History AwesomeMusic / MOTHER

** Probably the best cover yet. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IP8JgWd6TW0 The positively epic R&B/Jazz/Gospel fusion cover]] by The 8- Bit Big Band!

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5chy26ik0s "And Then There Were None"]] is, simply put, TearJerker in musical form.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1k9h1e22VwA The relaxing Magicant]] theme from ''[=EarthBound=] Beginnings''. Then the fourth ''Smash Bros'' gave us [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHzYs162HSk this spellbindingly beautiful remix,]] the orchestration taking the catchiness to new heights. For the icing on the cake, the bridge contains a condensed violin cover of the Eight Melodies.

** Even better is [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2yklqn0Ce4 the remix]] for ''[[VideoGame/SuperSmashBros Super Smash Bros. Melee]]''.

%%* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3blb4Edg2fo "Unfounded Revenge" (the Fierce Pork Trooper's boss music)]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YgVDpkCGIDY "Smashing Song of Praise" (the Steel Mechorilla's boss music)]]. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70CT6m4VGGs They're in]] ''[[VideoGame/SuperSmashBros Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'' for a reason.

* TheVeryDefinitelyFinalDungeon has ''extremely'' fitting music. HellIsThatNoise, thy name is [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CRL5TWF_0eU the Cave of the Past theme.]] Would you believe it's entirely composed of a pitch-shifted sample of the first 3 seconds of Music/TheBeachBoys [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWR_qL_mxo0 Deirdre]]?

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7868r7BnYXY "Fate"]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2NXVGtp1qM "Serious"]]. The way to combo these songs is pretty clever, too. Here's an [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ddhhB4Gizk awesome remix]] of these songs too!

* On that note, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8SKa_9lwwA "Sorrowful Tazmily"]].

* The ''VideoGame/MOTHER1'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5_R4WMBZjg title theme]], also called "Mother Earth" or "Time Passage", is a surprisingly tender, emotional track for the title theme of a [[UsefulNotes/NintendoEntertainmentSystem NES]] game, and its beautiful combination of warmth and melancholy deftly sets the tone for the story to come.
* Snowman, aka the Winters theme appeared in ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZ2CY2BrQX4 MOTHER]]'', ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DjVx2FVENJ4 MOTHER 2/EarthBound]]'', ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UH8JL_jGS_w MOTHER 3]]'', was [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M60tdB383ZM 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 [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1Md2ODg-0M the obligatory Brawl remix]] which makes it even more haunting and beautiful.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1k9h1e22VwA The relaxing Magicant]] theme from the first ''Mother'' game. Then the fourth ''Smash Bros'' gave us [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHzYs162HSk this spellbindingly beautiful remix,]] the orchestration taking the catchiness to new heights. For the icing on the cake, the bridge contains a condensed violin cover of the Eight Melodies.

* At the end of ''VideoGame/{{Mother 3}}'', the most beautiful songs from the trilogy are reprised, including (surprisingly) the ''VideoGame/MOTHER1'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Nqa20Pir4k main theme]]. What makes it go into absolute TearJerker territory, though, is [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGM6dZSTt8s the reprise of "Pollyanna (I Believe in You)"]], played as you take the boat ride to Porky's room. What makes it so sad is that Porky has crossed the MoralEventHorizon 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?

* The song for the credits, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wux9A_L32bo "16 Melodies"]], combines all three main themes from each ''Mother'' game. It starts out with brief snippets of the "Mother 3 Love Theme", "Eight Melodies", and "Smiles and Tears", then plays the first full verses of "Eight Melodies" from ''[=EarthBound=] Beginnings'' and ''[=EarthBound=]''[='=]s "Smiles and Tears", and finishes with the full version of the "Mother 3 Love Theme" which ends its last remaining verse very triumphantly. It's uplifting, tearjerking, and heartwarming all at once as it embodies the strong end to this trilogy of great games.

