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On the other hand, the bad future theme leaves the upbeat mood behind and goes for an ambient approach, showcasing a richly textured mix of echoing electric guitars, metallic and ethereal synths, wordless utterances and steady rim clicks on drums. The good future version continues in the same direction, but adds a melodic synth brass line and one of the lengthiest guitar solo on the album (~30 seconds). It's not highly melodic however, yet the Hawaiian-like vocals and crystalline synthesizer makes it more memorable. 'Tidal Tempest' features a sound found in late '80s, early '90s pop rock grounds such as INXS, plenty of rhythm guitar, punchy beats, smooth synth bass, and high production values. The Tidal Tempest zone has the most pop sounding themes of all. The former has an tense mood generated by aggressive guitar riffs and the latter is a strange number featuring a psychedelic atmosphere enhanced by various sound effects (including evil laughter), somewhat akin to Pink Floyd's 'On the Run'. Sterling were also behind 'Metallic Madness' and 'Robotnik'. It is fine as a percussive groove with light guitar and synth background effects, yet not the best the album has to offer. This track is very rhythmic and hardly melodic. Not much is known about this group, although Peraza (percussion) and Vega (bass) are jazz musicians that have toured with various artists, notably Santana.

Behind it are Sterling with Armando Peraza and Bobby Vega. 'Collision Chaos' is one of the few tracks not composed by Nilsen / Young.

The pan flute, although synthesized, is a strong point in this track. After the lush ambient intro, the tropical aspect kicks back in and transforms into a tribal jam later on with strong percussion and a dialect spoken by Pastiche.

'Palmtree Panic' features both future themes connected as one, which explains why the first half is uplifting and the latter one is a bit darker. Caribbean rhythms, a synth trumpet lead, and even a short Latin-inspired guitar solo all create a happy piece. 'Palmtree Party' acts as the present theme and wears its title well as it definitely sounds like a beach party tune. The first zone is Palmtree Panic, with music tropical and mostly festive in nature. The music from the past periods is not included on this album since it was recycled from the Japanese version (the only pieces not featured on the Redbook Audio). For those unfamiliar with the game, each zone features four time periods (present, good future, bad future, past). However, the tracks will be reviewed by following the game's order and grouping. Not following the chronology of the game, the tracklist is almost random with the themes not ordered by in-game usage and those from the same zones are not even grouped together. The ending theme, 'Sonic Boom - Closing Theme', is almost identical, yet less energetic and featuring different guitar solos. The female trio Pastiche is behind the vocals, and while it is more of a background vocal group (featured as such in many other tracks), their voices are strong enough to deliver a good performance here.

It gives a taste of things to come with its pop rock basis.

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It has been compared to TV cartoon theme songs with its upbeat and catchy nature the comparison is well-founded since it is actually used in the cartoon opening sequence of the game. 'Sonic Boom - Opening Theme' naturally opens the album and is the game's theme song. This album is however the only elaborate representation of Sonic CD music as a standalone product the Japanese soundtrack was never officially released. Hataya's music is closer in style to classic Sonic music though, yet Nilsen's take does not feel out of place in the game either. This review will not compare both soundtracks, but it can simply be mentioned that they are both quality works and their appreciation will depend on the listener's tastes. This move generated a certain controversy, where many fans were deceived by this musical switch and called impostor and inferior the new soundtrack. Naofumi Hataya's original music was indeed replaced by new material composed by Spencer Nilsen et al. Sonic CD was released a few months later in America compared to other regions because Sega of America wanted to give it a new soundtrack.

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Spearheaded by Spencer Nilsen assisted by David Young, the remade soundtrack is full of pop rock elements, featuring various synthesizers, live drums, and guitar performances along with a female trio on vocals. To avoid any confusion, the music found here is from the American version of Sonic CD, which is different from the Japanese and European soundtracks. It features nineteen extended versions of Sonic the Hedgehog CD tracks and four Sonic Spinball arrangements. Sonic the Hedgehog Boom is a compilation album given away with the pre-order of Sonic the Hedgehog 3 at Toys 'R' Us.