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This page details development materials of Sonic Mania.
| To do:
- Where were the other tracks sourced from?
- Some of these could use a bit of rewrite.
- Add these images.
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Early OST
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Description
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| Discovery - Title Screen
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This theme has multiple differences from the final release, including less reverb on the lead synthesizer, audio being all-around more compressed than the final version, and less sound effects are present.
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| Comfort Zone - Main Menu
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Same as with the Title Screen: less reverb, more compression, and less sound effects.
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| Green Hill Zone Act 1
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Same as with the previous two, see an occurring theme?
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| Lights, Camera, Action! - Studiopolis Zone Act 1
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Same as with the other tracks. The song fades out at the end, whereas the final version ends with a sting.
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| Flying Battery Zone Act 1
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Missing instruments from the final. Also, the intro from the Sonic & Knuckles version of Act 2's theme is played at the start.
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| Tabloid Jargon - Press Garden Zone Act 1[1]
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Was completely redone in final. It gives more of a traditional Japanese feel compared to the final's industrial sound. Interestingly, Tee states that this was originally named "Pulp Friction Zone", predating Pulp Solstice.
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| Rogues Gallery - Mirage Saloon Zone Act 2
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Same as with the Title Screen, Stage Select, Green Hill & Studiopoils.
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| Stage Clear[2]
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A unique composition that leitmotifs the title screen theme. The final game instead remixes the stage clear theme from Sonic the Hedgehog 3.
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| Credits[3]
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Was completely redone in final. The final is more energetic compared to the early version's more "relaxed" feel.
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References
- ↑ "Let's celebrate with an unreleased track, "Pulp Friction Zone" (scrapped for "Press Garden Zone") - Teelopesy (@TeeLopes), Twitter, August 15, 2024
- ↑ "Sonic Mania's early 'Stage Clear' jingle, which was eventually replaced by the arrangement we're familiar with" - Teelopesy (@TeeLopes), Twitter, August 11, 2023
- ↑ "Happy 6th anniversary to #SonicMania, the game that changed the game! To celebrate, I give you the scrapped credits theme ❤️" - Teelopesy (@TeeLopes), Twitter, August 16, 2023