* The haunting theme that plays at [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3nc83W2Hrsk Mt. Itoi.]] The GBA port's inferior audio quality ironically makes it [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6q8I5qTZ6sM WAY better]] than the Famicom/NES originals!

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3blb4Edg2fo "Unfounded Revenge" (the Fierce Pork Trooper's boss music)]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YgVDpkCGIDY "Smashing Song of Praise" (the Steel Mechorilla's boss music)]]. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70CT6m4VGGs They're in]] ''[[VideoGame/SuperSmashBros Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'' for a reason.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSCiiDyhOuc "Mr. Batty Twist"]] (which begins with, of all things, a ShoutOut to the ''Series/Batman1966'' series theme).

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3W-ytBntG1E "A Letter to You, Honey"]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9bF0D5nkVI "Letter From You, My Sweet"]] pull off the same effect.

* Whether [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ovadt5ZDwGc cheery]] or [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNtALsMtuVc heartrending]], the Mother 3 Love Theme is simply a beautiful song.
** Speaking of the love theme, there is also the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fax72hPuoEw vocal version of the song]] which is sweet and heartrending no matter what language it's being sung in.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eo8-B6BgFgE Fan remixes]] of the Mother 3 Love Theme are no slouches either. There's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lql3TE5fS-U this localized version of it in English,]] with lyrics translated by the person behind the fan translation of ''Mother 3'', Tomato, so you can be sure this English version of the song is really as accurate as it can be in the language without sounding too awkward.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQodF6QWsw4 "Mind of a Thief"]], the Tazmily music for Chapter 2.

** Sticking with epic non-boss music, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBmrOoqFnlc&t=3s "Bothersome Guys"]].
** Speaking of guys, they can also be quite [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWNQoqiPTxQ cumbersome]] at times.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTyaNRLuIyE "Tragic Reconstruction"]] is ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: The player's first glimpse at the horrific creations of the Pigmasks. The music conveys both the frightening nature of the cyborg caribou, but also the sorrow of the [[CyberneticsEatYourSoul cybernetics eating its soul]].

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZ1Z6gz7HwA "Dry Guys"] and its faster remix [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wowoX4_pnqA "Even Drier Guys"]]. Its whimsical and slightly melancholy tone coupled with an accordion and an excellent piano solo captures the top quality standard for music in the game as well as the tone of the story.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5UHW4HNacRs "LOG-O-TYPE"]], a grand, majestic theme that plays when the ''Mother 3'' logo appears in the intro of the game. To quote a YouTube commenter, "The first time you heard this, you knew you were in for one hell of a game".

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OiVyjq0bvf4 "Unfounded Revenge" (the Fierce Pork Trooper's boss music) and "Smashing Song of Praise" (the Steel Mechorilla's boss music)]]. They're in ''[[VideoGame/SuperSmashBros Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'' for a reason.
* Hell, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMcEBUnIDgs You Call This a Utopia?!]], and the ''Super Smash Bros. Brawl'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EALKLj1mknM version]] are Creepy Music.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZN02zPNirY F-F-F-F-F-FIRE!]] The ROM Hack "Mario Must Die" has this as its [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tc9wAI7OosU World 1-2 theme]], a red hot cavern full of boiling lava.
%%* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KIDtrS9VDM Mr. Batty Twist]] (which begins with, of all things, a ShoutOut to the ''Series/Batman1966'' series theme).
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZSyu5-GX-E Ode to Ancestors: 8th Movement]] works as a SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome, since it puts several well-known pieces of classical music together. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UoGeNM-8wxM Family Matters: 2nd Movement]] also works for the same reason.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lCZPtSzXJU Porky's Porkies]] is a bizarre, yet supremely awesome, 8-bit track, used for the battle against the Mecha-Porkies.

