Top 20 WORST Sonic Music

Welcome to another sonic the hedgehog list, its me the REAL kotori minami, and this is the top 20 WORST Sonic Music, some sound ear-bleeding, some sound generic, some sound repetitive, but ALL are classic sonic songs, classic sonic has more bad music than good in my opinion, while we have sonic 2, 3D Blast, Sonic 4 Episode 1, every other classic OST is mediocre to complete garbage, so grab your nico yazawa body pillow and some orange juice because HERE WE GO!

20. Ice Cap Zone Act 1 (Sonic the Hedgehog 3)

This one isnt SO BAD, but its so unmemorable that it sounds like the opening music to a sitcom, seriously, im not joking, not only that, but the original music for ice cap sounds SO MUCH BETTER than the garbage we ended up getting, instead of a generic song with no rythm other than snow sounds and generic ice gimmicks throughout the act, we couldve gotten a genuinely fun ice level, but ice cap zone was NOT the case of that, oh well, at least we have Ice Cap from Sonic Adventure and White Acropolis from Sonic 06

19. Sandopolis Zone Act 1 (Sonic the Hedgehog 3)

Jesus christ, this zone is so BORING! were they running out of zone ideas? were they not bothered after they made flying battery? honestly, i wish sonic 3 just went from flying battery straight to sky sanctuary and death egg, because sandopolis and lava reef are complete garbage zones, with VERY uninteresting and slow level design with constant sand and lava gimmicks that arent fun, and slow the gameplay down and suck ALL the fun out, and on top of ALL that, we get generic desert music that sounds the exact same as any other desert song, at least TRY to make bad zones memorable with good songs like metropolis zone and labyrinth zone did, but this zone makes you suffer with generic desert music, infinite sandslides, CONSTANT SWITCHES, BLOCK PUSHING AND THOSE DUMBASS GHOSTS, and they want you to do this for 8 MINUTES FOR BOTH ACTS! and then they finish the acts with complete trash boss fights, with the act 2 one being so difficult i was literally sweating with anger, annoyance, and complete and utter unenjoyment, and it didnt help that i only BARELY made it out the zone with just 2 SECONDS LEFT on act 2

18. Sylvania Castle Zone Act 3 (Sonic the Hedgehog 4)

Episode 1 had literally the BEST soundtrack in a classic sonic game, with songs like Splash Hill Acts 1 and 3, Casino Street Act 2, Lost Labyrinth Acts 1 and 3, and Mad Gear Act 1 standing out the most, but episode 2 literally sucks ALL THE FUN out of the first episode with cheap, ugly graphics that look like a PS1 game, very unfun level design with constant start-stop sections where you have to use tails flying mechanic, and to top it all off, the ENTIRE soundtrack is HORRIBLE! the soundtrack completely ruined the game for me and i didnt enjoy episode 2 at all, this song sounds like generic "im going off on an adventure" music and its so bland and boring, i may sound like a broken record here, but thats truly what i think

17. Sylvania Castle Zone Act 1 (Sonic the Hedgehog 4)

The reason this one sucks is that it has absolutely no oomph, no excitement, it just sounds gloomy and washed out, it doesnt make me feel happy, it just sounds so boring and not wanting to make me ready to play the game, this is ALREADY a very bad first impression, hey, at least sylvania castle zone is one of the 2 zones in Episode 2 with actually fun level design! (the other being sky fortress, which is also the only zone to have good music, with acts 2 and 3 being absolutely AWESOME), so how did the soundtrack end up so terrible you ask? i have no clue, it has the SAME COMPOSER as the previous episode (Jun Senoue), and instead of splash hill where it sounds motivating, this sounds gloomy and demotivating, and sad sounding, also, the synths sound terrible!

