Sonic Mania/Production credits
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Production credits
- Developed by: Christian Whitehead, Headcannon, PadogaWest Games
- In Association with Sega
Sonic Mania Development Team
- Lead Developer: Christian Whitehead
- Project Manager: Hunter Bridges
- Business Dev: Greg Dawson
Programming
- Lead Programmer: Christian Whitehead
- Programmer: Simon "Stealth" Thomley, Hunter Bridges
Design
- Lead Designer: Jared Kasl
- Designers: Brad Flick, Taryn Costello, Michael Balm
Art
- Art Director: Tom Fry
- Artists: Paul Veer, Kieran Gates, Lucas "Midio" Carvalho
Sound
- Composer: Tee Lopes
- Mastering: Falk Au Yeong
- Sound Designers: Hunter Bridges, Jameson Sutton
- Announcer: Takenobu Mitsuyoshi
- Audio Engineer: Jun Senoue
Sega
- VP of Product Development and Creative Services: Takashi Iizuka
- Director of Creative Services: Kazuyuki Hoshino
- Director of Product Development: Austin Keys
- Producer: Lola Shiraishi
Tantalus Media
- CEO: Tom Crago
- Producer: Joss Ellis
Programming
- Switch Lead: David Lally
- Programmers: Sean O'Sullivan, Derek Johnson
QA
- QA Leads: David Doe, Sheylla Tupia
Original Music
- Green Hill Zone, Chemical Plant Zone, Oil Ocean Zone: Composed by Masato Nakamura
Animation Intro
- Director, Lead Animator: Tyson Hesse
- Music: "Friends" by Hyper Potions
- Animation Supervisor: Takashi Iizuka, Kazuyuki Hoshino
- Animation Producer: Aaron Webber
- Animation Assistance: Studio Yotta, Mariel Cartwright
- BG Illustrations: Hans Tseng
- Compositing, Motion Graphics: Brady Hartel, Jon Kim
Special Thanks
- Elizabeth Ramirez, Lana Kasl and Baby Tenly, Rachel Steinberg, John Hardin, Allie Doyon, Michael Cisneros, Jasmin Hernandez, Ales "The Kidd" Solverson, Mai Kiyotaki, Edith Yang, Kitty Mach, Peter Bowman, Misty Noor, Ben Westhoven, Sergio Montelegre, Aaron Webber, Sam Mullin, Westin
Sega of America, Inc.
- CEO and COO: Tasuyuki Miyazaki
- Executive VP: Yusuke Suai
- SVP: Ivo Gerscovich
Production
- VP of Product Development and Creative Services: Takashi Iizuka
- Director of Product Development: Austin Keys
- Producers: Lola Shiraishi, Miki Takahashi, Terri Watanabe
Marketing
- Marketing Manager: Ari Sariel
- Marketing Associate: Nathan Shabazi
- PR Manager: Edith Yang
- Social Media Manager: Aaron Webber
- Social Media Coordinator: Sergio Montealegre
Licensing
- Licensing Director: Ari Sariel
- Senior Manager: Sylvia Barraza
- PD Manager: Sandra Jo
- Associate Manager: Alex "The Kidd" Solverson
- Specialist: Michael Cisneros
- PD Coordinator: Mai Kiyotaki
Creative Services
- Director of Creative Services: Kazuyuki Hoshino
- Senior Graphic Designer: Jimmy Lenoir
- Graphic Designer: Petia Koutzarova
- Associate Manager: Alex "The Kidd" Solverson
- Specialist: Michael Cisneros
- PD Coordinator: Mai Kiyotaki
Multimedia Production
- Producer: Marlene Sharp
- Production Coordinators: Jasmin Hernandez, Ayumi Tanioka
Legal and Business Affairs
- Director of Legal and Business: Cindy Lin
- Legal and Business Counsel: Wendy Wang
Corporate
- SVP of Publishing: Naoto Hiraoka
- VP of Sales and Marketing: Tim Pivnicny
- Director of Business Planning: Kenya Numata
- Sales Administration Manager: Nathan Harris
- Sales Administration: Connie Chinn
- Financial Analyst: Hajime Sugino
Atlus USA, Inc.
Marketing
- Senior Marketing Manager: Robyn Mukai Koshi
- Marketing Associate: Sara Chan
- Creative Designers: Ayami Haruno, Amy Shimoshige
- Web Designer: James Kaneshiro
- Events and Purchasing Manager: Kathy Park
Production
- VP of Production: Bill Alexander
Quality Assurance
- QA Manager: Carl Chen
- Assistant QA Manager: Scott Williams
- QA Lead: Elwood Cruz
- QA Accomplice Specialist: Rob Stone
- QA Testers: Tony Resendes, Adam Borno, Ian Kelly, Logan Sandefur, Steven Kawafuchi
IT
- Senior Systems Admin: Bryan Khul
- IT Guy Tyrone: Brian "Bquick" Quach
Sega Europe, Ltd.
