Naofumi Hataya on The Best of Sonic the Hedgehog Part 2: True Colors:

Sonic3 MegaD Mix

Once upon a day far off from the FM sound source, the chance of my dearest wish came to happen. It was a job that wanted me to create the music remix of my favorite Sonic series in the extras of Sonic Gems Collection. I selected the music from Sonic 3 and composed it by adding the sound effects, the dazzling sound while using the 2mix waveforms. I wanted to utilize that famous totalization sound of the result screen, the cash register’s “Ding!” in the music.