63: Kirby’s Dream Land 3 in 30 Minutes

The music of the Kirby games is cheerful but not relentlessly so. In fact, Kirby’s swan song on the Super NES, Kirby’s Dream Land 3, has some slightly more down-tempo tracks. This quickie episode is just those: not a comprehensive look at this game, but a more moody take on Kirby, some of Jun Ishikawa’s best work and some of the best music we ever got from Nintendo’s 16-bit era.

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Also listen to Pixel Beat’s episode about the first Kirby’s Dreamland, which helped inspire me to do this episode.

The music of the Kirby games is cheerful but not relentlessly so. In fact, Kirby’s swan song on the Super NES, Kirby’s Dream Land 3, has some slightly more down-tempo tracks. This quickie episode is just those: not a comprehensive look at this game, but a more moody take on Kirby, some of Jun Ishikawa’s best work and some of the best music we ever got from Nintendo’s 16-bit era. 0:06: Opening / Kirby’s Dream Land 3 / Jun Ishikawa 1:02: Pop Star / Kirby’s Dream Land 3 / Jun Ishikawa 4:38: Grass Land 2 / Kirby’s Dream Land 3 / Jun Ishikawa 7:32: Grass Land 4 / Kirby’s Dream Land 3 / Jun Ishikawa 10:28: Ripple Field 2 / Kirby’s Dream Land 3 / Jun Ishikawa 13:22: Ripple Field 3 / Kirby’s Dream Land 3 / Jun Ishikawa 17:30: Sand Canyon 3 / Kirby’s Dream Land 3 / Jun Ishikawa 21:09: Iceburg / Kirby’s Dream Land 3 / Jun Ishikawa 24:43: Cloudy Park / Kirby’s Dream Land 3 / Jun Ishikawa 28:39 Staff Roll / Kirby’s Dream Land 3 / Jun Ishikawa 36:04: Dedede / Kirby’s Dream Land 3 / Jun Ishikawa Pixel Beat’s episode about the first Kirby’s Dreamland: https://pixelbeatpod.com/blog/files/pod26.html Drew on Twitter: https://twitter.com/drewgmackie Singing Mountain on Twitter: https://twitter.com/singmopod On Facebook: https://facebook.com/singingmountainpod/ On iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/singing-mountain/id1252832457 On Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2ISyNLUc1ALxzvjBqw4ru3 On Google Play: https://play.google.com/music/m/Ifofiaeephbs27wb6cqr24dlgl4 On Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/singingmountainpod/ On SoundCloud: @singingmountain On YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9f9iAcO1ZMTYVH91c2Jsyw Official website: https://singingmountainpod.com/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tablecakes TableCakes Productions: https://www.tablecakes.com

Track listing:

0:06: Opening / Kirby’s Dream Land 3 / Jun Ishikawa
1:02: Pop Star / Kirby’s Dream Land 3 / Jun Ishikawa
4:38: Grass Land 2 / Kirby’s Dream Land 3 / Jun Ishikawa
7:32: Grass Land 4 / Kirby’s Dream Land 3 / Jun Ishikawa
10:28: Ripple Field 2 / Kirby’s Dream Land 3 / Jun Ishikawa
13:22: Ripple Field 3 / Kirby’s Dream Land 3 / Jun Ishikawa
17:30: Sand Canyon 3 / Kirby’s Dream Land 3 / Jun Ishikawa
21:09: Iceburg / Kirby’s Dream Land 3 / Jun Ishikawa
24:43: Cloudy Park / Kirby’s Dream Land 3 / Jun Ishikawa
28:39 Staff Roll / Kirby’s Dream Land 3 / Jun Ishikawa
36:04: Dedede / Kirby’s Dream Land 3 / Jun Ishikawa