MOTHER 3 MUSICAL TOE-DIP INTO BACH, VIVALDI, SATIE… BATMAN, SPACE INVADERS
Following on his earlier excellent breakdown of cult Game Boy RPG Mother 3‘s battle music time signature trickery, Dan ‘Cruise Elroy‘ Bruno has posted another deep look at the game’s musical selections from a historian’s perspective, spotting allusions, lifted selections, and other peculiar references.
Particularly notable is the game’s “Ode to Ancestors: 8th Movement,” a medley of parts of Beethoven’s 5th, Bach’s Toccata and Fugue in D minor, “Hallelujah” from Handel’s Messiah, and “Spring” from Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons, which Bruno calls “such an absurd juxtaposition that I can’t help but laugh at it every time I listen,” its overt references to Neal Hefti’s Batman theme, and an 8-bit subversion of the Pig Mask Army’s leitmotif.
As before, it’s fantastic, MP3-supported stuff — Bruno’s one of the few that seems both qualified and passionate enough to take us on these smart sonic journeys.
Mother 3’s musical allusions [Cruise Elroy]
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