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When its superficial charms have worn away, it will still constitute a cherished collector's item for many of Club Nintendo's fans. It makes for pleasant hour's worth of occasional background listening for those looking for a break from more emotionally or intellectually stimulating music. As a bonus item, the album satisfies as a whole. It also demonstrates the collective effort of Nintendo's sound team to distinguish the line's music from other muzak by offering youthful catchy melodies and distinctive synth blends.
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The selection features most of the interesting and memorable themes from otherwise bland and derivative soundtracks plus several excellent bonuses. The Touch! Generations Soundtrack turned out to be significantly better than expected. A quartet led by Totaka demonstrate their musical sensitivity with contemplative melodies and solos for flute, guitar, piano, and tuned percussion.
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The Wii Sports theme takes the album round full circle. "Nintendogs Theme" sounds excellent in its upbeat jazz rendition and the saxophone work is more elaborate than most muzak out there. The soundtrack concludes with two arrangements performed by members of Nintendo's sound team. And then there is Daisuke Shiba's tongue twisters about Peter Piper for the Japan-only English Training. Ryo Nagamatsu revised the vocals for Wii Degree and melded them with nicely done instrumental passages. Kenta Nagata's title music for Big Brain Academy is dominated by synthesized childish vocals but never becomes annoying thanks to the mixing. One of the more surprising features of the soundtrack are the tracks that integrate vocals. Wii Play's "Fishing" is basically an underdeveloped assortment of random synth fragments while Nintendogs' "Walking the Dog" has a very imbalanced palette despite its jazz leanings. There are some uninspired compositions on the collection, though.
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There are also two very pleasant acoustic themes from the Animal Crossing series the guitar use of Wild World's title theme is very expressive while the piano and strings combination of Brawl's "The Roost" arrangement is sure to inspire nostalgia. The colourful instrumental blends of "The Scent of Color." can inspire synaesthesia while training to be a calligrapher. Wii Play's title theme is an appropriate introduction to the soundtrack given it features many components used in subsequent compositions - jazzy piano melodies, repeated treble frills, and some smooth synth interludes. Totaka's silly off-beat accompaniments to the Wii Shopping Channel and Mii Contest Channel are surprisingly endearing too they help to keep his mentor Hirokazu Tanaka's distinctive influences to Nintendo music alive.Īnother strength of the soundtrack are the distinctive palettes adopted. The curious and comforting melody of "Nintendogs Theme", on the other hand, seems to have been directly inspired by puppies. Some of the more upbeat tracks have charming melodies, especially the two retro-influenced dance themes for Wii Fit. Further bossa-nova pieces are heard in Cooking Guide's lovely violin-based main theme and Kenkou Ouen Recipe 1000's "Kitchen Bossa" for piano and guitar.

The Mii Channel theme seems to be Kazumi Totaka's tribute to one of his earliest compositions, Mario Paint's "Monkey Paint". The title theme for Wii Sports is instantly attractive, for instance, thanks to the gliding and memorable verse. BodyĪmong the main draws of the soundtrack are the melodies. Does the CD provide a pile of muzak unworthy of stand-alone listening or does it serve a greater purpose? Well, there's quite a lot to like. It was also selected to receive CD treatment above musically praised projects like Super Smash Bros. The catches? It was only available to members of Club Nintendo in Japan. There is a lot covered on this CD, including learning ( Big Brain Academy), simulation ( Nintendogs), and sports ( Wii Fit) games as well as even a selection of music from the Wii channels and the Animal Crossing series. The Touch! Generations Soundtrack commemorates Nintendo's highly successful line of DS and Wii games intended to appeal to broader audiences than the traditional gamer.
