before you got to the final stage
after triumphing through green hill after going through the slow tedious hell that was marble zone after dodging the spring laid traps of spring yard after escaping the literal hell that was labyrinth zone and after going through the eerie yet beautiful empty silence of starlight you get to scrap brain and this starts playing. *and then you get to act 3*
Scrap Brain seriously has one of the most iconic themes I've ever listened to... The intro and the second part, and the whole thing really, just sound like something I have heard a long time ago even though I never really played Sonic 1. I grew up playing the 2nd game lol
I only played through this game once on Sonic Mega Collection when I was 14, and never did it again cuz Idk it didn't really appeal to me, plus this zone and Labyrinth were such a pain in the ass to get through
I love the ending.I remember when this was free back 2013.when me and my brother always use to play.know there’s just fortnite,fall guys and all that other stuff ...
I just love this track! I have to give it to Masato Nakamura, he sure seems like a well rounded musician to me. It seems to me that he borrowed from every possible reference to pop culture out there at the time and implemented those beats on his songs for the Sonic stages depending on their level of danger and the stage itself.
Scrap Brain Zone was a true test of platforming skills whereas Metropolis mostly just threw bs enemies at you. Eggman figured that since he couldn't kill you with traps he'd instead let his robots do the talking... Oh the horrors >.
i drove through Lima Ohio earlier today and saw the refinery flame, made me think of this randomly, and inevitably got this song stuck in my head...lmao
Dammit my Ipad posted that comment before I could finish it. Anyways, while the first isn't my favorite Sonic game, I think this is the best final area in the entire series. The atmosphere is perfect, the music is intense, tension is really high, the build up to the final battle is great, and it kicks your ass hard. This is Sonic platforming at his finest. Not high speed running, just great platforming. Thats what made the classic games so great.
I never realized it before, but the first section of this song (0:05 - 0:35) is a lot like the Blade Runner theme by Vangelis. The similarity starts around 1:25 : th-cam.com/video/3VgNoKc_Gdw/w-d-xo.htmlm25s The timpani drums gave it away, but the theme is basically the same too.
Ken Love oh my god it does O.O my dad owned the soundtrack and would play it alot so now that you pointed it out that i immediately knew what song youre talking about.
Oh geez, I finally got through nearly the entire game including Scrap Brain yesterday but I lost my remaining two lives at Final Zone. That's pathetic of me, because Final Zone isn't even that hard! Well I'll feel better by listening to this awesome music.
I did a Knuckles play-through of the second Sonic game and, I kid you not, the game froze as soon as I delivered the final hit on the final boss. Just... Why?
I'm sorry, but I can't get over the Timpani in this song. I always catch myself mimicking how it sounds by going "BEH!" and "BOO!" every time I hear it.
@QuickSilverZero1 well they did scrap brain act 3 as labyrinth zone because they didnt have enough cartrage space. the sega jingle took a lot of memory. and when sonic 2 came out games could hold much more.
even in my advanced age I was able to survive all of Scrap Brain Zone, and Final Zone, losing like maybe 2 lives. if I could beat the whole game without dying that would be great. Sonic 1 has many many bottomless pits.
without any doubt one of the most demented and terrifying area of any sonic, but the most epic of this area is that the music constantly mocks you to impose respect and say without mercy: YOU ARE GOING TO DIE, YOU ARE GOING TO DIE, YOU DESERVE TO DIE. those who are very bad jugadors will understand, those of us who are great players to see the less graceful we will understand, this is what makes this ZONE even bigger and especially its evil, terrorizes the final death symphony ahahaa
Yes it happened a couple of times for me on Spring Yard, the music would continue playing without the drums and all I heard for percussion was the hi-hat cymbals until I paused the game again and then the drums came back? Weird stuff ah?
![Sonic 2 Music: Chemical Plant Zone [extended]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/RCcJnffie48/mqdefault.jpg)
![Sonic 1 Music: Spring Yard Zone [extended]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/qYPNUyPgfdQ/mqdefault.jpg)
Scrap Brain Zone Act 3, otherwise known as Labyrinth Zone Act 4, otherwise known as, I thought this underwater shit was over with.
Same I hated That level
There were like no bubles
Bubbles
Me too smh
Yeeeeessss
iirc you can skip most of the level right from the start
The most evil, sinister and at the same time kick-ass music from any Sonic game.
+jsphat81
Especially the door-knocks like sounds.
+Blued Mario150 the knocks add that extra touch of evil to the music.
What about Metropolis Zone from Sonic 2?
