I thought that this track would be a good bridge between our usual fare of video game music and bridging the gap between seasonal and cold-weather music, something we also did last year as well.
"Pinky's Revenge," being the name of the stage and thereby is now the name of the song as there is no official soundtrack, bears a lot of the hallmarks of a seasonally appropriate song, at least through the first half of the song. First off, there are the xylophone-like instruments that carry the bouncy melody that sounds like something from "Pee-Wee's Big Adventure" and "National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation." Then around 30 seconds in, we are greeted with jingle bells for about 20 seconds before Bernhard Herman and Hans Zimmer's lovechild comes in with an over-the-top "Psycho"-esque screeching discordant chords.
"Pinky's Revenge" is boss-level music, so it only makes sense that a lot of the music here is dedicated to creating an exciting and dangerous feeling whereas winter-themed music is often more subdued. Although the xylophone/glockenspiel does make a brief return around the 1:30 mark if only to remind us that this fight takes place in a frozen hellscape of a stage while Pac-Man throws himself at Pinky's Blower (whatever that is).
So, welcome one and all to the month of December where we will be featuring frozen, cold, and wintery-themed tunes for you all month.
~JWfW/JDub/The Faceplantman/Jaconian
Souls Weeping Above
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