Fatal Error
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"Fatal Error" is a musical theme from Kirby: Planet Robobot that plays primarily during cutscenes associated with Star Dream.
Composition
Fatal Error presents its own unique motif, as well as featuring "The Noble Haltmann" and "Bright Spinning Planet". Overall, the theme is brisk and warlike, matching the severity of the situations in which it plays. Tom drums and snares dominate the percussion, over which brass, woodwinds, and the occasional xylophone are overlaid.
Game appearances
Kirby: Planet Robobot
"Fatal Error" is Track 092 in the Jukebox, and plays during "Apocalyptic Wish" as well as "A Star Is Born" and the lobby of The True Arena shortly before fighting the final boss of the mode.
Beyond the track's use on its own, "Fatal Error" is also featured as a motif in "VS. Star Dream", playing at various points throughout the theme.
Kirby: Star Allies
"Fatal Error" is added into Star Allies in version 4.0.0 as a rest theme in The Ultimate Choice, exclusively on Soul Melter EX. It can be found as Track XXX in the Jukebox.
Other appearances
"Fatal Error" appears on the Kirby: Planet Robobot Original Soundtrack as part of Disc 2, Track 18: "Apocalyptic Wish", a medley made up of themes from the namesake cutscene. It is also featured on its own three tracks later (Disc 2, Track 21). These are, overall, the 70th and 73rd tracks on the album respectively.
Etymology
This theme is named after the fatal error in programming which refers to an error in the code so critical that it causes the program (or, rarely, the whole system) to crash in response. Susie's theft of the interaction headset for Star Dream during the cutscene "Apocalyptic Wish" may have caused such an error to take place, resulting in Star Dream's subsequent reboot to force it on a destructive rampage. This can be interpreted metaphorically as well, where Star Dream continually corrupted President Haltmann's mind, causing the erroneous shift of goals from rescuing his daughter to "infinite prosperity", which was eventually rephrased as "destroy the whole universe".
Trivia
The primary motif "Fatal Error" was accidentally made to sound almost exactly like a minor version of "Spinning Jungle" from Kirby: Triple Deluxe. By all accounts, this was a simple mistake, just like "Bright Spinning Planet" from the same game incidentally sounding like the opening notes of "Sky Tower".
Names in other languages
| Language | Name | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | マザーズ・キャプション mazāzu kyapushon |
Mother's Caption |
