

Neo Green Hill Zone's Act 1 can be explored fully by any of the characters. followed him.Īct 1 features a large number of simple gimmicks and environmental objects, such as Springs, Spring Poles and shuttle loops. With Eggman fleeing from Neo Green Hill Zone, Sonic and co. Later, Eggman battled them with his Egg Hammer Tank, but was defeated. Hot on his heels however, were Sonic, Tails, Knuckles and Amy, who came to Neo Green Hill Zone, where they freed the Animals and found a Chaos Emerald there.

Eggman visited Neo Green Hill Zone during his quest to establish the Eggman Empire by finding the Chaos Emeralds and turning Animals into Badniks. A large, red bridge is also located somewhere in the Zone.ĭr. Some vegetation and forestry is found in the Zone as well. Its 8-bit style sounds have been remade countless times for different genres to have something enjoyable for fans.Neo Green Hill Zone consists in a fairly standard green field near a series of beaches and an ocean during daytime. Hopefully, this small amount of information gave a few fun facts about why it’s such a memorable melody. I think this is to create a joyful, fun atmosphere to as the player is glimpsing through this Green Hill Zone. Notice how the first measure ascends higher and higher when first listening to the song (you hear this at 0:01 on the YT video). If we look the A lets count how far it is from F:Īs we can see A is 6 numbers away from F( intervals being the correct word for this) which makes it Major because A and F are both within the C Major scale. Now looking at these notes so you notice anything with each 4 notes? There’s a distance between them, what distance you ask? A 6th, Major 6th to be exact.īut why is it a Major 6th? If we take a look at a C Major Scale( which is the key this song is in) we have these notes: If you remember from last Music Monday where I told you if a song has no sharps or flats near the treble or bass clef, it means the key is in C. I know at first it looks quite daunting, but we’ll just take a look at the first measure.ĭo you know what key this is in? If you said C you are correct!


Let’s take a look at a bit of the sheet music: This song was composed by Masato Nakamura, a Japanese musician who is best known for his soundtracks for games such as Sonic the Hedgehog and Sonic the Hedgehog 2. The composition of Green Hill Zone is known as a memorable melody in not only the Sonic series but video games in general.
