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

Windy and Ripply …for Emerald Coast

Senoue: By the fact that it is the last half of Emerald Coast, it is the same stage basically, isn’t it? The hook’s melody is the same line and I tried to apply the transition in other parts. If I assume that the first half is pop, I wonder if this is the fusion characterized by senior high school.

Tokoi: The sound of pick harmonics ended up to be like the gulls.

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