Scope Shot (theme)
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"Scope Shot"[1] is a music track that first appeared inKirby's Return to Dream Land, playing on the title screen of theeponymous sub-game. Though the track and the sub-game themselves haven't made many reappearances, they were given a spiritual successor in the form of"Booming Blasters" and its themes. "Scope Shot" was composed byJun Ishikawa.[1]
Composition[edit]
"Scope Shot" is a song that is very evocative of its composer's (Jun Ishikawa's) signature style, making use of conga drum-heavy percussion and a repetitive bassline, complete with a classic bell synth providing background accompaniment. What stands out about this song is its main melody, which is constantly making a 4-chord ascension - the chords go up the scale continuously but always end up back at the "bottom" after the fourth one. This continues on until the melody takes on a bit of a flourish at the end of each ascension, as the excitement reaches a boiling point, and the song loops.
Game appearances[edit]
Kirby's Return to Dream Land[edit]
InKirby's Return to Dream Land, "Scope Shot", as mentioned before, plays on the title screen and menus for the sub-game of the same name. It's listed as track 88 in the game'sSound Test.
Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe[edit]
"Scope Shot" returns inKirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe, but not under the same circumstances, given the sub-game's removal from the remake. Instead, it plays in the hiddenHAL Room inEgg Engines - Stage 5, replacing the use of "Green Greens" from the original game. Appropriately, it was given the name"Secret Area: HAL Room (Scope Shot)" in the game's Jukebox, and became track 113.
However, even with the original sub-game gone, "Scope Shot" got a lot more mileage thanks to its core melody being quoted in two of the new tracks forBooming Blasters (and their Secret Song variants). "Booming Blasters - Title" plays on the difficulty select screen of said sub-game, and "Booming Blasters" - which has a segment that quite faithfully recreates the original "Scope Shot" track - plays during normal gameplay on difficulty Levels 1 and 2. Additionally, there's a short segment of "The Merry, Magical World of Magolor!" that quotes "Booming Blasters" and by proxy, also quotes "Scope Shot".
"Booming Blasters - Title", "Booming Blasters", and "Booming Blasters - Title (Secret Song)" were all composed by Hirokazu Ando[1]. "Booming Blasters (Secret Song)" and "The Merry, Magical World of Magolor!" were composed by Yuki Shimooka[1]. These are all listed in the game's Jukebox as tracks 89, 90, 157, 158, and 200, respectively.
Names in other languages[edit]
Secret Area: HAL Room (Scope Shot)[edit]
| Language | Name | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | シークレットエリア：HAL部屋（ガンガンバスターズ） shīkuretto eria: haru heya (gangan basutāzu) | Secret Area: HAL Room (Booming Busters) Very similar to the name of its replacement,Booming Blasters.「ガンガン」(gangan) is normally an onomatopoeic word which can roughly translate to "booming", though given the context it could alternatively be read as a transliterated reduplication of the English word "gun", in which case the name may also be translated as "Gun Gun Busters". |
| Traditional Chinese | 秘密區域：HAL房間（Scope Shot） mì mì qū yù: HAL fáng jiān (Scope Shot) | Secret Area: HAL Room (Scope Shot) |
| Simplified Chinese | 秘密区域：HAL房间（Scope Shot） mì mì qū yù:HAL fáng jiān (Scope Shot) | |
| Dutch | Geheim gebied: HAL-ruimte (Superschutter) | Secret area: HAL-room (Supershooter) |
| French | Zone secrète : salle HAL (Tir boumboum) | Secret zone: HAL room (Boomboom shot) |
| German | Geheimgebiet: HAL-Raum (Super-Schießstand) | Secret area: HAL-Room (Super-Shooting range) |
| Italian | Area segreta: stanza HAL (Colpisci il robottone) | Secret area: HAL room (Hit the robot) |
| Korean | 시크릿 에리어: HAL 방(사격 버스터즈) sikeulis elieo: HAL bang (sagyeog beoseuteojeu) | Secret Area: HAL Room (Shooting Busters) |
| Portuguese | Área secreta: sala HAL (Scope Shot) | Secret area: HAL room (Scope Shot) |
| Spanish | Área secreta: sala HAL (Supertirador) | Secret area: HAL room (Supershooter) |
Booming Blasters - Title[edit]
| Language | Name | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ガンガンブラスターズ：タイトル gangan burasutāzu: taitoru | Booming Blasters: Title |
| Traditional Chinese | 砰砰光線槍：標題 pēng pēng guāng xiàn qiāng: biāotí | Pew-Pew Laser Gun: Title |
| Simplified Chinese | 砰砰光线枪：标题 pēng pēng guāng xiàn qiāng: biāotí | |
| Dutch | Daverende blasters - Titel | Thunderous blasters - Title |
| Canadian French | Blasteurs explosifs - Titre | Explosive blasters - Title |
| European French | Blasters explosifs - Titre | Explosive blasters - Title |
| German | Blaster-Ballerspaß: Hauptthema | Blaster-Shooting fun: Main theme |
| Italian | Blaster esplosivi: titolo | Explosive blasters: title |
| Korean | 사격 블래스터즈: 타이틀 sagyeog beullaeseuteojeu: titeul | Shooting Blasters: Title |
| Portuguese | Zap-pega: título | Zap-tag: title |
| Spanish | Pistolas estridentes: título | Strident guns: title |
Booming Blasters[edit]
| Language | Name | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ガンガンブラスターズ gangan burasutāzu | Booming Blasters |
| Traditional Chinese | 砰砰光線槍 pēng pēng guāng xiàn qiāng | Pew-Pew Laser Gun |
| Simplified Chinese | 砰砰光线枪 pēng pēng guāng xiàn qiāng | |
| Dutch | Daverende blasters | Thunderous blasters |
| Canadian French | Blasteurs explosifs | Explosive blasters |
| European French | Blasters explosifs | Explosive blasters |
| German | Blaster-Ballerspaß | Blaster-Shooting fun |
| Italian | Blaster esplosivi | Explosive blasters |
| Korean | 사격 블래스터즈: 타이틀 sagyeog beullaeseuteojeu | Shooting Blasters: Title |
| Portuguese | Zap-pega | Zap-tag |
| Spanish | Pistolas estridentes | Strident guns |
