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Sonic and the Secret Rings.This game plays a lot differently than the usual trend of 3D titles in the series up to the point this game came out. Sonic is the only playable character throughout the adventure, but for other familiar characters, there's a Party Mode in the game that tries to be a lot like Mario Party's minigames, so.there's that. Apr 06, 2012  50+ videos Play all Mix - Sonic and the Secret Rings OST: Seven Rings in Hand (Main Theme) YouTube Vs. Perfect Chaos (Open Your Heart) - Sonic Generations OST - Duration: 6:44.

Seven Rings in Hand is the main theme of Sonic and the Secret Rings and first track on the soundtrack album. It was written by Kenichi Tokoi with lyrics by runblebee (the same artist behind the Sonic Riders themes) and performed by Steve Conte. The song appears in numerous places with the most prominent being the final battle.

The 'Seven Rings' in the title is a reference to the seven World Rings of the game.

Bentley Jones did a remix of the song in Sonic and the Black Knight: Face to Faith titled Seven Rings in Hand ~Fairytales in Trance~. This song also appears in Sonic and the Black Knight, it is aquired by getting all seven World Rings, it is performed by Crush 40

Lyrics

Make-believe's reborn
Myths, in mind, rethought
Question all that's known
Legends blurred and torn

Make-believe's reborn (make-believe's reborn)
Myths, in mind, rethought (myths, in mind, rethought)
Question all that's known (question all that's known)
Legends blurred and torn (legends blurred and torn, legends blurred and torn)

Yeh~

No such thing as fate for those who speed
A path out of time instead of just livin' it
So many things erased before they begin
Hopes undream instead of what could have been

Fortune fades like words in the sand
Just like that, it's nothin' - it all just seems
Nothin' - it all just seems - yeah
Fortune shines with seven in hand
Back to fact - make real of all that seems
Make real of all that seems

Seven rings in hand
Speed through nights with feet in sand
Seven rings in hand
Wonders all under command
Seven rings in hand
Wild with just one single hand
Seven rings in hand
Arrowed hearts catch fire now

Make-believe's reborn (make-believe's reborn)
Myths, in mind, rethought (myths, in mind, rethought)
Question all that's known (question all that's known)
Legends blurred and torn

No such thing as an arrow through who dreams
Hopes may burden, but forever last to give in
So many things need a push or pull to begin
Unfree to move unless another hand gets in

Be it all the same, it's never the same
Just like that, it's nothin' - it all just means
Nothin' - it all just means
If all as is, then it's never as is
Back to fact - make real of all that seems
Make real of all that seems

Seven rings in hand
Speed through nights with feet in sand
Seven rings in hand
Wonders all under command
Seven rings in hand
Wild with just one single hand
Seven rings in hand
Arrowed hearts catch fire now

Memories that dance (memories that dance)
Fairytales in trance (fairytales in trance)
Know what to believe (know what to believe)
Nothin's up to chance (nothing's up to chance)

Make-believe's reborn (make-believe's reborn)
Myths, in mind, rethought (myths, in mind, rethought)
Question all that's known (question all that's known)
Legends blurred and torn - yeah

Yeh~
Ooh~
Ee~

Seven rings in hand
Speed through nights with feet in sand
Seven rings in hand
Wonders all under command
Seven rings in hand
Wild with just one single hand
Seven rings in hand
Arrowed hearts catch fire now

Seven rings in hand
Wonders all under command
Seven rings in hand
Wild with just one single hand
Seven rings in hand
Arrowed hearts catch fire now

Seven rings in hand
Nights with feet in sand
Seven rings in hand.. Seven rings in hand

Make-believe's reborn (make-believe's reborn)
Myths, in mind, rethought (myths, in mind, rethought)
Question all that's known (question all that's known)
Legends blurred and torn (legends blurred and torn)

Seven seas in hand
Speed of sound through sands
All our hopes and plans
In one single hand

References

OverviewSonic and the Secret Rings marks the hedgehog's first venture on to the Wii console, and rather than following the traditional Sonic scenario of running through a city or a tropical beach, this game follows an entirely new direction by following on the classic story book of Aladdin and the Magic Lamp. Since the game follows through a mystical journey of the fictional Arabian world, the composition behind the music for Seven Rings in Hand follows a very loose structure on the sound and culture of the Arabian night. Gone is the musical direction is Jun Senoue and instead we get a heavy contribution of music by the group called 'Runblebee'. In addition, there are compositions from Sonic veterans Kenichi Tokoi, Fumie Kumutani, and Seiro Okamoto, as well as the Arabian music performance group Le Club Bachraf, featuring Jun Chikuma, Takako Nomiya, and Yoshiko Matsuda. BodyWhen I say the music for this game loosely based on the culture of the Arabian world, I do mean loosely.

