List of SSBB Music (Kirby series)
This is a list of music tracks placed in the Kirby category by the Sound Test of Super Smash Bros. Brawl.
Meta Knight's Revenge[edit]
| Meta Knight's Revenge | |
|---|---|
| Track title | Meta Knight's Revenge |
| Universe | Kirby |
| Debut game | Kirby Super Star |
| Arrangement debut | Super Smash Bros. Brawl |
| Stage of usage | Halberd |
| Availability | Default |
| Link | [1] |
Origin[edit]
This track is a jazz-based remix of "Boarding the Halberd" and "Havoc Aboard the Halberd", two major themes played in Kirby Super Star's Revenge of Meta Knight sub-game. The latter theme also incorporates "Kirby's Triumphant Return" from the main game of Kirby Super Star, which is played as the Galactic Nova explodes after Marx is sent flying into it.
Composition & Arrangements[edit]
Arrangement: Noriyuki Iwadare
Composer: HAL Laboratory, Inc.
Japanese title: メタナイトの逆襲, Meta Knight's Counterattack
Other Uses[edit]
This track plays during the roll call when Meta Knight clears Classic or All-Star modes. It will also play in The Battlefield Fortress during the Ambush, the whole of The Battleship Halberd Exterior, and the recreated sections of the Halberd in The Great Maze in the Subspace Emissary.
The Legendary Air Ride Machine[edit]
| The Legendary Air Ride Machine | |
|---|---|
| Track title | The Legendary Air Ride Machine |
| Universe | Kirby |
| Debut game | Kirby Air Ride |
| Arrangement debut | Super Smash Bros. Brawl |
| Stage of usage | Halberd |
| Availability | Unlockable |
| Link | [2] |
Origin[edit]
This remix is an orchestrated version of the music that played in Kirby Air Ride when a player fully assembled the Dragoon or Hydra. During the bridge, the orchestra also plays brief snippets of Green Greens and Gourmet Race.
Composition & Arrangements[edit]
Arrangement Supervisor: Shogo Sakai
Composer and Arranger: HAL Laboratory, Inc.
Japanese title: 伝説のエアライドマシン, Legendary Air Ride Machine
Trivia[edit]
- This arrangement of the song would later become the basis of the final section of Kirby Air Ride Medley, a song played at the Kirby 25th Anniversary Orchestra Concert.
How To Unlock[edit]
The CD containing this track is unlocked by clearing Event 13: Dragoon Strike on any difficulty.
Gourmet Race[edit]
| Gourmet Race | |
|---|---|
| Track title | Gourmet Race |
| Universe | Kirby |
| Debut game | Kirby Super Star |
| Arrangement debut | Super Smash Bros. Brawl |
| Stage of usage | Halberd |
| Availability | Default |
| Link | [3] |
Origin[edit]
This track is a metal-based remix of main theme of the Gourmet Race sub-game in Kirby Super Star, which is a recurring theme throughout the Kirby franchise.
Composition & Arrangements[edit]
Arrangement: Motoi Sakuraba
Composer: HAL Laboratory, Inc.
Japanese title:激突！グルメレース, Crash! Gourmet Race
Other Uses[edit]
This track plays when fighting False Kirby, Meta Knight, and King Dedede in The Great Maze, and, unusually, Olimar, despite him not being related in any way to the Kirby universe.
Butter Building[edit]
| Butter Building | |
|---|---|
| Track title | Butter Building |
| Universe | Kirby |
| Debut game | Kirby's Adventure |
| Arrangement debut | Super Smash Bros. Brawl |
| Stage of usage | Halberd |
| Availability | Default |
| Link | [4] |
Origin[edit]
An acoustic and electric guitar-based remix of the theme for the third world of Kirby's Adventure. This track also features parts of Green Greens and the title screen music from Kirby's Dream Land.
Composition & Arrangements[edit]
Arrangement: Jun Fukuda
Composer: HAL Laboratory, Inc.
Japanese title: バタービルディング, Butter Building
Other Uses[edit]
This track plays during the roll call when Classic or All-Star mode is completed using Kirby.
