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Sonic composer Richard Jacques (Sonic R, Racing Transformed) has a history of bullying other Sonic composers
- Thread starter Camjo-Z
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Who made this, because i'm also bumping this
Though shout outs to richards for making the sonic 3d blast " You really are an asshole " song. That shit kinda bump
Richard Jacques is a bitter asshole. That's disappointing.
TJ Davis carried the Sonic R ost IMO.
What a shame. Besides Sonic R, the Saturn version of 3D Blast also has a great soundtrack. Didn't even know he was still making Sonic music. If all he was doing was making those subpar Sonic R remixes, then he's not really needed anymore.
Yeah, without her voice, Sonic R would be nothing.
Funny thing is that she loved the remix and didn't get bitter like Richard.
Fuck me, really? This is legit heartbreaking. Sonic R and Sonic 3D Blast Saturn are two of the greatest soundtracks of all time (not game soundtracks, soundtracks) and Jacques' work in general was a huge part of my childhood and adolescence. I had so, so much respect for him and his craft.
But no body of work ever justifies this kind of behavior, especially when gaming is full of other musicians who are just as talented on top of not being assholes. This just makes me appreciate folks like Yoko Shimomura, Grant Kirkhope, David Wise, and Tee Lopes that much more — all wildly, incredibly talented to a person, but also humble, appreciative, and kind (at least based on my interactions with them).
God dammit, man.
But no body of work ever justifies this kind of behavior, especially when gaming is full of other musicians who are just as talented on top of not being assholes. This just makes me appreciate folks like Yoko Shimomura, Grant Kirkhope, David Wise, and Tee Lopes that much more — all wildly, incredibly talented to a person, but also humble, appreciative, and kind (at least based on my interactions with them).
God dammit, man.
I hope his work gets remixed even more at this point just to spite him, if that's the sort of ass he's going to be about it.
edit: never mind, he also worked on all three Boom games, which I had momentarily forgotten existed.
The biggest thing he's done for the series in the last decade is Transformed, but he's had a hand in the arrangement and engineering of a handful of tracks scattered across other games beyond the ones he headlined.
edit: never mind, he also worked on all three Boom games, which I had momentarily forgotten existed.
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Jacques definitely used to be up there with Kirkhope and Wise in terms of people I'd check out a game for just to hear their work. Probably stems from how much Sonic R I played as a kid, even my parents still know the soundtrack from hearing it blast from the PC speakers so frequently.
Speaking of Kirkhope, he's basically the opposite of this guy. Super active on social media, frequently interacts with his fans, always humble, and never has a bad word to say about anyone who's not rich and orange. He's always been my favorite composer but it's even nicer to know he's a wonderful person too.
More like Dick Jock.
This guy made all of my favorite Sonic music, but he sure is a giant douche.
This guy made all of my favorite Sonic music, but he sure is a giant douche.
Ohtani and Senoue on their weakest days are better than Jacques, before this, I liked his work but in the grand scheme of things he wasn't as high up as others. Jacques can tumble off that list.
High five! I miss Kumatani, she made such damn good music, her work on the first two riders and PS2 Shinobi was amazing.
High five! I miss Kumatani, she made such damn good music, her work on the first two riders and PS2 Shinobi was amazing.
That woman is an absolute treasure and SEGA were dumb to just let her leave.
fumie kumatani absolutely owned, but given that she still did a few small things for sega/sonic even after officially leaving and given that she's (as far as i know) not doing music anywhere else now, i kinda assume she left for personal/life reasons rather than career reasons
Did we ever find out why she left and what she did since? Colors was her final work, and sadly not one of her good ones IMO. Then again outside of Reach for the Stars and eventually Tropical Resort, I was never big on Colors' soundtrack. :P Kumatani was one of the greatest in the Adventure era. She did all the Chao themes, Mystic Ruins, all of Shadow's themes including the GOAT Supporting Me (Biolizard). Absolute master(mistress?).
I'm in the camp that adored Jacques' early works but found his later work (like in the Boom games) fairly generic. What is it with composers not retaining their greatness in the 90's? :(
Either way, while I wasn't exactly a lover of Lopes' remix, the bullying bit mentioned by Bentley is fucked up. THAT'S petty and absolutely childish, like what the fuck? Though IMO his response to Lopes' wasn't nearly as bad as that's just super harsh but I can respect that he wasn't happy with it (as implied, neither was I), but agreed that he really worded it badly and should've been more respectful and realized that Lopes wasn't the one who didn't credit him, that was Sega who did that since it's on their channel. I guess Lopes could've tweeted that Jacques was the original composer and that likely would've solved everything, but eh, maybe it wouldn't have mattered to Jacques then, who knows.
No idea why. She doesn't seem to have much in the way of an online presence either. She's just gone. Kenichi Tokoi seems to be in a similar boat too; dude is being relegated to less and less prominent music it seems. Maybe they're being pushed aside by Tomoya Ohtani which, to be honest, I never super cared for his work. =/
Damn that sucks to hear, I loved his compositions not only in Sonic but in other Sega games over the years.
Just gonna quote because I don't think I need to add any more to this. Really sucks to constantly have people you've respected since childhood turn out to be assholes.
Try as I might, no amount of searching has turned up any credited work since and she has no presence on social media. I can only assume she isn't in the industry any more.
Kenichi Tokoi is more aligned with Phantasy Star now, he did a large portion of the IDOLA (mobile game) soundtrack as well as the big finale song for Phantasy Star Online 2's Episode 3 (which was the end of a long and important arc, and probably the best PS ending theme in over a decade).
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Sorry Jacques, I've listened to your music since I was a kid but you need to wash your fucking mouth before bringing up Tee Lopes' name like that.
Dude is a fucking treasure to the Sonic franchise, don't you dare to bully him.
Dude is a fucking treasure to the Sonic franchise, don't you dare to bully him.
This sucks and it hit me hard because I love Transformed and Sonic R ost.
Although the real question is why I cant play Generation and Unleashed in modern hardware, why Sega WHY?
Man, what a jerk :(
I think this is also the perfect place to say that TJ Davis made those songs in Sonic R good.
I believe the FLAC version was an exclusive bonus if you buy the vinyl, but I don't know if you got the full soundtrack or just the selected songs present on the vinyl (I never opened mine to get the code).
Love so many of his tracks he's done for SEGA game, but man what a dick...
Thank's for this! Really like it!
I need to figure out how to become a composer for games. I already do music and I can write good instrumentals. I need to get in the door and out dick this dude to bring him down a few levels lol.
But seriously hire me someone.
But seriously hire me someone.
OK Sonic boomer.
Seriously, as much as I've enjoyed Jacques' music in the past, that's really unprofessional of him. An apology is in order.
It isn't even the best 3D blast soundtrack. Genesis version is where it is at.