"Chasing Down the Miniboss" is the mainmid-boss theme fromKirby: Triple Deluxe, composed byHirokazu Ando.

Composition[edit]

"Chasing Down the Miniboss" is set primarily on the key of C-sharp minor. It starts with a short intro based on "Floral Fields"'s last section, and transitions to a an intense melody based on "Mid-Boss Battle", that has six chords per bar in contrast to the five of the original song. The theme continues mostly devoid of a main melody for eight bars, when a faint melody based on "Spring Smash Factory" starts to emerge. After another eight bars, that melody takes over, more pronounced, as the "Mid-Boss Battle" based accompaniment is downsized to only a quiet instrument playing it. However, after another eight bars, the main melody changes to directly quote "Mid-Boss Battle" in full, with a unique accompaniment. Once that melody is played in full, a quick improvision serves as an outro, and the song appears to loop; however, it transitions back to the beginning of the "Spring Smash Factory" section, but the instruments playing that melody are different, and it diverges as the theme develops. That section is repeated, now identical to the first loop, but with a new piano accompaniment alongside. The song then reaches its proper loop point, as it goes to the more pronounced "Spring Smash Factory" section.

Game appearances[edit]

Kirby: Triple Deluxe[edit]

InKirby: Triple Deluxe, "Chasing Down the Miniboss" plays in most of the game's mid-boss battles, as well as in the cutscenes before bosses inStory Mode andDededetour. An extended version of the theme's intro also serves as the jingle before standard battles in theKirby Fighterssub-game.

Names in other languages[edit]

• Music in Kirby: Triple Deluxe

• Articles which list Japanese names