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"Athletic BGM"
"Athletic BGM" in Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island
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Composed by:
Koji Kondo
Genre Big band[1]
Key F major
BPM 134
Time signature(s) 2
2 (with swung eighths)
First appearance Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island (1995)
Latest appearance Mario Kart World (2025)

"Athletic BGM,"[2] also known as "Obstacle Course,"[3] is a musical theme composed by Koji Kondo for the athletic levels in Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island.

ArrangementsEdit

Yoshi seriesEdit

Yoshi’s Island: Super Mario Advance 3Edit

An arrangement of "Athletic BGM" can be heard in Game Boy Advance remake of Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island, Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3. This version is more compressed than the original SNES version and uses different, lower-quality synthetic instruments.

  Athletic BGM - The arrangement heard in Yoshi’s Island: Super Mario Advance 3
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Yoshi Touch & GoEdit

In Yoshi Touch & Go, a G major steelpan arrangement of "Athletic BGM" can play in the Marathon mode.

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Itadaki Street seriesEdit

Itadaki Street DSEdit

In Itadaki Street DS, an arrangement of "Athletic BGM" plays on chance squares.

  アスレチック - The arrangement heard in Itadaki Street DS
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Fortune StreetEdit

In Fortune Street, an arrangement of "Athletic BGM" plays on Venture squares and during the Dart of Gold minigame when played on a Super Mario-series board.

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Super Smash Bros. BrawlEdit

Super Smash Bros. Brawl features an upbeat arrangement of the theme, titled "Obstacle Course" arranged by Shota Kageyama, and it can be played on the Yoshi's Island stage. The track is actually a combination of two separate arrangements: an energetic one that plays during the spring and summer phases of the stage (which also contains a brief excerpt of the "Bowser" theme), and a relaxed one that plays during the fall and winter phases. In custom stages and the Sound Test, only the spring and summer variation is available.

Super Smash Bros. Brawl also features an arrangement of "Flower Field BGM" from Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island, titled "Yoshi's Island". This arrangement includes a brief arrangement of "Athletic BGM". It can also be played on the Yoshi's Island stage.

"Obstacle Course" returns in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, where its two seasonal variants have been divided into two separate tracks: "Obstacle Course (Spring/Summer)" and "Obstacle Course (Fall/Winter)". In Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS, it can be played on Yoshi's Island stage, and in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, it can be played on the Woolly World stage.

"Obstacle Course" returns in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, where the seasonal variants have once again been combined into a single medley track, this time titled "Obstacle Course - Yoshi's Island". "Yoshi's Island" also returns, now titled "Yoshi's Island (Brawl)". Both tracks can be played on any Super Smash Bros.-series and Yoshi-series stage.

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  Obstacle Course (Fall/Winter) - The arrangement heard in Super Smash Bros. Brawl
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Mario Kart seriesEdit

Mario Kart 8 DeluxeEdit

Mario Kart 8 Deluxe introduced Yoshi's Island, a course based on Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island, in Wave 4 of the Booster Course Pass along with an arrangement of "Athletic BGM" that serves as the course's background music. Additional percussion is added to the instrumentation when the player is driving at top speed while in first place

  Yoshi's Island - The arrangement heard in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
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  Yoshi's Island (Frontrunning) - The remix heard in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
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Mario Kart TourEdit

The Yoshi's Island course returns in Mario Kart Tour beginning with the 2023 Yoshi Tour, along with a new arrangement of "Athletic BGM". This arrangement is extremely similar to the one heard in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, but uses slightly different instrumentation.

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Mario Kart WorldEdit

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In Mario Kart World, an arrangement of "Athletic BGM" can play in Free Roam and during routes in Grand Prix or VS Race. In Grand Prix, it is one of four arrangements that can play on the route from Dino Dino Jungle to Great ? Block Ruins in the Banana Cup.

WarioWare: Move It!Edit

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In WarioWare: Move It!, a brief arrangement of "Athletic BGM" plays in the Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island microgame.

Other arrangementsEdit

Mario & Zelda Big Band LiveEdit

A live bluegrass arrangement of "Athletic BGM" with fiddle, mandolin, and banjo instrumentation with upright bass accompaniment titled 「ヨッシーアイランド アスレチックのテーマ」 (Yosshī Airando Asurechikku no Tēma, "Yoshi's Island Athletic Theme") is featured in Mario & Zelda Big Band Live, which was later released as a CD and DVD recording.

