Sonic Mania (Original Soundtrack) [Selected Edition] [iTunes Plus AAC M4A]

Title: Sonic Mania (Original Soundtrack) [Selected Edition]
Label: SEGA
Media format: Digital (47 M4A files)
Country: Worldwide
Date of release: Jan 17, 2018

1. Discovery (Title Screen)
2. Comfort Zone (Main Menu)
3. Lights, Camera, Action! (Studiopolis Zone Act 1)
4. Prime Time (Studiopolis Zone Act 2)
5. Flying Battery Zone (Act 1)
6. Flying Battery Zone (Act 2)
7. Tabloid Jargon – Press Garden Zone (Act 1)
8. Blossom Haze – Press Garden Zone (Act 2)
9. Stardust Speedway Zone (Act 1)
10. Stardust Speedway Zone (Act 2)
11. Hydro City Zone (Act 1)
12. Hydro City Zone (Act 2)
13. Skyway Octane (Mirage Saloon Zone Act 1 ST Mix)
14. Wildstyle Pistolero (Mirage Saloon Zone Act 1 K Mix)
15. Rogues Gallery (Mirage Saloon Zone Act 2)
16. Lava Reef Zone (Act 1)
17. Lava Reef Zone (Act 2)
18. Metallic Madness Zone (Act 1)
19. Metallic Madness Zone (Act 2)
20. Built to Rule – Titanic Monarch Zone (Act 1)
21. Steel Cortex – Titanic Monarch Zone (Act 2)
22. Danger on the Dance Floor (Mid-Boss_
23. Ruby Delusions (Eggman Boss 1)
24. Havoc Prognosis (Eggman Boss 2)
25. Hi-Spec Robo Go! (Hard Boiled Heavy Boss)
26. Ruby Illusions (Final Boss)
27. Egg Reverie (Egg Reverie Zone)
28. Egg panicky – Egg Reverie Zone Pinch Mode (Soundtest Only)
29. Guided Tour (Credits)
30. Dimension Heist (UFO Special Stage)
31. Game Over
32. The Winner! (Competition Results)
33. Glimmering Gift (Super Transformation)
34. Angel Island Cutscene
35. Blue Spheres
36. Eggman Mean Bean
37. Head 2 Head (Versus Mode)
38. Vs. Metal Sonic
39. Who’s the boss? (Hard Boiled Heavies Mischief Scene)
40. Countdown to Continue
41. Sunshine Cassette (Save Select)
42. Undefeated (Invincibility)
43. Drowning
44. The Blur (Speed Shoes)
45. 1-Up
46. Stage Clear
47. Rise of the Icon (Sonic Mania Alternate Intro)

I know the 320kbps MP3 version from the Google Play store is already floating around here; figured I’d upload the M4A version from the iTunes store (I believe they use AAC, constrained VBR at 256kbps). And yes, this is the Selected Edition … This means, no Green Hill Zone, Chemical Plant Zone or Oil Ocean Zone. 🙁

More information at VGMdb (https://vgmdb.net/album/74207) and the Japanese SEGA site (http://sonic.sega.jp/SonicChannel/topics/sound/20180117_001527/).

Download

https://pastebin.com/qJn6t1bb

Note: Once file is downloaded, change extension from .gif to .zip

Generally, at such high bitrates, modern lossy encoders will sound the same. So while it’s true that AAC tends to perform better than MP3 in listening tests, at these high bitrates, it will be virtually impossible to tell them apart, or to distinguish them from their lossless, original sources. You can do the test yourself and compare the sound quality of the MP3 version with that of this AAC version (using, preferably, a double-blind method, such as ABX). You’ll see they both sound the same.

Having said that, on July 19, 2018 (exactly two weeks from the writing of this post), Japan will get a 2-CD soundtrack (https://vgmdb.net/album/77313) of Sonic Mania Plus that comes with the Japanese Limited Edition and DX Pack for Nintendo Switch & PS4. I really am hoping someone here will get it and then rip it in lossless format so we can finally have the full OST in lossless quality (though, unfortunately, still without the Sonic 2 tracks).

You’re welcome.