What's your favourite Paper Mario (series) song?
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Love that song too. I gotta agree, overall Origami King probably has my favourite Nintendo soundtrack.
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Paper Mario: Sticker Star has some pretty fantastic songs. Some of my favorites include:
Goomba Fortress
The Enigmansion (when the Boos are out)
Bowser Jr. Battle
And the First Phase of Bowser's battle.
Goomba Fortress
The Enigmansion (when the Boos are out)
Bowser Jr. Battle
And the First Phase of Bowser's battle.
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Oooh.. good picks! I'm definitely a fan of the Sticker Star soundtrack. My favourite from that game is probably the Snifit or Whiffit! theme
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Paper Mario: The Origami King has definitely one of the best soundtracks. Disco Devil is a standout for me.
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Ruins of the Thousand-Year Door, Battle (Chapter 7), Battle (Chapter 6), We Believe in You Mario!, Castle Bleck, The Ultimate Show, Rogueport's theme, the Enigmansion, Autumn Mountain, The Elastic Entertainer, the Shifty Sticker, Gooper Blooper's battle theme, Doo liss's battle theme, Sammer's Kingdom, Sad Sun, Port Prisma, Sunglow Ridge, Fort Francis... the series has produced so many memorable music tracks, but for my money, I have to give recognition to Bounding Through Time/Memory.
Is it simple? Unadorned, even? Yes. Is it the coolest of these tracks? I wouldn't say so. But I would call it memorable, both for its economy and its unique sound design. The soft, echoing tones combined with that steady film-projector-esque clicking which revs up early and the occasional lingering note work to evoke an image of a faded, tattered photograph, a place and time and story only half-preserved in memory that's slipping away all too quickly.
It's a little ethereal, a little wistful, a little somber, a little bit like a nagging itch, and it manages to nail its mood with a simple melody and no ostentatious bombast.
It's just pleasant to lose yourself in now and again.
Is it simple? Unadorned, even? Yes. Is it the coolest of these tracks? I wouldn't say so. But I would call it memorable, both for its economy and its unique sound design. The soft, echoing tones combined with that steady film-projector-esque clicking which revs up early and the occasional lingering note work to evoke an image of a faded, tattered photograph, a place and time and story only half-preserved in memory that's slipping away all too quickly.
It's a little ethereal, a little wistful, a little somber, a little bit like a nagging itch, and it manages to nail its mood with a simple melody and no ostentatious bombast.
It's just pleasant to lose yourself in now and again.
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I love a lot of the music in this series, primarily from the first three games. My absolute favourite is probably Soft Light from Super Paper Mario, however other favourites include (but not limited to): Shooting Star Summit, Koopa Bros. Battle Theme, Forever Forest, PM64 Peach's theme, Jade Jungle, Over Shiver Mountain, Siege on Bowser's Castle, TTYD Mario Bros. House, TEC's Waltz, The Excess Express at Dusk, Rogueport, Petal Meadows, Twilight Town, TTYD Bowser Battle, Shadow Peach Battle, TTYD Final Boss, Mario and Peach Set Sail, TTYD Credits (original game), Flipside, Strange Company, In the Darkness, Gloam Valley, SPM Bowser Battle, Mr. L Green Thunder, Sammer's Kingdom, I'm Not Nice, World of Nothing, The Underwhere, Overthere Shrine, Castle Bleck, Promise, The Ultimate Show, Bounding Through Time, and Proof of Existence.
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Well, I've only played the two most infamous games in the series (Sticker Star and Color Splash), so those are the only two games whose soundtracks I can properly judge.
I've attached my favorite songs from Color Splash so y'all can maybe take a listen:
▪︎Wii U Loading Screen
▪︎Port Prisma
▪︎Toad Café
▪︎Bloo Bay Beach
▪︎Dark Bloo Inn (Dining Room)
▪︎The Juggler (Piano)
Honorable mentions: Cherry Lake, Redpepper Spa, and World 7 Map
From Sticker Star, I like:
▪︎Paper Mario Sticker Star (Title Screen)
▪︎Decalburg
▪︎Welcome to the Sticker Shop
▪︎World Map [Grass World]
▪︎Blue Skies, White Clouds
▪︎Can't Catch Me
▪︎Snow Rise
▪︎Go Go Trolley!
(just click on a song below and it'll take you to a separate window where you can listen to it, no download necessary or anything)
I've attached my favorite songs from Color Splash so y'all can maybe take a listen:
▪︎Wii U Loading Screen
▪︎Port Prisma
▪︎Toad Café
▪︎Bloo Bay Beach
▪︎Dark Bloo Inn (Dining Room)
▪︎The Juggler (Piano)
Honorable mentions: Cherry Lake, Redpepper Spa, and World 7 Map
From Sticker Star, I like:
▪︎Paper Mario Sticker Star (Title Screen)
▪︎Decalburg
▪︎Welcome to the Sticker Shop
▪︎World Map [Grass World]
▪︎Blue Skies, White Clouds
▪︎Can't Catch Me
▪︎Snow Rise
▪︎Go Go Trolley!
