EarthBound/Awesome Music

MOTHER

• The Mother games' signature song: "Pollyanna (I Believe In You)". This troper has yet to hear a more beautiful video game tune.
  • As far as the actual in-game versions go, they aren't too shabby; Mother, Earthbound, and Mother 3.
  • Also the Smash Bros. version. Definitely one of the better remixes from Melee.
• The MOTHER 1 title theme, also called "Mother Earth" or "Time Passage". This video pretty much sums it up.
• Snowman appeared in MOTHER, MOTHER 2/EarthBound, MOTHER 3, was remade for MOTHER 1+2, appeared in a remixed form on the MOTHER soundtrack (which was an incredible album considering it was more than just a BGM-rip) and of course has the obligatory Brawl remix which makes it even more haunting and beautiful.
• There's also Rovin' Tank! from the first game.
• And the awesomely romantic All That I Needed (Was You).
• "Maybe now you have figured it out, that's what bein' friends is all about!" I don't know why people keep forgetting this one! (And the game version, as well)
• Take a melody, simple as can be...
  • Also, the equivalent song in the sequel.
    • See also the song in Mother 3 which combines the two melodies above and the Love Theme
• Show me the WIIIIS-DOM of the world...
  • Here's a great string orchestral version.
• Where, oh where, is Fallin' Love? It's...beautiful.
  • Unfortunately, the intro of the cover from the OST sounds like something from a bad porno... But either way, it's a masterpiece.
  • This is an awesome remix that twists the melody into something new.
• The Twinkle Elementary theme. Which was then remixed into the file select theme from the sequel. And was then made even more awesome in the credit crawl for the Game Boy Camera.
• Two words. Dangerous. Foe.
• The relaxing Magicant theme from the first Mother game.

EarthBound

• The song Cease to Exist aka Pokey Means Business used in the battle against Giygas in the "Devil's Machine". It starts out like a throwback to traditional 8-bit RPG battle music, then unexpectedly erupts into something... unsettling.
  • And then a remix that throws away all restraint, culminating in the musical insanity the battle strove for.
  • A couple of Japanese guys crank it Up to Eleven with this vocal remix. SPARK SPARK SPARK SPAAAARK...
• And don't forget one of the beautiful ending themes to Earthbound, known as Smiles and Tears. This troper almost cried...to video game music.
  • "I miss you."
  • This remix features one of the most beautiful violin solos I've ever heard.
  • I'll see your Smiles and Tears and raise you one Good Friends, Bad Friends. All the best songs combined into an amalgam of awesome.
• Because I Love You or even the remixed version which plays in Fourside.
• The Giygas Battle Music that plays during his second form. Insanely creepy and way ahead of its time. It sounds like something from Silent Hill. Certainly not the kind of music you expect from a final boss fight in a JRPG.
  • Even moreso the music after you beat Giygas.
  • Seconded. Those death cries over the static set in musical tone were one of the most jaw-dropping death scenes of the generation.
• For some 1950's rock 'n' roll goodness, you have a choice for the 'New Age Retro Hippie' battle theme from the first and second games, and 'Rock and Roll' (either 'Mild' or 'Spicy') from Mother 3.
• Paula's Theme.
• Bound Together; "48 songs Nearly 3 hours of music 8 bonus songs including demos and alternate takes the VG Frequency radio show from October 29th which featured the debut of Bound Together." Download it and give it a listen, If you have any love for Earthbound, it will take you back.
  • • Mustin's vocal version of the Flying Man theme from said album.
• The Runaway Five Left The Building and Runaway Five Final Performance, for jazz goodness.
  • As well as a vocal arrangement made by Hyadain himself.
• How has nobody mentioned the sublimely groovy Sanctuary Guardian boss theme from EarthBound? It's an absurdly chill remix of Mother's boss theme and makes me look forward to fighting the Your Sanctuary bosses every time.
  • If we're talking boss themes, we can't leave out Otherworldly Foe.
• No mention of Hi Hi Hi yet?
• Kraken. Of. The. Sea.
• Here's a classic from a ROM Hack about Halloween. Long story short: best thing ever. Listen to it NOW. It's so good, it was included in the newest MS Paint Adventures EarthBound thing's CTRL+T/SHIFT+T easter egg!
  • I believe there is a mixup. The hack is called Radiation's Halloween Hack or Radiation's Press the B Button Idiot. It is NOT about Halloween it was made for a Halloween contest, where it won an award. Toby "Radiation" Fox is one of the leading composers of Homestuck, and this song, Megalovania was redone as Me Ga Lo Vania for the letimof of the character Vriska.
• How about the "Heartless Hotel" music in Threed? Sounds like the hotel is having a stroke...
• You know you're in serious trouble when you hear this. The only way to describe this song is that it sounds cold and dead.
• The Onett theme. A ridiculously ear-wormy theme for a wonderful first town.
• Battle against a Machine.

