![]() Around the album, you will also get to hear the main theme and its variations, entitled “The World Adventure”, a heroic orchestral masterpiece. “Arid Sands – Night” makes a nice use of Trumpet fanfare, combined with violins, and a lead saxophone to give it that Arabian feeling while still giving the impression of a lounge band performance. “Rooftop Run – Night” is a very 1970’s inspired funk piece that combines the sound of the electric bass and accordion. Some tracks make unique combinations of instrument and genre you normally wouldn’t picture together. A lot of it can be described as Jazz interlude, Lounge Music, Big Band Broadway, and even street performance-inspired Soul, Blues, and Funk. Outside the style of worldly music used in the majority of the album, there are also various interesting choices of genre explored as well. ![]() Certainly, this soundtrack was given a lot of attention to detail. Mazuri, which is an alternative of Africa, offers Bamboo flute, percussions, like bongo drums, and the native chanting. The Chinese bamboo flute with a small hint of Shamisen was used for Chun-Nan, which is based off of China. The main instrument that represents Apotos is the Maccaferri Guitar combined with an Alto Flute. For example, Apotos, a regular Sonic stage, is heavily based off of Mykonos, which is a Greek Island. Specific instruments were handpicked to best represent any current city and country that Sonic can visit. It doesn’t follow a specific genre it follows the same musical style that many imaginative cultures have created ages ago. Unlike Sonic ’06 though, worldly music was the main approach for Planetary Pieces. In a way, it’s a spiritual successor to the Sonic the Hedgehog Original Soundtrack. The most important thing I have to point out about this soundtrack is that it is far different from any other music that fans have come to enjoy out of Sonic. ![]() They include the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Koji Haijima, well known for various Final Fantasy scores such as Dirge of Cerberus, Advent Children, and Final Fantasy IX. Fumie Kumatani, Hideki Kobayashi, and Takahito Eguchi not only make a return from Sonic ’06 as well, but accompanying them is a wonderful and talented group of performers. Tomoya Otani, who previously directed the Sonic ’06 soundtrack, returns once again to direct Planetary Pieces. Traveling to cities, countries, and continents that are vastly inspired by our own world, the choice for the musical approach was to give it that authentic cultural feeling, helping in bringing out the life in the area Sonic visits. In the game, Sonic not only undergoes a transformation, becoming a werewolf alter ego, but also gets the chance to travel around the world. Planetary Pieces is the three disc album behind the game Sonic World Adventure, or as it is known in the USA, Sonic Unleashed. Sonic Unleashed Original Soundtrack -Planetary Pieces. ![]()
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