Malo Mart (Theme)
"Malo Mart" is a Song in Twilight Princess.[1]
Overview
"Malo Mart" is associated with the Malo Mart Castle Branch; the original Malo Mart in Kakariko Village instead plays the standard Shop theme. It is the fifth track on Disc 2 of The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess HD Original Soundtrack, as well as the fourteenth track on The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess HD Sound Selection.
The song is a comically-upbeat remix of the game's Shop theme, featuring a slap bass line, whistles, and unintelligible vocals.
Lyrics
The lyrics of the high-pitched voice samples which are repeated throughout the song, while not confirmed, can be interpreted as "買っちゃいな～ 買っちゃいな～ 買いたくなったら 買っちゃいな～Katchaina~ Katchaina~ Kaitakunattara katchaina~", which roughly translates to "Why not buy some? Why not buy some? If you like it, why not buy some?".[2] "買っちゃいな～ 買っちゃいな～Katchaina~ Katchaina~" is also what the two shoppers in the middle of the room chant in the Japanese version of Twilight Princess (localized as "Buy one! Get one!" in the English version).[3] The woman close to the pillar says "買っちゃうわ〜！ 買っちゃうわ〜！ 買いたくなくても 買っちゃうわ〜！Katchauwa~! Katchauwa~! Kaitakunakutemo katchauwa~!" in the Japanese version,[3] (or "I'll take one! I'll take one! I don't really want one, but I take one, by gosh!" in the English version) which can be seen as a response to these lyrics.
The announcer voice sample played half a minute into the song, when reversed, has been found to sound like "とにかく安いマロマート、本日に限りヤーッサガヤーッサニニ安い安い安いガーサンTonikaku Yasui Maro Māto, Honjitsu ni Kagiri Yāssagayāssanini Yasui Yasui Yasui Gāsan"[2] with a slight variation of the lyrics found in [4], which roughly translates to "Malo Mart, always cheap! Only today cheap, cheap, cheap!", broken up by some interjections.
Trivia
A popular English mondegreen of the high-pitched vocals is "Rice cake farm? Rice cake farm? Why did we come to the rice cake farm?".
Nomenclature
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See Also
References
- ↑ Toru Minegishi. "Malo Mart" The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess HD Original Soundtrack, Nintendo, 2016. CD
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 マロマートの曲を逆再生すると？？【トワイライトプリンセス】What happens when you play the Malo Mart song backwards? [Twilight Princess], @shihaininmil-zelda on YouTube, Uploaded November 9, 2018
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 トワイライトプリンセス マロマート ｶｯﾁｬｲﾅイベントまとめTwilight Princess "Buy Some" Event Summary, @ジョウ-n4e on YouTube, Uploaded November 1, 2017
- ↑ "『トワイライトプリンセス』のマロマートの曲は、拡声器っぽい部分を逆再生すると「とにかく安いマロマート、本日に限りヤーッサガヤーッサニニ安い安い安いガーサン」という日本語が聴き取れるが、部分的に不明瞭なのでスッキリしない。" — @sayunu on Twitter, January 23, 2017 (Archive)