- COO: Jurgen Post
- CFO: John Ward
- SVP: Martin Servante
Product Development
- Head of Studio Localisation and ESO: Charlie Harris
- Producer: Teppei Otsuka
- Head of Program Office: Mark Le Breton
- Submission Manager: Mike Veness
- Process and TCM Manager: Ben Howell
- Senior SDET: Mindaugas Batitus
- Junior SDET: Gordon McKendrick
- Head of QA and Localisation and ESO: Ghulam Khan
- Production Manager: Adrian Daly
- Project Lead: Owen Hewitt
- Resource Manager: Ben Jackson
- Training and Recruitment Supervisor: Julie Metior
- Localisation Manager: Marta Lois González
- Localisation Project Supervisor: Antonella Marras
Lead Translators
Translators
- Chiarra Canu, Gwladys Gaye, Giulia Checchi, Giuseppe Rosa, Sebastián Salguero, Martin Schmalz, Alexia Trensch, Sarah Breton, Enrico Sette
Quality Assurance
- Functionality QA Lead: Stephen Edwards
- Functionality QA Senior Tester: Jasper Engels
- Functionality QA Testers: Dumitru Garofil, Dwyane Husbands, Errol Burke, Luke Nelson, Michael Pelling, Prathan Lothongkum, Simone Decradi-Nelson, John Wright, Zack Garvey, Amandeep Gosal
- Localisation QA Supervisor: Ruggero Varisco
- Localisation QA: Jérémié Maréchau, Antonio Matrone, Irina Hoff, Jose Torres
Compliance
- Compliance QA Leads: David Jenkins, Gerson de Sousa
- Compliance QA Senior Tester: Renato Insalaco
- Compliance QA Testers: Martha Baquero, Michael Blanco
Mastering
- Mastering and Equipment Manager: Francesco Fraulo
- Equipment and Shift Coordinator: Tony Langan
- Mastering and Build Engineer: Shaun Young
- Equipment and Mastering Coordinator: Danny Florey
- Assistant Mastering Technician: Ashar Dubois
- Development Service Administrator: Chris Geiles
Customer Service
- Customer Service Manager: John White
Marketing PR and Comms
- Marketing Director: Anna Downing
- Senior Product Managers: Ben Walker, Tim Breach, Lewis Herbert
- Brand Manager: Derek Seklecki
- Marketing Manager: Reena Sood
- Product Manager: James Dyer
- Head of PR: Peter Oliver
- PR Manager: Sarah Head
- PR Assistant: Kerry Barrett
- Senior Marketing Manager: Alfonso Cubias
- PR Manager: Erica Denning
Creative Services
- Head of Creative Services: Jeff Webber
- Traffic Manager: Samra Halli
- Creative Team Manager: Noud Tempelaere
- Senior Creative Designer: Ranj Vekaria
- Creative Artworker: James Kent
- Video Suite Manager: Elliot Kidner
- Video Suite Editor: Chris Bailey
- Video Suite Assistant: Una Marzorati
Searchlight
- SVP, Commercial Publishing: John Clark
- Content Director: Dean Trotman
- Head of Brand: Rowan Tafler
- Senior Content Manager: Bobby Wertheim
Commercial Publishing
- VP of Digital Business: James Schall
- Business Development Directors: Peter Chan, Stephane Bonazza
- Technical Director: Steve Sharp
- EMEA Sales Director: Alison Gould
- Head of EMEA Sales: Simon Inch
- EMEA Sales Account Manager: Stephanie Olbe
- Senior Business Manager: Anh Luong
- Junior Digital Account Manager: Charlotte Rouget-Murphy
- Digital Distribution Assistant: Megan Garett
- Senior Business Analyst: Jarvis Crofts
- Business Analysts: Filippo Minigione, Pedro Gonzalez
- Project Launch Manager: James Gourlay
- Project Launch Assistant: Clinton Allman
Business Planning
- SVP, Business Planning: Katsuhiro Ichinose
- Director of Business Analysis: Jean-Yves Lapasset
- Publishing Project Manager: Ryoko Nakao
- Senior Business Planning Analyst: Yoshiko Mukaiyama
- Business Planning Co-ordinator: Takashi Nakaya
- Business Analyst: Matthew Hodgson
- Junior Business Analyst: Samuel Riches
- European Research Manager: Lucy Peaple
- European Research Executive: Douglas Owusu
- European Research Assistant: Daniel Vincent
Operations
- Head of Operations: Natalie Cooke, Linda Kershaw
- Operations Co-ordinator: Jacob Nixon
Brand Licensing
- Director of EU Brand Licensing: Jason Rice
- Senior Licensing Manager: Toby Rayfield
- Retail Licensing Power: Kay Ferneyhough
- Product Development Manager: Samuel Byard
- Licensing Co-ordinator: Jason Goonery
- Junior Graphic Designer: Paul Dunn
Legal
- Director of Legal and Business Affairs: Nicky Ormrod
- Head of Licensing: Nivine Emeran
- Legal Counsels: Daniel Finegold, Ilan Pdahtzur
- Legal Executive: Lola Okuboyejo
Finance
- Finance Director: Deepak Sharma
- Finance Controller: Michael Riley
- Group Finance Manager: Lenia Peros
- Finance Manager: Paul Foley
- Credit Control Manager: Pauline McDonagh
- Management Accountant: Tac Hau
- Accounts Payment Supervisor: Bradley Matthews
- Accounts Co-ordinator: Sunil Kalotia
- Oracle Applications Support: Luke Walker
- Oracle Finance Applications Support: Richard Welch
Online
- Head of Design and Development: Nick McKenzie
- Lead Interactive Designer: Sean Gallagher
- Junior Online Producer: Scott Bone
- Senior Web Designer: Marta Camilo
IT
- Director of Technology: Stuart Wright
- Head of Live Operations and Development: Francis Hart
- Senior Systems Infrastructure Analyst: Jide Agbalaya
- Network and Security Manager: Khasif Iqbal
- Network and Security Technicians: Clinton Littlejohn, Mohamed Bensakrane
- Linux Live Operations Engineer: Borislav Velchev
- Project Manager: Paul Leclercq
- Online Services Developer: Navin Algoo
- Web Developer: Rob Howard
- Data Architect: Felix Baker
- Junior Data Developer: Jagdeep Gosal
- IT Support Manager: Luis de Mendonca
- Junior IT Support Technicians: Bryan Mencias, Stacy Lovage
- Live Operations Monitoring Lead: Peter Hamilton
- Live Operations Monitoring Engineers: Ricky Hetherington, Fernando Azevedo, Rikki Laffar, Daniel Dixon, Haren Patel
HR
- Director of HR: Ben Harrison
- HR Manager: Eithne Metcalfe-Bliss
- Payroll and Benefits Manager: Shilpa Pandya
- Talent Executive: Ashleigh Meale
- HR Assistant: Roseanna Jefferson
Corporate
- Facilities Manager: Aidan Bass
- Corporate Office Manager: Lindsey Cox
- Receptionist: Alexia Hudson
Sega Games Co., Ltd.
- Localization Support: Tatsuyuki Miyazaki, Tatsuya Shikata, Shintaro Tanioka, Takuma Hatori, Emi Yamane, Takuya Kishimoto, Kohei Kondo
- Marketing: Toyohisa Hiwatari, Satoshi Imai, Sho Nanmoku
- Executive Marketing Supervisor: Hiroyuki Miyazaki
- Promotion: Takayoshi Ohuchi, Koji Uemura, Natsuki Sato, Risa Araki, Ruiko Miyamoto, Ikuo Ishizaka
- First Party Managers: Tetsuo Sasaki, Chiaki Furuya
- PR: Mamoru Kodama, Yuko Yasuda, Teruyuki Kaida, Rei Kawasaki, Akane Inoue
- Asia Business Dept.: Go Saito, Shintaro Tanioka, Takako Takusagawa, Quan Yeng, Takeyuki Iso, Kenji Sonobe, Hiroshi Seno, Takuji Konuma, Kenta Ueno, Yosuke Okunari, Takafumi Osaka, Yui Funakoshi, Ryuta Sakamoto
- Package and Manual Distribution: Yoshihiro Sakuta, Hiroki Osawa, Colin Restall, Makoto Nishino, Takuya Hamamoto
- Product Test: Takashi Shoji, Akira Nishikawa, Osamu Sato, Kenzo Kadowaki, Takayuki Miyazaki, Atsushi Furukawa, Kenji Takahashi, Chiharu Yoshida
