"The Otherworldly Genius of Earthbound's Soundtrack"

[kane_magus]

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"A bee from the future told me I should cover this one."

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What a fascinating video.

Tracks discussed in this video:

1. The title screen and the opening theme.
2. The music associated with Buzz Buzz's prophecy (though this also plays elsewhere in the game and is not exclusive to the Buzz Buzz part at the start of the game, though there is a literal bee sound effect when Buzz Buzz is around [not included in the version in the link there or the embed above] that isn't present at any of the other instances).
3. The theme that plays every time the camera guy drops out of the sky to take a picture.
4. The basic-ass hotel theme.
5. One of the actually more subdued enemy themes.
6. The after-battle victory theme.
7. Paula's theme, which is one of my favorites in the whole game.
8. The eight melodies theme. (Though he confuses things a bit by mentioning the sound stone, the complete version of which is rather different. I mean, it's still the eight melodies, but what he referenced in the video is what plays during the flashback to Ness as a baby, rather than the actual sound stone theme.)

And that's it. He could do a dozen more videos like this about EarthBound and he'd still be barely scratching the surface.

I'd love to see his reactions to stuff like the Starman battle music, Peaceful Rest Valley (I fucking hate that section of the game, and it's probably my least favorite place in the whole game... but the music is really nice while also managing to be sinister at the same time), all the Runaway Five stuff (and also Venus), the Winters stuff, Tessie's theme, the Skyrunner theme, the Saturn Valley theme (another absolute fav), the coffee/tea theme, Jackie's cafe theme (which is just literally the Star-Spangled Banner for a bit), just all of Moonside, the monkey cave, the Dalaam theme, the boat theme (another of my favorites), the Kraken theme (which, while also re-used for other normal enemies at various points, is still one of my favorite battle themes, along with the Starman battle theme), Dungeon Man, the Tenda cave, the Flying Men theme, and of course everything to do with motherfucking Giygas, and then throw in the ending/credits stuff for good measure. And that's not even remotely everything. Hell, aside from Saturn Valley, Winters (which was really just the one boarding school), and Dalaam, I didn't even mention any of the other town themes, either. Oh, wait, I just did.

Hell, let's just make this a Game Music Thing post.

And... welp, I guess it's time to play EarthBound again for like the 9th or 10th or 11th time now, I've literally lost track. It's been over two years since the last time, in any case.

(EDIT) Or maybe I'll play Chrono Trigger again, next. Actually... seriously, it's been way longer since the last time I ever played Chrono Trigger than it has been since I last played EarthBound... hmm... (/EDIT)