16. Sky Fortress Zone Act 1 (Sonic the Hedgehog 4)

Seriously, what were they smoking when making this track? instead of music that actually fits the zone, instead, they give us 1980s workout music, literally play this over ANY workout video from the 80s and it would fit PERFECTLY

15. Launch Base Zone Act 1 (Sonic the Hedgehog 3)

Notice how ALL of the songs so far are ONLY classic sonic, that applies to the ENTIRE LIST by the way, so get yourself prepared classic fanboys, because here comes the criticism! this song sounds like something from a generic flash game, it sounds so boring and generic, its laughable this song even got into this game, and the constant "GO! GO! GO! GO GO!" is VERY annoying, we get it! michael jackson is a cool person apparently! did i mention 1:03 into the song, it randomly stops, but instead we get EVEN MORE of the generic flash game trash after the random stop for no reason, jun senoue is OBVIOUSLY not very good at making megadrive music

14. White Park Zone Act 1 (Sonic the Hedgehog 4)

This is the first one that has a terrible melody to it, the reason for this is because instead of something cool, instead, once again, we have generic ice themed gimmicks, just like ice cap!, automated snowboarding cutscenes, just like ice cap! and slow bulky platforming, just like ice cap! and finally, the terrible music, this time, it just sounds like generic happy christmas music rather than sonic music, seriously, im not kidding, i can picture some generic kids show character dancing to this right now!

13. Casino Forest (Sonic Forces)

This song sounds nice and funky, until you listen up closer, and you hear the horrific cheese grater from sonic spinball has made its return, and boy does it sound godawful, the worst part is that its composition is good, but the instruments used are complete trash and sounds like cheese graters and buzzsaws, sonic spinball called, it wants its earrape music back!

12. Eggman Boss Theme (Sonic the Hedgehog 4)

I know, the metal sonic boss theme isnt here, but i can guarantee you that he will be in the honourable mentions, but the reason this got onto the list and the other one didnt is because at LEAST the metal sonic theme is an actual theme, the eggman theme is just a repetitive 7 second loop over, and OVER, AND OVER AGAIN, over the most awful and most padded out boss battles known to man, with awful 50 second cutscenes before you can even START the battle and absolutely EAR DAMAGING explosion sounds that go on for 15 SECONDS to pad out the battle EVEN MORE, just so you can listen to this 7 second loop for 4 MINUTES STRAIGHT!

11. White Park Zone Act 2 (Sonic the Hedgehog 4)

Imagine putting the most uninspired beat ever that doesnt even fit any theme at all, and then BLASTING our ears off with a GODAWFUL remix of twinkle park, they cant even do remixes right!

10. Chemical Plant (Sonic Forces)

Considering how much ive said it at this point, i dont even need to say it

9. Oil Desert Zone Act 3 (Sonic the Hedgehog 4)

JESUS CHRIST! MY EARS! what the hell is this trash? it sounds like awful sonic forces synths, seriously, whos bright idea was to squeak up oil desert act 1 and add ear-bleeding sonic forces synths at the beginning too? jesus christ, this entire soundtrack is just complete garbage, honestly, this doesnt even fit a classic sonic game, it sounds like some edgy techno music, once again, i think jun senoue was smoking crack when making this soundtrack

8. Oil Desert Zone Act 1 (Sonic the Hedgehog 4)

This song sounds like horrible electrical farts, it sounds extremely terrible to listen to, it doesnt make anything better that the song STARTS OUT good, then gives us the electric farts, then it goes to the good beat again, then the electric farts again, then it gives us earraping cat sounds before ending with generic adventure music, and like most of sonic 4 episode 2s terrible soundtrack, the song is only 40 seconds long! youll be hearing this garbage on repeat until you clear the act!

7. White Park Zone Act 3

I can name 3 things wrong with this song, its only 24 SECONDS LONG, it sounds EXTREMELY DEPRESSING and sad sounding for a kids game and may upset some younger players, it doesnt fit the cheerful aesthetic of white park zone AT ALL, and much worse, the act i dont even remember playing because of how boring it was, all it was was a bunch of seals breathing invisible ice at you and thats all there is! extremely awful song, this song sounds like a game over theme, especially since its only 24 seconds long!!