- Quality Assurance: Tomoki Kaji, Kazuhiko Morii, Yasuyuki Hattori, Yuji Nakamura, Shunya Shimizu
- Web Design: Yuichi Kikuchi
- Chief Producer: Osamu Ohashi
- Executive Producer: Haruki Satomi, Kenji Matsubara, Toshihiro Nagoshi
- © Sega 2017
Breakdown
Music credits
| ID | Name | Description | Credits | Used | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 00 | Discovery | Title screen |
|
Yes | |
| 01 | Comfort Zone | Main menu |
|
Yes | |
| 02 | Sunshine Cassette | Mania Mode save select |
|
Yes | |
| 03 | Double Take | Encore Mode save select |
|
Yes | Sonic Mania Plus only. |
| 04 | Head 2 Head | Competition menu |
|
Yes | |
| 05 | The Winner! | Results screen |
|
Yes | |
| 06 | The Blur | Speed up |
|
Yes | |
| 07 | Undefeated | Invincible |
|
Yes | |
| 08 | 1 UP jingle |
|
Yes | ||
| 09 | Act clear |
|
Yes | ||
| 10 | Angel Island Zone |
|
Yes | Sonic Mania Plus only. | |
| 11 | Green Hill Zone Act 1 |
|
Yes | ||
| 12 | Green Hill Zone Act 2 |
|
Yes | ||
| 13 | Chemical Plant Zone Act 1 |
|
Yes | ||
| 14 | Chemical Plant Zone Act 2 |
|
Yes | ||
| 15 | Lights, Camera, Action! | Studiopolis Zone Act 1 |
|
Yes | |
| 16 | Prime Time | Studiopolis Zone Act 2 |
|
Yes | |
| 17 | Flying Battery Zone Act 1 |
|
Yes | ||
| 18 | Flying Battery Zone Act 2 |
|
Yes | ||
| 19 | Tabloid Jargon | Press Garden Zone Act 1 |
|
Yes | |
| 20 | Blossom Haze | Press Garden Zone Act 2 |
|
Yes | |
| 21 | Stardust Speedway Zone Act 1 |
|
Yes | ||
| 22 | Stardust Speedway Act 2 |
|
Yes | ||
| 23 | Hydrocity Zone Act 1 |
|
Yes | ||
| 24 | Hydrocity Zone Act 2 |
|
Yes | ||
| 25 | Skyway Octane | Mirage Saloon Zone Act 1 ST |
|
Yes | |
| 26 | Wildstyle Pistolero | Mirage Saloon Zone Act 1 K |
|
Yes | |
| 27 | Rogues Gallery | Mirage Saloon Zone Act 2 |
|
Yes | |
| 28 | Oil Ocean Zone Act 1 |
|
Yes | ||
| 29 | Oil Ocean Zone Act 2 |
|
Yes | ||
| 30 | Lava Reef Zone Act 1 |
|
Yes | ||
| 31 | Lava Reef Zone Act 2 |
|
Yes | ||
| 32 | Metallic Madness Zone Act 1 |
|
Yes | ||
| 33 | Metallic Madness Zone Act 2 |
|
Yes | ||
| 34 | Built to Rule | Titanic Monarch Zone Act 1 |
|
Yes | |
| 35 | Steel Cortex | Titanic Monarch Zone Act 2 |
|
Yes | |
| 36 | Danger on the Dance Floor | Mini boss |
|
Yes | |
| 37 | Ruby Delusions | Eggman boss 1 |
|
Yes | |
| 38 | Havoc Prognosis | Eggman boss 2 |
|
Yes | |
| 39 | Hi-Spec Robo Go! | Hard Boiled Heavies boss |
|
Yes | |
| 40 | Ruby Illusions | Final boss |
|
Yes | |
| 41 | Eggman Mean Bean | Mean Bean Machine |
|
Yes | |
| 42 | Metal Sonic boss |
|
Yes | ||
| 43 | Egg Reverie | Egg Reverie Zone |
|
Yes | |
| 44 | Egg panicky | Egg Reverie Zone pinch mode |
|
No | |
| 45 | Dimension Heist | Special Stage |
|
Yes | |
| 46 | Blue Spheres | Blue Spheres Bonus Stage |
|
Yes | |
| 47 | Trap Tower | Pinball Bonus Stage |
|
Yes | Sonic Mania Plus only. |
| 48 | Guided Tour | Staff roll |
|
Yes | |
| 49 | Glimmering Gift | Super transformation |
|
Yes | |
| 50 | Drowning |
|
Yes | ||
| 51 | Game Over |
|
Yes | ||
| 52 | Who's the boss? | Hard Boiled Heavies mischief theme |
|
Yes | |
| 53 | Angel Island Zone cutscene |
|
Yes | ||
| 54 | Countdown to Continue | Continue |
|
Yes | |
| 55 | Back in Action | Mighty & Ray cutscene |
|
Yes | Sonic Mania Plus only. |
| N/A | Friends | Intro FMV |
|
Yes | |
| N/A | Rise of the Icon | Intro FMV (alternate) |
|
Yes |