Editing Super Metroid (section)

===Audio===
The [[video game music|music]] for ''Super Metroid'' was composed by [[Kenji Yamamoto (composer born 1964)|Kenji Yamamoto]] and Minako Hamano,<ref name="jpint" /><ref name=gr-history />{{rp|4}}<ref>{{cite web|access-date=March 19, 2011 |url=http://www.gamesradar.com/game-music-of-the-day-super-metroid/ |title=Game music of the day: ''Super Metroid'' |publisher=GamesRadar |date=October 23, 2007 |author=Aversa, Jillian |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150517223638/http://www.gamesradar.com/game-music-of-the-day-super-metroid/ |archive-date=May 17, 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref> and uses 16-bit versions of music from previous games.<ref name=gp-samus /> The [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|Super NES]]'s [[Nintendo S-SMP|sound hardware]] allowed the playback of [[Sampling (music)|samples]] simultaneously on eight channels, as opposed to three [[programmable sound generator|PSG]] channels and one noise channel of the NES. Yamamoto decided that rich and expressive sounds, such as a female chorus, would be required to portray the setting realistically.<ref name="snesclassicmini_interview">{{cite interview |last=Sakamoto |first=Yoshio |subject-link=Yoshio Sakamoto |last2=Yamamoto |first2=Kenji |subject-link2=Kenji Yamamoto (composer born 1964) |interviewer=Akinori Sao |title=Super Metroid Developer Interview |type=transcript |url=https://www.nintendo.com/super-nes-classic/interview-super-metroid |publisher=[[Nintendo]] |location=Kyoto, Japan |year=2017 |access-date=September 22, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170921124849/https://www.nintendo.com/super-nes-classic/interview-super-metroid |archive-date=September 21, 2017 |url-status=live}}</ref> He composed the main theme by humming while riding his motorcycle from work.<ref name="snesclassicmini_interview" /><ref name="M4G-MP3">{{cite web |author=M4G Staff |url=http://www.music4games.net/Features_Display.aspx?id=174 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080315081014/http://www.music4games.net/Features_Display.aspx?id=174 |archive-date=March 15, 2008 |title=Interview with ''Metroid Prime 3: Corruption'' Sound Team at Retro Studios and Composer Kenji Yamamoto |publisher=music4games |date=October 5, 2007 |access-date=January 16, 2015 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

Yamamoto also served as a sound programmer,<ref name="M4G-MP3" /> and wrote a program that sends sound data to the audio chip.<ref name="snesclassicmini_interview" /> He also created [[sound effect]]s,<ref name="M4G-MP3" /> including those created for an infant Metroid to convey different emotions.<ref name="snesclassicmini_interview" /> The simultaneous roles as a composer, a sound programmer and a sound effect creator gave Yamamoto ideas to produce a distinct ''Metroid'' soundtrack "with a sound programmer's ear, with a sound effect creator's ear, and with the approach [[methodology]] and theory of a composer". The [[arrangement]]s and [[remix]]es of the game's themes were used in ''[[Metroid Prime]]'' and its sequels, because Yamamoto wanted to satisfy old ''Metroid'' fans, describing it as a "present" for them.<ref name="M4G-MP3" />

A soundtrack album, ''Super Metroid: Sound in Action'', was published by [[Sony Music Entertainment Japan|Sony Records]] on June 22, 1994. It contains 38 tracks and has a running time of 58:49. It includes the original ''Metroid'' soundtrack by [[Hirokazu Tanaka]], and additional tracks arranged by Yoshiyuki Ito and Masumi Ito.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.squareenixmusic.com/albums/m/metroidsuper.shtml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120309022349/http://www.squareenixmusic.com/albums/m/metroidsuper.shtml |title=''Super Metroid Sound in Action'' |work=Square Enix Music Online |access-date=September 10, 2015 |archive-date=March 9, 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref>