#eggman's facility (rhythm and balance remix)

[sonicmusicmusings]

Since this is year of shadow, can you analyze the remix of white jungle from forces dlc.

Of course! Let's do it!

This mix is so much heavier and produced than its SA2 original. This is not unusual for the drum and bass Shadow themed tracks--I found the Generations mix of For True Story to be a little more focused in its production too. The guitars are heavier, with the vocals more front and center. The synth has a bit more of a razor's edge to it as it warbles between the verses. Oh, and there's even a filter fade out into the second chorus, very cool! This second chorus has a cool reharmonization with a dramatic build up into the turnaround. The form is definitely more concrete, and it makes for a cool riff on the original without taking away the bones that make it special.

[neonbeasts]

2024 Top Song Picks by Month

January

1. Break Shins to This - Rabbit Junk 2. Werewolf Shame - Direct Hit! 3. Eggman's Facility - Rhythm and Balance Remix - SEGA Sound Team, Tomoya Ohtani 4. Ask Yourself - Panther Modern 5. Lucky - Lucky Twice 6. Sleepwalker - Battle Tapes 7. Kill My Friends - gP. 8. Black Kiss - Vandal Moon 9. Alrighty Aphrodite - Peach Pit 10. Gopnik - Mareux

Songs Listened to So Far: 1793

[skaruresonic]

Since you're the best SA2 fan, what's your favourite level music for each character? :>

SA2 has such unique track names for its OST <3 Sonic - Other than "Escape From the City," which is ofc a classic, Sonic's level themes don't strike me as particularly strong compared to the others. If I had to choose, I'd probably pick Pyramid Cave's "Keys the Ruin":

Certain songs in the SA2 OST have a very Bond-film groove to them, particularly in stages where you have to infiltrate a highly-fortified base (Iron Gate; Pyramid Cave; Security Hall) so naturally I gravitate towards them. :P

Tails - Prison Lane's "This Way Out." The drummer went so hard on that one xP

Eggman - It's difficult to choose just one, though for the opposite reason it's difficult to choose a single Sonic level theme. His level themes are decent at worst. Iron Gate's "Remember Me? M.F.M." has a certain Bond-movie swag, perfect for setting the mood to breach a maximum-security military facility. It also cleverly employs a wah-wah pedal to make the electric guitar sound like it's literally saying Eggman's name - how cool is that?

Sand Ocean's "Way to the Base" is decent and conveys the stage's overall mood well enough, but I honestly don't have a whole lot to say about it. Ditto for Weapons Bed's "Crush 'Em All" and Cosmic Wall's "Soarin' Over the Space."

Lost Colony's "Trespasser" perfectly sets the mood for exploring the ARK's dark, abandoned underbelly. I love how quietly the song begins, with a plethora of beeps and electronic chirps, as if to suggest the colony's general systems are still alive, if dormant.

An excellent remix:

Rouge - Security Hall's "I'm a Spy," baby! B)

Shadow - White Jungle's "Rhythm and Balance" is unique for a number of reasons.

It can't be forgotten that White Jungle marks the first time Shadow has explored the natural world on Earth: much of his surroundings are foreign to him. One of his idle animation quotes suggests that this unfamiliar location unsettles him ("Fog... doesn't bother me"). If it truly didn't bother him, he wouldn't have felt the need to point it out. The noticeable pause between "fog" and "doesn't" would imply the same. This sense of disorientation is reflected in the song's dreamlike quality. The lyrics are muffled, as though heard from underwater, or perhaps blunted by the roar of the nearby waterfall, contrasted by harsh record scratch and the barking of an unknown animal off in the distance. Cryptic lyrics like "Hurry through the unexplored land, not scared at all, are you scared of something?" reinforce Shadow's possible fear of the unknown, in tandem with his will to eliminate any obstacle in his path. What also makes this track very interesting imo is the fact that it is the only vocal track in which Shadow is directly addressed by another voice. Typically, his vocal themes are sung from his POV, but the sudden intrusion of another voice telling him "Shadow, don't make me upset" and "you are hiding something" introduces an additional layer of fridge horror. Who is becoming upset? Eggman? Shadow? Is this Gerald's reprogramming at work? "Rhythm and Balance" suggests Shadow is experiencing cognitive dissonance. It complements the previous cutscene in which he decides to save Rouge despite her being a "troublemaker," as well as introduces Shadow's internal conflict in an incredibly subtle manner: "I don't wanna hear you."

Knuckles - Aquatic Mine's "Dive into the Mellow" is a genuinely relaxing tune that I've often fallen asleep to. To quote a YouTube commenter, it sounds like something you'd hear on Adult Swim at 3 in the morning xP

Fun fact: it's also one of a handful of tracks on the DC disc that you had to download off the internet, as it wasn't natively included in the extras music menu. If you want to listen to it in the DC version, you have to actually play the stage. Death Chamber's "Deeper" deserves an honorable mention, too, for the interesting imaginary conversation in the chorus between Knuckles and Sonic:

