It was allegedly composed by Scirocco and Brad Buxer, according to a couple sites i had checked out.Brad and Ciroco did Hydrocity and Marble Garden" - DihDin This was not composed by either Michael Jackson nor Howard Drossin. Because they were made for MJ and not Sega, it is most likely that they were all trashed, as they were not replaced in S&K Collection. Cirocco Jones (Scirocco): Cues for the original versions of Hydrocity and Marble Garden. Sachio Ogawa: Hydrocity Zone (Acts 1 and 2) -> Has a groove/vibe the others simply don't have it uses a keyboard in Act 1 and a unique synthesizer in Act 2 Ĭ. HIStory)ĭoug Grigsby III = Synthesizer and drum programming and keyboards for some of MJ's work (i.e. Geoff Grace = Orchestrations in some of MJ's work (i.e. HIStory) ( )ĭarryl Ross = Synthesizer programming and sound design for some of MJ's music (i.e. HIStory), and possibly the "Come on" in Sonic 3's Act 1 Boss.īobby Brooks (Robert Green Brooks) = Engineer/Programmer and synthesizer programming and sound design for some of MJ's music (i.e. **Brad Buxer = Keyboardist, orchestrations, and synthesizer programming and sound design for some of MJ's work (i.e. Michael Jackson with assistance from Brad Buxer, Bobby Brooks, Darryl Ross, Geoff Grace, and Doug Grigsby III (See link below): Carnival Night Zone (1 and 2) -> All featured voice samples/glass breaking (except Competition Menu - which had NONE*) all except S3 Act 1 Boss replaced in S&K Collection for PC*, as S&K Act 1 Boss completely masked over it just like the original did in regular S3&K. *The beginning of S&K's Credits is excluded for the following reason: ->Note how the first part is the same as S&K's Credits but the last part is Sonic 3's All Clear fanfare, only uncut the order is also different but DOES NOT include Lava Reef among the S&K Zones. Within the context of S&K by itself, he can only be credible for the composition of the five new tracks that are completely exclusive to it : S&K Title Music, S&K Knuckles' Theme, S&K 1-Up, S&K Invincibility/Power Up, and S&K All Clear.* Therefore, saying that Howard Drossin composed all the S&K music is ABSOLUTELY UNTRUE.
NOTE: Please keep in mind that since Sonic 3 was originally planned to be one game, and as such, the music from S&K was also on Sonic 3 when it was released. Here's my original version with somewhat greater detail please check it out along with this one.
Well, seeing how xbox here decided to bump this from the grave, I think I'll take the next step and convert this into another theoretical topic.
That we'll never know, but it's very nice to finally have some confirmation on this longtime "myth" of the Sonic community. One theory people usually comment on, is that when he was working on the game, the child abuse scandal broke out and SEGA quickly set him off the project fearing a negative impact on the game because of bad press. It's kinda weird he would stop working on the music for the game because of limited hardware Moonwalker for both AC and MD were already around for some time. It always struck me as odd that part of the Sonic 3 soundtrack was clearly different in style to the music of Sonic & Knuckles, and even other songs in the same game (also the difference in music staff was kinda shocking, with Sonic 3 having a wide team of people with completely unknown aliases).Īfter the rumors of M.J.'s implication in the project started to arise years ago, coupled with the fact that the Carnival Night, Icecap and Launch Base Zones got their music replaced in the Sonic & Knuckles collection for the PC, you could see some very suspicious level candidates there.
I can't believe the mystery has finally been revealed officially.