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|game1=''[[Kirby: Triple Deluxe]]''

|lastgame=''[[Kirby Fighters 2]]''

'''"Taranza, the Master of Puppetry"'''<ref>''Kirby: Triple Deluxe Soundtrack'' track listing</ref> is the musical piece associated with [[Taranza]]. Its leitmotif plays during situations that involve him, such as cutscenes.

==Composition==

"Taranza, the Master of Puppetry" is a slow-paced, minor-key theme set in 4/4 time. It bears a great resemblance to [[King Dedede's Theme]], fitting the relationship between the two characters, but it diverges further as its melody progresses.

Taranza's theme first appears in this game during the theme for the opening cutscene, "Waking to a flowery coup!", in which it plays while Taranza abducts [[King Dedede]]. For this cutscene, the song has a driving, synthetic bassline and uses brass instruments primarily. It is later seen in a more elaborate, fleshed-out manner in the cutscene titled "Taranza, the master of puppetry", which plays prior to the [[Masked Dedede]] fight. This version begins with a focus on strings and woodwinds, but introduces a heavy brass section near the end, increasing the tension.

The variation of Taranza's theme from "Waking to a flowery coup!" is expanded upon to become [[Dark Taranza]]'s battle theme in ''Team Kirby Clash Deluxe''. It includes an original refrain with "[[Green Greens (theme)|Green Greens]]" so as to distinguish it as a standalone track.

In ''Kirby Star Allies'', "Taranza, the Master of Puppetry" is used as Taranza's personal [[Dream Friend]] jingle, as well as the theme for his [[Guest Star ???? Star Allies Go!#Pseudo HAL Room|Pseudo HAL Room]]. In both cases, the theme is rearranged by [[Jun Ishikawa]]<ref>''Kirby Star Allies'' [[Jukebox]]</ref> and features accordion and viola, giving it a somewhat more refined air.

A rearrangement of the theme plays during the battles with [[Shadow Kirby]] on the Easy, Normal and Hard difficulties of [[Single-Handed Mode]], and on Chapter 4 of [[Story Mode: The Destined Rivals]]. It is named '''参戦！シャドーカービィ''' (''Enter the Battle! Shadow Kirby'') and arranged by [[Yuki Shimooka]]<ref>[https://www.hallab.co.jp/company/blog/detail/003479/ 4th blog post about ''Kirby Fighters 2'', HAL Laboratory site]</ref>.

An arrangement of Taranza's theme appears on the ''Kirby: Triple Deluxe'' soundtrack as part of the track "Dreams and Disappearing Kings", which is largely a rearrangement of "Waking to a flowery coup!" The theme also appears in the [[Kirby 25th Anniversary Orchestra Concert]] as part of the track "Kirby: Triple Deluxe Medley", where it's used to precede "[[Fatal Blooms in Moonlight]]". The orchestral version of this song is very similar to the "Taranza, the master of puppetry" variation, and was arranged by [[Shogo Sakai]].

 

 

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