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|composer=[[Hirokazu Ando]]<ref>''[[Kirby: Planet Robobot]]'' [[Jukebox/Kirby: Planet Robobot|Jukebox]]</ref> | |composer=[[Hirokazu Ando]]<ref>''[[Kirby: Planet Robobot]]'' [[Jukebox/Kirby: Planet Robobot|Jukebox]]</ref> | ||
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'''"VS. Star Dream"''' is the | '''"VS. Star Dream"''' is the piece that first plays during the first phase of the climactic battle with [[Star Dream]] in ''[[Kirby: Planet Robobot]]''. It was composed by [[Hirokazu Ando]]. | ||
==Composition== | ==Composition== | ||
[[File:KPR Star Dream battle 1.png|thumb|left|200px|The battle begins.]] | [[File:KPR Star Dream battle 1.png|thumb|left|200px|The battle begins.]] | ||
"VS. Star Dream" is an energetic | "VS. Star Dream" is an energetic and dramatic theme set in 4/4 and actively modulating through various keys. It features several motifs associated with the characters relevant to the battle ("[[The Noble Haltmann]]" and "[[Haltmann Works Co. HQ]]" for [[President Haltmann]], an original motif for [[Star Dream]], "[[Havoc Aboard the Halberd]]" for [[Meta Knight]] and [[Halberd Mode]], and "[[Green Greens (theme)|Green Greens]]" and "[[Kirby's Triumphant Return]]" for [[Kirby]]), as well as its own primary motif representing [[Star Dream]], which consists of rapid rising scale fragments and descending seconds and thirds in quaver-two semiquavers phrases. The theme itself starts with a slow arpeggiated piano intro with gradually fading beeping noises, based loosely on "[[Vagrant Counting Song of Retrospection]]". | ||
Following the intro and opening of the battle, the original motif takes off in C minor and modulates through F, F-sharp and B minor, with a rising counterpart, until this peaks at a C major chord. "Haltmann Works Co. HQ" comes in F-sharp minor. After it plays out, the unique motif repeats its original structure from D minor, and is once again followed up by "Haltmann Works Co. HQ", now in G-sharp minor, nonetheless with hopeful yet dramatic major harmonies. On the other hand, "Havoc Aboard the Halberd" plays in C-sharp minor from Halberd Mode's side, followed by an E minor "Kirby's Triumphant Return", a recurring motif in final boss themes in an unprecedented key. It does not reach its "Green Greens" resolution yet, as "VS. Star Dream"'s main motif interrupts it to remind of the foe at hand. "Green Greens" does, however, come: first as a chiptune counterpoint, then its middle section following "The Noble Haltmann", both in E minor. After a brief transition, the piece returns to C minor and loops. | |||
==Game appearances== | ==Game appearances== | ||
===''Kirby: Planet Robobot''=== | ===''Kirby: Planet Robobot''=== | ||
This track utilizes elements from many of the previous themes in ''Kirby: Planet Robobot''. Notably, it incorporates "[[The Noble Haltmann]]", "[[Havoc Aboard the Halberd]]", and "[[Green Greens (theme)|Green Greens]]". | This track utilizes elements from many of the previous themes in ''Kirby: Planet Robobot''. Notably, it incorporates "[[The Noble Haltmann]]", "[[Havoc Aboard the Halberd]]", and "[[Green Greens (theme)|Green Greens]]". The track's original motif also makes appearances in the cutscene themes "First Contact" and "Caught Me Singing", as well as in "[[Fatal Error]]". | ||
This music can be found as | This music can be found as track 091 in the ''Kirby: Planet Robobot'' [[Jukebox/Kirby: Planet Robobot|Jukebox]]. | ||
===''Kirby Star Allies''=== | ===''Kirby Star Allies''=== | ||