Musical Indulgence (part 1)

So Brawl is five days away, and to celebrate, I downloaded all 314 songs from the game.
Then I thought to myself, "Hey! Why don't I listen to all these songs, and then write little blurbs about them while I listen!"
And then I disreguarded my better judgement, and decided to go along with this plan anyway, so here I am, writing and listening away! Because I know you all value my opinion so much *eyeroll*

I'll be doing five sections a day (seeing as there are 24 sections, and only 5 days till Brawl's release), which should be something close to sixty-some-odd songs a day. Hoho, and according to my music player, those 314 songs together span 16 hours, 8 minutes and 38 seconds, and are taking up 1.10GB on my hard drive!

The track list I obtained from the Final Fantasy Shrine, and the songs, well, you can just google those :P

And so, to quote Mario, here we go!

000 - Blank - Not from a game
Wank off, Simon and Garfunkel! This is the real sound of silence!

A01 - Ground Theme - Super Mario Bros.
Piano, bongos and a "wahh wahh" thing in the background. Sounds like something you'd hear in a resort while sipping cocktails. Now let us all be amused by the thought of Mario in a Hawaiian shirt!

A02 - Underground Theme - Super Mario Bros.
This has always been one of my favourite Mario melodies, and I really like the club-vibe they've got going for this rendition. Also, the dripping water in the background totally made my day XD

A03 - Underwater Theme - Super Mario Bros.
Hehe, it starts of sounding like the 8-bit version, and then swells into something that sounds like it should be played in a ballroom, before swinging around to sound like the Old West. For some reason, it reminds me of the Firefly episode "Shindig" O_o

A04 - Underground Theme ~Easton Kingdom~ - Super Mario Land
Oooh, evil, I like! Makes me think of an Arabic villain! Well, mostly Jafar from Aladdin... Is that dude shouting pain? Haha, and now it reminds me of the underwater parts in Metroid Prime! PAIN!

A05 - Airship Theme - Super Mario Bros. 3
Evil drums! And the evil grows! This one's rather panic inducing. PANIC ORGAN! In a perfect world it would have been played by Ray Manzarek. I have a sudden urge to attack people now...

A06 - Castle/Boss Fortress - Super Mario World/SMB3
It starts of kinda fast, but then it slows down into a slinky, sinister vibe. Very schemy. Oh, speeding up! And mellowing again. And speeding up again! It's an audio roller coaster ride of sneaky evil! *flails arms in the air*

A07 - Title/Ending - Super Mario World
This one... reminds me of the chicken dance! Oh, that part almost sounded like a polka! An easter polka. Oh man, now I want those Cadbury Cream Eggs! Are those out yet? Hah, accordions make everything French :P

A08 - Main Theme - New Super Mario Bros.
Reminds me a bit of elevator music. You know, if elevator music was nice to listen to, instead of maddening. Hah! My synthesizer can make those noises! *runs off to prod the synth*

A09 - Luigi's Mansion Theme - Luigi's Mansion
There is something inherently creepy about music boxes. Even hearing one in a non creepy setting, it still sounds creepy. And in comes the creepy brass section. AND THE SINISTER ORGAN accompanied by the chorus of DOOM! Now the piano's being scary. AND THE CREEPY MUSIC BOX IS BACK! Ironically enough, I just finished playing American McGee's Alice last week, and that has more creepy music box music than you can shake a stick at :P

A10 - Gritzy Desert - Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time
This makes me think of the music you'd hear for a travel commercial to Egypt. And now it sounds like the Tomb Raider movie. Chanting? No, clapping. The bongos are such fun instruments.

