"Supreme Ruler's Coronation - OVERLORD"^[2] is a medley fromKirby Star Allies that plays as theMorpho Knight battle theme forMagolor. The theme is also associated with the battle againstMagolor Soul inThe True Arena ofKirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe. It was composed byHirokazu Ando.^[1]

Composition[edit]

"Supreme Ruler's Coronation" is a medley based on themes fromKirby's Return to Dream Land and a successor to "C-R-O-W-N-E-D". However, it has a generally less somber tone and adds more themes to the mix. Much like "C-R-O-W-N-E-D", it is set in the key of F minor at 4/4.

It starts off with the intro of "C-R-O-W-N-E-D" before diverging during the transition. In the same key, "Dangerous Dinner" begins. It goes through the "Four Adventurers: Cookie Country" phrase fully, as well as the first phrase from "The Adventure Begins", while the second phrase goes into the background as "Fly, Kirby!" takes over climactically. The pace slows down, and a descending harp glissando leads into the more ominous "Limitless Power", adjusted to fit 4/4 and serving as an intro to the following phrase of "Magolor, the Far-Flung Traveler", specifically as heard in "C-R-O-W-N-E-D" with its "Road to Victory" conclusion and modulating resolution, here to D-flat/C-sharp minor. The transitional phrase from the start of this theme plays again, now prior to "C-R-O-W-N-E-D" proper. Playing out faithfully, it modulates back to F minor and includes small phrases of "Road to Victory" in the background. Much like in the first part of "C-R-O-W-N-E-D", "Four Adventurers: Cookie Country" follows, here with hints of the hopeful relative A-flat major.

From this point, the theme begins to diverge from "C-R-O-W-N-E-D" again, now with a heroic quotation of the middle section of "Road to Victory" in F minor mixed with "Magolor, the Far-Flung Traveler". This eventually transitions to "Sky Tower" with hints of "Magolor, the Far-Flung Traveler" again, approaching a climax and reaching A-flat minor. Here, with a triangle tremolo in the background, "Road to Victory" and a minor iteration of "Green Greens" interact in rapid succession. As a final climax, "Kirby's Triumphant Return" plays twice gloriously, in the same way as it sounds in "C-R-O-W-N-E-D". A conclusive section follows with phrases of "Dangerous Dinner", fanfares, and piano and harp glissandi. The theme then accelerates and loops back to the first transitional phrase.

Game appearances[edit]

Kirby Star Allies[edit]

InKirby Star Allies, "Supreme Ruler's Coronation - OVERLORD" plays when fightingMorpho Knight while player 1 isMagolor inGuest Star ???? Star Allies Go!. After clearing Guest Star Magolor at least once, the music track will also play for the Morpho Knight battle in the Soul Melter or Soul Melter EX difficulties ofThe Ultimate Choice and is accessible as track 181 in that game'sJukebox.

Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe[edit]

InKirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe, "Supreme Ruler's Coronation - OVERLORD" replaces "C-R-O-W-N-E-D" asMagolor Soul's boss theme inThe True Arena specifically. At first unchanged from the track's prior appearance inKirby Star Allies, during the battle's second phase, a dramatic choir and Magolor's cries for help are mixed into the track. A variation of the theme that fades the second phase version in after one complete loop can be listened to in theJukebox as Track 197 after clearing The True Arena.

Magolor's cries for help that start playing during the battle's second phase appear to be him continuously saying 「カービィ、タスケテ！」 (Kirby, help me!).

Names in other languages[edit]

References

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

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