History Main / WaltzOnWater

!!Examples

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DEa-QuCPz3c Azure Millennial Woodlands]] for the third stratum of the first game, undeniably the bluest and wettest area of the game.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7x3r9jhj2HQ Water Woods of the Submarine Ridge]] for the second stratum of the third game, an underwater level loaded with aquatic animal enemies.

** ''VideoGame/TouhouKaeidzukaPhantasmagoriaOfFlowerView'' introduces Komachi Onozuka, TheFerryman of the Sanzu River who guides souls to the afterlife. And while her boss theme, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4Y3vLV835I "Higan Retour~ Riverside View"]] does switch into 4/4 in certain portions of it, much of it, including the iconic beginning part, is in 3/4 time.
** The third boss of ''VideoGame/TouhouFuujinrokuMountainOfFaith'' is Nitori Kawashiro, a {{Kappa}} with the ability to [[MakingASplash manipulate water]]. Her boss theme, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1KkcwBE7vx0 "Akutagawa Ryuunosuke's 'Kappa' ~ Candid Friend"]], is in 3/4 time.

** ''VideoGame/TouhouKaiedzukaPhantasmagoriaOfFlowerView'' introduces Komachi Onozuka, TheFerryman of the Sanzu River who guides souls to the afterlife. And while her boss theme, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4Y3vLV835I "Higan Retour~ Riverside View"]] does switch into 4/4 in certain portions of it, much of it, including the iconic beginning part, is in 3/4 time.

* The third boss of ''VideoGame/TouhouFuujinrokuMountainOfFaith'' is Nitori Kawashiro, a {{Kappa}} with the ability to [[MakingASplash manipulate water]]. Her boss theme, "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1KkcwBE7vx0 Akutagawa Ryuunosuke's "Kappa" ~ Candid Friend]]", is in 3/4 time.

* The third boss of ''VideoGame/TouhouFuujinrokuMountainOfFaith'' is Nitori Kawashiro, a {{Kappa}} with the ability to [[MakingASplash manipulate water]]. Her boss theme, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1KkcwBE7vx0 Akutagawa Ryuunosuke's "Kappa" ~ Candid Friend]], is in 3/4 time.

** The third boss of ''VideoGame/TouhouFuujinrokuMountainOfFaith'' is Nitori Kawashiro, a {{Kappa}} with the ability to [[MakingASplash manipulate water]]. Her boss theme, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1KkcwBE7vx0 Akutagawa Ryuunosuke's "Kappa" ~ Candid Friend]], is in 3/4 time.

In video games, there exists a shocking tendency to play waltz music whenever things get really wet. Maybe it's because the most famous waltz happens to be called "On the Beautiful Blue Danube", or maybe there's a slight phonetic similarity between the words "waltz" and "water". It could even be that waltzes and similar compositions are often described as "flowing", much like water. Whatever the reason, 3/4 time is a favorite signature for video game music programmers to use for water levels.

* In ''[[VideoGame/FatalFury Fatal Fury 3]]'', [[MsFanservice Mai Shiranui's]] stage is in an aquarium and her theme sounds eerily similar to a waltz song in both [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jklrG2YgAgU OST]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DgJFup7UrJ4 Arranged]] versions.

** ''VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiBowsersInsideStory'': the aquatic theme not only is a waltz but it is actually called [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4uivOLzncc Waltz on the Lake]].

Compare SnowySleighBells, SteelDrumsAndSunshine, and JungleJazz for other types of music associated with a certain video game setting. See also RegionalRiff.

* Sayaka Miki from ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'' has an overall water motif, and thus she is given waltz theme songs: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3pilDSF_mI Conturbatio]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HcgEHrwdSO4 Decretum]]. There's also the mermaid witch Oktavia Von Seckendorf who gets a bombastic walts [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6LMM3AVfZQU Symposium Magarum]] [[spoiler:By the way, Sayaka and Oktavia are the same being]].

* There have been several instances of aquatic levels in ''Franchise/{{Castlevania}}'' being given 3/4 music:

* Sayaka Miki from ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'' has an overall water motif, and thus she is given waltz theme songs: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HcgEHrwdSO4 Decretum]] [[spoiler:(Which highlights her SanitySlippage)]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6LMM3AVfZQU Symposium Magarum]] [[spoiler:(for her witch form, which coincidentally looks like a mermaid)]].

** ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaOrderOfEcclesia'' has [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4ovOfGkYls Wandering the Crystal Blue]] for the underwater caverns of Somnus Reefs.

* [[Disney/PeterPan Neverland]] in ''VideoGame/KingdomHearts358DaysOver2'' has a waltzy theme that isn't present in its appearance in earlier or later games, and it has much more water than any other level in the game. However, the earlier games had it entirely on a pirate ship, and a later game was a prequel.

Compare SnowySleighBells and JungleJazz for other types of music associated with a certain video game setting. See also RegionalRiff.

** ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaCurseOfDarkness'' has [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYS3jIoZCm4 Mortvia Aqueduct]] for the locale of the same name.
** ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaOrderOfEcclesia'' has [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TI5D0dHC7OY Wandering the Crystal Blue]] for the underwater caverns of Somnus Reefs.

Compare SnowySleighBells for another type of music associated with a certain video game setting.

** ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaBloodlines'' has [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ncu6d24xM_Y Singking Old Sanctuary]], which plays in Stage 2, the eponymous flooded Greek ruins.

* In ''VideoGame/NavalOps Warship Gunner 2'', waltzes are frequently used as background music when you're not in combat.

* In ''VideoGame/LittleBigPlanet 3'', the level that introduces [[SizeShifter Toggle]] uses a remix of [[Music/PyotrIlyichTchaikovsky "Waltz of the Flowers"]] as BGM. Since one of Toggle's abilities is walk [[WalkOnWater on]] and [[WalkDontSwim under]] water, this trope comes into play.