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{{SoundtrackInfobox|title=Super Mario 64 Original Soundtrack

|image=[[File:mario64album.jpg|200px]] [[File:SM64 SuperMario64STBack.jpg|200px]]

|publisher=Pony Canyon, Inc., [[Nintendo]]

|released={{released|Japan|July 19, 1996|USA|November 1, 1996|Europe|1997}}

The '''''Super Mario 64 Original Soundtrack''''' is a video game album that was produced and copyrighted by [[Nintendo]] and published by {{wp|Pony Canyon}}. The album was released in Japan and North America in 1996 and Europe in 1997. The soundtrack has 34 tracks from [[Super Mario 64|the game with the same name]], as well as a voiceover intro from the Title Screen, which is performed by the star of the game, [[Charles Martinet]]; the final track is a bonus piano version of "[[Piranha Plant]]'s Lullaby" performed by [[Koji Kondo]]. The Japanese release is also the first of ten soundtracks in the [[Nintendo 64 Sound Series]].

The soundtrack is featured in ''[[Super Mario 3D All-Stars]]'' alongside the ''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]'' and ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]'' [[Super Mario Galaxy Original Soundtrack|soundtrack]]s, albeit with a slightly altered version of the Japanese cover used to represent it.

==Track listing==

#"It's a Me, [[Mario]]!" (Original title: "It's me, Mario!") (Voice: Charles Martinet)

#Title Theme (used at the beginning of the game)

#[[Princess Peach|Peach]]'s Message (used when Peach reads her letter, as well as when the player collects enough [[Power Star]]s to open a [[Big Star Door]])

#Opening (used when [[Lakitu]] first appears)

#''[[Super Mario 64]]'' Main Theme (used in [[Bob-omb Battlefield]]; [[Whomp's Fortress]]; [[Tall, Tall Mountain]]; and [[Tiny-Huge Island]])

#[[Slider]] (used in [[Rainbow Ride]], in [[Tick Tock Clock]], in the slides, in most secret courses, and while the player races [[Koopa the Quick]])

#[[Inside the Castle Walls]] (Original title: Castle) (used inside the [[Peach's Castle|Mushroom Castle]])

#Looping Steps (used when the [[endless stairs]] are in use)

#Dire, Dire Docks (Original title: Water) (used in [[Jolly Roger Bay]]; [[Dire, Dire Docks]]; and [[The Secret Aquarium]])

#Lethal Lava Land (Original title: Fire Bubble) (used in [[Lethal Lava Land]] and [[Shifting Sand Land]])

#Snow Mountain (used in [[Cool, Cool Mountain]] and [[Snowman's Land]])

#Haunted House (used in [[Big Boo's Haunt]])

#Merry-Go-Round (used in Big Boo's Haunt on the merry-go-round)

#Cave Dungeon (main theme of the [[Hazy Maze Cave]] and [[Wet-Dry World]]; also heard in the [[Behind the Waterfall|Cavern of the Metal Cap]], inside the pyramid of Shifting Sand Land, in the igloo of Snowman's Land, and in [[Wiggler]]'s cave on Tiny-Huge Island); a cover version of the ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'' [[Underground Theme]]

#[[Piranha Plant]]'s Lullaby (Original title: Pakkun Flower's Lullaby) (used in [[Whomp's Fortress]] when the player is near a Piranha Plant)

#Powerful Mario (used when the player wears a [[Wing Cap]] or [[Vanish Cap]], and when the player rides a [[Green_Shell#Super_Mario_64_/_Super_Mario_64_DS|Koopa Shell]])

#Metallic Mario (used when the player wears a [[Metal Cap]])

#File Select (used at the File Select screen)

#Correct Solution (used when the player figures out a problem in any level)

#[[Toad]]'s Message (Original title: Kinopio's Message) (used when the player talks to a Toad)

#[[Power Star]] (used when the player frees a Power Star)

#Race Fanfare (used when any type of race starts)

#Star Catch Fanfare (used after Mario collects a Power Star)

#Game Start (used at the beginning of every main course)

#Course Clear (used at the end of any main course's level)

#[[Game Over]] (used after Mario runs out of lives)

#Stage Boss (used in only four of the stage boss battles in the game: the [[King Bob-omb|Big Bob-omb]] on the [[Bob-omb Battlefield]], the [[Whomp King]] in [[Whomp's Fortress]], [[Eyerok]] in [[Shifting Sand Land]], and Wiggler on [[Tiny-Huge Island]])

#Koopa's Message (used at the beginning of the game when the player enters the castle)

#Koopa's Road (used in all [[Bowser]] courses)

#Koopa's Theme (used in [[Bowser in the Dark World|Dark World]] and [[Bowser in the Fire Sea|Fire Sea]] Bowser battles)

#Koopa Clear (used after the player defeats Bowser and claims his [[key]])

#Ultimate Koopa (used in the [[Bowser in the Sky|final Bowser battle]])

#Ultimate Koopa Clear (used after the player clears the final Bowser battle)

#Ending Demo (used when Mario is freeing Peach from the castle walls)

#Staff Roll (used in the [[List of Super Mario 64 staff|ending credits]])

#Piranha Plant's Lullaby – Piano (Original title: Pakkun Flower's Lullaby) (soundtrack only song)