"Mountain" is a theme fromKirby Air Riders that plays throughout theeponymous Top Ride course.

Composition[edit]

"Mountain" is set in D minor and 4/4. It has a strong impulse provided by a brisk intro consisting of a descending passage of rising fourths, and an energetic lead electric guitar in the following melody. The melody consists of a relatively slow rising fifth and quicker notes circling it. It intially gravitates towards the tonic and then shifts to the relative F major, where the first rhythmical pattern is used for a progression back to D. The melody is repeated, but rather than modulating to F major, it gains an F sharp, briefly turning the key into the parallel D major. The following second section, once again set in D minor, is less melodically developed: the accompaniment has two repeatedly alternating notes per phrase, while the electric guitar and subsequent violins play in stepwise motion. However, when nearing the loop point, a juxtaposition to E-flat major occurs; the melody begins here, played by a rock organ, but almost immediately returns to D minor. Once the melody reaches its conclusion, the intro is repeated, and the track loops from the main melody.

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• Music in Kirby Air Riders

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