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Simple title is simple. Title switch is even better.

I really enjoy the talent over at Wave Master. Just listening to the OSTs from Sonic CD up to Colors, it's just great to see how much Jun Senoue, Tomoya Ohtani, Fumie Kumatani, Kenichi Tokoi, Naofumi Hataya and others have incorporated into their respective musical styles. While my favorite preference leans towards someone in the latter portion of that group (most likely Kumatani or Ohtani), Jun Senoue, who's been around since the days of Sonic 3, always gives a nice performance with his rock influence that's really quick to peg compared to the others.

Senoue, of course, was the spearhead for Sonic Adventure's OST, composed Sonic's music for Adventure 2, and is the driving force behind the ever-popular Crush 40 themes. He also took control of much of the Heroes OST, taking the music into a much more vibrant spectrum to match the over the top levels compared to SA2. While my top 3 zone themes from this game (Ocean Palace, Frog Forest, Hang Castle) weren't all composed by him, everything on the OST is very solid, so much so that's it's hard to call "favorites" when reminded of another track.

That makes doing a medley somewhat easier since it's essentially working with one style. It started out a bit spontaneous near the beginning (which sounds pretty natural, imo), but as it progressed it took a little compromise to fit these songs in there. Lost Jungle was the black sheep of doing this, but I actually found the perfect place to fit it in which sealed the deal for me. Enjoy. I'm definitely doing SA2 next for anyone interested, though I'll have to start it after finallllssss.

Sea Gate, Seaside Hill, Frog Forest, Final Fortress, Power Plant, Rail Canyon, Egg Fleet, Grand Metropolis, Casino Park, Bullet Station composed by Jun Senoue

Bingo Highway composed by Keiichi Sugiyama!

Ocean Palace & Mystic Mansion composed by Naofumi Hataya (performed by Senoue)

Lost Jungle composed by Yutaka Minobe

Hang Castle composed by Tomoya Ohtani

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