Jun Senoue on Sonic Heroes Vocal Trax:

We Can …Theme of “Team Sonic”

The song of City Escape of Sonic Adventure 2 / Battle is something too popular, so Team Sonic’s theme song takes over that winning team. I tried to decide on the lyrics, choosing the more direct words close to the game than ever before. It is because I wanted to value the thing called team more clearly. No matter which I choose—clearness, energy, feeling of grooviness—they’re Sonic’s appearance I have described. Ted and I are also compatible as a song-writing team, but where he lives—West Coast and East Coast of America—are way too far. However for Tony’s band, Tony is in New York, America and other members are in Trondheim, Norway of Northern Europe, so this is no match for that. It is a horrible distance! Now, the Internet or e-mail fills that distance, so it’s a blessing. I also organized the schedule that relied on the technology considerably in the job this time when trying to look back. With Tony this time, we shall attempt to perform something like the song of the first Sonic Adventure together.

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