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Crush 40 is a hard rock band consisting of Japanese guitarist and composer Jun Senoue and American vocalist Johnny Gioeli. The band produced most soundtracks for the Sonic the Hedgehog series in the 2
Crush 40 performing at Summer of Sonic 2010 in London. From left: Jun Senoue and Johnny Gioeli
Crush 40 performing in Tokyo in 2012
Sonic the Hedgehog
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Sonic the Hedgehog is a video game series and media franchise created by the Japanese developers Yuji Naka, Naoto Ohshima, and Hirokazu Yasuhara for Sega. The franchise follows Sonic, an anthropomorph
Crush 40
…hard rock band consisting of Japanese guitarist and composer Jun Senoue and American vocalist Johnny Gioeli. The band produced most soundtracks for the Sonic the Hedgehog series in the 2000s. Senoue has been employed by Sega as a composer since 1993. While preparing music for Sonic Adventure (1998), he contacted Gioeli…
Sonic the Hedgehog co-creators: programmer Yuji Naka (left) and artist Naoto Ohshima
The original Sonic the Hedgehog was released on June 23, 1991, for the Sega Genesis, boosting Genesis sales dramatically.
Hirokazu Yasuhara (pictured in 2018) designed most of the Genesis Sonic games.
Few Sonic games were released for the Saturn. The cancellation of Sonic X-treme is considered a significant factor in the Saturn's commercial failure.