| Sonic and the Secret Rings | |
|---|---|
| Soundtrack album by Wave Master | |
| Released | March 15, 2007 |
| Genre | Hard rock, progressive rock |
| Length | 98:00 |
| Label | Sega |
Seven Rings in Hand: Sonic and the Secret Rings Original Sound Track (ソニックと秘密のリング オリジナルサウンドトラック Sonikku to Himitsu no Ringu Orijinaru Saundotorakku), is the two disc (audio CD) Original Soundtrack of Sonic and the Secret Rings. It was exclusively released in SEGA Direct stores, which are only located in Japan.
The soundtrack is split into two discs, Adventure and Treasure. The Adventure disc covers mostly any and all songs from the game that feature vocals, while the Treasure disc covers mostly the game's original score.
Steve Conte provides the vocals for the two main theme songs of the game, "Seven Rings In Hand" and "Worth A Chance", while a majority of the other vocal songs are performed by Runblebee. The original music was written by Kenichi Tokoi, Fumie Kumatani, Seiroh Okamoto, and Hideaki Kobayashi.
Contents |
Disc 1 : Adventure Disc
Disc 2 : Treasure Disc
Special Content:
The main theme song of the game. It was written by Runblebee and performed by Steve Conte. The song is primarily used as the final boss battle song, but it is heard in many other places such as the main screen and the results screen. This marked the third time that Runblebee had created a main theme for a Sonic The Hedgehog related game, the first being Sonic Speed Riders, and the second being Catch Me If You Can, both from Sonic Riders.
The soundtrack version has an extra verse at the end, whereas the version in the game loops back to the beginning before the final verse is sung. A truncated version of the song appears in "Super Smash Bros. Brawl".
Crush 40 have also made a cover of the song on the album True Blue: The Best of Sonic the Hedgehog. Bentley Jones covered the song as well under the title "Seven Rings in Hand ~ Fairytales in Trance~" for the Sonic and the Black Knight Vocal Trax album: Face to Faith.
Also performed by Steve Conte, this is the song used in the final end credits of the game. In a somewhat similar tone to the end theme of Sonic The Hedgehog (Xbox 360 and PS3), "My Destiny", it is a much slower and softer theme in comparison to the rest of the songs in the game.
An early demo version of the song is featured on Disc 2.
The Treasure Disc is also an enhanced CD that can be used in your computer to access some hidden media. This includes files that can be printed out to created a book cover that looks like the book from the game, wallpapers and sound files for your PC, a movie of the game's trailer, a digital recreation of the soundtrack's booklet, a large image of the game's poster, and also another printout to make a Sonic cutout.
In a review of Sonic and the Secret Rings, 1UP.com's Shane Bettenhausen bemoaned the music, citing the overuse of vocals and comparing it to "a local Winger cover band."[1] IGN's Matt Casamassina criticized the "cheesy 80s guitar riffs and even cheesier pop vocals".[2] However, GameSpot's Greg Mueller stated that "[t]he tunes are so incredibly cheesy that they are funny, and they seem to be a perfect match for Sonic's early-'90s sense of style."[3]
The album's title track was featured in the 2008 Wii game Super Smash Bros. Brawl, as background music in "Green Hill Zone" alongside other songs from various games in the series.[4]