Originally launched in 1998 and 2001 respectively, Sonic Adventure and Sonic Adventure 2 are two of the first console games I ever played (admittedly I was about 6 years old when I played them).

Øriginally在1998年和2001年分别推出了，索尼克大冒险和索尼克大冒险2是两个我打过的第一个控制台游戏(当然我是6岁的时候，我打他们)。

Living in Atlanta at the time, my brother and I initially played both games on the Sega Dreamcast before then picking up SA2 on the GameCube. Over the years, I’ve returned to both games many times, through console emulators and more recently Steam.

当时我和哥哥住在亚特兰大，起初在Sega Dreamcast上玩过这两个游戏，然后在GameCube上选择了SA2 。 多年来，我通过控制台模拟器和最近的Steam多次回到这两个游戏。

If you’ve played either of these games (and I hope for your sake you have) you’ll know that overall they have somewhat…aged. From characters talking over other characters, almost comically loud music during some cut-scenes, and absurd character animations, neither game has hidden their age well.

如果您玩过这些游戏中的任何一个(并且希望您也玩过这些游戏)，您都会知道它们总体上已经有些老化。 从角色与其他角色的交谈，某些过场动画中几乎可笑的响亮音乐以及荒诞的角色动画来看，这两种游戏都无法很好地掩盖他们的年龄。

Truly though, these flaws only add to the charm. There is so much joy and nostalgia in these games that I don’t mind the occasional clip out, or that every action in the game is bound to the same button (okay, that still gets me. Seriously, Sega?). This also isn’t just my opinion, as many long-time fans feel that nothing in the (modern) Sonic franchise has come close since (sorry Shadow the Hedgehog). Community demand for a Sonic Adventure 3 almost rivals demand for a Half-Life 3, if you can believe it.

确实，这些缺陷只会增加魅力。 这些游戏充满了欢乐和怀旧之情，我不介意偶尔删节，或者游戏中的每个动作都绑定到同一个按钮( 好吧，那仍然让我感到兴奋。认真地说，世嘉？ )。 这也不只是我的看法，因为许多老玩家都觉得自从(对不起) “刺猬影”以来，(现代)索尼克系列产品就再也没有接近。 如果您可以相信，社区对Sonic Adventure 3的需求几乎可以与对Half-Life 3的需求相媲美。

Investment in the games hasn’t stopped either, at least in terms of the fans. There are tons of mods available, with some that update the textures to others that allow you to use any character on a stage, to the infamous randomiser that leads to absolutely bizarre outcomes (e.g. speech in cut scenes being replaced with a disproportionate volume of Omochao advice).

至少就粉丝而言，对游戏的投资也没有停止。 有大量的mod，其中一些可以将纹理更新为其他纹理，从而使您可以在舞台上使用任何角色，还可以使用臭名昭著的随机生成器 ，从而导致绝对奇怪的结果(例如，剪辑场景中的语音被不成比例的Omochao取代了)建议)。

Aside from the games themselves, there is one thing in particular that has kept me coming back — the unbeatable soundtracks.

除了游戏本身之外，还有一件让我回头的东西- 无与伦比的配乐 。

进入世嘉音响团队 (Enter Sega Sound Team)

The Sega Sound Team has been through several iterations since the mid ‘80s, making use of a pool of composers, programmers, and instrumentalists, to create a range of iconic themes for characters and stages.

自80年代中期以来，Sega Sound团队经历了数次迭代 ，利用了一批作曲家，程序员和乐器演奏家，为角色和舞台创建了一系列标志性主题。

Notably, Jun Senou — who entered as sound producer and main composer for Sonic Adventure, and has continued on as the de facto Sonic soundtrack wizard — worked with his Crush 40 partner/vocalist Johnny Gioeli to record several iconic main themes, including SA’s ‘Open Your Heart’, SA2’s ‘Live and Learn’, and Shadow the Hedgehog’s ‘I Am… All of Me’ and ‘Never Turn Back’ (a personal favourite). Jun Senou has continued to compose and perform music for [as far as I can tell] every Sonic game since, maintaining the classic Japanese-Rock feel in many of the main themes that is so recognisable.