** By the same token, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JpLPVZNfO8 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: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ya2DPtG2X4 Mother!?]] As if Chapter 6 of ''Mother 3'' wasn't poignant enough, this song really drives it into absolute TearJerker territory.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNTggZ0em7s Sunflowers and Illusions]] is especially tragic yet hauntingly beautiful.
* Dry Guys and its faster remix [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCvPA7LtOmw Even Drier Guys]]. Its whimsical and slightly melancholy tone coupled with an accordion and an excellent piano solo captures the top quality standard for music in the game as well as the tone of the story.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thBxpSbFaeg A Letter to you, Honey]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGapCiIsIuc Letter from you, my sweet]] pull off the same effect.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btjkMYvxFuo Run, My Dog, Run!]] from ''Mother 3''. It's basically the soundtrack to Boney's SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome. Whether or not Boney is the most powerful character, that scene singlehandedly solidified his "Boney is awesome" status forever.
* Whether [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dTiHkR_fsg cheery]] or [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pSe2XhlsMw heartrending]], the Mother 3 Love Theme is simply a beautiful song.

%%* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w36PdRaRSi4 Mind of a Thief]] from ''Mother 3'', the Tazmily music for Chapter 2.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QI3iJ_J-Sa8 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.
** Sticking with epic non-boss music, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Xju4bK8INU Bothersome Guys]].
** Speaking of guys, they can also be quite [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQxEKE2FLas cumbersome]] at times.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xw1s0r6NUAc Volcano! Inferno!]] A slow yet exciting piece, perfect for exploring a volcano.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOIej1AMqIQ A Railway In Our Village?]] is sadly only played in the beginning of the future.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LovjsnINGjk Piggy Guys]] is so awesome that it received an [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LjFFmBSEHig 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 SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic candidates from the game and made them a million times more Awesome. For example, the "DCMC Theme," a remix of Duster's "Mind of a Thief" tune.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9z_UrNvRhpY Fate]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8gzPalCyVc Serious]] from ''Mother 3''. The way to combo these songs is pretty clever, too. Here's an [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ddhhB4Gizk awesome remix]] of these songs too!
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4EATZ-tNPU 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 ''VideoGame/{{Mother 3}}'', the most beautiful songs from the trilogy are reprised, including (surprisingly) the ''VideoGame/MOTHER1'' main theme. What makes it go into absolute TearJerker territory, though, is the reprise of "Pollyanna (I Believe in You)", played as you take the boat ride to Porky's room. What makes it so sad is that Porky has crossed the MoralEventHorizon 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 [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8WjEF9H3LBA Dangerous Guys]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZ_njpif0yw Even More Dangerous Guys]] feature a fantastic saxophone line that you just can't help but smile when listening to either.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmobfd3hiUk Bon Voyage Amigo]]. Only a game like ''Mother 3'' can make what's supposed to be the joyous occasion of completing your party, a TearJerker moment.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWWlRKyYdgs 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... [[TearJerker very sad.]]

