Sonic the Hedgehog 30th Anniversary Symphony

Performance Overview

Orchestral Segment

The first half of the Sonic the Hedgehog 30th Anniversary Symphony featured a selection of non-vocal music from a wide range of Sonic games, performed by the FILMharmonic Orchestra. The tracks were specially arranged for orchestral performance by members of the Orchestra and SEGA Japan musicians, with contributions from guest arrangers such as Tee Lopes. Some tracks combined musics from different Sonic games to develop themed medleys.

1. Sonic the Hedgehog Medley

Composer: Masato Nakamura
Arranged By: Tee Lopes, Aruto Matsumoto

Featured Music Tracks:

• Title Theme
• Green Hill Zone
• Star Light Zone
• Marble Zone
• Labyrinth Zone
• Scrap Brain Zone
• Special Stage
• Boss Theme
• Final Zone
• Spring Yard Zone
• Ending Theme

2. Sonic the Hedgehog 2 Medley

Composer: Masato Nakamura
Arranged By: Antonio Teoli, Aruto Matsumoto

Featured Music Tracks:

• Wing Fortress Zone
• Emerald Hill Zone
• Chemical Plant Zone
• Casino Night Zone
• Ending Theme

3. Sonic Game Gear Medley

Composer: Yuzo Koshiro & SEGA
Arranged By: Antonio Teoli, Adam Klemens

Featured Music Tracks:

• Bridge Zone (Sonic the Hedgehog 8-bit)
• Under Ground Zone (Sonic the Hedgehog 2 8-bit)
• Rainy Savanna (Sonic Drift 2)
• Sunset Park Zone Act 3 (Sonic Triple Trouble)
• Poloy Forest (Tails Adventure)

4. Sonic 3 & Knuckles Medley

Composer: SEGA
Arranged By: Jan Sanejko

Featured Music Tracks:

• Sonic & Knuckles Title Theme
• Angel Island Zone Act 1
• Sky Sanctuary Zone

5. Sonic Mania Medley

Composer: Tee Lopes
Arranged By: Jan Sanejko

Featured Music Tracks:

• Title Theme
• Studiopolis Zone Act 1 & 2
• Press Garden Zone Act 2
• Titanic Monarch Zone Act 1 & 2

6. Sonic SEGA Saturn Medley

Composer: Richard Jacques, SEGA, Tomoko Sasaki
Arranged By: Aruto Matsumoto

Featured Music Tracks:

• Can You Feel The Sunshine? (Sonic R)
• Super Sonic Racing (Sonic R)
• Museum Theme (Sonic Jam)
• Message From Nightopia (NiGHTS into dreams...)

7. Sonic Adventure Theme Medley

Composer: Jun Senoue
Arranged By: Shota Nakama, Falk Au Yeong

Featured Music Tracks:

• Believe in Myself (Sonic Adventure 2)
• It Doesn't Matter (Sonic Adventure 2)

8. Sonic The Hedgehog (2006) Medley

Composer: Tomoya Ohtani, Mariko Nanba
Arranged By: Jan Sanejko

Featured Music Tracks:

• The Soleanna Festival
• Crisis City
• My Destiny
• His World

9. Sonic Unleashed Medley

Composer: Tomoya Ohtani, Kenichi Tokoi
Arranged By: Aruto Matsumoto

Featured Music Tracks:

• The World Adventure
• Spagonia (Day)
• Rooftop Run (Day)
• Shamar (Day)
• Arid Sands (Night)
• Dragon Road (Day)
• VS. Perfect Dark Gaia

10. Sonic Lost World Medley

Composer: Tomoya Ohtani
Arranged By: Aruto Matsumoto

Featured Music Tracks:

• Wonder World
• Windy Hill
• Sea Bottom Segue

11. Sonic Forces Medley

Composer: Tomoya Ohtani
Arranged By: Aruto Matsumoto, Shota Nakama

Featured Music Tracks:

• Fist Bump
• Infinite

12. Sonic Colors Medley

Composers: Tomoya Ohtani, Kenichi Tokoi, Fumie Kumatani
Arranged By: Aruto Matsumoto

Featured Music Tracks:

• Main Theme
• Aquarium Park
• Starlight Carnival
• Sweet Mountain
• Tropical Resort
• Planet Wisp

Intermission & Special Message

An intermission takes place between the Orchestral Segment and the Rock Segment of the event, which features an orchestral arrangement of the Chao Garden theme from the Sonic Adventure series. During this break, Masato Nakamura appears to discuss his involvement in the music for the first Sonic the Hedgehog games, and announces that his band, Dreams Come True, would be releasing a new version of the Green Hill Zone theme with vocals as a pop single.

