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Tension Before a Confrontation (対決前緊張)[1] is an ominous theme in Metroid Fusion.
Description[]
As implied by the title, it is heard when about to confront a boss character in the vicinity, often foreshadowing the presence of a boss character, as well as the immediate aftermath of a boss battle, and is heard for all boss rooms save for those of the scientist (due to the character being fought during a countdown), Nettori, the second Security Robot B.O.X. boss fight, the SA-X boss fight, and the Omega Metroid boss fight.
The same eerie tune returns several times as the leitmotif of the X in Metroid Dread. The track Boss Commander X 001[2] heard during Raven Beak's X infection incorporates the melody of Tension Before a Confrontation, played on tense distorted strings quietly underneath dark ambience and harsh beats; much like the theme's original context, it serves as a prelude to the confrontation with Raven Beak X. Additionally, Boss Mid Superquetzoa-X and Boss Mid Supergoliath-X both open with a short clip of this tune, and a later part of Boss Cooldown-X features an ominous arrangement of this theme.
The original theme can be heard here: [1], and the Dread arrangement can be heard here: [2].
References[]
- ^ Metroid Prime & Fusion Original Soundtracks
- ^ The song's filename in the internal data of Dread is "s_boss_commander_x_001", with "s_boss_comamnder_x_002" being Raven Beak X's battle theme.