Sonic the Hedgehog 2 - Masa's Demo Versions (Gamespeed)

A complete collection of the Demo versions of the music from Sonic 2, remade from scratch to match the tempo's the final game music uses, with the original Synth, alongside tracks that never had demo versions originally produced!

This whole album comes by way of Nuclear! One of the most talented and knowledgeable folk I know of when it comes to Sonic the Hedgehog, Nuclear has been working for a little while now to find all of the instruments used in the Sonic 2 Demo's, to ultimately end up creating what you're listening to here! All tracks, minus 21, 24, and 25 (which are reused from the official release) are recreated from scratched, sequenced faithfully to what's heard in the Demo's, down to the (lack of) panning in some of these Demo's! And, as a bonus, Nuclear even recreated some tracks not on the Demo album, including the Title Theme, Invincibility Theme, Staff Roll, Drowning Theme, alongside version 2's of some songs, with changes to better resemble their final game counterparts!

All of this was done using a mix of Yamaha SY77 hardware, and Gospel Musicians TGX-99 library for the UVI Falcon sampler! The results here are downright impressive, and I am honored to be able to share this here with you all. Nuclear really knocked it out of the park with making this happen, and I hope every single one of you watching enjoys this release!

If you would like to check out Nuclear's own works, please do check out his YouTube channel, where you can find various song deconstructions, remakes, and a new series, going over how to make songs in the styles of various different sonic composers:    / @nukeledge  

Lossless download link with a RAR file for convenience, and a folder with individual songs, if you only want to pick out specific songs: https://drive.google.com/drive/folder...

All of the instruments used here can be found on the ever useful NEWER VGM Sound Sources sheet, which is a fountain of knowledge for anyone seeking to accurately recreate the sound of a specific game: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...

And, if you enjoy our work, might I recommend you check out our side channel, Church Sermons? This channel allows our team to go out and create any kind of cover they want for whichever game they want, often delivering some honest to god fantastic covers (I HIGHLY recommend checking out Nuclear's Latin Fusion Remix of Angel Island Act 1). If that interests you, you can find the channel here:    / @churchsermonscok  

Timestamps:

(00:00) 00. SEGA
(00:01) 01. ~Bonus Track~ Title Screen
(00:12) 02. Emerald Hill Zone - Demo Tape Gamespeed
(01:56) 03. ~Bonus Track~ Invincibility
(02:15) 04. Chemical Plant Zone - Demo Tape Gamespeed
(04:21) 05. Aquatic Ruin Zone - Demo Tape Gamespeed
(05:51) 06. Casino Night Zone - Demo Tape Gamespeed
(08:06) 07. Hill Top Zone - Demo Tape Gamespeed
(09:49) 08. Mystic Cave Zone - Demo Tape Gamespeed
(11:56) 09. Oil Ocean Zone - Demo Tape Gamespeed
(13:42) 10. Metropolis Zone - Demo Tape Gamespeed
(15:26) 11. Mystic Cave Zone (2P) - Demo Tape Gamespeed
(17:27) 12. Casino Night Zone (2P) - Demo Tape Gamespeed
(19:09) 13. Death Egg Zone - Demo Tape Gamespeed
(21:08) 14. Death Egg Robot - Demo Tape Gamespeed
(23:17) 15. Emerald Hill Zone (2P) - Demo Tape Gamespeed
(24:45) 16. Sky Chase Zone - Demo Tape Gamespeed
(26:27) 17. Wing Fortress Zone - Demo Tape Gamespeed
(28:19) 18. Special Stage - Demo Tape Gamespeed
(30:09) 19. All Clear - Demo Tape Gamespeed
(31:29) 20. ~Bonus Track~ Staff Roll
(34:15) 21. Boss
(35:43) 22. Super Sonic - Demo Tape Gamespeed
(36:34) 23. Options - Demo Tape Gamespeed
(37:22) 24. Results
(39:37) 25. Unused Song
(40:37) 26. ~Bonus Track~ Oil Ocean Zone (Ver.2)
(42:24) 27. ~Bonus Track~ Metropolis Zone (Ver.2)
(44:08) 28. ~Bonus Track~ Special Stage (Ver.2)
(45:49) 29. ~Bonus Track~ Drowning