A13 - Delfino Plaza - Super Mario Sunshine
French! And now a jaunty guitar. Yes! More accordion! I love accordions more than I should. I want to go be pretentious at a cafe now. More fun bongos! Groovy man! *snaps fingers like a beatnik*

A14 - Ricco Harbor - Super Mario Sunshine
Definitely sounds like beach music. Hehe, sax on the beach! Is that a steel drum you're tempting us with? I kinda like that syntho-electric guitar XD

A15 - Bob-Omb Battlefield - Super Mario 64
Despite the title, this is a decidedly chipper song. It also reminds me of a musical number, for some reason. Mostly Bjork's "It's Oh So Quiet", not so much for the tune, but for the spontaneous dance numbers this song should instigate :P

A16 - Ground Theme Ver.2 - Super Mario Bros.
I say, I like all the weird instruments they're using here. Cheerful, but also kind of insane. Oh, but now we've got some ballroom stuff thrown in for good measure. Dana nana nana! Hehe, yes, get on that flag pole!

A17 - Mario Bros. - Mario Bros.
Oh bother, where is the beginning of this song from? Aw, but now it's all bouncy and dreamy and stuff! Hehe! More classical music! Where is that from?! I'm so terrible with names >_<

A20 - Mario Circuit - Super Mario Kart
Menu screen. That was the first thing that came to mind. Hehe, I'd expect to here this in a mall somewhere. Probably at a sale XD

A21 - Luigi Circuit - Mario Kart 64
Ooh, now this one has some bounce! Sounds like a laid-back, fun kind of race music, the kind that's more concerned with the driving part, and less with the winning. Oh, but now it's getting louder. A WINNER MUST BE DECIDED! Vroom!

A22 - Waluigi Pinball - Mario Kart DS
Now this sounds more like race music! Hee, I like that tune! I'd dance to it, hah, even though I can't dance. I'd request it at a techno club. Boiong!

A23 - Rainbow Road - Mario Kart Double Dash!!
Soap Operas at the races! Haha, even when synthesized, I still like the organ. Hell, I could say that about pretty much any instrument (if it's used correctly).


B01 - Jungle Level - Donkey Kong Country
Drums + chanting = win! Oh yes, bring on that jazzy vibe! Damn it, I want to slap a zoot suit on DK now! Sinister jungle is sinister! More Ray Manzarek organ stuff. ACTION MOVIE SOUNDTRACK! Also, that screamy sax in the background makes me giggle maniacally.

B02 - The Map Page/Bonus Level - Donkey Kong Country
Yes, that is a fun bass! The piano sounds weird, but in a good way. Hehe, panpipes! This would be a fun road trip song :D

B03 - Opening - Donkey Kong
Oh man, my mom has Donkey Kong for the GBA, and she plays it just about every day, so I was figuring I'd be sick of this tune by now, but surprise surprise! This one sounds different enough to not warrant madness! Hurray!

B04 - Donkey Kong - Donkey Kong
I want to do the robot to this so bad. Damn, I need to learn how to dance like that! I like how it's new music, but with the original game sounds mixed in. If I ever open my own dance club, I'm going to have this song played there!

B05 - King K.Rool/Ship Deck 2 - Donkey Kong Country
Yarr! I love this jaunty pirate tune so much! Ooh, but now it's rocking out! Even better! I'd head bang, but that gives me a headache. Eeee, bouncy part! And more accordions! I love this song!

B06 - Bramble Blast - Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest
It's starting off like the beginning of a boy band song... Ah, but the guitar came and made it a Western song! And the violin only compounds that! It's almost making me think of Christmas? Ooh, but this bit sounds quite wintery, so I guess the Christmas thing could work? It's like a genre mash-up, but I find I like it :D

B07 - Battle for Storm Hill - Donkey Kong Jungle Beat
Hee! A march! And it swells! I would like to pillage on horseback to this song! Oh, but this parts kinda peaceful... No, more valiant marching is back! Onward to victory!

B08 - Jungle Level Ver. 2 - Donkey Kong Country
Yay for birds and other jungle ambiance! Yes, bring on the drums! The sound of the drums... I wonder if this was what the Master kept hearing? Probably not, because if he kept hearing this groovy song, he wouldn't have turned out evil! Well, okay, this part's a bit evil, but in a good way! Is that even possible?

