History AwesomeMusic / LaMulana

[[caption-width-right:350:{{UsefulNotes/MSX}} tunes for the modern era.]]

%%* "Earth Wind" ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTBI1YRUv34 8-bit]], [[http://picosong.com/w5TxZ MIDI]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYvvCn--EXU remake]]) deserves special mention. And also "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXWNcvz9k-k Curse Of Iron Pipe]]" (original)/"[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ym2jSsvtQcE Curse of Ocean]]" (remake).
%%* Tiamat's theme is "Interstice of the Dimention" (sic) ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GfWB8odAPdA original]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cp_A1Nn9b-Q remake]]), which has an [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oT6p4J9QgMQ extremely badass rock arrangement]], and Mother's theme "Good Night Mom" ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2KjuC2bDYRk original]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACvJnI8txlM remake]]) is also definitely worth mentioning.

* The short intro riff of that plays right when you first enter the ruins--and never again, unless you start over or use the La Mulana Jukebox--sets the tone of the exploration perfectly and leads into the excellent "Fearless Challenger" ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fU_ZrOjZT9c 8-bit]], [[https://web.archive.org/web/20130305012148if_/http://files.myopera.com/White%20Knell/lamulana_music/06fearlesschallenger-longversion-.mp3 MIDI]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CnufDNWKUjI remake]]).
* "Giant's Rage" ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9Yi6wDIIU4 8-bit]], [[https://web.archive.org/web/20130305012302if_/http://files.myopera.com/White%20Knell/lamulana_music/11giant%27srage.mp3 MIDI]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRTLBfVHgbs remake]]) is considered by many players to be amazingly epic. It's definitely one of the most epic sounding boss themes, with an excellent instrumentation, and fits its boss fight to a T.
* "In The Bottom" ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0w3vGFNvOY 8-bit]], [[https://web.archive.org/web/20130305012822if_/http://files.myopera.com/White%20Knell/lamulana_music/25inthebottom.mp3 MIDI]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pclKnj8_uiw remake]]) is also very good.
* "Giant's Cry" ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jB97J5YAbIM 8-bit]], [[https://web.archive.org/web/20130305012658if_/http://files.myopera.com/White%20Knell/lamulana_music/22giant%27scry.mp3 MIDI]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVdB5TCOM08 remake]]) is a bit of a TearJerker track that plays in the Graveyard of the Giants, the icy catacombs that host the long-deceased corpses of various giants.
* "Sky Tower" ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DzYZGNdxA5E original]], [[https://web.archive.org/web/20130305013033if_/http://files.myopera.com/White%20Knell/lamulana_music/29skytower.mp3 MIDI]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnrggDBqUAg remake]]), the track for the huge, eerie, and surprisingly-technologically-advanced Tower of the Goddess.
* "Ancient Machine" ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzH3AdDxg28 original]], [[https://web.archive.org/web/20130305013100if_/http://files.myopera.com/White%20Knell/lamulana_music/31ancientmachine.mp3 MIDI]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qppwpt8CjL4 remake]]), a fast-paced and chaotic track used for the [[UnexpectedShmupLevel Unexpected Shmup Boss]] Palenque.
* Even though it's only a short loop, Requiem ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1nwuEEiKQI original]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azGpanbK72M remake]]). It plays in the boss room when you have met the requirements to fight the boss. It's the soundtrack's way of asking, "Are you ''ready?''"
* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvUkdbfDEns Wise Men]]" is a mysterious melody used when you try to visit one of the Four Philosophers without the Ocarina. In the remake version this song is expanded and called "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=teSaDSqLwTU Wise men who halts]]" (sic), which gradually builds towards a DarkReprise of the opening theme as one of the Four Philosophers reveals some of the mysteries of the ruins to you.
* "Awaking" ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68jZpovCWu4 Original]], [[https://web.archive.org/web/20130305013311if_/http://files.myopera.com/White%20Knell/lamulana_music/35awaking.mp3 MIDI]], "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYsYx9ljJNg Awakening]]" in the remake) is an absolutely ''epic'' DarkReprise of the main theme that plays while trekking through the VeryDefinitelyFinalDungeon, slowly building in intensity as you come closer to the final battle.
* In the original version of the game, "Escape!!!" is simply a short loop that plays as Lemeza escapes the ruins via cutscene. In the remake, it's been expanded into a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vrWJtwlahs much longer track]], befitting the fact that you now have to make the escape yourself, with death and the loss of the treasure of La-Mulana awaiting you should you fail to escape within five minutes.
* After 30-plus hours of exploring the ruins and then finally putting the Mother to rest and escaping the ruins, "Run toward the sun" ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwAo2WqfISQ original]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSpajQlbxxA remake]]) gives you that feeling of long-awaited catharsis as you watch Lemeza run off into the sunset with the La-Mulana treasure in hand...at least until his father swipes it.
* Welcome to the [[BrutalBonusLevel Hell Temple]]! "Treasure Sealed Off" ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2qPY1E8rIA original]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjKIaBZgkow remake]]) is there to help aid your descent into madness and insanity as you fail the various puzzles again and again ''and again.'' The remake gives "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTooVhXcOaw THE BOSS]]" a proper theme.
* New to the remake is "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_IJCs15TFCg Endless Challenger]]", the song that replaces the soundtrack in the BossRush time trial modes. Its frenetic pace is fitting for a speedrun. The time trial setup screen gets you in the mood with "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dUdc3OAUc8A Rest, No Rest]]".

