Editing EarthBound (section)

===Music===
{{See also|Music of the Mother series#Mother 2/EarthBound}}
''Mother'' composers [[Keiichi Suzuki]] and [[Hirokazu Tanaka]] returned to make the ''EarthBound'' soundtrack, along with newcomers Hiroshi Kanazu and Toshiyuki Ueno.<ref>{{cite web | title=EarthBound Credits | url=http://www.mobygames.com/game/snes/earthbound/credits | url-status=live | archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20211111/http://www.mobygames.com/game/snes/earthbound/credits | archive-date=2021-11-11 | website=Mobygames.com | publisher=Mobygames | access-date=August 8, 2014}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref name="RPGFan: soundtrack"/> In comparison with ''Mother'', Itoi said that ''EarthBound'' had more "jazzy" pieces.{{r|Famitsu: Itoi}} Suzuki told ''Weekly Famitsu'' that the Super NES afforded the team more creative freedom with its eight-channel [[ADPCM]] based [[SPC700]], as opposed to the old Nintendo Entertainment System's restriction of five channels of basic waveforms. This entailed higher sound quality and music that sounds closer to his regular compositions.<ref name="Famitsu: Suzuki"/> The soundtrack was released by [[Sony Records]] on November 2, 1994.<ref name="RPGFan: soundtrack"/>{{refn|group=nb|It was later reprinted by Sony Music Direct on February 18, 2004.<ref name="RPGFan: soundtrack"/>}}

In Suzuki's songwriting process, he would first compose on a synthesizer before working with programmers to get it in the game. His personal pieces play when the player is walking about the map, out of battle. Suzuki's favorite piece is the music that plays while the player is on a bicycle, which he composed in advance of this job but found appropriate to include. He wrote over 100 pieces, but much of it was not included in the game.<ref name="Famitsu: Suzuki"/> The team wrote enough music as to fill eight megabits of the 24 megabit cartridge—about two compact discs.<ref name="Famitsu: Itoi"/>

[[File:Beach Boys 1967 (cropped).jpg|thumb|[[The Beach Boys]] were one of many Western artists Suzuki and Tanaka drew inspiration from while developing the game's soundtrack.]]
According to Tanaka, [[the Beach Boys]] were repeatedly referenced between him and Suzuki, and that he would often listen to co-founder [[Brian Wilson]]'s [[Brian Wilson (album)|1988 eponymous album]] while on the way to Suzuki's home.<ref name="1101: music"/> Suzuki has stated that the [[Percussion notation|percussive arranging]] in the game's soundtrack was based on the Beach Boys' albums ''[[Smile (Beach Boys album)|Smile]]'' (unreleased) and ''[[Smiley Smile]]'' (1967), which both contained American themes shared with [[Van Dyke Parks]]' ''[[Song Cycle (album)|Song Cycle]]'' (1968). To Suzuki, ''Smile'' evoked the bright and dark aspects of America, while ''Song Cycle'' displayed a hazy sound mixed with American humor and hints of [[Ray Bradbury]], a style that he considered essential to the soundtrack of ''Mother''.<ref name="1101: music"/>{{refn|group=nb|Within a year following the game's release, Keiichi Suzuki recorded a [[cover version]] of the Beach Boys' "[[Good Vibrations]]" (1966), a product of the band's ''Smile'' album where Parks served as a primary lyricist.<ref>{{cite web | title=Discography / Others | url=http://www.keiichisuzuki.com/discography/others/ | url-status=live | archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20211111/http://www.keiichisuzuki.com/discography/others/ | archive-date=2021-11-11 | website=keiichisuzuki.com | access-date=July 21, 2014}}{{cbignore}}</ref>}} Tanaka recalls [[Randy Newman]] being the first quintessentially American composer he could think of, and that his albums ''[[Little Criminals]]'' (1977) and ''[[Land of Dreams (Randy Newman album)|Land of Dreams]]'' (1988) were influential.<ref name="1101: music"/> While Suzuki corroborated with his own affinity for [[Harry Nilsson]]'s ''[[Nilsson Sings Newman]]'' (1970),<ref name="1101: music"/> he also cited [[John Lennon]] as a strong influence due to the common theme of love in his music, which was also a prominent theme in the game,<ref name="Famitsu: Suzuki"/> and that his album ''[[John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band]]'' (1970) helped him to avoid excessive instrumentation over the SNES's technical constraints.<ref name="1101: music"/>

