I remember those. Good stuff. IGN was also the place that got all that Silver concept art, so someone there must've known someone at Sega at the time.
Speaking of Unleashed,
SonicGAF's Song of the Day - #67
Song: Dear My Friend
Game: Sonic Unleashed
Composer and Arrangement: Mariko Nanba
Co-Arrangement: Takahito Eguchi
Lyrics: Candie Y
Vocals: Brent Cash
Backing Vocals: Yoshihiko Chino, marhy
Piano: Takahito Eguchi
Guitar: Naganori Sakakibara
Strings: "Daisensei" Muroya Strings
It's vocal track day and the first day of December, so today's the perfect time for a sweet, subdued, wintery piece.
I'm a big fan of these melancholy ending themes. They're one of the series' older traditions, dating to Sonic 2, and I enjoy the quiet, reflective tone they bring in before the medleys and big rock finishes kick in. It doesn't hurt that they're a great excuse for the sound team to break out the piano either; Eguchi's the one tickling the ivories over in Lost World, but he was doing it here first. The lyrics are saccharine as can be, but they come off a lot better as filtered through Brent Cash's Chip, who's delightfully light and lilting and catches the beat just so, compared to the writer's previous efforts with Donna De Lory half-heartedly belting out "LOVE LOVE LOVE MY LOVE" back in '06.
Speaking of Unleashed,
SonicGAF's Song of the Day - #67
Song: Dear My Friend
Game: Sonic Unleashed
Composer and Arrangement: Mariko Nanba
Co-Arrangement: Takahito Eguchi
Lyrics: Candie Y
Vocals: Brent Cash
Backing Vocals: Yoshihiko Chino, marhy
Piano: Takahito Eguchi
Guitar: Naganori Sakakibara
Strings: "Daisensei" Muroya Strings
It's vocal track day and the first day of December, so today's the perfect time for a sweet, subdued, wintery piece.
I'm a big fan of these melancholy ending themes. They're one of the series' older traditions, dating to Sonic 2, and I enjoy the quiet, reflective tone they bring in before the medleys and big rock finishes kick in. It doesn't hurt that they're a great excuse for the sound team to break out the piano either; Eguchi's the one tickling the ivories over in Lost World, but he was doing it here first. The lyrics are saccharine as can be, but they come off a lot better as filtered through Brent Cash's Chip, who's delightfully light and lilting and catches the beat just so, compared to the writer's previous efforts with Donna De Lory half-heartedly belting out "LOVE LOVE LOVE MY LOVE" back in '06.