Which series has better music? Sonic or Mario?

i remember mario for the gameplay... but sonic i remember for the music...id say sonic.

Sonic. But I still enjoyed Mario's gameplay slightly more than Sonic's.

Overall I guess I'd say Mario, but Sonic has some really great tracks.

Sonic. But I still enjoyed Mario's gameplay slightly more than Sonic's.

Emerald_Warrior

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Sonic. But I still enjoyed Mario's gameplay slightly more than Sonic's.

KillerCannonade

Are you speaking English?

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Sonic. But I still enjoyed Mario's gameplay slightly more than Sonic's.

Emerald_Warrior

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Sonic

Flying Battery Zone enough said :P

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_T7hdIh-gtw

I don't remember many awesome sonic tracks honestly. There probably were some, but apparently none of them stuck out in my memory.

There are a few Mario songs that stick out to me, Sonic on the otherhand...

[spoiler] BOOM!

Sonic 1 - 1, 2, 3
Sonic 2 - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Sonic CD - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Sonic 3 & Knuckles - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
Sonic 3D Blast (Saturn) - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Sonic Colors - 1, 2. 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
Sonic Generations: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 [/spoiler]

You can debate about gameplay, but when it comes to music, Sonic wins, easily.

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Sonic. But I still enjoyed Mario's gameplay slightly more than Sonic's.

Emerald_Warrior

Are you speaking English?

[QUOTE="KillerCannonade"][QUOTE="Emerald_Warrior"]

Sonic. But I still enjoyed Mario's gameplay slightly more than Sonic's.

Emerald_Warrior

Are you speaking English?

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[QUOTE="KillerCannonade"] Talks about gameplay when no gameplay? Appears to be in a frozen state of shock and had to go off topic. Seems to be... Contained. Adding "But"like that would add or change his mind about music. I draw thy line, if be Igloo Monger?Spinnerweb

Are you speaking English?

I just figured he doesn't speak english fluently or he's using some kind of an online translator or something.

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Are you speaking English?

thecrypticodor

I just figured he doesn't speak english fluently or he's using some kind of an online translator or something.

Mario... I think 98% of the people will immediately recognize the main tune by its first notes even if they never have played the game. That's a pretty big achievement.

Sonic. Music was always Sega's strong point. Altho Nintendo games had some very nice tunes as well.

Sonic has the better music.

Mario's music is jsut more iconic.

Mario :) ,They really did it with Mario Galaxy 1 and 2 XD

Sonic overall, at least in the 8/16-bit era. I think my favorite song from either is the underworld them from Super Mario Bros. 2:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mk6vzlwtiFc

This is going to be stuck in my head for a month now.

Music Goes to Sonic. The sound designers are usually fairly consistent in introducing near tracks.

Mario has a fairly robust sound team as well(I Lurvs you fluffy buff galaxy), but does not get the win in the music design because all they seem to be focused on doing at times is finding a new way to remix the overworld/underworld themes instead of shooting for new tracks, which gets repetitive real fast(Again, there ARE exceptions).

Sonic has much better music

Sonic, hands down...

Here are some more Sonic tracks that haven't been mentioned yet:

Sonic the Hedgehog (8-bit) - Bridge Zone (by Yuzo Koshiro)

Sonic 2 - Emerald Hill (by Masato Nakamura)

Sonic 2 (8-bit) - Crystal Egg Zone (by Naofumi Hataya)

Sonic 2 (8-bit) - Green Hills (by Naofumi Hataya)

Sonc CD - Sonic Warrior (by Naofumi Hataya)

Sonic 3 - End Credits (by Michael Jackson)

Sonic Adventure 2 - City Escape (by Jun Senoue)

Sonic Colors - Planet Wisp (Act 1) (by Kenichi Tokoi)

Sonic Generations - Planet Wisp (Modern) (by Kenichi Tokoi)

I'd say it was a pretty even toss up until this game came out, then Mario won in an absolute landslide.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-z2kxFCQ_mQ

Sonic, hands down...

