Whimsical Lost Woods Walking a fine balance between whimsical, regal and classical, the famous catchy track known as ‘Beware of the Forest Mushrooms’ from the score of Super Mario now in the form of a… Read More »Inside The Score – Super Mario RPG – Forest Maze / Beware of the Forest Mushrooms
Synthetic nature With Forest Interlude we complete a trilogy of “David Wise attempts to cram a Korg Wavestation synthesizer into the puny SNES hardware and gets away with it”. And it may be his definitive… Read More »Inside The Score – Donkey Kong Country 2 – Forest Interlude / Web Woods
Heavenly Ambience A Wise man once managed to capture the sound of water and make the Super Nintendo sing by encapsulating modern synthesizer techniques into its tiny memory; now in its spiritual and pretty much… Read More »Inside The Score – Donkey Kong Country 2 – Stickerbush Symphony
Heavy Shanty Musikal Analysis You are on a pirate boat fighting a crocodile because they are water creatures. So you hear some sea shanty-inspired Irish track that then transforms into an Iron Maiden song bekause… Read More »Inside The Score – Donkey Kong Country – Gangplank Galleon / Final Boss Battle
It’s all in the name This is a game where two monkeys ride on a cartoonish swordfish collecting bananas underwater yet here we are pondering the mysteries of the universe and reflecting on the vicissitudes… Read More »Inside The Score – Donkey Kong Country – Aquatic Ambience
Riding your mount into the sunset The triumphant reception of our arriving heroes who just saved the entire galaxy is upon us, with a military parade celebrating all things Star Fox, a consummation of all… Read More »Inside The Score – Star Fox 64 – Ending / Staff Credits
Sound amidst the mist Leave it to the Japanese and their love for blending different strands of musical traditions at liberty to paint an impressionistic picture on a magical forest canvas that sprouts from world… Read More »Inside The Score – Chrono Trigger – Secret of the Forest
The Enlightened ones The Dream Team, a group of chosen ones entrusted with birthing upon the world the ultimate JRPG experience thanks to the combined development pedigree of Squaresoft in conjunction with several members of… Read More »Inside The Score – Chrono Trigger – Corridors of Time
Volcanic rituals Right before our arrival at a white Christmas setting we need to traverse the depths of hell in order to appreciate it better; things are about to get hot, even though Samus is… Read More »Inside The Score – Super Metroid – Lower Norfair (Ridley’s Lair) / Magmoor Caverns
Purified land, purified soul End of the discussion, the carnival proceeds; turns out the carnival’s committee was right all along, people were indeed just spreading unfounded rumors, misinformation and fear about the moon destroying everything.… Read More »Inside The Score – The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask – End Credits
The protectors return to their lands of origin “Shouldn’t you be returning home? Whenever there’s a meeting a parting is sure to follow. However, the parting need not last forever……whether a parting be forever or… Read More »Inside The Score – The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask – The Giants’ Exit
Dawn of the new day “Aah! He’s awake!” The first words we hear from our fairy companion after annihilating both Majora and the moon—along with their gongs—a new sage of light has been born. The… Read More »Inside The Score – The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask – Moon’s Destruction