Uploaded June 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Star Fox 64's soundtrack deserves more attention, being the joint effort between two of my favourite composers of all time: Koji Kondo and Hajime Wakai. The score was written right in the middle Kondo's heyday, right between Super Mario 64 and Ocarina of Time, and was Hajime Wakai's first soundtrack credit with Nintendo. Let's explore the elements that make Star Fox sound like Star Fox.

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0:00 - Star Fox Music is Slept On
1:20 - Heroic Determination
4:38 - Sense of Danger - Chromatic Sliding
6:19 - Sense of Danger - Phrygian Mode
10:22 - Hajime Wakai's Disorienting Melodies
12:21 - Kondo's Melodic Genius

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