Seven Rings in Hand: Sonic and the Secret Rings Original Sound Track

Sonic and the Secret Rings
Soundtrack album by Wave Master
Released March 15, 2007 (2007-03-15)
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

Tracklist

Disc 1 : Adventure Disc

  1. Seven Rings In Hand (Main Theme/Alf Layla wa-Layla)
  2. The Lost Prologue
  3. Let The Speed Mend It (Sand Oasis)
  4. Poison Spear (Sand Scorpion)
  5. The Wicked Wild (Dinosaur Jungle)
  6. The Palace That Was Found (Evil Foundry)
  7. How It Started (Ifrit Golem)
  8. High And Broken (Levitated Ruin; unlyricised)
  9. No Way Through (Pirate Storm)
  10. Blue On The Run (Captain Bemoth)
  11. The White Of Sky (Skeleton Dome)
  12. Unawakening Float (Night Palace)
  13. It Has Come To This (Erazor Djinn)
  14. Worth A Chance (Ending Theme)

Disc 2 : Treasure Disc

  1. The Last Palace
  2. Sandstorm
  3. Power Of The Ring
  4. Misgiving
  5. Judgment
  6. Ali Baba & Sinbad Rescued!
  7. Shimmer Of Hot Air
  8. The Legendary Blue Hedgehog
  9. His Fate
  10. Shimmer Of Hot Air "Heartbeat"
  11. King Of King
  12. The Promise
  13. Shimmer Of Hot Air "Rage"
  14. Miss You
  15. Revive
  16. Character Serect [sic]
  17. Advertise
  18. Party Dress
  19. Yellow Sneakers
  20. Blue Shirt
  21. Violin Beginner's Class
  22. Violin Middle Class
  23. Violin Higher's Class
  24. White Gloves
  25. Pull On It!
  26. Purple Pants
  27. Worth A Chance - Original Version -

Special Content:

  1. DIGITAL TREASURE BOX (Special Enhanced CD)

Seven Rings in Hand

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.

Worth A Chance

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.

Digital Treasure Box

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.

Critical reception

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]

Legacy

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]

References

  1. ^ Bettenhausen, Shane (February 20, 2007). "Sonic and the Secret Rings (Wii)". 1UP.com. http://www.1up.com/do/reviewPage?cId=3157332. Retrieved January 8, 2009. 
  2. ^ Casamassina, Matt (February 20, 2007). "Sonic and the Secret Rings". IGN. http://wii.ign.com/articles/766/766214p1.html. Retrieved December 6, 2009. 
  3. ^ Mueller, Greg (February 20, 2007). "Sonic and the Secret Rings Review". GameSpot. http://www.gamespot.com/wii/action/sonicrevolution/review.html. Retrieved January 8, 2009. 
  4. ^ "Full Song List with Secret Songs". Smash Bros. DOJO!!. http://www.smashbros.com/en_us/music/music24_list.html. Retrieved January 8, 2010.