Sonic the Hedgehog 1&2 Soundtrack

Sonic the Hedgehog 1&2 Soundtrack
Release Date: 19th October 2011 Record Label: DCT Records/Universal Music Catalog No.: POCS-21032

Sonic the Hedgehog 1&2 Soundtrack is a three-disc music compilation containing almost the entirety of both soundtracks from the Mega Drive games Sonic the Hedgehog and Sonic the Hedgehog 2. Released under the DCT Records imprint, the entire album is the brainchild of Masato Nakamura, lead member of the Japanese group DREAMS COME TRUE.

While the entirety of the first disc is simply as the songs sounded while being played on Mega Drive hardware, the second disc contains the original demo tracks for each song from the first. Rounding things off on the third disc is the fully-realized vocal version of the ending theme from Sonic 2, "SWEET SWEET SWEET," including the original Japanese track, the English variant, and both versions of the 2006 remix done by Akon. The enclosed liner notes also come with an interview with Nakamura, images of the concept art he looked at while composing the first game's soundtrack, and a comment by the game's programmer, Yuji Naka.

Release Details

• MSRP: ¥ 3150
• Composers: Masato Nakamura
• Arrangers: Masato Nakamura, Miwa Yoshida, AKON
• Performers: AKON, Raul D'Oliveira, Martin Drover, Naoya Hamada, Skaila Kanga, Morris Michael, Masato Nakamura, Takahiro Nishikawa, Nick Pentelow, Peter Thoms, Franke, Miwa Yoshida
• CD Info: 3 CDs, 84 Tracks

