Board Thread:Site Discussions/@comment-3005395-20150613210206/@comment-104190-20151008021701

Mystic Monkey wrote: For music tournament, I tihnk we should only have music that appeared in official OST over game music, because whats the point in selecting our favourite zone music if we're gonna have a level tourney again? Because A) Excluding gamerips would also remove a large portion of the games made in the series and B)Places like Pirate Storm, Lava Mountain 2, and the entirety of Sonic 06 are more than solid proof that opinions of a level's gameplay and opinions of a level's music are vastly different, if not complete polar opposites.

Think about it--Masa held onto the rights for his music for decades. He just allowed license for an official soundtrack for Sonic 1 & 2 in two thousand and eleven--20 years later. If he never caved and we went with CD's only, that means that not a single classic generation Sonic game would be eligible for this tournament. People would be out for blood. I know it's not conventional, but some stuff has to be included, regardless of licensing rights, budget, sales, or general interest. They made the music--it must be acknowledged.