Breakout, known as Block Destruction in the original soundtrack, is a track composed by either Shinji Hosoe, Ayako Saso, Shoichiro Sakamoto, Teruo Taniguchi, or Norihiro Hurukawa for the PlayStation 3 game, 3D Dot Game Heroes, where the track was used in the Blockout mini-game. The song is mainly known for being the former outro and defacto main theme of the Scott The Woz series and has often been a leitmotif for original tracks used in episodes.
Appearances[]
In the Scott The Woz series, Breakout has been used as the outro, and, in most episodes of Season 1 and some Season 2 episodes, as background music. It has also been used once in Seasons 3, 5, 6, and 7.
The song was also used in many WozniakNewsTV videos, first being used in the video "Take a Gander at the 'new Wozniak News.com'" as background music and later used for the last time in the last video on the channel, Wozniak News: 2006-2012 GO TO MAH NEW CHANNEL" where the music can also be heard throughout the video as Scott Wozniak announces his new channel.
The song gained more popularity for its use as the outro for the Scott The Woz series. Starting with A Very Madden 08 Christmas, the song has been used as a base in original music for episodes. Such as breakout (sad edition) by shamyer, the ending portion of The Bible Game Gospel by Mike Stoney, and Scott The Woz Battle Theme by Alen Riddick. Most rips of the song on the Internet have comments that mention Scott The Woz.
Replacement[]
Starting with the Season 6 premiere episode, Donkey Kong: Barrel Blast - The Curse. The outro theme song changed to Break In (End Card) and will likely remain that way throughout the rest of the series (with the exception as a leitmotif) due to Breakout not being owned by Scott Wozniak.
According to Garrett Williamson, Scott had tried to reach out to the composer of Breakout in attempt to gain rights to the song. However Scott failed to reach them. This lack of owning the rights to Breakout may be why Scott replaced Breakout with the new original song.
Use in 3D Dot Game Heroes[]
A screenshot from Blockout
The song plays in the Blockout mini-game, found in the Orgato Village (a location in 3D Dot Game Heroes). Blockout is a reference to Atari's Breakout.
Remixes[]
Since Breakout has been associated to be the main theme of the Scott The Woz series, the song has been composed and referenced in original music for certain episodes.
- A Very Madden 08 Christmas Intro
- Scott The Woz Theme
- Breakout (sad edition)
- The Bible Game Gospel
- It's Awesome Baby! Opening Credits Music
- Scott The Woz - "It's Awesome Baby!" | Main Theme
- Scott The Woz Battle Theme
- relax alax / scott the woz mashup
- Scott The Woz Credits Theme
- It's a Bargain Bin Christmas - Title Theme
- It's a Bargain Bin Christmas - A Modest Collection
- It's a Bargain Bin Christmas - Lament of a Desk
- It's a Bargain Bin Christmas - Title Theme Reprise
- Scott the Woz It's a Bargain Bin Christmas Credits Theme
- Anime Fight Scene
- Mario Tennis Cliffhanger Ending
- The Darkest Age of Nintendo - "The Anti-Gex"
- Scott The Woz Ending Theme - Chibi-Robo! Zip Lash Rearrangement
- You're Not an RPG Guy - A Scott The Woz Christmas - Title Theme
- You're Not an RPG Guy - A Scott The Woz Christmas (Credits Theme)
- Opening / How to Talk About Video Games
- Good Morning, Mr. Woz
- Stupid Nintendo Games
- Discovering the Blue Border
- Closing In
- This Just In
- Might as Well
- Punks from Green Bay
- Stupid Nintendo Games (Reprise)
- Outro Song
- Madden on the Rocks (End Credits)
- Opening Credits (Original Piece)
- Scott's Secret Santa Scheme (Original Piece)
- Big Scott Comfort Moment (Original Piece)
- Ending Credits (Original Piece)
- Barrel Blast Completion Montage
- Break In - Emotional Christmas Rendition
Trivia[]
- Season 4 is the only season of Scott the Woz where Breakout isn't used as background music throughout a video.
- Breakout is named after the Atari 2600 game of the same name, which was the inspiration for Blockout.
- The most viewed video rip about the music piece (published by IvanIMG)'s top comment is by indiejacob and reads "I think it's safe to say Scott brought us here and I don't even need to say which Scott...you already know.".
- In the episode The Gifts of Gaming, Breakout is used more than once because the video is split into smaller sections.