Airship Theme (New Super Mario Bros. Wii)

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"Airship Theme"
"Airship Theme" in New Super Mario Bros. Wii
Mario running through the World 4-Airship in New Super Mario Bros. Wii
Composed by:
Shiho Fujii[1]
Key G minor (mostly) and F Mixolydian; E Mixolydian (one bar of a three-note motif from "Airship BGM")
First appearance New Super Mario Bros. Wii (2009)
Latest appearance Super Mario Maker 2 (2019)
Arrangement of
"Airship BGM" (Super Mario Bros. 3)

"Airship Theme"[2] is a musical theme composed by Shiho Fujii for New Super Mario Bros. Wii, where it plays in all airship levels: World 4-Airship, World 6-Airship, and World 8-Airship. It is an arrangement of "Airship BGM" from Super Mario Bros. 3, except the melody is played on an organ instead of brass, the timpani bassline is pitched down to G, and it contains a unique countermelody before it loops.

History[edit]

Super Mario series[edit]

New Super Mario Bros. Wii[edit]

New Super Mario Bros. Wii marks the first appearance of "Airship Theme". The version of the theme that plays when there 100 seconds left on the timer adds string accents to the instrumentation.

A remix of "Airship Theme" that is played solely on percussion plays in the room before a boss battle in the airship levels.

Icon of an audio speaker. Airship Theme (Hurry Up!) - The remix heard in New Super Mario Bros. Wii
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Icon of an audio speaker. Airship Passage - The remix heard in New Super Mario Bros. Wii
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New Super Mario Bros. U / New Super Luigi U / New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe[edit]

In New Super Mario Bros. U, New Super Luigi U, and New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe, the original version of "Airship Theme" plays in all airship levels: The Mighty Cannonship, Boarding the Airship, All Aboard!, and Bowser Jr. Showdown.

The percussion-only remix of "Airship Theme" from New Super Mario Bros. Wii plays in the area before a boss battle in the seven regular castle levels. It is titled "Castle Passage" in the Nintendo Music app.

Super Mario Maker / Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS / Super Mario Maker 2[edit]

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In Super Mario Maker, Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS, and Super Mario Maker 2, the original version of "Airship Theme" plays in New Super Mario Bros. U-style airship-themed levels. Additional bongo percussion is added to the instrumentation whenever the player rides a Yoshi.

An ambient arrangement of "Airship Theme" plays while editing New Super Mario Bros. U-style airship-themed levels in the Course Maker. This arrangement uses eight tracks that fade in and out randomly to create a dynamic mix.

Exclusively in Super Mario Maker 2, a music box arrangement of "Airship Theme" plays in the nighttime version of New Super Mario Bros. U-style airship-themed levels.

Icon of an audio speaker. Airship Theme (Edit) - New Super Mario Bros. U - The arrangement heard in Super Mario Maker
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Icon of an audio speaker. Airship Theme (Night) - New Super Mario Bros. U - The arrangement heard in Super Mario Maker 2
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Super Mario Run[edit]

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In Super Mario Run, the original version of "Airship Theme" plays in the airship levels. Wind chimes and synthesized scratches are added to the instrumentation whenever a Coin Rush occurs.

Puzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros. Edition[edit]

In Puzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros. Edition, the original version of "Airship Theme" plays in the airship levels.

Other appearances[edit]

New Super Mario Bros. Wii: Simplified Piano Solos / New Super Mario Bros. Wii: Intermediate–Advanced Piano Solos[edit]

The books New Super Mario Bros. Wii: Simplified Piano Solos and New Super Mario Bros. Wii: Intermediate–Advanced Piano Solos feature solo piano arrangements of "Airship Theme" arranged by Shinobu Amayake.

Gallery[edit]

  • Image for "Castle Passage" from New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe on Nintendo Music

    Image for "Castle Passage" from New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe on Nintendo Music

  • Image for "Castle Passage (Hurry Up!)" from New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe on Nintendo Music

    Image for "Castle Passage (Hurry Up!)" from New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe on Nintendo Music

  • Image for "Airship Theme" from New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe on Nintendo Music

    Image for "Airship Theme" from New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe on Nintendo Music

  • Image for "Airship Theme (Hurry Up!)" from New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe on Nintendo Music

    Image for "Airship Theme (Hurry Up!)" from New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe on Nintendo Music

List of Super Mario appearances[edit]