(Oh god, 3 years late!)
jsphat81 Genesis was and IS the sonic game! Fuck the Nintendo ones. 1991 baby!!
without any doubt, this music captures the essence of this confused, terrible, without mercy phase of this first sonic and although it is undoubtedly one of the most great that has several competitors up close, this imposes a BRUTAL RESPECT where you are playing and remember in the background mocks without mercy some of the weakest. "literally playing"
That moment when you choose the wrong path on the Act3.
Kaze_Senshi ouch
Oh sh-
And I oop-
Guess i'll die.
This maneuver's gonna cost us 20 lives
Love how dramatic it starts off then heroic, such a lush epic tune
And to think that the dramatic tone is exactly the same note we hear in background in Green Hill 😁
Ikr the beginning gives me chills!
Despite its brutal difficulty, this has to be the most underrated Sonic zone of all time.
EXCEPT labyrinth zone act 4
Yeah I really like scrap brain zone except for act 3 and I wish sega used it more instead of green hill zone
everything in this zone wants you dead, the floor, the celings, the buzz-saws, the flamethrowers... YOU ARE NOT SAFE!! ANYWHERE!!
The buzz-saws in planet wisp (Generations) aren't that bad.
songokuthegreat
That's cause Generations is so dang easy to beat! I'm only 13 and I've beaten it SO MANY times!
Well, Colors was a bit more difficult. And it isn't really that easy.
'I'm only 13 and I've beaten it so many times' NO ONE FUCKING CARES ABOUT YOUR AGE
Okay.
Happy 25th Anniversary Sonic because you deserve better then what you got right now.
!!!!!YUUSUKE!!!!!
dimviesel Yusuke: Well, I'm misunderstood but never forgotten. ;)
YuYu Hakusho is the Funk!
Better than DBZ😒 its played out
Definitely, highly underrated.
To think Sega allowed the baddie to be called "doctor robotnik" instead of requiring his name to conform to the Japanese equivalent name "Eggman"
"You're gonna lose a lot of lives" Zone
You think THIS is bad?!
IT'S EVEN WOOOORSSEEEE IN THE GOSH-AWFUL GBA VERSION!
u better have gotten continues from the special stages, ur gonna need them!
Correction: “you’re going to lose a lot of lives… Unless you’re good“ Zone
When Labyrinth... this seems like child play (until scrap brain 3 lmao)
I thought someone was knocking on my door! LOL-_-'
Scrap Brain + Scrap Brain + Scrap Brain = Reclaimed Brain
...sorry
Reclaimed Brain + Reclaimed Brain + Reclaimed Brain = Refined Brain
It requires 18 Brain Cells to make a single Refined Brain
+Kugawattan XD ikr..tf2 and its hats...geez
LOL
Hey dude, i've got 3.33 Refined Brains for your Robotic Egghat, wanna trade?
Best comment of my life
The first time I got to this stage I just stopped, and listened to this tune for a while. The misterious, mechanical sounds in the music fit the stage well. Not all that stands in your way is what you can see, and foolishly rushing in will only send you to an early grave, Robotnik cackling as he turns your strongest weapon against you. Speed alone won't get you to the end, you must use your wits as Robotnik's shadow looms closer the further you infiltrate.
I hope you didn't stand still for 10 minutes. Jesus Christ...
But yeah the song's amazing for early 16-Bit
@@megafan2001 No, but the pacing of the stage made it feel like that. lol
A comment from 2008 wow
The first half is the intimidation of how furious the world portrays, and the second half is Sonic's confidence to push through.
That's how I've seen it all of the time.
I can't believe this game is 30 years old wow
I just love how hard it can be to fully appreciate the sheer difficulty of this stage. Literally EVERYTHING onscreen wants you dead
at the beginning it sounds like someone is knocking on the door
I can just hear the lyrics now: "F, B, I open up"
*sorry*
Debt collectors knocking.
hello we are trying to reach you about your cars extended warranty
The Megadrive soundchip was so awesome. Its hard to explain but it has a really "gritty" Sound. So awesome. Prefer this over today's orchestral music etc.
The best Sonic Track. And that's saying a lot. So many layers to it.
That drum though, I love it, good ol days
Eerie mechanical despair is suddenly pierced by a soaring, heroic fanfare. Goddammit, this game has such amazing music.
I specifically remember playing the "1 ring juggle" On this level, You know what i mean ;)
ChrisFulford Since I -have OCD-, I tried collecting an emerald every zone, but then I realized I fucked up when I finished the act with 50+ rings and no big ring showed up.
ChrisFulford 😂😂😂😂yes!
More like 1 ring struggle
Love the original Sonic and this music, really brings me back to my younger years of the 90s. I love this tune for SSBB stage music it's so epic to fight to!
Especially if you use Bowser's down taunt in time of the music same thing with the Wario Ware Inc. Music
Pure Old School I can't stop thinking about it
If I were a mad scientist, this would be my theme song!
What old times!
