Beach Theme (Super Mario 3D Land)

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"Beach Theme"
"Beach Theme" in Super Mario 3D Land
E3 screenshot of Super Mario 3D Land
Composed by:
Mahito Yokota[1]
Key F major
BPM 122
First appearance Super Mario 3D Land (2011)
Latest appearance Mario Kart World (2025)

"Beach Theme",[2] also known as "Underwater Theme",[3] is a musical theme composed by Mahito Yokota for Super Mario 3D Land, where it plays in the levels World 3-2, World 6-1, World 7-1, Special 1-4, Special 2-2 and Special 4-3.

History[edit]

Super Mario 3D Land[edit]

Super Mario 3D Land marks the first appearance of "Beach Theme". A simpler, more subdued arrangement of the theme plays whenever the player is underwater. In the official album The 30th Anniversary Super Mario Bros. Music, the normal and underwater versions of "Beach Theme" are played in sequence on the same track.

Icon of an audio speaker. 海のテーマ - The underwater arrangement heard in Super Mario 3D Land
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Super Smash Bros. series[edit]

Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS[edit]

In Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS, a medley arrangement of "Beach Theme" and "Main Theme" from the same game can play in the 3D Land stage. It is titled "Super Mario 3D Land Theme / Beach Theme" in the game's sound test, and it was arranged by Yuichiro "Jesahm" Noro. It is also included in the official album Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U: A Smashing Soundtrack.

Super Smash Bros. for Wii U[edit]

In Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, "Super Mario 3D Land Theme / Beach Theme" from Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS can play in the Delfino Plaza stage.

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate[edit]

In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, "Super Mario 3D Land Theme / Beach Theme" from Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS can play in any Super Smash Bros.-series and Super Mario-series stage. It is titled "Ground Theme / Underwater Theme - Super Mario 3D Land" in the game's sound test.

Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker[edit]

In Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker and the Nintendo Switch and Nintendo 3DS ports of the same name, an arrangement of the "Beach Theme" plays in Briny Bowl Swimming Hole and Floaty Fun Water Park. Like in Super Mario 3D Land, the theme has two distinct variations for when the player is above or below water. In the Nintendo Music app, both the above-ground and underwater versions are played in sequence on the same track, titled "Briny Bowl Swimming Hole".

Icon of an audio speaker. Briny Bowl Swimming Hole - The above-ground arrangement heard in Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker
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Mario Kart World[edit]

Mario Kart World features two arrangements of "Beach Theme", both of which are in the key of G major.

A cool jazz arrangement of "Beach Theme" can play on the route from Peach Beach to Salty Salty Speedway in the Banana Cup and on VS Race routes coming from Koopa Troopa Beach, Peach Beach, and Salty Salty Speedway during the day. It is titled "Beach Theme (Jazz) (Super Mario 3D Land)" in the Nintendo Music app and simply "Beach Theme (Jazz Ver.)" in the game's pause menu. The corresponding Nintendo Music image depicts Free Roam gameplay, a scenario in which the arrangement cannot play.

A bossa nova arrangement of "Beach Theme" can play exclusively in Free Roam during the day. It is titled "Beach Theme (Bossa Nova) (Super Mario 3D Land)" in the Nintendo Music app and simply "Beach Theme (Bossa Nova Ver.)" in the game's pause menu.

Icon of an audio speaker. Beach Theme (Jazz) (Super Mario 3D Land) - The arrangement heard in Mario Kart World
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Other appearances[edit]

Yasashiku Hikeru Super Mario 3D Land[edit]

The Yasashiku Hikeru Super Mario 3D Land book features a solo piano arrangement of the "Beach Theme".

Gallery[edit]

List of Super Mario appearances[edit]

Games[edit]

Work System Year Type Title Credits
Super Mario 3D Land Nintendo 3DS 2011 Original 「海のテーマ」 (Umi no Tēma)[4] Mahito Yokota
Arrangement
Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS Nintendo 3DS 2014 Arrangement "Super Mario 3D Land Theme / Beach Theme"[5] Jesahm
Super Smash Bros. for Wii U Wii U 2014 Past arrangement (Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS) "Super Mario 3D Land Theme / Beach Theme"[6] Jesahm
Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker Wii U 2014 Arrangement "Briny Bowl Swimming Hole"[7]
Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo Switch 2018 Past arrangement (Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker [Wii U]) "Briny Bowl Swimming Hole"[7]
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Nintendo Switch 2018 Past arrangement (Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS) "Ground Theme / Underwater Theme - Super Mario 3D Land"[3] Jesahm
Mario Kart World Nintendo Switch 2 2025 Arrangement "Beach Theme (Jazz) (Super Mario 3D Land)"[2]
"Beach Theme (Bossa Nova) (Super Mario 3D Land)"[2]

Albums[edit]

