"Final Judgement" | How Sonic Forces Should've Sounded
This is where it all started. My YouTube journey began earlier in 2020, but the type of content I was doing got old… a little too fast haha. It was then that I got an idea.
I always had my critique for how the music of the game Sonic Forces should’ve sounded. (There are many critiques that game has received.) So, I thought I would make a video series, recreating the music for the levels with Modern Sonic. At first, the videos had about 50 views collectively. Then, with the upcoming release of Sonic Frontiers in 2022, my videos got traction – now getting several thousands of views. Suddenly, I had lots of people asking me to continue the series. After some deliberation, I returned to the series.
One year after returning, I reached the final Modern Sonic level of the game, “Final Judgement.” This was a final push before facing the final boss of the game, so I wanted the music to be energetic and epic. I pulled the motif from the previous level that I composed, “Mortar Canyon,” as the level takes place in the same environment. I let loose with some unconventional harmonic progressions, key changes, and fast breakbeats. This was the culmination of my decision to return to How It Should’ve Sounded and YouTube.
That turned out to be one of the best decisions I’ve made.