Exo gets the lead out of his pants and edits another podcast in less than a week. This time, we're talking about the best Sonic game in recent memory, possibly ever. And for once, that's not hyperbole.

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—Music Credits—
Noah Taublieb  -  The Unversed Cast Theme
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Ep. 25-2 ~ Shadow Generations Podcast

original
act 1; https://soundcloud.com/user-111896261/downtown-district-act-1

Downtown District Act 2 [2025] - " 'Fore Sundown" [Sonic Fan Music]

amazing art by uno yuuji of sonic channel

thought i'd take another stab at this

Lavender Plaza Act 1 [2025] - "Checking Out"

Compton City: Act 2 ("Not Like Us - Blue Blur RMX")

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Hey everyone! It's been a while since I've done one of these.

Lava Shelter is my persona favorite level theme from Shadow the Hedgehog, so it's a song I knew I wanted to do in the Shadow Generations style. Here though I decided to go for more of a breakbeat / breakcore sort of thing, rather than the more electronic percussion of the original version. In the end I think it turned out pretty well.

Anyways, I hope you enjoy!

Instruments Used (I'll be doing this for all my music now, for people who'd like to know what I use):
-Fender Squire Strat Electric Guitar (Neck Pickup, Drop A Tuning for intro riff, rest regular tuning), recorded using Scarlet 2i2 4th Gen Interface
	-Lead Guitar FX: Guitar Rig 7 PRO (Native Instruments) Metalcore Stereo Preset + LogicPro Tremolo + LogicPro ChromaVerb “Guitar Chamber” Preset + LogicPro Channel EQ
	-2nd Lead Guitar FX: Guitar Rig 7 PRO (Native Instruments) Old Guitar Tapes Preset + LogicPro ChromaVerb “Guitar Chamber” Preset + Logic Pro Channel EQ + Raum (Native Instruments) “Dub Ignition” Preset
	-Backing Lead Guitar FX: Guitar Rig 7 PRO (Native Instruments) Tight N’ Chunky Preset + LogicPro Channel EQ + LogicPro ChromaVerb “Guitar Chamber” Preset, Double-Tracked
	-Break Section Guitar FX: Guitar Rig 7 PRO (Native Instruments) Under Water Preset + LogicPro Channel EQ + LogicPro ChromaVerb “Guitar Chamber” Preset + LogicPro Ringshift “Moving Pad” Preset + LogicPro Step FX “Filter Chase” Preset + Gain
-Xfer Records SERUM: PL Plucked Preset, Custom Saw Synth & Saw Strings Synth (+Raum), RocketPowered Sounds “Tear Out Toolkit” Distorted Thing Bass Preset, Custom Bass Synth Presets (Layered, +Guitar Rig 7 PRO “Standard Mix Channel” Preset, Raum, & Stereo Spreader)
-LogicPro Integrated Synths: Alchemy Presets (Noisy Pluck, Warm Synth Pad), High Rise Pluck, Boomerang Downer (+Raum), Percolating Suspense (+Raum & Channel EQ), Unfolding Layers (+Step FX & Channel EQ), Trailer FX 2 (Alternating Pan)
-KONTAKT 8 Plugins: Session Guitarist Electric Sunburst (+Channel EQ & ChromaVerb “Guitar Chamber” Preset), Session Bassist Prime Bass (+Guitar Rig 7 PRO “Scooped Finger” Preset, Channel EQ, & ChromaVerb “Guitar Chamber” Preset), Drum Lab “Krak” Preset (Hi Hats Only), Rudiments “Axus Kit” & “HenFrew Kit” (+Channel EQ, ChromaGlow “Modern Tube” Preset, & ChromaVerb “Drums Ambience” & “Drum Chamber” Presets), Studio Drummer “Stadium Kit - Full” Preset (Ride Cymbals Only, +Channel EQ & ChromaGlow “Magnetic” Preset)
-Drumkit: Mix of Plugins & Samples
	-Crash Cymbal: LogicPro SoCal Drumkit + Spitfire LABS Drums + Perfect Drums (Naughty Seal Audio)
	-Open Hi Hat: Spitfire LABS Drums (+Channel EQ, ChromaGlow “Modern Tube” Preset, & Chroma Verb “Drums Ambience” & “Drum Chamber” Presets)
	-Snare Drum: LogicPro Smash Drumkit + Perfect Drums (Naughty Seal Audio) + Pan Snare Samples (+Channel EQ, Guitar Rig 7 PRO “Gated Smash” Preset, & Gain)
	-2nd Snare Drum: Logic Pro Smash Drumkit (+Channel EQ, ChromaGlow “Modern Tube” Preset, & Chroma Verb “Drums Ambience” & “Drum Chamber” Presets)
	-Kick Drum: LogicPro Smash Drumkit + Touhou Soundfont “Power” Drumkit + Perfect Drums (Naughty Seal Audio) + LogicPro Festival Kick 03 Sample (+Channel EQ & ChromaVerb “Dense Room” Preset)
	-DnB Percussion: Several Break Samples + Channel EQ

YouTube Link: https://youtu.be/e6IicV9Myvk

Sonic x Shadow Generations | Lava Shelter: Act 1 (Fanmade Remix)

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Hey everyone! Back again with another Shadow Generations remix: Metropolitan Highway!

