Sonic 3 will always be one of my favorite games! Here are some alternate takes on some of the levels and themes. There will likely be more of these in the future! Some of these are WIPs and not 100% perfect yet, but enjoy nonetheless. :)

Sonic 3 - Alternate

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=see7KXg8JhA
Dear SEGA, I hear that legal troubles regarding Sonic 3's original soundtrack might be part of what's holding you back from a re-release of Sonic 3 ( http://www.sonic3remastered.com/ More info here)  
I suggest an alternative solution to trying to get the rights to use the songs that are currently providing a roadblock in greenlighting the project. 

Signed sincerely,
A lifelong fan
NOTE: I did not adhere to the polyphony limits of the sound chip.
[Carnival Night Zone - Act 2]

[Alternate] Carnival Night Zone - Act 1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98tNUVZWRKk
Dear SEGA, I hear that legal troubles regarding Sonic 3's original soundtrack might be part of what's holding you back from a re-release of Sonic 3 ( www.sonic3remastered.com/ More info here)
I suggest an alternative solution to trying to get the rights to use the songs that are currently providing a roadblock in greenlighting the project.

Signed sincerely,
A lifelong fan
NOTE: I did not adhere to the polyphony limits of the sound chip.

[I knew there was no way I could 'outdo' the original song, and that was not my aim here. I set out to make something very different using most of the same instruments. Enjoy!]

[Alternate] Ice Cap Zone Act 1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBBaaEw3idc
Dear SEGA, I hear that legal troubles regarding Sonic 3's original soundtrack might be part of what's holding you back from a re-release of Sonic 3 ( www.sonic3remastered.com/ More info here)
I suggest an alternative solution to trying to get the rights to use the songs that are currently providing a roadblock in greenlighting the project.

Signed sincerely,
A lifelong fan
NOTE: I did not adhere to the polyphony limits of the sound chip.
[Rather than paring act 2 down like the original song did, I ramped it up. I couldn't resist paring it down in a few spots to bring back the feeling of isolation the original had in spades.]

[Alternate] Ice Cap Zone - Act 2

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KItBaqYtNrU
Dear SEGA, I hear that legal troubles regarding Sonic 3's original soundtrack might be part of what's holding you back from a re-release of Sonic 3 ( www.sonic3remastered.com/ More info here)
I suggest an alternative solution to trying to get the rights to use the songs that are currently providing a roadblock in greenlighting the project.

Signed sincerely,
A lifelong fan
NOTE: I did not adhere to the polyphony limits of the sound chip.

[I think https://soundcloud.com/sonictweaker will remember this one! He covered it a few years back. I've had it sitting around since, and it seemed appropriate... I included parts of Death Egg Zone from Sonic and Knuckles because it's literally RIGHT THERE!  The original Launch Base Zone is one of my favorite songs in any Sonic game... so I tried to do it justice.]

[Alternate] Launch Base Zone - Act 1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rHciCzqGxO4
Dear SEGA, I hear that legal troubles regarding Sonic 3's original soundtrack might be part of what's holding you back from a re-release of Sonic 3 ( www.sonic3remastered.com/ More info here)
I suggest an alternative solution to trying to get the rights to use the songs that are currently providing a roadblock in greenlighting the project.

Signed sincerely,
A lifelong fan
NOTE: I did not adhere to the polyphony limits of the sound chip.

[This is it! You're at the Death Egg! It's tantalizingly close, but can you make it in time?!
...It occurs to me that in this hypothetical soundtrack, Knuckles would need completely different music for this level. >_>; ]

[Alternate] Launch Base Zone - Act 2

[Not done with these yet. Still need to do the mini boss theme, credits, and some others... Enjoy!]
Dear SEGA, I hear that legal troubles regarding Sonic 3's original soundtrack might be part of what's holding you back from a re-release of Sonic 3 ( www.sonic3remastered.com/ More info here)
I suggest an alternative solution to trying to get the rights to use the songs that are currently providing a roadblock in greenlighting the project.

Signed sincerely,
A lifelong fan
NOTE: I did not adhere to the polyphony limits of the sound chip.

[Alternate] HydroCity Act 1

[Act 2 of the original always sounded more 'dangerous' to me, so I tried to do that with this, as well! https://soundcloud.com/leila-wilson-woofle/329-sidescroll <- this was the original version of this tune.] 
Dear SEGA, I hear that legal troubles regarding Sonic 3's original soundtrack might be part of what's holding you back from a re-release of Sonic 3 ( www.sonic3remastered.com/ More info here)
I suggest an alternative solution to trying to get the rights to use the songs that are currently providing a roadblock in greenlighting the project.

Signed sincerely,
A lifelong fan

[Alternate] HydroCity Act 2

https://soundcloud.com/leila-wilson-woofle/sets/sonic-3-alternate

Woofle made all these cool retakes of Sonic 3 songs...so I did one too. Go check out Woofle's though they're really good.

