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Athletic BGM (Super Mario World)

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"Athletic BGM"
"Athletic BGM" in Super Mario World
The image for "Athletic BGM" from Super Mario World on Nintendo Music.
Image from Nintendo Music
Composed by:
Koji Kondo
Key C major
First appearance Super Mario World (1990)
Latest appearance It's Me, Mario! Stop Motion Shorts (2025)

"Athletic BGM"[1] is a musical theme composed by Koji Kondo for the athletic levels in Super Mario World . It is an upbeat ragtime arrangement of "Ground BGM" from Super Mario World.

ReusesEdit

The following list does not include ports or remakes of Super Mario World.

Game Description
Super Mario Maker 2 "Athletic BGM" can be heard in sky-themed levels in the Super Mario World style.

ArrangementsEdit

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Super Mario seriesEdit

Super Mario WorldEdit

In Super Mario World, bongo percussion is added to the instrumentation of "Athletic BGM" whenever the player is riding a Yoshi. This remix is titled "Yoshi Athletic BGM" in the Nintendo Music app.

  Yoshi Athletic BGM - The remix heard in Super Mario World
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Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2Edit

In Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2, the Game Boy Advance remake of Super Mario World, an arrangement of "Athletic BGM" plays in all of the same levels as the original game. This arrangement plays in a slightly high pitch, however. Additional percussion is added to the instrumentation whenever the player rides a Yoshi.

  Athletic BGM - The arrangement heard in Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2
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Super Mario Galaxy 2Edit

In Super Mario Galaxy 2, an arrangement of "Athletic BGM," titled "Hightail Falls Galaxy" in the Nintendo Music app, and arranged by Mahito Yokota,[2] plays in Hightail Falls Galaxy and the Purple Coin Beach Dash mission in Starshine Beach Galaxy. The tempo increases and a violin run is added whenever Yoshi uses a Dash Pepper.

  Hightail Falls Galaxy - The arrangement heard in Super Mario Galaxy 2
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Super Mario Maker 2Edit

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Super Mario Maker 2 features two arrangements of "Athletic BGM."

An ambient arrangement of "Athletic BGM" using eight tracks that fade in and out randomly to create a dynamic mix plays while editing Super Mario World-style sky-themed courses in the Course Maker.

A music box arrangement of "Athletic BGM" plays during the nighttime version of sky-themed levels in the Super Mario World style.

  Sky Theme (Edit) - Super Mario World - The arrangement heard in Super Mario Maker 2
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Mario RouletteEdit

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In Mario Roulette, an arrangement of "Athletic BGM" plays while playing the main game.

Super Mario Bros. Mushroom WorldEdit

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An arrangement of "Athletic BGM" is one of the themes that can play in the Super Mario Bros. Mushroom World pinball arcade game.

Super Smash Bros. MeleeEdit

In Super Smash Bros. Melee, a bluegrass arrangement of "Athletic BGM" played on banjo with upright bass and bongo accompaniment, titled "Yoshi's Island" and arranged by Hirokazu Ando, plays in the Yoshi's Island stage. This arrangement returns in Super Smash Bros. Brawl, now titled "Yoshi's Island (Melee)," where it can play in the same stage, Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, where it can play in the Yoshi's Island and Super Mario Maker stages, and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, now titled "Athletic Theme - Super Mario World," where it can play in any Super Smash Bros.-series and Yoshi-series stage. In all reappearances sans Brawl, it is categorized as a Yoshi-series track, rather than a Super Mario-series track.

  Yoshi's Island - The arrangement heard in Super Smash Bros. Melee
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Mario Sports MixEdit

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In Mario Sports Mix, three arrangements of "Athletic BGM," titled "Mario Athletic," "Punk Athletic," and "Island Athletic," are available as playable songs in Harmony Hustle.

Nintendo LandEdit

In Nintendo Land, an arrangement of "Athletic BGM" plays on the Mud River Run stage in Mario Chase. When 60 seconds remain, the theme speeds up significantly, and when 30 seconds remain, the theme speeds up even more and is transposed to a higher key.

  Mud River Run - The arrangement heard in Nintendo Land
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  Mud River Run (60 Seconds Left) - The arrangement heard in Nintendo Land
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Mario + Rabbids Sparks of HopeEdit

In Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope, a tropical arrangement of "Athletic BGM" in F major plays during the five Sillyfish Chuck Challenges.

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The Super Mario Bros. MovieEdit

In The Super Mario Bros. Movie, an arrangement of "Athletic BGM" is incorporated in "Fighting Tooth and Veil" after Mario transforms into Tanooki Mario.

