(Blitz Lunar was kind enough to provide the transcriptions in this post and so gets a million e-hearts from me.)
(Also I think you're using a notation where the octave starts at A? In this post I'm using scientific notation where the octave starts at C, so A4 is the A above C4.)
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Originally Posted by SimonJXZ
The Brinstar BGM from Super Metroid is in the key of E♭ minor. Its repeating background pattern - the accompaniment - consists of the following notes:
E♭4, B♭5, E♭5, E4, E5, D♭5
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There are two distinct phrases that are used throughout the whole song: Eb4 Ab4 Bb4 Eb4 Ab4 Db5 and Eb4 Ab4 Eb5 Eb4 Ab4 Db5. Here they are isolated from the audio data:
http://quiteajolt.com/vgmdb/brinstarred.mp3. Most of the song just repeats the second one over and over again.
I'm fairly certain there's no part where it goes up an octave and then back down?
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Originally Posted by SimonJXZ
The beginning of Heart of the Cave jumps around that idea at best. I believe the first part is in A minor? but actually I'm not a pro at identifying everything.
E4, B5, E5, F4, A5, D5 twice
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This is E4 B4 E5 F4 A4 D5 | E4 B4 E5
E4 A4 D5.
It's up a half step but I feel like it compares much more favorably to the second of the two source phrases than you're suggesting. Differences underlined:
Brinstar:
Eb4 Ab4 Eb5 Eb4 Ab4 Db5 |
Eb4 Ab4 Eb5 Eb4 Ab4 Db5
Heart of the Cave:
E4 B4 E5 F4 A4 D5 |
E4 B4 E5 E4 A4 D5
And the rhythm is exactly the same, of course.
This is obviously a pretty light reference to the Brinstar tune (I'd call it a "cameo"), and if the artist hadn't said anything I might've chalked it up to coincidence, but given that Rozovian
did say he used the song, I'm comfortable with calling it a deliberate reference. I hear it pretty clearly. ¯\(º_o)/¯