0:00:01.439,0:00:08.402 Passagem Secreta and Cosmic Effect Present 0:00:10.550,0:00:14.855 >>Rafael Fernandes: The first Sonic for the Mega Drive, besides being considered a classic for a long time, 0:00:14.856,0:00:22.705 has many secrets, rumors and hidden references that were revealed as the 20 years since the release of the game passed by. 0:00:23.180,0:00:27.930 One of these, let's say, "secrets", and that somehow is little discussed in the Web, 0:00:27.931,0:00:32.680 is in the similarity between the science fiction film Blade Runner, from 1982, 0:00:32.680,0:00:36.400 and some elements of Scrap Brain Zone, the last stage of the game. 0:00:38.360,0:00:45.385 According to the observations found during the game, the background scenery of the first act closely resembles this panoramic take of the film, 0:00:45.386,0:00:51.760 what makes us speculate that Yuji Naka was inspired, or at least tried to pay homage to the work of Ridley Scott. 0:00:52.255,0:00:57.495 However, it seems he was not the only one who let himself be influenced by the science fiction classic… 0:01:02.745,0:01:06.760 Somehow, the theme song for the stage, composed by Masato Nakamura, 0:01:06.761,0:01:11.170 has a very interesting resemblance to the one that plays in the end credits of Blade Runner, 0:01:11.171,0:01:17.025 called End Titles and produced by Vangelis, one of the most renowned composers of cinema history. 0:01:37.545,0:01:42.045 The article that dealt with the subject was published in Passagem Secreta in November 2010, 0:01:42.046,0:01:46.625 what blew the minds of some people and… generated some controversy by others. 0:01:47.700,0:01:52.920 That is why we invited Eric Fraga, musician, retrogamer and collaborator of the partner blog Cosmic Effect, 0:01:52.921,0:01:56.500 to bring the definitive proof that the songs are actually quite similar. 0:01:57.190,0:02:05.175 >>Eric Fraga: Well, friends of Passagem Secreta, I'm Eric Fraga, the Cosmonal, and invited by Rafael "00 agent", uh, 0:02:05.176,0:02:14.000 I came to add a bit more of fuel to the fire in a discussion that is out there on an artistic similarity between Sonic 1, 0:02:14.001,0:02:18.755 for the Mega Drive, right, and Blade Runner, the film Blade Runner of Ridley Scott. 0:02:18.756,0:02:21.515 >>Rafael Fernandes: And so, Cosmonal, how will you do that? 0:02:21.516,0:02:26.485 >>Eric Fraga: I'll play a few pieces here of… of… o… only this small piece, 0:02:26.486,0:02:37.700 remembering that this similarity with the song of Scrap Brain Zone is only in the initial section right after the… the intro, and only there, you know, 0:02:37.701,0:02:45.985 and I'll show you here, uh, at least I'll play a few pieces and you draw your own conclusions, right. 0:02:46.525,0:02:47.600 >>Man: C'mon guys, let's go (Hurry up, Eric!). 0:02:47.965,0:02:56.325 >>Eric Fraga: Well, I'll show here to… I'll quickly play the Blade Runner theme and the song of Sonic, the Scrap Brain Zone, right. 0:02:58.175,0:02:59.095 The small piece of Blade Runner… 0:03:04.600,0:03:06.085 Memorize this bass. 0:03:08.450,0:03:10.935 Memorize this timpani. 0:03:43.900,0:03:45.945 O.k., it ends there. 0:03:48.900,0:03:58.520 The song of Sonic; an important detail: uh… the song of Sonic is in a different tone from the song of Blade Runner, right, so uh… 0:03:58.521,0:04:04.930 then you put a song next to each other, it means, I'll now play the other, there is a difference uh… 0:04:04.931,0:04:10.520 and so, we notice, the listener notice, right, but from the musical point of view this is irrelevant, uh… 0:04:10.521,0:04:16.404 for the musicians out there that's the tone, you know, the music of Blade Runner is in C minor and the song of Sonic is in A minor, 0:04:16.406,0:04:25.965 but that is irrelevant musically; you can play uh… the song in any tone and this wouldn't… wouldn't affect there the judgement of any similarity, right. 0:04:25.966,0:04:31.485 This is so true that when I do the demonstration here, I'll use the same tone, the tone of Blade Runner, right, randomly chosen. 