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Sonic CD: Original Soundtrack (NTSC-J/PAL Version) - Collision Chaos (All Time Zones Mix)

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Collision Chaos (All Time Zone Mixes) from the soundtrack of the Mega-CD video game, Sonic CD. Music composed by Masafumi Ogata & Naofumi Hataya. As the very first Sonic title to utilize CD-ROM quality audio, Sonic CD naturally sounds several leagues ahead of those that came before it thus turning an otherwise decent game into a damn good one. Sharing a lot in common with the original Sonic the Hedgehog, this lesser-known installment sees Sonic tangled up in a time travel adventure to alter the twisted future of a once verdant paradise called Little Planet. Each stage features a visual design for its current time period - whether it's the past, present or a good/bad future - complete with varying colour palettes, enemy patterns and an alternate arrangement of both the level layout and accompanying music. Because of this unique facet, every level supports 4 different tunes for background audio; a staggering degree of variety for any game, let alone one released in 1993! From the soundtrack perspective alone however, Sonic CD manages to be one of the most controversial titles in all of video game history and it's a perfect illustration of just how much stock people place in good music with regards to the complete gaming experience. This controversy stems from the fact that the North American release features an almost total soundtrack conversion from the Japanese original with alternate material written and recorded by Sega of America. Whilst the "past" mixes of each level theme were unaffected - as they were recorded in sequenced PCM audio rather than Mixed Mode CD-DA - all the other themes were switched for background tunes of a dramatically different musical style. Spurred on by Famitsu magazine's famous marking down of the NTSC-U release (due to what they considered to be inferior backing music no less), the debate on which version of the soundtrack is superior has raged on for years. It's a fruitless argument really considering how musical quality is largely dependent on a listener's individual tastes and another side to the issue is that of simple nostalgia, as most players will surely gravitate towards the soundtrack that is most familiar to them; the one that sounds most like the game they remember or identify with. If you were to take those arguments out of the equation entirely though, I would say that the original NTSC-J soundtrack (which also features on the PAL release) is so superior, it's not even a close contest. The techno-inspired tunes on offer throughout Sonic CD's original soundtrack are fresh, quirky and altogether spectacular. The American tunes sound so bland and unadventurous by comparison and if you ask me, that pesky nostalgia factor is the only reason it ever became the subject of debate in the first place. The decision of picking just one track, to represent what I consider to be the best Sonic the Hedgehog soundtrack of them all, was an agonizing one to be sure. There are so many catchy pieces of music in this game that it would wear me out trying to do them all justice, but if I really had to pick just one then it's Collision Chaos that would earn the highest honour. Put simply: this joint is funky! The default "present" mix of this tune is the most noticeably techno track on the whole album and it manages to provide something that sounds drastically new and exciting whilst not forgetting to be fun at the same time. The catchy beat and sheer momentum in this track just works and it more than suits its incredibly apt level title too. Of course the "P", "B" and "G" remixes are all great spins on the formula too and you can hear them in the combined audio sample I've uploaded above. Every fan of video game music has a special soundtrack that first set them on their path towards a deeper appreciation of the medium and in my case, Sonic CD is it. This is a remarkable achievement that every other Sonic soundtrack stands in awe of. All maybe, except one... Read more at: http://www.celjaded.com This music track is only made publicly available under the Fair Use Policy (specified below). I do not own copyright for this content, it is copyright of Jun Senoue, Sega, and any other respective owner(s), publisher(s), artist(s) etc. (where applicable). All rights are reserved. "Sonic the Hedgehog", "Mega Drive", and any related content are copyright(s) and/or trademark(s) of Sega and any other respective owner(s) (where applicable). All rights are reserved. Fair Use Policy ---------------------- Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for fair use for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use.