Pa_er Mario really has great music, I love a silly/cree_y vibe

Man ??????? really has the coolest theme in the game

In the remake, they add the nice visual detail of the bell ringing as the battle starts

Yeah, it's a _retty cool theme, it's s_ooky but _leasant to listen to

Such an interesting story, love how this was tied back to that bouncy circus rhythm. The use of chromatics is so fun in this theme

That chromatic fall at the end of the opening section also gets used in Super Paper Mario's Merlee’s Mansion as the main theme. I played TTYD after Super Paper Mario and noticed it the first time I fought Dooplis.

I like the idea of a character who is near invincible to all damage from a specific person once they take the person’s identity away from them… but that invincibility disappears as soon as you have knowledge of what that character’s true name is. Hence why Doopliss freaks out when Mario says his name correctly. It’s a really unique concept imo

Mind-blowing: the "creepy church organ music" effect of jumping down to a lower note and back up isn't really creepy in itself, it just invokes Bach's Toccata and fugue in d minor, which is the Hallmark piece of creepy organ music (along with the boellmann toccata).  BUT why does Bach do that motion in the piece so much?  It has been proposed, and I think it is correct, that the Bach toccata and fugue in d minor (whose origins we know nothing about) was originally a violin piece and only survives now as an arrangement for organ .  In violin music it's a really common technique to jump down to a lower note like that, especially one on an open string.  The technique is called bariolage and you can hear it, for example, in the prelude to Bach's e major partita.  There's more evidence, btw, than just this, that the toccata and fugue in d was originally for another instrument (e.g., it's just about the only Bach organ piece that plays just one note at a time for substantial length).  Anyway, really cool that this effect of "creepy church organ music" may really just be an accidental offspring of violin bariolage.

This one has got to be my favourite theme from the game. I think the composers really managed to portrait the bosses in their music in this game, Doopliss with his creepy circus music, Magnus von Grapple with his militaristic march or Macho Grubba with his eerie music that just screams "wtf is going on"
Also would be interesting to see a video about the themes from the remake as they even extended some of them (Magnus von Grapple being one of my favourites)

The way composers like this play with chromaticism and notes that shouldnt go together but DO feels like musical witchcraft.
They brewed the most devious concoction to come up with this amazing sounding song.

Doo_liss battle theme is _erfect!

Getting a free history lesson on "Enter the Gladiators."  
That was some interesting segway.

6:39 he is the whole circus.

i love this chaPter its a shame its so short, it has some of my favorite characters in the whole game i love vivian and dooPliss so much

PLEASE DO MORE 😭 The remastered music needs to be studied, just like you did for Pokemon RBY to GSC!

I’m so happy Paper Mario is getting this resurgence of popularity again! This theme in particular is one that I’ve listened to for years and years, and the remake definitely does it justice!

What a spooky goof

I like how they managed to cram Doopliss's entire character arc into his boss theme. He starts off clowning around but once you confront him and kick his teeth in, thats when he starts taking you seriously. The organs kick in and you are left scrambling back to Twilight Town, unsure of how to proceed. Then you get Vivian and learn his secret and as you confront him again, the music goes back to clowning - except that this time, the tables have turned and Doopliss gets to be the clownee for once instead of the clowner.

This is legit one of  my favorite boss themes of all time.

The original work of Sekigawa and Tsujiyoko was genuinely excellent for this game, so glad the remake has allowed more people to enjoy this game with either version of its OST