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Sonic the Hedgehog's Official New Green Hill Zone Lyrics Explained

Game Rant 11 Oct 2021

Masato Nakamura, the composer of Sonic 1 and Sonic 2's soundtracks, announced during the Sonic 30th Anniversary Symphony that he was going to revisit Green Hill Zone by giving it lyrics with the help of his band Dreams Come True ... RELATED. Monster Hunter Rise Teases New Collaborations with Sonic and Ghosts 'N Goblins ... MORE.

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The Sonic 30th Anniversary Symphony is now available to stream

NME 18 Sep 2021

Also celebrating Sonic’s 30th anniversary, J-Pop band Dreams Come True (which features the composer of Sonic the Hedgehog Masato Nakamura on bass) have recently released a new song called ‘Tsugino Seno! De – On The Green Hill’, which not only transforms the iconic theme from the ...

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'Sonic the Hedgehog' Music Creator Reflects on Game's 30th Anniversary

Billboard 17 Sep 2021

In an interview with Billboard ...

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Sonic's iconic Green Hill Zone soundtrack finally has lyrics

Eurogamer 15 Sep 2021

Masato Nakamura roped in his J-pop group Dreams Come True to help write the new version and star in its video, in ...

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Sonic’s classic Green Hill Zone theme is now a song with lyrics

NME 15 Sep 2021

READ MORE ... While Masato Nakamura is known to Sonic fans as the composer of Sonic the Hedgehog and its sequel, he’s best known by Japanese music fans as the bass player and co-founding member of J-Pop band Dreams Come True, who have been around since 1988, having sold 50million records worldwide ... Sonic is on the back of the CD ... I’m happy.” ... .

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Sonic the Hedgehog Composer Adds Lyrics To Classic Green Hill Zone Music

Game Rant 15 Sep 2021

In a music video uploaded to YouTube a couple of days ago, Masato Nakamura, who composed the music to the first two Sonic the Hedgehog games, has re-recorded the music to Green Hill Zone from Sonic 1, using his band Dreams Come True, which he plays bass for and co-founded in 1988 ... The re-release was to celebrate 30 years of Sonic being around ... MORE.

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Sonic The Hedgehog Green Hill Zone soundtrack finally gets its own lyrics and music video

Metro UK 15 Sep 2021

Sonic the Hedgehog music video (pic. Sega) ... the first ever lyrics for the Green Hill Zone from the original Mega Drive game. Masato Nakamura composed the music for the first two Sonic The Hedgehog games and just so happens to be the a founding member of pop band Dreams Come True, so he’s combined those two facts to make the music video below ... More ... .

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Spool's Out: Cassette Reviews For August By Daryl Worthington

The Quietus 02 Aug 2021

Sally Decker, portrait by Nathan Kosta ... Grand Veymont – Route du Vertige, Persistance et changement, and Grand Veymont ... era Magma ... The keys and synths jump from liquid jazz through proggy wig outs and into new age flurries, at times hitting a sci-fi funk somewhere between Masato Nakamura’s Sonic The Hedgehog soundtracks and Yellow Magic Orchestra ... .

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Every Piece Of Video Game Music That Featured In The Tokyo 2020 Olympics Opening Ceremony Parade

Game Rant 23 Jul 2021

Mario may not have made it into the opening ceremony, but his former rival Sonic popped up around the one hour mark.�Starlight Zone was composed by former session musician Masato Nakamura and featured in the original release of Sonic the Hedgehog on the Genesis.

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Games Inbox: Zelda: Skyward Sword HD recommendation, Ghost Of Tsushima 2 theory, and Metroid Dread

Metro UK 25 Jun 2021

Zelda ... Nintendo) ... Second chances ... DuesMechs ... Gravy ... the orchestra acknowledging the Game Gear and Saturn era, the original composer of Sonic 1 and 2 (Masato Nakamura) confirming a full-fledged pop song of Green Hill Zone (his band Dreams Come True is one Japan’s biggest ever bands), Tomoya Ohtani’s band and awesome DJ skills, and of course Crush 40! ... GC.

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The 15 greatest video games of the 1990s – ranked!

The Observer 23 Jun 2021

15. Monkey Island 2. LeChuck’s Revenge (1991, LucasArts) ... And that ending still sparks discussion, 30 years on. 14. Gran Turismo (1997, Sony). Model cars … Gran Turismo. Photograph ... Even now, the ascending opening chords of Masato Nakamura’s Green Hill theme carry that sense of exhilaration and the arm-folding, foot-tapping attitude of Sonic himself.6 ... .

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Sonic the Hedgehog turns 30: How Sega transformed 'Mr Needlemouse' into one of gaming's most enduring icons

Games Radar 23 Jun 2021

Sega's iconic blue mascot just turned 30-years old ... (Image credit. Sega)Sonic 30th anniversary celebration ... "It was just around the time when music in games was first getting exciting, so we asked Masato Nakamura, a member of Dreams Come True [a famous pop band in Japan] to make the music for each stage sound like it was based on each stage's image ... .

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We’ve Got A File On You: Thundercat The bass virtuoso on video games, anime, Kendrick, Kenny Loggins, and more

Stereogum 01 Apr 2020

At the end of the week, Stephen Bruner will release his latest album as Thundercat, It Is What It Is ... And then last year, he opened up about his struggles with alcoholism and the fact that he’d managed to quit drinking ... STEREOGUM ... If you got guys like Masato Nakamura, who worked on Sonic The Hedgehog — like, classically trained musicians ... .

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Thundercat and Flying Lotus On Working Together: 'You Want Somebody Who Cares'

Billboard 30 Mar 2020

article-overlay-handle js-fitvids-content">. When producer and Brainfeeder label boss Flying Lotus first worked with renowned bassist Thundercat in 2011 on his debut album, The Golden Age of Apocalypse, the duo was tempted to lean on Auto-Tune ... Now he has turned into that motherfucker.” ... Masato Nakamura, who created the Sonic the Hedgehog soundtrack ... .

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Sonic The Hedgehog: Every Game On The Sega Genesis, Ranked

Game Rant 01 Mar 2020

Sega's blue�mascot, Sonic the Hedgehog,�made his Genesis debut in '91, speeding onto the 16-bit scene as a challenge to Mario ... Yet the Hedgehog�has seen something of a renaissance of late ... Robotnik. RELATED ... You had the catchy tunes of Masato Nakamura and some colorful environments that are truly impressive for a game that's nearly 2 decades old ... NEXT.