History AwesomeMusic / Shantae

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_X1pr6ZZdh8 The boss battle theme]] is so awesome [[RecurringRiff it too has returned for every sequel]].

* The theme of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m16u6idJVaA Sunken Shipyard]] is reminiscent of the above Darkest Night, only with a more nautical feeling befitting the area's origins.

%%* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEp6GFqSgDY Burning Town]], which is [[BootstrappedTheme basically the main theme for the series]].

* It might be very chiptune heavy, but [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYdY7EwnRX0 The Final Battle]] is an epic final boss theme for an epic final battle.

* [[https://virt.bandcamp.com/track/rottytops Rottytops]] was given a {{reggae}}-sounding theme in this game, and it fits her nature quite well.

* [[https://virt.bandcamp.com/track/skys-song Sky's Theme]], another relaxing take on what is already a relaxing theme, complete with a saxophone. Also plays in the Healing Springs.

* Short as it is, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEHyGZarpnQ Dance Room]] seems to be a creator favorite, since [[RecurringRiff it's been remixed for every sequel so far as the main theme for Scuttle town]]. We have to admit, it IS catchy.

* [[https://virt.bandcamp.com/track/scorching-dunes-sunburn-island Scorching Dunes]], Sunburn/Tanline Island's theme, fits the desert mood very well, and has a kickass part near the 40 second mark.

* If you liked Night Travel 2, you'll love its updated remix [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ooSsstg2qtw Troublesome Trek]].
* The overworld theme, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjORjlvU5cU Trip through Sequin Land]], is a very awesome tune that serves to set the mood for this new adventure.

%%* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fyfGpY-jNiI She's Got Moves]]. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VcnyPe1EQss And an official remix!]]
%%* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPxO3VWXYCQ The boss theme is still nothing short of awesome]].
%%* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-h2aZSfwrOE The song that plays during the final boss is AMAZING]].
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_kAJLsSGz8 Through the Trees]] combines this with one of the lushest, most visually stunning levels in the game.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYUZbPd8ghA Sand In My Potion]], possibly one of the best desert songs ever. That piano...!
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7J0NLMbs_Y Hall Of Magic,]] one of the most relaxing songs in the game.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NpeZkSvqHq4 The boss music is back again and better than ever]].

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BAzCAV3B7FI We Love Burning Town]] will just make you want to dance.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VB8E4Vrf1VA Sky's Theme]] is a really romantic and/or relaxing take on the original game's Water Town theme.
* The theme of the second world, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nm70ikXcok8 Rave in the Grave]], is gloriously catchy.
* Another catchy track from Spiderweb Island, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5o8QpvkJAMk The Nightmare Woods (Run Run Rottytops!)]]
* The Village of Lost Souls gives you the grand song [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lyfQ9mopSec Darkest Night]] to make up for the increased difficulty.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hml3nfsdWJ0 Arctic Justice]] makes a wonderful theme for the penultimate world.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_m7iVJQB1E Scorching Dunes]], Sunburn/Tanline Island's theme, fits the desert mood very well, and has a kickass part near the 40 second mark.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUoYI0cXIUw Streamworks.]] It ''will'' get stuck in your head.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMbcMoEEClc The Tenacious Tentacled Terror.]] So catchy, they reused it for ''Half Genie Hero''.

* The song heard in the trailer for ''Half Genie Hero'', "Dance Through the Danger" sung by Christina Vee, is awesome and [[http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1236620800/shantae-half-genie-hero/posts/590818 available for free download.]] [[DoItYourselfThemeTune Christina Vee is also the voice for Shantae]]. In other words, ''the protagonist of this game series'' is singing this song! And... IT! IS! AWESOME! In-game, it serves as the background music for the opening stretch of the first level. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-r3_8U1kvJ4 Little V Mills made an epic metal cover.]] Christina Vee herself complimented it. Later in 2020 she and guitarist [=RichaadEB=] made [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPxnoRvV98U their own metal cover]].
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSsQvVdAMrE Sky's Theme]], another relaxing take on what is already a relaxing theme, complete with a saxophone. Also plays in the Healing Springs.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQk_0MpGLv4 Mermaid Falls.]] Absolutely infectious, and sounds like something you'd hear on a beefed-up Sega Genesis. The follow-up level's theme, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lhjh-rD8Bwc Counterfeit Mermaids]], evokes strong similarities to ''Sonic 3''[='=]s "Hydrocity" zone, which is high praise indeed.
* The new version of "Burning Town", appropriately titled [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gkd2HViKbyo Neo Burning Town]], is definitely up there in the remix department, and it fits in perfectly with the stage's setting.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1RMljOiQxA Tassle Town's theme]]. An awesome, relaxing mix of trumpets, strings, and ''incredible'' bass guitar, yet it still brings across the mystique, empty feeling of a long abandoned town.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TkOjP4YJ4Ps Cape Crustacean's theme]]. Even though the first third of the level is an autoscroller this will surely get your blood pumping.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8xDNRrwaZk The new boss theme.]] Much more aggressive so as to give an idea of how much the baddies mean business this time around.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYr70xpR_MU Hypno Baron's Castle]]. Part catchy techno, part haunted house music, all awesome.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2CgIALUUhJo Tinkerbat Factory]] is a delightfully tense song for the final level.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8w3xkJ9BzQ&t=803s Dynamo]] continues the proud ''Shantae'' tradition of kickass final boss themes.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzpCyG20HSU Escape (Lava Wave)]], which happens after the final boss, gives an air of "RUN FOR YOUR LIFE!" as the whole hideout goes up in smoke.

