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Planet Popstar (theme from Kirby's Return to Dream Land)

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Planet Popstar (theme from Kirby's Return to Dream Land)
Planet Popstar's theme from Kirby's Return to Dream Land
Details
Debut appearance Kirby's Return to Dream Land (2011)
Last appearance Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe (2023)
Composer(s) Jun Ishikawa
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This article is about the theme from Kirby's Return to Dream Land. For the energetic and happy theme from Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards, see Planet Popstar (theme from Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards).

Planet Popstar is the hub world theme for Planet Popstar in Kirby's Return to Dream Land and its remake, composed by Jun Ishikawa.

Composition[edit]

Planet Popstar is a calm and relaxing theme in 12/8. The theme appears to be in the key of F major for the most part. To add to its relaxing sound, the theme has guitar chords to back it up. It sways up and down chords, each note sounding on an offbeat, and ever so slightly reaches distant tonalities in its harmonic progressions.

Game appearances[edit]

Kirby's Return to Dream Land / Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe[edit]

This theme can be heard when choosing a level in Popstar in the original game and in its remake. It is the third song in both of their Jukeboxes.

There is also a medley exclusive to Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe that contains this theme, a 3/4 rendition of "Sky Tower", and "Northeast Frost Street" which plays when viewing the "Credits" cutscene in the Theater. This version is called Distant, Shining, Yellow Star. It was arranged by Yuki Shimooka and can be found as track 204 in the game's Jukebox.

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning
Japanese ポップスター
poppusutā
Popstar
Chinese 波普之星
bō pǔ zhī xīng
Popstar
Dutch Planeet Popstar Planet Popstar
French Planète Pop Planet Pop
German Planet Pop -
Italian Pianeta Pop Planet Pop
Korean 팝스타
pabseuta
Popstar
Portuguese Planeta Pop Planet Pop
Spanish El planeta Pop The planet Pop