* Kicking off the first parts of the game, we have the jazzy "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRxHQsy9R-c Miss Explorer]]", taking elements of the first game's "Mister Explorer" and mixing it into an entirely new song. Fitting for the ([[MysteriousPast alleged]]) daughter of the last game's protagonist.
* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BEQSeA_QlKk Previous Adventure]]", the theme for the now-mostly-collapsed ruins of La-Mulana, is a beautiful, if somewhat melancholy remix of several of the past game's area themes.
* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vj1rhrzhf-c In Yggdrasil]]", the theme for the Roots of Yggdrasil. This song kicks in upon entering Eg-Lana proper for the first time, sending the soundtrack straight into ''hype'' territory. Doubly so when it plays immediately after Lumisa's BigDamnHeroes moment.
* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHcxk-HqcFw Dragon of Embraces]]", the boss theme for Fafnir, pulls no punches and is intensely dramatic for the first (and therefore easiest) Guardian fight.
* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWwgu5pd7TU Sword of Asgard]]", the theme of the Divine Fortress, is an oddly calming tune punctuated with the sounds of slicing blades and clashing swords.
* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IcArfwpv1_A Shake the Prophecy]]", the theme of Annwfn. Flutes, trumpets, bowed strings, and electric guitars combine with kecak chanting for a track that can only be described as ''majestic.''
* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3lutlpeaD4 Dance of Midgard]]", the theme of the Immortal Battlefield, is one of the most powerful ear worms in the game, if not the entire ''series.'' Odds are you'll be humming along with it as you get lost in the largest area of the game.
* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VomTmPpmi48 Rave to the End]]", the theme of the Dark Star Lord's Mausoleum, is another strong contender for the funkiest theme in the game.
* Similarly funky is "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IxMnLInA9ns Insane Sun]]", the boss theme of the Dark Star Lord, Aten-Ra.
* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBHie8uVan4 From Niburu]]", the boss theme for Anu, is far and away the most ''otherworldly'' track in the series. Fitting, as Anu is a literal space alien.
* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STJ13f60zYk Flaming Fist]]", the boss theme for Surtr, is a powerful theme with heavy guitar riffs and bombastic trumpets fitting for the great fire giant.
* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wc8w18Dri8 Death Gene]]", the theme of the Hall of Malice after you've revealed its true form. The song can only be described as ''intense'', indicating that you're in for a particularly tough BossRush. Fittingly, it also uses a section "Death Game", an area of the first game with a similar boss rush. The original music for the Hall of Malice is extremely impressive too, for different reasons. It gives off a very mysterious aura, as if in some sort of twisted museum, being very relaxing while somehow inherently threatening, too.
* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWx5Bg3mdgc Reproduction of Power]]", the boss theme of Echidna, is a chaotic and furiously fast rock theme featuring snippets of "Interstice of the Dimension", the theme of Echidna's sister Tiamat from the first game.
* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zciGFOjDYRc Forbidden Truth]]", the theme of Heaven's Labyrinth, is truly exceptional. It's a difficult to reach area, relatively sequestered off from the rest of the game, and the music really hammers home the unusual uniqueness of the area. It's an incredibly fast paced theme that sounds akin to a mashup of the original's Song of Curry, with several melodies and themes from the back-side counterpart of the area, Hall of Malice.
* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-zTKIEOtvM Last Guardian]]", the boss theme of Hel, the last guardian in the game. The pianos and strings create a lovely melody that is as hauntingly beautiful as Hel herself.
* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSERzg1MFPg Tearless Challenger]]", the theme of the final area of the game. In another one of the series' many BookEnds, it's a remix of the first game's "Fearless Challenger" as well as "Treasure Sealed Off", the theme of Hell Temple.

