A few months ago, we asked our readers if they had any questions for Jun Senoue and the other members of the SEGA audio team that worked on Sonic Generations. It may have taken a bit of time to get the conversation flowing, but we make good on our promises! We don’t disappoint!
After the jump, Jun Senoue has answers to two of our readers’ questions. One answer is short and sweet; the other one is quite lengthy. Check it out! (more…)
[Update: SEGA has announced that composers Tomoya Ohtani and Kenichi Tokoi will also be answering questions, so feel free to submit questions to any of the four individuals who will be taking part!]
We have some exciting news this morning. We’re teaming up with SEGA’s community team to put together a fan-driven Sonic Generations interview with SEGA’s Jun Senoue and performer Cash Cash who were featured extensively on the album. For more details about the music, check out Haroon’s review.
What we’re doing is collecting questions for Senoue and Cash Cash through Monday, February 20, 2012, at which point they will be submitted to SEGA for approval before being sent off to SEGA Japan for answers. We can’t guarantee that every question will be included, but we’ll do our best to get your pressing questions answered. The OSV editors will also be providing questions along with fans from SEGA’s community website, so it should be a fun collaboration.
You can submit your question by commenting on this post or by sending them to [email protected]. Be sure to include your name or handle so you can be credited for your question!
SEGA has had a very unsuccessful run with Sonic in recent years. I can indulge you in its past, pointing to failed franchises, the bad vocal music/voice acting featured, or just bad gameplay. However, that’s all in the past. From what I hear, SEGA has finally decided to listen to their audience — the result of listening has created Sonic Generations. So here is me making a big claim: I believe that Sonic Generations is the best Sonic game to have been published by SEGA in the last decade. The music plays a big role in the restoration of its franchise, representing a nostalgic feel with almost the entire soundtrack filled with arrangements of Sonic tunes from the past.
And the quality of these arrangements — it’s incredible! It’s a quality that shines above many official arrangement albums released by SEGA’s predecessors, (think Super Smash Bros.), a quality that says “I am SEGA, and this is how I remix Sonic.” It’s exactly this reason why the Sonic Generations Original Soundtrack: Blue Blur should also be praised as one of the best videogame soundtracks of 2011.
Want to know why? Read more after the jump! (more…)
