History AwesomeMusic / Mother

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBGILqp6kQs Porky's Porkies]] is a bizarre, yet supremely awesome, 8-bit track form the third installment.''

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7oa_GzFRmpc The song]] [[http://earthboundcentral.com/2009/03/pokey-means-business/ 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, yet ''[[UpToEleven even more awesome.]]

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIZVQxcFW7A Because I Love You]] or even the remixed version which plays [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvBT1Cspwss in Fourside]]. Even better is [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2yklqn0Ce4 the remix]] for ''Videogame/SuperSmashBros Melee''.

* [[http://starmen.net/mother2/music/060-%20Earthbound%20-%20Paula_s%20Theme.mp3 Paula's Theme]].

* 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.

* The GameOver theme, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7fy-MSNJsU Stand Up Strong,]] is - 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=gzRGFKAQW4s "Accelerono."]] 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.''

* Hell, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMcEBUnIDgs You Call This A Utopia?!?]], and the ''Super Smash Bros Brawl'' [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfP5KaWwQ1c version]] are Crowning Music Of Creepy.

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhllp2DV5r0 Ode to Ancestors: 8th Movement]] works as a MomentOfAwesome, since it puts several well-known pieces of classical music together.

* Dry Guys and its faster remix [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxERaqQ1drU 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.

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODCPUNtocwU Run, My Dog, Run!]] from ''Mother 3''. It's basically the soundtrack to Boney's CrowningMomentOfAwesome. Whether or not Boney is the most powerful character, that scene singlehandedly solidified his "Boney is awesome" status forever.

* 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. For example, the "DCMC Theme," a remix of Duster's "Mind of a Thief" tune.

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-EKQp4Hedk 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 * sob* very sad. * sniff* ]]
* Bordering on CrowningMusicOfAwesome and horror is the final boss theme, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MzEDw9lNxpo Battle Against]] [[spoiler:[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MzEDw9lNxpo The Masked Man]]]].

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Obwv8E16ktg A Tiny, Enormous Miracle]], one of the game's most [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming heartwarming]] pieces of music. Especially at the 1:05 mark, when it changes to a beautiful reprise of "A Railway In Our Village?".

* Dry Guys and its faster remix [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxERaqQ1drU 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.

* [[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 atmosphere of the final battle of the game.

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIZVQxcFW7A Because I Love You]] or even the remixed version which plays [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvBT1Cspwss in Fourside]]. Even better is [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2yklqn0Ce4 the remix]] for ''Videogame/SuperSmashBros Melee''.
* The [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nj8nv5sk1Kc#t=3m25s Giygas Battle Music]] that plays during his second form. Insanely creepy and way ahead of its time, this HarshNoise backdrop sounds like something from ''Silent Hill'', or the love child of Music/{{Merzbow}}, Music/{{Autechre}} and Music/AphexTwin. 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.

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIZVQxcFW7A Because I Love You]] or even the remixed version which plays [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvBT1Cspwss in Fourside]].

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7oa_GzFRmpc The song]] [[http://earthboundcentral.com/2009/03/pokey-means-business/ 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.

* The [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nj8nv5sk1Kc#t=3m25s Giygas Battle Music]] that plays during his second form. Insanely creepy and way ahead of its time, this HarshNoise backdrop sounds like something from ''Silent Hill''. Certainly not the kind of music you expect from a final boss fight in a JRPG.

* The [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nj8nv5sk1Kc#t=3m25s 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.

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

* Special mention should go to Azure Studio's project, though it may be a FanSequel it looks as every bit as awesome as the official titles, and it's no slouch in the music department either, a small example is [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HcsJVwq8RUk this remix]] combining both ''MOTHER1'' 's "Battle Against a Dangerous Foe" and ''Earthbound'' 's "Sanctuary Guardian" themes.
** It doesn't stop there as Azure Studio's [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9Y4cmZ_3Yk even takes time turn the level up Jingles into separate themes for each party member that when played together make the theme larger as the party levels up together]].

* Special mention should go to Azure Studio's project, though it may be a FanSequel it looks as every bit as awesome as the official titles, and it's no slouch in the music department either, a small example is [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HcsJVwq8RUk this remix]] combining both ''MOTHER1'' 's "Battle Against a Dangerous Foe" and ''Earthbound's'' "Sanctuary Guardian" themes.

* Special mention should go to Azure Studio's project, though it may be a FanSequel it looks as every bit as awesome as the official titles, and it's no slouch in the music department either, a small example is [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HcsJVwq8RUk this remix]] combining both Mother 1's "Battle Against a Dangerous Foe" and Earthbound's "Sanctuary Guardian" themes.

* [[http://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".

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

* Bordering on CrowningMusicOfAwesome and NightmareFuel is the final boss theme, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MzEDw9lNxpo Battle Against]] [[spoiler:[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MzEDw9lNxpo The Masked Man]]]].

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTiLBXsFRW4 Battle Against the Masked Man]]. Massive NightmareFuel in this song; it sounds like the soundtrack is dying.