True Colors: The Best of Sonic the Hedgehog Part 2 is a compilation album of various songs from the Sonic the Hedgehog series, a sequel to True Blue. It was released by Wave Master Entertainment on 16 December 2009.
Album information
This album contains songs ranging from Sonic the Hedgehog CD to Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity. It also includes five exclusive bonus tracks which are remixes and covers.
Songs
- "Un-Gravitify"
- "Dreams of an Absolution"
- "Throw It All Away"
- "E.G.G.M.A.N."
- "Waking Up"
- "This Machine"
- "Fly in the Freedom"
- "My Sweet Passion"
- "Believe in Myself" (SA2 Version)
- "Unknown From M.E." (SA2 Version)
- "Theme of E-102γ"
- "Cosmic Eternity - Believe in Yourself"
- "Look-a-like" (Short Edited Ver.)
- "Sonic3 MegaD Mix"
- "Lazy Days" -Livin' in Paradise- (Original Demo)
- "All Hail Shadow" (Hybrid Mix)
- "Dreams of an Absolution" (Starry Night Remix)
- "Open Your Heart" (K-Klub Remix)
Track details
01. "Un-gravitify" (4:21)
- Music by Kenichi Tokoi
- Lyrics by Runblebee
- Vocals: Cashell
- Guitars: Chewtaro Moritake
- Programming: Kenichi Tokoi
- Mixed by Yoshitada Miya
- Originally from Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity
02. "Dreams of an Absolution" (5:18)
- Performed by Lee Brotherton (Remix Factory)
- Music by Mariko Nanba
- Lyrics by Lee Brotherton
- Arranged by Tomoya Ohtani
- Vocals: Lee Brotherton
- Guitars: Chewtaro Moritake
- Mixed by Yoshitada Miya
- Originally from Sonic the Hedgehog (2006)
03. "Throw It All Away" (5:01)
- Music and Japanese Lyrics by Fumie Kumatani
- English Translation by Shinobu Shindo
- Arrangement and Sound Produced by Heigo Tani
- Vocals: Everett Bradley
- Guitars: Akira Sasaki
- Programming: Heigo Tani, Fumie Kumatani
- Mixed by Hirokazu Akashi
- Originally from Sonic Adventure 2
04. "E.G.G.M.A.N." (3:21)
- Performed by Paul Shortino
- Sound Produced by Jun Senoue
- Music by Jun Senoue
- Lyrics by Paul Shortino
- Vocals: Paul Shortino
- Guitars and Programming: Jun Senoue
- Bass: Takeshi Taneda
- Mixed by The Riddle
- Originally from Sonic Adventure 2
05. "Waking Up" (3:22)
- Performed and Sound Produced by Julien-K
- Written by Amir Derakh and Ryan Shuck
- Ryan Shuck: Vocals, Programming and Synths
- Amir Derakh: Programming, Synths and Guitars
- Anthony "Fu" Valcic: Programming and Synths
- Kourtney Klein: Additional Drum Programming
- Originally from Shadow the Hedgehog
06. "This Machine" (4:24)
- Performed by Julien-K
- Music by Jun Senoue and Amir Derakh
- Lyrics by Ryan Shuck
- Arrangement and Sound Produced by Amir Derakh
- Vocals: Ryan Shuck
- Guitars, Bass and Programming: Amir Derakh
- Originally from Sonic Heroes
07. "Fly in the Freedom" (4:56)
- Music and Japanese Lyrics by Fumie Kumatani
- English Translation by Shinobu Shindo
- Arrangement and Sound Produced by Atsushi "Sushi" Kosugi (Beat on Beat, Inc.)
- Vocals: Tabitha Fair, Todd Cooper
- Guitars: Romero Lubambo
- Wood Bass: David Finck
- Drums: Ben Wittman
- Rhodes: Albert Menendez
- Vibraphone: Jean Baptiste
- Horn Section: East 4th Horns
- Percussion: Bashiri Johnson
- Mixed by Hirokazu Akashi
- Originally from Sonic Adventure 2
08. "My Sweet Passion" (5:11)
- Music and Japanese Lyrics by Fumie Kumatani
- English Translation by T. Fukada
- Arrangement and Sound Produced by Atsushi "Sushi" Kosugi (Beat on Beat, Inc.)
