Watch: Sonic 30th Anniversary Symphony - Live! Nintendo Life

Happy Birthday, Sonic by Share: Today is the official 30th birthday of Sonic the Hedgehog, and SEGA is celebrating with the Sonic 30th Anniversary Symphony. While orchestral renditions of classic Sonic tunes will be a big part of the show, there'll also be special appearances from Crush 40 and Sonic Sound Director Tomoya Ohtani's band. Enjoy! on Live Blog 22:00 Well, that was a lot of fun. Thanks for your company everyone! 21:54 EPIC CRUSH 40 21:51 ENCORE 21:40 We're all singing along, right? 21:37 Phew, that was awesome! 21:35 I've got chills! 21:32 Flashbacks to the 25th anniversary event... 21:30 Crush 40 time! 21:25 That is a very likeable band 21:21 Now THAT's a collaboration 21:16 Well, there is the Tomoya Ohtani band! 21:10 A legend, in a weird video presentation! 21:06 10 minute intermission, Sonic Symphony has been excellent so far! 21:06 Well, that was good! 21:01 Definitely looks like footage from Ultimate, that ain't Wii gameplay! 21:00 Sonic Colors now, how many of you are planning to pick up the Ultimate version in a couple of months? 20:57 Time for some Sonic Forces! 20:54 Sonic Lost World now! Who remembers that crazy Yoshi and Legend of Zelda crossover DLC? 20:53 This has been hugely enjoyable so far! 20:53 I'd love more games to use orchestrated music. It's so special when it happens (Mario Galaxy, as one example) 20:49 Into Sonic Unleashed now! 20:44 Well hey, Sonic 06 had some lovely music in it 20:43 Sonic 2006 gets a medley, why not! 20:42 Well darn, that was fantastic 20:39 Now it's getting to some really good stuff 20:37 Jeez, Sonic music deserves so much more love, it's fantastic 20:36 Moving into a SEGA Saturn melody now 20:35 BRAVO! 20:31 Sonic Mania, what a darn game 20:31 We're leaping to Sonic Mania now! 20:28 SONIC 3 MUSIC 20:25 Here you go, Game Gear fans! 20:23 This might be the FILMharmonic Orchestra in Prague, it was their performance shown in Summer Game Fest, I suspect it was from the same performance. I believe the 'FILM' is deliberate in the name. 20:20 Oh yes, onto Sonic 2! 20:18 A fantastic start, working through lovely tracks from the original Mega Drive / Genesis game 20:15 Actual goosebumps, got to be honest 20:14 Ooh, new countdown! 20:12 Only a couple of minutes to go, very much looking forward to this! 20:05 Tails can really pull off that look, kudos to him. 20:04 SEGA added another countdown, 10 minutes to go! 20:02 There ARE musicians in the chat, how marvellous! 20:00 Any musicians in the chat? Fun fact, I once played French Horn in a variety of orchestras. 20:00 Oof, surprise 15 minute countdown. Oh well, the music is nice! 19:55 As this is pre-recorded we should be confident it'll be good. I'm ready for a heady dose of nostalgia. 19:55 Almost time for Sonic 30th Anniversary Symphony! 19:53 I'm pretty confident this won't be like the 25th Anniversary 'party', thankfully 19:46 Only 10 minutes or so to go, any of you have a favourite Sonic track? 19:43 Hello! I'd almost forgotten this was a thing but thought it'd be fun to watch, so here we are... Live Comments Share: