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[[File:Underwater_motif.oga|thumb|300px|The main motif played on a piano]]
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The "'''Underwater Theme'''" is a recurring musical theme composed by [[Koji Kondo]], first heard in [[World 2-2 (Super Mario Bros.)|World 2-2]] of ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'' It was originally set in the key signature C with the time signature of 3/4 that is mostly associated with waltz, playing at a tempo of 226 beats per minute. As it was "easy to imagine what it should be like," it was the first composition Kondo finished for the game.<ref>[http://iwataasks.nintendo.com/interviews/#/wii/mario25th/4/4 Iwata Asks : Super Mario Bros. 25th Anniversary : To Save Memory]. ''Nintendo''. Retrieved June 20, 2019.</ref> The theme plays in every level and section featuring underwater in ''Super Mario Bros.'', with following rearrangements largely featuring as title screen music.
The "'''Underwater Theme'''" is a recurring musical theme composed by [[Koji Kondo]], first heard in [[World 2-2 (Super Mario Bros.)|World 2-2]] of ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'' It was originally set in the key of C major, with the time signature of 3/4 that is mostly associated with waltz, playing at a tempo of 226 beats per minute. As it was "easy to imagine what it should be like," it was the first composition Kondo finished for the game.<ref>[http://iwataasks.nintendo.com/interviews/#/wii/mario25th/4/4 Iwata Asks : Super Mario Bros. 25th Anniversary : To Save Memory]. ''Nintendo''. Retrieved June 20, 2019.</ref> The theme plays in every level and section set underwater in ''Super Mario Bros.'', with following rearrangements largely featuring as title screen music.


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The [[Super Mario World (album)|soundtrack]] for ''[[Super Mario World]]'' includes an arrangement by Soichi Noriki and performed by the Mario World Band, titled "Shining Coral".
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====''Super Mario Bros. Deluxe''====
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In addition to ports of the original underwater levels using the original soundtrack, the ''Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels'' title features a rearrangement with more prominence on the spacing echo effect of the main tune.
In addition to ports of the original underwater levels using the original soundtrack, the ''Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels'' title features a rearrangement with more prominence on the spacing echo effect of the main tune.

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The main motif played on a piano

The "Underwater Theme" is a recurring musical theme composed by Koji Kondo, first heard in World 2-2 of Super Mario Bros. It was originally set in the key of C major, with the time signature of 3/4 that is mostly associated with waltz, playing at a tempo of 226 beats per minute. As it was "easy to imagine what it should be like," it was the first composition Kondo finished for the game.[1] The theme plays in every level and section set underwater in Super Mario Bros., with following rearrangements largely featuring as title screen music.

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Super Mario Bros. 2

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Super Mario World

The soundtrack for Super Mario World includes an arrangement by Soichi Noriki and performed by the Mario World Band, titled "Shining Coral".

Super Mario All-Stars

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Super Mario Bros. Deluxe

In addition to ports of the original underwater levels using the original soundtrack, the Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels title features a rearrangement with more prominence on the spacing echo effect of the main tune.

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