值得注意的是， Jun Senou (曾担任Sonic Adventure的声音制作人和主要作曲家，并继续担任事实上的Sonic配乐向导)与他的Crush 40合伙人/歌手Johnny Gioeli一起录制了几个标志性的主题，包括SA的 “ Open”您的心”， SA2的 “生活和学习”，以及《刺猬》的 《我是……我的全部》和《永不回头》(个人喜好)。 此后，Jun Senou继续为每场Sonic游戏创作和演奏音乐，在许多公认的主要主题中都保持了经典的Japanese-Rock风格。

It’s not just the heavy-rock intros that are iconic though; the Sega Sound Team has built a portfolio of characters who each have their own distinct themes that are maintained through the series.

虽然不仅仅是标志性的前奏介绍， Sega Sound团队已经建立了一个角色组合，每个角色都有自己独特的主题，并在整个系列中得以维护。

If you’ve played the games, then I’m sure you know what I mean.

如果您玩过这些游戏，那么我确定您知道我的意思。

角色主题 (Character Themes)

In Sonic Adventure the robot E-102 Gamma — who gradually becomes sentient with the help of Amy — is accompanied by atmospheric techno vibes and jazzy lounge piano riffs that could almost pass for elevator music (e.g. “Theme of E-102y”, “Crazy Robo…Boss: E101-R”). In terms of the general feel of the theme, it’s clearly closest to those of Dr. Eggman (which would make sense, given he’s E-102 Gamma’s creator). It’s difficult to explain exactly how, but there is so much depth to the theme that I’ve not come across something like it since.

在Sonic Adventure中 ，机器人E-102 Gamma (在艾米的帮助下逐渐变得有知觉)伴随着大气的技术音韵和爵士乐的钢琴即兴演奏，几乎可以传递电梯音乐(例如“ E-102y主题”，“疯狂” Robo…Boss：E101-R”)。 就主题的总体感觉而言，它显然最接近埃格曼博士的感觉(考虑到他是E-102 Gamma的创造者，这是有道理的)。 很难确切地解释如何做，但是这个主题有太多的深度，自那以后我再也没有遇到过。

You then have a completely different tone set by Tomoya Ohtani, with lo-fi hip-hop beats and rap tracks for Knuckles, with Hunnid-P providing the vocals in the SA2 stages. Each track draws on the environment of the treasure-hunting stage itself, with creepy halloweeney accents in “A Ghost’s Pumpkin Soup” for Pumpkin Hill, and bassy reverb as well as watery vocal filters in “Dive into The Mellow” for Aquatic Mine.

然后，您将拥有Tomoya Ohtani设定的完全不同的音色，其中包括lo-fi嘻哈节拍和Knuckles的说唱音轨，Hunnid-P在SA2阶段提供人声。 每个曲目都根据寻宝阶段的环境而定，在南瓜山的“鬼魂南瓜汤”中带有令人毛骨悚然的万圣节风格，在水生矿山的“潜入醇厚”中带有低音混响和水汪汪的声音过滤器。

On the Dark Side, despite a mirrored play style to Knuckles, you are offered a completely contrasting interpretation of the stages for Rouge the Bat, with Fumie Kumatami constructing gorgeous feminine tracks often featuring the atmospheric vocals of Tabitha Fair (“Fly in the Freedom”, “I’m a Spy”…). To me, these tracks sit well with the original Casinopolis theme, maybe a nod to Rouge’s infamous gem-hunting profession?

在《黑暗的一面》中，尽管《指节》采用了类似的演奏风格，但《蝙蝠胭脂》的舞台却与之形成了鲜明对比， 富美·库玛塔米(Fumie Kumatami)创作了华丽的女性化曲目，通常以塔比莎博览会的大气声乐(“自由中的飞行” ，“我是间谍”…)。 对我来说，这些曲目与原始的Casinopolis主题很吻合，也许是对Rouge臭名昭著的宝石狩猎职业的致敬？

When you start a stage in either Adventure game, the tone is set straightaway. To me, that is clearest in the stages for Shadow the Hedgehog, the primary antagonist in the game (at least until the final story line). He has the honour of being represented by my favourite power partnership on the SA2 soundtrack — Fumie Kumatami, Heigo Tani, and Everett Bradley.