The soundtrack contains direct [[musical quotation]]s of some [[classical music|classical]] and [[folk music]]; the composers also derived a few [[sampling (music)|samples]] culled from other sources including commercial [[pop music|pop]] and [[rock music]].<ref name="Kotaku: Man Who Wrote"/>{{refn|group=nb|These quotations and samples are believed to include [[the Beach Boys]] ("[[Deirdre (song)|Deirdre]]"),<ref>{{cite web | title=The Beatles, Beach Boys and Monty Python really were in Earthbound | url=http://www.destructoid.com/the-beatles-beach-boys-and-monty-python-really-were-in-earthbound-277313.phtml | url-status=live | archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20211111/http://www.destructoid.com/the-beatles-beach-boys-and-monty-python-really-were-in-earthbound-277313.phtml | archive-date=2021-11-11 | website=Destructoid | access-date=July 21, 2014 | date=June 28, 2014}}{{cbignore}}</ref> [[the Beatles]] ("[[Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (song)|Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band]]"), [[the Who]] ("[[Won't Get Fooled Again]]"), [[Antonín Dvořák]] ([[Symphony No. 9 (Dvořák)|Symphony No. 9]]), [[Ric Ocasek]] ("[[This Side of Paradise (album)|This Side of Paradise]]"), [[the Doors]] ("[[L.A. Woman|The Changeling]]"), [[Bimbo Jet]] ("El Bimbo"), The Dallas String Band ("Dallas Rag"), "[[The Liberty Bell (march)|The Liberty Bell]]", "[[The Star-Spangled Banner]]", the ''[[Our Gang]]'' theme, "[[Tequila (Champs song)|Tequila]]", and [[Chuck Berry]] ("[[Johnny B. Goode]]").<ref name="Kotaku: Man Who Wrote"/>}} The texture of the work was partially influenced by some [[Salsa music|salsa]], [[reggae]], and [[dub music]].<ref name="1101: music"/>{{refn|group=nb|In these sectors, Tanaka cited influence from [[Andy Partridge]] of [[XTC]]'s ''[[Take Away / The Lure of Salvage]]'' (1980), [[Lalo Rodríguez]]'s ''[[Un Nuevo Despertar]]'' (1988) and ''Fireworks'' (1976), [[King Tubby]]/[[Yabby You]]'s ''King Tubby's Prophesy of Dub'' (1976), and [[the Flying Lizards]]' ''The Secret Dub Life of the Flying Lizards'' (1995).<ref name="1101: music"/>}} Speaking about [[Frank Zappa]]'s ''[[Make a Jazz Noise Here]]'' (1991), Tanaka felt that Zappa would have been the best at creating a live performance of ''Mother'' music, but could not detail Zappa's specific influence on ''EarthBound''. Additionally, he felt that the mix tape ''[[Wired (magazine)|Wired Magazine Presents: Music Futurists]]'' (1999) presented a particular selection of artists that embody the ethos of ''EarthBound'', running the gamut from [[Space age pop|space age]] composer [[Juan García Esquivel|Esquivel]] to [[Experimental music|avant-garde]] [[trumpet]]er [[Ben Neill]], along with innovators [[Sun Ra]], [[Steve Reich]], [[Todd Rundgren]], [[Brian Eno]], and [[Can (band)|Can]].<ref name="1101: music"/>{{refn|group=nb|The compilation operates under the premise of [[pop art]]ists "on the cutting edge of technology in music".<ref>{{cite web | last1=Pearson | first1=Paul | title=Wired Magazine Presents: Music Futurists | url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/wired-magazine-presents-music-futurists-mw0000048006 | url-status=live | archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20211111/http://www.allmusic.com/album/wired-magazine-presents-music-futurists-mw0000048006 | archive-date=2021-11-11 | website=AllMusic | access-date=July 21, 2014}}{{cbignore}}</ref>}} Tanaka also mentioned that he listened to the various artists compilation ''[[Stay Awake: Various Interpretations of Music from Vintage Disney Films]]'' (1988) heavily during ''EarthBound''{{'}}s development.<ref name="1101: music"/> Miscellaneous influences on Suzuki and Tanaka for ''EarthBound'' include the music of [[Michael Nyman]], [[Miklós Rózsa]]'s [[film score]] for ''[[The Lost Weekend (film)|The Lost Weekend]]'' (1945), and albums by various other pop/rock musicians.<ref name="1101: music"/>{{refn|group=nb|They include [[Prince (musician)|Prince]]'s ''[[Around the World in a Day]]'' (1985) and ''[[Sign o' the Times]]'' (1987), [[Godley & Creme]]'s ''[[Consequences (Godley & Creme album)|Consequences]]'' (1977), [[A Tribe Called Quest]]'s ''[[People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm]]'' (1990) and [[My Bloody Valentine (band)|My Bloody Valentine]]'s ''[[Loveless (My Bloody Valentine album)|Loveless]]'' (1991).<ref name="1101: music"/>}}