5 Evidences : Sonic 3 & Michael Jackson

Everyones who played Sonic 3, says "Oh gosh ! That sounds very similar to Michael Jackson songs !" Yup ! It's now official that Michael Jackson composed some musics of this Sonic game with Brad Buxer (Brad confirmed this rumor in 2009 in a magazine).

So there are the evidences :

Ending theme / Stranger in Moscow
Carnival Night Zone / Jam
Azure Lake / Black or White
Knuckles The Echidna / Ghosts
Minor Boss / Is It Scary

(And also: Knuckles The Echidna / Blood On The Dance Floor)

[kinganarkzie]

I love the fact that video does not waste our time it just gets to the point, no click bait here.

[jjthecat]

I think it's actually been confirmed in recent years that MJ did in fact, work on the Sonic 3 soundtrack. Some old exec from Sega clarified it.

[RushStar]

Aren't just the digitized "Woo's" and "C'mons" enough evidence already?? Compare these sounds with the ones found in the "Michael Jackson's Moonwalker" Game and they're pretty similar. And to top it off, I think at the time no one would dare to just sample Michael's signature screams.

[Cton]

Sonic always had good music, but I could tell this one was distinctly differently from all the rest

[kaboomgamer]

You just got right to the point. No 30 minute long explination, and no clickbait.

[JustGod]

That mans mind was a music box. He can find something as simple as a video game song refine it and make a hit song out of it.

[jackoonz]

"is it scary" music is sounds like miniboss music but speed up

[OneCalledRPG]

You can't forget about Icecap. Not only does it sound like it fits with Smooth Criminal, but it's exact to the Jetzons: Hard Times. Which, Jackson's music producer was previously a part of.

[cringekid]

yes this is true that MJ made sonic music. it's so cool because some of blood on the dance floors instruments came from knuckles song.

[jasonwalker]

not to mention when he has all the Chaos Emeralds & jumps after collecting 50 rings, he does the Michael yelling pose. I read that he did the music for it but after the allegations came, he gave the songs over to someone at Sega to do in a 16- bit sound quality so they wouldn't lose sales on the game.

[levvls]

That Knuckles/Ghosts transition. Chills everytime.

[Christanstonir]

I remember being 10 or 11 year playing this game beating it and thinking “....WHAT??? THATS STRANGER IN MOSCOW!!” And the same with the part in carnival night zone. So frustrating to not be able to find out what the hell was going on with no internet at the time.

[mysryuza]

I love that you went straight to the point without some long intro. Some of these would be amazing in full mashups

[tdark]

Chords in "Is it Scary" also match up with those in the Sonic & Knuckles miniboss theme (albeit sped up a lot). Admittedly it's a fairly common chord progression, but in this case, given the context (and that Sonic 3 and S&K were originally the same game)...

[adriankicks-over]

Mj the real king of the music. This man really was a machine of music. Sonic 3 had a great ost thanks to him

[Joe_]

"She drives me wild" could have been that Highway level's music in Sonic Adventure.

[abrahamambriz]

Launch Base Zone sounds an awful lot like MJ's Bad, fitting because that's what Eggman would listen to near the end of S3K's first half.

[mardiman]

I don't think Michael Jackson worked on Azure Lake, because that song is still included In the PC release, while the other tracks you mentioned were changed on the PC release

[devilgirl]

The best king of pop with music soundstrack

He's amazing

Rip Michael Jackson
We people loves you.

[Redhotsmasher]

Don't forget the striking similarity between Ice Cap Zone and Hard Times by The Jetzons.