Masaya Kuzume & Yuka Tsujiyoko - SNES Super Nintendo Tetris Attack (1996) - New 2 LP Record 2024 Purple And Blue Vinyl & Insert - Soundtrack / Video Game Music

"Tetris Attack" on 2xLP opaque purple + light blue vinyl; composed by Masaya Kuzume, Yuka Tsujiyoko, & Koji Kondo; arranged by Masaya Kuzume; released in 2024.

Comes in a soft touch finish jacket w/ inner flood printing. Also includes a double-sided insert w/ artwork and liner notes. All of the paper craft art is new and was made exclusively for this release.

Contains the complete soundtrack to the Super Nintendo version of Tetris Attack, plus the tracks that are exclusive to its original Japanese counterpart, Panel de Pon. Brief sound effects are also sprinkled throughout, which play before and after songs.

Considered the first entry in what would later become known as the Puzzle League series and released in both North America and Europe during 1996, Tetris Attack is the western version of the block puzzle game, Panel de Pon, which released in Japan a year earlier. Pay no mind to the fact that the game doesn't really have anything to do with Tetris or even a theme of "four"...but Nintendo had the trademark so I assume they figured they may as well put it to good use in order to move more copies.

In addition to the name change, Panel de Pon's fantasy aesthetic with unique original characters was instead substituted for a more familiar Super Mario reskin, or more specifically, Yoshi's Island. As a result, some of the music changed along with it, resulting in new arrangements of Koji Kondo's themes.

What's so surprising about this game's music is just how expansive and deep it is for a puzzle game. Of course the Yoshi's Island music is as good as ever, but Tetris Attack has a hefty amount of original music by Intelligent Systems' in-house composers. The game's variety of stage backgrounds comes with a diverse selection of tunes. Themes range from laid back and chill to rockin' and exhilarating to spooky and dark to intense and energetic. But if there's one element tying it all together, it's gotta be funk. Practically every song has that classic '90s Seinfeld-style slap bass guitar all over it. It's a fun soundtrack through and through, and perhaps a bit more complex than one would expect for SNES, being such a late game on the console.