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Song number #3 from the ‘missed the cut from the last few May Madness events’ is our old 2011 GaMetal friend Sandopolis Zone from Sonic & Knuckles!

This has always been a personal favorite Sonic song of mine. In a sea of funky, upbeat, and fast paced songs, Sandopolis sticks out because it has a much slower pace than the other music it’s surrounded by. Then it gets even slower in the Act 2 arrangement!

This remake features more backup guitar lead harmonies, a sludgier Act 2, and a few changes to which instrument is leading the melody on certain parts (keyboard/lead guitar, mostly during Act 2). I cut the cheesy reverse/speedup effect I did in 2011 that transitioned Act 2 into the ‘fast Sandopolis’ (let’s call it Act 3) that I end the song with. I also completely changed the final guitar solo in Act 3. I heard my original once, said ‘nah’, and just wrote a new one.

That last sentence is pretty much GaMetal May Madness in a nutshell.