Sonic the hedgehog originals: Emerald beach zone

After acquiring the Genesis ('Mega drive' to Brits like myself) sound fonts, I became compelled to work on some new musical thangs. Thangs of which I guess was always going to become Sonic the hedgehog related. Because for the past year I've been pretty much incapable of composing anything other than stuff which sounds like some Sonic shit.

Note: This marks my third original Sonic the hedgehog soundtrack.

WHEN WILL SOMEBODY RELEASE ME FROM THIS RING INFESTED HELL!?

Just kidding. The truth is I love it and don't want to leave. Clearly.

The first zone of every Sonic game in my mind is always an offshoot of Green hill zone. Trees, blue skies, waterfalls, chequered brick work and all that shit. So this composition is the aural embodiment of that with some tropical nuances thrown in for good measure. My musical inspiration for this piece was "Palm tree panic" from Sonic CD. I wanted to create something which had a slightly Latin vibe under lying it. This is nowhere near Latino-centric as "Palm tree panic", but there is some percussive shit going on that Gloria Estefan could step her old foot to and that Pitbull would probably guest feature on if I threw him a tenner, because that guy features on everything.

So, here's the sunny first piece from my new original Sonic the hedgehog soundtrack.

If you liked this, please feel free to share it, tweet it, like it, release a twerk video to it, e-mail it to SEGA, tell me you love me and that your body is ready for my music. Or whatever.

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