Sonic Origins: Fans Don't Seem Happy About the Big Changes To Sonic 3's Soundtrack
Sonic Origins is meant to be an authentic celebration of the classic 2D Sonic the Hedgehog games, but not quite all of the content is making it into the compilation that launches later this week.
The game, which includes remastered versions of Sonic 1, 2, 3 & Knuckles, and CD, also features new animated cutscenes, bonus objectives, and more. However, fans aren't happy that the game doesn't contain the original, authentic soundtrack for Sonic the Hedgehog 3.
The Sonic the Hedgehog 3 soundtrack has a complicated history. It's a well-known piece of video game trivia that Michael Jackson apparently worked on the Sonic 3 soundtrack, which has led to years of speculation over what legal rights Sega may or may not have to rerelease the game with its original music.
For years, Sega did rerelease emulated versions of Sonic 3, which included the original music. But now, that version of the game is unavailable as Sega delisted classic Sonic games from digital storefronts ahead of Origins' release.
Now, with Origins, it appears to be confirmed that Sega is not reusing the original music in Sonic 3. Earlier this month, Sonic social media manager Katie Chrzanowski confirmed the full original soundtrack would not return for Sonic Origins.
"We can't use all of the original sounds [from S3&K]. Jun Senoue has been working really hard to adapt the original music that was composed in 1993 for Origins," Chrzanowski said. She also said that Senoue was using the same sound chip from the Genesis to reproduce faithful recreations of parts of the Sonic 3 & Knuckles soundtrack.
New: @SEGA's @KatieChrz on Sonic 3 & Knuckles' partially adapted soundtrack in #SonicOrigins:
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