I remember sittng for hours playing Genesis games nonstop.
This one specially of course. I completed the whole game at leat 10 times.
This melody and the Metropolis zone's kick so much ass!
I use it as my ringtone now.
It's the coolest!
This level is one of the hardest in any Sonic game but the music would always keep me that little bit calmer, such a great tune!
I was playing this extended version on my phone while I was running on the treadmill at the gym..and this shit gets your adrenaline pumping! I recommend it! perfect workout music!
Wonderful memories... I completed this game when I was three! :D it scared me back then :(
Scrap Brain Zone Act 3 is what I think is Labyrinth Zone Act 4, with grey walls and purple water.
scrap labyrinth zone?
looks a like its a grape juice.
Actually, in the game data, Scrap Brain Zone 3 is labeled as Labyrinth Zone 4
***** I actually don't see your point :P
@@supercraft3000 Lab Brain Zone 🔥
WHO THE FUCK IS AT THE DOOR!
+Blued Mario150 no he rips his shirt off and starts dancing to rock! XDDD
whoever it is has good rhythm
Jehovas witnesses
Marq Doom KNUCKLES
Penny, Penny, Penny, Penny...
Maybe they called this stage Scrap Brain Zone because that's exactly what this song did to your head...scrap your brains and put fear in you before you got to the final stage
I can’t believe this friggin game is almost 30 years old
Epic music, sounds like a sinister technology!
after triumphing through green hill after going through the slow tedious hell that was marble zone after dodging the spring laid traps of spring yard after escaping the literal hell that was labyrinth zone and after going through the eerie yet beautiful empty silence of starlight you get to scrap brain and this starts playing.
*and then you get to act 3*
love this song!!
This is my ringtone
Act 3 The purple waters Back for revenge!!!!
NUCLEAR PENGUIN LMAO
Hey Nuke
Just found you pal
Blu3Fir3 ayy
And then the purple water came back in the sequel...
Scrap Brain seriously has one of the most iconic themes I've ever listened to... The intro and the second part, and the whole thing really, just sound like something I have heard a long time ago even though I never really played Sonic 1. I grew up playing the 2nd game lol
One of the most underrated Sonic songs of all time. Sonic 1 is sheer perfection 🤌
such an outstanding melody
Sega just knew how hard Labyrinth Zone was, so they made Act 3 a recreation of it just to fuck with us.
Ten minutes of awesome music! What else can I ask for?
This should have been used for the final boss. This song is so badass.
I love it, it transmits mystery, the mechanized sounds give it a unique atmosphere; Besides that the level is too difficult I always liked
@MNW413 Did you know about the trick in Act 3? If you pass the platform you're riding on in the beginning, you'll end up skipping most of the stage.
Just the best game i ever played in my life, and i play this game when i have 4 years old, today i have 21, jesus!
Sonic: (falls into a familiar water terrain) OH, YOU GOTTA BE KIDDING ME!! MORE WATER?!
This is my favorite original sonic theme
blade runner inspirated
Yep. Ending theme.
I only played through this game once on Sonic Mega Collection when I was 14, and never did it again cuz Idk it didn't really appeal to me, plus this zone and Labyrinth were such a pain in the ass to get through
I love that song!
I love the ending.I remember when this was free back 2013.when me and my brother always use to play.know there’s just fortnite,fall guys and all that other stuff ...
I just love this track! I have to give it to Masato Nakamura, he sure seems like a well rounded musician to me. It seems to me that he borrowed from every possible reference to pop culture out there at the time and implemented those beats on his songs for the Sonic stages depending on their level of danger and the stage itself.
I,ve had this song in my head all day XD!
I'm going through this as of now.
This.Stage.Was. HARD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Was? It still is, bruh.
i know. I have it still.
I feel U homie. This level is a straight-up pain-in-the-ass, especially that dam water level.
Love that drum
sonic the hedgehog is awesome
Robotnick: send in everyone! Badnick: which one? Robotnick: EVERYONE!!!
This was a serious stage back then. Music, environment everything was serious. You would die easily on this stage. Very Fitting Song, Love it!
@enriqueification:
He meant the use of the sega logo font.
Robotnik: Send...in...everyone!
Motobug: Which one?
Robotnik: EVERYONE!!!
L-Y3T noice CTRL C CTRL V
Labyrinth took me forever! AND I STILL CAN'T BEAT IT!
originally called Clock Ork Zone
lol greatest memory going into this zone and not know the floor is sonic activated to a bottomless pit to your doom courtesy of Dr. Robotnik and Sega
the worst level of this game is defiantly labyrinth AND brain zone 3 because zone 3 is labyrinth BUT HARDER X_X
Scrap Brain Zone was a true test of platforming skills whereas Metropolis mostly just threw bs enemies at you. Eggman figured that since he couldn't kill you with traps he'd instead let his robots do the talking... Oh the horrors >.
