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Air Ride: Frozen Hillside

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Air Ride: Frozen Hillside
https://wikirby.com/wiki/File:KAR_Frozen_Hillside_theme_sample.mp3 Sample of"Air Ride: Frozen Hillside" fromKirby Air Ride.
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Debut appearance	Kirby Air Ride (2003)
Last appearance	Kirby Air Riders (2025)
Other appearance(s)	Kirby: Right Back at Ya! (Japanese version) Super Smash Bros. Brawl Kirby Mass Attack Super Smash Bros. for Wii U Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
Composer(s)	Shogo Sakai

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"Air Ride: Frozen Hillside" (capitalized as"Air Ride: FROZEN HILLSIDE" in theSound Test, and occasionally simply called"Frozen Hillside") is a theme created forKirby Air Ride, though it actually appeared in the Japanese version ofKirby: Right Back at Ya! first. It can be heard inthe race track of the same name, and was composed byShogo Sakai.

Composition[edit]

"Air Ride: Frozen Hillside" is a theme that starts in D minor. It consists of instruments, such as bells, to give the theme a wintry feel. For a short time in the song, it goes to D major. This part has a beautiful and hopeful tone to it. After this portion, the key signature goes back to its minor counterpart, and has a descending call and response section (that repeats twice), and the song loops.

Game appearances[edit]

Kirby Air Ride[edit]

This theme originates from the frostytrack of the same name. It can be unlocked by completing a race in this track under 58 seconds. It also appears as the 6th theme in theSound Test.

Super Smash Bros. series[edit]

This track appears in theSuper Smash Bros. series fromSuper Smash Bros. Brawl and onward, known simply as "Frozen Hillside". Interestingly, despite being listed as a direct port fromKirby Air Ride, this version of the theme is actually uniquely remastered. It features much higher audio quality and clarity, certain instruments have reversed stereo panning, and the mixing is slightly different.

Super Smash Bros. Brawl[edit]

https://wikirby.com/wiki/File:SSBB_Frozen_Hillside_sample.mp3

"Frozen Hillside" fromSuper Smash Bros. Brawl.

InSuper Smash Bros. Brawl, "Frozen Hillside" plays in theHalberd stage, as well as in theSubspace Emissary levelThe Glacial Peak and its equivalent area inThe Great Maze.

In order for this track to have a chance of playing on the Halberd stage and appear in the Sound Test, it needs to be unlocked by playing 10 matches on the stage. Once this is done, the CD item representing this track will appear and can be collected.

Super Smash Bros. for Wii U[edit]

InSuper Smash Bros. for Wii U, "Frozen Hillside" is an unlockable track that plays inThe Great Cave Offensive stage, randomly obtained from a CD item.

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate[edit]

InSuper Smash Bros. Ultimate, "Frozen Hillside" can play on anyKirby-themed stage or can be assigned to Battlefield, Big Battlefield, Small Battlefield and Final Destination.

Kirby Mass Attack[edit]

"Air Ride: Frozen Hillside" fromKirby Mass Attack

https://wikirby.com/wiki/File:KMA_Ruins_at_Night.mp3

"Ruins at Night" byShogo Sakai.

https://wikirby.com/wiki/File:KMA_Icy_Realm.mp3

"Icy Realm" by Shogo Sakai.

InKirby Mass Attack, two new remixes appear. The first remix, named"Ruins at Night", plays inSandy Canyon - Stage 8, though it only arranges the second part. The other one, named"Icy Realm", is heard inthe ninth stage of Dedede Resort when the Kirbys are being chased byFreezy Rex.

Kirby Air Riders[edit]

Due to the return ofthe eponymous course, the original theme reprises its role fromKirby Air Ride. This theme is now named simply as"Frozen Hillside", just like inSuper Smash Bros. Brawl.

Other appearances[edit]

Part of this theme can briefly be heard in the Japanese version ofKirby: Right Back at Ya! in the episode "A Chow Challenge". Interestingly, this episode premiered a month beforeKirby Air Ride came out, making this the first appearance of the theme.

This theme was included on theKirby's Airride Business trip Sound Test andThe Very Best of Kirby: 52 Hit Tracks.

"Air Ride: Frozen Hillside" was rearranged inKirby Memorial Arrangements album as part of the "Driving Star" medley, alongside "Menu" and "Top Ride: Water". This remix was done byMegumi Ohara.

The theme also received a Christmas-themed remix inThe Sound of Kirby Café 2, being present in the track 聖夜のシュガーホワイト (Sugar White Holy Night), along with "Snowball Scuffle". It was arranged by the original composer,Shogo Sakai.

https://wikirby.com/wiki/File:Kirby_Memorial_Arrangement_Driving_Star_(Frozen_Hillside)_Sample.mp3
"Air Ride: Frozen Hillside" in "Driving Star" fromKirby Memorial Arrangements byMegumi Ohara.
https://wikirby.com/wiki/File:TSoKC2_Sugar_White_Frozen_Hillside_sample.mp3
"Air Ride: Frozen Hillside" in "Sugar White Holy Night" fromThe Sound of Kirby Café 2 by Shogo Sakai.

Trivia[edit]

The first version of "Air Ride: Frozen Hillside" was based on "Winter Games" byDavid Foster, but it was scrapped afterMasahiro Sakurai told Shogo Sakai that it's too mellow.^[1]

Names in other languages[edit]