Title Screen / Demo
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"Title Screen / Demo"[Japanese title] is a music piece that originated in Kirby's Adventure. It was composed by Hirokazu Ando[1] and has been remixed a couple of times throughout the series. It was also present in the Kirby 30th Anniversary Music Festival.
Composition
"Title Screen / Demo" is an upbeat, short theme in 4/4 time that's in the key of G flat/F# major. The song starts with a variant of the "Minsky pickup" that was popular in ragtime music during the early 20th century. After the intro, the song goes on with its 8-bit melody. The first portion begins with its jolly melody (with a few accidentals here and there). It then does the same tune again, but in E major, and the ending portion is slightly different. It does this again, but then ends on its home note. After this, it goes onto the second portion which descends in key, going B major, B-flat, A-flat, B-flat. After doing this a second time, it goes up three notes and back down, and the song loops.
Game appearances
Kirby's Adventure / Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land
True to its name, this song can be heard in the title screen and demo reel of Kirby's Adventure. It also plays during the gameplay demo after waiting on the title for a bit. Notably, in the PAL region NES version of the game (also used for the European and Australian Wii Virtual Console), "Title Screen / Demo" has been pitched down by one semitone, mainly due to the entire soundtrack being modified in such a way to fit timing differences for 50Hz televisions.
The song reprises its role in the title screen for Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land, and is remastered using new instruments which make use of compressed synths, steel drums, and whistles.
Kirby's Toy Box
An arrangement of the theme, that notably doesn't include the last four bars of the melody (while the bass and percussion lines continue until the loop point), plays in the title screen theme of all mini-games except for Star Breaker.
Kirby: Planet Robobot
The original version heard in Kirby's Adventure also reappears in the secret moon section of Stage 8 EX of Access Ark in Kirby: Planet Robobot. It can be found as Track 135 in the Jukebox. This title confirms for the first time that the song was composed by Hirokazu Ando.
Kirby's Blowout Blast
A new remix of the song can be heard on the title screen for Kirby's Blowout Blast, named "A 3D Adventure! Kirby's Blowout Blast"[2]. This version slightly follows up from the remix in Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land, but now makes use of more modern instrumentation. The song now features a new percussion line combined with the use of conga drums and crash cymbals. In addition, a short jingle based on the theme plays on the HOME menu when hovering over the game's icon.
Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe
In Merry Magoland, an electronic dance remix of this theme plays at the title screen for the Egg Catcher minigame representing Kirby's Adventure. The original version is unlockable as a secret song after clearing all Egg Catcher missions.
Other appearances
"Title Screen / Demo" is included on the Kirby's Adventure soundtrack and is featured as part of a medley in the vocal track "Kirby of the Stars", though it serves as an instrumental portion.
When selecting the Other Games or Past Adventures option in a Nintendo Switch Kirby game starting with Super Kirby Clash or in Kirby Battle Royale, the Kirby's Blowout Blast version of this theme can be heard when selecting said title.
The theme was also performed as part of the Kirby Through the Years: 1993-2004 medley in the Kirby 30th Anniversary Music Festival, along with "Drawing Song", "Grass Land" from Kirby's Dream Land 2, "Peanut Plains", "Candy Mountain", "The Last Iceberg", "Heading for 0²", and "Ending" from Kirby & The Amazing Mirror.
Names in other languages
| Language | Name | Meaning |
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| Japanese | タイトル画面/デモ[3][4] Taitoru Gamen / Demo |
Title Screen / Demo |
References
- ↑ Kirby: Planet Robobot Jukebox
- ↑ "Kirby's Blowout Blast: Go, Kirby!" Nintendo 3DS Theme
- ↑ Kirby's Adventure
- ↑ Kirby 30th Anniversary Music Festival pamphlet (Internet Archive copy; direct image link)
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- Music in Kirby's Adventure
- Music in Kirby's Toy Box
- Music in Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land
- Music in Kirby: Planet Robobot
- Music in Kirby's Blowout Blast
- Music in Kirby Battle Royale
- Music in Super Kirby Clash
- Music in Kirby Fighters 2
- Music in Kirby and the Forgotten Land
- Music in Kirby's Dream Buffet
- Music in Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe
- Music from Kirby 30th Anniversary Music Festival
