Sonic title remix - "Gotta Start From Somewhere"
163Arrangement, accordeon, production by Jorito.
Saxophones, clarinet by Hank "The Spank Tank" Jankerson
Violin by Trev Wignall.
Vocals by Jorito and The Nikanoru.
This track was made for the album Speeding Towards Adventures: 25 Years of Sonic the Hedgehog (http://sonic25.ocremix.org) and includes the tracks Sonic 1 Title, Sonic 1 Invincibility and Sonic 3 Title.
We needed an opening track for the Sonic Speeding Towards Adventures album, in the same spirit as previous OCR Sonic albums. The album director asked me to create a remix of the iconic Sonic the Hedgehog title theme that started the series, and how could I refuse? Unfortunately my ambition got the better of me and I didn’t want to settle for a short opening remix for the album. In stead I opted for a full length track, but that proved to be quite a challenge, since the source tune is only 11 seconds long. So I cheated a bit and blended in the Sonic 1 invincibility theme as well as the Sonic 3 title theme as well as some EDM style builds and drops. And of course no Sonic opening track would be complete without a ‘Sega’ opening choir, so I recorded myself and got some help from The Nikanoru (vocals) to welcome you to the album.
At the time I started on this track, I was mesmerized by the track "Caravan Bowser" by Flexstyle and XPRTNovice, and I thought it’d be interesting to try that style for the title remix. I dove into the Electro Swing genre and tried to create a vibe similar to the band Caravan Palace. I’m not sure I succeeded in exactly that, but I think the overall track is very enjoyable and it’s definitely helped by the awesome performances by Trev (violin) and Aaron (clarinet, sax). It also was a good excuse to grab ye olde accordion and record some parts myself. I really dig the solo part where Trev and Aaron shred out and hype you up!