1 00:00:01,439 --> 00:00:08,402 Passagem Secreta and Cosmic Effect Present 2 00:00:10,550 --> 00:00:14,855 >>Rafael Fernandes: The first Sonic for the Mega Drive, besides being considered a classic for a long time, 3 00:00:14,856 --> 00:00:22,705 has many secrets, rumors and hidden references that were revealed as the 20 years since the release of the game passed by. 4 00:00:23,180 --> 00:00:27,930 One of these, let's say, "secrets", and that somehow is little discussed in the Web, 5 00:00:27,931 --> 00:00:32,680 is in the similarity between the science fiction film Blade Runner, from 1982, 6 00:00:32,680 --> 00:00:36,400 and some elements of Scrap Brain Zone, the last stage of the game. 7 00:00:38,360 --> 00:00:45,385 According to the observations found during the game, the background scenery of the first act closely resembles this panoramic take of the film, 8 00:00:45,386 --> 00:00:51,760 what makes us speculate that Yuji Naka was inspired, or at least tried to pay homage to the work of Ridley Scott. 9 00:00:52,255 --> 00:00:57,495 However, it seems he was not the only one who let himself be influenced by the science fiction classic… 10 00:01:02,745 --> 00:01:06,760 Somehow, the theme song for the stage, composed by Masato Nakamura, 11 00:01:06,761 --> 00:01:11,170 has a very interesting resemblance to the one that plays in the end credits of Blade Runner, 12 00:01:11,171 --> 00:01:17,025 called End Titles and produced by Vangelis, one of the most renowned composers of cinema history. 13 00:01:37,545 --> 00:01:42,045 The article that dealt with the subject was published in Passagem Secreta in November 2010, 14 00:01:42,046 --> 00:01:46,625 what blew the minds of some people and… generated some controversy by others. 15 00:01:47,700 --> 00:01:52,920 That is why we invited Eric Fraga, musician, retrogamer and collaborator of the partner blog Cosmic Effect, 16 00:01:52,921 --> 00:01:56,500 to bring the definitive proof that the songs are actually quite similar. 17 00:01:57,190 --> 00:02:05,175 >>Eric Fraga: Well, friends of Passagem Secreta, I'm Eric Fraga, the Cosmonal, and invited by Rafael "00 agent", uh, 18 00:02:05,176 --> 00:02:14,000 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, 19 00:02:14,001 --> 00:02:18,755 for the Mega Drive, right, and Blade Runner, the film Blade Runner of Ridley Scott. 20 00:02:18,756 --> 00:02:21,515 >>Rafael Fernandes: And so, Cosmonal, how will you do that? 21 00:02:21,516 --> 00:02:26,485 >>Eric Fraga: I'll play a few pieces here of… of… o… only this small piece, 22 00:02:26,486 --> 00:02:37,700 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, 23 00:02:37,701 --> 00:02:45,985 and I'll show you here, uh, at least I'll play a few pieces and you draw your own conclusions, right. 24 00:02:46,525 --> 00:02:47,600 >>Man: C'mon guys, let's go (Hurry up, Eric!). 25 00:02:47,965 --> 00:02:56,325 >>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. 26 00:02:58,175 --> 00:02:59,095 The small piece of Blade Runner… 27 00:03:04,600 --> 00:03:06,085 Memorize this bass. 28 00:03:08,450 --> 00:03:10,935 Memorize this timpani. 29 00:03:43,900 --> 00:03:45,945 O.k., it ends there. 30 00:03:48,900 --> 00:03:58,520 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… 31 00:03:58,521 --> 00:04:04,930 then you put a song next to each other, it means, I'll now play the other, there is a difference uh… 32 00:04:04,931 --> 00:04:10,520 and so, we notice, the listener notice, right, but from the musical point of view this is irrelevant, uh… 33 00:04:10,521 --> 00:04:16,404 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, 34 00:04:16,406 --> 00:04:25,965 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. 