Kirby: Song From the Classic Franchise Nominated For A Grammy Award

A new Kirby arrangement from The 8-Bit Big Band featuring Button Masher has been nominated at the 64th Annual Grammy Awards

Something a little different today as this news was certainly unexpected, especially as I watched it happen in real-time. On Tuesday, the 64th Annual Grammy Awards announced the nominations from all the music released in the last year and the adorable pink hero we all know as Kirby has a shot at winning.

Kirby has already been in the news recently thanks to the announcement of the 3-D platformer game, Kirby and the Forgotten Land, and now he could be the first video game character to be responsible for winning a Grammy award.

Meta Knight’s Revenge

So, obviously, Kirby isn’t the one that made the song, but he is the inspiration. The song nominated is a classic song from the Kirby franchise performed by The 8-Bit Big Band featuring Button Masher. It’s an arrangement of “Meta Knight’s Revenge” from Kirby Super Star which was released on the SNES and created by Charlie Rosen and Jack Silverman.

It was nominated for Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella category alongside 4 other arrangements. As for the song in question, The 8-Bit Big Band’s arrangement maintains the same iconic melody that made the original so famous, yet takes advantage of it being performed with a live band. It provides a much smoother, groovier take of the melody. You can watch The 8-Bit Big Band and Button Masher work their magic with the song down below.

The 8-Bit Big Band is a full-sized jazz orchestra consisting of 25+ people, that was formed to celebrate some of the best musical themes written from various video games from all consoles. Other video game franchises they have covered include The Legend of Zelda, Metal Gear Solid 3, Portal 2, Luigi’s Mansion, Animal Crossing, Super Mario Odyssey and a tasteful rendition of the Wii Shop Channel Music but it’s Austin Powers. It’s truly worth checking out their channel if you have yet to do so.

The only other gaming music to receive a Grammy Award nomination in the past was Journey in 2012 for its soundtrack, so here’s to hoping Kirby and The 8-Bit Big Band featuring Button Masher be the first to win a Grammy Award.