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Ending Demo
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| Ending Demo | |
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Samples of "Ending Demo" from Kirby's Adventure and its remake. | |
| Details | |
| Debut appearance | Kirby's Adventure (1993) |
| Last appearance | Super Kirby Clash (2019) |
| Other appearance(s) | Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land Kirby: Canvas Curse Kirby Fighters Deluxe Kirby Star Allies |
| Composer(s) | Hirokazu Ando |
"Ending Demo"[1] is the ending cutscene theme from Kirby's Adventure and Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land. It was composed by Hirokazu Ando.
Composition[edit]
"Ending Demo" is a sweet and peaceful theme in C-sharp (D-flat) major and 4/4. Its intro begins with sparkling swaying harmonies between A and F-sharp major. These are soon joined by a steady bassline. The melody comes in with this background. Its intonations are closely tied to "Vegetable Valley" and other tracks' melodies, avoiding tonic itself, and featuring stepwise movement up and a jump by a larger interval. The bassline and accompaniment support the melody with short phrases of similar character. The melody transitions to the second section, where it gradually falls down large intervals such as perfect fifths or minor sixths. It finishes on an elongated C-sharp and slowly fades away while the bass and accompaniment renew their swaying phrases, now in C-sharp G-sharp major. This goes on for a while until they also fade.
The beginning of this theme can also be heard in other ending themes, such as the ending theme for Kirby's Dream Course and the ending theme from the Super Famicom version of Kirby's Star Stacker.
Game appearances[edit]
Kirby's Adventure / Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land[edit]
In Kirby's Adventure and Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land, "Ending Demo" plays during the ending cutscene.
Kirby: Canvas Curse[edit]
In Kirby: Canvas Curse, the Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land version of "Ending Demo" plays during Kirby's ending cutscene if the "Old School" setting is on.
Kirby Fighters Deluxe[edit]
In Kirby Fighters Deluxe, an arrangement of "Ending Demo" and "Level 8 Demo" serves as the secret staff credits theme.
Kirby Star Allies[edit]
In Kirby Star Allies, a medley of "A New Wind for Tomorrow", "Ending Demo" and "Milky Way Wishes: Staff Credits" titled "Best Friends, Today, Tomorrow, and Forever" plays as the theme for the "Friends' Curtain Call" cutscene at the end of Guest Star ???? Star Allies Go!.
Super Kirby Clash[edit]
In Super Kirby Clash, an arrangement of "Ending Demo" based on its iteration in "Dream a New Dream for Tomorrow" plays during the cutscene after defeating Aeon Hero (Light) in The True Final Battle. This arrangement was done by Hirokazu Ando.[2]
Other appearances[edit]
"Ending Demo" is included on the Kirby's Adventure soundtrack, which also features a vocal arrangement of the track titled おやすみカービィ ("Good Night, Kirby").
It is also featured in the medley "Dream a New Dream for Tomorrow", one of the bonus tracks of the Kirby's Dream Collection Special Edition Compilation Soundtrack.
Finally, it was mixed together with "Level 8 Demo", "Grape Garden" and "Orange Ocean" in the "Kirby's Adventure Medley" of the Kirby 25th Anniversary Orchestra Concert. This medley was later rearranged as "Sleeping Like a Baby" for the Kirby Memorial Arrangements CD.
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"Good Night, Kirby" from the Kirby's Adventure soundtrack, arranged by Takashi Takaomi and performed by Mako Miyata.
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"Ending Demo" in "Dream a New Dream for Tomorrow" from the Kirby's Dream Collection Special Edition Compilation Soundtrack.
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"Ending Demo" in "Kirby's Adventure Medley" from the Kirby 25th Anniversary Orchestra Concert, arranged by Shogo Sakai and performed by the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra.
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"Ending Demo" in "Sleeping Like a Baby" from Kirby Memorial Arrangements by Megumi Ohara.
Names in other languages[edit]
| Language | Name | Meaning |
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| Japanese | エンディング・デモ[3] endingu demo |
Ending Demo |
| English | Ending Demo[1] | - |
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