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Doddsino
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http://kotaku.com/5418198/yes-michael-jackson-did-work-on-sonic-the-hedgehog-3
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Late pop star Michael Jackson had a fairly close relationship with Sega, lending his image to Space Channel 5 and Michael Jackson's Moonwalker. Jackson was also rumored to have contributed to Sonic the Hedgehog 3, a rumor now confirmed.
According to an interview in the French magazine Black & White—the "official magazine of Michael Jackson"—Jackson's composer and musical director Brad Buxer says Michael was responsible for some of Sonic 3's compositions. The themes that appear in Sonic 3 and some of Jackson's own songs are not a coincidence.
As for Sega and Sonic the Hedgehog lead Yuji Naka's caginess about confirming Jackson's involvement? This may be your answer.
And if he is not credited for composing the music, it's because he was not happy with the result sound coming out of the console," Buxer said. "At the time, game consoles did not allow an optimal sound reproduction, and Michael found it frustrating. He did not want to be associated with a product that devalued his music.
That translation of the interview comes from a poster on the VGMdb forums, who we'll credit for helping to finally put an end to this mystery. |
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Slayer1
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Sedix19
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docinsano
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I thought we already had a thread discussing this
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Ky-Guy
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| docinsano wrote: |
| I thought we already had a thread discussing this |
We did, this is just a confirmation of it all. At least we know that Michael Jackson worked on Sonic 3.
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Ba'al
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It's pretty obvious from the stylings of the sub-boss and Launch Base Zone music.
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UsaSatsui
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Doddsino
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Actually, Jackson provided his voice on the Simpsons but he wanted compensation for singing, so they instead opted to get someone to sing like him than pay anymore, which he signed off on.
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Optimist With Doubts
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jackfrost
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| Doddsino wrote: |
| Actually, Jackson provided his voice on the Simpsons but he wanted compensation for singing, so they instead opted to get someone to sing like him than pay anymore, which he signed off on. |
According to the DVD commentary he was contractually forbidden to sing. That honestly makes more sense to me considering he didn't want his name in the credits for his speaking role or penning the song at the end. I think he would have flat out refused to be part of the show at all if compensation was the issue. I'm also pretty sure Fox would have green lit any amount he asked for given the show's popularity and the publicity it would have drawn.
I'm also not convinced that Michael was anything more than casual influence on Sonic 3. Just because one person confirms it doesn't mean it is true. People are known to embellish stories to make them more interesting. The Sega16 article just cemented that belief for me.
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Doddsino
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You're probably right on that Jackfrost, I just heard the story a long time ago and got the details mixed up. Michael actually seemed like a pretty cool guy overall, so it would make more sense.
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JRA
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I'm sorry did that article say "Jackson's composer?"
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There are a lot of what if's in life Donny. What if I hit you really hard in the face, knocked yo shit to the back of yo skull? What if I....had you girl gargle my nuts? The fact remains, you are a fuckin mutant. |
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FNJ
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Slayer1
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JoshWoodzy
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That sounds like if a kid on ecstasy with a MJ fixation composed music for a truly subpar Genesis game. Wait....that's probably not too far from the truth.
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Sexton Hardcastle
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| joshwoodzell wrote: |
| That sounds like if a kid on ecstasy with a MJ fixation composed music for a truly subpar Genesis game. Wait....that's probably not too far from the truth. |
I remembered Sonic 3 being sub-par myself, but I downloaded on XBLA yesterday out of boredom, and it is definitely a lot better then I remembered. Kind of short, but still a lot of fun.
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UsaSatsui
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Sonic 3 is subpar because it's unfinished. Hooked up with S&K, it's incredible.
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username
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| UsaSatsui wrote: |
| Sonic 3 is subpar because it's unfinished. Hooked up with S&K, it's incredible. |
here here
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Ky-Guy
Title: Obscure Nintendo Gamer
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| username wrote: |
| UsaSatsui wrote: |
| Sonic 3 is subpar because it's unfinished. Hooked up with S&K, it's incredible. |
here here |
Well, it was apparently made that was because of time constraints.
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FNJ
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that song is pretty cool, but I don't remember that water level that's in the middle of the vid.
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Sexton Hardcastle
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| FNJ wrote: |
| that song is pretty cool, but I don't remember that water level that's in the middle of the vid. |
That was bugging me too, so after doing some extensive research, AKA, reading some of the YouTube comments I found out it is from Sonic the Hedgehog Megamix, some multi person remake of the first game, although it actually looks pretty good.
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Shut up, Dorn
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Arcane
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| Sexton Hardcastle wrote: |
| joshwoodzell wrote: |
| That sounds like if a kid on ecstasy with a MJ fixation composed music for a truly subpar Genesis game. Wait....that's probably not too far from the truth. |
I remembered Sonic 3 being sub-par myself, but I downloaded on XBLA yesterday out of boredom, and it is definitely a lot better then I remembered. Kind of short, but still a lot of fun. |
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Wow.
People actually thought Sonic 3 was 'sub-par?' Especially when Sonic has a long history of shitty, sloppy games under his belt...
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FNJ
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that might be your opinion, but I don't see any sort of tome anywhere that has "sonic games are terrible" written in stone, as handed down by the voice of god, channeled through a burning bush.
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Slayer1
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I don't really think that last few games could really qualify as "sonic games". They are like the inbred child of the Sega franchise...
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