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The ''Mother'' series is a role-playing video game series created by Shigesato Itoi for Nintendo. The series started in 1989 with the Japan-only release of ''Mother'', which was followed up by ''Mother 2'', released as ''EarthBound'' outside of Japan, for the Super NES in 1994. A second sequel was released in Japan only, ''Mother 3'', for the Game Boy Advance in 2006. The music of the ''Mother'' series includes the soundtracks to all three games; the first game was composed for by Keiichi Suzuki and Hirokazu Tanaka, who were joined by Hiroshi Kanazu for the second game, while ''Mother 3''s score was written by Shogo Sakai. The music has inspired several album releases. ''Mother'' saw the release in 1989 of an album primarily composed of vocal arrangements of pieces from its soundtrack; this album was re-released in 2004 in an expanded form. ''Earthbound'' had a soundtrack album associated with the game released in 1994 and again in 2004 that contained both original tracks from the game and medleys of multiple tracks. A compilation release, ''Mother 1+2'', received a soundtrack album release in 2003, as well as an album of MIDI piano versions of songs from the two games in 2006. The latest release in the series, ''Mother 3'', has two soundtrack albums: ''Mother 3+'', released in 2006, and the online-only release ''Mother 3i'' in 2007. The games' soundtracks have received primarily positive reviews, and the music itself has gone on to some popularity. Multiple piano sheet music books of pieces from the series have been produced, and the "Eight Melodies" song originally featured in ''Mother'' has been included in some Japanese music textbooks. Music from the series has been used in the ''Super Smash Bros.'' series of fighting games, has been played in orchestral game music concerts, and been remixed for websites such as OverClocked Remix. == Mother == , later re-released as ''EarthBound Beginnings'', is a role-playing video game published by Nintendo for the Nintendo Entertainment System video game console in 1989. The game's soundtrack was composed by Keiichi Suzuki and Hirokazu Tanaka. Tanaka was a video game composer working for Nintendo who had previously composed for games such as ''Super Mario Land'' and ''Metroid'', while Suzuki was a composer and musician for bands of many different genres.〔 The NES was only able to play three notes at a time, which Suzuki has noted greatly limited what he was able to produce, as he could not create some of the sounds he wanted.〔 Melodies and themes from some pieces from the soundtrack were reused in the other games in the series. ("Pollyanna", "Snowman", and "Eight Melodies" make an appearance in all three games.) Some of the music from the game was recorded as a studio album by Suzuki and Tanaka in collaboration with various artists entitled ''Mother''. The album was released by CBS/Sony on August 21, 1989. It consists of eleven tracks, seven of which are English vocal arrangements of songs from the game created by Suzuki, David Bedford, Takeshi Saitoh, and Michael Nyman. The lyrics to these arrangements were written by Linda Hennrick, and each one was performed by a different artist or group such as Catherine Warwick and St Paul's Cathedral Choir.〔 The album cover shows the word "MOTHER" in a shade of brown over a red background; the letter "O" of "MOTHER" is replaced by an image of planet Earth, also with a brownish tinge. The soundtrack was reissued on February 18, 2004 by Sony Music Direct with its tracks digitally remastered, a song from ''EarthBound'' entitled "Smile and Tears" was added, and the track "The World of Mother" was replaced with a version that is six minutes longer.〔 Reviewer Patrick Gann of RPGFan received the album well, saying that he enjoyed the variety of genres presented in it, though he noted that the lyrics were "trite and cheesy", though still "catchy". He also applauded the production value, calling it "incredible, especially for 1989".〔 Square Enix Music Online, in their review of the album, called it "a happy little gem with quirks and surprises". Though unlike RPGFan they felt that the sound production quality was not as good as it could be, they still felt that the pieces had "stood the test of time in terms of good music".〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Music of the Mother series」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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