The entire soundtrack doesn't make it a point to strongly follow any good choice of instruments that can best represent the sands of time. A few selected themes on the second disc are exceptions, in which we do get rather nice string performances from Yoshiko Matsuda's ud as well as a couple of well-performed passages from Jun Chikuma's wind instrument, th enay. There are also the usual echoing chants to fill in some gaps and some punctuated darbouka uses. Their highlight performances include 'Ali Baba & Sinbad Rescued!' , 'King of King', and 'The Legendary Blue Hedgehog', though tragically they were assigned a few short event cues too.The authentic productions are only a small portion of the soundtrack, of course. The entire first disc, which is populated by Runblebee, is nothing more than energetic hard rock music.

This isn't necessarily bad in theory, but the instrumentals are repetitive and the lyrics are so cheesy; you could be fooled into thinking you were listening to a Saturday morning English-adapted Anime that was given little to no thought whatsoever in terms of quality. Songs like 'The Wicked Wild' contain lyrics such as 'Dino! It's a jungle! It's so shameful that the only way I am able to tolerate these songs if they come with instrumental sections.

This is especially sorrowful, because some of the guitar performances are actually pretty decent. 'No Way Through' starts things off with a guitar riff that is repetitively played all throughout the song, followed by a very well performed drum filler. In fact, 'No Way Through' isn't entirely filled with lyrics for the most part, so it was one of the few songs I actually could enjoy.OK, so not all lyrics are that bad.

However, the only lyric-heavy song I actually could enjoy was 'Unawakening Float', only because it comes it short burts. In addition, the song doesn't make it a point to state the obvious of what's going on, not like 'The Wicked Wild' and their dinosaurs. I believe 'Unawaking Floats' was one of the few songs that actually felt elaborate. It starts with an acoustic guitar, then slowly builds up with the rhythm guitar, then comes in very strong with the drums, all while the lyrics simply go on to sing 'Must I float away?' Cheesy, but kind of decent. It almost reminds of some of Pantera's early work. That was only two songs.

I couldn't really stand listening to the rest of the first disc, especially not the main theme, 'Seven Rings in Hand', as performed by Steven Conte. It seems that the theme song that should have received an Arabian makeover actually doesn't. It's just a very repetitive rock song all the way through, save for some small changes in the lyrics, which I constantly forget what they are supposed to say and when. An uninspiring guitar performance is the final nail in the coffin and not even the decent solo could save it.The entire first disc covers all the stage tracks, which makes it very convenient for people like me who enjoys going straight to the real deal behind the music. However, in this case, it's almost as if it was pointless to begin with. Had the music been memorable, I might've taken that into a better consideration.

Moving on, the second disc is nothing more then the leftovers. All the cutscene cues, the menu tracks, and the party themes that come from multiplayer mode. There's really not much I can say here given all the tracks last around one to two minutes and they're nothing more than happy-go-lucky techno dance beat fillers. They're cheerful songs that only help to bring up the excitement of a 30 second mini game.

I think these tracks tried to mimic the funkiness behind such SEGA classics like Jet Grind Radio, but came up way too short. Not worth a listen to on its own.Aside the aforementioned tracks by Le Club Bachraf, the soundtrack does have one more decent song, 'Worth a Chance Original Version'. It's a very peaceful and pondering piano performance worth sitting down to. The first disc has the final cut of 'Worth a Chance', and the only change between the two is that the original is a Piano/Acoustic guitar blend, while the final version brings in the drums and a bit of the electric guitar. Both are equally wonderful, but I'll take the original because it's much more peaceful, and after hearing such a rough soundtrack all the way through the first disc, it's a fresh breath of air in the end. SummaryI really can't see the direction Runblebee tried to fulfill on Seven Rings in Hand.