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It's Me, Mario! Stop Motion ShortsEdit

In the It's Me, Mario! Stop Motion Shorts episode "Shell Games," a brief arrangement of "Athletic BGM" plays when the Koopa Shell starts chasing after Mario.

Other arrangementsEdit

Nintendo of EuropeEdit

An arrangement of "Athletic BGM" was available to download as a ringtone from Nintendo of Europe's website in 2002.[3] It is based on the arrangement from Super Smash Bros. Melee.

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Super Smash Bros. Melee: Smashing...Live!Edit

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The Super Smash Bros. Melee: Smashing...Live! album includes a live fiddle arrangement of "Athletic BGM" with orchestral accompaniment in the "Smash Bros. Great Medley."

GalleryEdit

  • Image for the "Hurry Up!" variant on Nintendo Music

  • Image for the Yoshi variant on Nintendo Music

  • Image for the "Hurry Up!" Yoshi variant on Nintendo Music

  • Image for "Hightail Falls Galaxy" from Super Mario Galaxy 2 on Nintendo Music

List of Super Mario appearancesEdit

GamesEdit

Work System Year Type Title Credits
Super Mario World Super Nintendo Entertainment System 1990 Original "Athletic BGM"[1] Koji Kondo
Remix "Yoshi Athletic BGM"[1]
Mario Roulette Arcade 1991 Arrangement
Super Mario Bros. Mushroom World Pinball 1992 Arrangement
Super Mario All-Stars + Super Mario World Super Nintendo Entertainment System 1994 Original "Athletic BGM"[1] Koji Kondo
Past remix (Super Mario World) "Yoshi Athletic BGM"[1]
Super Smash Bros. Melee Nintendo GameCube 2001 Arrangement "Yoshi's Island" Hirokazu Ando
Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2 Game Boy Advance 2001 Arrangement
Remix
Super Smash Bros. Brawl Wii 2008 Past arrangement (Super Smash Bros. Melee) "Yoshi's Island (Melee)" Hirokazu Ando
Super Mario Galaxy 2 Wii 2010 Arrangement 「ダッシュヨッシー」 (Dasshu Yosshī)[4] Mahito Yokota
Mario Sports Mix Wii 2010 Arrangement "Mario Athletic"
"Punk Athletic"
"Island Athletic"
Nintendo Land Wii U 2012 Arrangement Ryo Nagamatsu
Super Smash Bros. for Wii U Wii U 2014 Past arrangement (Super Smash Bros. Melee) "Yoshi's Island (Melee)" Hirokazu Ando
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Nintendo Switch 2018 Past arrangement (Super Smash Bros. Melee) "Athletic Theme - Super Mario World" Hirokazu Ando
Super Mario Maker 2 Nintendo Switch 2019 Original Koji Kondo
Past remix (Super Mario World)
Arrangement
Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope Nintendo Switch 2022 Arrangement

Film and televisionEdit

Work Year Type Title Credits
The Super Mario Bros. Movie 2023 Arrangement "Fighting Tooth and Veil" Brian Tyler
It's Me, Mario! Stop Motion Shorts 2025 Arrangement

AlbumsEdit

Work Year Type Title Credits
Super Mario World 1991 Original 「アスレチックBGM」 (Asurechikku BGM) Koji Kondo
Super Smash Bros. Melee: Smashing...Live! 2003 Arrangement "Smash Bros. Great Medley"
Super Mario Galaxy 2 Original Soundtrack 2010 Past arrangement (Super Mario Galaxy 2) 「ダッシュヨッシー」 (Dasshu Yosshī) Mahito Yokota
The 30th Anniversary Super Mario Bros. Music 2015 Original 「アスレチックBGM」 (Asurechikku BGM) Koji Kondo
The Super Mario Bros. Movie (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) 2023 Past arrangement (The Super Mario Bros. Movie) "Fighting Tooth and Veil" Brian Tyler

Other mediaEdit

Work Format Year Type Title Credits
Nintendo of Europe Ringtone 2002[3] Arrangement

NotesEdit

  • On the Nintendo Music app, "Athletic BGM" is labeled as "Selects," classifying it as one "of the very best tracks from the Nintendo Music library," originating from Super Mario World. "Athletic BGM" shares this title with "Title BGM" and "Ground BGM."