King Dedede's Theme[edit]
| King Dedede's Theme | |
|---|---|
| Track title | King Dedede's Theme |
| Universe | Kirby |
| Debut game | Kirby's Dream Land |
| Arrangement debut | Super Smash Bros. Brawl |
| Stage of usage | Halberd |
| Availability | Unlockable |
| Link | [5] |
Origin[edit]
This is a remix of the music that typically plays when Kirby battles King Dedede, starting from Kirby's Dream Land. It bears the closest resemblance to the version found in Kirby's Dream Land 3. The first loop heavily uses techno beats, while the second uses much lower tones, slowly building up with brass.
Composition & Arrangements[edit]
Arrangement Supervisor: Yoko Shimomura
Composer: HAL Laboratory, Inc.
Arranger: Midiplex Co., Ltd.
Japanese title: デデデ大王のテーマ, Great King Dedede's Theme
Other Uses[edit]
This track plays during the roll call when King Dedede clears Classic or All-Star modes. A small extract of the track also plays during King Dedede's introduction in The Subspace Emissary.
How To Unlock[edit]
The CD containing this track is unlocked by clearing Event 15: The Hammer of the King on any difficulty.
Squeak Squad Theme[edit]
| Squeak Squad Theme | |
|---|---|
| Track title | Squeak Squad Theme |
| Universe | Kirby |
| Debut game | Kirby: Squeak Squad |
| Arrangement debut | Super Smash Bros. Brawl |
| Stage of usage | Halberd |
| Availability | Unlockable |
| Link | [6] |
Origin[edit]
This arrangement is a fast-paced techno-based remix of the song "Squeak Squad Appears!" that plays in Kirby: Squeak Squad when encountering a member of the Squeaks; the name "Squeak Squad Theme" refers to the Japanese title. It also includes an extended opening and a different loop.
Composition & Arrangements[edit]
Arrangement: Hirokazu Tanaka
Composer: HAL Laboratory, Inc.
Japanese title: ドロッチェ団のテーマ, Dorocche Gang's Theme
Trivia[edit]
- In PAL versions of Super Smash Bros. Brawl, this track is named Mouse Attack Theme to correspond with the localized name of the game the music piece originates from, that being Kirby: Mouse Attack.
How To Unlock[edit]
Pick up a random CD containing this track.
Vs. Marx[edit]
| Vs. Marx | |
|---|---|
| Track title | Vs. Marx |
| Universe | Kirby |
| Debut game | Kirby Super Star |
| Arrangement debut | Super Smash Bros. Brawl |
| Stage of usage | Halberd |
| Availability | Unlockable |
| Link | [7] |
Origin[edit]
An electric guitar-based remix of the music that would play when fighting the boss Marx in the Kirby Super Star sub-game Milky Way Wishes. Near the end of the song, the "Kirby's Triumphant Return" theme plays before looping. This part of the song has also been remixed and lengthened, and its inclusion makes this version of Marx's battle theme original.
Composition & Arrangements[edit]
Arrangement Supervisor: Yasunori Mitsuda
Composer: HAL Laboratory, Inc.
Arranger: PROCYON STUDIO CO., LTD.
Japanese title: vs.マルク, vs. Marx
How To Unlock[edit]
Pick up a random CD containing this track.
0² Battle[edit]
| 0² Battle | |
|---|---|
| Track title | 0² Battle |
| Universe | Kirby |
| Debut game | Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards |
| Arrangement debut | Super Smash Bros. Brawl |
| Stage of usage | Halberd |
| Availability | Unlockable |
| Link | [8] |
Origin[edit]
This track is another electric guitar-based remix, this time of the music that plays in Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards when Kirby and Ribbon fight the true final boss, 0². This remix features an original opening, and is generally faster-paced than the original track.
Composition & Arrangements[edit]
Arrangement: Koji Hayama
Composer: HAL Laboratory, Inc.
Japanese title: ゼロツー戦, Zero Two Battle
How To Unlock[edit]
The CD containing this track is unlocked when 5,000 coins are collected in coin battles.
Boss Theme Medley[edit]
| Boss Theme Medley | |
|---|---|
| Track title | Boss Theme Medley |
| Universe | Kirby |
| Debut game | Various |
| Arrangement debut | Super Smash Bros. Brawl |
| Stage of usage | Halberd |
| Availability | Default |
| Link | [9] |
Origin[edit]
This remix is a collection of boss battle themes from across the Kirby series. It starts with the standard boss theme of Kirby's Adventure, before progressing to, in order, Kirby's Dream Land 2's boss theme, then the boss theme of Kirby Super Star, the mini-boss theme of Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards, a recurring theme from the Kirby series best known as "The Arena" from Kirby's Adventure, and ending on the standard boss theme from Kirby: Squeak Squad.
