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'''The Noble Haltmann''' is a song from ''[[Kirby: Planet Robobot]]''. It is the anthem of the [[Haltmann Works Company]]. The melody serves as the basis for many songs in the game's soundtrack, and even has lyrics, which are performed (at least in part) several times throughout the game. The song was composed by [[Hirokazu Ando]].

The song is the basis of many of the game's tracks, such as "[[Venturing into the Mechanized World]]", "[[VS. The Wicked Company]]" and "[[Planet Heart]]". Sections of it can also be found in many others, such as "[[Flight of Azure]]", "[[Crazy Rolling in Money]]" and "[[VS. Star Dream]]".

A karaoke version of "The Noble Haltmann" was released on the jukebox service ''JOYSOUND'' around the time ''Kirby: Planet Robobot'' was released.

The first verse of "The Noble Haltmann" was sung by [[Makiko Ohmoto]] in the [[Kirby 25th Anniversary Orchestra Concert]].

"The Noble Haltmann", along with "[[Pink Ball Activate!]]", receives an upbeat acoustic remix in ''[[The Sound of Kirby Café]]'' Track 12: "Café De Planet".

<br>'''The ambitions obtained are fleeting, what fades into the distance are memories⁸'''

<br>'''Gazing at the gears that travel through time⁹'''

⁸ Memories are an important recurring theme in ''Kirby: Planet Robobot''; aside from the previous mention that Haltmann cast aside his own memories, they are also invoked in "[[Vagrant Counting Song of Retrospection]]" (with "retrospection" meaning to reflect upon memories), Star Dream's attack "Memories" (which summons items previously used by [[Galactic Nova]]), and "[[Memories (I'll Never Forget You)]]".<br/>

⁹ The phrase {{furi|時|とき}}を　{{furi|巡|めぐ}}る recalls the Japanese descriptor of Galacta Knight, {{furi|時巡|ときめぐ}}る{{furi|戦士|せんし}} (Time-Crossing Warrior). Note that in [[Meta Knightmare Returns]], the mechanical Star Dream is what summons Galacta Knight. The term "gear" may also be in reference to Star Dream's true form, a clockwork star.

<br>'''He's very special. What a figure!'''

<br>'''Famed throughout— the galaxy— our King—'''

<br>'''In the past— times to come— And the present—'''

<br>'''Worship Him— beg from Him— And it shall happen—'''

The song's composition had various versions until it was completed. The first prototype is somewhat jazzy with a swung rhythm, and features chiptune and FM synthesis instruments. After hearing this prototype, [[Shinya Kumazaki]] asked the composer, Hirokazu Ando, to "give it the weight of a wicked giant corporate company". Ando then made the second prototype, which has a slow and steady rhythm, and sounds more like a military march with synthetic instruments. Kumazaki felt it was a bit too heavy, and asked him to make it sound "more like an unknown invader". With the collected feedback, the third prototype was made, which combines aspects of the previous two and sounds like an alien corporate anthem. This became the basis for the final version.<ref name="website"/>

*The lyrics strongly suggest that the Haltmann Works Company is a form of [[wikipedia:Corporatocracy|corporatocracy]], as President Haltmann is seen as a ruler, in addition to the company's head.

*The Japanese, German, Korean and Castilian Spanish versions display the first two lines of the first stanza in the "A Complete Remodel" and "Unreal King" cutscenes. Both English versions and the Italian version instead present out-of-order lyrics for the first stanza in the former cutscene, and the first line of the second stanza in the latter cutscene, whereas both French versions present the first line of the first stanza in the former cutscene and the first line of the second stanza in the latter cutscene. The Latin American Spanish version presents the first line of the first stanza in the former cutscene and a unique line that appears nowhere else in the game in the latter cutscene.

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|esM=The great president Haltmann

|koM=Haltmann, famed throughout the galaxy

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