Earthbound OST - Eight Melodies

The lilting symphony of the Eight Melodies. Composed by the fantastic Keiichi Sezuki.

[beptopismol]

"Suddenly, Ness's Mother felt uneasy, and she began to pray for the safety of her son and his friends."

[frederickthegamer]

Earthbound is proof that games are art

[astralboythearoace]

I'm not crying... Someone used PSI flash in my room...

[SlimMK]

I used to play this game 25 years ago as a kid and loved this song. Now I hum this song to put my baby to sleep. Love Earthbound <3

[lane]

In the original MOTHER, you were collecting pieces of the melodies for Queen Mary because she forgot how it went. Later it's revealed that Mary was actually Maria, the one who raised Giegue and used those melodies to calm him.

The point I'm making is that these eight melodies you collect in your sound stone belongs to someone. But it isn't for any specific character.

The song belongs to you, either Ness or the player. I like to think that this song comes from the inner most parts of Ness'/your soul, manifesting within these Your Sanctuary spots, and collecting them unlocks the true potential you always had deep down inside.

Forgive me if it makes no sense, as I thought of it on the spot.

[jonbradley]

I can't imagine the nostalgia people who played this masterpiece as a kid feel when hearing this, I only played like 2 years ago and I still feel it.

[SenetTheSnek]

Everyone, we have finally done it. After all these years, Nintendo heard our prayers.

[wal-ckpj]

"I don't think he needs to be rich or famous... but I want him to be a thoughtful, strong boy."

[Poyostar]

I swear, every time I hear this I keep getting reminded of Satoru Iwata. God, I miss him...

On another note though, I find this track to perfectly fit scenarios where a character is going through their own distant memories... although that's probably because that is kind of what happened when this track started playing in-game.

[BeanieFlare]

I’m not embarrassed to admit this part made me tear up

[erichdz]

I'm going to miss the EarthBound soundtrack here on YouTube.

[Gravity-qitp]

God, I need one of those little music boxes to play this tune.

[lessermoook]

the legendary, bizarre story of the boy that met 3 strangers & saved the world

[pippishortstalking]

You've gotten all 8 of the melodies
and so the game is almost to the end!
But you still have a way to go! So please enjoy the very last part!

[danmeldrum]

0:18 at 2x speed = Ness's victory theme in Smash 64 & Melee

[KW]

Adults have seen so much more than me

So many things that I still want to see

So I took my backpack into the world

And filled it with memories

[danielturner]

I just wish that giygas had his heart purified when he heard this.

[_-nerd]

If I listen to this in 20 years I’m still good.

[chris-hqhd]

saying hi to myself like 8 years from now. hope things are going well

[adamangeles]

"Suddenly, Nintendo fans felt uneasy and began praying for the safety of Iwata and his friends"