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Desert Stage
| Desert Stage | |
|---|---|
Sample of "Desert Stage" from Kirby's Dream Land 3. | |
| Details | |
| Debut appearance | Kirby's Dream Land 3 (1997) |
| Last appearance | Kirby: Planet Robobot (2016) |
| Composer(s) | Jun Ishikawa |
"Desert Stage"[Japanese title] is a theme that originated from Kirby's Dream Land 3. This 3/4-timed theme has also gotten an arrangement in Kirby: Planet Robobot, and has also appeared in the Kirby 25th Anniversary Orchestra Concert. This theme was originally composed by Jun Ishikawa, a veteran Kirby composer who composed all the music in Kirby's Dream Land 3.
Composition[edit]
"Desert Stage" is one of few stage themes with a time signature of 3/4, with emphasis on the first beat of every measure. The track is written in A minor, with interspersed modulations to distantly-related keys that lend it an air of mystery.
The melody is traded between pan flute and strings throughout the track, and is characterized by an undulating contour. The first phrase rises with dotted rhythm in the first bar while the rest of it descends in smoothly. The phrase repeats with alterations and is followed up by a minor strings segment with a similar melodic pattern. The first segment repeats and concludes with a rising scale littered with accidentals. The middle portion is once again played by the strings, bow in A minor. This part prominently uses 3 note-long rising intonations. The phrase repeats with some variations, and the track loops.
The theme, particularly its last section, shares similarities with "Rainbow Resort".
Game appearances[edit]
Kirby's Dream Land 3[edit]
"Desert Stage" can be heard only twice in its original game appearance. It can be heard in the sixth stage of Sand Canyon and the third stage of Iceberg. This theme is the 14th track in the Sound Test.
Kirby: Planet Robobot[edit]
In Kirby: Planet Robobot, an arrangement of this theme titled "Green Laboratory" can be heard in the fourth stage of Patched Plains. The arrangement was done by Hirokazu Ando and is the 12th track in Kirby Planet Robobot's Jukebox.
Additionally, the original version of the theme is used in the extra stage of Rhythm Route.
Other appearances[edit]
This theme was also played in the Kirby 25th Anniversary Orchestra Concert, specifically in the "Kirby's Dream Land 3 / Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards Medley". This is the second theme played in the medley, right after "Ripple Field: Ocean Waves".
Names in other languages[edit]
Desert Stage[edit]
| Language | Name | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | 砂漠ステージ[1] Sabaku sutēji |
Desert Stage |
Green Laboratory[edit]
| Language | Name | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | グリーン・ラボラトリー[2] Gurīn raboratorī |
Green Laboratory |
| English | Green Laboratory[2] | - |
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