  ヨッシーアイランド アスレチックのテーマ - The arrangement heard in Mario & Zelda Big Band Live
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Daigassou! Band BrothersEdit

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"Athletic BGM" is featured as a playable song in the Japan-only Nintendo DS title Daigassou! Band Brothers.

GalleryEdit

List of Super Mario appearancesEdit

GamesEdit

Work System Year Type Title Credits
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island Super Nintendo Entertainment System 1995 Original "Athletic BGM"[2] Koji Kondo
Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3 Game Boy Advance 2002 Arrangement Taiju Suzuki
Yoshi Touch & Go Nintendo DS 2005 Arrangement
Itadaki Street DS Nintendo DS 2007 Arrangement 「アスレチック」 (Asurechikku)[4]
Super Smash Bros. Brawl Wii 2008 Arrangement "Obstacle Course"[5] Shota Kageyama
"Yoshi's Island"[5] Noriyuki Iwadare
Fortune Street Wii 2011 Arrangement
Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS Nintendo 3DS 2014 Past arrangement (Super Smash Bros. Brawl) "Obstacle Course (Spring/Summer)"[6] Shota Kageyama
"Obstacle Course (Fall/Winter)"[6]
Super Smash Bros. for Wii U Wii U 2014 Past arrangement (Super Smash Bros. Brawl) "Obstacle Course (Spring/Summer)"[7] Shota Kageyama
"Obstacle Course (Fall/Winter)"[7]
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Nintendo Switch 2018 Past arrangement (Super Smash Bros. Brawl) "Obstacle Course - Yoshi's Island"[8] Shota Kageyama
"Yoshi's Island (Brawl)"[8] Noriyuki Iwadare
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Nintendo Switch 2023[g 1] Arrangement "Yoshi's Island"[2]
Remix
Mario Kart Tour iOS, Android 2023[g 2] Arrangement
WarioWare: Move It! Nintendo Switch 2023 Arrangement
Mario Kart World Nintendo Switch 2 2025 Arrangement
  1. ^ Added in Wave 4 of the Booster Course Pass on March 9, 2023
  2. ^ Added in the 2023 Yoshi Tour on April 4, 2023

AlbumsEdit

Work Year Type Title Credits
Super Mario: Yossy Island Original Sound Version 1995 Original 「アスレチック」 (Asurechikku) Koji Kondo
Mario & Zelda Big Band Live 2003 Arrangement 「ヨッシーアイランド アスレチックのテーマ (スーパーファミコン:「ヨッシーアイランド」より)」
(Yosshī Airando Asurechikku no Tēma (Sūpā Famikon: "Yosshī Airando" Yori))
Nintendo Sound Selection Vol.3: B-Side Music 2005 Original 「アスレチック」 (Asurechikku) Koji Kondo
Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U: A Smashing Soundtrack 2015 Past arrangement (Super Smash Bros. Brawl) "Obstacle Course (Spring/Summer)" Shota Kageyama

Other mediaEdit

Work Year Type Title Credits
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island: A Magical Tour of Yoshi's Island 1996 Original Koji Kondo

Names in other languagesEdit

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese アスレチック[2]
Asurechikku 		Athletic

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 2: Yoshi's Island. "Athletic BGM" shares this title with "Flower Field BGM" and "Goal!"