当您在任一冒险游戏中开始一个阶段时，都会立即设置音调。 对我来说，这在游戏中的主要对手《 Undertow刺猬 》(至少直到最后的故事情节)的阶段是最明显的。 他很荣幸能以我最喜欢的SA2音乐合作伙伴(Fumie Kumatami，Heigo Tani和Everett Bradley)为代表。

The powerful techno beats, grungy guitar, dark melodic chords, and passionate vocals of Bradley really do the ‘Ultimate Life Form’ justice. The bar is set high with Shadow’s introductory theme “Throw it all away” and continued throughout SA2 before culminating in my favourite song on the soundtrack— the haunting and atmospheric “Supporting Me” for the Biolizard battle. There’s something unique about the way it commands reverb, filters, transitions that puts me right back in that [frustrating] battle, and it suits the tone of the encounter perfectly. It also has a great remix, “Virtual Reality”, in Sonic Forces.

强大的电音节拍，低沉的吉他，深色旋律和弦以及Bradley热情洋溢的嗓音，确实使“终极生活形式”变得公道。 该酒吧以Shadow的介绍性主题“全部扔掉”设置为高音，并在整个SA2中一直持续到最终在我的配乐中收录我最喜欢的歌曲-充满生机和氛围的Biolizard战斗“ Supporting Me”。 它指挥混响，滤波，过渡的方式有一些独特之处，使我重新回到那令人沮丧的战斗中，并且非常适合遇到这种情况。 在Sonic Forces中 ，它还具有很好的混音效果，即“虚拟现实”。

And of course, this couldn’t be an effective exploration of the music of Sonic Adventure without talking about speedy blue himself…“Rolling around at the speed of sound, Got places to go…” you know it!

当然，如果不谈论快速的蓝自己，这不可能是对《 音速冒险 》音乐的有效探索……“ 以声音的速度滚来滚去，有很多去的地方……”你知道的！

The first Sonic stage — and the entry point for SA2 — is the legendary, inspired, ‘City Escape’, with Jun Senou and lead vocalist Ted Poley bringing us the punk-pop track “Escape From the City”. No other stage track in the game is quite like this one, which stands alone as a decent early 2000s song in its own right.

Sonic的第一个阶段(也是SA2的切入点)是富有传奇色彩的“城市逃亡”，Jun Senou和主唱Ted Poley为我们带来了朋克流行单曲“ Escape From the City”。 游戏中没有其他的舞台曲目与此类似，它本身就是一首不错的2000年代早期歌曲。

Sonic’s next stage ‘Metal Harbour’ has music with clear parallels to ‘Emerald Coast’ from the original SA, but takes the fanfare up a notch to give us those patriotic Navy base vibes. A later Sonic stage, ‘Pyramid Cave’ brings my second favourite song on the SA2 album: “Keys the Ruin”. Takeshi Taneda’s bass and Jun Senou’s minor-set electric guitar solo create a powerful scene totally in keeping with the haunted, industrial, Ancient Egyptian aesthetics. As a soundtrack, it stands out to me above the others set in and around the Pyramid (‘Death Chamber, ‘Hidden Base’, ‘Lost Colony’ and ‘Egg Quarters’), but the sound team maintain a consistent theme.

Sonic的下一阶段“ Metal Harbour”的音乐与原始SA的 “ Emerald Coast”有明显的相似之处，但大张旗鼓地给了我们一些爱国海军基础的氛围。 在后来的Sonic舞台上，“ Pyramid Cave”将我第二首喜欢的歌曲带入SA2专辑：“ Keys the Ruin”。 田枝武(Takeshi Taneda)的贝斯和Jun Senou的次要设定的电吉他独奏创建了一个强大的场景，完全符合闹鬼，工业化的古埃及美学。 作为配乐，它对我来说比金字塔内及其周围的其他作品(“死亡室”，“隐藏基地”，“迷失殖民地”和“蛋屋”)突出，但声音团队保持一致的主题。

I think fans are largely agreed that the game could do without Tails’ and Eggman’s mech shooter levels. I also don’t love the music for those levels, but the Sound Team do a great job of constructing themes that are consistent and — again — really nostalgic to return to. As with the other vocalists on the soundtrack, Karen Brake and Paul Shortino do a fantastic job on the themes of Tails and Eggman respectively.

