History AwesomeMusic / Mother

* Despite not being (([[PostFinalBoss 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.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPQ8rkfMzm0 "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.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IwoqY0PISCs 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=bhllp2DV5r0 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=XiMOHUANeLk Family Matters: 2nd Movement]] also works for the same reason.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBGILqp6kQs Porky's Porkies]] is a bizarre, yet supremely awesome, 8-bit track from the third installment.
** While not complete, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_N53qJYjWg this guy's]] remix probably counts as well.

* One Word: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZ4ChNgMLjQ Mother!?]] As if Chapter 6 of ''Mother 3'' wasn't poignant enough, this song really drives it into absolute TearJerker territory.

* 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.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thBxpSbFaeg A Letter to you, Honey]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jt8RpLZzNY Letter from you, my sweet]] pull off the same effect.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODCPUNtocwU 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=pAY53qUUzy4 cheery]] or [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idULzIIF950 heartrending]], Theme of Love is simply a beautiful song.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHEhkeRlldQ 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.

* [[https://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 very sad.]]

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTiLBXsFRW4 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=mc_VBFu9VLY And Then There Were None]] is, simply put, TearJerker in musical form.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ds2rJxjOUkQ Monkey's Love Song.]] Being stuck with a total douchebag should ''not'' sound this catchy...

[[folder:Fangames and hacks]]
!!!VideoGame/{{Oddity}}
* ''ODDITY'' looks as every bit as awesome as the official ''MOTHER'' titles, and it's no slouch in the music department either. A rather awesome example is [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QyHkW0KKxX8 Battle Against A Familiar Foe]], which mashes together a hodgepodge of instantly recognizable Earthbound sound effects that combine to make for a funky, quirky tune.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqTYpJ1Y918 Boom Town Lounge]] is an infectiously groovy jazz number that appears to be Leo's theme.
* It doesn't stop there as Azure Studio even takes time to turn the level up Jingles into separate themes for each party member that, when played together, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9Y4cmZ_3Yk make the theme larger as the party levels up together]].
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1qZPm6xcH8 The Green Run]], a theme for an as yet unknown town or event. A SpiritualSuccessor to Onett's theme, it features the same instrument samples and arrangement style from ''VideoGame/EarthBound'', with a subtly different melody and baseline that'll bring in the nostalgia faster than you can say fuzzy pickles.
%%* The Level Up jingles [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9E01vKt4Os all together.]]

!!!VideoGame/CognitiveDissonance
* The very first song heard in the game, at the title screen, is [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XRodZXUYTA Ghosts]], a beautiful piano tune with a rather creepy otherworldly accompaniment.
%%* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqToDPZvkjQ Cognitive]], the main theme, and its battle remix [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=teIqOtfsN-U Dissonance]].
* Among the game's many battle themes is the incredibly funky and catchy [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWutq5xpItg Forgotten Warriors]].
%%* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGPJht_U9rs A Guitar for Tentacles]], Alinivar's theme.
* Once the protagonists have come together, they form a band and play "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRPjJ3_GNnw To the Future]]", an incredible remix of Guitar for Tentacles.
* Towards the end of the game, the protagonists once again come together to play music. This time, it's "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jQoO8kHCkQ Speak]]", with vocals by [[spoiler: Niiue]] of all people.
* Towards the end of the game, the protagonists get to fight Giegue once more and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08G68kq-hpk this]] starts to play making it a kickass battle [[spoiler: and fitting for the sudden appereance of two Niiues!!]].
* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmwbc6iQTEk Ghosts in Flight]]", the credits theme, combines elements of themes heard throughout the game and the main series for a memorable finish to the game. Once again, it's sung by [[spoiler: Niiue]].

!!!VideoGame/TheHalloweenHack
* One of the best-known things to come out of the infamous Halloween Hack is [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIowwZThIXM Megalovania]]. Perhaps better-known is its ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1p0bLkNGa0 remix]] and the ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5daGZ96QGU remix.]] It also got a fan-made remix in ''Cognitive Dissonance'' that plays [[spoiler:During the battle against the G-Core in the Paradox Ending.]]
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** And of course, yet another [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2OebZ5HwdPs jazz remix]], but mixed with funk and its own fantastic vocal track with two vocalists.

* Despite not being 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.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4nDglu78d8 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.

* "[[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/EarthBound the game's Nightmare Fuel page]], and for ''good reason''.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZQdrKGETyc Monkey's Delivery Service]], though not as sad as the aforementioned music, 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?

* Despite not being 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.

%%* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-C3T83mUpc Master Porky's Theme]] from ''Mother 3''.

* ODDITY looks as every bit as awesome as the official MOTHER titles, and it's no slouch in the music department either. A rather awesome example is [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QyHkW0KKxX8 Battle Against A Familiar Foe]], which mashes together a hodgepodge of instantly recognizable Earthbound sound effects that combine to make for a funky, quirky tune.

!!!VideoGame/Oddity

!!!VideoGame/MOTHER4
* 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 rather awesome example is [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QyHkW0KKxX8 Battle Against A Familiar Foe]], which mashes together a hodgepodge of instantly recognizable Earthbound sound effects that combine to make for a funky, quirky tune.

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

* [[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 something... unsettling, yet [[UpToEleven even more awesome.]] The unique instruments and the sudden intensity perfectly encapsulate the situation - you're fighting an alien menace, and he wants you ''gone''.
** A simple but effective [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yS25AepodK0 Trash Metal remix]] that'll get your blood pumping. Unlike a lot of other remixes, this one keeps the tempo in both the fast and slow parts accurate.

* The [[https://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 DarkAmbient[=/=]HarshNoise backdrop sounds like something from ''Silent Hill'', or the love child of Music/{{Merzbow}}, Music/{{Autechre}} or Music/AphexTwin. 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.

* [[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 [[EarWorm catchiness]] to new heights. For the icing on the cake, the bridge contains a condensed violin cover of the Eight Melodies.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTiLBXsFRW4 Battle Against the Masked Man]]. 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=-KIDtrS9VDM Mr. Batty Twist]] (which begins with, of all things, a ShoutOut to the ''Series/{{Batman}}'' series theme).

* "[[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.EarthBound page, and for ''good reason''.

* The ''VideoGame/MOTHER1'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5_R4WMBZjg title theme]], also called "Mother Earth" or "Time Passage". It's 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.

%%* The ''VideoGame/MOTHER1'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5_R4WMBZjg title theme]], also called "Mother Earth" or "Time Passage".

* [[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.

* The suprisingly catchy [[http://starmen.net/mother2/music/113-%20Earthbound%20-%20Pyramid.mp3 Pyramid theme]], also with some Arabian influences.

* The intense, fastpaced beats of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUVW1kHI1vE Roving Tank]] fits perfectly for the adrenaline rush of driving a tank.

* The [[https://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}} or Music/AphexTwin. 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.

* [[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 something... unsettling, yet [[UpToEleven even more awesome.]]

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZQdrKGETyc Monkey's Delivery Service]], though not as sad as the aforementioned music, 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 right audio channel. Could this represent Salsa, forced to quietly and obediently follow his bombastic master?

* [[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=KZQdrKGETyc Monkey's Delivery Service]], though not as sad as the aforementioned music, 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 right audio channel. Could this represent Salsa, forced to quietly and obediently follow his bombastic master?