0:04:31.486,0:04:32.935 So, the song of Sonic… 0:04:54.995,0:04:57.515 That's it. It's just this passage and that's it. 0:04:58.765,0:05:09.635 Well, now I'll show here to you, I'll start by the bass, only the bass; I'll play the bass of… of the Blade Runner song first, right. 0:05:10.120,0:05:17.040 That would be… I'll play it slowly, these songs are fast, both Sonic and Blade Runner, these songs are… 0:05:17.041,0:05:25.710 electronic, you know, then usually the musician plays more slowly and then accelerates, right, here I'll just perform, you know, so, the bass of the song from Blade Runner. 0:05:33.520,0:05:36.105 Right? I'll do the rest, eh… 0:05:52.190,0:05:56.900 OK. I'll mix, I'll do the Sonic first in fact, after I'll mix. 0:05:57.775,0:05:59.700 Now the bass from the Sonic song. 0:06:17.900,0:06:18.790 Then it loops. 0:06:19.800,0:06:23.850 I'll do both: a little bit of Blade Runner, a little bit of Sonic. So, Blade Runner. 0:06:33.555,0:06:43.030 This is just to show, is not the same arrangement, right, but it looks like who made the song of Sonic, which came later, Mister Nakamura, right, 0:06:43.031,0:06:55.045 the credit is his, uh… he at least… the style… the… the style, the rhythmic way of the bass, you know, it has something… it has something, right. 0:06:55.046,0:06:58.380 He must have heard the song from Blade Runner, it can't be, because of this here… 0:07:01.940,0:07:06.570 He fills, you know, the time with the notes, of… of course. 0:07:06.571,0:07:13.035 Then, until then it can be a coincidence, but it still arise comments because of the little smoke, right. 0:07:14.010,0:07:21.305 >>Rafael Fernandes: Then, as the similarity in the base of both songs was not enough, the tune also has some similarities, as Eric explains. 0:07:21.306,0:07:25.240 >>Eric Fraga: Well, now I'm going to play, uh, the two songs for you. 0:07:25.241,0:07:30.270 I'll start with Blade Runner, right, and you will… will make the comparison. 0:07:30.271,0:07:41.115 Uh… I'll not play the bass, right, uh… they're electronic music, then perform these basses is… is really difficult, in fact it's sometimes even impossible, because they're too fast, 0:07:41.116,0:07:51.115 but uh… I'll… I'll… make an arrangement naturally here, simple, to compose and… well, there you go, Blade Runner first, huh. 0:07:52.015,0:07:53.545 So, here is the bass, just to remember. 0:08:29.000,0:08:30.465 Now Sonic. 0:09:10.965,0:09:21.830 Well, if I make the melody here, uh… separated, only the melody, you… you can, you'll be able to notice with… with a little more calm. 0:09:21.831,0:09:23.110 So, look, Blade Runner. 0:09:37.160,0:09:41.330 So, this notes progress is very similar to the song of Nakamura. 0:09:41.331,0:09:43.605 So, you want to see? Let… let's go… Sonic. 0:09:55.000,0:10:04.170 Then he repeats the same phrase only changing the chord, right, uh… just like… like… Vangelis did in Blade Runner, right. 0:10:04.171,0:10:14.225 So, joining with the bass, with that rhythmic similarity, you know, that we commented, I think we have an inspired coincidence. 0:10:19.340,0:10:23.500 >>Rafael Fernandes: And right now you wonder: why I never noticed it before? 0:10:23.501,0:10:31.175 Well, maybe it is because this is the last stage and is kind of hard to notice these similarities before so many obstacles in the game, right? 0:10:31.515,0:10:39.280 But as Cosmonal himself said, in fact there is at least some inspiration, since it is quite difficult to say that all this is a mere coincidence. 0:10:39.381,0:10:41.100 And you? What do you think? 0:11:00.703,0:11:06.377 Writing, editing and etc.[br]Rafael "00" Fernandes 0:11:06.996,0:11:14.192 http://passagemsecreta.com 0:11:19.431,0:11:25.071 Special appearance[br]Eric "Cosmonal" Fraga 0:11:26.561,0:11:33.540 http://cosmiceffect.com.br 0:11:40.201,0:11:45.908 Special thanks *[br]Masato Nakamura 0:11:46.628,0:11:51.548 Special thanks *[br]Vangelis 0:11:51.799,0:12:02.510 *we know that they care very little, but we thank them anyway