Games[edit]

Work System Year Type Title Credits
New Super Mario Bros. Wii Wii 2009 Original Shiho Fujii
Remix
New Super Mario Bros. U Wii U 2012 Original "Airship Theme"[2] Shiho Fujii
Past remix (New Super Mario Bros. Wii) "Castle Passage"[2]
New Super Luigi U Wii U 2013 Original "Airship Theme"[2] Shiho Fujii
Past remix (New Super Mario Bros. Wii) "Castle Passage"[2]
New Super Mario Bros. U + New Super Luigi U Wii U 2013 Original "Airship Theme"[2] Shiho Fujii
Past remix (New Super Mario Bros. Wii) "Castle Passage"[2]
Puzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros. Edition Nintendo 3DS 2015 Original Shiho Fujii
Puzzle & Dragons Z + Puzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros. Edition Nintendo 3DS 2015 Original Shiho Fujii
Super Mario Maker Wii U 2015 Original Shiho Fujii
Remix
Arrangement
Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS Nintendo 3DS 2016 Original Shiho Fujii
Past remix (Super Mario Maker)
Past arrangement (Super Mario Maker)
Super Mario Run iOS, Android 2016 Original Shiho Fujii
Remix
New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe Nintendo Switch 2019 Original "Airship Theme"[2] Shiho Fujii
Past remix (New Super Mario Bros. Wii) "Castle Passage"[2]
Super Mario Maker 2 Nintendo Switch 2019 Original Shiho Fujii
Past remix (Super Mario Maker)
Past arrangement (Super Mario Maker)
Arrangement

Other media[edit]

Work Year Type Title Credits
New Super Mario Bros. Wii: Simplified Piano Solos 2010 Arrangement "Airship Theme" Shinobu Amayake
New Super Mario Bros. Wii: Intermediate–Advanced Piano Solos 2013 Arrangement "Airship Theme" Shinobu Amayake
Nintendo Music 2025[a] Original "Airship Theme" Shiho Fujii
Past remix (New Super Mario Bros. Wii) "Castle Passage"
  1. ^ Added on June 30, 2025