ReferencesEdit

  1. ^ Balmont, James (June 19, 2023). An introduction to OG Nintendo super-composer Koji Kondo. Dazed. Retrieved September 13, 2025.
  2. ^ a b c d Nintendo Music
  3. ^ Super Smash Bros. series Sound Tests
  4. ^ Itadaki Street DS Sound Test
  5. ^ a b Super Smash Bros. Brawl Sound Test
  6. ^ a b Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS Sound Test
  7. ^ a b Super Smash Bros. Wii U Sound Test
  8. ^ a b Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Sound Test
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Recurring themes and sound effects
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" • "Ice Cave Chant" • "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" • "Golden Hammer" • "Phase BGM"
Super Mario series Super Mario Bros. "1-Up" • "Castle BGM" • "Coin" • "Course Clear" ("Power Up") • "Ending" • "Ground BGM" ("Game Over" · "Player Down") • "Invincibility BGM" • "Pause" • "Pipe Travel / Power-Down" • "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" • "Music Box" • "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 "Chai Kingdom BGM" • "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 ni noru toki" • "Yoshi's Island (Map Screen)"
Super Mario 64 "Bowser's Road" • "Bowser's Theme" • "Dire, Dire Docks" • "File Select" • "Main Theme" ("Cool, Cool Mountain" · "Course Clear" · "Slider") • "The Merry-Go-Round" • "Metal Mario" • "Peach's Castle" • "Piranha Plant's Lullaby" • "Staff Roll" • "Star Catch Fanfare"
Super Mario Sunshine "Isle Delfino" ("Ricco Harbor") • "Secret Course"
New Super Mario Bros. "Course Clear" • "Fortress Theme" • "Main Theme" ("Athletic Theme") • "Mega Mario" • "Paah" • "Switch On!"
Super Mario Galaxy "Buoy Base 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" • "Slimy Spring 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 "Awards Ceremony (1st – 3rd Place)" • "Donut Plains" • "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" • "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" • "Mario Circuit" • "Peach Beach"
Mario Kart DS "DS Peach Gardens" • "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" • "Rainbow Road" • "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" ("Yoshis on the Beach") • "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"
Super Smash Bros. series Super Smash Bros. Melee "Rainbow Cruise"
Other The Legend of Zelda "Important Item Acquired" • "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" • "Hello, Happy Kingdom"
Miscellaneous "Le Galop infernal d'Orphée aux Enfers" • "Totakeke's theme"
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Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island / Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3
Characters and species Yoshis • Baby Mario • Baby Luigi • Baby Bowser • Item Balloon • Kamek • Stork • Poochy • Huffin Puffin • Liquid lift • Melon Bug • Muddy Buddy • Support Ghost
Worlds Welcome To Yoshi's Island • World 1 • World 2 • World 3 • World 4 • World 5 • World 6
Items Regular items Blue watermelon • Coin • Green Shell • Green watermelon • Key • Red coin • Red Shell • Red watermelon • Special Flower • Star • Super Star • Yoshi's egg (Flashing Egg · Giant Egg · Red Egg · Yellow Egg)
Special Items 10-Point Star • 20-Point Star • Anytime Egg • Anywhere POW • Magnifying Glass • Super Blue Watermelon • Super Green Watermelon • Super Red Watermelon • Winged Cloud Maker
Objects ! Block • Arrow block • Arrow Cloud • Balloon (Mini Battle) • Balloon (platform) • Beanstalk • Bomb • Breakable block • Bubble • Bucket • Chomp Rock • Coin Block • Cork • Countdown Platform • Cracked block • Current • Donut Lift • Dotted-Line Block • Egg Block • Egg Plant • Expansion Block • Falling stone block • Flatbed Ferry • Flipper • Goal Ring • Ice Block • Icicle • Makeshift surfboard • Message Block • Middle Ring • Morph bubble • Moving block • Paddle wheel • Pinwheel • Post • Pot • POW Block • Red-and-yellow bridge • Red balloon • Rolling rock • Seesaw • Ski Lift • Snowball • Soft rock • Spinning Log • Spinning wheel • Spotted platform • Spring ball • Squishy block • Switch • Teeter-totter • Tulip • Tumbler • Warp Pipe • Winged Cloud • Yoshi Block
Bosses Burt the Bashful • Salvo the Slime • Bigger Boo • Roger the Potted Ghost • Froggy • Naval Piranha • Marching Milde • Hookbill the Koopa • Sluggy the Unshaven • Raphael the Raven • Tap-Tap the Red Nose • Baby Bowser • Big Baby Bowser
Enemy classes Edibilis Boringus • Harrassimentia Phlyoverus • Projectilia Ritebakatchia • Ucantia Defeatus • Dudim Phreykunoutonthis • Mostosti Vomitonus
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Obstacles Ball 'N' Chain • Ball and chain • Cannonball • Fire-Bar • Lava • Spike • Spiked ball • Spiked weight • Thorn • Turtle Cannon
Mini Battles Gather Coins • Popping Balloons • Throwing Balloons • Watermelon Seed Spitting Contest
Bonus Challenges Flip Cards • Scratch and Match • Drawing Lots • Match Cards • Roulette • Slot Machine
Music "Athletic BGM" • "Bowser" • "Flower Field BGM" • "Opening Melody" • "Stage Start" • "Yoshi's Island"
Miscellaneous Countdown Timer • Yoshi's Island
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