Songs of Time is an album which contains the original soundtrack from the Sega CD version of Ecco the Dolphin

Ecco the Dolphin

Ecco the Dolphin is a puzzle video game released in 1992 for the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis. The central character, Ecco, is a bottlenose dolphin controlled by the player through a progression of side-scrolling aquatic levels...

 and Ecco: The Tides of Time. It was released on September 3, 1996. The music is composed by Spencer Nilsen

Spencer Nilsen

Spencer Nilsen is a video game music composer. He is best known for his soundtracks to the Sega Mega-CD versions of Batman Returns, Ecco the Dolphin, Ecco: The Tides of Time, Jurassic Park, The Adventures of Batman and Robin and The Amazing Spider-Man vs...

. The music is atmospheric and ambient, heavy on high-quality synthesizer and low-frequency percussion. The title is derived from Ecco: The Tides of Time

Ecco: The Tides of Time

Ecco: The Tides of Time, developed by Novotrade International and released 1994, is the second game in the Ecco the Dolphin series, a sequel to Ecco the Dolphin for the Sega Mega Drive, Game Gear, and Mega-CD...

Track listing

1. Abyss (4:41)
2. Botswana (3:14)
3. The Desert Below (2:43)
4. Deception (2:04)
5. Deep Marjimba (3:14)
6. Blue Dream (3:25)
7. St. Gabriel's Mask (4:30)
8. Heart of the Giant (2:39)
9. Transcended (3:18)
10. Mountains Below (3:36)
11. Treefish (3:48)
12. Aqua Vistas (4:24)
13. Lonesome Search (1:49)
14. Friend or Foe (6:09)
15. Motion E (4:08)
16. The Machine (3:25)
17. Sounding Echo (3:10)
18. Time Forgotten (3:59)

CD Booklet Credits and Acknowledgements

WRITTEN, ARRANGED AND PRODUCED BY
Spencer Nilsen

Spencer Nilsen

Spencer Nilsen is a video game music composer. He is best known for his soundtracks to the Sega Mega-CD versions of Batman Returns, Ecco the Dolphin, Ecco: The Tides of Time, Jurassic Park, The Adventures of Batman and Robin and The Amazing Spider-Man vs...

WITH ADDITIONAL WRITING BY
David Young

David J. Young

Dave Young is a keyboardist, composer, recording artist. He is most well known for producing the soundtracks to the Sega CD video games Sonic CD, Ecco: The Tides of Time, and The Amazing Spider-Man vs. The Kingpin.-SEGA years:...

 ¤
Brad Kaiser *

CO-PRODUCED BY
David Young

David J. Young

Dave Young is a keyboardist, composer, recording artist. He is most well known for producing the soundtracks to the Sega CD video games Sonic CD, Ecco: The Tides of Time, and The Amazing Spider-Man vs. The Kingpin.-SEGA years:...

ENGINEERED AND MIXED BY
Spencer Nilsen

Spencer Nilsen

Spencer Nilsen is a video game music composer. He is best known for his soundtracks to the Sega Mega-CD versions of Batman Returns, Ecco the Dolphin, Ecco: The Tides of Time, Jurassic Park, The Adventures of Batman and Robin and The Amazing Spider-Man vs...

David Young

David J. Young

Dave Young is a keyboardist, composer, recording artist. He is most well known for producing the soundtracks to the Sega CD video games Sonic CD, Ecco: The Tides of Time, and The Amazing Spider-Man vs. The Kingpin.-SEGA years:...

MASTERED BY
Gary Cirimelli

NOISES BY

Spencer Nilsen

Spencer Nilsen

Spencer Nilsen is a video game music composer. He is best known for his soundtracks to the Sega Mega-CD versions of Batman Returns, Ecco the Dolphin, Ecco: The Tides of Time, Jurassic Park, The Adventures of Batman and Robin and The Amazing Spider-Man vs...

 -
keyboards, synthesizers, textures

David Young

David J. Young

Dave Young is a keyboardist, composer, recording artist. He is most well known for producing the soundtracks to the Sega CD video games Sonic CD, Ecco: The Tides of Time, and The Amazing Spider-Man vs. The Kingpin.-SEGA years:...

 -
keyboards, programming, sound design

Mitch Manker -
wind synthesizers, pocket trumpet

Brad Kaiser -
drums, percussion, keyboards*

Jennifer Hruska -
samples, programming, sound design

Brian Coburn -
sound effects and general weirdness

Erik Frykman -
guitars, effects

Whales & Dolphins -
themsleves

• Brad Kaiser uses Zildjan(tm) cymbals

All tracks recorded, produced, mixed & mastered at
Sega Music Group Studios on the EUPHONIX(tm) digital control audio system

operations supervisor -
Jorge Castellanos

production coordinator -
Samantha Tatler

administrator -
Lisa Alferez

package design by
B-girl Graphics

cover art production by
Claire Boudreaux

product management by
Hammer & Lace

original ecco the dolphin(tm) concept by
Ed Annunziata

Ed Annunziata

Ed Annunziata, also known as E. Ettore Annunziata, is President and CCO of Playchemy, Inc. Developer of games on the iOS platform for the iPad. Founded in September 2011 with co-founder Dave Dohrmann, CEO of Playchemy, Inc. Playchemy is the art, science and magic of games. The companies goal is...

whale, dolphin and underwater sounds from
"chorus of whales"
used by kind permission from
Madacy Inc., quebec, canada H4L 4Z1

deep thanks to
ed, jorge, sam, lisa, dave, gary, brian, jen, all@segasoft, joe miller, steve payne, nobuo mii, gary griffiths, dave albert, gerry blau, tom kalinske, shinobu toyoda, bob willcox, shelly berlinger, peter loed, kim swartz, jim caparro, mark fine, pat monaco, bob bell, grace salafia, mark palermo, beth loudenberg, phil neal, peter gabriel, access communications, mack clark and mctech, brian botell and cutting edge audio, sega of america...and very special thanks and love to claire, kira, skuler and the rest of my family and friends for continuing to support my loftly dreams and blind ambitions

~

This album is peacefully dedicated to the loving memory and music of Kevin Gilbert, whose brilliant blaze cut through the darkness, revealing a genius too few of us will ever know.

- Via Ecco: Songs of Time CD Booklet.