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning Note(s) Ref.
Japanese 飛行船のテーマ
Hikōsen no Tēma		 Airship Theme [2]
飛行船BGM
Hikōsen BGM		 Airship BGM [1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b New Super Mario Bros. Wii: Simplified Piano Solos
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Nintendo Music
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Recurring themes
Donkey Kong franchise Donkey Kong "Hammer BGM" • "Round 1 BGM"
Donkey Kong Jr. "Round 1 BGM"
Donkey Kong (NES) "Title BGM"
Donkey Kong Jr. (NES) "Title BGM"
Donkey Kong Country "Aquatic Ambiance" • "Bonus Room Blitz" • "Cave Dweller Concert" • "Cranky's Theme" • "The Credits Concerto" • "DK Island Swing" • "Fear Factory" • "Forest Frenzy" • "Funky's Fugue" • "Gang-Plank Galleon" • "Ice Cave Chant" • "Life in the Mines" • "Mine Cart Madness" • "Northern Hemispheres" • "Simian Segue" • "Theme" • "Treetop Rock" • "Voices of the Temple"
Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest "Crocodile Cacophony (K. Rool's Theme)" • "Funky the Main Monkey (Funky's Theme)" • "K. Rool Returns (Title Theme)" • "Lockjaw's Saga (Lockjaw's Locker)" • "Run, Rambi! Run! (Parrot Chute Panic)" • "Snakey Chantey (Rattle Battle)" • "Stickerbush Symphony (Bramble Blast)" • "Token Tango (Bonus Level)"
Donkey Kong 64 "DK Rap"
Donkey Kong Country Returns "Jungle Hijinxs" • "Mine Menace"
Mario Bros. series Mario Bros. (NES) "Title BGM"
Wrecking Crew series Wrecking Crew "Bonus Phase" • "Golden Hammer" • "Phase BGM"
Super Mario series Super Mario Bros. "Castle BGM" • "Ending" • "Ground BGM" • "Invincibility BGM" • "Underground BGM" • "Underwater BGM"
VS. Super Mario Bros. "Gyōmu-yō Mario Namae-ire"
Super Mario Bros. 2 "Boss BGM" • "Ending" • "Final Boss BGM" • "Ground BGM" • "Please Select Player" • "Underground BGM"
Super Mario Bros. 3 "Airship BGM" • "Athletic BGM" • "Bros. Battle" • "Ending" • "Fortress BGM" • "Fortress Boss" • "Ground BGM" • "King of the Koopas" • "Music Box" • "P Switch BGM / Toad's House" • "Slot Game BGM / Memory Game BGM" • "Throne Room" • "Underwater BGM" • "Warp Zone" • "World 1 Map (Grass Land)" • "World 2 Map (Desert Land)" • "World 3 Map (Water Land)" • "World 4 Map (Giant Land)" • "World 5 Map (Sky Land) - On the Ground" • "World 5 Map (Sky Land) - In the Sky" • "World 6 Map (Ice Land)" • "World 7 Map (Pipe Land)" • "World 8 Map (Dark Land)"
Super Mario Land "Birabuto Kingdom BGM" • "Chai Kingdom BGM" • "Easton Kingdom BGM"
Super Mario World "Bowser BGM" • "Donut Plains (Map Screen)" • "Ending" • "Forest of Illusion (Map Screen)" • "Ground BGM" ("Athletic BGM" · "Bonus Game BGM" · "Castle BGM" · "Ghost House BGM" · "Underground BGM" · "Underwater BGM") • "Koopalings BGM" • "P Switch BGM" • "Special World (Map Screen)" • "Star World (Map Screen)" • "Title BGM" • "Valley of Bowser (Map Screen)" • "Vanilla Dome (Map Screen)" • "Yoshi's Island (Map Screen)"
Super Mario 64 "Big Boo's Haunt" • "Bowser's Road" • "Bowser's Theme" • "Dire, Dire Docks" • "File Select" • "The Final Battle" • "Hazy Maze Cave" • "Lethal Lava Land" • "Main Theme" ("Cool, Cool Mountain" · "Opening" · "Slider") • "The Merry-Go-Round" • "Metal Mario" • "Peach's Castle" • "Piranha Plant's Lullaby" • "Staff Roll" • "Stage Boss" • "Title Theme"
Super Mario Sunshine "Boss Battle" • "Isle Delfino" ("Ricco Harbor" · "Staff Credits") • "Secret Course"
New Super Mario Bros. "Castle Theme" • "Ground Theme" ("Athletic Theme") • "Mega Mario" • "Switch On!" • "Tower Theme"
Super Mario Galaxy "A-wa-wa-wa!" • "Aquatic Race" • "Attack of the Airships" • "Battlerock Galaxy" • "Buoy Base Galaxy" • "Catastrophe" • "Cosmic Comet" • "Deep Dark Galaxy" • "Dino Piranha" • "Egg Planet" • "Enter Bowser Jr.!" • "Enter the Galaxy" • "Final Battle with Bowser" • "The Galaxy Reactor" • "Gateway Galaxy" • "Gusty Garden Galaxy" • "Help!" • "The Honeyhive" • "Ice Mario" • "Ice Mountain" • "King Bowser" • "King Kaliente" • "Kingfin" • "Luma" • "Major Burrows" • "Megaleg" • "Melty Molten Galaxy" • "Overture" • "Peach's Castle Stolen" • "Purple Comet" • "Rosalina in the Observatory" ("Family") • "Space Athletic" • "Space Junk Road" • "The Star Festival" • "Super Mario 2007" • "Super Mario Galaxy" • "A Tense Moment" • "The Toad Brigade" • "Waltz of the Boos"
