TIME BEEEAM!
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The "TIME BEEEAM!"[1] theme is a short musical arrangement, originally composed by Jun Ishikawa, featuring principally in the Team Kirby Clash spin-off games.
Composition
"TIME BEEEAM!" is an extremely simple composition, consisting purely of a piano accompanied by percussion and samples of clock sounds. On the cue of a metallic clang, the piano begins to ascend a C-sharp major scale in a zig-zag fashion (C#-D#-C#-D#-F-F#-F-F#-...) in lockstep with the tick-tock sounds of a clock, accompanied by a lower harmony (G#-A#-G#-A#-C#-D#-C#-D#-...). However, before completing this ascent, the piano shifts to a C minor scale, which it then zig-zags up to G, suddenly resolving to C major. Percussion accentuates the latter half of this ascent, at the conclusion of which is a metallic ringing. The piano then diminishes in rapid but gentle repeating upwards arpeggiation of the C major triad.
Game appearances
Kirby: Planet Robobot / Team Kirby Clash series
"TIME BEEEAM!" first appears in the Team Kirby Clash Sub-Game of Kirby: Planet Robobot, playing while Beam Mage's Time Beam is in effect. The original Team Kirby Clash arrangement is reused for both standalone Kirby Clash games, Team Kirby Clash Deluxe and Super Kirby Clash, once again in the same context of Beam Mage's Time Beam.
Kirby and the Forgotten Land
Timed events within certain stages of Kirby and the Forgotten Land feature "Time Attack!", an orchestral version of "TIME BEEEAM!" arranged by Yuki Shimooka. This version replaces the piano with sharp string attacks, and features a clock sound that tick-tocks in double-time (sounding both on the beat and on the offbeat, instead of just on the beat as in the original arrangement). Percussion chiefly uses the clock sounds, which become more intense towards the end of the track (and the timed event) and provide a sense of increasing tempo. In the end, the strings hold the C major chord and diminish in place, instead of arpeggiating as in the original.
Other appearances
An acoustic arrangement of "TIME BEEEAM!" features at the start of "Tomorrow's Tea Times" from The Sound of Kirby Café 2, arranged by Hirokazu Ando. This arrangement features a xylophone in place of the original's piano melody, but also adds guitar and bass accompaniment as well as the expected percussion and clock noises. Instead of resolving to C major, the xylophone simply alternates rapidly between two G notes an octave apart as the track immediately transitions into a rearrangement of "A New Wind for Tomorrow"—although the tick-tocking clock noises recur at various points in the track.
Names in other languages
| Language | Name | Meaning |
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| Japanese | タイムビームぅ![1] Taimu Bīmu ~u! |
Time Beaaaam! |
"Time Attack!"
| Language | Name | Meaning |
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| Japanese | タイムアタックぅ！ Taimu Atakku~u! |
Time Attaaaack! |
| Traditional Chinese | 時間競速！ |
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| Simplified Chinese | 时间竞速！ | |
| Dutch | Tegen de klok! | Against the clock! |
| Canadian French | Contre-la-montre! | Time trial! Literally translates to "against the watch" (in a timekeeping sense). |
| European French | Contre-la-montre ! | Time trial! |
| German | Gegen die Zeit! | |
| Italian | Contro il tempo! | |
| Korean | 타임 어택! taim eotaeg! |
Time Attack! |
| Spanish | ¡A contrarreloj! |
References
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[[Category:Music in Kirby: Planet Robobot]] [[Category:Music in Team Kirby Clash Deluxe]] [[Category:Music in Super Kirby Clash]] [[Category:Music in Kirby and the Forgotten Land]]
