Select (theme from Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land)
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- This article is about the select theme from Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land, and should not be confused with the similarly-named select theme from Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards.
"Select"[Japanese title] is the File Select theme from Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land. It was composed by Jun Ishikawa.[1]
CompositionEdit
"Select" is a short and generally high-pitched theme in G-flat (F-sharp) major and 4/4. It lasts only four bars. The first two follow the same melodic pattern and do not venture outside the tonic, whereas the following two bars, lead by a rising motif not unlike the one heard in "Vegetable Valley" and other tracks of the game, have a minor tone due to the use of a lowered leading tone. These two bars start high and gradually descend until reaching the initial pitch, at which point the track loops.
Game appearancesEdit
Kirby: Nightmare in Dream LandEdit
In Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land, "Select" plays during the newly added File Select of the game.
Kirby & The Amazing MirrorEdit
In Kirby & The Amazing Mirror, the original version of this theme reprises its function, playing during the File Select.
Kirby: Canvas CurseEdit
In Kirby: Canvas Curse, the original version of "Select" plays in the main menu when the Old School option is on.
Kirby Fighters 2Edit
In Kirby Fighters 2, a remix of the "Select" theme plays in the options menu. Incidentally, after playing for exactly 86 seconds, it slows down and transitions to "Start Stage", followed by "Forest/Nature Area". After this ends, the track returns to "Select".
Kirby's Return to Dream Land DeluxeEdit
In Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe, an arrangement of the theme can be heard as "Bomb Rally - Title", which plays prior to the Sub-Game with the same name. The original "Select" is used as "Bomb Rally - Title (Secret Song)" under the same conditions.
Names in other languagesEdit
SelectEdit
| Language | Name | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | セレクト[2] serekuto |
Select |
Bomb Rally - TitleEdit
| Language | Name | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | 爆裂ボンバーラリー：タイトル bakuretsu bonbā rarī: taitoru |
Explosive Bomber Rally: Title |
| Traditional Chinese | 爆裂炸彈接力：標題 bào liè zhà dàn jiē lì: biāo tí |
Explosive Bomb Relay: Title |
| Simplified Chinese | 爆裂炸弹接力：标题 bào liè zhà dàn jiē lì: biāo tí | |
| Dutch | Bomtennis - Titel | Bomb tennis - Title |
| French | Passe la bombe - Titre | Pass the bomb - Title |
| German | Bomblett: Hauptthema | Bomblette: Main theme |
| Italian | Bomba pazza: titolo | Crazy bomb: title |
| Korean | 폭렬 봄버 랠리: 타이틀 pogryeol bombeo raelri: taiteul |
Explosive Bomber Rally: Title |
| Brazilian Portuguese | Bomba Quente: título | Hot Bomb: title |
| Latin American Spanish | Tenis bomba: título | Bomb tennis: title |
| European Spanish | Tenis-bomba: título | Bomb-tennis: title |