Along with regain Luigi inSuper Mario 64and unlocking a secret character name Sheng Long inStreet Fighter II , there ’s avideo game urban legendthat suggests Michael Jackson secretly co - write the soundtrack forSonic the Hedgehog 3 . The rumor start when gamers noticed eerie similarities between the TV game ’s soundtrack and the King of Pop ’s mid-1990s musical output . Though Sega denied that Jackson had any interest withSonic 3 , the rumor has persisted for more than 20 years . But fresh interviews suggest that the “ hearsay ” is fact .
In an clause onThe Huffington Postabout the story between Michael Jackson and Sega , the longstanding urban legend has been confirm as being true . Jackson sour with longtime music collaboratorBrad Buxeron roughly 40 rails forSonic 3during the early half of 1993 . MJ was reportedly a gravid rooter of the secret plan series and had an ongoing professional kinship with Sega after they developed his video game , Moonwalker , in 1990 . In the midst of his “ severe ” Earth tour , Jacksonsprained his ankleand had to cancel a few concert engagement to bring around . While recovering , he made a covert sojourn to Sega ’s development deftness in Palo Alto , California , where he come across with the Sonic squad .
Jackson fit to work on the then - new video secret plan ’s soundtrack over the next few weeks , but did not receive a credit on the final version . There were some rumors that Jackson was n’t glad with how the medicine flex out after Sega compressed his tracks into a series of bloops and beep , while others speculated that it was Sega who removed his name when the vocaliser was very publiclyaccused of nipper molestationin the summer of 1993 .
Though the real intellect why his name is n’t on the game might never be get laid , the musicians who work onSonic 3alongside Jackson have confirmed the late pop icon ’s involvement .
According toThe Huffington Post , “ Six men — Brad Buxer , Bobby Brooks , Doug Grigsby III , Darryl Ross , Geoff Grace and Cirocco Jones — are listed as songster inSonic 3 ’s endgame scroll . Buxer , Grigsby , and Jones tellThe Huffington Postthat Jackson work with them on a soundtrack forSonic 3 — and that the euphony they create with Jackson stop up in the last production . ”
Take a listen for yourself .
[ h / tThe Huffington Post ]