Here are some more Sonic tracks that haven't been mentioned yet:

Sonic the Hedgehog (8-bit) - Bridge Zone (by Yuzo Koshiro)

Sonic 2 - Emerald Hill (by Masato Nakamura)

Sonic 2 (8-bit) - Crystal Egg Zone (by Naofumi Hataya)

Sonic 2 (8-bit) - Green Hills (by Naofumi Hataya)

Sonc CD - Sonic Warrior (by Naofumi Hataya)

Sonic 3 - End Credits (by Michael Jackson)

Sonic Adventure 2 - City Escape (by Jun Senoue)

Sonic Colors - Planet Wisp (Act 1) (by Kenichi Tokoi)

Sonic Generations - Planet Wisp (Modern) (by Kenichi Tokoi)

Jag85

I mentioned the Sonic 3 credits along with all the Planet Wisps, but granted my post was huge. Hell, I posted 50 songs, and didn't even bother posting any of the handhelds' or Adventure series' music. Probably the most consistent attribute of the Sonic franchise is the stellar music, because every game, good or bad, has at least one great track. Mario, quite frankly, isn't even in the same league. :cool:

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Sonic, hands down...

Here are some more Sonic tracks that haven't been mentioned yet:

Sonic the Hedgehog (8-bit) - Bridge Zone (by Yuzo Koshiro)

Sonic 2 - Emerald Hill (by Masato Nakamura)

Sonic 2 (8-bit) - Crystal Egg Zone (by Naofumi Hataya)

Sonic 2 (8-bit) - Green Hills (by Naofumi Hataya)

Sonc CD - Sonic Warrior (by Naofumi Hataya)

Sonic 3 - End Credits (by Michael Jackson)

Sonic Adventure 2 - City Escape (by Jun Senoue)

Sonic Colors - Planet Wisp (Act 1) (by Kenichi Tokoi)

Sonic Generations - Planet Wisp (Modern) (by Kenichi Tokoi)

Renegade_Fury

I mentioned the Sonic 3 credits along with all the Planet Wisps, but granted my post was huge. Hell, I posted 50 songs, and didn't even bother posting any of the handhelds' or Adventure series' music. Probably the most consistent attribute of the Sonic franchise is the stellar music, because every game, good or bad, has at least one great track. Mario, quite frankly, isn't even in the same league. :cool:

Bet yeah, Sonic is most certainly a league above Mario. While Mario has a few iconic tunes, it gets repetitive recycling those same tunes over and over again. On the other hand, Sonic creates a new soundtrack for every game, rarely ever recycling tunes (besides Sonic Generations). The only Mario soundtrack that comes close is probably Mario Galaxy, in my opinion.

P.S. Here's a few more I might add:

Sonic Xtreme - Space Queens (by Chris Senn)

Sonic 4 - Splash Hill Zone (by Jun Senoue)

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[QUOTE="Jag85"]

Sonic, hands down...

Here are some more Sonic tracks that haven't been mentioned yet:

Sonic the Hedgehog (8-bit) - Bridge Zone (by Yuzo Koshiro)

Sonic 2 - Emerald Hill (by Masato Nakamura)

Sonic 2 (8-bit) - Crystal Egg Zone (by Naofumi Hataya)

Sonic 2 (8-bit) - Green Hills (by Naofumi Hataya)

Sonc CD - Sonic Warrior (by Naofumi Hataya)

Sonic 3 - End Credits (by Michael Jackson)

Sonic Adventure 2 - City Escape (by Jun Senoue)

Sonic Colors - Planet Wisp (Act 1) (by Kenichi Tokoi)

Sonic Generations - Planet Wisp (Modern) (by Kenichi Tokoi)

Jag85

I mentioned the Sonic 3 credits along with all the Planet Wisps, but granted my post was huge. Hell, I posted 50 songs, and didn't even bother posting any of the handhelds' or Adventure series' music. Probably the most consistent attribute of the Sonic franchise is the stellar music, because every game, good or bad, has at least one great track. Mario, quite frankly, isn't even in the same league. :cool:

Bet yeah, Sonic is most certainly a league above Mario. While Mario has a few iconic tunes, it gets repetitive recycling those same tunes over and over again. On the other hand, Sonic creates a new soundtrack for every game, rarely ever recycling tunes (besides Sonic Generations). The only Mario soundtrack that comes close is probably Mario Galaxy, in my opinion.

