Fireworks (theme)

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"Fireworks"
"Fireworks" in Super Mario Bros. 3
The image for "Fireworks" from Super Mario Bros. 3 on Nintendo Music
Image from Nintendo Music
Composed by:
Koji Kondo
First appearance Super Mario Bros. 3 (1988)
Latest appearance Super Mario Maker 2 (2019)

"Fireworks"[1] is an 8-note fanfare composed by Koji Kondo for Super Mario Bros. 3, where it plays upon clearing a level with three of the same card, causing fireworks to appear, as well as upon clearing a level after defeating Boom Boom or one of the Koopalings.

History[edit]

Super Mario series[edit]

Super Mario Bros. 3[edit]

Super Mario Bros. 3 marks the first appearance of "Fireworks". It is also included in the official albums Super Mario World, Game Sound Museum: Super Mario Bros. 3, and Famicom Sound History Series: Mario the Music.

Super Mario All-Stars / Super Mario All-Stars + Super Mario World / Super Mario All-Stars Limited Edition[edit]

In the SNES remake of Super Mario Bros. 3 in Super Mario All-Stars, Super Mario All-Stars + Super Mario World, and Super Mario All-Stars Limited Edition, an arrangement of "Fireworks" plays for the same purposes as in the original game. It also plays when either player wins five times in Battle Game.

Icon of an audio speaker. Fireworks - Super Mario Bros. 3 - The arrangement heard in Super Mario All-Stars
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Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3[edit]

In Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3, the Game Boy Advance remake of Super Mario Bros. 3, a compressed version of the Super Mario All-Stars arrangement of "Fireworks" plays for the same purposes as in the original game.

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Super Mario Maker series[edit]

In Super Mario Maker; its Nintendo 3DS port, Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS; and Super Mario Maker 2, the original version of "Fireworks" plays when when completing a castle-themed course in the Super Mario Bros. 3 game style.

Mario Party Advance[edit]

In Mario Party Advance, a loose arrangement of "Fireworks" is incorporated into the theme that plays when completing a quest in Shroom City.

Icon of an audio speaker. Shroom City - Quest Complete - The arrangement heard in Mario Party Advance
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WarioWare: Smooth Moves[edit]

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In WarioWare: Smooth Moves, an orchestral arrangement of "Fireworks" is one of the songs that the player can conduct in Level 1 of the Opening Night microgame. It is titled "SMB 3 White Clear" in the Sound Studio.

Itadaki Street series[edit]

Itadaki Street DS[edit]

In Itadaki Street DS, an arrangement of "Fireworks" plays when winning a regular prize from Itadaki Slot on a Super Mario–franchise board.

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Fortune Street[edit]

In Fortune Street, an arrangement of "Fireworks" plays when winning a regular prize from Round the Blocks on a Super Mario–franchise board.

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Paper Mario: Color Splash[edit]

In Paper Mario: Color Splash, the original version of "Fireworks" plays after Mario touches the flagpole at the end of the fortress area in the Super Mario Bros. 3-like world in the Green Energy Plant.

Other appearances[edit]

Super Mario Bros. 3 ~ Akihabara Electric Circus[edit]

The Super Mario Bros. 3 ~ Akihabara Electric Circus album features a disco medley of "Music Box", "P Switch BGM / Toad's House", "Slot Game BGM / Memory Game BGM", and "Fireworks" as its eighth track, titled "The Lap". It was arranged by Koji Kondo.

Super Mario Bros. 1, 2, 3, Hop! Step! Jump![edit]

The Super Mario Bros. 1, 2, 3, Hop! Step! Jump! album features a medley that arranges various tracks from Super Mario Bros. 3 including "Fireworks", titled "Super Mario Bros. 3 -Nonstop Special Dance Version-".

The Super Mario Bros. Movie[edit]

In The Super Mario Bros. Movie, the final build-up of the original track can be heard during "Superstars", with the last not being cut off when Invincible Mario and Luigi are devoured by a Piranha Plant.