If I ever become a world dominating villain (I try) THIS would be my soundtrack...
Why do I get a visual of Montgomery Burns sitting in his exec. chair with his hands bridged when I hear this theme
Well, you know a level is difficult when you die within the first ten seconds.
I remembered how pissed off me and my brothers were when we realized we had to go through the Labyrinth Zone a fourth fucking time!
i drove through Lima Ohio earlier today and saw the refinery flame, made me think of this randomly, and inevitably got this song stuck in my head...lmao
Im currently having PTSD flashbacks of me yelling at the TV "DOES ACT 3 EVER END?!"
Send...In...Everyone!
Which one?
EVERYONE!!!!!
This theme sounds so challenging!!! Perfect for the level!!!
Dammit my Ipad posted that comment before I could finish it. Anyways, while the first isn't my favorite Sonic game, I think this is the best final area in the entire series. The atmosphere is perfect, the music is intense, tension is really high, the build up to the final battle is great, and it kicks your ass hard. This is Sonic platforming at his finest. Not high speed running, just great platforming. Thats what made the classic games so great.
I never realized it before, but the first section of this song (0:05 - 0:35) is a lot like the Blade Runner theme by Vangelis. The similarity starts around 1:25 : th-cam.com/video/3VgNoKc_Gdw/w-d-xo.htmlm25s
The timpani drums gave it away, but the theme is basically the same too.
you are correct.
I thought i was the only one that noticed this
Ken Love oh my god it does O.O my dad owned the soundtrack and would play it alot so now that you pointed it out that i immediately knew what song youre talking about.
el mejor soundtrack de un juego de 16bits una obra maestra
Sin duda, sin parangón en la historia.
Me:Ok I Have One Life And I'm At The Final Stage I Hate To Be careful
*Runs To The Second Death Pit*
Me:FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU
*realizes u have 3 continues from the special stages* oh, nice.
everyone gets haunted by those first notes
0:36 - 1:12🎧🎧🎧
Oh geez, I finally got through nearly the entire game including Scrap Brain yesterday but I lost my remaining two lives at Final Zone. That's pathetic of me, because Final Zone isn't even that hard! Well I'll feel better by listening to this awesome music.
I did a Knuckles play-through of the second Sonic game and, I kid you not, the game froze as soon as I delivered the final hit on the final boss. Just... Why?
UberLatios I'd have raged like the angry German kid.
I'm sorry, but I can't get over the Timpani in this song. I always catch myself mimicking how it sounds by going "BEH!" and "BOO!" every time I hear it.
@QuickSilverZero1 well they did scrap brain act 3 as labyrinth zone because they didnt have enough cartrage space. the sega jingle took a lot of memory. and when sonic 2 came out games could hold much more.
Those first few notes are enough to strike fear into the heart of any gamer.
Also I can imagine this song being in one of those retro horror games
Scrap Brain Zone has the best music in the whole game!
even in my advanced age I was able to survive all of Scrap Brain Zone, and Final Zone, losing like maybe 2 lives. if I could beat the whole game without dying that would be great. Sonic 1 has many many bottomless pits.
0:36 for some reason, this transition hits harder than the whole song for me
@TwillightSparkle Trust i went to this zone and ended up in a hospital.
I DIED SO MANY TIMES IN THIS ZONE
Yes, that is true. The Bass is pretty fucking awesome too.
Scariest shit imaginable for a 6 year old
no music is scarier than the drowning music.
That music sounded like embodiment of panic attack.
@BIGBEARMANIA79 No, because you can easily get lost or drown on Labyrinth Zone.
Robotnik was a good pranker, he made us think we'd face him but NOPE! LABRYNITH ZONE ACT 4!
I think this sounds better on the PAL version. It's slightly slower and even more epic as a result.
Agreed :)
without any doubt one of the most demented and terrifying area of any sonic, but the most epic of this area is that the music constantly mocks you to impose respect and say without mercy: YOU ARE GOING TO DIE, YOU ARE GOING TO DIE, YOU DESERVE TO DIE. those who are very bad jugadors will understand, those of us who are great players to see the less graceful we will understand, this is what makes this ZONE even bigger and especially its evil, terrorizes the final death symphony ahahaa
The evil industrial city of Scrap Brain! Robotnik resides here!
Yes it happened a couple of times for me on Spring Yard, the music would continue playing without the drums and all I heard for percussion was the hi-hat cymbals until I paused the game again and then the drums came back?
Weird stuff ah?
I used the sega logo font. You can get it at fonts(dot)com
You never see any scraps of brain laying around either.
@BlackLightCinema They probably just missed the like button. It's not their fault