Amazing VG Themes: Christmas Themes Part 1

On 12/05/2013 at 10:33 AM by The Last Ninja

Video Game Christmas music? There's a lot more than you think!

It's December, and everyone is getting into the Christmas spirit. Why not here on Pixlbit too? For the next three weeks, we're going to hear some great VG Christmas music! Christmas actually appears in quite a number of games, but many of these themes are also just wintry, which often have that Christmas feel. I hope you enjoy these picks, and come back for more.

Ice Mountain Act 2 from Sonic Advance/Composed byTatsuyuki Maeda and Yutaka Minobe

This theme is very catchy and upbeat throughout. It has that classic sound to it, almost sounding 8-bit. It's not very Christmas-y, but it has great winter flavor and style. Sonic can somehow still move very fast in the cold, but the driving music pushes him along with some charisma.

Sherbert Land from Mario Kart: Double Dash!!/Composed by Shinobu Tanaka and Kenta Nagata

DD is one of my favorite Mario Kart games, and the series has always had good music. I love this song in particular. It's very happy and cheery, and gives that winter feel through shakers and its solid use of instruments. Driving over ice? Listen to Sherbert Land!

Winters from Earthbound/Composed by Keichi Suzuki and Hirokazu Tanaka

Earthbound is an amazing game, enhanced by its characters, story, and music. The theme for Winters is so wonderful; the jingle bells come in right away, and the melody is played by some kind of clarinet/oboe instrument. Part B of the song takes the melody in another direction while still maintaining a great feel. The nostalgia is high with this one.

Frozen Hyrule from The Legend of Zelda: Four Sword Adventures/Composed byKoji Kondo and Asuka Ota

This song takes the familiar Dark World theme from A Link to the Past and makes it sound cold and wintry. This plays at a time when Hyrule is "frozen," or in other words, it's snowing. It's a theme we all know and love with a slight variation that adds a new feel to it, and that is a good thing!

Ice World from Tetris Attack/Composed by Masaya Kuzume and Yuka Tsujiyoko

It's another theme that is very catchy and upbeat. If you couldn't guess, I love those kind of themes. Ice World has a driving beat, which it follows consistently throughout. A flute plays the melody, trumpets accent that melody with short bursts, and voices come in near the end to give the song a smoother feel.

Frosty Village from Diddy Kong Racing/Composed by Dave Wise

I've saved the best for last. This song is awesome! This crazy theme plays while you're racing through a snowy village with houses lit up for Christmas. The level itself is great, and the music just makes it that much better. So what do we have here? Well, jingle bells, flutes, guitars, piano, wumping bass, and I can't even tell what that main instrument is; all of this is meshed together to give you a crazy awesome song. Dave Wise is truly amazing.

Matt Snee Staff Writer

12/05/2013 at 12:51 PM

aw, Link and Zelda are too cute in that illustration!

The Last Ninja

12/05/2013 at 03:09 PM

Uh oh, you're getting those warm and fuzzies! What about the music, Matt?

12/05/2013 at 03:20 PM

I like the Earthbound one. I never played that game though.

Aboboisdaman

12/05/2013 at 09:49 PM

That Zelda theme was nice. I had rented Four Swords once, but we couldn't figure it out. It seemed like a cool game though.

12/06/2013 at 12:40 AM

It's a great game with three friends! Me and my brothers played it together, and it's so fun and competitive! There is no Zelda game like it, and I hope Nintendo comes up with another multiplayer zelda game soon.

KnightDriver

12/06/2013 at 02:22 AM

Ever since Mario Kart: Double Dash came out, I've wanted it.

I love Diddy Kong Racing. The hub area music always brings back good memories.

12/06/2013 at 10:36 AM

Both games are great with solid music. DD might be my favorite game in the MK series, and DKR was so much fun back in the day! The music by Dave Wise gave a lot of personality and spunk to that game.

Jamie Alston Staff Writer

12/06/2013 at 09:49 AM

Dude, that Tetris Attack theme for the ice world took me back to the later mid '90s. M y brother and I played the 2P vs. mode for hours on end. One the best games of my youth.

12/06/2013 at 10:38 AM

Me and my bros. had that game growing up too. We bought Pokemon Puzzle League when it came out (same kind of puzzle game) and loved it. I'm not a big puzzle game guy, but Tetris Attack and PPL are the exceptions to that rule.

12/06/2013 at 12:08 PM

Yeah, I also had Pkemon Puzzle League. I think I liked Tetris Attack slightly better, but they both were good games.

daftman

12/06/2013 at 09:40 PM

Nice tunes. I think that Winters sounds, well, the most wintery to me. That is a cool variation on the Dark World theme though. Man, I hope Nintendo makes another Four Swords game eventually.

12/07/2013 at 12:31 AM

Yes, multiplayer zelda is awesome! Nintendo can do it right, the question is, when will that happen?

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