Mother 3

• Master Porky's Theme from Mother 3.
• Also from Mother 3, "Unfounded Revenge" (the Fierce Pork Trooper's boss music) and "Smashing Song of Praise" (the Steel Mechorilla's boss music). They're in Super Smash Bros. Brawl for a reason.
• Hell, You Call This A Utopia?!?, and the Super Smash Bros Brawl version are Crowning Music Of Creepy.
• F-F-F-F-F-FIRE!
• Ode to Ancestors: 8th Movement works as a Moment of Awesome, since it puts several well-known pieces of classical music together.
  • Family Matters: 2nd Movement also works for the same reason.
• Porky's Porkies is a bizarre, yet supremely awesome, 8-bit track form the third installment.
  • While not complete, this guy's remix probably counts as well.
  • By the same token, that little song that plays when DCMC comes to the rescue. Surprisingly good, considering it's something most people probably won't hear all the way through.
• One Word: Mother!? As if Chapter 6 of Mother 3 wasn't poignant enough, this song really drives it into absolute Tear Jerker territory.
• A Letter to you, Honey and Letter from you, my sweet pull off the same effect.
• Run, My Dog, Run! from Mother 3. It's basically the soundtrack to Boney's Crowning Moment of Awesome. This troper doesn't care whether or not Boney is the most powerful character; that scene singlehandedly solidified his "Boney is awesome" status forever.
• Whether cheery or heartrending, Theme of Love is simply a beautiful song. There's also THIS. Dananana DANANANA.
  • Speaking of Theme of Love there is also the vocal version of the song which is sweet and heartrending no matter what languge its being sung in.
• Mind of a Thief from Mother 3, the Tazmily music for Chapter 2.
• Intense Guys. It seems like okay boss music, until you realize that... "Whoa, that's not a boss I'm fighting. It's a freaking golden bat." Possibly the most epic non-boss tune in existence.
  • The most epic non-boss theme in existence? I think Bothersome Guys would like to have a word with you.
  • Speaking of guys, they can also be quite cumbersome at times.
• Volcano! Inferno!, man. A slow yet exciting piece, perfect for exploring a volcano.
• A Railway In Our Village? is sadly only played in the beginning of the future.
• Piggy Guys is so awesome that it received an epic remix that contains another song which SHOULD have been in Brawl.
• Though they were basically a spinoff of the Runaway Five from Earthbound, DCMC was an in-game rock/jazz band that took a few of the best Crowning Music of Awesome candidates from the game and made them a million times more Awesome. This troper especially loved the "DCMC Theme," a remix of Duster's "Mind of a Thief" tune.
• Fate and Serious from Mother 3. The way to combo these songs is pretty clever, too.
  • Here's an awesome remix of these songs too!
• Natural Killer Cyborg. An amazing rockin' theme that assures the player they are going up against a massive super-robot, and it's even got a bit of 'Beat It' mixed in for extra awesomeness.
• At the end of Mother 3, the most beautiful songs from the trilogy are reprised, including (surprisingly) the MOTHER 1 main theme. What makes it go into absolute Tear Jerker territory, though, is the reprise of Pollyanna, played as you take the boat ride to Porky's room. What makes it so sad is that Porky has crossed the Moral Event Horizon so many, MANY times, in such horrible ways, that you know there's no way he can have a happy ending, and also that you're surrounded by mementos from Earthbound: turns out he really did like Ness as a friend after all, huh?
• Both Dangerous Guys and Even More Dangerous Guys feature a fantastic saxophone line that you just can't help but smile when listening to either.
• Bon Voyage Amigo. Only a game like Mother 3 can make what's supposed to be the joyous occasion of completing your party, a Tear Jerker moment.
• It Is Finished/It's Over, a remix of the Love Theme played at the climax of Mother 3 where The Masked Man AKA Claus finally comes to his senses and says one last goodbye and apologizes to Lucas before killing himself. It's... * sob* very sad. * sniff*
  • Oh, my heart. It hurts...* sobs*
• Bordering on Crowning Music of Awesome and Nightmare Fuel is the final boss theme, Battle Against The Masked Man.
• Fall of the Pig King Totally needed to have been used in the game :(
• The transitioning of the music in Mother 3 works out really well. The MT Apartments song represents mystery, what has happened to our world? Immediately afterwards, Leder's Gymnopedie explains. The scene is concluded by The unnamed remix of the Chapter 3 closing music, which symbolizes Lucas's ambition to do whatever it takes to bring back peace.
• Refreshing Toilets.
• Monkey's Love Song. Being stuck with a total douchebag should not sound this catchy...
• Strong One is quite possibly one of the best boss themes in a game with nothing but good boss themes. Enjoy comboing to the 15/8 meter.
• The music used in the battle against Mecha-Drago. Very melancholic, very awesome.
• Battle Against the Masked Man. Massive Nightmare Fuel in this song; it sounds like the soundtrack is dying.
• Wasteful Anthem has a flute portion worth listening to.
• Even the songs that only a few people will ever hear are still amazing.
• Gentle Rain ranks at the top of my list for peaceful and soothing music. The Mother 3i remixed version combines this with a remix of Confusion, the music that plays when Flint finds out Hinawa has been killed in a not precisely tactful manner, perfectly conveying a sense of shock and loss.
• The entire game kicks off with a little song called Naming Friends. It's a gentle, moving piece that helps welcome the player to the Mother 3 world.