One of the early lines in Super Mario Odyssey's
vocal theme song is «it's freedom like you never knew» — and while as a lyric for a game theme it's a little on the nose it's also completely accurate to Odyssey.
Not exact matches
Some of the
vocal tracks were just recorded onto the computer.For the most part, the whole thing was on four - track, giving it a scratchy feel.The new album will probably cover the whole experience of trying to get my thing off the ground, losing hope and finding hope.So, I think there will be a
theme to the whole record, but it won't be as story - driven as the last one.Like in The Novelist, there's a specific «on this
song this is happening, and on the next
song such - and - such is happening,» along with the character building.
Many of the
songs chosen for the album emphasize the
theme of pilgrimage, and the
vocal harmonies of
songs like «Angel Band» remind us of our heavenly destination.
Other
songs in the charts that week included Black Night, by Deep Purple; Band of Gold by Freda Payne, which had previously been a number one; War, by Edwin Starr (what is it good for, absolutely nothing); Paranoid, by Black Sabbath (with Ozzy Osbourne on
vocals); Voodoo Chile, by Jimi Hendrix, about to become the number one in the following week; Whole Lotta Love, by CCS (the
theme tune to a TV institution for so many years, Top of the Pops), Ride A White Swan, by T Rex; and Cracklin» Rosie by Neil Diamond.
A French version is also provided; curiously, this version loses the element of
vocals in the opening
theme song and also dubs over Franceska's intermittent use of French.
Nicole Scherzinger, best known as the lead singer of the Pussycat Dolls, brings her
vocal talents to GoldenEye 007 with her new rendition of Tina Turner's original «GoldenEye»
theme song.
Hit Western singing group «Riders in the Sky» sing the
theme song from «Woody's Roundup» TV show, and the legendary Robert Goulet lends his signature
vocal styling to a big - band rendition of «You've Got a Friend in Me.»
A highlight of the audio presentation is the opening
theme song, which features music and
vocals wonderfully rendered.
We got Azam Ali to write an amazing soundtrack, Syphon's first
theme song with lyrics and
vocals.
The disk also contains an instrumental version, an unrelated
song entitled «Gotsuki - sama ~ UTIKISAMA ~» («The Moon»), and a
vocal version of Aerith's
theme song from Final Fantasy VII titled «Pure Heart».
The producer kz has used Hatsune Miku
vocals under his unit name livetune in the past; while he has contributed opening
theme songs before, this is his first under the livetune name.
Interestingly, it was also noted that the new album will feature the
vocals of Jason Paige who is known for singing the original Pokémon
theme song.
For example, their version of Ashley's
theme from WarioWare Touched is perhaps the only remix I've heard that actually changes up the order of the
vocals and mixes it with other «spooky»
songs from the series.
The
song builds up slowly but eventually goes into typical hollywood «epic battle»
theme music complete with choir
vocals.
It is worth making a particularly special mention here on the Arms
Theme Song, written by Nintendo's own house orchestra and with
vocal prowess of Japan superstar Eliana (think Mario Kart 8's wonderful soundtrack with a Brazilian samba twist), which is wonderfully performed and incredibly catchy.
On The Edge, an exclusive
vocal album, features, as the name suggests, 14
vocal songs including smash hit
themes «Fist Bump» and «Infinite» for a great low price of ¥ 1,200 ($ 10.69).
Its
vocal theme «Radical Dreamers» was so successful that Mitsuda was asked to compose a track for its vocalist Noriko Mitose on the original album Ten Plants 2 Children
Songs.