Bumper Crop Bump (theme)
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"Bumper Crop Bump"[derived from Japanese] is a theme from Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards for the Sub-Game with the same name. It was composed by Jun Ishikawa.[1]
Composition
"Bumper Crop Bump" is an energetic and somewhat comical theme in C minor and 4/4. The melody comes in on an off-beat with an immediate A natural accidental characteristic of G minor, soon joined by a frantic bassline. This melody is quite similar to the second phrase of "Neo Star". However, rather than slowly rising like the latter, it features a bright descending arpeggio closer to the first phrase of "Neo Star", followed by a resolution based on the opening intonations. This repeated by two brass parts, one providing harmonic support. The second section features a bombastic syncopated chord progression with a dissonant G-flat, ending similarly to the first section the first time while ending in a rising progression and repeated chords the second.
The third section shares intonational similarities with the first, but is higher-pitched and more lyrical in character, alternating between sweeter major harmonies and sharper minor chords. Its first iteration ends with a dominant trill, while the second has the resolution from the first section. A fourth and final section borrows the second section's progression and rapidly modulates upwards before ending up with a bombastic dominant again, after which the track loops.
Game appearances
Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards
In Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards, "Bumper Crop Bump" plays during the eponymous Sub-Game.
Kirby Fighters 2
In Kirby Fighters 2, the theme is arranged in a medley with "Green Greens" as the default staff credits theme.
Names in other languages
Language | Name | Meaning |
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Japanese | とるとるバトル Toru Toru Batoru |
Catch Catch Battle This is the Japanese name for Bumper Crop Bump. |
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