Before we begin, the remake's entire soundtrack can be listened to and purchased on NIGORO's Bandcamp account [[http://nigoro.bandcamp.com/album/la-mulana-original-sound-track-complete here]]. Another great version of the soundtrack is the "arranged" MIDI soundtrack.[[note]]The MIDI songs played through a Roland [=SC88=] sound board[[/note]] Sadly, the site that contained the songs is gone, but it is preserved through [[https://web.archive.org/web/20100213031339/http://files.myopera.com/White%20Knell/lamulana_music/index.html the Wayback Machine]].

* After 30-plus hours of exploring the ruins and then finally [[spoiler:putting the Mother to rest]] and escaping the ruins, "Run toward the sun" ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwAo2WqfISQ original]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSpajQlbxxA remake]]) gives you that feeling of long-awaited catharsis as you watch Lemeza run off into the sunset [[spoiler:with the La-Mulana treasure in hand...at least until his father swipes it.]]

* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vj1rhrzhf-c In Yggdrasil]]", the theme for the Roots of Yggdrasil. This song kicks in upon entering Eg-Lana proper for the first time, sending the soundtrack straight into ''hype'' territory. [[spoiler:Doubly so when it plays immediately after Lumisa's BigDamnHeroes moment.]]

* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wc8w18Dri8 Death Gene]]", the theme of the Hall of Malice [[spoiler:after you've revealed its true form.]] The song can only be described as ''intense'', indicating that you're in for a particularly tough BossRush. Fittingly, it also uses a section "Death Game", an area of the first game with a similar boss rush. The [[spoiler:original]] music for the Hall of Malice is extremely impressive too, for different reasons. It gives off a very mysterious aura, as if in some sort of twisted museum, being very relaxing while somehow inherently threatening, too.

* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSERzg1MFPg Tearless Challenger]]", the theme of the final area of the game. In another one of the series' many BookEnds, it's a remix of the first game's "Fearless Challenger" [[spoiler: as well as "Treasure Sealed Off", the theme of Hell Temple.]]

* "Giant's Cry" ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jB97J5YAbIM 8-bit]], [[http://picosong.com/w5UqH MIDI]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVdB5TCOM08 remake]]) is a bit of a TearJerker track that plays in the Graveyard of the Giants, the icy catacombs that host the long-deceased corpses of various giants.
* "Sky Tower" ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DzYZGNdxA5E original]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnrggDBqUAg remake]]), the track for the huge, eerie, and surprisingly-technologically-advanced Tower of the Goddess.
* "Ancient Machine" ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzH3AdDxg28 original]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qppwpt8CjL4 remake]]), a fast-paced and chaotic track used for the [[UnexpectedShmupLevel Unexpected Shmup Boss]] Palenque.

* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68jZpovCWu4 Awaking]]" ("[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYsYx9ljJNg Awakening]]" in the remake) is an absolutely ''epic'' DarkReprise of the main theme that plays while trekking through the VeryDefinitelyFinalDungeon, slowly building in intensity as you come closer to the final battle.

* "Giant's Rage" ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9Yi6wDIIU4 8-bit]], [[http://picosong.com/w5Uy9 MIDI]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRTLBfVHgbs remake]]) is considered by many players to be amazingly epic. It's definitely one of the most epic sounding boss themes, with an excellent instrumentation, and fits its boss fight to a T.
* "In The Bottom" ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0w3vGFNvOY 8-bit]], [[http://picosong.com/w5Uqg MIDI]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pclKnj8_uiw remake]]) is also very good.

