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Boss BGM

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This article is about the boss theme from Super Mario Bros. 2. For the boss theme from Super Mario Bros. 3, see Fortress Boss (Super Mario Bros. 3). For the boss theme from Super Mario World, see Koopalings BGM.
"Boss BGM"
"Boss BGM" in Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic
"Boss BGM" in Super Mario Bros. 2
The image for "Boss BGM" from Super Mario Bros. 2 on Nintendo Music
Image from Nintendo Music
Composed by:
Koji Kondo
First appearance Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic (1987)
Latest appearance Super Mario Maker 2 (2020)

"Boss BGM,"[1] also known as the "Boss Theme,"[2] is a musical theme composed by Koji Kondo for the boss battles in Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic and Super Mario Bros. 2.

HistoryEdit

Super Mario seriesEdit

Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic / Super Mario Bros. 2Edit

Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic marks the first appearance of "Boss BGM." When that game was later redeveloped as Super Mario Bros. 2, the theme was given slightly more enhanced instrumentation, which is the version that subsequent appearances of the theme in the Super Mario franchise are based on. The Super Mario Bros. 2 version is also included in the official albums FAMICOM 20TH ANNIVERSARY GAMEMUSIC DVD, Game Sound Museum: Mario Bros. / Super Mario USA, and Famicom Sound History Series: Mario the Music.

The SNES remake of Super Mario Bros. 2 in Super Mario All-Stars, Super Mario All-Stars + Super Mario World, and Super Mario All-Stars Limited Edition, contains its own arrangement of "Boss BGM," which plays during the boss battles like in the original game.

The Game Boy Advance remake of Super Mario Bros. 2, Super Mario Advance, contains its own arrangement of "Boss BGM," which plays during the boss battles like in the original game. This arrangement plays in a slightly higher pitch, aside from the drums and percussion.

  Boss BGM - The arrangement heard in Super Mario All-Stars
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  Boss BGM - The arrangement heard in Super Mario Advance
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Super Mario Maker 2Edit

In Super Mario Maker 2, the original version of "Boss BGM" plays whenever the "Boss Music" sound effect is triggered while the player is in their SMB2 form.

The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!Edit

Three different arrangements of "Boss BGM" can be heard throughout The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!, as the show was primarily based on Super Mario Bros. 2.

Super Smash Bros. seriesEdit

Super Smash Bros. MeleeEdit

In Super Smash Bros. Melee, the original version of "Boss BGM" plays in Mushroom Kingdom II whenever there are 30 seconds left on the timer or during a Sudden Death or Super Sudden Death.

Super Smash Bros. UltimateEdit

In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, the original version of "Boss BGM" can play in any Super Smash Bros.-series and Super Mario-series stage. It is titled "Boss Theme - Super Mario Bros. 2" in the game's Sound Test.

Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Mini-Land Mayhem!Edit

In Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Mini-Land Mayhem!, an arrangement of "Boss BGM" plays during the boss battle against Donkey Kong in Coaster Hills.

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List of Super Mario appearancesEdit

GamesEdit

Work System Year Type Title Credits
Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic Family Computer Disk System 1987 Original Koji Kondo
Super Mario Bros. 2 Nintendo Entertainment System 1988 Arrangement "Boss BGM"[1] Koji Kondo
Super Mario All-Stars Super Nintendo Entertainment System 1993 Arrangement Soyo Oka
Super Mario All-Stars + Super Mario World Super Nintendo Entertainment System 1994 Past arrangement (Super Mario All-Stars) Soyo Oka
Super Mario Advance Game Boy Advance 2001 Arrangement
Super Smash Bros. Melee Nintendo GameCube 2001 Past arrangement (Super Mario Bros. 2) Koji Kondo
Super Mario All-Stars Limited Edition Wii 2010 Past arrangement (Super Mario All-Stars) Soyo Oka
Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Mini-Land Mayhem! Nintendo DS 2010 Arrangement Lawrence Schwedler
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Nintendo Switch 2018 Past arrangement (Super Mario Bros. 2) "Boss Theme - Super Mario Bros. 2"[2] Koji Kondo
Super Mario Maker 2 Nintendo Switch 2020[g 1] Past arrangement (Super Mario Bros. 2) "Boss Music" Koji Kondo
  1. ^ Added in the 3.0.0 update on April 22, 2020

Film and televisionEdit

Work Year Type Title Credits
The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! 1989 Arrangement

AlbumsEdit

Work Year Type Title Credits
FAMICOM 20TH ANNIVERSARY GAMEMUSIC DVD 2004 Past arrangement (Super Mario Bros. 2) 「ボス」 (Bosu) Koji Kondo
Game Sound Museum: Mario Bros. / Super Mario USA 2004 Past arrangement (Super Mario Bros. 2) 「ボス」 (Bosu) Koji Kondo
Famicom Sound History Series: Mario the Music 2004 Past arrangement (Super Mario Bros. 2) 「ボス」 (Bosu) Koji Kondo

Names in other languagesEdit

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese ボス[1]
Bosu 		Boss

ReferencesEdit

  1. ^ a b c Nintendo Music
  2. ^ a b Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Sound Test
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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"
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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Super Mario Bros. 2 / BS Super Mario USA / Super Mario Advance
Protagonists Mario • Luigi • Toad • Princess Toadstool
Supporting characters Ōsamaa • Shireikana • Subcon • Yoshib
Bosses Birdo • Mouser • Tryclyde • Robirdob • Fryguy • Clawgrip • Mask Gate • Wart
8 bits Albatoss • Autobomb • Beezo • Big Kamēna • Big Shy Guyb • Big Ninjib • Bob-Omb • Bouncing bladeb • Cobrat • Flurry • Hoopster • Ninji • Ostro • Panser • Phanto • Pidgit • Pokey • Porcupo • Shyguy • Snifit • Spark • Trouter • Tweeter • Whale
Items and objects 1-Up Mushroom • Ace Coinb • Bomb • Bouncing bladeb • Brick wall • Cherry • Chain • Coin • Cork • Crystal Ball • Dream Machine • Egg • Elevator Platformb • Flying carpet • Giant Vegetablea,b • Grass • Hidden Item Containerb • Icy platform • Jar • Key • Key Door • Love-Love Firea • Magical Potion • Mushroom • Mushroom Block • Ōgon no Mario Zōa • POW • Rocket • Small heart • Soft sand • Spark Chaserb • Starman • Stop Watch • Turtle Shell • Vegetable • Waterfall • Yoshi Eggb
Worlds World 1 • World 2 • World 3 • World 4 • World 5 • World 6 • World 7
Other locations Subcon • Subspace
Forms Invincible Mario • Small Mario • Super Mario
Music "Bonus Chance" • "Boss BGM" • "Ground BGM" • "Please Select Player" • "Underground BGM"
Other Gallery (Advance) • Game Sound Museum: Mario Bros. / Super Mario USA • Glitches (Advance) • Life Meter • Life, Advanced • Mario Bros.b • Multimedia (Advance) • Nintendo Music (soundtrack) • Pre-release and unused content (Advance) • Staff (Advance) • Super Mario Advance (book) • Super Mario Advance Bath and Shower Foam • Yoshi Challengeb • Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic
a Exclusive to BS Super Mario USA
b Exclusive to Super Mario Advance
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