Fun Naming (Mother 3 Remastered)

Mother 3 is a game I hold very near and dear to my heart. It's one of my favorite JRPGs and every element, from the art direction, the gameplay and the story, is wonderfully crafted and thoughtfully designed. Chief among these is the soundtrack, composed by Shogo Sakai. It blends rock 'n' roll, symphonic, latin, jazz and a myriad of other genres to create a lengthy and memorable soundscape to compliment the story, visuals and gameplay.

For the longest time, I've thought about how it would sound if the soundtrack were to appear on a modern remake/remaster of the game. Of course, there are albums like Mother 3+ and Mother 3i that give us amazing arrangements and remixes of the tracks, and a myriad of other projects looking to do the same. But I wanted to take a shot at it. With my sample libraries, mixing tools and well as my skills in arrangements and remixes, I have attempted such an endeavor. To lighten my load, I decided that not all the tracks will be Remastered, just the standouts from various sections and chapters of the game. This is my way of paying tribute to Shogo Sakai's wonderful soundtrack and compositions, and to Shigesato Itoi, HAL Laboratories and Brownie Brown for developing such a treasure of a game. I hope you enjoy.

"Fun Naming" and the Mother 3 Soundtrack is composed by Shogo Sakai.

Note: Fun fact! This track was done waaaaaaaaaay back in like. 2018. Back before I even considered this project, and when I first purchased the Korg M1 plugin. This track uses exclusively sounds from that VST, and hasn't changed much since then. Besides using my current mixing perspective, of course. Most tracks won't be like this of course.

I've always liked this theme. It truly is quite soothing. Perfect BGM for naming major characters and various customizations.