Sonic Fans are Not Happy About a Major Change in Sonic Origins

June 21, 2022, 8:04pm

Sonic Origins is set to release later this week, offering a new way for Sonic the Hedgehog fans to experience the earliest games in the series. While the compilation allows players to revisit the Sega Genesis and Sega CD games mostly as they originally released, the soundtrack for Sonic 3 & Knuckles is one big exception. Legal issues apparently prevent Sega from using some of the tracks from the Sega Genesis game, leading to composer Jun Senoue creating replacements in Sonic Origins. The replacement tracks made their way online before the compilation’s actual release, and many fans aren’t too happy with the new versions.

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Sega has never confirmed the official reason why these tracks cannot be included in new releases of Sonic 3 & Knuckles. It’s commonly accepted that Michael Jackson was involved with the tracks in question and there’s some issue preventing their use in subsequent releases. The exact details have remained secret for 18 years, and the new tracks have hurt interest in Sonic Origins, despite otherwise strong reviews. Alas, it seems the legal hurdles surrounding the original tracks won’t be changing anytime soon.

Keep reading to see what fans are saying about Sonic Origins!

There’s a lot of disappointment.

So uh…that Sonic 3 music…oh boy…
— N/A (@jvwal90) June 21, 2022

Fans are wishing Sega had gone with a different composer…

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…including the composer for Shredder’s Revenge!

why didnt tee lopes do the sonic 3 replacement tracks?
— Max Weston (@max_weston1) June 21, 2022

Many wish Tee Lopes had done this one.

I've been saying for a while, but if Sega wanted to re-release Sonic 3&K and get enough people on board with different music, all they had to do is just get someone like Tee Lopes to make awesome new tracks to replace the ones they needed to…….and I still stand by that.
— Jacob Young (is very tired) (@JacobYoung94) June 21, 2022

The results speak for themselves.

ok that sonic 3 origins new soundtrack is foul 💀💀💀
— Kolonel Roberts (@KolRob0) June 21, 2022

Those original tracks added a lot of personality!

Without Michael Jackson's music in Sonic 3, the sound track has no personality. I'm pretty sure the have wouldn't have been as popular without it. No idea why the terrible prototype music was the replacement option.
— 🄰🄽🄽🄸🄴-🄼🄰🄴 (@anniemae04) June 21, 2022