Composition & Arrangements[edit]
Arrangement Supervisor: Kentaro Ishizaka
Composer and Arranger: HAL Laboratory, Inc.
Japanese title: ボスのテーマメドレー, Boss Theme Medley
Checker Knights[edit]
| Checker Knights | |
|---|---|
| Track title | Checker Knights |
| Universe | Kirby |
| Debut game | Kirby Air Ride |
| Stage of usage | Halberd |
| Availability | Default |
| Link | [10] |
Origin[edit]
This song was originally used in the Japanese version of the Kirby: Right Back at Ya! anime, under the name Strong Star Warrior. However, it was reused as the theme of the Checker Knights course in Kirby Air Ride, essentially unchanged other than being modified to loop. The Brawl version of this track loops similarly to the Air Ride version, but with higher audio quality comparable to the original Strong Star Warrior.
Composition & Arrangements[edit]
Composition Copyright Akira Miyagawa.
Japanese title: チェックナイト, Check Knight
Forest/Nature Area[edit]
| Forest/Nature Area | |
|---|---|
| Track title | Forest/Nature Area |
| Universe | Kirby |
| Debut game | Kirby & The Amazing Mirror |
| Stage of usage | Halberd |
| Availability | Default |
| Link | [11] |
Origin[edit]
This track is an upbeat, melodious tune, directly ported from Kirby & The Amazing Mirror, where it originally played in the game's early forest-based areas. It is one of few tracks in Brawl to be directly taken from a handheld game.
Composition & Arrangements[edit]
Composition and arrangements Copyright Nintendo.
Japanese title: 森・自然エリア, Forest/Natural Area
Frozen Hillside[edit]
| Frozen Hillside | |
|---|---|
| Track title | Frozen Hillside |
| Universe | Kirby |
| Debut game | Kirby Air Ride |
| Stage of usage | Halberd |
| Availability | Unlockable |
| Link | [12] |
Origin[edit]
This track was created to play in the Frozen Hillside course of Kirby Air Ride. The track in Brawl is a direct port of said music piece.
Composition & Arrangements[edit]
Composition and arrangements Copyright Nintendo.
Japanese title: コルダ, Colda
Other Uses[edit]
This track plays in the second part of The Glacial Peak, along with its recreation in The Great Maze in The Subspace Emissary.
How To Unlock[edit]
The CD containing this track is unlocked after ten Brawls are held on the Halberd stage.
Trivia[edit]
- Checker Knights is owned by an organization rather than the owner of the IPs. This trait is shared with the music from Sonic the Hedgehog, Sonic the Hedgehog 2, as well as "Ai No Uta", "Ai No Uta (French Version)". , "Tane No Uta" and later, Xenoblade Chronicles 2, the Dragon Quest series, the Culdcept series, Soma Bringer, and Style Savvy: Styling Star,.
- It, alongside the two aforementioned are the first songs in the Super Smash Bros series to not originate from a video game, succeeded by songs from Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children.
- Despite this, the track lists its origins as Kirby Air Ride.
- It, alongside the two aforementioned are the first songs in the Super Smash Bros series to not originate from a video game, succeeded by songs from Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children.
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| Fighters | Kirby (SSB · SSBM · SSBB · SSB4 · SSBU) · Meta Knight (SSBB · SSB4 · SSBU) · King Dedede (SSBB · SSB4 · SSBU) |
| Assist Trophies | Knuckle Joe · Nightmare · Chef Kawasaki |
| Bosses | Giant Kirby · Marx |
| Stages | Dream Land · Fountain of Dreams · Green Greens · Halberd · Dream Land GB · The Great Cave Offensive |
| Items | Maxim Tomato · Star Rod · Parasol · Warp Star · Apple · Dragoon · Superspicy Curry · Bomber |
| Enemies | Bonkers · Bronto Burt · Gordo · Parasol Waddle Dee · Plasma Wisp · Shotzo · Tac · Waddle Dee · Waddle Doo |
| Other | Gourmet Race · Whispy Woods |
| Trophies, Stickers and Spirits | Trophies (SSBM · SSBB · SSB4) · Stickers · Spirits |
| Music | Brawl · SSB4 · Ultimate |
| Masterpieces | Kirby's Dream Land · Kirby's Adventure · Kirby Super Star |
