"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 theme 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 music 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 music 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" (and itsSecret Song) — It plays on the difficulty select screen of said sub-game. It also incorporates a section of "Magolor, the Far-Flung Traveler". Both the main theme (track 89) and secret song (track 157) were arranged byHirokazu Ando.^[1]

• "Booming Blasters" (and itsSecret Song) — This theme, which has a segment that quite faithfully recreates the original "Scope Shot" track, plays during normal gameplay on difficulty Levels 1 and 2. The main theme (track 90) was composed by Hirokazu Ando,^[1] and the secret song (track 158) was arranged byYuki Shimooka.^[1]

• Additionally, there's a short segment of "The Merry, Magical World of Magolor!" that quotes "Booming Blasters" and by proxy, also quotes "Scope Shot". It was composed by Yuki Shimooka^[1] and can be found as track 200 in theJukebox.

• https://wikirby.com/wiki/File:KRTDLD_Scope_Shot_Booming_Blasters_Title.mp3
  "Booming Blasters - Title" byHirokazu Ando
• https://wikirby.com/wiki/File:KRTDLD_Scope_Shot_Booming_Blasters_Title_Secret_Song.mp3
  "Booming Blasters - Title (Secret Song)" by Hirokazu Ando
• https://wikirby.com/wiki/File:KRTDLD_Scope_Shot_Booming_Blasters.mp3
  "Booming Blasters" by Hirokazu Ando
• https://wikirby.com/wiki/File:KRTDLD_Scope_Shot_Booming_Blasters_Secret_Song.mp3
  "Booming Blasters (Secret Song)" byYuki Shimooka
• https://wikirby.com/wiki/File:KRTDLD_The_Merry_Magical_World_of_Magolor_Scope_Shot.mp3
  "The Merry, Magical World of Magolor!" by Yuki Shimooka

Names in other languages[edit]

Secret Area: HAL Room (Scope Shot)[edit]

Booming Blasters - Title[edit]

Booming Blasters[edit]

References

• Music in Kirby's Return to Dream Land
• Music in Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe

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