A while back, singer and songwriter Bentley Jones, best known for his contributions to Silver’s theme from Sonic 2006, “Dreams of an Absolution,” and Sonic & SEGA All-Stars Racing’s main theme, “So Much More…”, announced that he would be back working on official Sonic projects. This announcement came with a release of a cover of Sonic R’s “Diamond in the Sky.” However, Bentley Jones also took to his official Twitter account to vent about the projects not going as planned, citing “vindictive behaviours and petty backstabbing” as the main reasons things were going south.
On July 14th, however, the artist posted a video of himself singing along to a cover of “Live and Learn,” the main title theme from Sonic Adventure 2, which will also be present in the third installment of the Sonic the Hedgehog cinematic universe in some way, with the hashtag #Sonic3.
Today, this cover has been released on Bentley Jones’s website if you pre-order his upcoming album titled “Memoriam.” The artist stated on Twitter, “Now that this song is no longer attached to any projects, studios, or companies, I didn’t want to wait to share it with you! 🫶 While we get this one ready, if you preorder my anniversary album ‘Memoriam,’ you can get this track sent to you as a gift right now! 💋 #Sonic3”
Check out the lyric video below!
We’ve reached out to Bentley Jones to confirm or deny if the project this cover was originally attached to was indeed the highly anticipated Sonic Movie 3, as the hashtags suggest. We did not receive an answer at the time of writing.
“Memoriam” will also include the previously mentioned “Diamond in the Sky” cover, along with new tracks based on other Sonic themes, including Sonic 3 & Knuckles, fangame Sonic Omens, and Green Hill Zone!
Check out the full tracklist below!
Volume One: Memoriam
| 01 Piece of Me Main Theme from Titan Wars |
| 02 High Heels |
| 03 Your Girlfriend Could Never Put Your Body On It |
| 04 Lowkey Love Japanese Version |
| 05 When the Lights Go Down Get Up On Me featuring Rayman Rave |
| 06 Hard Times in the IceCap Sonic 3 & Knuckles |
| 07 The Object of Your Desire |
| 08 Diamond in the Sky Ballad Version Sonic R |
| 09 Lay Down on my Heart |
| 10 I Never Left (I Loved You the Best) Version M featuring Leo Hart |
| 11 Drunk Alone |
| 12 Ode To A Narcissist See You In Tea featuring priestess |
| 13 Love Me Til It Hurts |
| 14 Passenger The Corrective Experience |
| 15 Live and Learn Sonic Adventure 2 Sonic the Hedgehog 3 |
| 16 The Weight of the World Sonic Omens with John R1se |
| 17 Dreaming Ends |
| 18 Magic |
| 19 Aurora Into the Blue with Victor McKnight |
| 20 im gud babe Green Hill Zone Album Version |
The album will contain 2 volumes in total, with the tracks for the second volume still listed as “TBA.” The full album is set to release on August 30.
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Source: Bentley Jones on Twitter
