What Makes A Good Melody - Earthbound's Snowman Theme

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Earthbound (1994)
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Since winter is upon us, I thought it'd be fun to analyze one of my favourite tunes from the Earthbound soundtrack: the Snowman theme.

Shout out to Ellie McEla (https://www.youtube.com/user/TheBigMinorsOfficial) for providing a truly impressive transcription of this tune as well as the rest of the earthbound soundtrack, which you can find here: http://kobbelobbe.tumblr.com/mother

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