Ruins Ahead
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"Ruins Ahead" is a stage theme from Kirby Mass Attack associated with the ruin areas of Sandy Canyon. It was composed by Shogo Sakai.
Composition[edit]
"Ruins Ahead" is a somewhat vigorous theme in harmonic C major with D sharp and 4/4, stylized as Middle Eastern music. It opens up with a percussive intro with supporting electric guitar. The melody is played by an oboe and square wave as an allusion to a shehnai. It goes down the theme's unique scale with ornaments, a tendency previously seen in "Top Ride: Sand". It repeats with clearer electric guitar and a glissando at the end. After this, a heavily percussive string rising passage leads back to the original pitch. The sections repeats, with the oboe melody now in tandem with an oud. The rising passage continues with a fanfare before leading into the next section. Here, the oud plays a new motif with a loud harmonic support. This part has a clearer focus on the major aspects of the key, shifting from dominant to tonic with smooth phrases. It eventually takes a quick turn to E-flat major and back to C major through its dominant. The intro repeats as the track loops.
Game appearances[edit]
Kirby Mass Attack[edit]
In Kirby Mass Attack, "Ruins Ahead" plays in the ruin areas of the third, sixth, seventh, ninth, and tenth stages of Sandy Canyon.
Names in other languages[edit]
| Language | Name | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | いせきのなかをつきすすめ！ iseki no naka o tsukisusume! |
Push Forward into the Ruins! |
| Canadian French | Ruines droit devant | Ruins straight ahead |
| European French | Ruines à l'horizon | Ruins in the horizon |
| German | Ruinen in Sicht | Ruins in Sight |
| Italian | Rovine in vista | Ruins in sight |
| Korean | 유적 안에서 전진! yujeog an-eseo jeonjin! |
Forward Within the Ruins! |
| Spanish | Hacia las ruinas | Towards the ruins |