The music could have done a better job representing Aladdin's world through the eyes of Sonic, but none of that appears here. What is left is a handful of cheesy songs and a number of short themes that can mostly be thrown aside. Continent of the ninth seal wiki. It's fine that Runblebee wanted to continue showing off Sonic's side of the hard rock, but it goes way out of bounds in the quality for this soundtrack.

I'm willing to believe that Tomoya Ohtani (Sonic '06) would have done a better job in keeping with the worldly touch and still keeping it Sonic style. If you think Crush 40 is bad, try listening to Runblebee.

Seven Rings in Hand is not an ideal soundtrack for any Sonic fan out there. ADVENTURE DISC01. SEVEN RINGS IN HANDMusic: Kenichi Tokoi, Lyrics: Runblebee02. THE LOST PROLOGUEMusic: Fumie Kumatani03. LET THE SPEED MEND ITMusic: Kenichi Tokoi, Lyrics: Runblebee04. POISON SPEARMusic: Fumie Kumatani, Lyrics: Runblebee05.

THE WICKED WILDMusic: Fumie Kumatani, Lyrics: Runblebee06. THE PALACE THAT WAS FOUNDMusic: Kenichi Tokoi, Lyrics: Runblebee07. HOW IT STARTEDMusic: Kenichi Tokoi, Lyrics: Runblebee08. HIGH AND BROKENMusic: Fumie Kumatani09. NO WAY THROUGHMusic: Kenichi Tokoi, Lyrics: Runblebee10. BLUE ON THE RUNMusic: Fumie Kumatani, Lyrics: Runblebee11.

THE WHITE OF SKYMusic: Fumie Kumatani, Lyrics: Runblebee12. UNAWAKENING FLOATMusic: Kenichi Tokoi, Lyrics: Runblebee13.

IT HAS COME TO THISMusic: Kenichi Tokoi, Lyrics: Runblebee14. WORTH A CHANCEMusic: Fumie Kumatani, Lyrics: RunblebeeTREASURE DISC01. THE LAST PALACEMusic: Hideaki Kobayashi02. SANDSTORMMusic: Seirou Okamoto03. POWER OF THE RINGMusic: Le Club Bachraf04. MISGIVINGMusic: Seirou Okamoto05. JUDGMENTMusic: Le Club Bachraf06.

ALI BABA & SINBAD RESCUED!Music: Le Club Bachraf07. SHIMMER OF HOT AIRMusic: Seirou Okamoto08.

THE LEGENDARY BLUE HEDGEHOGMusic: Le Club Bachraf09. HIS FATEMusic: Fumie Kumatani10. SHIMMER OF HOT AIR 'HEARTBEAT'Music: Seirou Okamoto11. KING OF KINGMusic: Le Club Bachraf12.

THE PROMISEMusic: Kenichi Tokoi13. SHIMMER OF HOT AIR 'RAGE'Music: Seirou Okamoto14. MISS YOUMusic: Fumie Kumatani15. REVIVEMusic: Hideaki Kobayashi16.

CHARACTER SERECTMusic: Fumie Kumatani17. ADVERTISEMusic: Fumie Kumatani18. PARTY DRESSMusic: Fumie Kumatani19.

YELLOW SNEAKERSMusic: Fumie Kumatani, Lyrics: Runblebee20. BLUE SHIRTMusic: Fumie Kumatani21. VIOLIN BEGINNER'S CLASSMusic: Fumie Kumatani22. VIOLIN MIDDLE CLASSMusic: Fumie Kumatani23. VIOLIN HIGHER'S CLASSMusic: Fumie Kumatani24.

WHITE GLOVESMusic: Kenichi Tokoi25. PULL ON IT!Music: Fumie Kumatani26. PURPLE PANTSMusic: Fumie Kumatani27. WORTH A CHANCE - ORIGINAL VERSIONMusic: Fumie Kumatani, Lyrics: RunblebeeProducer: KENICHI TOKOICo-Producer: EMIKO SUNAGAWAMastering Engineer: TETSUYA YAMAMOTO at avex studioArt Direction & Design: YOSHITAKA MIURA, TARO HINORecording Coordinator: HIDETAKA CARL SHIBATA (Power House, Inc.)TESTUO OKAWA (V.O.S. Album was composed by / / / / and was released on March 15, 2007. Soundtrack consists of 41 tracks tracks with duration over more than hour.