%%* On that note, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwH0izveHmA Sad Tazmily]].
* The transitioning of the music in ''Mother 3'' works out really well. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wsNJ9K9ROw The MT Apartments]] song represents mystery, what has happened to our world? Immediately afterwards, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NcfV4HvPE5Q Leder's Gymnopedie]] explains. The scene is concluded by [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_jTw7HopPA The unnamed remix of the Chapter 3 closing music]], which symbolizes Lucas's ambition to do whatever it takes to bring back peace.
%%* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nr-TJTK2XmY Refreshing Toilets]].
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=St09RdNvlrM Monkey's Love Song.]] Being stuck with a total douchebag should ''not'' sound this catchy...
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjRCgPFS2Jw Strong One]] is quite possibly one of the best boss themes in a game with nothing but good boss themes. Enjoy comboing to [[UncommonTime the 15/8 meter]].
* The music used in the battle against [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRNdp6t4oeU Mecha-Drago]]. Very melancholic, very awesome.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nENrxSRqz78 Battle Against the Masked Man]] continues the series's trend of scary FinalBoss themes. Massive terror in this song; it sounds like the soundtrack is dying. Absolutely nightmarish in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6qKsfCjP90 reverse]].
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPvuoI672IU Wasteful Anthem]] has a flute portion worth listening to.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0OVbqOJFJs Gentle Rain]], a very peaceful and soothing track. The ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-uNc8b0MHw 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 [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BN5r1Ou99YY Fun Naming]]. It's a gentle, moving piece that helps welcome the player to the ''Mother 3'' world. And after that, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHLy-40kyXs this song]] accompanies a sweeping view over the Nowhere Islands.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqBwqjmEWLM The Attic's A Dungeon!?]] is pretty easily overlooked, playing in only one pretty short area, but that doesn't stop it from being an awesome beat.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFFNzipmvoY The Green Train's Fun Too!]] sums up the joy of riding a green-colored train.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5D8uoNada8 The normal train music]] is really awesome, really making use of the electric guitar.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Obwv8E16ktg A Tiny, Enormous Miracle]], one of the game's most [[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments heartwarming]] pieces of music. Especially at the 1:05 mark, when it changes to a beautiful reprise of "A Railway In Our Village?".
%%* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4opqy1iN6A Open Sesame Tofu!]] Also known as the Osohe Dance song.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1apnueAdZRs Memory of Life]], the ''very'' last song of the entire franchise. A soft, heartwarming track that is all but saying "the happy ending is finally here, after all this time."
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dt46T9dkkZI And Then There Were None]] is, simply put, TearJerker in musical form.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZQdrKGETyc Monkey's Delivery Service]], though not as sad as "And Then There Were None", is still damn hard to listen to without getting teary, as it embodies all the shit Fassad put Salsa through. Halfway in, a quiet synth joins the main flute/oboe melody, but one eighth note behind, and only on the left audio channel. Could this represent Salsa, forced to quietly and obediently follow his bombastic master?
* After going through a long adventure, seeing the ending, the "The End?" screen and its secret, you're treated to a roll call of the characters you met in the game, set to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ry04jr15vh8 this awesome medley]], appropriately called Curtain Call. The way it starts, you can almost hear an entire audience roaring with applause in your head.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyeCgErLo4k LOG-O-TYPE]], a grand, majestic theme that plays when the ''Mother 3'' logo appears in the intro of the game. To quote a Youtube commenter, "The first time you heard this, you knew you were in for one hell of a game".
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzRGFKAQW4s "Accelerondo".]] It's used as the battle theme for the walking tombstone enemies, whose gimmick is that they walk towards you... slowly... until they ''very painfully strike.'' And the music sounds slow and lumbering at first, until it gets faster... and faster... ''and faster...''
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPtYr4pez6Y "And El Mariachi"]], used for battles against the cactus wolf. [[DissonantSerenity Sounds absolutely nothing like battle music.]] ''Is still awesome.''
* The song for the credits, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZbqrZJ9VA4 16 Melodies,]] combines all three main themes from each ''Mother'' game. It starts out with brief snippets of the "Mother 3 Love Theme", "Eight Melodies", and "Smiles and Tears", then plays the first full verses of "Eight Melodies" from ''[=EarthBound=] Beginnings'' and ''[=EarthBound=]''[='=]s "Smiles and Tears", and finishes with the full version of the "Mother 3 Love Theme" which ends its last remaining verse very triumphantly. It's uplifting, tearjerking, and heartwarming all at once as it embodies the strong end to this trilogy of great games.
* The GameOver theme, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7fy-MSNJsU Stand Up Strong,]] is - like pretty much everything else in ''Mother 3'' - beautifully tearjerking, in that it embodies the serenity of death: it's pretty much a funeral tune, played with an organ. It is, essentially, "you can now rest in peace" in musical form.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RD38RWrdIRU 'Something Strange is Going On']], the song that plays during the Epilogue of Chapter 3 and after Leder tells the party his lengthy story of the Nowhere Islands, is absolutely phenomenally fitting for the times it plays. It gives the feeling that Lucas is growing into a true hero in the former scenario, and a feeling of having the fate of ''everything'' in your hands. One of the most underrated pieces in the soundtrack.
%%* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPMSvwPOGzo Tragic Reconstruction.]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQQhPsQdlY8 Life's an Inner Circle Gap]] is a slow-paced, laid-back remix of the Pig Army theme which is great to listen to.
* Despite not being ([[PreFinalBoss technically]]) the final boss, Porky gets a suitably awesome battle theme in [[https://youtu.be/FThxlFdZqHo Master Porky's Theme]], in which Sakai brings together the Pigmask theme, "Monkey's Delivery Service", and "Smashing Song of Praise" into a piece of music as epic and blood-pumping as his battle theme from the previous game, yet with a tragic, almost-but-not-quite-hopeless feeling that really says "this is ''it''". A fitting theme for possibly the series' most devious yet complex character.

