That OST

[Axem Black]

Where da fuq it at though? I'm very willing to drop some money for this awesome soundtrack, and I'm sure I'm not alone. Hop to it Sega

[judy~ bday today]

go to youtube for the music it's free

[Mr. Domino]

YouTube isn't as nice or portable as FLAC. I hope Sega puts it up on Bandcamp or something. Surprised it hasn't appeared on anything but vinyl.

[judy~ bday today]

whats flac?

[izzy69]

Originally posted by regina~:

whats flac?

FLAC stands for Free Lossless Audio Codec, an audio format similar to MP3, but lossless, meaning that audio is compressed in FLAC without any loss in quality. This is similar to how Zip works, except with FLAC you will get much better compression because it is designed specifically for audio, and you can play back compressed FLAC files in your favorite player (or your car or home stereo, see supported devices) just like you would an MP3 file.

FLAC stands out as the fastest and most widely supported lossless audio codec, and the only one that at once is non-proprietary, is unencumbered by patents, has an open-source reference implementation, has a well documented format and API, and has several other independent implementations.

[litbolt]

It's being released as an LP. The page says, "This is a pre-order item. All orders placed BEFORE 15th August will ship before the end of SEPTEMBER. All orders placed AFTER 15th August will not ship until OCTOBER."

I would hope it's released digitally at the same time; most other Sonic games have their soundtracks on itunes, amazon mp3, etc.


https://data-discs.com/products/sonic-mania

[mrrogers]

Its good, but honestly 50 percent of it is from the previous sonic games. They do have some good new music though like studiopolis

[wrz]

I'm hoping 24 bit FLACs are released eventually.

Until then, since the vinyl and 'digital download' redbook FLACs included with the vinyl only have the original tracks, not the remixed ones, your best bet is to extract the OGG Vorbis files from the RSDK file. It's lossy, but it uses VBR and is more or less decent quality.

[KeathalKrisom]

Originally posted by mrrogers:

Its good, but honestly 50 percent of it is from the previous sonic games. They do have some good new music though like studiopolis

The reused tracks are somewhat changed up and thanks to tee lopes they're more jazz inspired.

[litbolt]

Originally posted by wrz:

[...] the vinyl and 'digital download' redbook FLACs included with the vinyl only have the original tracks, not the remixed ones[...]

Huh, I didn't notice that. Weird... I wonder why? Is Sega still dealing with music rights issues from the older games (lack of vocals in the JP Sonic CD re-release, the whole Sonic 3 Michael Jackson thing, etc...)?

[wrz]

Originally posted by litbolt:

Originally posted by wrz:

[...] the vinyl and 'digital download' redbook FLACs included with the vinyl only have the original tracks, not the remixed ones[...]

Huh, I didn't notice that. Weird... I wonder why? Is Sega still dealing with music rights issues from the older games (lack of vocals in the JP Sonic CD re-release, the whole Sonic 3 Michael Jackson thing, etc...)?

Because the music industry is a mess in terms of royalties and so forth. There's multiple countries to deal with, each with unique sets of laws, and when you release an actual album the previous composers are entitled to royalties. I suppose Sega didn't want to deal with the quandary of all that for Sonic Mania.

Just example #49583 why copyright law needs to be drastically reformed. It's stuck in the last millenium. It needs to be simplified so lower budget games can get soundtrack releases without having to hire hundreds of lawyers in multiple countries to draft up royalty schedules.

[litbolt]

Originally posted by wrz:

Because the music industry is a mess in terms of royalties and so forth. There's multiple countries to deal with, each with unique sets of laws, and when you release an actual album the previous composers are entitled to royalties. I suppose Sega didn't want to deal with the quandary of all that for Sonic Mania.

Just example #49583 why copyright law needs to be drastically reformed. It's stuck in the last millenium. It needs to be simplified so lower budget games can get soundtrack releases without having to hire hundreds of lawyers in multiple countries to draft up royalty schedules.

I thought it was something like that. Can't argue reforms are needed...

At least there *is* a way to get those tracks. And there's always Overclocked Remix.