Work Year Type Title Credits
Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U: A Smashing Soundtrack 2015 Past arrangement (Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS) "Super Mario 3D Land Theme / Beach Theme" Jesahm
The 30th Anniversary Super Mario Bros. Music 2015 Original 「海のテーマ」 (Umi no Tēma) Mahito Yokota
Past arrangement (Super Mario 3D Land)
Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker (Nintendo Music) 2025 Past arrangement (Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker [Wii U]) "Briny Bowl Swimming Hole"
Mario Kart World (Nintendo Music) 2026[a] Past arrangement (Mario Kart World) "Beach Theme (Jazz) (Super Mario 3D Land)"
"Beach Theme (Bossa Nova) (Super Mario 3D Land)"
  1. ^ Added to the album on August 17, 2026

Other media[edit]

Work Year Type Title Credits
Yasashiku Hikeru Super Mario 3D Land 2012 Arrangement 「海のテーマ」 (Umi no Tēma)

Naming[edit]

Internal names[edit]

"Briny Bowl Swimming Hole"[edit]

Game File Name Meaning

Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker SoundData/stream/Stm_Kp_bgm_Beach.bfstm Kinopio BGM Beach -

Names in other languages[edit]

"Beach Theme"[edit]

LanguageNameMeaningNote(s)Ref.
Japanese海のテーマ
Umi no Tēma		Sea Theme[4]

"Briny Bowl Swimming Hole"[edit]

