Butter Building (theme)
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"Butter Building" is a theme originating in Kirby's Adventure, and has since returned in many games in the Kirby series. It was composed by Hirokazu Ando.
Composition[edit]
"Butter Building" is a jolly theme in E major and 4/4. A notable characteristic trait of this piece is the scarce usage of its tonic. It starts with a double dominant introductory segment. Its melody consists of short phrases with a repeated syncopated first note and movement down or up until stopping on the mediant or dominant, hinting at the key; this is followed by a high-pitched response. The melody repeats with a different ending, that leads into the second portion. This part has a more lyrical melody that contains some phrasing elements from "Vegetable Valley". This part emphasizes the minor harmonies associated with the mediant G-sharp. However, the minor does not stay long, as it gives way to dominant, and soon after the track loops.
Game appearances[edit]
Kirby's Adventure / Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land[edit]
In Kirby's Adventure and its remake, the theme is used mostly in the level of the same name, although it can be heard in some stages of other levels.
Exclusive to Kirby's Adventure, a faster paced and shorter version of the theme plays in the Crane Fever Sub-Game, while the crane is moving.
Kirby's Avalanche[edit]
A remix of "Butter Building" plays during Easy difficulty stages of Competition Mode in Kirby's Avalanche.
Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards[edit]
A slow-paced remix of this theme plays in stage 2 of Shiver Star. It is named "Above the Clouds" in the Kirby: Planet Robobot Original Soundtrack, and is arranged by Jun Ishikawa[1].
Kirby: Canvas Curse[edit]
A very faithful and upbeat arrangement of the theme plays in Silent Seabed in Kirby: Canvas Curse.
When the "Old School" sound mode is selected, the Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land arrangement plays in Machine Mansion and Mad Mechanism.
Kirby: Squeak Squad[edit]
In Kirby: Squeak Squad, an arrangement of "Butter Building" very similar to the Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land one, except with an updated soundfont, can be heard in stages 4, 5 and EX of Prism Plains, Cushy Cloud - Stage 7 EX, Ice Island - Stage 3 and Secret Sea - Stage 3. It is titled "Stage: Castle Dedede, etc." on Nintendo Mobile.
Super Smash Bros. series[edit]
In Super Smash Bros. Brawl, a track named "Butter Building" is one of the tracks available to be played as a default track in the Halberd stage. Despite being named after "Butter Building", it's actually a medley, although it predominantly features said theme.
In Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, "Butter Building" receives another medley named after it, this time called "Butter Building Ver. 2". It's one of the default tracks of the The Great Cave Offensive stage. "Butter Building" from Super Smash Bros. Brawl also returns for the Halberd stage, but this time as an unlockable track.
The two remixes along with their stages reappear in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, now being playable in all Kirby series stages, like all other tracks. However, both are renamed: "Butter Building" to "Butter Building (Brawl)" and "Butter Building Ver. 2" to "Butter Building (for 3DS / Wii U)". Both are available from the start as default tracks.
Kirby's Epic Yarn / Kirby's Extra Epic Yarn[edit]
Kirby's Epic Yarn and Kirby's Extra Epic Yarn feature a piano centered arrangement of the "Butter Building" theme, which plays in Tempest Towers.
Kirby's Dream Collection Special Edition[edit]
The Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land arrangement of the theme is reused in the map of Happiness Hall in the New Challenge Stages mode.
When selecting Kirby's Avalanche in the Kirby's History mode, its Butter Building remix plays.
Kirby Fighters Deluxe and Kirby Fighters 2[edit]
The original Kirby's Adventure version of the theme is reused in the Butter Building stage. In Kirby Fighters 2, a new remix of it can be unlocked as the secret song for the same stage.
Kirby and the Rainbow Curse[edit]
A remix of the theme can be unlocked by collecting one of the Treasure Chests found in the The Wild Red Yonder stage, to then be played at the Music Room.
Kirby: Planet Robobot[edit]
In Kirby: Planet Robobot, "Above the Clouds" from Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards is reused in Resolution Road - Stage 6 EX.
Other appearances[edit]
In the Kirby's Adventure soundtrack album, the "Butter Building" theme receives a vocal remix named カクテルを作つくろう! (Let's Make a Cocktail!).
In the bonus track Club Mix フィールドのなか (Club Mix: In the Fields) of the Hoshi no Kirby 64 Original Soundtrack, the "Above the Clouds" arrangement of the theme is mixed in with other level themes of the game, along with some of Kirby's voice clips.
In The Sound of Kirby Café, the theme receives an upbeat remix as Track 2: バターたっぷりビルディング／バタービルディング (Butter Brimming Building / Butter Building).
Names in other languages[edit]
| Language | Name | Meaning |
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| Japanese | 城の面[2] Shiro no men バタービルディング[3] Batā birudingu |
Castle Stage Butter Building |
| French | Tour de Beurre[4][5] | Butter Tower |
| German | Buttertürmchen[4][5] | Butter tower (-chen is used to signal the diminutive form) |
| Italian | Palazzo di Burro[4][5] | Butter Palace |
| Korean | 버터 빌딩[5] beoteo bilding |
Butter Building |
| Spanish | Edificio de mantequilla[4] Edificio de Mantequilla[5] |
Butter building Butter Building |
References
- ↑ Kirby: Planet Robobot Sound Test; while the Hoshi no Kirby 64 Original Soundtrack instead credits Hirokazu Ando for the track, this is likely referring to the fact that he composed the original, with Jun Ishikawa doing the arrangement for the game
- ↑ Kirby's Adventure
- ↑ Super Smash Bros. games, Kirby's Epic Yarn, Kirby and the Rainbow Curse
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Kirby and the Rainbow Curse
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 Kirby's Epic Yarn
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- Music in Kirby's Adventure
- Music in Kirby's Avalanche
- Music in Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards
- Music in Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land
- Music in Kirby: Canvas Curse
- Music in Kirby: Squeak Squad
- Music in Kirby's Epic Yarn
- Music in Kirby's Dream Collection Special Edition
- Music in Kirby Fighters Deluxe
- Music in Kirby and the Rainbow Curse
- Music in Kirby: Planet Robobot
- Music in Kirby's Extra Epic Yarn
- Music in Kirby Fighters 2
- Music in Super Smash Bros. Brawl
- Music in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U
- Music in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
- Music in Kirby Café
