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Super Metroid RIDLEY'S THEME || Metal Cover (Patreon)
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So I'm sure it's totally obvious what sparked my inspiration for doing this theme haha. But just in case, I was watching E3 and Nintendo had just announced that Ridley was going to be in the new Super Smash Bros. for Switch and I absolutely lost it haha. It was such a hype announcement and I was so glad I got to see it live.
Literally like 3 minutes later I closed out of the arrangement I was already almost finished with (which will be coming out later) and instantly started working on Ridley's theme.
This theme is extremely near and dear to me being such a huge fan of Super Metroid and the entire franchise as a whole. I'm sure some of you know but some may not know that I actually was a part of a metal cover of Ridley's theme a while back that was arranged by my good friend Ro Panuganti which you can find on my channel. We were super proud of this theme and we still are to this day. That being said, I've really been itching to take on an arrangement of it in my own style and do things a little differently.
So when this announcement happened I was instantly just like "OK well here we go then" haha.
One of my favorite things about this theme musically is just how the main motif is in 5/4 which gives this huge rhythmic twist to everything. I'm super stoked on the drum beat that I came up with for it having tried out a lot of different ideas. I love trying to find groove in 5 which is definitely not as easy as more straight forward time signatures.
Another thing I love about the original theme is how the main melody of the motif has some super unique harmonizations on the main notes. Like the main melody goes 1, 1, 2, 7, 1, 1, 2, 7, 1 right? But on top of that they harmonize it not only a 5th but also a 4th? It gives it this dense and super video gamey sound that has always intrigued me a lot and made me want to try stuff like that in my own compositions. Koji Kondo does stuff like this a lot in his boss themes.
Overall I had such a blast putting this together and I spent so much time in the mixing process to try and just get it absolutely slaying. I made so many revisions to the mix that I was starting to actually lose my mind. so I decided to stop and let this be the final mix. I'm super happy with it thankfully.
Hope you guys enjoy it and thanks so much for your amazing support! Let me know what you think!!
~ Jack / ToxicxEternity
