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[Yuki Senoue]

Jun Senoue made banger Genesis songs before Sonic 4. Wish he stopped using those God awful VSTs and use something like Furnace for the Genesis-style tracks.

This song in particular is not by Jun Senoue, it was composed by Tatsuyuki Maeda.

Sonic 3D: Flickies' Island/Production credits - Sega Retro

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The whole Phantasy Star The End of the Millennium is a MASSIVE BANGER, my favorites being

The End of the Millennium (Main Theme)

Meet them head on! (Normal Battle)

Thray (Thray/Rune's Theme)

Defeat in a blow! (Boss Battle)

Behind the Circuit (some hi-tech dungeons)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7ZFnwMd5JA

Organic Beat (some hi-tech dungeons)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QqyHFa2lR8k

Cybernetic Carnival (Battle inside Vehicles)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qx7eY51Y3P0

Laughter (Zio's Battle)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=reA-VWYJ6lU

The King of Terrors (Dark Falz* Battle)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcQunnPt4mU

Ooze (Profound Darkness 3rd phase)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIIlnWXdklY


*Dark Falz is the correct romanization. Dark Force is wrong.


Both acts of Flying Battery are AWESOME
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_T7hdIh-gtw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bd8G40yhxNQ

Hydro City MY BELOVED
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1K1rV9kFs6I
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPYzgCI6Q1I
(fun fact: it is speculated that both acts are composed by Jun Senoue. DANG, I didn't know it, learned it right now. If it is in fact his... no wonder it is my favorite Sonic 3 song.)

Magnetic spheres is so fun, too bad at suck at this bonus stage so much and can't listen to the song in-game lol
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0HOFFlAidY

https://info.sonicretro.org/Sonic_the_Hedgehog_3/Development/Music

 

[Johnathan Smikey Johnathan Smikey]

This song in particular is not by Jun Senoue, it was composed by Tatsuyuki Maeda.

Sonic 3D: Flickies' Island/Production credits - Sega Retro

segaretro.org

In my defense, Sonic music credits can get complicated. SEGA don't even know who made what half of the time.

My statement still stands though.

 

[FTLOTG]

Stone Age from Socket - Awesome polyrhythm with clever sound arrangement having background and foreground tracks swap the stage as the song progresses.
Star Cruiser Main Theme - Somber and hypnotic. The synth dances and builds to satisfying smooth waveforms.
Cursed Destiny from Elemental Master - Absurd build up in this one, sounds like it's from an all-time classic progressive rock act. The track completely explodes at the 40 second mark.
Another track from Elemental Master, Like the Wind has this bombastic drum arrangement that sucks you right in. Can you fight the urge to turn it to 11?
Home, Disappointment and Counterattack is my favorite tune from Midnight Resistance, a beloved Contra clone I had since I was a kid. Much better than the arcade original!
The Main theme from Vapor Trail is a carefully considered guitar led triumph with excellent progression.

Just some of my favorites.

 

[ThatOneLum ThatOneLum]

Despite being pretty basic compared with some music on the platform, this track always sounded epic and sort of anxiety inducing to me.

I still listen to it every so often.

 

[Riveler]

One of my favorite music from MD games is Tube of Medusa, from Ecco Tides of Time.

The fans around the world have made their own versions of this great music. Hear some:

 

[FTLOTG]

Despite being pretty basic compared with some music on the platform, this track always sounded epic and sort of anxiety inducing to me.

I still listen to it every so often.

Ah the original Columns. What a foreboding track, I agree. I'm biased because it was my first, but Columns 3 is a brilliant send off to the 16-bit platform and the music is just as strong a technical showpiece.