At various points, what appears to be horns of brass musical instruments pop out of the winding roads, connected to thinner bits that coil around, and Sonic will sometimes fall through duller portions of these paths. The foreground is more intriguing, and the winding pathways are largely gold in colour, made up of all sorts of panels, and technical grey innards, flashing circles and tubing. typical stuff that's not particularly interesting to look at. At the very bottom, you'll find some nearby purple and pink structures featuring pipes, solid squares, mesh, tanks. The psychedelic city set at night is largely a mass of shining lights across its vast background, with more isolated stars spread across the top, while the city below is represented by a dotted blue mass, with white and pink lights flashing away across it. Zone 3: 1 minute, 15 seconds - 1 minute, 30 seconds Zone 1: 45 seconds - 1 minute, 45 seconds The Bad Future lacks this, lightly replaced by 'Stardust' vocals. The Good Future doesn't start out particularly happy, but then proceeds to emulate the kind of climax found in the Japanese version with its own, and is probably my favourite of the US level BGM for this reason. The Present has a certain speedy/racing and also 'night time' kind of feel but it's difficult to explain why exactly, and sort of a climax of its own, though not as entertaining.

The American alternatives aren't as catchy but to say they suck would be a step too far in my opinion, especially for the Good Future. The Past mix is a relatively subdued version, but still with a bit of both hip-hop funkiness and twinkly charm.

Good Future is very similar and predictably 'good' with a bit less of the hip-hop and more of the twinkly, and the Bad Future is pretty much the opposite of that statement, with siren-like sounds and a lack of that climax at the end. And then there's that brilliant twinkly climax tune, in a similar vein to that of Spring Yard Zone. A wonderfully funky, catchy and melodic piece of music accompanies your activities in the Present with a bit of a hip-hop style peppered with often completely incoherent vocal clips similar to those in the standard boss theme. Probably my favourite piece of level music on the Japanese side of the soundtrack wars.

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