Music of Sonic the Hedgehog

A Japanese man (left) plays a guitar while an American man (right) sings in front of a crowd.
Jun Senoue (left) and his band Crush 40 have composed music for many Sonic games since Sonic The Hedgehog 3 (1994).

Sonic the Hedgehog is a Japanese video game series and media franchise created and owned by Sega. The franchise began in 1991 with Sonic the Hedgehog, a side-scrolling platform game, and has expanded to include printed media, animations, feature films, and merchandise. The music of Sonic the Hedgehog has been provided by a number of composers, ranging from Sega sound staff to independent contractors and popular bands. It covers a wide array of genres, including pop, funk, rock, metal, ska, punk, hip hop, R&B, jazz, electronica, dance, breakbeat, drum and bass, techno, ambient, orchestral, and lo-fi.

The Sonic franchise is well known for its music; Tom's Guide wrote that it "has always had some of the best music in all of video gaming. From Sonic 2, to Secret Rings, to Zero Gravity, to Mania Plus, Sonic's always brought an S-Rank performance to his games' musical stylings."[1] Almost all Sonic games have received soundtrack album releases.

  1. ^ Carneval, Robert (August 29, 2018). "The 16 Best Video Game Soundtracks". Tom's Guide. Retrieved May 13, 2020.