Track List

Disc 1

01. STH1 Green Hill Zone 〜Mega Drive version〜 (2:38) (Music, Arrange & Manipulate: Masatao Nakamura)

02. STH1 Marble Zone 〜Mega Drive version〜 (2:08) (Music, Arrange & Manipulate: Masatao Nakamura)

03. STH1 Spring Yard Zone 〜Mega Drive version〜 (2:10) (Music, Arrange & Manipulate: Masatao Nakamura)

04. STH1 Labyrinth Zone 〜Mega Drive version〜 (2:08) (Music, Arrange & Manipulate: Masatao Nakamura)

05. STH1 Star Light Zone 〜Mega Drive version〜 (2:26) (Music, Arrange & Manipulate: Masatao Nakamura)

06. STH1 Scrap Brain Zone 〜Mega Drive version〜 (2:36) (Music, Arrange & Manipulate: Masatao Nakamura)

07. STH1 Final Zone 〜Mega Drive version〜 (1:17) (Music, Arrange & Manipulate: Masatao Nakamura)

08. STH1 Special Stage 〜Mega Drive version〜 (1:32) (Music, Arrange & Manipulate: Masatao Nakamura)

09. STH1 Power Up 〜Mega Drive version〜 (0:58) (Music, Arrange & Manipulate: Masatao Nakamura)

10. STH1 1up 〜Mega Drive version〜 (0:06) (Music, Arrange & Manipulate: Masatao Nakamura)

11. STH1 Title 〜Mega Drive version〜 (0:11) (Music, Arrange & Manipulate: Masatao Nakamura)

12. STH1 All Clear 〜Mega Drive version〜 (0:20) (Music, Arrange & Manipulate: Masatao Nakamura)

13. STH1 Stage Clear 〜Mega Drive version〜 (0:09) (Music, Arrange & Manipulate: Masatao Nakamura)

14. STH1 Boss 〜Mega Drive version〜 (1:23) (Music, Arrange & Manipulate: Masatao Nakamura)

15. STH1 Game Over 〜Mega Drive version〜 (0:15) (Music, Arrange & Manipulate: Masatao Nakamura)

16. STH1 Continue 〜Mega Drive version〜 (0:12) (Music, Arrange & Manipulate: Masatao Nakamura)

17. STH1 Staff Roll 〜Mega Drive version〜 (2:03) (Music, Arrange & Manipulate: Masatao Nakamura)

18. STH2 Emerald Hill Zone 〜Mega Drive version〜 (2:26) (Music, Arrange & Manipulate: Masatao Nakamura)

19. STH2 Chemical Plant Zone 〜Mega Drive version〜 (2:10) (Music, Arrange & Manipulate: Masatao Nakamura)

20. STH2 Aquatic Ruin Zone 〜Mega Drive version〜 (1:40) (Music, Arrange & Manipulate: Masatao Nakamura)

21. STH2 Casino Night Zone 〜Mega Drive version〜(2:18) (Music, Arrange & Manipulate: Masatao Nakamura)

22. STH2 Hill Top Zone 〜Mega Drive version〜 (1:51) (Music, Arrange & Manipulate: Masatao Nakamura)

23. STH2 Mystic Cave Zone 〜Mega Drive version〜 (2:07) (Music, Arrange & Manipulate: Masatao Nakamura)

24. STH2 Oil Ocean Zone 〜Mega Drive version〜 (1:55) (Music, Arrange & Manipulate: Masatao Nakamura)

25. STH2 Metropolis Zone 〜Mega Drive version〜 (1:49) (Music, Arrange & Manipulate: Masatao Nakamura)

26. STH2 Mystic Cave Zone (2P) 〜Mega Drive version〜 (2:05) (Music, Arrange & Manipulate: Masatao Nakamura)

27. STH2 Casino Night Zone (2P) 〜Mega Drive version〜 (1:55) (Music, Arrange & Manipulate: Masatao Nakamura)

28. STH2 Death Egg Zone (Part1) 〜Mega Drive version〜 (2:10) (Music, Arrange & Manipulate: Masatao Nakamura)

29. STH2 Death Egg Zone (Part2) 〜Mega Drive version〜 (2:18) (Music, Arrange & Manipulate: Masatao Nakamura)

30. STH2 Emerald Hill Zone (2P) 〜Mega Drive version〜 (1:35) (Music, Arrange & Manipulate: Masatao Nakamura)

31. STH2 Sky Chase Zone 〜Mega Drive version〜 (1:38) (Music, Arrange & Manipulate: Masatao Nakamura)

32. STH2 Wing Fortress Zone 〜Mega Drive version〜 (1:59) (Music, Arrange & Manipulate: Masatao Nakamura)

33. STH2 Special Stage 〜Mega Drive version〜 (1:47) (Music, Arrange & Manipulate: Masatao Nakamura)

34. STH2 Power Up 〜Mega Drive version〜 (0:54) (Music, Arrange & Manipulate: Masatao Nakamura)

35. STH2 Title 〜Mega Drive version〜 (0:12) (Music, Arrange & Manipulate: Masatao Nakamura)

36. STH2 All Clear 〜Mega Drive version〜 (1:16) (Music, Arrange & Manipulate: Masatao Nakamura)

37. STH2 Boss 〜Mega Drive version〜 (2:14) (Music, Arrange & Manipulate: Masatao Nakamura)

38. STH2 Super Sonic 〜Mega Drive version〜 (1:16) (Music, Arrange & Manipulate: Masatao Nakamura)

39. STH2 Option 〜Mega Drive version〜 (0:42) (Music, Arrange & Manipulate: Masatao Nakamura)

40. STH2 Staff Roll 〜Mega Drive version〜 (2:41) (Music, Arrange & Manipulate: Masatao Nakamura)

41. STH2 Game Results 〜Mega Drive version〜 (2:19) (Music, Arrange & Manipulate: Masatao Nakamura)

42. STH2 Unused Song 〜Mega Drive version〜 (2:02) (Music, Arrange & Manipulate: Masatao Nakamura)

Total running time: 67:51

Disc 2

01. STH1 Green Hill Zone 〜Masa's Demo version〜 (2:37) (Music, Arrange & Manipulate: Masatao Nakamura)