* The theme for the game's third dungeon, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0UX-8s1S6I Sea Vent Labyrinth,]] is a fast-paced rock piece that will engross you as you move Shantae throughout the island's asthenospherical area to free [[spoiler:Zapple]] from her imprisonment.

* The song heard in the trailer for ''Half Genie Hero'', "Dance Through the Danger" sung by Christina Vee, is awesome and [[http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1236620800/shantae-half-genie-hero/posts/590818 available for free download.]] [[DoItYourselfThemeTune Christina Vee is also the voice for Shantae]]. In other words, ''the protagonist of this game series'' is singing this song! And... IT! IS! AWESOME! In-game, it serves as the background music for the opening stretch of the first level. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-r3_8U1kvJ4 Little V Mills made an epic metal cover.]] Christina Vee herself complimented it.

* The theme for the game's third dungeon, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0UX-8s1S6I Sea Vent Labyrint,]] is a fast-paced rock piece that will engross you as you move Shantae throughout the island's astenospherical area to free [[spoiler:Zapple]] from her imprisonment.

* The theme for the game's third dungeon, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0UX-8s1S6I Sea Vent Labyrint]] is a fast-paced rock piece that will engross you as you move Shantae throughout the island's astenospherical area to free [[spoiler:Zapple]] from her imprisonment.

* The game's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCGlYlY6e_w intro theme]] sounds like it could have come from an anime. And, much like ''Dance Through The Danger'' above, [[DoItYourselfThemeTune Christina Vee sings it as Shantae herself]]!

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WjIMFEPcDWQ Armor Town's theme]] pays great tribute to Kaufman's compositions by incorporating notes from Burning Town and mixes them alongside arabian instruments to create a hardworking, tough and yet familiar atmosphere for the town focused on defense.

* The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Vya2Hlx3-8&ab_channel=FishFlakes Boss theme]], while not the same classic boss theme as the rest of the series, is still adrenaline-inducing and fitting when taking on the malicious sirens, and almost sounds as if it came straight out ''Mario & Luigi''. It starts off threatening, but gradually becomes more and more positive as if the music is calling out to Shantae to do her very best.

For a series all about a magical belly-dancing genie, it's only fitting for it to have some excellent music that would make you want to dance too. All games were supported by the (former) [=WayForward=] mainstay composer Jake Kaufman, who'd later work on games like ''VideoGame/ShovelKnight''.

* The new version of "We Love Burning Town", appropriately titled [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gkd2HViKbyo Neo Burning Town]], is definitely up there in the remix department, and it fits in perfectly with the stage's setting.

* Short as it is, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEHyGZarpnQ Dance Room]] seems to be a creator favorite, since [[RecurringRiff it's been remixed for every sequel so far as the main theme for Scuttle town]]. We have to admit, it IS [[EarWorm catchy]].

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For a series all about a magical belly-dancing genie, it's only fitting for it to have some excellent music that would make you want to dance too.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEp6GFqSgDY Burning Town]], which is [[BootstrappedTheme basically the main theme for the series]].
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NnyFeoM1RY8 Water Town]], which soon became the theme for Sky in the later games.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0k4HB4BKgk0 Night Travel 2 will almost have you happy to travel out at night.]] [[NintendoHard Almost]].

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fyfGpY-jNiI She's Got Moves]]. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VcnyPe1EQss And an official remix!]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPxO3VWXYCQ The boss theme is still nothing short of awesome]].
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-h2aZSfwrOE The song that plays during the final boss is AMAZING]].

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSsQvVdAMrE Sky's Theme]], Another relaxing take on what is already a relaxing theme, complete with a saxophone. Also plays in the Healing Springs too.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQk_0MpGLv4 Mermaid Falls.]] Absolutely infectious, and sounds like something you'd hear on a beefed-up Sega Genesis. The follow-up level's theme, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lhjh-rD8Bwc Counterfeit Mermaids]], evokes strong similarities to Sonic 3's "Hydrocity" zone, which is high praise indeed.

* The new version of "We Love Burning Town", appropriately titled [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gkd2HViKbyo Neo Burning Town]], is 8 definitely up there in the remix department, and it fits in perfectly with the stage's setting.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1RMljOiQxA&index=5&list=PLiGvWycRgz6hVFatOqRsplKL_p8pOrFiD Tassle Town's theme]]. An awesome, relaxing mix of trumpets, strings, and ''incredible'' bass guitar, yet it still brings across the mystique, empty feeling of a long abandoned town.

* The new version of "We Love Burning Town", appropriately titled [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gkd2HViKbyo Neo Burning Town]], is definitely up there in the remix department, and it fits in perfectly with the stage's setting.