LanguageNameMeaningNote(s)Ref.
Japanese常夏アクアリウム
Tokonatsu Akuariumu		Tropical Aquarium[7]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Yasashiku Hikeru Super Mario 3D Land
  2. ^ a b c Mario Kart World (Nintendo Music)
  3. ^ a b Super Smash Bros. Ultimate sound test
  4. ^ a b The 30th Anniversary Super Mario Bros. Music
  5. ^ Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS sound test
  6. ^ Super Smash Bros. for Wii U sound test
  7. ^ a b c Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker (Nintendo Music)
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Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! "Big Boss Blues"
Donkey Kong 64 "DK Island" • "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.: The Lost Levels "Ending"
Super Mario Bros. 2 "Boss BGM" • "Ending" • "Final Boss BGM" • "Ground BGM" • "Please Select Player" • "Title BGM" • "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" • "Rescuing Princess Peach" • "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 Land 2 - 6 Golden Coins "Main Theme"
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Super Mario Sunshine "Boss Battle" • "Isle Delfino" ("Bianco Hills" · "Ricco Harbor" · "Staff Credits") • "Secret Course"
New Super Mario Bros. "Castle Theme" • "Ground Theme" ("Athletic Theme") • "Mario Vs. Luigi - Final Results" • "Mega Mario" • "Switch On!" • "Tower Theme" • "Volcano Theme"
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New Super Mario Bros. Wii "Airship Theme" • "Bonus Area" • "Bowser Jr. Battle" • "Castle Theme" • "Coast Theme" • "Desert Theme" • "Forest Theme" • "Fortress Theme" • "Ghost House Theme" • "Koopaling Battle" • "Lava Cave / Underground Ruins Theme" • "Lava Theme" • "Sudden Encounter" • "Super Star" • "Title Theme" • "Toad House Minigame" • Tower Battle Theme[conjectural] • "Underground Theme" • "Underwater Theme"
Super Mario Galaxy 2 "Bowser Jr.'s Fiery Flotilla" • "Bowser's Galaxy Generator" • "Cloudy Court Galaxy" • "Digga-Leg" • "Fated Battle" • "Melty Monster Galaxy" • "Puzzle Plank Galaxy" • "Slimy Spring Galaxy" • "Starship Mario" • "The Starship's Journey" • "Sky Station Galaxy" ("Super Mario Galaxy 2 Trailer Theme" · "Wild Glide Galaxy") • "Teleporter Melody" • "Yoshi Star Galaxy"
Super Mario 3D Land "Beach Theme" • Castle Theme[conjectural] • "Main Theme" • "Snow Course" • "Toad House" • "Victory Parade" • World 2-3's theme[conjectural]
New Super Mario Bros. U "Ground Theme" ("Athletic Theme")
Super Mario 3D World "A Boss Approaches" • "Beep Block Skyway" • "The Bullet Bill Express" • "Captain Toad Goes Forth" • "Chainlink Charge" • "Double Cherry Pass" • "Piranha Creeper Creek" • "Sprawling Savanna" • "Super Bell Hill"
Super Mario Maker "Flying Battleship Theme" • "Title"
Super Mario Odyssey "Fossil Falls" • "Jump Up, Super Star!" • "New Donk City" • "Peronza Plaza" • "Steam Gardens" • "Tostarena Ruins"
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)" • "Battle Mode" • "Bowser Castle" • "Donut Plains" • "Ghost Valley" • "Koopa Beach" • "Mario Circuit" • "Rainbow Road" • "Super Mario Kart Title Screen"
Mario Kart 64 "Banshee Boardwalk" • "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" • "Bowser's Castle" • "GCN DK Mountain" • "Dry Dry Desert" • "Luigi Circuit" • "Peach Beach"
Mario Kart DS "Cheep Cheep Beach" • "Figure-8 Circuit" • "Luigi's Mansion" • "Peach Gardens" • "Tick-Tock Clock" • "Waluigi Pinball"
Mario Kart Wii "Coconut Mall" • "Daisy Circuit" • "Grumble Volcano" • "Luigi Circuit" • "Wii Maple Treeway" • "Moo Moo Meadows" • "Mushroom Gorge" • "Rainbow Road" • "Wario's Gold Mine"
Mario Kart 7 "DK Jungle" • "Music Park" • "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 franchise Yoshi "Mushroom BGM"
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island "Athletic BGM" • "Bowser" • "Flower Field BGM" • "Goal!" • "Ground BGM" • "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: Super Mario Land 3 "Main Theme"
Wario Land 3 "Out of the Woods"[conjectural]
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WarioWare: Twisted! "Mona Pizza"
WarioWare: Touched! "Ashley's Theme"
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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 "Battling Monsters" • "Beware of Forest Mushrooms" • "Bowser's Keep" • "Hello, Happy Kingdom" • "Super Mario House"
Miscellaneous "Galop infernal" • "The Mario Drawing Song" • "Mute City" • "Title BGM" (Excitebike) • "Totakeke's theme"
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Super Mario 3D Land
Playable characters Mario • Luigi
Forms Small Mario • Super Mario • Fire Mario • Tanooki Mario • Boomerang Mario • Invincible Mario • White Tanooki Mario • Statue Mario
Non-playable characters Princess Peach • Toad • Toads
Enemies Banzai Bill • Biddybud • Big Boo • Big Cosmic Clone • Big Tail Goomba • Blokkablok • Boo • Boomerang Bro • Blooper • Bob-omb • Bullet Bill • Chain Chomp • Cheep Cheep • Coin Coffer • Draglet • Dry Bones • Fake Block • Fire Piranha Plant • Flophopper • Fuzzy • Goomba • Goomba Tower • Grinder • Hammer Bro • Inky Piranha Plant • Koopa Troopa • Lava Bubble • Magikoopa • Magmaargh • Monty Mole • Morty Mole • Para-Biddybud • Paragoomba • Peepa • Piranha Plant • Pokey • Porcupuffer • Prongo • Rocky Wrench • Sandmaargh • Small Cosmic Clone • Spike Eel • Spiny • Stingby • Tail Bob-omb • Tail Boo • Tail Bullet Bill • Tail Goomba • Tail Thwomp • Thistle • Thwomp • Wallop
Obstacles Baddie Box • Ball 'n' Chain • Banzai Bill Cannon • Bill Blaster • Cannon • Fire Bar • Giant spiked ball • Jet engine • Lava • Lava Geyser • Poison • Retractable spikes • Spike Pillar • Spiked ball • Spike Bar • Spike Block • Spiked roller • Swinging spikes
Bosses Tail Bowser • Boom Boom • Pom Pom • Bowser • Dry Bowser
Items and power-ups ? Box • + Clock • 1-Up Mushroom • Boomerang Flower • Coin • Fire Flower • Invincibility Leaf • Note • P-Wing • Poison Mushroom • Propeller Box • Red Coin • Star Medal • Statue Leaf • Super Leaf • Super Mushroom • Super Star
Objects ! Block • ? Block • Assist Block • Beep Block • Big Goal Pole • Binoculars • Block • Board • Bolts • Bowser Switch • Cactus • Cannon • Checkpoint Flag • Cog • Coin Block • Coin ring • Crate • Crumbling platform • Directional Block • Donut Block • Empty Block • Face block • Flip Panel • Flower • Fluff • Flying ? Block • Gift Box • Goal Pole • Golden Rock • Green Shell • Hard Block • Invisible Block • Lift • Long ? Block • Mystery Box • Note Block • Pipe • P Switch • Pole • Red-Blue Panel • Red Ring • Rock • Roulette Block • Rubber pad • Seagull • Small bird • Spine Coaster • Stump • Super Note Block • Switchboard • Tail Wheel • Tapering platform • Tightrope • Tree • Torch • View plate • Warp Box • World Warp Pipe
Locations Main worlds World 1 • World 2 • World 3 • World 4 • World 5 • World 6 • World 7 • World 8
Special worlds Special 1 • Special 2 • Special 3 • Special 4 • Special 5 • Special 6 • Special 7 • Special 8
Other Mushroom Kingdom • Peach's Castle • Sub-area • Toad Houses
Moves Crawl • Crouch • Crouch Jump • Dash • Ground Pound • Jump • Long Jump • Roll • Side Somersault • Slide • Swim • Tail attack • Wall Jump
Gameplay elements Completion • Item storage • StreetPass Gift • Tail Tree • UFO • Warp Zone
Music "Beach Theme" • "Bowser's Minions" • Castle Theme[conjectural] • "Main Theme" • "Pom Pom's Theme" • "Snow Course" • "Toad House" • "Victory Parade" • "World Clear!"
Further info Gallery • Glitches • Iwata Asks • Multimedia • "Nintendo - Mario Tanooki Trot Video" • "Nintendo - Super Mario 3D Land Takes Over Times Square" • Pre-release and unused content • Staff • "The Mario Drawing Song" • Yasashiku Hikeru Super Mario 3D Land
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