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"Desert Theme"

The "Desert Theme" in New Super Mario Bros. Wii
World 2-2
Composed by:
Shiho Fujii[1]
Key C major
BPM 110
Time signature(s) 4
4
First appearance New Super Mario Bros. Wii (2009)
Latest appearance Mario Kart World (2025)

The "Desert Theme"[2] is a recurring musical theme that appears in New Super Mario Bros. Wii, playing in the desert courses. This theme replaces the desert theme appearing in New Super Mario Bros., with the first five seconds of the theme being an arrangement of the first five seconds of its predecessor. It would be rearranged throughout the New Super Mario Bros. series.

ReusesEdit

The following list does not include ports or remakes of New Super Mario Bros. Wii.

Game Description
New Super Mario Bros. 2 The "Desert Theme" plays in the desert levels.

ArrangementsEdit

Super Mario seriesEdit

New Super Mario Bros. WiiEdit

In New Super Mario Bros. Wii, cuíca and shaker percussion is added to the instrumentation of the "Desert Theme" whenever a player is riding a Yoshi. This remix is reused for the same purpose in New Super Mario Bros. U, New Super Luigi U, New Super Mario Bros. U + New Super Luigi U, New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe, and Super Mario Maker 2.

New Super Mario Bros. 2Edit

In New Super Mario Bros. 2, a woodblock beat is added to the original "Desert Theme" whenever Mario or Luigi are in their Raccoon/Fox forms, and a bell synth arpeggiator is added while the Gold Ring is active.

New Super Mario Bros. UEdit

New Super Mario Bros. U features a new remix of the "Desert Theme" with minor changes to the oud, santoor, and sitar audio. Vocalizations are also added whenever a player holds onto a Baby Yoshi. Both are reused for the same purposes in New Super Luigi U, New Super Mario Bros. U + New Super Luigi U, and New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe.

Super Mario RunEdit

In Super Mario Run, a remix of the "Desert Theme" that removes "Paah" vocals from the New Super Mario Bros. U remix plays in the desert levels. Moreover, wind chimes and synthesized scratches are added to the instrumental during a Coin Rush.

  Desert Theme - The remix heard in Super Mario Run
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Super Mario Maker 2Edit

The New Super Mario Bros. U remix of the "Desert Theme" plays in desert-themed levels in Super Mario Maker 2. An ambient arrangement of the "Desert Theme" using eight tracks that fade in and out randomly to create a dynamic mix plays while editing New Super Mario Bros. U-style desert-themed courses in the Course Maker. Additionally, a music box arrangement of the "Desert Theme" plays during the nighttime version of desert-themed levels in the New Super Mario Bros. U style.

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New Super Mario Bros. Wii Coin WorldEdit

New Super Mario Bros. Wii Coin World features an arrangement of the "Desert Theme."

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Super Nintendo WorldEdit

An arrangement of the "Desert Theme" plays during the Yoshi's Adventure ride at Super Nintendo World.

Mario Kart WorldEdit

In Mario Kart World, an arrangement of the "Desert Theme" can play in Free Roam.

List of Super Mario appearancesEdit

GamesEdit

Work System Year Type Title Credits
New Super Mario Bros. Wii Wii 2009 Original "Desert Theme"[2] Shiho Fujii
Remix
New Super Mario Bros. Wii Coin World Arcade 2011 Arrangement
New Super Mario Bros. 2 Nintendo 3DS 2012 Original Shiho Fujii
Remix
New Super Mario Bros. U Wii U 2012 Remix
Past remix (New Super Mario Bros. Wii)
Remix
New Super Luigi U Wii U 2013 Past remix (New Super Mario Bros. U)
Past remix (New Super Mario Bros. Wii)
Past remix (New Super Mario Bros. U)
New Super Mario Bros. U + New Super Luigi U Wii U 2013 Past remix (New Super Mario Bros. U)
Past remix (New Super Mario Bros. Wii)
Past remix (New Super Mario Bros. U)
Puzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros. Edition Nintendo 3DS 2015 Past remix (New Super Mario Bros. U)
Puzzle & Dragons Z + Puzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros. Edition Nintendo 3DS 2015 Past remix (New Super Mario Bros. U)
Super Mario Run Android, iOS 2016 Remix
New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe Nintendo Switch 2019 Past remix (New Super Mario Bros. U)
Past remix (New Super Mario Bros. Wii)
Past remix (New Super Mario Bros. U)
Super Mario Maker 2 Nintendo Switch 2019 Past remix (New Super Mario Bros. U)
Past remix (New Super Mario Bros. Wii)
Arrangement
Mario Kart World Nintendo Switch 2 2025 Arrangement

Other mediaEdit

Work Year Type Title Credits
New Super Mario Bros. Wii: Simplified Piano Solos 2010 Arrangement "Desert Theme" Shinobu Amayake
Super Nintendo World 2021 Arrangement Dani Donadi[3]

