We're heading back to South Island and Westside Island to take in the local sounds! Special guest CyberneticPinkeye joins us to look back at the soundtracks for the first two Sonic the Hedgehog games, along with the original demos for each track by composer Masato Nakamura. Listen in as we try to get more insight on two collections of music that really made our dreams come true.

(0:00:00) Intro(0:04:28) Main topic: Sonic 1 and 2 soundtracks(0:07:32) Shared jingles and incidentals(0:27:30) Sonic 1 incidentals(0:35:05) Green Hill Zone(0:40:36) Marble Zone(0:45:52) Spring Yard Zone(0:49:38) Labyrinth Zone(0:52:57) Star Light Zone(0:56:14) Scrap Brain Zone(1:00:44) Final Zone and ending(1:06:28) Sonic 2 incidentals(1:15:39) Multiplayer stages(1:24:54) Emerald Hill Zone(1:28:27) Chemical Plant Zone(1:32:46) Aquatic Ruin Zone(1:36:40) Casino Night Zone(1:42:37) Hill Top Zone(1:46:20) Mystic Cave Zone(1:49:19) Oil Ocean Zone(1:52:40) Metropolis Zone(1:57:16) Sky Chase Zone(2:01:18) Wing Fortress Zone(2:04:14) Death Egg Zone(2:08:13) Final boss(2:11:05) Ending (Sweet Sweet Sweet/Sweet Dreams)(2:22:42) Unused song ("Hidden Palace")(2:25:06) Final Thoughts(2:29:23) Outro

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