P.S. Here's another one I forgot:

Sonic 4 - Splash Hill Zone (by Jun Senoue)

Just for a lame dramatic effect. :P

Isn't that the truth? Mario music is good, but I agree that they do tend to recyle so much of it. That, and I don't find any of Mario's music worth listening to on its own. For example, I loved Galaxy 2's sountrack like for the Perfect Run, but I never get the urge to listen to it just for fun. Sonic's music, on the otherhand, ranges from pop to rock, and I find that type of music way more enjoyable and easy to get into.

I'm not that high on Sonic 4's music because of the weird instruments they used, but some tracks like Mad Gear Act 1 and Death Egg MK II, I do like.

Sonic, hands down...

Here are some more Sonic tracks that haven't been mentioned yet:

Sonic the Hedgehog (8-bit) - Bridge Zone (by Yuzo Koshiro)

Sonic 2 - Emerald Hill (by Masato Nakamura)

Sonic 2 (8-bit) - Crystal Egg Zone (by Naofumi Hataya)

Sonic 2 (8-bit) - Green Hills (by Naofumi Hataya)

Sonc CD - Sonic Warrior (by Naofumi Hataya)

Sonic 3 - End Credits (by Michael Jackson)

Sonic Adventure 2 - City Escape (by Jun Senoue)

Sonic Colors - Planet Wisp (Act 1) (by Kenichi Tokoi)

Sonic Generations - Planet Wisp (Modern) (by Kenichi Tokoi)

Jag85

Both had great music in the beggining, but Sonic's isn't as good as it used to be. Meanwhile, Mario keeps getting better and better in the sound department. The ochestrated tunes of Mario Galaxy are incredible.

Not to say Sonic's new music is bad, per se. But not quite as good as Modern Mario's.

Mario. No Question.

Also lol, TC already banned. Farewell again, Another48Hours/ LastResort.

Sonic. No question.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pn-AtNRcUQY

Sonic has better music by far. especially when you set up for stereo sound (headphone jack on the genesis model1 for me) Mario music is easily ignored. It sounds good at first, but you quickly forget the music.

Sonic probably has the better music, but I haven't played a lot of Sonic games, as I prefer the Mario franchise. So I haven't heard a lot of the Sonic music.

Just for a lame dramatic effect. :P

Isn't that the truth? Mario music is good, but I agree that they do tend to recyle so much of it. That, and I don't find any of Mario's music worth listening to on its own. For example, I loved Galaxy 2's sountrack like for the Perfect Run, but I never get the urge to listen to it just for fun. Sonic's music, on the otherhand, ranges from pop to rock, and I find that type of music way more enjoyable and easy to get into.

I'm not that high on Sonic 4's music because of the weird instruments they used, but some tracks like Mad Gear Act 1 and Death Egg MK II, I do like.

Renegade_Fury

It's also worth pointing out the fact that Sonic's music influenced some of the biggest pop stars of its time, which is a testament to Sonic's quality of music. The king of pop himself, Michael Jackson, liked the music of the first two Sonic games enough to come on board as composer for Sonic 3, until he eventually dropped out of the project and went uncredited. Nevertheless, the End Credits for Sonic 3 formed the basis for his hit song Stranger in Moscow. In addition, Yuzo Koshiro's Bridge Zone theme from the 8-bit version of Sonic later formed the basis for his sister Janet Jackson's biggest hit single, Together Again.

By the way, before you noticed, I edited my post before and added the following unreleased Sonic track, which you may have missed:

Sonic Xtreme - Space Queens (by Chris Senn)

Sonic Warrior?No, just no.Shockwave-DASH

But seriously, try at least give it a listen. It's not the cheesy vocal version you must be thinking of (which almost ruined a good track), but the instrumental version from the recent mobile port of Sonic CD. By the way, here's an alternative title screen version.

However, the original version from the 8-bit version of Sonic 2, Green Hills, is better... and the unofficial 16-bit remix is even better than that.

I can't decide. I lean more towards the Sonic series but I always thought the Adventure games OST were meh at best.

Sonic has the better music!

Mario.

I loved sonic and all but I cant recall one single sonic track in my head, while I can recall several levels in mario in full in my head. The mario music was just catchier and stuck with me more.

The fact I constantly see some new video of someone beatboxing mario, playing it on a harp, a piano, a guitar, a flute, a saxophone, a theramin, and practically everything that creates a sound at all on youtube kind of is a testament to the super mario music. Sonic has his fair share, but nothing compared to all the fan versions of marios music.