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Entry 2: Sonic 3 ~ Ice Cap Zone Act 1


Ciraxis

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THE ENTRY CONTAINS SPOILERS FOR SONIC 3 AND SONIC ADVENTURE READ AT YOUR OWN RISK.

Blitzing with a speed of certain blue hedgehog, here comes entry number 2. And while this is our second entry, the theme I will present will come from the third one of the certain series.

Released in February 2, 1994 Sonic 3 was not a complete game. Originally both Sonic 3 and Sonic & Knuckles were meant to be one title but certain constrains (read: time and money) made it so they were released separately. Luckily though, the latter of the two titles came on the special Lock-on cartridge that enabled to fuse the games and play all levels continuously. Additionally it could be also be linked with Sonic 2 to allow playing the game levels as Knuckles.

But separate or not, both games were critical success, which shouldn't surprise anyone. As a flagship mascot of still-by-that-time hardware-producing SEGA, Sonic titles had unmatched charm and quality.

The quality of the games, of course also included music. And todays piece comes from from the coolest level of the Sonic 3 - in one way or other -

. Beginning the zone with snowboard ride was just awesome, and so was navigating through the icy labyrinth that made the zone.

There are also some unconfirmed rumors concerning this tracks, at first the one that apparently helped create the theme was none other the Michael Jackson! It was known that Jackson worked at the Sonic 3 music and some say that his work was not completely removed. There are certainly many similarities with his songs. Recently though, it was reveled that the theme apparently was not based on any of the Michael songs but the "Hard Times" recorded by The Jetzons, and composed by Brad Buxer.

However it may not be a real case either, since at the same time Sonic & Knuckles Collection released for PC had music of Ice Cap Zone along with Carnival Zone and Lunch Base Zone (also rumored to be composed by Jackson) removed. What is the truth we may never know, but one thing remains certain. Ice Cap Zone theme is just chilling.

Additionally, Sonic 3 wasn't the only appearance of the icy landscape. The Zone returned in the Sonic Adventure along with snowboarding section. Amusingly enough, just as slide down the mountain happened at the beginning of the Zone in Sonic 3, in Adventure it's reserved for end of the level. Certainly a case of Book End's.

Score: Ice Cap Zone

Game: Sonic the Hedgehog 3

Composers: Brad Buxer, Michael Jackson (unconfirmed)

This concludes our second entry. If your you feel a little cold worry not, for tomorrow we will meet on the scorched sands of the certain planet.

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best song ever, i still have my sega console, have the Ice cap trak on my Ipod and i LOVED sonic 2-3-S&K the later newer stuff not so much but SAB2 was alright and i'm curious about the new sonic TV series looks pretty cool just can't find it anywhere

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