Sonic Mania’s music is outstanding and deserves a call out

What’s really, really cool, though, is the music. The music in Sonic Mania is outstanding, and it’s a classic take on theme and variation.

Familiar levels like Green Hill Zone start in Act 1 with a jazzed up version of their original theme. That’s the “theme” in “theme and variation.” Then Act 2 starts, and we get a complete variation of that original theme, and it’s absolutely brilliant. Here are Green Hill Zone Acts 1 and 2 for your consideration.

See what I mean? We get that theme that we’re so used to, and then, like the game itself, we get a complete remix that manages to maintain the same hook that the original had in the first place.

This is brilliant composing, and it deserves a call out. The soundtrack for Sonic Mania was done by Tee Lopes. He did a great job.

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