New Super Mario Bros. Wii "Airship Theme" • "Bonus Area" • "Bowser Jr. Battle" • "Castle Theme" • "Coast Theme" • "Desert Theme" • "Forest Theme" • "Ghost House Theme" • "Koopaling Battle" • "Lava Cave / Underground Ruins Theme" • "Lava Theme" • "Title Theme" • "Toad House Minigame" • "Underground Theme" • "Underwater Theme"
Super Mario Galaxy 2 "Bowser Jr.'s Fiery Flotilla" • "Bowser's Galaxy Generator" • "Cloudy Court Galaxy" • "Fated Battle" • "Melty Monster Galaxy" • "Puzzle Plank Galaxy" • "Slimy Spring Galaxy" • "Starship Mario" • "The Starship's Journey" • "Super Mario Galaxy 2 Trailer Theme" ("Sky Station Galaxy" · "Wild Glide Galaxy") • "Teleporter Melody" • "Yoshi Star Galaxy"
Super Mario 3D Land "Beach Theme" • Castle Theme[conjectural] • "Main Theme" • "Snow Course" • "Victory Parade" • World 2-3's theme[conjectural]
New Super Mario Bros. U "Ground Theme" ("Athletic Theme")
Super Mario 3D World "A Boss Approaches" • "Captain Toad Goes Forth" • "Chainlink Charge" • "Piranha Creeper Creek" • "Super Bell Hill"
Super Mario Maker "Flying Battleship Theme" • "Title"
Super Mario Odyssey "Fossil Falls" • "Jump Up, Super Star!" • "New Donk City"
Dr. Mario series Dr. Mario "Chill" • "Fever" • "Game Over" • "Selection Screen" • "Title Screen" • "Vs. Game Over"
Mario Kart series Super Mario Kart "Awards Ceremony (1st – 3rd Place)" • "Bowser Castle" • "Donut Plains" • "Ghost Valley" • "Mario Circuit" • "Rainbow Road" • "Super Mario Kart Title Screen"
Mario Kart 64 "Battle Arenas" • "Choco Mountain" • "D.K.'s Jungle Parkway" • "Frappe Snowland" • "Kalimari Desert" • "Koopa Troopa Beach" • "Luigi Raceway" • "Mario Kart 64 Title Screen" • "Moo Moo Farm" • "Rainbow Road" • "Results (1st – 4th Place)" • "Staff Credits" • "Toad's Turnpike"
Mario Kart: Super Circuit "Bowser Castle" • "Peach Circuit"
Mario Kart: Double Dash!! "Baby Park" • "Luigi Circuit" • "Peach Beach"
Mario Kart DS "Cheep Cheep Beach" • "Luigi's Mansion" • "Peach Gardens" • "Waluigi Pinball"
Mario Kart Wii "Coconut Mall" • "Grumble Volcano" • "Wii Maple Treeway" • "Moo Moo Meadows" • "Mushroom Gorge" • "Rainbow Road" • "Wario's Gold Mine"
Mario Kart 7 "Neo Bowser City" • "Piranha Plant Slide" • "Rainbow Road" • "Toad Circuit"
Mario Kart 8 "Bowser's Castle" • "Cloudtop Cruise" • "Mario Circuit" ("Mario Kart Stadium") • "Mario Kart 8 Title Screen" • "Rainbow Road" • "Twisted Mansion"
Mario Party series Mario Party 9 "Good Job!"
Yoshi series Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island "Athletic BGM" • "Bowser" • "Flower Field BGM" • "Goal!" • "Opening Melody" • "Powerful Mario" • "Yoshi's Island"
Yoshi's Story "Yoshi's Song" ("Yoshis on the Beach") • "Yoshi's Story!" • "Yoshi's Tale"
Wario franchise Wario Land 3 "Out of the Woods"[conjectural]
WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$! "Pyoro: Stage" • "Sci-Fi (Dribble & Spitz) - Drifting Away" • "Title" ("Reality (Dr. Crygor) - Stage")
WarioWare: Twisted! "Mona Pizza"
WarioWare: Touched! "Ashley's Theme"
Luigi's Mansion series Luigi's Mansion "Title Theme (Humming)" ("Professor E. Gadd's Lab")
Mario vs. Donkey Kong series Mario vs. Donkey Kong "Mini Mario Stage"[conjectural] • "Title Theme"
Super Smash Bros. series Super Smash Bros. Melee "Rainbow Cruise"
Other The Legend of Zelda "Magic Whistle Melody" • "Overworld Theme"
Mario Paint "Drawing Board 1" • "Gnat Attack: Level 1" • "Save & Load"
Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars "Beware of Forest Mushrooms" • "Bowser's Keep" • "Hello, Happy Kingdom" • "Super Mario House"
Miscellaneous "Galop infernal" • "Mute City" • "Title BGM" (Excitebike) • "Totakeke's theme"
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Music "Airship Theme" • "Bonus Area" • "Bowser Jr. Battle" • "Castle Theme" • "Coast Theme" • "Desert Theme" • "Forest Theme" • "Ghost House Theme" • "Koopaling Battle" • "Lava Cave / Underground Ruins Theme" • "Lava Theme" • "Staff Credit Roll" • "Title Theme" ("Game Over") • "Toad House Minigame" • "Underwater Theme" • "World 1 Map"
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