Aesthetically, this has always been my favorite area in Forces. I think it'd have been very cool to see it get the Generations makeover, and if I was going to choose a level to be added to it besides Sunset Heights, it'd be this one.

For this remix I really wanted to switch up some things a little bit by including more guitar than is in the original song, but still keeping it more EDM-focused. To change it even more, I changed the key and made the tempo a little bit faster. I think it turned out well.

Anyways, enjoy!

Instruments Used:
-Fender Squire Strat Electric Guitar (Neck Pickup), recorded using Scarlet 2i2 4th Gen Interface
	-Lead Guitar & Harmonies FX: Guitar Rig 7 PRO (Native Instruments) Stadium Solo Lead Preset + LogicPro Channel EQ + LogicPro Stereo Delay + ChromaVerb “Guitar Chamber” Preset + Raum (Native Instruments) “Guitar Rehearsal” Preset
	-End Sec. Backing Guitar FX: Guitar Rig 7 PRO (Native Instruments) Stadium Solo Lead Preset + LogicPro Channel EQ + ChromaVerb “Guitar Chamber” Preset + Raum (Native Instruments) “Guitar Rehearsal” Preset
-LogicPro British Stack Synth Lead (Panned, +Gain)
-LogicPro Boomerang Downer (+ChromaVerb “Cavernous” Preset)
-LogicPro Alchemy Presets:
	-High Bells: “Charm Bells”
	-Lead Layered Bells: “Tight Synth Pluck” (+Channel EQ, ChromaVerb “Generic Synth Hall” Preset, & Stereo Delay)
	-Fast Plucks: “Icicle Plucks” (Alternating Pan)
	-Bass Saw Layer: “Filthy Sweet Lead” (+Gain)
	-Sub Bass: “Classic Funk Boogie Bass” (+Channel EQ)
-SGM Soundfont “Crystal” (+Channel EQ, ChromaVerb “Generic Synth Hall” Preset, & Stereo Delay)
-SERUM Presets
	-Main Lead: 2 Custom Presets, Layered, LogicPro Channel EQ + ChromaVerb “Big Synth Hall” Preset + LogicPro Stereo Delay
	-Bells Lead (Plays Under Guitar Melody Sec.): “So Dreamy” Pluck Preset, LogicPro Channel EQ + ChromaVerb “Big Synth Hall” Preset + LogicPro Stereo Delay
	-Countermelody Synth: 2 Custom Presets, Panned, Layered, LogicPro Channel EQ + ChromaVerb “Big Synth Hall” Preset + LogicPro Stereo Delay
	-End Sec. Arpeggio Lead: Custom Preset, LogicPro Channel EQ + ChromaVerb “Big Synth Hall” Preset + LogicPro Stereo Delay
	-End Sec. Arpeggio Lead Swell: Custom Preset, LogicPro Channel EQ + ChromaVerb “Big Synth Hall” Preset + LogicPro Stereo Delay + LogicPro AutoFilter w/ Cutoff Automation
	-End Sec. Distorted Lead: Custom Preset, Guitar Rig 7 PRO (Native Instruments) “Red Acid” Preset + Raum (Native Instruments) “Sentimental” Preset
	-Bass Saw: Custom Preset + LogicPro Channel EQ
	-Plucked Bass Saw: “D_Bass 1” Preset (Manipulated) + LogicPro Channel EQ
	-End Sec. Sidechained Bass: “Complextro 2” Preset + LogicPro Channel EQ
-KONTAKT 8 Plug-ins:
	-Session Bassist “Icon Bass” (+Guitar Rig 7 PRO "Super Bass” Preset, Channel EQ, ChromaVerb “Guitar Chamber” Preset, & Gain)
	-Rise & Hit “Down Sweep 1” Preset (+ChromaVerb “Cavernous” Preset & Gain)
-Drumkit: Mix of Plugins & Samples
	-Open Hi-Hat: Session Drummer “Stadium Kit Full” Preset (+ChromaVerb “Drums Ambience” & “Drum Chamber” Presets, & Gain)
	-Electronic Hi-Hat: Apple Loops “Driving Noise Hi-Hat Topper”
	-Crash Cymbal: Spitfire LABS Drums (+ChromaVerb “Drums Ambience” & “Drum Chamber” Presets)
	-Snare: Rocket-Powered Sounds Tear Out Kit Snare 06
	-Kick (Layer 1): Rocket-Powered Sounds Tear Out Kit Kick 02 (+Channel EQ & Phat FX “Booster” Preset)
	-Kick (Layer 2): Apple Loops “Festival Kick 04”
-Apple Loops “Structured Hollow Riser” + Gain
-Apple Loops “Heavy Tech Impact” + Gain
-Apple Loops “Subsonic Boom FX 04” + Channel EQ
-Epic Impacts Sub Drops 9 + Channel EQ
-Misc. Riser & White Noise Samples

YouTube Link: https://youtu.be/xDcwNDGFz60

Sonic x Shadow Generations | Metropolitan Highway: Act 1 (Fanmade Remix)

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Hey everyone! Here's yet another Shadow Generations remix; this time for Kronos Island!

