Yeah, I know Bouncy Glow already did a US version of Stardust Speedway's Past, but I wanted to do my own take on it

Wow! This very well may be your best one yet! The song keeps the tempo of the present tune, but still incorporates motifs from both of the Future timelines. Around 0:18 the song transitions into the main melody of the good future track (“The past is beautiful isn’t it? So much brilliant architecture in the background, all different types of plants around, this is truly wondrous!”), continuing on until 0:50, when it takes on the bad future theme (“Good as it may seem, Robotnik will still take over. Destroy the generator or all will be lost.”) Almost seems like an “echo” of the bad future reminding Sonic what’s at stake. In the background, it’s similar to that vocal bit at the end of the present track. Great piece!

after playing Sonic CD: Miracle, these past US remixes you've done are definitively a part of the soundtrack for me

This fits the atmospheric and psychedelic nature of the US Soundtrack so well! This has to be my favorite Past US song that you've made so far, I love it so much!

When i heard that amazing intro in Sonic CD Restored, I was really suprised, but kinda sad that the whole thing didnt play 😭

When I first clicked on this theme, I was half-expecting an original tune, since Stardust Speedway is unique in that its US soundtrack is a collection of melodies rather than just different variations of the same theme. But THIS!!! I love how you seamlessly fused all three Stardust Speedway US tunes into one while simultaneously creating a new track! I could never have asked for a better "P" Mix for Stardust Speedway US.

A year later of listening to this song, and I find this sounds weirdly romantic, even if it was not the intention.

I'm a simple man. I see King Meteor upload, I instantly love it

Sounds like an ending theme. One of those where you're riding towards a rising sun.

0:49 Sounds pretty bittersweet... 😢

This is probably my favorite past track of yours. I love the way you incorporate the present, good future, and bad future into this one so much, and I only just noticed the bad future part as I was writing this comment. Just goes to show that each timeline melody doesn't sound shoehorned in and instead all feel very natural.

One of my favorites in this series that you’ve done! I’m thinking of getting the Steam release and modding these songs in for a US soundtrack playthrough, it would be a cool new way to experience the game. (Ideally, it’d be best if someone could make a mod that uses these for the US soundtrack but keeps the originals for the Japanese soundtrack- in other words one that can be kept on permanently so I don’t have to turn the mod off every time I want to play with the Japanese soundtrack! I have no idea how realistic such a mod would be, though.)

This is so atmospheric. And I shed a tear for how beautiful this is.

everyone does their own way, so you don't have to worry that someone got the idea first also I loved the atmosphere there, amazing job

Someone try modding this over sonic mania’s stardust speedway act 1, I’m curious how well it goes.

Sounds really good. I honestly like Stardust Speedway Bad and Good US Futures better than the Japan versions, so this sounds really good. This honestly sounds like an 1980’s night track of some sort.

Woah, the key change in this past theme works wonders! I personally would've gone for a more Roman or Greek feel for the stage, but this peaceful jungle-esque sound works as well. I like how you took most elements from the present SS US theme, which is my favorite of the bunch.

if i could control my dreams this would be the music that would play in a good dream ngl

I am going to write an entire manifesto to Sega demanding that they implement these into the US soundtrack on Origins. It's complementary, not insulting, to Nilsen's work, since his work was restricted by the hardcoded nature of the Past tracks, which I'm pretty sure are not PCM on the actual ports anymore.

This honesty feels simply relaxing. Kinda like you're exploring a small city

If this was only official on the USA soundtrack

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Absolutely amazing. I never liked US Stardust Speedway that much, but this let me look at its composition in a different light!

This song is like the embodiment of being in a tall building of some kind at night, looking out and just seeing the city lights.

Best tune to listen to on the way to the airport at 3AM

I really like the good future vibe! keep up the great work man!

I love it!! It fits perfectly. 😊☺It's really kinda soothing, man.

I LOVE THIS SONG OF A USA VERSION THIS IS SO HEAVENLY AND ANGELIC OF MELODY IT MAKES ME BURSTING WITH TEARS!!!

I really like the pads and bass in this one. The bridge at 0:50 is both soothing and powerful. I just wish these remixes sounded more accurate to the originals (8-channel MODs/XMs are your friend).

I listen to this and remind myself of how far I’ve come since I was born and how much I can still do... I don’t know if this is nostalgia anymore, it feels like something more...

kind of suprising to hear that this vertion REALLY fits in with the stage!

This is so good! It's so serene, and I love the call forwards to the future versions. I'd easily play a hack that had this in the game. The other past songs you did are quite good, too; I hope you'll do all of 'em! I'd be really excited to hear how you handle Quartz Quadrant especially, as that's probably my favorite zone. ^v^

One boldy word: *PERFECTION*

I must say a lot of your past songs are better than the actual past songs, and this is one of them! you're a great composer man!

0:00 Present 0:33 Good Future

Man, i don't know if this or bouncy's is better! They're both fantastic!