02. STH1 Marble Zone 〜Masa's Demo version〜 (2:14) (Music, Arrange & Manipulate: Masatao Nakamura)

03. STH1 Spring Yard Zone 〜Masa's Demo version〜 (2:16) (Music, Arrange & Manipulate: Masatao Nakamura)

04. STH1 Labyrinth Zone 〜Masa's Demo version〜 (2:08) (Music, Arrange & Manipulate: Masatao Nakamura)

05. STH1 Star Light Zone 〜Masa's Demo version〜 (2:30) (Music, Arrange & Manipulate: Masatao Nakamura)

06. STH1 Scrap Brain Zone 〜Masa's Demo version〜 (2:41) (Music, Arrange & Manipulate: Masatao Nakamura)

07. STH1 Final Zone 〜Masa's Demo version〜 (1:24) (Music, Arrange & Manipulate: Masatao Nakamura)

08. STH1 Special Stage 〜Masa's Demo version〜 (1:32) (Music, Arrange & Manipulate: Masatao Nakamura)

09. STH1 1up 〜Masa's Demo version〜 (0:07) (Music, Arrange & Manipulate: Masatao Nakamura)

10. STH1 Title 〜Masa's Demo version〜 (0:12) (Music, Arrange & Manipulate: Masatao Nakamura)

11. STH1 All Clear 〜Masa's Demo version〜 (0:24) (Music, Arrange & Manipulate: Masatao Nakamura)

12. STH1 Stage Clear 〜Masa's Demo version〜 (0:11) (Music, Arrange & Manipulate: Masatao Nakamura)

13. STH1 Boss 〜Masa's Demo version〜 (1:29) (Music, Arrange & Manipulate: Masatao Nakamura)

14. STH1 Game Over 〜Masa's Demo version〜 (0:22) (Music, Arrange & Manipulate: Masatao Nakamura)

15. STH1 Continue 〜Masa's Demo version〜 (0:13) (Music, Arrange & Manipulate: Masatao Nakamura)

16. STH2 Emerald Hill Zone 〜Masa's Demo version〜 (2:48) (Music, Arrange & Manipulate: Masatao Nakamura)

17. STH2 Chemical Plant Zone 〜Masa's Demo version〜 (2:29) (Music, Arrange & Manipulate: Masatao Nakamura)

18. STH2 Aquatic Ruin Zone 〜Masa's Demo version〜 (2:03) (Music, Arrange & Manipulate: Masatao Nakamura)

19. STH2 Casino Night Zone 〜Masa's Demo version〜 (2:23) (Music, Arrange & Manipulate: Masatao Nakamura)

20. STH2 Hill Top Zone 〜Masa's Demo version〜 (2:12) (Music, Arrange & Manipulate: Masatao Nakamura)

21. STH2 Mystic Cave Zone 〜Masa's Demo version〜 (2:26) (Music, Arrange & Manipulate: Masatao Nakamura)

22. STH2 Oil Ocean Zone 〜Masa's Demo version〜 (2:06) (Music, Arrange & Manipulate: Masatao Nakamura)

23. STH2 Metropolis Zone 〜Masa's Demo version〜 (2:21) (Music, Arrange & Manipulate: Masatao Nakamura)

24. STH2 Mystic Cave Zone (2P) 〜Masa's Demo version〜 (2:02) (Music, Arrange & Manipulate: Masatao Nakamura)

25. STH2 Casino Night Zone (2P) 〜Masa's Demo version〜 (2:03) (Music, Arrange & Manipulate: Masatao Nakamura)

26. STH2 Death Egg Zone (Part1) 〜Masa's Demo version〜 (2:18) (Music, Arrange & Manipulate: Masatao Nakamura)

27. STH2 Death Egg Zone (Part2) 〜Masa's Demo version〜 (2:22) (Music, Arrange & Manipulate: Masatao Nakamura)

28. STH2 Emerald Hill Zone (2P) 〜Masa's Demo version〜 (1:45) (Music, Arrange & Manipulate: Masatao Nakamura)

29. STH2 Sky Chase Zone 〜Masa's Demo version〜 (1:49) (Music, Arrange & Manipulate: Masatao Nakamura)

30. STH2 Wing Fortress Zone 〜Masa's Demo version〜 (2:08) (Music, Arrange & Manipulate: Masatao Nakamura)

31. STH2 Special Stage 〜Masa's Demo version〜 (2:04) (Music, Arrange & Manipulate: Masatao Nakamura)

32. STH2 All Clear 〜Masa's Demo version〜 (1:23) (Music, Arrange & Manipulate: Masatao Nakamura)

33. STH2 Boss 〜Masa's Demo version〜 (2:16) (Music, Arrange & Manipulate: Masatao Nakamura)

34. STH2 Super Sonic 〜Masa's Demo version〜 (1:21) (Music, Arrange & Manipulate: Masatao Nakamura)

35. STH2 Option 〜Masa's Demo version〜 (0:40) (Music, Arrange & Manipulate: Masatao Nakamura)

36. STH2 Game Results 〜Masa's Demo version〜 (2:19) (Music, Arrange & Manipulate: Masatao Nakamura)

37. STH2 Unused Song 〜Masa's Demo version〜 (1:03) (Music, Arrange & Manipulate: Masatao Nakamura)

38. Theme of SONIC THE HEDGEHOG Demo (0:34) (Music, Arrange & Manipulate: Masatao Nakamura)

Total running time: 65:15

Disc 3

01. SWEET SWEET SWEET (5:15) (Music. Arrange, Program, Bass Guitar & Backing Vocal: Masato Nakamura; Words, Vocal, Vocal Arrangement & Backing Vocal: Miwa Yoshida; Keyboards, Manipulating & Backing Vocal: Takahiro Nishikawa; Drums: Naoya Hamada; Guitar: Morris Michael; Trumpet: Raul D'oliveira & Martin Drover; Trumpet: Nick Pentelow; Trombone: Peter Thoms; Harp: Skalla Kanga; Additional Backing Vocal: Franke) (Produced by DREAMS COME TRUE; Produced, Recorded & Mixed by Mike Pela; Recorded by Masashi Gotoh & Pete Frith; Mastered by Tim Young at The Hit Factory)

