Comments on: Mother 3’s musical allusions

By: 620BC

620BC — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 20:44:28 +0000

Found it – it’s “Unfounded Revenge.” Also, in addition to “Audacious March” referencing the first movement of Shostakovich 5, “LOG-O-TYPE,” though short, references the very end of the last movement, complete with pounding timpani. Seems like the composer might be a bit of a Shostakovich fan!

Another interesting thing is that the music for the door-opening dance is a sped-up version of the hot spring music – wonder if that means anything. There’s a lot of funny self-references like that, though.

By: 620BC

620BC — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 06:42:30 +0000

I loved the classical music mashup for the ghost musician boss battle – it’s very Peter Schickele (aka PDQ Bach) – esque.

I’m surprised nobody has pointed this out, but there’s an unmistakable quotation of a theme in the finale of Shostakovich’s 6th symphony (at about 0:34 on this recording: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nm5YGLrQZ_Y , plus recap at 5:19) – I don’t know the Mother 3 track title, but I’m sure you’ll be able to recognize it immediately!

By: Dan Bruno

Dan Bruno — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 00:08:57 +0000

I can’t speak for the commenters, Melson, but feel free to use what I’ve written. I’m not sure I’d consider myself a scholarly source, though; just a music fan with some time on his hands. :-)

By: Melson Varsovia

Melson Varsovia — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 21:54:07 +0000

I’m planning on writing a scholarly essay for a class on Mother 3 and its music, and I hope that you might let me cite you (as well as any repliers) as a source. Thanks so much! It’s great commentary!

By: satchfuji

satchfuji — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 07:14:59 +0000

I’m not sure of the specific name of the track, but if you start at 2:27 seconds of the “Twist and Battle” medley from Mother 3i, you will hear an obvious homage to Mancini’s “Baby Elephant Walk.” This tune plays when fighting different mushrooms, like Zombieshroom and Naughty Mushroom.

By: Victor

Victor — Sat, 16 May 2009 20:44:07 +0000

The Natural Killer Cyborg’s Theme reminds me of Beat It by Michael Jackson, specifically the Guitar Riffs that kick in at 12 seconds

By: Mr. Accident

Mr. Accident — Thu, 07 May 2009 08:45:08 +0000

>>> Brian on January 27th, 2009: ‘“Etude for Ghosts” from 15s to 23s is (i’m pretty darn sure) Hedwig’s Theme from the Harry Potter movies.’

Even if there’s a similarity, this couldn’t be a case of allusion; “Etude for Ghosts” was written long before the Harry Potter films were made, and if memory serves me correctly, only a little while after the first book started to become popular. I first recall hearing it as part of some preview relating to the then-upcoming “EarthBound 64,” perhaps some time in 1998.

By: Jon

Jon — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 09:39:55 +0000

Porkie’s Porkies isn’t a remix of the Pigmask theme. It’s a remix of the Mr. Batty theme. Seriously, listen to it.

By: fortenium

fortenium — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 05:35:36 +0000

Yeah, noticed the Batman song, classical music, and Dr Wily, but nothing else really.

I remember hearing the Dr. Wily song on this game and I was like, “…strange. This kind of sounds like Mega Man…….”

Nice list!! ^_______^

By: Dylan Yoshi

Dylan Yoshi — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 01:55:04 +0000

Call me crazy, but I think the Mr. Batty Twist and Porkey’s Porkies themes are partially based off of the Phantom of the Opera Theme. A bit faster of a tempo, but you can definitely hear that they’re quite similar.