B09 - 25m Theme - Donkey Kong
It's... just the original DK music. Looped. Hm, that was short.

B10 - DK Jungle 1 Theme - Donkey Kong: Barrel Blast
Ah! This is livelier! The Kongs must live in the swingin'ist jungle ever? How can you be so grouchy, Cranky Kong, when your jungle is so hip? I swear, some old people just go out of their way to be miserable. If this is what my jungle sounded like, I'd be perkier than a cheerleader! Also, ew.


C01 - Title - The Legend of Zelda
Oh my god! Ohmygod! GLEE! This sounds so good! I'm tearing up! Hee, the choral bits remind me of the baby Ohmu flashback parts from Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind. Yes, more sinister violin! MORE SINISTER ORGAN! Hah, flashback to Ganondorf playing his in Ocarin of Time! I don't think it's possible for this song to sound bad! *fangirl scream*

C02 - Main Theme - The Legend of Zelda
YES!!! Hee, I love an orchestra arrangement! I wish we would have played songs like this in band, because holy crap! SO GOOD! Haha, I need to stop caps locking. BUT THE SONG IS SO GOOD THAT I DON'T WANT TO! XD

C03 - Great Temple/Temple - The Legend of Zelda II: The Adventure of Link
Haha, instead of Zelda being the first thing to come to mind upon hearing this song, the first thing I thought of was the game Sailor Moon: Another Story. Woah! And that zappy noise thing makes me think of Doctor Who! Oh my piss! If Zelda, Sailor Moon and Doctor Who combined, that would become a Voltron made of awesome and win! Well, three fifths of Voltron. Metroid and Firefly can make up the rest :D

C04 - The Dark World - The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
I like the twistedness of this! Everything sounds kind of vibratey, and not of this world, which is appropriate. Haha, but they still manage to throw in a French accordion! I really do love that background guitar!

C05 - Hidden Mountain & Forest - The Legend of Zelda: Link to the Past
Oooooh, exotic! Flamenco dancing! Probably not, but it reminds me of that. This sounds like the background music that would play if Smash Bros. was a dancing competition rather than a fighting game. And if the codec cutscene is accurate, then Snake would totally try to get in Samus' pants XD

C07 - Tal Tal Heights - The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening
This is the Zelda theme, by way of F-Zero racing. Very fast song, I like it! And is it just me, or does that not sound like Sonic revving up his wee hedgehog legs and racing throughout the song? This song makes me want to drive at excessive speeds! HEEEEEE!

C08 - Hyrule Field Theme - The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
Haha, this is nostalgia in audio form! Brings me right back to playing Ocarina of Time for the first time! Ah, memories ^_^

C09 - Ocarina of Time Medley (Zelda's Lullaby, Sun's Song, Song of Storms, Epona's Song, Song of Time, Saria's Song) - The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
I've always thought of Zelda's Lullaby as a slightly sad song, but that warm acoustic guitar and flute really bring the joy. Heh, Sun's Song is a segue! And cheerful Song of Storms becomes wonderfully less cheerful! Damn it, Epona's song is making me cry with joy again! Bad Epona's Song! Stop swelling with heartfelt emotions! Song of Time sounds as dignified as always, but Saria's song has become surprisingly bad ass! Heee, I love medleys!

C10 - Song of Storms (Windmill, Ganonorf's Theme, Serenade of Water) - The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
MENACE! There's the cheerful Song of Storms we know! Accordion! Flutes and drama! Synth guitar! YES! Ganny's theme is really working the drums! Oh, and Serenade of Water is still so pretty! Again, I love medleys!

