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Sonic the Hedgehog 1&2 Soundtrack Covers: A Graceful, Civil Discourse
Thanks for the scans, was interested in them. Now I know I'm glad I haven't paid for it. Bland, entirely uninspired and a complete joke. This is how VGM fans are treated after waiting for 2 decades? Nicely done.
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I am also very disappointed Last edited by Maze; Oct 20, 2011 at 03:50 AM. Reason: There is no need for my previous post. |
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DXAshram, can you scan your CD's?
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The demos are really sweet.
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nvm ..................
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I still can't understand this post? The booklet is pretty nice what I can see, simple colors, has information, even liners in english. What else you want? Furry Sonic porn or other meaningless shit.
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could have been more interesting if Sonic had tentacles instead of needles
(except if you like sm porn) |
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I suppose I can. Gimme a bit, gotta break out the scanner.
I don't quite know what you're looking for here. The manual, aside from giving readers an idea of what Nakamura did for the soundtrack and the two-fold picture of original Sonic art, isn't going to contain some long-lost gem of information. All the pertinent info is in the demos and it delivers. Last edited by DXAshram; Oct 20, 2011 at 10:52 AM. |
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It just somewhat feels like a rushed product. I may have expected too much, but for something as popular and defining as the first two Sonic games, many people's childhood treasures and the reason they got into VGM, it just feels too easy to go ahead (nearly 19 years after the release of Sonic 2 and seeing that this album is the first release ever of the music in that form on CD) and e.g. put some blue text on a white piece of paper. Info itself is great, liked the interview. It's the presentation that I'm not 100% d'accord with. But it's all subjective, I'm sure some people like the minimalistic touch and the blue/white theme and the rather uninspired Sonic1-on-grey-background-cover. That being said, as far as the musical content goes, the 3rd disc feels completely misplaced. Love the rest though, including the lovely demo tracks was a pretty neat idea. Love the sound of the Marble Zone demo and Chemical Plant's demo is like a complete new awesome song.
Last edited by Zethe; Oct 20, 2011 at 11:24 AM. |
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No Zethe you didn't expect much, they just weren't thinking with their heads when the front cover and booklet's art got approved. Sonic's world is full of bright and vivid colors and yet we get this grey and white designs that look like someone spent 3 minutes to put it all together. Minimalism can be done with taste, but this is not the case here.
Nowadays there's a lot of doujin albums that look more professional then this. |
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Anything more than the CD with the demos is icing on the cake. I mean, seriously, how much time do you expect them to put into a niche CD that will sell maybe 5-10K copies worldwide? |
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I'm just happy they didn't throw it up on iTunes and call it a day.
Plus, the cover is a work of art compared to this: http://vgmdb.net/album/2054 |
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Really digging the demo versions. Disc 2 is essentially a synthy arranged album, love it. It's cool to hear what direction Masato was originally going in with the music. Seems like if he did the Sonic 2 soundtrack today on modern consoles, it would be mostly jazz. These tracks will take some getting used to though, as I'm so familiar with the originals.
I happen to really dig the simple design of the album, too. Things were a lot simpler back in the early 90s (games too!) and maybe this was their way of conveying that message. Somehow I feel if the artwork was too flashy, there would be complainers about that too. Keep in mind, this was released by DCT Records, Nakamura's own label, not Sega. But if you didn't actually pay for this, you have no right to complain. Maybe if you actually had the physical album in front of you instead of looking at a compressed scan on a computer monitor, you'd see things differently. The real focus here is the music anyway, everything else is just a bonus. Great artwork does not a good album make. Also it's than, not then, Sir Professional. |
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So nowadays we have to pay for something to have a "right" to criticize it? Hello elitism db. It really seems that some people should get off their imaginary high horse here.
Last edited by Zethe; Oct 20, 2011 at 09:52 PM. |
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If you're a real fan of the classic Sonic Soundtracks you perhaps might have supported the original composer. What really matters is the music and a official release and not your questionable ranting about the Artwork. |
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It's an opinion and this is a discussion board. Maybe I've missed that only owners of a CD are allowed to discuss though, that could be yes. But that doesn't change the fact that that is a very poor rule.
Last edited by Zethe; Oct 21, 2011 at 12:13 AM. |
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Just so we don't turn this thread into a trainwreck, there's two different arguments here:
1. The artwork sucks (this is a valid debate) 2. The artwork sucks and thus this album isn't worth buying (flamebait alert!) Please try and keep things civil =) |
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It's a shallow opinion. How do you support the composer if not buying his album, hmm? In my eyes you're a waste of time because you're ignorant to the fact that you're buying the album and not the artwork. It's all the proof we ever needed. |
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Just to get this sorted: I've never said that people shouldn't buy it. I've said I'm glad I didn't buy it.
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Perhaps you're right - however I'm not the one who has a problem with the design and artwork. |
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This is no technical discussion where there's something "to know about". This is (should be!) a discussion about a creative product and everyone should be able to express his or her opinion about that, not just a selected circle of people who paid for it (you see how we go in circles there?) Last edited by Zethe; Oct 21, 2011 at 02:31 AM. |
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Well I don't really see a problem with Zethe complaining about the album Art from an album he didn't buy, I usually try to find out as much about a product before buying it too, and when I see there's no love is put into it and there's just someone who wants to make money and don't care for any fans, I don't really feel like buying it, and if this happens sure I would complain about - didn't really happened with soundtracks yet, though, mostly DVDs - over the years there were a couple of things I really wanted to buy but when I've read some of the customer reviews, it happens that I changed my mind about.