35 00:04:25,966 --> 00:04:31,485 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. 36 00:04:31,486 --> 00:04:32,935 So, the song of Sonic… 37 00:04:54,995 --> 00:04:57,515 That's it. It's just this passage and that's it. 38 00:04:58,765 --> 00:05:09,635 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. 39 00:05:10,120 --> 00:05:17,040 That would be… I'll play it slowly, these songs are fast, both Sonic and Blade Runner, these songs are… 40 00:05:17,041 --> 00:05:25,710 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. 41 00:05:33,520 --> 00:05:36,105 Right? I'll do the rest, eh… 42 00:05:52,190 --> 00:05:56,900 OK. I'll mix, I'll do the Sonic first in fact, after I'll mix. 43 00:05:57,775 --> 00:05:59,700 Now the bass from the Sonic song. 44 00:06:17,900 --> 00:06:18,790 Then it loops. 45 00:06:19,800 --> 00:06:23,850 I'll do both: a little bit of Blade Runner, a little bit of Sonic. So, Blade Runner. 46 00:06:33,555 --> 00:06:43,030 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, 47 00:06:43,031 --> 00:06:55,045 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. 48 00:06:55,046 --> 00:06:58,380 He must have heard the song from Blade Runner, it can't be, because of this here… 49 00:07:01,940 --> 00:07:06,570 He fills, you know, the time with the notes, of… of course. 50 00:07:06,571 --> 00:07:13,035 Then, until then it can be a coincidence, but it still arise comments because of the little smoke, right. 51 00:07:14,010 --> 00:07:21,305 >>Rafael Fernandes: Then, as the similarity in the base of both songs was not enough, the tune also has some similarities, as Eric explains. 52 00:07:21,306 --> 00:07:25,240 >>Eric Fraga: Well, now I'm going to play, uh, the two songs for you. 53 00:07:25,241 --> 00:07:30,270 I'll start with Blade Runner, right, and you will… will make the comparison. 54 00:07:30,271 --> 00:07:41,115 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, 55 00:07:41,116 --> 00:07:51,115 but uh… I'll… I'll… make an arrangement naturally here, simple, to compose and… well, there you go, Blade Runner first, huh. 56 00:07:52,015 --> 00:07:53,545 So, here is the bass, just to remember. 57 00:08:29,000 --> 00:08:30,465 Now Sonic. 58 00:09:10,965 --> 00:09:21,830 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. 59 00:09:21,831 --> 00:09:23,110 So, look, Blade Runner. 60 00:09:37,160 --> 00:09:41,330 So, this notes progress is very similar to the song of Nakamura. 61 00:09:41,331 --> 00:09:43,605 So, you want to see? Let… let's go… Sonic. 62 00:09:55,000 --> 00:10:04,170 Then he repeats the same phrase only changing the chord, right, uh… just like… like… Vangelis did in Blade Runner, right. 63 00:10:04,171 --> 00:10:14,225 So, joining with the bass, with that rhythmic similarity, you know, that we commented, I think we have an inspired coincidence. 64 00:10:19,340 --> 00:10:23,500 >>Rafael Fernandes: And right now you wonder: why I never noticed it before? 65 00:10:23,501 --> 00:10:31,175 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? 66 00:10:31,515 --> 00:10:39,280 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. 67 00:10:39,381 --> 00:10:41,100 And you? What do you think? 68 00:11:00,703 --> 00:11:06,377 Writing, editing and etc. Rafael "00" Fernandes 69 00:11:06,996 --> 00:11:14,192 http://passagemsecreta.com 70 00:11:19,431 --> 00:11:25,071 Special appearance Eric "Cosmonal" Fraga 71 00:11:26,561 --> 00:11:33,540 http://cosmiceffect.com.br 72 00:11:40,201 --> 00:11:45,908 Special thanks * Masato Nakamura 73 00:11:46,628 --> 00:11:51,548 Special thanks * Vangelis 74 00:11:51,799 --> 00:12:02,510 *we know that they care very little, but we thank them anyway