Eight Melodies

The Eight Melodies (Japanese: Eight Melodies) appear in two games in the Mother series: the first in EarthBound Beginnings and the second in EarthBound. They both play a large role in their respective games' stories.
==In EarthBound Beginnings==
The Eight Melodies of Mother was the song that Maria sung to Giegue as a lullaby during the time she was with him.
Throughout the game, Ninten will have to check or use Telepathy on certain objects or characters to learn each of the Eight Melodies. After getting the Ocarina, he can listen to any known melodies anywhere. He can learn them in any order, although the order listed in the game is below, along with their lyrics.
Source 	Area 	Lyrics
Doll 	Ninten's house 	Take a melody
Canary 	Canary Village 	Simple as can be
Singing monkey	Choucream Zoo 	Give it some words and
Piano 	Rosemary's house 	Sweet harmony
Desert Cactus 	Yucca Desert 	Raise your voices
Dragon 	Magicant Underground	All day long now love grows strong now
Eve 	Mt. Itoi 	Sing a melody of
XX Stone 	Mt. Itoi 	Love, oh love
After learning the Eight Melodies, Ninten will be warped from George's tombstone to where he must sing it to Queen Mary. She will remember the song, and Queen Mary will finally rest in peace, destroying Magicant.
Singing the Eight Melodies are the only way of defeating Giegue in the final battle.
The Eight Melodies of Mother also appear prominently on the Mother and Mother 1+2 soundtracks. They also occur as part of the medley "Mother" used as the primary musical track for the Onett stage in Super Smash Bros. Melee and Super Smash Bros. Brawl.
===Key===
The piece is played in several different keys. The original Eight Melodies in Mother plays in D major, as is the Bein' Friends remix from Super Smash Bros. Brawl; the Magicant remix from Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS is in F major, as is the vocal version heard on the Mother album; the 16 Melodies version is in C major.
===Bard's song===
A bard in sings about the Eight Melodies, and their various locations.
:"Why do you cry, oh Cupid-Doll?
:Canary sings so sadly.
:Monkey sings, Piano plays, maybe there is a ghost?
:Desert Cactus so alone, every night his sad, sad tone.
:The Dragon sleeps, the note remains.
:Eve's last song has no refrain.
:On the Mount named Itoi, you must climb high young boy.
:See the XX Stone, for the last tone, then do not leave Queen Mary alone!"
==In EarthBound==
In EarthBound, the Eight Melodies are learned from each of the Your Sanctuaries. After learning all eight, Ness's mind will be one with Earth, and create his , where he will defeat the evil of his mind.
At the beginning of the game, Buzz Buzz will give Ness the Sound Stone to record the melodies at each Your Sanctuary location. Similar to the Eight Melodies in EarthBound Beginnings, most of the melodies can be recorded in a different order. Below is a list of the sanctuary locations, in the order that the Sound Stone lists them in.
Sanctuary 	Area
Giant Step 	Onett
Lilliput Steps	Happy Happy Village
Milky Well 	
Rainy Circle 	Winters
Magnet Hill 	Fourside
Pink Cloud 	Dalaam
Lumine Hall 	Tenda Village
Fire Spring 	Lost Underworld
A full rendition of the Eight Melodies plays during a flashback cutscene of Ness as a baby shown just before Ness enters Magicant and again during the battle with Giygas when Ness's family prays for his safety. During the end credits when the Photo-man's pictures are shown, an extended version of the song titled "Smiles and Tears" plays.
==In Mother 3==
Unlike the previous two games, no Eight Melodies mechanic is present in Mother 3. They are replaced by the Mother 3's chapter-based structure and the Seven Needles.
During the staff credits, a medley consisting of the Eight Melodies of Mother, the Eight Melodies of EarthBound, and the Mother 3 Love Theme plays. In the Sound Player, it is called 16 Melodies (Beginning), obviously referencing the two sets of Eight Melodies.
The Mother 3 Love Theme is also comparable to the sets of Eight Melodies in that it serves as an emotional theme for the protagonist, intentionally designed to be so simple it can be played on a piano with one finger by anyone.Nindori.com interview with Shigesato Itoi, translated
==References==
Category:EarthBound Beginnings Category:EarthBoundCategory:Music