02. SWEET DREAM (5:14) (Music. Arrange, Program, Bass Guitar & Backing Vocal: Masato Nakamura; Words, Vocal, Vocal Arrangement & Backing Vocal: Miwa Yoshida; Keyboards, Manipulating & Backing Vocal: Takahiro Nishikawa; Drums: Naoya Hamada; Guitar: Morris Michael; Trumpet: Raul D'oliveira & Martin Drover; Trumpet: Nick Pentelow; Trombone: Peter Thoms; Harp: Skalla Kanga; Additional Backing Vocal: Franke) (Produced by DREAMS COME TRUE; Produced, Recorded & Mixed by Mike Pela; Recorded by Masashi Gotoh & Pete Frith; Mastered by Tim Young at The Hit Factory)

03. SWEET SWEET SWEET -06 AKON MIX- (4:41) Music & Backing Vocals: Masato Nakamura; Arrange: AKON; Words, Vocal, Vocal Arrangement & Backing Vocal: Miwa Yoshida; All Instruments Performance & Backing Vocals: AKON) (Recorded & Mixed by Brian Sperber at STARCHILD STUDIO, Tokyo; Mastered by Vlado Meller at Sony Music Studios, New York)

04. SWEET DREAM -06 AKON MIX- (4:16) Music & Backing Vocals: Masato Nakamura; Arrange: AKON; Words, Vocal, Vocal Arrangement & Backing Vocal: Miwa Yoshida; All Instruments Performance & Backing Vocals: AKON) (Recorded & Mixed by Brian Sperber at STARCHILD STUDIO, Tokyo; Mastered by Vlado Meller at Sony Music Studios, New York)

Total running time: 19:26

Credits

Produced & Directed by Masato Nakamura

Recording Engineer: Gen Okamura at STARCHILD STUDIO, Tokyo
Technical Assistance: Takashi Sasaki at STARCHILD STUDIO, Tokyo
Mastered by Vlado Meller at Masterdisk, New York
Assistant Engineer: Mark Santangela at Masterdisk, New York

Art Direction & Design: Miki Rezai
Artwork Coordinator: Ikumi Yamaguchi (UNIVERSAL MUSIC)
Translation: Sho Aiya

Production Direction: Emi Okuno (DCT records Inc.), Akiko Umegaki (DCT holdings, Inc.)
Production Desk: Yoko Abe (DCT records, Inc.)
Production Managers/Planners: Yoshimasa Sekiya & Yuko Takagi (DCT records Inc.)
Marketing Planner: Seiichi Hibi (UNIVERSAL MUSIC)

Artist Managers: Miki Tanaka & Nobuyuki Inoue (DCT entertainment, Inc.)

Supervisors: Takashi Kamide (DCT records, Inc. / EUROPA MUSIC PUBLISHERS, INC.), Toshio Sasaya (DCT records, Inc.)
Publishing Director: Yukinori Kubo (EUROPA MUSIC PUBLISHERS, INC.)

Managing Director: Hiroaki Kawamura (DCT holdings, Inc.)

Executive Producers: Masato Nakamura & Miwa Yoshida

Special Thanks to SEGA Corporation, Wave Master Inc., Fumitaka Shibata & Miwa Yoshida

Scans

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  Booklet Back

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  Booklet Front

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  Page 1 & 2

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  Page 3 & 4

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  Page 5 & 6

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  Page 7 & 8

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  Page 9 & 10

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  Page 11 & 12

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  Page 13 & 14

Miscellaneous

• While every track Nakamura was involved with is on the soundtrack, two pieces of music are absent from the collection: the Chaos Emerald jingle and the drowning music. This is because they were actually composed by Yukifumi Makino, which is also why those two songs have been able to be used in games beyond the first two Mega Drive titles.

External Links

• dreamscometrue - Official Site
• DCT Joy - Sonic the Hedgehog 1&2 Soundtrack
• http://vgmdb.net/album/26814 - The listing for Sonic the Hedgehog 1&2 Soundtrack on the game music resource site VGMdb.

