Today's song is one I've been obsessively listening to recently. I still have yet to play either of the Super Mario Galaxy games, despite loving both of their soundtracks. I posted one track from the first Super Mario Galaxy already, a song named "Wind Garden", which was the main theme to that game. That motif appears again here, acting as a theme to the entire series The soundtrack for Super Mario Galaxy 2 is once again composed by Mahito Yokota, with some main themes contributed by Koji Kondo. There are also a few songs by the new composer Ryo Nagamatsu, who also worked on the New Super Mario Bros. Wii soundtrack. These end credits, however, are indeed another composition of Mahito Yokota, whom I hope continues to score many more game soundtracks in the future.
As the end credits suite, this track reprises three songs from Super Mario Galaxy 2. The first is of course the main theme: "Sky Station Galaxy" on the official soundtrack. The end credits offer a slightly altered version of the theme before moving into the truly stirring transition to "The Starship Sails" at 1:56 - a transition that might mark my favorite part of the entire soundtrack. The song then reprises part of "Sky Station Galaxy" again at 2:27 before ending with the original "Wind Garden" theme at 2:57. All together, the song is an excellent introduction to the musical beauty of the Super Mario Galaxy series, and one of the best end credit themes to a game that I know. Enjoy!
Album info: http://vgmdb.net/album/19454
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