I kind of wanted to go for the same concept behind the Chaos Island remix for this one, where it's a remix of the island theme in the style of a Cyberspace track, however I wanted this one to be more toned down and subtle compared to Chaos Island's well... Chaotic vibe.

In that sense, I thought I could focus more on drum and bass here rather than dubstep. Sure there are still some dubstep segments in this, but I wanted it to be more focused on the drum and bass aspect. It's also a bit more mellowed out at the start and gets more dramatic near the end, which I think fits the progression of each island's movement themes as well.

Anyways, that's pretty much all there is to say on this one. Enjoy!

List of used instruments can be found in the pinned comment of the YouTube upload.

YouTube Link: https://youtu.be/Wp0FtQKTYsM

Sonic x Shadow Generations | Kronos Island: Act 1 (Fanmade Remix)

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Hey everyone, I'm back with another track, this time a remix from Sonic Dream Team! This track is technically a request by  one of my YouTube commenters, but I felt like if any stage from this game made it in to Shadow Generations, it'd have been this one.

Dream Team is a game I've never played, but after doing a little bit of research for this video, I found that the music in it is extremely... Bland. There's not a lot going on in its soundtrack, and especially in this track. My idea here was to kind of do this in the style of a S.A.M.E. remix, so it probably sounds completely different from the original track. I wanted to give it some more movement and energy, while also mixing the three act themes together since they're all very short themes.

Anyways, I hope you guys enjoy this!

List of used instruments can be found in the pinned comment of the YouTube upload.

Guardian Hunter render by Langtanium on DeviantArt

YouTube Link: https://youtu.be/mIz20tq4DQQ

Sonic x Shadow Generations | Nightmare Maze: Act 1 (Fanmade Remix)

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Hey everybody! It's been a little while, but I'm back with the first place poll winner: the Act 2 counterpart to my Shrouded Forest remix!

I wanted to do what Generations usually does and get a bit more creative with the 2D act theme, so that's what I did here. In the same vein as Shadow Generations, the Act 2 theme is more EDM-ified than the Act 1. This mostly takes inspiration from Kingdom Valley and Chaos Island's Act 2 themes, but I kind of just went with my usual EDM dubstep style here as well.

Anyways, that's all there is to say regarding this, so enjoy!

YouTube Link: https://youtu.be/6eDN-srTrtE

Sonic x Shadow Generations | Shrouded Forest: Act 2 (Fanmade Remix)

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Hey everyone! Here's my take on Babylon Garden for Shadow Generations!

I've gotten a lot of requests to do a Sonic Riders remix, and I remember seeing a request for this one specifically (though I admit I don't remember from whom specifically) so this is the one I decided to do. I've never played Sonic Riders myself, so I don't know much about it personally, but this was a fun remix to do.

I feel like if a Sonic Riders level was in Shadow Generations, it'd probably be a Doom Surf level because I feel that's the closest Doom Power to the Extreme Gear.

Anyways, that's all there is to say about this. Enjoy!

Jet the Hawk render from Nibroc-Rock on DeviantArt.

YouTube Link: https://youtu.be/Xn6q91kyM7M

Sonic x Shadow Generations | Babylon Garden: Act 1 (Fanmade Remix)

THIS MUSIC NOT MY THE ORIGINAL MUSIC AND Sbmcfer 1296 Link to the original song:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wuPzdlypheg&list=LL&index=5

Crisis City Act 1 (Sbmcfer 1296 edition)

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Hey everyone! I'm back with another act 2 remix: this time for Kronos Island! I saw that this one overtook Shrouded Forest's act 2 on the poll after I had already made it, so I decided to make this one as well.

The goal here was to get more creative with the style and arrangement, making it more different from the original track than the act 1 mix as the act 2's typically are. I included parts from movements 2, 3, and 4 of Kronos Island in my act 1 mix, so this one includes parts from acts 5, 6 and 7. It's still EDM-focused, but I wanted to take it in a different direction than my previous mix while still being reminiscent of it.

Anyways, enjoy!

YouTube Link: https://youtu.be/K0S9YVnCxIo

Sonic x Shadow Generations | Kronos Island: Act 2 (Fanmade Remix)

Crisis City (Classic) - a reimagined 16-bit remix of the Sonic Generations stage, brought to life in full SEGA Genesis / Mega Drive sound with Genesis-style FM synths, retro drums, and that signature high-energy vibe that defined the classics.

Crisis City (Classic) - Sonic Generations 16 Bit Sega Genesis Remix

links to both siivagunner rips

scatman john:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Qc5d7Zi6Sk

anniversary mix:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmNGE8a4rJU

ROOFTOP RUN : ACT1 (Scatman Bear Mix)

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