![]() The theme for Wacky Workbench Good Future in the Japanese and European versions of the game is similar in parts to the song "Olympic" by 808 State.The theme for Wacky Workbench Present in the Japanese and European versions of the game bears some similarity to the song "Flow Coma" by 808 State.Garden menu from the Japanese and European versions of the game (also an unused level theme) opens with music and sounds that are very, very similar to the song "Pacific 202" by 808 State. The boss music in the US version is suspiciously similar to the equally creepy "Pressure Road" from Ys II.The most notable one is in the 3rd section of the Bad Future version. Practically all JP versions of Palmtree Panic sound similar to Super Mario's Starman theme in certain segments of the tracks.Flying Battery Zone's theme borrows considerably from the airship theme in The Revenge of Shinobi.The theme of the glowing spheres bonus stage is so close to the main riff of James Brown's Sex Machine, it would almost qualify as a cover.You will never look at Sonic & Knuckless miniboss music the same way again.The True Final Boss theme of Sonic 3 & Knuckles is similar to The Strongest Foe, the Final Boss theme of Ys III: Wanderers from Ys.Sky Sanctuary, to "Sky High" by Jigsaw.Flying Battery also derives part of its melody from the James Bond theme's opening notes.Oingo Boingo's "Weird Science" sounds like a precursor to Sonic music, particularly the Flying Battery Zone.Interestingly, Michael Jackson, involved in composing Sonic 3's music, recorded a version of "Behind the Mask" with new lyrics, which was often covered (his version wasn't officially released until a remix on 2010's Michael). Another YMO similarity can be found with the chord progression of the intro to the theme for the Sonic & Knuckles version of Hidden Palace Zone, which is the same as YMO's "Behind the Mask".It also resembles the bassline for the instrumental version of "Wild Ambitions" by highly influential Japanese Synth-Pop group Yellow Magic Orchestra. The bass line in the beginning portion of the song, which gets re-used throughout, is very similar to the bass line from the song "Soaring Mosaic" by John Kaizan Neptune.The Launch Base Zone music uses the "GO!" yell from Run≭.M.C.'s "Peter Piper," as well as a bass hook similar to Nu Shooz's "I Can't Wait".The Act 2 boss theme resembles the first half of Stage 7's music from Raiden II.The No Way! screen is like a 16-bit instrumental version of "Honk Around the Clock" from Sesame Street. ![]() The IceCap Zone theme is like a 16-bit instrumental version of "Hard Times" by The Jetzons, a band for which composer Brad Buxer was the keyboardist.This was taken a step further with Sonic Mania's miniboss track, aptly titled "Danger on the Dance Floor".The latter is also believed to be an inversion, though, as the original Dangerous demo lacked the distinctive four-beat drum hit heard in the final 1997 version. The percussion track for Knuckles's theme and the miniboss theme in the Sonic 3 half sound like they came straight from Michael Jackson's "In the Closet" or "Blood on the Dance Floor".In Carnival Night Zone, the beat from Michael Jackson's "Jam" is used, along with the trumpet riff and stock glass-breaking sound, and the main melody is based on Julius Fucik's "Entry of the Gladiators", which was also interpolated in Mystic Cave Zone from Sonic 2. ![]() "Alarm Call" by Björk also bears some similarities to the Marble Garden Zone's theme.but, strangely enough, it was eventually confirmed to have nothing to do with Michael Jackson or his team, as Sega composer Miyoko Takaoka confirmed in 2014 that she composed the piece. The Marble Garden theme and " Thriller" are quite similar. ![]()
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