C11 - Molgera Battle - The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker
Chick a ta! Chick a ta! Chick a ta! Haha, this was one of my favourite Wind Waker songs, so I'm glad it got in to Brawl. I love how minimalistic it is in places, and then builds into something more. And now I want to go beat the crap out of Molgera again XD

C12 - Restored Village of the Blue Maiden - The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures
Restored Village? Heck no! This sounds more like the alternate song that would play when Link uses the Bremen Mask! Can't you just seem him herding chicks to this song? Because I sure can! *creepy laugh*

C13 - Gerudo Valley - The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
I love this song. Love, love, LOVE this song! It makes me want to go wandering into the desert! But then I remember that I can't stand the heat, or the excessive sunlight, or the lack of water and food and greenery, so I just go a replay Ocarina of Time instead :P

C14 - Termina Field Theme - The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask
Chirpy chirp! Lovely day for the moon to DESTROY YOU ALL! Such a happy song when doom is literally (albeit slowly) descending from the heavens. It does get a little scary in the middle, but then it marches itself back up to perky again. You know, I think the whole land of Termina is bipolar :/

C15 - Dragon Roost Island - The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker
Now this was my favourite tune from Wind Waker! I love how South American it sounds. Hehe, I probably love it so much because of the panpipes. Like accordions and organs, I have a thing for panpipes. I also have a thing for the bagpipes and the didgeridoo. If I ever started a band, and we played those instruments, we would sound terrible no matter how good we played x_x

C16 - The Great Sea - The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker
Hehe, I love this one too. It really captures the feeling of being at sea. Tides ebbing and flowing, ships running at speed, waves crashing over the bow and creamy wake ribboning behind you... *sigh* I love the sea!

C17 - Main Theme - The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
Suitably heroic for our heroic new Link! Not that he wasn't heroic to begin with, in any of his incarnations. Hee, I spent half my time in Twilight Princess just riding around in the fields and attacking things on horseback. YES, MY PRETTY HORSEY! TRAMPLE THEM UNDER YOUR HOOVES! KILL THEM ALL!! BWAHAHAHA!!

C18 - Hidden Village - The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
The fact that it's called the Hidden Village, and that it was started by Impa, a Sheikah, a race who are pretty ninja-like, makes me think of Naruto. The song that goes with the village, however, makes me think of Ennio Morricone and Sergio Leone and the fantastic Spaghetti Westerns they made! And that, in turn, makes me think of Kill Bill.

C19 - Midna's Desperate Hour - The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
Oh Midna! Don't die! Mournful piano is very mournful! To be kind of a heartless bitch, I did like it how when Midna was on the brink of death, her colours were inverted. That made me happy despite the music, which was making me cry. BIPOLAR! HURRAH!


D01 - Main Theme (Brinstar, with voice) - Metroid/Metroid Prime Pinball
Er, that voice is kinda scary... but hey! Metroid rocks out! Hehe, the song always kinda let itself to rock. And goodness me! Is that boss music from Corruption? Hehe! Original Metroid! More of that boss guitar music! I want to say Rundus, but I'm not 100% on it. NO WAIT!! That was for Dark Samus! Just has a flashback to finally killing that bitch! Hehe!

D02 - Norfair - Metroid
Norfair has such a mellow theme... but suddenly it's become oh so danceable! This one is definately going into my club that will never exist! *gets her groove on*

D03 - Ending - Metroid
Mission Complete! GASP! SAMUS IS A WOMAN! Yes, losers, how'd you like an Ice Missle to the face?! Hehe, anger issues! Hm, and hyperness. HEY! I'VE ENTERED HYPERMODE! Screw you dangerous Phazon! I don't need you! What's that? 100% completion rate? Oh yes, I am good! *screams*

D04 - Vs. Ridley - Super Metroid
Ridley, you son of a bitch! Come back here so I can shoot you in the mouth! This song really lends itself to violent acts, what with its intensity and rockitude. And aggressiveness is a good thing when you're dropping to the molten core of a planet while fighting off a large, purple dragon thing. Hee, I love that fight!

D05 - Theme of Samus Aran, Space Warrior - Super Metroid
Now this is the stuff of epic space operas! Needs an accordion, though. And an organ. But triumphant fanfare will suffice! Look out, Picard! Samus is here to save the galaxy!