ReferencesEdit

  1. ^ a b c d e Nintendo Music
  2. ^ SUPER MARIO GALAXY 2 ORIGINAL SOUND TRACK. VGMdb (English). Retrieved August 28, 2019.
  3. ^ a b @MarioBrothBlog (December 24, 2021). Official Yoshi ringtone available for download from Nintendo of Europe's site in 2002. The ringtone is an arrangement of the Yoshi's Island track from Super Smash Bros. Melee.. X (English). Retrieved October 6, 2023.
  4. ^ Super Mario Galaxy 2 Original Soundtrack
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Recurring themes
Donkey Kong franchise Donkey Kong "Game Start" • "Hammer BGM" • "Round 1 BGM" • "Round Start BGM" • "Title BGM"
Donkey Kong Jr. "Game Start" • "Round 1 BGM" • "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" • "Life in the Mines" • "Lost a Balloon" • "Mine Cart Madness" • "Northern Hemispheres" • "Simian Segue" • "Treetop Rock" • "Voices of the Temple" • "Well Done"
Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest "Crocodile Cacophony (K. Rool's Theme)" • "Lockjaw's Saga (Lockjaw's Locker)" • "Run, Rambi! Run! (Parrot Chute Panic)" • "Stickerbush Symphony (Bramble Blast)"
Donkey Kong 64 "DK Isle" • "DK Rap"
Donkey Kong Country Returns "Mine Menace"
Mario Bros. series Mario Bros. "Game Start" • "Title BGM"
Wrecking Crew series Wrecking Crew "Bonus Phase" • "Phase BGM"
Super Mario series Super Mario Bros. "1-Up" • "Castle BGM" • "Course Clear" ("Power Up") • "Ending" • "Ground BGM" ("Game Over" · "Player Down") • "Invincibility BGM" • "Timer Warning" • "Underground BGM" • "Underwater BGM" • "World Clear"
VS. Super Mario Bros. "Gyōmu-yō Mario Namae-ire"
Super Mario Bros. 2 "Boss BGM" • "Ground BGM" • "Please Select Player" • "Underground BGM"
Super Mario Bros. 3 "Airship BGM" • "Athletic BGM" • "Bros. Battle" • "Ending" • "Fortress BGM" • "Fortress Boss" • "Game Over" • "Ground BGM" • "King of the Koopas" • "P Switch BGM / Toad's House" • "Player Down" • "Slot Game BGM / Memory Game BGM" • "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 "Main Theme" • "Underground Theme"
Super Mario World "Bowser BGM" • "Donut Plains (Map Screen)" • "Ending" • "Ground BGM" ("Athletic BGM" · "Bonus Game BGM" · "Castle BGM" · "Course Clear" · "Ghost House BGM" · "Underground BGM" · "Underwater BGM") • "Koopalings BGM" • "P Switch BGM" • "Star World (Map Screen)" • "Title BGM" • "Vanilla Dome (Map Screen)" • "Yoshi's Island (Map Screen)"
Super Mario 64 "Bowser's Road" • "Bowser's Theme" • "Dire, Dire Docks" • "File Select" • "Main Theme" ("Cool, Cool Mountain" · "Slider") • "The Merry-Go-Round" • "Metal Mario" • "Peach's Castle" • "Piranha Plant's Lullaby" • "Staff Roll"
Super Mario Sunshine "Isle Delfino" ("Ricco Harbor") • "Secret Course"
New Super Mario Bros. "Course Clear" • "Fortress Theme" • "Main Theme" ("Athletic Theme") • "Mega Mario" • "Switch On!"
Super Mario Galaxy "Egg Planet" • "Enter Bowser Jr.!" • "Gusty Garden Galaxy" • "Luma" • "Overture" • "Purple Comet" • "Rosalina in the Observatory" • "The Toad Brigade" • "Waltz of the Boos"
New Super Mario Bros. Wii "Bonus Area" • "Castle Theme" • "Coast Theme" • "Desert Theme" • "Forest Theme" • "Ghost House Theme" • "Lava Cave / Underground Ruins Theme" • "Lava Theme" • "Title Theme" ("Game Over") • "Toad House Minigame" • "Underwater Theme"
Super Mario Galaxy 2 "Bowser's Galaxy Generator" • "Puzzle Plank Galaxy" • "Super Mario Galaxy 2 Trailer Theme" • "Teleporter Melody"
Super Mario 3D Land "Castle Theme" • "Main Theme" • "Snow Course" • "Underwater Theme"
New Super Mario Bros. U "Ground Theme"
Super Mario 3D World "A Boss Approaches" • "Chainlink Charge" • "Piranha Creeper Creek" • "Super Bell Hill"
Super Mario Maker "Title Theme"