(just click on a song below and it'll take you to a separate window where you can listen to it, no download necessary or anything)
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The first Paper Mario has a great soundtrack. Probably my favorite in the Paper Mario Series and possibly even the whole Mario RPGs series. It's hard to choose a favorite track since most of the tracks are so good. Battle theme, Bowser's theme, the Boss themes, Boss Battle themes, Chapter 7's music in general, Final Boss theme, that one theme where Monty Moles attack.
TTYD soundtrack has its good tracks. I even like the Switch version of the soundtrack as well, and I'm usually the type that insists on the original versions of soundtracks when it comes to remakes/remasters. Even some of the remade tracks that I was iffy on at first on grew on me. The added tracks were also great as well as making variations of the overworld and battle themes was a nice touch. Rougeport, Battle theme, Boggly Tree, Glitzpit, Rawk Hawk theme, Grubba boss theme, X-Naut fortress, Reunion theme, the Crystal Star theme at the end.
Super Paper Mario also has its good tracks, more than I realized actually. The water level in Chapter 3, Fort Francis, Space theme, Floro Sapien Cavern, the Underwhere, that one track that plays before getting the Pure Heart at the end of the chapters, Dimentio theme, Blecks Castle, Final Boss theme, that one short track that plays when putting the Pure Hearts into the Pillar.
TTYD soundtrack has its good tracks. I even like the Switch version of the soundtrack as well, and I'm usually the type that insists on the original versions of soundtracks when it comes to remakes/remasters. Even some of the remade tracks that I was iffy on at first on grew on me. The added tracks were also great as well as making variations of the overworld and battle themes was a nice touch. Rougeport, Battle theme, Boggly Tree, Glitzpit, Rawk Hawk theme, Grubba boss theme, X-Naut fortress, Reunion theme, the Crystal Star theme at the end.
Super Paper Mario also has its good tracks, more than I realized actually. The water level in Chapter 3, Fort Francis, Space theme, Floro Sapien Cavern, the Underwhere, that one track that plays before getting the Pure Heart at the end of the chapters, Dimentio theme, Blecks Castle, Final Boss theme, that one short track that plays when putting the Pure Hearts into the Pillar.
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This is a very video-heavy thread, so can we try to spoiler them? My browser straight up choked on this thread for a good 3-4 minutes and still failed to load some of the videos. It's good practice to spoiler videos in threads where a lot of videos are being posted.
Anyways, picking a single favorite track from this series is like picking a favorite child, so best i can do is list some of my favorites.
Super Paper Mario has the highest tally of all-time favorites imo. Highlights include The Ultimate Show, Bounding Through Time, and the unused song labeled "relax" in the files (that one is more of a personal connection for me since it has no part of the game that it's associated with, but i listened to it a lot during a time filled with memories), but i could honestly go on for an hour listing tracks from that game.
From TTYD, We're Counting On You Mario/Supportive Voices From Afar is an all-time favorite. Blast Off to the Moon is also incredibly underrated imo. Vivian's theme from the remake is fantastic.
From 64, the credits theme and Wish of the Princess are standout tracks, as well as the music that plays when you rescue a Star Spirit.
And as much as i hate to admit it, music is the one area I can't say the modern series dropped the ball in. From Sticker Star, I love the title theme, Spectacular Finale, and Blue Skies White Clouds (especially the E3 2010 version). Color Splash's credits theme, Blackout, and the fully fleshed out world map theme go hard. Origami King has Origami Castle, Bob-Omb's Encouragement, and basically every battle theme in the game is a banger.
Anyways, picking a single favorite track from this series is like picking a favorite child, so best i can do is list some of my favorites.
Super Paper Mario has the highest tally of all-time favorites imo. Highlights include The Ultimate Show, Bounding Through Time, and the unused song labeled "relax" in the files (that one is more of a personal connection for me since it has no part of the game that it's associated with, but i listened to it a lot during a time filled with memories), but i could honestly go on for an hour listing tracks from that game.
From TTYD, We're Counting On You Mario/Supportive Voices From Afar is an all-time favorite. Blast Off to the Moon is also incredibly underrated imo. Vivian's theme from the remake is fantastic.
From 64, the credits theme and Wish of the Princess are standout tracks, as well as the music that plays when you rescue a Star Spirit.
And as much as i hate to admit it, music is the one area I can't say the modern series dropped the ball in. From Sticker Star, I love the title theme, Spectacular Finale, and Blue Skies White Clouds (especially the E3 2010 version). Color Splash's credits theme, Blackout, and the fully fleshed out world map theme go hard. Origami King has Origami Castle, Bob-Omb's Encouragement, and basically every battle theme in the game is a banger.
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I like the theme called "The Ultimate Show" from the final battle with Dimentio in Super Paper Mario.