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Waltz on Water
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In video games, there exists a shocking tendency to play waltz music whenever things get really wet. Maybe it's because the most famous waltz happens to be called "On the Beautiful Blue Danube", or maybe there's a slight phonetic similarity between the words "waltz" and "water". It could even be that waltzes and similar compositions are often described as "flowing", much like water. Or it may be because the distinctive tempo of a waltz is evocative of how people tend to bob up and down when submerged in water. Whatever the reason, 3/4 time is a favorite signature for video game music programmers to use for water levels. Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })Another common piece of music to use for water levels, especially with beaches, is a tropical-sounding tune, but that's another trope for another time. Compare Snowy Sleigh Bells, Steel Drums and Sunshine, and Jungle Jazz for other types of music associated with a certain video game setting. See also Regional Riff. Not to be confused with Walk on Water (although those people could probably waltz on top of water if they felt like it...) |
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Averted in Super Mario 64. The water level music sounds nothing like a waltz and is in fact somewhat of a cross between electronic music and soft rock. | |
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New Super Mario Bros. Wii uses another waltz tune for its water levels. This one seems to take a lot of influence from the water music from the first Super Mario Bros, despite being a new melody. | |
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Subverted in Super Mario Bros. 3, which certainly has a waltzy feel to its own water level music, but the music itself is in 4/4. | |
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Super Mario World has a waltz arrangement of its main theme for water levels. | |
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Super Mario Bros.: The first game in the series is the Trope Maker, featuring a now-recognizable waltz in its water levels. Subverted in Super Mario Bros. 3, which certainly has a waltzy feel to its own water level music, but the music itself is in 4/4. Super Mario World has a waltz arrangement of its main theme for water levels. Averted in Super Mario 64. The water level music sounds nothing like a waltz and is in fact somewhat of a cross between electronic music and soft rock. New Super Mario Bros. Wii uses another waltz tune for its water levels. This one seems to take a lot of influence from the water music from the first Super Mario Bros, despite being a new melody. Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story: the aquatic theme not only is a waltz but it is actually called Waltz in the Lake. |
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Pokémon loves this trope. The music first heard when the S.S. Anne departs in Pokémon Red and Green would later be heard as the surfing music of that generation. The franchise's most infamous use of this trope would be in Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire, which features surfing music with a French horn solo that helped make the generation infamous for water and trumpets. | |
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Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story: the aquatic theme not only is a waltz but it is actually called Waltz in the Lake. | |
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