* [[http://starmen.net/rockcandy/boundtogether/ Bound Together]]; "48 songs Nearly 3 hours of music 8 bonus songs including demos and alternate takes the VGFrequency 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. Also [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXro1PFCC8E Mustin's vocal version of the Flying Man theme]] from said album.

* The sublimely groovy [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-iZopf7POc Sanctuary Guardian]] boss theme is an absurdly chill remix of ''EarthBound Beginnings''[='=] main battle theme.

* 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 SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic candidates from the game and made them a million times more Awesome. For example, the "DCMC Theme," a remix of Duster's "Mind of a Thief" tune.

* At the end of ''VideoGame/{{Mother 3}}'', the most beautiful songs from the trilogy are reprised, including (surprisingly) the ''VideoGame/MOTHER1'' main theme. What makes it go into absolute TearJerker territory, though, is the reprise of ''Pollyanna (I Believe in You)'', played as you take the boat ride to Porky's room. What makes it so sad is that Porky has crossed the MoralEventHorizon 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?

* The song for the credits, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZbqrZJ9VA4 16 Melodies,]] combines all three main themes from each ''Mother'' game. It starts out with brief snippets of the "Mother 3 Love Theme", "Eight Melodies", and "Smiles and Tears", then plays the first full verses of "Eight Melodies" from ''EarthBound Beginnings'' and ''EarthBound''[='=]s "Smiles and Tears", and finishes with the full version of the "Mother 3 Love Theme" which ends its last remaining verse very triumphantly. It's uplifting, tearjerking, and heartwarming all at once as it embodies the strong end to this trilogy of great games.

* "[[http://starmen.net/mother2/music/003-%20Earthbound%20-%20The%20Evil%20Giygas%20Attacks!%20(Part%202).mp3 The Evil Giygas Strikes Back!]]" is a brilliantly evil and threatening opening to the game, featuring loud, distorted brass, bassy percussion, and (presumably) the screams of terrified people fleeing Giygas's wrath. It's also listed on the [[NightmareFuel/{{Mother}} the game's Nightmare Fuel page]], and for ''good reason''.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7oa_GzFRmpc The song]] [[http://earthboundcentral.com/2009/03/pokey-means-business/ Cease to Exist]], a.k.a. 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 thrash metal. The unique instruments and the sudden intensity perfectly encapsulate the situation - you're fighting an alien menace, and he wants you ''gone''.

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxhy7PIwsxc The beautiful Smash Bros. 4 remix]], which also has the original Eight Melodies mixed in for good measure.

** Even better is [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2yklqn0Ce4 the remix]] for ''[[Videogame/SuperSmashBros Super Smash Bros. Melee]]''.

* [[http://starmen.net/rockcandy/boundtogether/ Bound Together]]; "48 songs Nearly 3 hours of music 8 bonus songs including demos and alternate takes the VGFrequency 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. Also [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXro1PFCC8E Mustin's vocal version of the Flying Man theme]] from said album.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PmTs4ZFXvlM The Runaway Five Left The Building]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMiEZ7AvUD4 Runaway Five Final Performance]], for jazz goodness. As well as a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-BqakRd64c vocal arrangement]] made by Music/{{Hyadain}} himself.
* The sublimely groovy [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-iZopf7POc Sanctuary Guardian]] boss theme is an absurdly chill remix of ''Mother''[='=]s main battle theme.

