Stage Clear is a recurring and iconic short music track featured in the Contra series and is one of the few tracks to make an appearance in every game in the series (some games may use a different track but have the same use). As the title suggests, it plays at the end of a stage, right after an area boss is defeated. An exception is usually a game's final boss, in which case this track may or may not play at all depending on the game. In most of these cases, a variation of this track titled "All Stage Clear" will play instead.
Notes[]
- The original Famicom version of Contra features an "all stage clear" fanfare called "All Pattern Clear" ("All PCLR" in the hidden Sound Mode)[1] when the final boss is defeated, which is an arrangement of the "Contra" jingle. However, the export versions of the game were heavily stripped down in other countries in order to lower production costs, suffering changes such as the removal of cutscenes, animations, and music tracks. In the export versions of the game, the standard "Stage Clear" tune is played after defeating the final boss instead.
- In Contra 4, this theme plays when a Challenge is cleared successfully.
- Also in Contra 4, the "Final Victory" track that plays when defeating the final boss is an arranged mixture of "Stage Clear" with "Contra".
Audio[]
| Title | Game | Audio |
|---|---|---|
| Triumphal Return 1 | Contra (arcade) | |
| Triumphal Return 1 | Contra (NES) Contra: Operation Galuga (Retro Mix) |
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| Triumphal Return 1 | Contra (MSX2) | |
| Pattern Clear No.1 | Super Contra (arcade) | |
| Stage Clear | Super C (NES) | |
| Triumphant Return 1 | Operation C | |
| Level/Boss clear Jingle | Contra Force | |
| Pattern Clear | Contra III: The Alien Wars | |
| Stage Clear | Contra: Hard Corps | |
| Mission Accomplished | Contra: The Alien Wars | |
| Stage Clear Jingle | Contra: Legacy of War | |
| Stage Clear Jingle | C: The Contra Adventure | |
| Stage Clear Jingle | Contra: Shattered Soldier | |
| Stage Clear | Contra Advance: The Alien Wars EX | |
| Stage Clear | Neo Contra | |
| Stage Clear | Contra 4 Contra: Operation Galuga (WayForward Mix) |
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| clr (file name) | Contra ReBirth | |
| Stage Clear | Contra: Evolution | |
| EX_StageClear | Hard Corps: Uprising | |
| Mission Accomplished | Contra: Rogue Corps | |
| Secrets Revealed: Rogue Corps united![2] | Contra: Rogue Corps (cutscene) |
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| Who's Next? | Contra: Operation Galuga | |
| Clear the Stage | Contra: Operation Galuga (Retro Remix) |
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References[]
- ↑ Contra (NES) | Triumphal Return at The Cutting Room Floor.
- ↑ Unofficial name. The cutscene is named "Secrets Revealed".