Boarding the Halberd: Difference between revisions

|lastgame=''[[Kirby Fighters 2]]'' (2020)

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|composer=[[Jun Ishikawa]]<ref>[https://www.kirby.jp/music/score/eng/ ''King Dedede & Meta Knight Medley'' Sheet Music - Kirby Portal (official website)]</ref>

"Boarding the Halberd" is a fast-paced track, jazzy track set at a tempo of roughly 164 beats per minute. It is set in the key of C minor, though it features many accidental notes. The song has a rapid, dissonant melody line punctuated with wide sweeps and triplets. The main instrumentation includes brass, orchestra hits, and soft synths, with prominent drums and a repetitive bassline.

In ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'', a jazzy version of this track, titled '''"Meta Knight's Revenge"''', is used as a default theme for [[smashwiki:Halberd|the Halberd stage]], and can also be heard in sections of [[smashwiki:The Subspace Emissary|The Subspace Emissary]]. Here, it is directly combined with its sister theme "[[Havoc Aboard the Halberd]]", being the first time the two were fused into a single musical track. The arrangement was done by [[wikipedia:Noriyuki Iwadare|Noriyuki Iwadare]].

This track, remixed with gentler piano-based instrumentation, plays on the [[Battleship Halberd (stage)|Battleship Halberd]] stage in [[Dream Land (Kirby's Epic Yarn)|Dream Land]]. It's arranged by [[Hirokazu Ando]].

In ''[[Kirby's Extra Epic Yarn]]'', this song is also used in the Sub-Game [[Slash & Bead]], and is once again paired with "[[Havoc Aboard the Halberd]]".

This track serves as the theme for [[Boarding the Halberd (Dedede's Drum Dash Deluxe)|the sixth stage]]. The version used is the one from ''Kirby Super Star'' with its tempo slightly slowed down, but its fast pace is still suitable for a harder stage.

In ''[[Kirby Fighters 2]]'', "Boarding the Halberd" is included as part of the medleys that play during the fights against [[King Dedede & Meta Knight]] and their [[Waning Crescent Masked Dedede & Waxing Crescent Masked Meta Knight|Moon Warriors counterpart]].

"Boarding the Halberd" has been performed live in the [[Kirby 25th Anniversary Orchestra Concert]], along with its sibling theme, in "King Dedede & Meta Knight Medley". This version is much slower, being performed at 132 beats per minute, to make it feasible for live players. A vocal version called ''[[Take off!]]'' is also on the ''[[Kirby Memorial Arrangements]]'' CD.

The theme is also featured in the second half of the the bonus track '''ステージメドレー／アコースティックver.''' (''Stage Medley / Acoustic Ver.'') of the [[Kirby Ultra Super Deluxe Original Sound Track]].

*A fan-made arrangement of "Boarding the Halberd", arranged by Charlie Rosen & Button Masher and performed by The 8-Bit Big Band, won a [[wikipedia:64th Annual Grammy Awards|2022 Grammy Award]] in the category "Best Arrangement - Instrumental or A Capella".<ref>[https://www.grammy.com/grammys/news/2022-grammys-complete-winners-nominees-nominations-list "2022 GRAMMYs Awards Show: Complete Nominations List" - Grammy Awards Official Website]</ref>

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