* How about [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XRNibspon0 the "Heartless Hotel" music]] in Threed? Sounds like the hotel is having a stroke...

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZjU6JgZ7ciE Threed Free at Last]] is calm, cheerful, and upbeat, a sharp contrast to the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FfFbgMklJGM bizarre and creepy theme]] that plays while the zombies are in charge.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5n_l7QvSPU "Home Sweet Home"]] is equal parts warm and [[TearJerker saddening]]; it sounds exactly like the nostalgic sensation of coming back to visit your mom after a long time, which is exactly what the song is used for in the game.

* The two-part song [[http://starmen.net/mother2/music/107-%20Earthbound%20-%20Sailing%20to%20Scaraba.mp3 Sailing to Scaraba]]/[[http://starmen.net/mother2/music/108-%20Earthbound%20-%20The%20Voyage%20Continues.mp3 The Voyage Continues]], playing respectively before and after the Kraken fight, is a soothing sea shanty that'll make you bob in your seat.
* If you can't yet get enough of the Runaway Five jazz goodness, check out the [[http://starmen.net/mother2/music/092-%20Earthbound%20-%20Get%20on%20the%20Bus.mp3 Get on the Bus]] theme.

* Hell, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMcEBUnIDgs Isn't This Such A Utopia?!?!?]], and the ''Super Smash Bros Brawl'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EALKLj1mknM version]] are Creepy Music.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lCZPtSzXJU Porky's Porkies]] is a bizarre, yet supremely awesome, 8-bit track from the third installment.

* Whether [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dTiHkR_fsg cheery]] or [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pSe2XhlsMw heartrending]], Theme of Love is simply a beautiful song.
** Speaking of Theme of Love, there is also the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fax72hPuoEw vocal version of the song]] which is sweet and heartrending no matter what language it's being sung in.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eo8-B6BgFgE Fan remixes]] of Theme of Love are no slouches either. There's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lql3TE5fS-U this localized version of it in English,]] with lyrics translated by the person behind the fan translation of ''Mother 3'', Tomato, so you can be sure this English version of the song is really as accurate as it can be in the language without sounding too awkward.

* Any of themes that has the leitmotif of the Pigmasks, an awesome little tune that fits quite possibly Nintendo's most vile evil organization.
* 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 SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic candidates from the game and made them a million times more Awesome. For example, the "DCMC Theme," a remix of Duster's "Mind of a Thief" tune.

* At the end of ''VideoGame/{{Mother 3}}'', the most beautiful songs from the trilogy are reprised, including (surprisingly) the ''VideoGame/MOTHER1'' main theme. What makes it go into absolute TearJerker 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 MoralEventHorizon 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?

* The song for the credits, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZbqrZJ9VA4 16 Melodies,]] combines all three main themes from each ''Mother'' game. It starts out with brief snippets of "Theme of Love", "Eight Melodies", and "Smiles and Tears", then plays the first full verses of "Eight Melodies" from ''Mother 1'' and Earthbound''[='=]s "Smiles and Tears", and finishes with the full version of "Theme of Love" which ends its last remaining verse very triumphantly. It's uplifting, tearjerking, and heartwarming all at once as it embodies the strong end to this trilogy of great games.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5n_l7QvSPU "Home Sweet Home"]] is equal parts warm and [[TearJerker saddening]]; it sounds exactly like the nostalgic sensation of coming back to visit your mom after a long time, which is exactly what the song is used for in the game. The fan-made video "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hVuv7mDNqM POLLYANNA: An Animated Earthbound Tribute]]" also features an amazing instrumental of "Home Sweet Home", being a nostalgic throwback to 80s rock n' roll like the theme songs you'd hear in a [[UsefulNotes/TheRenaissanceAgeOfAnimation Renaissance age cartoon]].