Anyways, when it comes to this cover art, when I first saw the cover here I also was a bit "surprised" to say the least, after all the recent covers from Wavemaster's 20th Anniversary CDs I expected something different. But it didn't took long for me to realise that this different approach actually makes sense, it looks very retro-ish, which sure fits to the contents of the CDs. Besides, Sonic 1 and 2's original game covers weren't anything more fency if I remember correctly. Basically it was Sonic on a white Background, wasn't it? So it's not too much different here. Besides I don't really have a problem with simplistic album artwork, otherwise I probably would have a problem with all these Final Fantasy albums which mostly consist of font on a white Background and not much else. Anyways I'm looking forward getting the album - I for one have nothing to complain about it. |
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I apologize for contributing to the flame bait nonsense. It's just a pet peeve of mine when pirates, meaning people who won't support the artist by purchasing their album but will happily download the music and/or scans, complain about it. I relate it to those people who refuse to vote but then complain about how the elected officials are doing. Sure you technically can complain, no one is stopping you, but the people who actually voted have a legitimate reason to do so while the non-voters definitely don't. Remember, beggars can’t be choosers.
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Not related to the double tracklist that was posted but did anyone notice the CD-TEXT data on the discs? It varies slightly from the tracklist printed in the booklet. Main difference is casing and it uses a single dash instead of the double tildes. Not major, just thought I'd mention it. I rarely see that with VGM releases. |
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Either you haven't understood anything of what I wrote, or you just don't see how high you imagine yourself to float above others. The only flame in this very thread comes from you people that don't acknowledge other people's opinions or differentiate when there's no valid reason.
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What a materialistic point of view. If buying an album is the ultimate tribute to you, then I don't know. Shouldn't it be about loving the music first? Anyway, I don't understand your point. I also like the music very much, but the front cover artwork is mediocre at best and doesn't fit the series very well.
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First, in this particular case, as in several others, the album is self-published. In such cases, some of the money will make its way back to the artist (after cuts are taken out for the distributor and retailer). This supports the artist. Second, even if no money paid for the album ever makes it into the artist's hands, as in most cases of music published by major labels, by purchasing a copy of the album you have given the publisher a bit more of a reason to publish more of the artist's work in the future, which would provide more money to the artist. This is also support. Finally, by paying money for an artist's work you are showing him or her that it has value to you. Whether or not they receive any financial compensation, it is worthwhile to encourage people whose work you admire. I think that you would agree that this too is a form of support, perhaps the most important one. |
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Do you know why you can't understand it? Because we know that these tracks are the money worth. We don't download for the sake of having it, no, we buy it, because we're collectors. If you still insist to discuss about a silly artwork, it's fine by me, but it's just swallow to me. You're not collectors, just merely downloaders. This is VGMdb after all and not a DC++ Hub or Share Portal. We're not NeoGAF, FFShrine or anything else, VGMdb is about collecting. Quote:
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I wasn't implying that downloading this album is okay, if you like the music (which I did not btw). I just don't see the connection between loving the music and the urge to BUY this album. I supported the composer 20 years ago, when Sonic was released in the first place. Why isn't it okay to show respect to the composer in just saying that the music is good?
PS: You shouldn't accuse me without even knowing me. Or do you? |
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Xenofan 29A: that's exactly why I've written the words in brackets.
Contrary to what some people seem to believe I don't write that stuff because I like to do it, I don't complain just for the sake of it. Quite the contrary, I'd hate to be like that; I hate to seem like a troll who just complains about something, I'm not. Look at my first post in this thread again, the one that started it all. In the first post I expressed my disappointment about the artwork. Even if a bit dramatic in wordage, it is still only an opinion. This one line would have been my one and only post in this thread about this, if people had accepted it as an opinion, and not made a huge paying elite vs not paying argument out of it. From that on I only defended my point of view. Look at my post number: I rarely post here. "Paying people are worth more than not paying people, their words are valued higher than other people's". These types of thoughts get me. We should end that now, you know what I think, I know what some people @ VGMdb seem to think. We don't seem to come to end @ this and at least I think that it only gets worse from here (it got bad already). There's no word of sorry, because I'm true to my words here. I've only said what I think, and since this is a discussion board I think as long as I don't insult so. badly, this should be respected. And one final sentence about me and buying stuff: I've started buying things maybe a year ago, I don't remember exactly, could be slightly longer (edit: just looked, one year and one month). And for one year my collection is quite OK imho (it should actually not matter one tiny bit, but it seems it does). I've paid quite an amount of money for some of these, so any argument that I'm not a collector who likes to buy stuff is simply not valid. Last edited by Zethe; Oct 21, 2011 at 11:09 AM. |
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You don't have to buy something to complain about it. Since we are getting music from online as opposed to a store, vgm collectors (outside Japan) don't really discriminate against bad looking covers.
With that said, what is so bad about this cover??? The colors go well together. It isn't cluttered with a bunch-of stuff. What you said was way over-the-top. "This is how Sega treats its fans after 20 years of waiting" This made me think that Sega had botched the music on these discs. That they had done a sloppy job in releasing the music. You caused me actually start to panic over my purchase. Then I read about how this is all over a game cover. -_o
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