* The short intro riff of that plays right when you first enter the ruins--and never again, unless you start over or use the La Mulana Jukebox--sets the tone of the exploration perfectly and leads into the excellent "Fearless Challenger" ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fU_ZrOjZT9c 8-bit]], [[http://picosong.com/w5Tty MIDI]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CnufDNWKUjI remake]]).

* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vj1rhrzhf-c In Yggdrasil]]", the theme for the Roots of Yggdrasil. It's upon entering Eg-Lana proper for the first time that this song kicks in, sending the soundtrack straight into ''hype'' territory. [[spoiler:Doubly so when it plays immediately after Lumisa's BigDamnHeroes moment.]]

* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vj1rhrzhf-c In Yggdrasil]]", the theme the Roots of Yggdrasil. It's upon entering Eg-Lana proper for the first time that this song kicks in, sending the soundtrack straight into ''hype'' territory. [[spoiler:Doubly so when it plays immediately after Lumisa's BigDamnHeroes moment.]]

* There's also "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWx5Bg3mdgc Reproduction of Power]]", the boss theme of Echidna, which is a chaotic and furiously fast rock theme featuring snippets of "Interstice of the Dimension", the theme of Echidna's sister Tiamat from the first game.

* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-zTKIEOtvM Last Guardian]]" the boss theme of Hel, the last guardian in the game. The pianos and strings create a lovely melody that is as hauntingly beautiful as Hel herself.

* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3lutlpeaD4 Dance of Midgard]]", the theme of the Immortal Battlefield, is one of the most powerful {{Ear Worm}}s in the game, if not the entire ''series.'' Odds are you'll be humming along with it as you get lost in the largest area of the game.

* Welcome to the [[BrutalBonusLevel Hell Temple]]! "Treasure Sealed Off" ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2qPY1E8rIA original]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjKIaBZgkow remake]]) is there to help [[EarWorm aid your descent into madness and insanity]] as you fail the various puzzles again and again ''and again.'' The remake gives "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTooVhXcOaw THE BOSS]]" a proper theme.

* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wc8w18Dri8 Death Gene]]", the theme of the Hall of Malice [[spoiler:after you've revealed its true form.]] The song can only be described as ''intense'', indicating that you're in for a particularly tough BossRush. Fittingly, it also uses a section "Death Game", an area of the first game with a similar boss rush.
** The [[spoiler:original]] music for the Hall of Malice is extremely impressive too, for different reasons. It gives off a very mysterious aura, as if in some sort of twisted museum, being very relaxing while somehow inherently threatening, too.
* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zciGFOjDYRc Forbidden Truth]]", the theme of Heaven's Labyrinth is truly exceptional. It's a difficult to reach area, relatively sequestered off from the rest of the game, and the music really hammers home the unusual uniqueness of the area. It's incredibly fast paced theme that sounds akin to a mashup of the original's Song of Curry, with several melodies and themes from the back-side counterpart of the area, Hall of Malice.

* Similarly funky is "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IxMnLInA9ns Insane Sun]]", the boss theme the aforementioned Dark Star Lord, Aten-Ra.

%%* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IxMnLInA9ns Insane Sun]]", the boss theme of Aten-Ra, the Dark Star Lord himself.
%%What about it?

Fitting with its predecessor, [[VideoGame/LaMulana2 La-Mulana 2]] has plenty of awesome tunes of its own.

* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3lutlpeaD4 Dance of Midgard]]", the theme of the Immortal Battlefield, is one of the most powerful {{EarWorm}}s in the game, if not the entire ''series.'' Odds are you'll be humming along with it as you get lost in the largest area of the game.

** Not to mention "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IxMnLInA9ns Insane Sun]]", the boss theme of Aten-Ra, the Dark Star Lord himself.

* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IcArfwpv1_A Shake the Prophecy]]", the theme of Annwfn. Flutes, bowed strings, and electric guitars combine with kecak chanting for a theme that can only be described as ''majestic.''