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  A Look Back At Sonic Unleashed With Lead Composer Tomoya Ohtani

  April 7, 2009 | Jayson Napolitano | 3 Comments Share this A Look Back At Sonic Unleashed With Lead Composer Tomoya Ohtani

  

  A good Sonic the Hedgehog soundtrack? Well, I know a lot of people enjoyed the peppy soundtracks featured in the Sonic Adventure titles, but I miss the old days of catchy melodies and memorable musical moments. I think the huge team at SEGA delivered this with Sonic Unleashed, which I told everyone I loved in our review last month.

  Well, I loved it so much that I looked into getting some time with Sonic Unleashed lead composer Tomoya Ohtani, and he has some interesting comments about the soundtrack. He acknowledges that the team took a different approach with Sonic Unleashed in terms of both scale and style, and even say she prefers having fewer vocal tracks in the game. Here’s hoping that they kept this up with Sonic and the Black Knight which was just released!

  Hit the jump for our interview with SEGA’s Tomoya Ohtani. (more…)

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  Everybody’s Super Sonic Racing To Hear Planetary Pieces From Around The World (Review)

  February 23, 2009 | Jayson Napolitano | 3 Comments Share this Everybody’s Super Sonic Racing To Hear Planetary Pieces From Around The World (Review)

  

  It wasn’t too long ago that we published our in-game impressions from Sonic Unleashed. We’ve finally got our hands on the official soundtrack release that hit Japan at the end of January, and while we described the majority of the music in that previous write-up, at least we’ll be able to reference real track titles and tell you about the packaging (which is great!).

  Composers Tomoya Ohtani, Kenichi Tokoi, Fumie Kumatani, Hideaki Kobayashi, Takahito Eguchi, and Mariko Nanba each contribute to a varied and downright awesome album. Numerous genres abound, but the quality here is consistent and quite impressive, with a slew of session artists and even the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra performing a piece.

  Join us as we take a look at the Planetary Pieces: Sonic World Adventure Original Soundtrack. (more…)

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  Amazing Planetary Pieces From Outer Space: In-Game Impressions From Sonic Unleashed (Review)

  January 19, 2009 | Jayson Napolitano | 4 Comments Share this Amazing Planetary Pieces From Outer Space: In-Game Impressions From Sonic Unleashed (Review)

  

  Are you looking forward to the Planetary Pieces: Sonic World Adventure Original Soundtrack that is due out later this month? You certainly should be, as those who’ve already played the game likely are. Wait, don’t know what Sonic World Adventure is? It’s Sonic Unleashed here in the US, and while there have been conflicting opinions published about the game itself (I’ll even share a few of my thoughts), everyone agrees that the music is fantastic.

  Matt Casamassina over at IGN had a funny comment about the game’s music, saying he doesn’t miss the “awful 80s’ guitar rock poisoning the Adventure games,” but it’s actually a whole lot more than that. I mean, you’re going to hear a variety of musical styles here, but the key is that the majority of the tracks are just amazingly catchy and well produced. To give you an idea of what to expect, we’re publishing our impressions based on the in-game music ahead of the Japanese soundtrack release later this month.

  Hit the jump for our thoughts on Sonic’s latest outing. (more…)

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