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"Hot Wings", named "Hot Wings's[sic] Theme" in the British English version, is a theme from Kirby's Epic Yarn and Kirby's Extra Epic Yarn associated with the boss with the same name. It was composed by Tomoya Tomita.[1]
Composition[edit]
Kirby finds the fiery Hot Wings.
"Hot Wings" is a piquant theme in G Dorian mode with a mixed meter. The intro starts with a low G ostinato from brass and piano, and has abrupt chords. The piano and xylophone's diatonic melody revolving around a D comes in at 9/4 and plays twice with minor variations. More abrupt and dramatic chords follow up in 6/4 with a grace note leading from D to E, and harp passages in between. The 9/4 section repeats with a reed instrument now in the lead, followed once more by the chords in 6/4. The brass then plays a syncopated bridge with distant, sharp harmonies, as the strings hold an A, creating many dissonances. A virtuosic descending piano passage and final abrupt chord conclude the piece, which then repeats the 6/4 chord section and loops from the first 9/4 section.
Names in other languages[edit]
| Language
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Name
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Meaning
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| Japanese
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フェニクロウ
Fenikurō
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From「フェニックス」(fenikkusu, phoenix) and possibly「～九郎」(-kurō, an old-fashioned given name suffix)
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| French
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Flamenko
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Respelling of "flamenco" (flamenco), also being a pun on "flamme" (flame)
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| German
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Flanellphönix
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Flannel phoenix
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| Italian
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Flamenko
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Same as the French and Latin American Spanish names
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| Korean
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피닉
Pinik
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Shortened form of "피닉스" (pinikseu, phoenix)
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| Latin American Spanish
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Flamenko
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Same as the French and Italian names
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| European Spanish
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Alas Ígneas
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Igneous Wings
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