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Spinning Jungle
| Spinning Jungle | |
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Sample of "Spinning Jungle" from Kirby: Triple Deluxe. | |
| Details | |
| Debut appearance | Kirby: Triple Deluxe (2014) |
| Last appearance | Kirby Air Riders (2025) |
| Composer(s) | Hirokazu Ando[1] |
"Spinning Jungle"[2][3] is the main stage theme of Wild World from Kirby: Triple Deluxe. It was composed by Hirokazu Ando.[1]
Composition[edit]
"Spinning Jungle" is a lively piece in C Lydian dominant mode and 4/4. Its percussive intro sets the tone with an augmented fourth. The string melody begins with rapid stepwise movement up from C to G played three times from different beats, followed by a whirling descent in a pattern of a quaver and two semiquavers. After returning with a brief rising passage, the first part of the melody repeats in Lydian dominant D, followed by a slower resolving portion. The second section continues in D major. Based on the original motif and developing into elements of "Spring Smash Factory", rising intonations lead to a high brass D that eventually ends quite similarly to "Green Greens". After this comes to a triumphant end, a transitional iteration of the melody in Lydian dominant B-flat joins, putting the original tonic at a tone away from each. The track then loops from the intro.
Game appearances[edit]
Kirby: Triple Deluxe[edit]
In Kirby: Triple Deluxe, "Spinning Jungle" plays throughout the majority of the first and second stages of Wild World, as well as parts of the third, fourth, and fifth stages. It can be found as track 28 in the game's Jukebox.
Kirby Air Riders[edit]
In Kirby Air Riders, the original version of "Spinning Jungle" can be unlocked as the alternate track for Cave. It can be unlocked via the Air Ride Checklist by winning while being at least 5 seconds ahead of second place on said course.
Trivia[edit]
- This track shares its melody with the leitmotif of "VS. Star Dream" from Kirby: Planet Robobot. Composer Hirokazu Ando acknowledged the similarity, and admitted he only realized it after finishing the theme, and that was simply a coincidence.[4]
Names in other languages[edit]
| Language | Name | Meaning |
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| Japanese | グルグルジャングル[2][3] Guru guru janguru |
Spinning Jungle An alliterative pun; グルグル (guru guru) means "spinning", and is also found in ジャングル (janguru, "jungle"). |
| English | Spinning Jungle[2][3] | - |
| Chinese | Spinning Jungle[3] |
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| Dutch | Spinning Jungle[3] | - |
| French | Spinning Jungle[3] | - |
| German | Spinning Jungle[3] | - |
| Korean | 빙글빙글 정글[3] bing-geulbing-geul jeong-geul |
Spinning Jungle Like with the Japanese name, the Korean name is an alliterative pun; 빙글빙글 (bing-geulbing-geul) means "spinning", and the 글 character is also found in 정글 (jeong-geul, "jungle"). |
| Portuguese | Spinning Jungle[3] | - |
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