The re-release was to celebrate 30 years of Sonic being around. While the song still retains the overall sound and melody of the original early 90s music, it's been given a fresh take on the iconic track by having lyrics, and has also been given the title of 'On The Green Hill'. 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 upside is that it ends with your fingers in the right position for the following Em chord. And it’s such an iconic run there’s not much scope to change it. One thing that is often remarked upon is the franchise's musical score, and now the composer for the first and second game has reimagined one track with some lyrics. Masato Nakamura Green Hill Zone (Tab) This Sega classic by Masato Nakamura starts off with the hardest bar in the entire arrangement.
The likes of 2017's fan-made Sonic Mania does bring the series back to its roots, recalling the classic Sonic games of days gone by. While the Blue Blur's games have fallen on the wayside over the years, he is still continuing to zoom along on people's screens. In 1991, the world got to experience a Sonic the Hedgehog game for the first time, and an immediate icon was born.