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5n_l7QvSPU "Home Sweet Home"]] is equal parts warm and [[TearJerker saddening]]; it sounds exactly like the nostalgic sensation of coming back to visit your mom after a long time, which is exactly what the song is used for in the game. The fan-made video "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hVuv7mDNqM POLLYANNA: An Animated Earthbound Tribute]]" also features an amazing instrumental of "Home Sweet Home", being a nostalgic throwback to 80s rock and roll like the theme songs you'd hear in a [[UsefulNotes/TheRenaissanceAgeOfAnimation Renaissance age cartoon]].

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5n_l7QvSPU "Home Sweet Home"]] is equal parts warm and [[TearJerker saddening]]; it sounds exactly like the nostalgic sensation of coming back to visit your mom after a long time, which is exactly what the song is used for in the game.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlSJmqmwoII Versus Giegue]], the final boss theme, is nothing but a screeching DroneOfDread. It is used to rather great results, though, as it perfectly captures the tense atmosphere of the game's final battle [[spoiler: and makes it all the more powerful when the aforementioned Eight Melodies kick in]].

* At the end of ''VideoGame/{{Mother 3}}'', the most beautiful songs from the trilogy are reprised, including (surprisingly) the ''VideoGame/MOTHER1'' main theme. What makes it go into absolute TearJerker territory, though, is the reprise of ''Pollyanna'', played as [[spoiler:you take the boat ride to Porky's room]]. What makes it so sad is that [[spoiler:Porky has crossed the MoralEventHorizon 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?]]

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWWlRKyYdgs It Is Finished/It's Over]], a remix of the Love Theme played at the climax of ''Mother 3'' where [[spoiler: The Masked Man AKA Claus finally comes to his senses and says one last goodbye and apologizes to Lucas before killing himself.]] It's... [[TearJerker very sad.]]

* The music used in the battle against [[spoiler: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRNdp6t4oeU Mecha-Drago]]]]. Very melancholic, very awesome.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0OVbqOJFJs Gentle Rain]], a very peaceful and soothing track. The ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-uNc8b0MHw Mother 3i]]'' remixed version combines this with a remix of Confusion, the music that plays when [[spoiler: Flint finds out Hinawa has been killed in a not precisely tactful manner]], perfectly conveying a sense of shock and loss.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RD38RWrdIRU 'Something Strange is Going On']], the song that plays during the Epilogue of Chapter 3 and after [[spoiler:Leder tells the party his lengthy story of the Nowhere Islands]], is absolutely phenomenally fitting for the times it plays. It gives the feeling that Lucas is growing into a true hero in the former scenario, and a feeling of having [[spoiler:the fate of ''everything'' in your hands]]. One of the most underrated pieces in the soundtrack.

* Any of themes that has the leitmotif of the Pigmasks, an awesome little tune that fits quite possibly Nintendo's most vile evil organization.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nj8nv5sk1Kc#t=3m25s Giygas's battle "music"]] that plays from his second form onwards. Insanely creepy and way ahead of its time, this Music/{{Merzbow}}-esque [[{{Ambient}} Dark Ambient]][=/=]HarshNoise backdrop sounds like something from ''Silent Hill''. Certainly not the kind of music you expect from a final boss fight in a JRPG. Those death cries over the static set in musical tone were one of the most jaw-dropping death scenes of the generation.

** See also the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZbqrZJ9VA4 song]] in ''Mother 3'' which combines the two melodies above and the Love Theme.

* The ''Mother'' games' signature song: "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDpowHy2QPI Pollyanna (I Believe In You)]]".
** As far as the actual in-game versions go, they aren't too shabby; ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYqDCPg7GPE Mother]]'', ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6UrOCDiNbE Earthbound]]'', ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2htRy2c37po Mother1+2]]'', and ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3TXsCvcV5eo Mother 3]]''.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zA0UC3D_Zoo Even]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8o-cxJ6z_oA the]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CUtO0RrR67Q songs]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8o-cxJ6z_oA that]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21FRBqqhFAc only]] a few people will ever hear are still amazing.