tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8708547959553815878.post7988080562708674266..comments2023-06-08T05:39:18.487-07:00Comments on In the Shade of a Wave: A Musical Mystery Still UnsolvedMercuryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09569022088574033458noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8708547959553815878.post-2179066565261707012011-09-15T23:59:07.608-07:002011-09-15T23:59:07.608-07:00Re: the motif, the songs do sound superficially si...Re: the motif, the songs do sound superficially similar - similar enough for me and many others to notice. The reason why the motif is interesting is because it's evidence that this is not coincidence but that the composer did so intentionally. If it were the only similarity the songs shared it would be less important.<br /><br />"And most of Sonic 1 was either too slow -Star Light, Spring Yard- or too heavy for its own good like Marble or even Green Hill. If you hadn't been raised on these themes you could say none of them fit at all."<br /><br />Blasphemeeeeeee! You might be right though. Some of my friends who don't obsess about Sonic as much as I do (that would be all of them =P) tend to get the level musics mixed up, so the themes have certain degree of plasticity.<br /><br />I wouldn't blame Masa for Death Egg's wasted theme, though - it's entirely possible Death Egg was planned to be longer and was cut for time.Mercuryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09569022088574033458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8708547959553815878.post-92002072206209660382011-09-15T23:11:25.577-07:002011-09-15T23:11:25.577-07:00Very informative and well made point, but how is t...Very informative and well made point, but how is this a motif? If it's barely audible with the other instrument tracks playing, too short to be memorable or interesting, and really if you hadn't told me that melody was from a Sonic game -and I'm very familiar with Sonic music - I would have never made the connection.<br /><br />Isn't the whole point of a theme song or motif to be memorable and easily reconigsable? And not some short note progression nobody remembers from the first game that's so muted out by the other tracks it's only noticeable if you're really paying attention, and doesn't even sound that theme-y after all.<br /><br />As for the musician, I don't think Nakamura was that involved in the development or worried about consistency otherwise we wouldn't have got an awesome 3 minute sci-fi theme that went mostly wasted on the 10 second in length Death Egg Zone, SWEET SWEET SWEET for the ending theme that's really supposed to be about love relationships, or a rock arrangement of Entrance of the Gladiators for a freaking cave level.<br /><br />And most of Sonic 1 was either too slow -Star Light, Spring Yard- or too heavy for its own good like Marble or even Green Hill. If you hadn't been raised on these themes you could say none of them fit at all.<br /><br />Then again if a couple of years ago someone told me Sonic 3 was made by Michael Jackson I'd call them insane, heheh. So who the hell knows, this is a cool find, thanks for bringing it up anyway.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8708547959553815878.post-71497740865828573882011-09-13T13:34:44.800-07:002011-09-13T13:34:44.800-07:00See I always completely thought $10 as fitting for...See I always completely thought $10 as fitting for Hidden Palace. It gave me a sense of wandering through a secret charmed palace. Conversely I always thought Mystic Cave 2 player was completely inappropriate for the zone.. sounds more tribal jungle adventurer music, thus right for Mystic Cave, but not the Palace.<br /><br />But of course these are just opinions. I do hope to hear $10 is demo glory on this upcoming soundtrack, and some accompanying notes clearing up the debate would be great too!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8708547959553815878.post-6659050012622334252011-09-13T12:44:12.514-07:002011-09-13T12:44:12.514-07:00Pleased to see I'm not the only one who though...Pleased to see I'm not the only one who thought soundtest $10 was totally inappropriate for the zone that was Hidden Palace. Personally, I always thought it evoked the perfect mood for Dust Hill but yeah, the notion of it being a cut special stage track makes much more sense.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com