In the Halls of the Usurper is a music from the Shovel Knight soundtrack. This is the original stage theme of Pridemoor Keep. It also serves as epilogue theme for Goldarmor's Story Mode in Shovel Knight Showdown. Also in Showdown, it plays when Goldarmor meets King Knight in his Story Mode. It is the default theme of Pridemoor Keep - Castle Tour, and can also be played on Pridemoor Keep - Hall of Springs if Theme Shuffle is enabled.
Description[]
"The regal fanfare of Pridemoor, twisted by King Knight's decadence!"
Music Sheet[]
Music Sheet #23 and can be found in the room left from the beginning of Pridemoor Keep.
Dialogue[]
"Bard: Let's see here... Oh, you found "In the Halls of the Usurper"! My first publicly performed lair theme. You might say it kickstarted my career!"
Trivia[]
- The music is played in the key of A-flat minor.
- The music's name is likely a reference to the famous music piece In the Hall of the Mountain King from Peer Gynt, Suite No. 1. Both are satire of a king's reign.
- The Bard's dialogue, written by composer Jake Kaufman, are two references to the game's development:
- "Kickstarted" is a reference to how the game was funded in a Kickstarter campaign. The color of the word "kickstarted" is also green, like the logo of Kickstarter itself.
- The Bard also mentions that it was his first publicly performed lair theme, which references Pridemoor Keep as being the first playable stage during the game's development, and so the first theme to be heard in the game's original demo.
- This was one of the 4 tracks remixed and used in Just Shapes & Beats' Just Shovels and Knights update.