Sky Sanctuary & Death Egg: Music Theory (with Cybershell)

A look inside the music theory of Sonic 3's Sky Sanctuary & Death Egg.

Special Thanks: Cybershell

Clips

1:39
Green Hill Gameplay by YouTube user Anon7906
Sonic the Hedgehog (PC 4K) Retro Engine

7:19
All Stars Racing Transformed Gameplay by YouTube user World of Longplays
PC Longplay [755] Sonic & All Stars Racing Transformed

7:19
Sonic Forces Speed Battle Gameplay by YouTube user DarkspinesSonic
Sonic Forces: Speed Battle (iOS) - Gameplay - Zazz - Sky Sanctuary

7:19
Sonic Runners Adventure Gameplay by YouTube user TapGameplay
Sonic Runners Adventure - Gameplay Walkthrough Part 7 - Sky Sanctuary (iOS, Android)

~9:12
Double Kick Drum Footage by YouTube user Thomas Crémier
220 to 270 BPM Double Bass Drumming (HD)

9:17
Double Kick Drum Footage by YouTube user DRUM.DOG
Setting Up Your Double Pedal - Kick Pedal Essentials

9:19
Heel Toe Technique by YouTube user Owen Alec
How I Approach The 'Heel Toe' Technique (2019)

9:28
Double Kick Drum Footage by YouTube user Thomas Crémier
230 to 290 BPM - Extreme Drumming (HD)

10:13
Terranigma Gameplay by YouTube user Longplay-XT
Terranigma [Deutsch/German] - Longplay 001

11:31 & 16:34
Scrap Brain Gameplay by YouTube user Anon7906
Sonic the Hedgehog (PC 4K) Retro Engine

12:12
Death Egg (Sonic 2) Gameplay by YouTube user Anon7906
Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (PC 4K) Retro Engine

14:53
Goldeneye Footage by Eon Productions / MGM

15:08
Skyfall Footage by Eon Productions / Sony Pictures

Audio

0:01
Mini-Boss Theme, Sonic & Knuckles
Composer: Sega

0:30 & 1:47 & 7:51
Sky Sanctuary, Sonic & Knuckles
Composer: Sega

1:35 & 2:20
Green Hill, Sonic 1
Composer: Masato Nakamura

2:31
You Can Do Anything, Sonic CD
Composer: Masafumi Ogata

3:02
Paradise, Dynamite Headdy
Composer: Katsuhiko Suzuki, Yasuko, Koji Yamada, Norio Hanzawa, Aki Hata

3:49
Drumline by Larry Salzman

4:21
Ice Cap Act 1, Sonic 3
Composer: Brad Buxer

4:46
Prototype Sky Sanctuary
Composer: Sega

6:18
Star Wars Theme (Arrangement)
Original Composer: John Williams

7:25
Sky Sanctuary, Sonic Generations
Composer: Sega

8:36 & 9:36 & 12:47
Death Egg, Act 1
Composer: Sega

9:28
Drum Performance
By Thomas Crémier

10:11
Unforeseen Occurrence, Terranigma
Composer: Miyoko Takaoka

11:28
Scrap Brain, Sonic 1
Composer: Masato Nakamura

12:10
Death Egg, Sonic 2
Composer: Masato Nakamura

13:02
Heresy by Nine Inch Nails (8-bit remix)
Original Composer: Trent Reznor
Remix: ardklaw

15:38
Death Egg, Act 2
Composer: Sega

[mirpcow]

I'm actually mind blown right now that they hid parts of Green Hill Zone's theme in sky sanctuary. That's pure genius.

[TOAD]

I feel like the reason final sonic zones don't go full danger mode is because it may be scary but you've already made it through so much so those few cheerful notes are here to remind you that this challenge is one you can still overcome

[carpathia]

Man that sudden guest appearance, that caught me so off guard. Crazy how fast you've grown this channel, it had 400 subscribers when I subbed and now you're at 16, 300 as of writing this comment. Death Egg Act 2 would be my favourite music from the entire trilogy, gotta love that death metal style. Keep up the amazing work man, always love seeing a video pop up in my feed from you!

[vitorhugocamolezedelantoni]

(Sorry for the english errors, im from brazil) Man, i would like to thank you a lot for every single video that you made about sonic 3&k music theory. Im a starter in game developing and and every since i was young my favorite game was sonic 3&k and now with all those videos i can make a... not great, but a cool soundtrack inspired in my childhood game easier than ever, Thank You.

[pizzazwned]

This video was a real treat. Two zone’s music theories plus a Cybershell appearance. Keep up the killer work man!

[triturtle]

Cybershell suddenly appearing caught me completely off gaurd. The amount of sheer effort you put into these videos cannot be understated. Great job as always!

[borinightmare]

Sky Sanctuary Zone's music took me into the stratosphere and an appearance of Cybershell was a nice touch. As opposed to Death Egg Zone in Sonic 3 sounds like Dr. Robotnick's unrelenting gravitational trap. I played it through the last boss on my SEGA Genesis. Then comes the part where I have to transform into Hyper Sonic in Doomsday Zone. This is a good lesson about Sky Sanctuary Zone's music.

[skakirask]

The S3&K is probably the best game soundtrack of all time (other than maybe DKC2), so I appreciate all your music theory deep dives.

[frost]

Even now, those levels still look wildly epic. Sprite art works wonders in some games, especially when outer space is involved. I always thought of the classic Sonic games as having magic and soul, but now I see they also have tension and passion.

[MaximPotashov]

60 seconds in & my mind is already blown. You simply cannot make these fast enough to satisfy me. Well done.

[Da_Homie_Don]

Love how cybershell doesn’t make massive appearances or nothing like that, he just pops in and does cybershell things

[yeah]

That note about the dorian scale is very interesting, and I fully agree. Playing through that zone gave me a feeling of "there's no time to be emotional, it's time to MOVE", and seeing the use of the #6 finally made me understand why! thanks :)

[magicalpencil]

You must of collected enough rings and punched a lamppost to summon Cybershell, that totally caught me off guard, great doilus content

[adamnapolitano]

Prototype Sky Sanctuary sounds more mechanical and military to me, like you see the Death Egg in the background, this monolithic weapon of destruction is once again fully operational and everything is in danger.

[abbaszaffarkhan]

Death Egg is my favourite song in the game so I’m glad you covered it, great video!

[divertedgamer]

Wow, Cybershell appearance was a nice surprise. Thank you for teaching showing me more ways to love this sound track from my favourite game of all time.

[MasteredRealm]

Sky Sanctuary is my favorite track in Sonic & Knuckles. The arrangement is just amazing. The long sustained notes with the amazing LFO effects and vibrato is something only an FM synth could provide. A real gem on the Genesis Sound library.

[matthew]

this is one of my favorite series on youtube. it absolutely blows my mind that someone is currently in the process of making a series about one of my favorite osts of all time from a game i have so much nostalgia and love for. and you somehow got cybershell to be a part of this too. thank you so much for making these.

[ecernosoft]

It is a crime your channel has less subscribers. Subscribed!




Also, pretty sure the knuckles meme approves of this video.

[mrgamegirl]

Didn’t want it to end, another great video! Thank you