Super Mario Odyssey "Fossil Falls" • "Jump Up, Super Star!"
Dr. Mario series Dr. Mario "Chill" • "Fever" • "Game Over" • "Selection Screen" • "Title Screen"
Mario Kart series Super Mario Kart "Award Ceremony" • "Donut Plains" • "Mario Circuit" • "Rainbow Road" • "Super Mario Kart Title Screen"
Mario Kart 64 "Battle Arenas" • "Choco Mountain" • "Frappe Snowland" • "Kalimari Desert" • "Koopa Troopa Beach" • "Luigi Raceway" • "Moo Moo Farm" • "Rainbow Road" • "Results (1st − 4th Place)" • "Staff Credits" • "Starting Grid (Time Trials / Battle)" • "Toad's Turnpike"
Mario Kart: Super Circuit "Koopa Castle Course" • "GBA Mario Circuit"
Mario Kart: Double Dash!! "GCN Baby Park" • "GCN Daisy Cruiser" • "GCN Yoshi Circuit"
Mario Kart DS "Waluigi Pinball"
Mario Kart Wii "Coconut Mall" • "Luigi Circuit/Mario Circuit" • "Wii Maple Treeway" • "Moo Moo Meadows" • "Mushroom Gorge" • "Wario's Gold Mine"
Mario Kart 7 "Neo Bowser City" • "Piranha Plant Slide" • "Toad Circuit"
Mario Kart 8 "Cloudtop Cruise"
Yoshi franchise Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island "Athletic BGM" • "Bowser" • "Flower Field BGM" • "Opening Melody" • "Powerful Mario" • "Stage Start" • "Yoshi's Island"
Yoshi's Story "Yoshi's Song" • "Yoshi's Story!" • "Yoshi's Tale"
Luigi's Mansion series Luigi's Mansion "Title Theme (Humming)"
Wario franchise WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$! "Drifting Away" • "Pyoro" • "WarioWare, Inc." ("Dr. Crygor")
WarioWare: Twisted! "Mona Pizza"
WarioWare: Touched! "Ashley's Theme"
Mario vs. Donkey Kong series Mario vs. Donkey Kong "Mini Mario Stage"
Other The Legend of Zelda "Important Item Acquired" • "Overworld Theme"
Mario Paint "Save & Load"
Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars "Beware of Forest Mushrooms" • "Hello, Happy Kingdom"
Miscellaneous "Le Galop infernal d'Orphée aux Enfers" • "Totaka's Song"
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Protagonists and allies Mario • Luigi • Princess Toadstool • Yoshi • Red Yoshi • Blue Yoshi • Yellow Yoshi • Baby Yoshi • Dolphin • Bird
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Enemies and obstacles Amazing Flyin' Hammer Brother • Ball 'N' Chain • Banzai Bill • Big Boo • Big Bubble • Big Steely • Blargg • Blurp • Bob-omb • Bony Beetle • Boo Buddy • Boo Buddy Block • Boo Buddy Snake • Boo Crew • Bowser Statue • Bullet Bill • Buzzy Beetle • Chainsaw • Chargin' Chuck • Cheep Cheep • Circling Boo Buddies • Climbing Koopa • Decoy • Dino-Rhino • Dino-Torch • Disappearing Boo Buddy • Dry Bones • Eerie • Falling spike • Fire Snake • Fishbone • Fishin' Boo • Fishin' Lakitu • Floating Mine • Flying Goomba • Fuzzy • Goomba • Grinder • Haunted Hole • Hothead • Ice • Jumping Fire Piranha Plant • Jumping Piranha Plant (Jumping Pumpkin Plant) • Koopa Paratroopa • Koopa Troopa • Lakitu • Lakitu in a Pipe • Lava • Lava Bubble • Lil Sparky • Magikoopa • Mechakoopa • Mega Mole • Monty Mole • Muncher • Ninji • Para-bomb • Para-Goomba • Pillar • Piranha Plant • Pit • Pokey • Porcu-Puffer • Rex • Rip Van Fish • Shell (flashing) • Shifting wall • Skewer • Spike • Spike (Super Mario World) • Spike Top • Spiny • Spiny Egg • Sumo Brother • Super Koopa • Swooper • Thwimp • Thwomp • Torpedo Ted • Torpedo tube • Turtle Cannon • Unshelled Koopa • Urchin • Volcano Lotus • Wiggler
Music "Bowser BGM" • "Donut Plains (Map Screen)" • "Ending" • "Ground BGM" ("Athletic BGM" · Bonus Game BGM" · "Castle BGM" · "Ghost House BGM" · "Underground BGM" · "Underwater BGM") • "Koopalings BGM" • "Title BGM" • "Vanilla Dome (Map Screen)" • "Yoshi's Island (Map Screen)"
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