{"id":1444,"date":"2017-10-04T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-10-04T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2017\/10\/music_super_metroids_mother_brain_battle_theme_is_much_less_threatening_in_jazz_form"},"modified":"2017-10-04T14:00:00","modified_gmt":"2017-10-04T14:00:00","slug":"music-super-metroids-mother-brain-battle-theme-is-much-less-threatening-in-jazz-form","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2017\/10\/04\/music-super-metroids-mother-brain-battle-theme-is-much-less-threatening-in-jazz-form\/","title":{"rendered":"Music: Super Metroid&#8217;s Mother Brain Battle Theme Is Much Less Threatening In Jazz Form"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"picture strip\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Video game battle themes are normally strident and forceful, creating tension at moments in a game when rapid responses and cunning reflexes are required.<\/p>\n<p>However, Japanese music act <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2015\/12\/music_metal_gear_solid_and_etrian_odyssey_composers_launch_snooze-worthy_secret_of_mana_album\">Gentle Love<\/a> &#8211; which consists of\u00a0<strong>Metal Gear Solid<\/strong> composer Norihiko Hibino (saxophone) and <strong>Etrian Odyssey<\/strong> performer AYAKI (piano) &#8211; have harnessed some of the most famous battle tunes in video gaming history (plus one from 1986&#8217;s\u00a0legendary\u00a0<strong>Transformers: The Movie<\/strong>) for their next <strong><a class=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.scarletmoonproductions.com\/p4s\/\">Prescription for Sleep<\/a><\/strong> album. In case you didn&#8217;t know, these are selections of video game music designed to help you sleep, relax or study to.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Prescription for Sleep: Fight for Your Dreams<\/strong> is the sixth album in the series and we&#8217;re delighted to exclusively bring you a little taster of what it includes: the iconic Mother Brain battle theme from <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/snes\/super_metroid\">Super Metroid<\/a><\/strong> presented in a way you&#8217;re unlikely to have heard before.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s how it sounds in the game:<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-youtube\">\n<div class=\"youtube\">[embedded content] <\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>And here&#8217;s Gentle Love&#8217;s take:<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-youtube\">\n<div class=\"youtube\">[embedded content] <\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>The full track listing is as follows:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Veiled in Black (<strong>Final Fantasy XV<\/strong>)<\/li>\n<li>Boss (<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nes\/mega_man_2\">Mega Man 2<\/a><\/strong>)<\/li>\n<li>MEGALOVANIA (<strong>UNDERTALE<\/strong>)<\/li>\n<li>Battle with the Four Fiends (<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/ds\/final_fantasy_iv\">Final Fantasy IV<\/a><\/strong>)<\/li>\n<li>People Imprisoned by Destiny (<strong>Chrono Cross<\/strong>)<\/li>\n<li>Mini-Boss (<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/snes\/super_mario_world_2_yoshis_island\">Yoshi&#8217;s Island<\/a><\/strong>)<\/li>\n<li>Autobot-Decepticon Battle (<strong>Transformers: The Movie<\/strong>)<\/li>\n<li>Beasts as Black as Night (<strong>Ys III<\/strong>)<\/li>\n<li>Ornstein &amp; Smough (<strong>Dark Souls<\/strong>)<\/li>\n<li>Intolerance (<strong>Raystorm<\/strong>)<\/li>\n<li>Mother Brain (<strong>Super Metroid<\/strong>)<\/li>\n<li>In a Better Place (Original)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<aside class=\"picture strip\">\n<div class=\"img\"><a href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/news\/2017\/10\/music_super_metroids_mother_brain_battle_theme_is_much_less_threatening_in_jazz_form\/attachment\/1\/original.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/news\/2017\/10\/music_super_metroids_mother_brain_battle_theme_is_much_less_threatening_in_jazz_form\/attachment\/1\/900x.jpg\" alt=\"GENTLE LOVE Photo.JPG\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<aside class=\"picture strip\">\n<div class=\"img\"><a href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/news\/2017\/10\/music_super_metroids_mother_brain_battle_theme_is_much_less_threatening_in_jazz_form\/attachment\/2\/original.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/news\/2017\/10\/music_super_metroids_mother_brain_battle_theme_is_much_less_threatening_in_jazz_form\/attachment\/2\/900x.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_9294.JPG\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<aside class=\"picture strip\">\n<div class=\"img\"><a href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/news\/2017\/10\/music_super_metroids_mother_brain_battle_theme_is_much_less_threatening_in_jazz_form\/attachment\/3\/original.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/news\/2017\/10\/music_super_metroids_mother_brain_battle_theme_is_much_less_threatening_in_jazz_form\/attachment\/3\/900x.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_9266.JPG\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>If you like what you hear &#8211; and let&#8217;s be honest, what&#8217;s <em>not<\/em> to like &#8211; then you can pre-order the album ahead of its October 10th release date <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/scarletmoonrecords.bandcamp.com\/album\/prescription-for-sleep-fight-for-your-dreams\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Video game battle themes are normally strident and forceful, creating tension at moments in a game when rapid responses and cunning reflexes are required. However, Japanese music act Gentle Love &#8211; which consists of\u00a0Metal Gear Solid composer Norihiko Hibino (saxophone) and Etrian Odyssey performer AYAKI (piano) &#8211; have harnessed some of the most famous battle [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1444","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1444","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1444"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1444\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1444"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1444"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1444"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}