Idk, I find it a little sad that Knuckles had to imagine Sonic, like... basically treating him with a little more decency? While there's always the possibility Knuckles is daydreaming because he's irritated that Sonic saddled him with this dangerous task without asking for his input, something tells me there's more to it than that. The overall vibe I get is that Knuckles wants Sonic's help and for Sonic to be a little more sensitive to his struggles, but he's too proud - or "stubborn," as the song puts it - to admit it. I find it interesting how the song almost implies Knuckles wishes Sonic were maybe a little more emotionally mature? Because Daydream!Sonic offers to help Knuckles recover the ME because he knows how much "it means to [Knuckles]" and to find the base keys together, despite their differences: "I don't think [our beef] is the point right now, Knuckles." In reality, however, Sonic buttered him up to go hunt for the keys because his lazy ass couldn't be bothered Knuckles is the "world's greatest treasure hunter" >.> Look, SA2!Sonic is a decent portrayal, but also, like. He could have stood to be a little nicer to Knuckles at certain points, imo

[unrestrainedbalderdash]

Aint Nothing Like A Funky Beat by Hideki Naganuma

Desolation by Shady Cicada (technically music without singing doesn't count as songs but I'm ignoring that fact)

Lifetime Achievement Award by Lemon Demon

Boss Battle: Death Egg Robot from Sonic Generations

Eggman's Facility - Rhythm and Balance Remix from Sonic Forces

Leaving tags open :)

@acklum has tagged me. For..five songs I’m obsessed with right now? So I suppose I’d have to say:

Bored by Sara Kays- as soon as I heard the first chord I knew I’d like it. Then the lyrics resonated with how I’ve felt frequently. “I don��t think I’m interesting enough, to keep this up, to keep your love”

Remember That Night? By Sara Kays- again, just something that as soon as it started was just “oh…I like this.” And again, it struck a chord in me. You can obviously tell given my recent poem “Were You Bored? Do You Remember?”.

Flare Guns by Quinn XCII featuring Chelsea Cutler- it’s just so catchy. How do you not accidentally walk around singing “flare guns go off in my head saying not to call you this late, still I dial those numbers every time”?

(This is starting to look like I’m lovesick… whoops. The next two aren’t gonna help. 😂)

I Need You by Jelly Roll- this is the artists fault. And the fact that I love singing along to it. And I feel it deeply. “Close my eyes and I pray cuz I feel the sky’s falling on me” “And it feels like I might lose my mind, is this real life? Can’t anyone hear. my. cries? Will you forgive me?”

Bottle & Mary Jane by Jelly Roll- I mean…. It takes all of five seconds to know why this one is on the list. “Lately I’m drowning my pain..with a bottle and Mary Jane. No matter what I take I feel the same, I’ve been bound by these shackles and chains.”

Now, ordinarily if and when I decide to participate I try to think of all the people I’m supposed to tag…but that sounds like a lot of effort for three in the morning in a country I’m still not used to. So I’m gonna tag who I can think of quickly and then turn off my light. Obviously please feel no pressure to participate. And if you see it and wish you were tagged, please. Participate!

@jordynhaiku @most-ment @mindful-hempress @ruedeirdre18 @queenofthepeasants

[pixelsparkles]

🎵 Sonic Forces Original Soundtrack - A Hero Will Rise

Eggman's Facility [Rhythm and Balance Remix]

[chaosbcrne]

David Humphrey singing as Shadow appreciation post

Throw it all Away - Shadow’s theme

Rhythm and Balance - White Jungle (Shadow’s Prison Island stage)

The Supernatural - Final Chase (Shadow’s ARK stage)

For True Story - Sonic VS Shadow

Supporting Me - Shadow VS the Biolizard

+ bonus Forces remixes where you can hear the actual singing better:

Eggman’s Facility (Rhythm and Balance remix)

Virtual Reality (Supporting Me remix)

[beevean]

Sonic Forces

Mystic Jungle - Eggman’s Facility (Rhythm and Balance Remix)

[kattimariias]

Can I make the whole Rhythm and Balance thing even worse? It’s also remixed for Eggman’s Facility, a stage taking place right after Infinite just lost his whole squad, so I always interpreted it as Infinite being in a similarly destructive mindset.

“i’m not scared at all, i dont wanna hear you”

[sonicmusicremixes]

TITLE: Eggman’s Facility [Rhythm and Balance Remix]

ARTIST: SEGA

Faithful listeners, you’ll never make me upset. This is the last remix from Sonic Forces! It’s part of Shadow’s story, obviously. It’s a rock, EDM remix of “Rhythm and Balance”, the White Jungle theme from Sonic Adventure 2. They even kept the original vocals. Baby, it’s a jungle out there.

No download link. Please support SEGA and buy a copy of Sonic Forces OST: A Hero Will Rise!

HOLIDAY SPECIAL 17/20.

-Samurai Echidna.

[twilightlxtus]

𝐊𝐄𝐄𝐏𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐀 𝐁𝐀𝐋𝐀𝐍𝐂𝐄 𝐁𝐄𝐓𝐖𝐄𝐄𝐍 𝐁𝐋𝐀𝐂𝐊 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐖𝐇𝐈𝐓𝐄, 𝐇𝐄 𝐌𝐀𝐈𝐍𝐓𝐀𝐈𝐍𝐒 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐌𝐈𝐃𝐃𝐋𝐄; 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐓𝐖𝐈𝐋𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐓. . .

「 𝐁𝐄𝐀𝐒𝐓𝐊𝐈𝐍 」

[greenyvertekins]

Hey Verte. Regardless of everything else what do you think about Forces's ost? Any top 5 tracks?

1 - Death Egg Robot Phase 2 (The Avatar’s section)2 - Moonlight Battlefield - Aqua Road3 - Cutscene - Infinite’s Beginning4 - Battle with Infinite - First Bout5 - Eggman’s Facility [Rhythm And Balance Remix]