The full soundtrack of “Look-a-like”, the main theme of the 1996 Sonic the Hedgehog original animation, was uncovered for the first time.
The animated film, also known as Sonic the Hedgehog: The Movie, or simply Sonic OVA, is one of the most well received Sonic media between fans. The soundtrack for this anime is also praised highly, but it was never released on a commercial level. After years, fans finally now have the chance of listening the full version of “Look-a-like”, the theme for the OVA.
This finding was brought to light thanks to Sonic and All Characters, and uploaded by user Mefiresu.
The full theme was uncovered by community member Illuminor, who asked the producers behind the track for additional details.
“The original plan of illuminor was to ask for the song’s lyrics, but his interlocutor exceeded all expectations and just sent the whole track instead of the plain text,” said Mefiresu, who uploaded the uncovered track on YouTube.
In all variations available on the Internet we can hear the line “A short while ago, I was born”, which then repeats twice, but in the movie the first time sounds as “A long time ago…”, though we cannot hear the rest due to the dialogue of the characters.
Mefiresu
illuminor decided to get to the bottom of it and reached out to one of the people who was involved in creating of Sonic OVA. We will not disclose the identity of this person not to cause them any troubles. The original plan of illuminor was to ask for the song’s lyrics, but his interlocutor exceeded all expectations and just sent the whole track instead of the plain text.
The full version of “Look-a-like” was never unveiled until now, though a short-edit version was released in the official “True Colours” album by Wave Master Entertainment in 2009.
This version has a verse that is missing from the “full version” that was widely available previously ?
This sounds so good! Glad this is finally seeing the light
Maybe this person have the official soundtrack? I mean all the bgms and etcetera?
This gives me hope for seeing the whole original soundtrack to the Sonic OVA, since it’s considered lost media. I hope they find the rest!