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In a HAL Laboratory sound staff roundtable discussion included in the ''[[Kirby Star Allies: The Original Soundtrack]]'' booklet, [[Shinya Kumazaki]] considers this track as embodying Ishikawa's style of music (石川節 or ''Ishikawa-bushi'', literally meaning "Ishikawa-tune"), surging with his sensibilities and sense of vitality and energy.<ref>{{cite|私はそれを「石川節」って呼んでるんですけど、ほとばしる石川さんの感性と生命力が伝わる、すごいエネルギーのある1曲ですね。|[[Shinya Kumazaki]]|[[Kirby Star Allies: The Original Soundtrack]]}}</ref><ref name="KSAOST_gigi">(See also [https://gigi9714.wordpress.com/2021/12/31/kirby-star-allies-the-original-soundtrack-sound-staff-round-table-discussion/ the translation of the same discussion by Gigi].)</ref> The same discussion reveals that Jun Ishikawa was initially anxious about composing this track and [[Puppet Offering|its sister track]]. Kumazaki had requested a "gamelan-like song", but Ishikawa felt bound by the limitations of gamelan's [[wikipedia:slendro|musical]] [[wikipedia:pelog|scales]] and its origins as a musical form associated with Indonesian religious rituals. When he consulted Kumazaki in effect whether he could deviate from this traditional form, Kumazaki responded, "If a real gamelan player hears this, and they think, 'Oh, was that supposed to be gamelan?', that's fine." Ishikawa was relieved after this, and continued composing without worrying about the limitations.<ref>{{cite|でもガムランって音階が限られるので、その縛りでやっちゃうと振り幅として作りようがない。特に第2形態があるわけですし、普通のガムランだけでは通せないなと。だから熊崎ディレクターに「ガムランって書いてあるけど本当にガムラン?」って聞いたら、「ガムランにホントもウソもある？」って言うので、「元々ガムランっていうのはインドネシアの宗教音楽で…」って説明しはじめたんです。そうしたら5秒ぐらい説明したところで熊崎ディレクターは「本当のガムランやってる人が聞いたら、えっ今のガムランのつもりだったんですか？ってぐらいのガムランでいい」って、笑顔で言ったんですね。「指定を緩めないと無理だ」ということを5秒くらいの説明でニコッと笑って理解したっていうのが、個人的な現場ハイライトでした。|[[Jun Ishikawa]]|[[Kirby Star Allies: The Original Soundtrack]]}}</ref><ref name="KSAOST_gigi"/> [[Hirokazu Ando]] also joked that he was worried when he saw that Kumazaki requested a gamelan song, and was relieved that it didn't fall to him.<ref>{{cite|私はそのガムランとかいう指示を見て、「あ一自分にきたらどうしよう」って思ってました。いやいや助かったわ。|[[Hirokazu Ando]]|[[Kirby Star Allies: The Original Soundtrack]]}}</ref><ref name="KSAOST_gigi"/> | In a HAL Laboratory sound staff roundtable discussion included in the ''[[Kirby Star Allies: The Original Soundtrack]]'' booklet, [[Shinya Kumazaki]] considers this track as embodying Ishikawa's style of music (石川節 or ''Ishikawa-bushi'', literally meaning "Ishikawa-tune"), surging with his sensibilities and sense of vitality and energy.<ref>{{cite|私はそれを「石川節」って呼んでるんですけど、ほとばしる石川さんの感性と生命力が伝わる、すごいエネルギーのある1曲ですね。|[[Shinya Kumazaki]]|[[Kirby Star Allies: The Original Soundtrack]]}}</ref><ref name="KSAOST_gigi">(See also [https://gigi9714.wordpress.com/2021/12/31/kirby-star-allies-the-original-soundtrack-sound-staff-round-table-discussion/ the translation of the same discussion by Gigi].)</ref> The same discussion reveals that Jun Ishikawa was initially anxious about composing this track and [[Puppet Offering|its sister track]]. Kumazaki had requested a "gamelan-like song", but Ishikawa felt bound by the limitations of gamelan's [[wikipedia:slendro|musical]] [[wikipedia:pelog|scales]] and its origins as a musical form associated with Indonesian religious rituals. When he consulted Kumazaki in effect whether he could deviate from this traditional form, Kumazaki responded, "If a real gamelan player hears this, and they think, 'Oh, was that supposed to be gamelan?', that's fine." Ishikawa was relieved after this, and continued composing without worrying about the limitations.<ref>{{cite|でもガムランって音階が限られるので、その縛りでやっちゃうと振り幅として作りようがない。特に第2形態があるわけですし、普通のガムランだけでは通せないなと。だから熊崎ディレクターに「ガムランって書いてあるけど本当にガムラン?」って聞いたら、「ガムランにホントもウソもある？」って言うので、「元々ガムランっていうのはインドネシアの宗教音楽で…」って説明しはじめたんです。そうしたら5秒ぐらい説明したところで熊崎ディレクターは「本当のガムランやってる人が聞いたら、えっ今のガムランのつもりだったんですか？ってぐらいのガムランでいい」って、笑顔で言ったんですね。「指定を緩めないと無理だ」ということを5秒くらいの説明でニコッと笑って理解したっていうのが、個人的な現場ハイライトでした。|[[Jun Ishikawa]]|[[Kirby Star Allies: The Original Soundtrack]]}}</ref><ref name="KSAOST_gigi"/> [[Hirokazu Ando]] also joked that he was worried when he saw that Kumazaki requested a gamelan song, and was relieved that it didn't fall to him.<ref>{{cite|私はそのガムランとかいう指示を見て、「あ一自分にきたらどうしよう」って思ってました。いやいや助かったわ。|[[Hirokazu Ando]]|[[Kirby Star Allies: The Original Soundtrack]]}}</ref><ref name="KSAOST_gigi"/> | ||
The title of this track is presented in Italian. While it is unknown what the exact significance of the phrase "The Folly of Love" is, it may be a reference to the classical piece "[[wikipedia:Folia|Folia]]" ("Folly"), which is said to have been named after the "frenzied way peasants twirled to the music" | The title of this track is presented in Italian. While it is unknown what the exact significance of the phrase "The Folly of Love" is, it may be a reference to the classical piece "[[wikipedia:Folia|Folia]]" ("Folly"), which is said to have been named after the "frenzied way peasants twirled to the music".<ref>See, for example, [https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20190726-could-la-folia-be-historys-most-enduring-tune this article] by the BBC.</ref> This may reflect the strange dancing movements that Hyness performs during his battle, which are explicitly called a "frenzied dance" (きょう乱のおどり) in Japanese; the English version translates the term as "rampage".<ref>[https://docs.google.com/document/d/1g8v6ynH3B2lFtoXPnNC5jWxBEYl45fFPuwqERk1oXAE/edit?usp=sharing ''Kirby Star Allies'' Japanese translated boss pause sceeen descriptions] (translation by SYZekrom)</ref> | ||
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