6. Death Egg (Sonic Forces)

Do i even need to say anything? instead of sounding like the death egg, it sounds goofy and dumb sounding and doesnt fit the level at all, it sounds horrible and jumbled on the ears, and sounds cheery, this isnt the death egg, i refuse to call this the death egg, it sounds all silly sounding, thats not what the death egg is supposed to be! did i mention the level design is EXTREMELY bare-bones and with very little obstacles?

5. Iron Fortress (Sonic Forces)

HOLY FRICK is this song hot trash, they literally start it off with generic 8-bit sounds all muddled together to make this extremely awful and earraping piece of garbage of a song, seriously, i swear i can hear bowsers castle, it even has 8-bit synths in it! CLASSIC SONIC IS 16-BIT, HE ISNT KNOWN FOR HIS 8-BIT GAMES! basically, this song sounds like garbage and generic 8-bit music rather than actual classic sonic music, it sounds absolutely awful and earraping as well

4. Oil Desert Zone Act 2 (Sonic the Hedgehog 4)

Oh dear, ALL THEY DID WAS SHORTEN ACT 1S MUSIC AND ADD DUCK SOUNDS AT THE BEGINNING! why? why squealing duck sounds? why can i hear donald duck choking? i wouldnt even call duck sounds music, it literally starts off with squeaked up, different pitched duck sounds for literally NO REASON, then act 1s music starts playing, electric farts and all, now slightly squeaked up at the meowing cats part, and even worse, this song is only 40 seconds long! youll be hearing the dying ducks throughout the act! whos good idea was to put ducks in the song and make oil desert act 1 even more earrape than it already was?

Top 3

3. Options/Credits (Sonic Spinball)

Ok, time to go on the options, MY EARS! JESUS CHRIST! THIS SOUNDS LIKE A BEEHIVE BEING GRATED ON AN ELECTRIC FENCE, MAKING THE BEES ANGRY, THIS SOUNDS LIKE COMPLETE TRASH! and then they have the audacity to make it all quiet, and then they make the the cheese grater go EVEN LOUDER AND MORE ANNOYING, AND BLARE IT OUT AS LOUD AS IT CAN BEFORE GOING BACK TO THE "CHORUS" it even has a godawful second melody that sounds like a little kid going "NAH NAH NAH NAH NAH!" how can a song LEGITIMATELY sound like a tin can being grated by a cheese grater? i have no clue, and this is the reason why american and british composers should NEVER TOUCH the megadrive soundchip

2. Versus Mode (Sonic Eraser)

This sounds EVEN WORSE! it starts with EAR-BLEEDING gongs that get shoved into your face and get progressively louder and more EAR-DEAFENING as they go on to the point where youre crying for help and then they make it somehow LOUDER and then throw a nasty synth that sounds like arabian desert music for some reason

Honourable Mentions (Modern Sonic Included!)

Almost Dead (Shadow the Hedgehog)

Who thought some edgy hardcore rock music that sounds like a british 40 year old smoker with lung cancer is singing it as the theme of shadow was a good idea?

Aquarium Park Act 1 (Sonic Colours)

This will ALWAYS sound like edgy 12 year old gamer intro music to me, thats just how it be

Metal Sonic Boss Theme (Sonic the Hedgehog 4)

It sounds like Jun Senoue got an 8-bit soundchip and fried it in a microwave for us to listen to!

And now, the Number 1 WORST SONIC SONG OF ALL TIME IS...

1. Green Hill (Sonic Forces)

This is EASILY the worst song in the series, you want the reasons? it blares in your ears extremely loudly, the synths sound like a million ran over squealing chiuahuas, it goes EVEN LOUDER AND FASTER when you get the speed shoes, and the ending part sounds so high pitched, it sounds absolutely horrible and ear-bleeding, and once again, it sounds 8-bit instead of 16-bit, and even worse, the level that goes with it has horrible level design, making the entire level so bad that its somewhat a meme, and to top it all off, its one of the few songs to actually hurt my ears, and to think people think ear-bleeding trash sounds "cute and fitting for classic sonic", if you want your ears blasted by this garbage, go ahead, dont mind me

Anyways, that will be it for this list, i hope you all enjoyed! Sonic 2022 Cutscenes