Jun Senoue and Kenichi Tokoi on Sonic Adventure Original Sound Track:

Snowy Mountain …for Icecap

Senoue: In the beginning, it was said, “Because this part has only 30 seconds!!”, but it was longer when opening the cover, so it became the panel that appends the latter half. When I decided on the pad’s timbre playing in the background, the rest was done naturally.

Tokoi: But the appended phrase of odd meter has seemed to become stylish in the icy-waltz atmosphere, hasn’t it?

Senoue: Certainly, if it was the previous one, I’d have the feeling that something’s missing. So for the latter half, I tried to change the image, though.

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