ReferencesEdit

  1. ^ やさしくひける New スーパーマリオブラザーズ Wii. yamaha music media. Retrieved January 29, 2019.
  2. ^ a b New Super Mario Bros. Wii: Simplified Piano Solos
  3. ^ Dani Donadi. Profile. Linkedin. Retrieved July 16, 2025.
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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" • "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" • "Magic Whistle Melody" • "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'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 "Awards Ceremony (1st – 3rd Place)" • "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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New Super Mario Bros. Wii
Playable characters Mario • Luigi • Yellow Toad and Blue Toad
Forms Small Mario • Super Mario • Fire Mario • Propeller Mario • Ice Mario • Penguin Mario • Mini Mario • Invincible Mario
Non-playable characters Yoshi • Yellow Yoshi • Light Blue Yoshi • Pink Yoshi • Princess Peach • Toads • Jumbo Rays
Enemies Amp • Banzai Bill • Big Boo • Big Chain Chomp • Big Dry Bones • Big Fuzzy • Big Thwomp • Big Urchin • Big Wiggler • Blooper • Blooper Baby • Blooper Nanny • Bob-omb • Boo • Boomerang Bro • Bramball • Broozer • Bulber • Bull's-Eye Banzai • Bullet Bill • Chain Chomp • Cheep Cheep • Cheep-Chomp • Clampy • Climbing Koopa • Cooligan • Crowber • Deep-Cheep • Dry Bones • Eep Cheep • Fire Bro • Fire Snake • Flame Chomp • Foo • Fuzzy • Giant Goomba • Goomba • Huckit Crab • Hammer Bro • Heavy Para-Beetle • Hefty Goomba • Ice Bro • Jellybeam • King Bill • Koopa Paratroopa • Koopa Troopa • Lakitu • Lava Bubble • Mechakoopa • Mega Cheep-Cheep • Mega Deep-Cheep • Mini Goomba • Missile Bill • Monty Mole • Muncher • Para-Beetle • Parabomb • Paragoomba • Piranha Flower • Piranha Plant • Pokey • Porcupuffer • Prickly Goomba • River Piranha Plant • Rocky Wrench • Scaredy Rat • Sledge Bro • Spike • Spike Top • Spiny • Spiny Cheep Cheep • Spiny Egg • Stalking Piranha Plant • Stone Spike • Super Piranha Plant • Swoop • Thwomp • Urchin • Venus Fire Trap • Wet Bones • Wiggler
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Items and power-ups 1-Up Mushroom • Barrel • Blue Coin • Buzzy Shell • Coin • Fire Flower • Fruit • Glow Block • Hidden Coin • Ice block • Ice Flower • Key • Koopa Shell • Mini Mushroom • Penguin Suit • POW Block • Propeller Block • Propeller Mushroom • Red Coin • Springboard • Star • Star Coin • Super Mushroom • Toad balloon • Yoshi's Egg
Objects ! Switch • ? Block • ? Switch • 10-Coin Block • Anchor • Arrow lift • Bolt Lift • Bone lift • Bouncing ball • Bouncy Cloud • Brick Block • Bridge • Bubble-jet pipe • Cliff • Cloud • Cog • Conveyor Belt • Crate • Door • Dotted-Line Block • False wall • Fence • Fence wheel • Flag (midway point) • Flip panel • Floating barrel • Floating Block • Flower • Flying ? Block • Gray Block • Half-circle rock • Hanging chain • Hanging vine • Ice Block • Ice platform • Ice Snake Block • Ice Wall • Invisible Block • Iron Block • Jump Block • Large ! Switch • Large shell • Lift • Light Block • Limited Lift • Mushroom Platform • P Switch • Paddle Platform • Palm tree • Pendulum Platform • Pipe • Pipe Cannon • Pole • Pole (goal) • Pole (secret goal) • Raft • Rail Block • Red Ring • Remote-Control Platform • Remote-Controlled Clown Car • Rising/Falling Ceiling • Remote-Controlled Elevator • Remote-Controlled Fence • Remote-Controlled Lift • Rising/Falling Ceiling • Rocky wall • Rolling log • Rope • Rope ladder • Rotating square • Roulette Block • Sand Geyser • Scale Lift • Screw • Screwtop Lift • Screwtop Shroom • Semisolid Platform • Small pipe • Spine Coaster • Stretch Block • Stretch Shroom • Square cloud • Super Guide Block • Swing • Swinging Hammer • Tilt Lift • Tilting platform • Treasure chest • Trick door • Turning Floor • Unstable mushroom • Vine • Water • Water Ball • Water tide • Yellow ledge
Locations Worlds World 1 • World 2 • World 3 • World 4 • World 5 • World 6 • World 7 • World 8 • World 9 • World Coin
Other Peach's Castle • Toad Houses
Moves Crouch • Dash • Double Jump • Drill Spin • Flutter Jump • Ground Pound • Jump • Midair Spin • Propeller Jump • Shell Toss • Simultaneous Ground Pound • Slide • Spin Jump • Stomp • Swallow • Swim • Triple Jump • Wall Jump
Gameplay elements 1-up Blast • Coin Battle • Enemy Course • Extra life • Fortress • Ghost House • Hint movies • Paah • Power-up Panels • Score • Secret exit • Time Limit • Warp Cannon
Music "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"
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