我认为，粉丝们普遍同意，这款游戏可以在没有Tails和Eggman的机甲射击水平的情况下完成。 我也不喜欢这些级别的音乐，但是声音团队在构建一致且又怀旧的主题方面做得很好。 与原声带中的其他歌手一样，Karen Brake和Paul Shortino分别在Tails和Eggman主题上做得很棒。

Truly, I could write an entire article about each character and each individual song (we’ve not even touched on the space and ARK levels) … but best not to overstate the point.

确实，我可以写一篇关于每个角色和每一首歌的整篇文章(我们甚至没有涉及到太空和ARK的水平)……但是最好不要夸大这一点。

老板战与杂项 (Boss Battles & Misc)

The tunes don’t stop there. In SA2 there are several run ins with G.U.N., each character faces off against their opposite at least once, and we have special appearances from King Boom Boo, Egg Golem and the Biolizard. Sonic Adventure also gave us several major boss run-ins, including 6 iterations of the watery villain Chaos.

乐曲不止于此。 在SA2中 ，有多个与GUN的插页游戏，每个角色至少一次与他们的对立面相对，并且我们在King Boom Boo，Egg Golem和Biolizard中都有特殊的出场。 索尼克冒险(Sonic Adventure)还为我们提供了几项主要的上司磨合，包括6次迭代的小水鬼混沌。

In Sonic Adventure there is a recurring concept in some of the music that is associated with the chaos emeralds and the shrine of the Master Emerald; this particular motif also returns in SA2 in the ARK Core (where the centre resembles the previously mentioned shrine). Because Chaos, originally, was a protector of the emeralds, it makes sense that this same tribal beat is present in those boss encounters and I think it’s a clever consistency.

在《 音速冒险》中 ，某些音乐中有一个重复出现的概念，与混沌翡翠和翡翠大师的神rine相关。 这个特殊的图案还在ARK核心的SA2中返回(中心类似于前面提到的神社)。 因为混沌原本是祖母绿的保护者，所以在上司遭遇中也出现了同样的部落跳动是有道理的，我认为这是一个聪明的一致性。

The final theme I’d like to mention is bubbly, child-like, grating Chao music that appears in both games. Unlike ‘Live and Learn’ and ‘Open Your Heart’, this music does not feature on my personal Spotify playlists. Whilst those songs are great in their own right, the Chao garden and race music is purely valued [by me] for the nostalgia it brings. If you use the randomiser mod I mentioned earlier, you could even find the sickly kindergarten music replaced by something like “Mr. Unsmiley”! It’s far better.

我要提到的最后一个主题是在两款游戏中都出现的气泡状，像孩子一样， 刺耳的 Chao音乐。 与“现场学习”和“敞开心Heart”不同，此音乐不在我的个人Spotify播放列表中。 尽管这些歌曲本身就很棒，但超音速花园和竞速音乐纯粹是因为它带来的怀旧而被[我]珍视。 如果您使用我前面提到的randomizer mod，您甚至可能会发现病态的幼儿园音乐被“ Mr. Mr. 不笑”！ 好多了。

震撼的世嘉音响团队 (Sensational Sega Sound Team)

In my humble opinion, the Sega Sound Team didn’t just deliver an album that challenged the industry in 2001; they set a bar for gaming soundtracks so high that it hasn’t been met since. Sure, there have been impressive albums for games since (like World of Warcraft, Final Fantasy VII Remake, Skyrim), but nothing delivers the same punch that Jun Senou and team worked so hard to create.

以我的拙见，世嘉音响团队不仅发行了一张在2001年挑战该行业的专辑，还发行了一张专辑。 他们为游戏音轨设定了很高的门槛，自那以后再也没有达到过。 当然，自那以后，已经有许多令人印象深刻的游戏专辑(例如《魔兽世界》 ，《 最终幻想VII Remake》，《天际》 )，但没有什么能像Jun Senou和团队一样努力创建。

So, if you’ve made it this far, congratulations.

因此，恭喜您。

Maybe you’re a massive Sonic Adventure 2 fan like me, maybe you’ll return to the game after seeing this. Either way, I’d love to know your thoughts below! I’ll be working towards unlocking Green Hill Zone, so for now:

也许您像我一样是Sonic Adventure 2的忠实粉丝，也许您会在看到这种情况后返回游戏。 无论哪种方式，我都想知道您在下面的想法！ 我将致力于解锁Green Hill Zone，所以现在：

“Sayonara, Shadow the Hedgehog.”

“ Sayonara，Undertow刺猬。”