[Alternate] Marble Garden Act 1

[As it would be counterproductive to use the vocals, since those are likely a large part of the problem, don't expect to hear any here! D: ]
Dear SEGA, I hear that legal troubles regarding Sonic 3's original soundtrack might be part of what's holding you back from a re-release of Sonic 3 ( www.sonic3remastered.com/ More info here)
I suggest an alternative solution to trying to get the rights to use the songs that are currently providing a roadblock in greenlighting the project.

Signed sincerely,
A lifelong fan
NOTE: I did not adhere to the polyphony limits of the sound chip.

[Alternate] Mini Boss

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Dear SEGA, I hear that legal troubles regarding Sonic 3's original soundtrack might be part of what's holding you back from a re-release of Sonic 3 ( www.sonic3remastered.com/ More info here)
I suggest an alternative solution to trying to get the rights to use the songs that are currently providing a roadblock in greenlighting the project.

Signed sincerely,
A lifelong fan
NOTE: I did not adhere to the polyphony limits of the sound chip.

[Alternate] Competition Menu

Have you signed the petition yet?  Get on over to http://sonic3remastered.com/ !!! These tunes are here to help people get aware that Sonic 3 might be remade if we band together, after all.
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I was never happy with this one, which is why I've sat on it for so long. It's actually been done for several weeks. x.x; I figured I may as well finish up the set though. Enjoy!

[Alternate] Credits

Here is an alternate title screen tune for Sonic 3. It is a contribution to @leila-wilson-woofle alternate Sonic 3 project. Check it out here: https://soundcloud.com/leila-wilson-woofle/sets/sonic-3-alternate

Special thanks to @Tiido and @raphaelgoulart for their help with ironing out the wrinkles, and teaching me better chord progressions with the bassline.

1. This was made on VGM Music Maker.
2. I used all the original instruments and samples.
3. I added a couple of samples of my own.
4. I tried to match the PSG closely, but it's not perfect.

Here is a ROM version that will play on an emulator, or actual Sega Genesis hardware: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B2C16041iMhgOFQ2bFFiR2ZlSnM/view?usp=sharing

Here is a .vgm file: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B2C16041iMhgaUZQLUpmcFN3dWs/view?usp=sharing

Enjoy!
marcb0t

(P.S. This is a re-upload, as the previous one got messed up. I lost 9 likes, and 2 comments. I appologize to anyone who's comment is lost because of this error. :c   )

Sonic 3 Title Screen (Alternate)

Wow, I forgot to do an alternate theme for this laughing jackass. Includes parts of the act 1 boss theme.
HEY! Have you signed the petition @ http://sonic3remastered.com/ yet???  You should go do that. That's what these are here to raise awareness for. A remake of one of the best games of the 90s and possibly ever! Tell SEGA to make it happen. :D

[Alternate] Theme of Knuckles

This doesn't even NEED an alternate. D: Crap. Oh well. I wanted to make less of a 'tropical party' song and more of a 'Wow! new place, let's explore!' theme here. It's not quantized perfectly, and I'm likely to touch it up later. Consider it a WIP!
Anyone else like this stage better before it catches fire?
If you agree, go sign the petition here; http://sonic3remastered.com/  If you *don't* agree, do it anyway.

[Alternate] Angel Island Zone Act 1

Rather than redoing act 1, I decided to finish act 2. I might redo both later. They both have some decent moments, but I think them (and carnival night act 1) could stand to be redone at some point. Who knows! MYSTERY! Speaking of mysteries, it's still a mystery if we'll get a remake of Sonic 3. Help it become a definite yes by going here; http://sonic3remastered.com/

[Alternate] Angel Island Zone Act 2

Based off of https://soundcloud.com/nine-zero-music 's act 1 (go check out his stuff!) I kind of slacked off after I heard that it wasn't likely we'd ever get a remake of Sonic 3, and never finished this. I put a few band-aids on it, and ... well, here it is. It's far from perfect, but it bothered me not seeing the set complete (folks kept asking about it. :P )  Not the greatest, but eh. As always, I ignored polyphony rules.

[Alternate] Marble Garden Act 2

I didn't like the original act 1 I did for Carnival Night, so I aced it, replaced it with the old act 2, and this is the new act 2. 
Anyway, I'm uploading this to let you know that I've released all the Sonic 3 Alternate tracks I did (Sean's and Marc's are their own creations afterall!) on bandcamp for free. Tips and donations are certainly welcome, if you'd like to though! Enjoy! https://leilawilson.bandcamp.com/album/s3alternate

Get it here!

Carnival Night Zone - Act 2 [Alternate]

Huh, well, that came out about like I thought it would, crappy mixing and all.

329 Not HCZ

Practice to keep sharp between commissions. Some of you might remember this song. :V

312NotAiz

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Composer for Star Buster, Miasma Caves, Leilani's Island, Freedom Planet 1 and 2, HardSpeed and tons more.
Freelance game composer, author and semi-professional race car driver from the west coast. I've been in the game music business for around 10 years.  I have two major projects (HardSpeed: Synthpop/80s) and Elancia (JRPG styled music.)

Sonic 3 - Alternate

Leilani Wilson