D06 - Sector 1 - Metroid Fusion
Ah Fusion, the first Metroid game I bought and completed. What an obsession you have instilled in me! This fancy schmancy upgraded song certainly captures the trapped-in-a-station-with-hostile-lifeforms feel of the game. Ironically enough, I bought Fusion in a bundle pack with a GBA SP, to have something to ease the stress of working at a technical support call center. A word of advice to those looking for employment: If you can't stand rude and ignorant people, don't work for a call center. Nice people never phone for help.

D07 - Opening / Menu (with voice) - Metroid Prime
Apparently Zebes (which I'd always pronounced as "zeebs") is pronounced as "zeh-bus". And Aran, instead of being pronounced "ah-ran" sounds more like "Erin". Whatever, I'm still going to pronounce it my way. And while I'm doing that, I'm going to enjoy the deliciousley sci-fi Prime theme (with some more touches of Dark Samus rock guitar)! And I'm probably mistaken, but it sounds like one of the instruments they used was a theremin (another instrument I would add to my horrible, horrible band).

D08 - Vs. Parasite Queen - Metroid Prime
The first boss battle of Prime! Hehe, the Metroid creators sure have a thing about shooting bosses in the mouth! Reminds me of Alien, mostly because this plays as you're fighting against an alien. To me it sounds like the music you would play in a haunted house... IN SPACE!

D09 - Vs. Meta-Ridley - Metroid Prime
Hehe, more Ridley! Okay, Meta-Ridley. That bastard just doesn't want to die. He's worse than Dark Samus! I like how they cyberized up the regular old Ridley fight music for this particular fight, as this incarnation of Ridley is more machine than ma- er, dragon now. Hehe, fandom slip!

D10 - Multiplayer - Metroid Prime 2: Echoes
Fast paced and PEW PEW PEW!! Hehe, I pwned my brother so many times in the multiplayer for Echoes, so of course this song has plenty of fond memories for me. MEMORIES OF HUMILIATING DEFEAT FOR THE SIBLING! Much like the Ridley theme, there is an underlaying sense of aggression within the song, and that helps people pwn faster. Except, of course, if that person happens to be my brother, and he's playing against me XD


E01 - Ending - Yoshi's Story
Yoshi is so cute I could just puke! Well, not really, but he is very cute, much like this song! Yoshi! AND THE ACCORDION RETURNS! I missed you, little buddy! And I wonder, is he singing, "ee eh oh"? Damn it, you little egg-pooping dino thing! Stop being so freaking Cute! But I like the drums very much. Don't change those!

E02 - Obstacle Course - Yoshi's Island
Steel drums! Another instrument for my band of terror! Such a perky tune for such a perky instrument! But what's this? A menacing segment right in the middle? I like that! And more steel drums!

E03 - Yoshi's Island
This sounds like it should be the opening for some kind of family friendly kids show on the Disney Channel or something. Oh, but it's got a harmonica too! Another one for the band! I think the band name should be something including the words "ear bleeding," don't you?

E05 - Flower Garden - Yoshi Touch & Go
To quote Queen Beryl (in the dub), this is so sweet I'm getting cavities! Heh! But I really dig the recorder and whistling bits. And the numerous cartoon sound effects. Yeah, Yoshi would definitely be a Saturday morning cartoon.

E06 - Wildlands - Yoshi's Island DS
The Wild West, set in a jungle. A jungle that is in France. Along with being a cartoon, Yoshi would also be on some form of psychotropic drug. Actually, I think that's how a lot of the scenarios for Nintendo games came into fruition. And now we're having some Hawaiian bits too? Screw geography! Were right the hell in the middle of CRAZY LAND!!

E07 - Obstacle Course Ver.2 - Yoshi's Island
Aw, where did the steel drums go? Well, at least you kept the accordion. And added an organ! HURRAH! It may be a small organ, but it's how you use it that counts! Oh innuendo, I am your slave. For always.