Fan Fridays: Temporal Duality

I hope you’re ready to get your groove on. This week, we’re featuring something called Temporal Duality, which is a comprehensive, multi-CD collection of Sonic CD remixes from OverClocked ReMix. Directed by SuperiorX and Phonetic Hero, the collection features 38 tracks from 39 artists, and its official website describes the project as follows:

In the world of video game music, Sega’s Sonic CD (1993) stands as both a milestone and something of a curiosity… It was the first Red Book audio soundtrack experience for MANY gamers, the first console mega-franchise to branch out into the world of recorded OSTs & make use of its optical format, and perhaps most interestingly, it provided the gaming world with not one but TWO amazing and distinct soundtracks! Japanese & international gamers enjoyed a modern, more electronic score, but for the US version completely new music was composed. Fans have argued ever since as to which soundtrack is better, but we’re happy to announce that our latest album arranges music from BOTH versions!

Temporal Duality is the 45th album published by OverClocked ReMix and arranges music from Sonic CD, released in 1993 for the Sega CD. It features 38 tracks arranged by 39 artists that cover both the JP/EU and US soundtracks, originally composed by Masafumi Ogata, Naofumi Hataya, Spencer Nilsen, David Young, and Sterling Crew. Sonic CD was unique from other Sonic games of the era due to its time travel system that allowed players to experience 4 variations of each stage. The game featured different soundtracks for the JP/EU and the US releases, which were both ahead of its time for video games, being among the first to have Red Book CD Audio. Spanning 3 discs and numerous genres, Temporal Duality is the fourth OverClocked ReMix album to pay tribute to the 16-bit era of the Sonic The Hedgehog series!

We’ve included a handful of tracks from the album below, but that doesn’t even begin to cover the scope of all of the amazing music on this album. If you like what you hear, you can download the entire project on its OCReMix page here. As always, we’re on the lookout for fan works to spotlight, so if you have a project you want the world to know about, send us a link at fansonfriday@tssznews.com!