14. Chao Garden - Neutral (30th Anniversary ver.)

Composer: Fumie Kumatani
Arranged By: Falk Au Yeong & Jan Sanejko

Rock Segment

The second half of the Sonic the Hedgehog 30th Anniversary Symphony switches things up by swapping the orchestra for a number of energetic rock bands performing various vocal themes from Sonic game history.

The following three songs covered vocal songs in Sonic Colors and Sonic Unleashed and were performed by the Tomoya Ohtani Band, a group consisting of Ohtani on bass, Susumo Nishikawa on guitar, Shoko Nagasaki on keyboards and MASUO on drums.

After 'Endless Possibility', the remaining set (with the exception of 'Escape From The City') is formally performed by Crush 40, with Jun Senoue on guitar, Johnny Gioeli on vocals, Takeshi Taneda on bass and Akht. on drums. For 'Escape From The City', a song in which Gioeli's vocals does not feature, the rest of the band perform with guest vocalist Nathan Sharp under the name 'Sonic Adventure Music Experience'.

15. Reach For The Stars (Re-color)

Composer: Tomoya Ohtani
Performed By: Tomoya Ohtani Band

16. Speak With Your Heart

Composer: Tomoya Ohtani, Mariko Nanba
Performed By: Tomoya Ohtani Band
Orchestral Arrangement By: Shota Nakama

17. Endless Possibility

Composer: Tomoya Ohtani
Performed By: Tomoya Ohtani Band ft. Nathan Sharp (NateWantsToBattle)
Orchestral Arrangement By: Shota Nakama & Sachiko Miyano

18. Open Your Heart

Composed By: Jun Senoue, Kenichi Tokoi
Performed By: Crush 40

19. Sonic Heroes

Composed By: Jun Senoue, Johnny Gioeli
Performed By: Crush 40

20. Green Light Ride

Composed By: Jun Senoue, Johnny Gioeli
Performed By: Crush 40

21. Sonic Boom

Composed By: Spencer Nilsen, Pastiche
Performed By: Crush 40

22. I Am... All of Me

Composed By: Jun Senoue, Johnny Gioeli
Performed By: Crush 40

23. Knight of the Wind

Composed By: Jun Senoue, Johnny Gioeli
Performed By: Crush 40

24. Escape From The City

Composed By: Jun Senoue, Ted Poley
Performed By: Sonic Adventure Music Experience ft. Nathan Sharp (NateWantsToBattle)
Orchestral Arrangement By: Shota Nakama & Sachiko Miyano

25. Live & Learn

Composed By: Jun Senoue, Johnny Gioeli
Performed By: Crush 40
Orchestral Arrangement By: Shota Nakama

Credits Sequence

During the credits sequence, an extra bonus orchestral arrangement of Hyper Potions' "Friends" (as featured in promotional material for Sonic Mania) by Shota Nakama & Falk Au Yeong can be heard.

26. Friends

Composed By: Hyper Potions
Orchestral Arrangement By: Shota Nakama & Falk Au Yeong

Crew and Credits

WIP

Artwork & Media

Sonic Symphony World Tour

Full Wiki Entry: Sonic Symphony World Tour

In June 2022, SEGA announced through a Sonic Central livestream event that the Sonic the Hedgehog 30th Anniversary Symphony would be getting an "Official Live Concert Tour" [Link], with one international date confirmed - the Brazil Game Show in Sao Paulo. This took place in October 2022, and featured new medleys to promote the release of Sonic Frontiers. 

This was followed by an announcement in May 2023 that the 'Sonic Symphony World Tour' would "debut" in September with performances in two locations: London, UK and Los Angeles, USA. The would be the first events to use the new 'Sonic Symphony World Tour' branding and promotional artwork.