- Vocals: Nikki Gregoroff
- Guitars: Mike Campbell
- Bass: Will Lee
- Rhodes: Philippe Saisse
- Drums: Ricky Wellman
- Percussion: Bashiri Johnsonv
- Horn Section: East 4th Horns
- Mixed by Roy Hendrickson
- Originally from Sonic Adventure
09. "Believe in Myself (SA2 Version)" (3:57)
- Written by Jun Senoue
- Vocals: Kaz Silver
- Guitars and Programming: Jun Senoue
- Bass: Takeshi Taneda
- Drums: Katsuji
- Mixed by The Riddle
- Originally from Sonic Adventure 2
10. "Unknown from M.E. (SA2 Version)" (4:52)
- Music and Japanese Lyrics by Kenichi Tokoi
- English Translation by Takahiro Fukuda
- Arrangement and Sound Produced by Atsushi "Sushi" Kosugi (Beat on Beat, Inc.)
- Rap Vocals Produced by Taka Umeno (Flava Entertainment, Inc.)
- Vocals: Marlon Saunders
- Rap Vocals: Hunnid-P
- Guitars: Chewtaro Moritake
- Bass and Programming: Kenichi Tokoi
- T. Sax and A. Sax: Kohji Orita
- Mixed by Hirokazu Akashi
- Originally from Sonic Adventure 2
11. "Theme of E-102γ" (4:33)
- Written by Fumie Kumatani
- Programming: Fumie Kumatani
- Mixed by Hirokazu Akashi
- Originally from Sonic Adventure
12. "Cosmic Eternity - Believe in Yourself" (3:35)
- Performed by Keiko Utoku
- Music by Naofumi Hataya
- Lyrics by Casey Rankin
- Vocals: Keiko Utoku
- Keiko Utoku appears courtesy of Zain Records
- Originally from Sonic the Hedgehog CD (Japanese version)
13. "Look-a-like (Short Edited Ver.)" (1:46)
- Music and Arrangement: Mitsuhiro Tada
- Lyrics and Performance: Riu Konaka
- Originally from Sonic the Hedgehog: The Movie
14. "Sonic3 MegaD Mix" (2:21)
- Remixed by Naofumi Hataya
- Originally from Sonic Gems Collection
- Source music taken from Sonic the Hedgehog 3
15. "Lazy Days -Livin' in Paradise- (Original Demo)" (4:01)
- Performed by Ted Poley
- Music by Jun Senoue
- Japanese Lyrics by Jun Senoue and Fumie Kumatani
- English Translation by T. Fukada
- Vocals: Ted Poley
- Guitars and Programming: Jun Senoue
- Piano: Yutaka Minobe
- Mixed by Masahiro Fukuhara
- Originally from Sonic Adventure
16. "All Hail Shadow (Hybrid Mix)" (4:02)
- Written by Jun Senoue and Mike Szuter
- Vocals: Mike Szuter
- Guitars and Programming: Jun Senoue
- Bass: Takeshi Taneda
- Drums: Toru Kawamura
- Mixed by Masahiro Fukuhara
- Originally from Sonic the Hedgehog (2006)
17. "Dreams of an Absolution (Starry Night Remix)" (6:21)
- Remixed by Tomoya Ohtani
- Music by Mariko Nanba
- Lyrics by Lee Brotherton
- Vocals: Lee Brotherton
- Mixed by Yoshitada Miya
- Originally from Sonic the Hedgehog (2006)
18. "Open Your Heart (K-Klub Remix)" (5:51)
- Remixed by Lee Brotherton (Remix Factory)
- Written by Jun Senoue and Kenichi Tokoi
- Vocals: Johnny Gioeli
- Guitars: Jun Senoue
- Additional Recording, Arrangement and engineering by the Remix Factory
- Originally from Sonic Adventure
Trivia
- The "Open Your Heart (K-Klub Remix)" was released on the album without the notification or approval of Bentley Jones. And he doesn't consider it to be an official addition to his discography.[1]