Wow, you gave it a vibe that fits the Japanese version, that "funky night" vibe, but using the US motif. This is the definition of a good take! Makes me like the US version for once.

God I love this

You had big shoes to fill making a Past version of the best song in the US soundtrack, but you pulled it off…REALLY well 😂. Even with the way you made it hopeful. That’s not easy to do and this is good. Adding to the list!

I think that this was a really creative take on this theme!

Bro these sounds so good, I actually listen to them every single day.

This remix is so beautiful. I play it every time I go to bed.

0:50 to 1:00 is my best part .. its bad future theam

yeah i'm going to be listening to this over and over again for a longggggg time

Sonic runs through the grassy landscape of the past of Stardust Speedway, there are not many badniks here, sonic jumps up to the grassy solid platforms above him he searches for that machine which is making the future look bad, it’s always night out and sonic doesn’t rest for even a bit, he tries to jump to platforms and speeding around the area trying to find a way to find metal sonic, a church is in the area, sonic looks at the church after he destroyed the machine and realises that Robotnik destroyed the cathedral in the present and has nearly finished a statue of him that is complete in the future. Sonic knows to never give up even in the darkest times of little planet, he has courage to take the lead in the race over in the future and to defeat Robotnik once and for all….

Just want to say something before I try to guess the instruments used: I’m guessing them PURELY for the fun of it, not to be annoying. It’s just something I wanted to do since I listened to the first US Past video. Ok, here goes nothing: Synth Bass 2 Marimba FX 4 (Atmosphere) FX 3 (Crystal) (1 echo) String Ensemble (1 echo) Drumset P.S. what program do you use to create these songs?

I love how the calm atmosphere perfectly blends with the melody of the Good Future, hinting at the good things to come. This makes you realize that there’s still a chance to fix the evil doing of Dr. Robotnik.

This music kind of has a romantic and calming feel, like your thinking, "Hey, this is a very beautiful place, let me take awhile and appreciate this with you." Which also kind of makes sense because in this stage, you find and race Metal Sonic to save Amy, who is in love with Sonic.

Compress this and you have a good past theme

I change my opinion. 8/10 keep making great songs

I like how it has segments from the good and bad futures to remind you why your here

Amazing !

This is so Angelic And Peaceful 20/20

Metallic Madness Good Future would fit perfectly with this song

Oh man... that sounds awesome!

This song is so calma, so peaceful. I always use this song to study

Now if only this gets a Mania Remix.

Great remix! I can only think of the Far Away Lands at the background with it.

Really relaxing

This is soo good

Bouncy did collision chaos now

This is kinda relaxing ngl

Here we see stardust speedway in the past, egg man has not built his statue yet, it is entirely free now, you can run around all you like- but it won’t stay like this forever if you fail to stop robotnik, it is so close- the generator is in the past, you can do it- save stardust speedway!

This really has the feel of a starry night in ancient times. But what happens to the water in the Present, Bad and Good Futures?

The time when fireflies lit the road~

Very good, very good.

I almost wanna see how these would sound on the sega cds sample chip. Since that's possible with furnace tracker out, would you be interested in a collab? I'd love to sample these splits!

i love how it sounds like the plantlife is breathing in the music

Damn, this is good.

This one is my favorite of the Past US tracks

Past: The Speedway is still barely full of Badniks, and the stars have a Stardust appearance, but the hedgehog must focus on beating Metal Sonic and going to the Metallic Madness Zone.

How may i describe this with a single word? Well this feels like its core feeling is something in the lines of: preserve

If only SEGA recruited you to compose these US Past themes to Sonic CD in Sonic Origins. Shm

Great!

If fans could find Luigi inside Mario 64; they could find past us inside sonic CD; until that day, we have your wonderful concepts

Perfect.

relaxing

So peaceful

Time Of My Life Zone Act 1

this is perfeccion

Looks chill tho

5th best past concept. Every time the xylophone hits the major 7th, it puts itself at odds with the good future melody. Other than that, this fits the peaceful city at night.

This is so nice!!! No “Hue Hues” but still great!

I really like this song.

Nice music

You should make an extended version of this bro. Hella views

Love it 8/10

Perfect nighttime tune.

Perfect for my star temple music!

Shame this is the shortest song in the playlist...

I like how this concept theme and the Original JP past music have a thing in common with having a leitmotif (I think) of the Future themes.

This definitely ties with the jp past, ones jazzy and the other is relaxing

I went to sleep listening to this

sounds more like good future than past, but nice concept!

Stardust Speedway ACT 2 Past

It feels more like the present or the g mix remix

It sounds like you always incorporate the futures some way in these US concepts

Do you have any of these past tracks in lossless?

I love all Stardust Speedway US tracks including this one and Bouncy Glow's, but like... I prefer the Japanese ones for the levels.

You should make a version without the xylophone-like instrument