Albums "1990s"
Sonic the Hedgehog Boom (1993) | Sonic the Hedgehog - Remix (1994) | Sonic & Knuckles Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (1994) | Virtual Sonic (1996) | Sonic the Fighters Sound Tracks (1996) | Sonic the Hedgehog (1996) | Sonic Live in Sydney (1997) | Sonic R (1998) | Sonic Adventure Songs With Attitude ~Vocal mini-Album~ (1998) | Sonic Adventure REMIX (1998) | Sonic Adventure "Digi-LOG Conversation" Original Sound Track (1999)
Albums "2000s"
Cuts Unleashed SA2 Vocal Collection (2001) | Multi-dimensional Sonic Adventure 2 Original Sound Track (2001) | Sonic 10th Anniversary (2001) | Sonic Adventure 2 Battle Sampler (2001) | Sonic Adventure 2 Official Soundtrack (2002) | Triple Threat Sonic Heroes Vocal Trax (2004) | Complete Trinity Sonic Heroes - Original Soundtrax (2004) | Sonic X Original Soundtrack (2004) | Sonic Heroes Official Soundtrack (2004) | SONIC RUSH Original Groove Rush (2005) | Lost and Found: Shadow the Hedgehog Vocal Trax (2006) | Shadow the Hedgehog Original Soundtrax (2006) | Sonic Riders Original Soundtrack "Speedbeats Grand Prix" (2006) | Sonic the Hedgehog Vocal Traxx: Several Wills (2007) | Sonic the Hedgehog Original Soundtrack (2007) | Seven Rings in Hand (2007) | Sonic Rush Adventure Original Soundtrack (2007) | Sonic Riders Shooting Star Story Original Soundtrack "Zero Gravity Tracks" (2008) | True Blue: The Best of Sonic the Hedgehog (2008) | Planetary Pieces: Sonic World Adventure Original Soundtrack (2009) | Face to Faith: Sonic and the Black Knight Vocal Trax (2009) | Tales of Knighthood: Sonic and the Black Knight Original Soundtrax (2009) | True Colors: The Best of Sonic the Hedgehog Part 2 (2009)
Albums "2010s"
Sonic Free Riders Original Soundtrack: Break Free (2010) | Vivid Sound x Hybrid Colors: Sonic Colors Original Soundtrack (2010) | Sonic Adventure Original Soundtrack 20th Anniversary Edition (2011) | Sonic Adventure 2 Original Soundtrack 20th Anniversary Edition (2011) | Sonic Heroes Original Soundtrack 20th Anniversary Edition (2011) | Sonic the Hedgehog 1&2 Soundtrack (2011) | 20 Years of Sonic Music (2011) | Sonic the Hedgehog CD Original Soundtrack 20th Anniversary Edition (2011) | History of the 1st Stage Blue Edition (2011) | History of the 1st Stage White Edition (2011) | History of Sonic Music 20th Anniversary Edition (2011) | Sonic Generations Original Soundtrack: Blue Blur (2012)
Singles
SUPERSONIC (1992) | Super Sonic Dance Attack (1992) | Super Sonic Dance Attack Remix (1992) | Winter Song (1994) | Wonderman (1994) | Wizards of the Sonic (1994) | They Call Me Sonic (1996) | King of the Ring (1996) | Wizards of the Sonic (1998) | Work it Out (1999) | If It's Snow/Only Today (2006) | So Much More... (2009)
Associated Albums
SONICTEAM "PowerPlay" (1998) | Thrill of the Feel (2000) | Crush 40 (2003) | SonicTeam Unplugged Live 2004 (2004) | The Best of Crush 40 - Super Sonic Songs (2009)
Select Compilations Featuring Sonic
Super Mega Drive Fan - Mega-CD Super Music Collection Vol.1 (1993) | Super Mega Drive Fan - Mega Drive Super Music Collection Vol.2 (1994) | SEGA Arcade Selection D-RAM Remix (1995) | Club Saturn (1996) | Club SEGA (1997) | Club Sega 2 ~Beat Grooves~ (1999) | Radio DC (1999) | The Very Best of SEGA (2004) | Play! A Video Game Symphony Live! (2009)
Miscellaneous
The Better One Wins! (1992) | Sonic Dance: 1 | 2 | Sonic Mix: 1 | 2 | 3 | Sonic Dance Power: I | II | III | 4 | V | VI | VII | VIII