Crow in the Shadows
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"Crow in the Shadows" is a theme from Kirby's Return to Dream Land and Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe that plays in dark areas. It was composed by Hirokazu Ando.[1]
Composition[edit]
"Crow in the Shadows" is an eerie theme in E-flat minor and 4/4. It features generally muffled synthetic instrumentation and has abundant semitones. The melody is a static variation of "Exploring the Cave", played twice and modulating to C minor. Noises intensify and build up until near the end, where the sound becomes more clear. The second section has yet another static phrase with alternating thirds and seconds, while the counterpoint features a descending variation of "Four Adventurers: Cookie Country" in C minor. As the latter continues, the higher melody jumps down and reaches a suspense, after which it is replaced by more chaotic replies. Concluding the theme is a low sequence of dissonant intervals played by lone flutes, after which the music halts. Percussion picks up again briefly before the track loops.
Game appearances[edit]
Kirby's Return to Dream Land / Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe[edit]
In Kirby's Return to Dream Land and its remake, "Crow in the Shadows" plays in the dark areas of Raisin Ruins - Stage 4, White Wafers - Stage 5, Egg Engines - Stage 4 and Dangerous Dinner - Stage 2.
Names in other languages[edit]
Language | Name | Meaning |
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Japanese | クラヤミノカラス kurayami no karasu |
Crow of Darkness |
Traditional Chinese | 黑暗烏鴉 hēi'àn wū yā |
Crow of Darkness |
Simplified Chinese | 黑暗乌鸦 hēi'àn wū yā | |
Dutch | Kraai in de schaduwen | Crow in the shadows |
French | Un corbeau dans les ténèbres | A crow in the darkness |
German | Krähe in den Schatten | Crow in the Shadows |
Italian | Corvo nell'ombra | Crow in the darkness |
Korean | 어둠의 까마귀 eodum-ui kkamagwi |
Crow of Darkness |
Brazilian Portuguese | O que espreita pelas sombras | What lurks in the shadows |
Spanish | Algo acecha entre las sombras | Something lurks in the shadows |