List of Super Mario appearances[edit]

Games[edit]

Work System Year Type Title Credits
Super Mario Bros. 3 Nintendo Entertainment System 1988 Original "Fireworks"[1] Koji Kondo
Super Mario All-Stars Super Nintendo Entertainment System 1993 Arrangement Soyo Oka
Super Mario All-Stars + Super Mario World 1994 Past arrangement (Super Mario All-Stars) Soyo Oka
Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 Game Boy Advance 2003 Arrangement Taiju Suzuki
Mario Party Advance 2005 Arrangement
WarioWare: Smooth Moves Wii 2006 Arrangement "SMB 3 White Clear"[2]
Itadaki Street DS Nintendo DS 2007 Arrangement
Super Mario All-Stars Limited Edition Wii 2010 Past arrangement (Super Mario All-Stars) Soyo Oka
Fortune Street 2011 Arrangement
Super Mario Maker Wii U 2015 Original Koji Kondo
Paper Mario: Color Splash 2016 Original Koji Kondo
Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS Nintendo 3DS Original Koji Kondo
Super Mario Maker 2 Nintendo Switch 2019 Original Koji Kondo

Albums[edit]

Work Year Type Title Credits
Super Mario Bros. 3 ~ Akihabara Electric Circus 1988 Arrangement "The Lap" Koji Kondo
Super Mario Bros. 1, 2, 3, Hop! Step! Jump! 1989 Arrangement "Super Mario Bros. 3 -Nonstop Special Dance Version-" Ikuro Fujiwara
Super Mario World 1991 Original 「花火ファンファーレ」 (Hanabi Fanfāre) Koji Kondo
Game Sound Museum: Super Mario Bros. 3 2004 Original 「花火ファンファーレ」 (Hanabi Fanfāre) Koji Kondo
Famicom Sound History Series: Mario the Music Original 「花火ファンファーレ」 (Hanabi Fanfāre) Koji Kondo

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese 花火ファンファーレ[1]
Hanabi Fanfāre 		Fireworks Fanfare

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c Nintendo Music
  2. ^ WarioWare: Smooth Moves sound test
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Recurring themes
Donkey Kong franchise Donkey Kong "Game Start" • "Hammer BGM" • "Round 1 BGM" • "Round Start BGM"
Donkey Kong Jr. "Game Start" • "Round 1 BGM" • "Title BGM"
Donkey Kong (NES) "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)" • "Snakey Chantey (Rattle Battle)" • "Stickerbush Symphony (Bramble Blast)"
Donkey Kong 64 "DK Rap"
Donkey Kong Country Returns "Mine Menace"
Mario Bros. series Mario Bros. "Game Start"
Mario Bros. (NES) "Title BGM"
Wrecking Crew series Wrecking Crew "Bonus Phase" • "Golden Hammer" • "Phase BGM"
Super Mario series Super Mario Bros. "Castle BGM" • "Course Clear" • "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" • "Final Boss BGM" • "Ground BGM" • "Please Select Player" • "Underground BGM"
Super Mario Bros. 3 "Airship BGM" • "Athletic BGM" ("Course Clear") • "Bros. Battle" • "Ending" • "Fireworks" • "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)" • "World Clear"
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" · "Course Clear" · "Ghost House BGM" · "Underground BGM" · "Underwater BGM") • "Koopalings BGM" • "P Switch BGM" • "Special World (Map Screen)" • "Star World (Map Screen)" • "Title BGM" • "Vanilla Dome (Map Screen)" • "Yoshi's Island (Map Screen)"
Super Mario 64 "Big Boo's Haunt" • "Bowser's Road" • "Bowser's Theme" • "Dire, Dire Docks" • "File Select" • "The Final Battle" • "Hazy Maze Cave" • "Lethal Lava Land" • "Main Theme" ("Cool, Cool Mountain" · "Course Clear" · "Opening" · "Slider") • "The Merry-Go-Round" • "Metal Mario" • "Peach's Castle" • "Piranha Plant's Lullaby" • "Staff Roll" • "Stage Boss" • "Star Catch Fanfare" • "Title Theme" • "Toad's Message"
Super Mario Sunshine "Isle Delfino" ("Ricco Harbor") • "Secret Course"
New Super Mario Bros. "Castle Theme" • "Course Clear" • "Ground Theme" ("Athletic Theme") • "Mega Mario" • "Switch On!" • "Tower Theme"
Super Mario Galaxy "Buoy Base Galaxy" • "Egg Planet" • "Enter Bowser Jr.!" • "Final Battle with Bowser" • "Gusty Garden Galaxy" • "Ice Mario" • "Luma" • "Overture" • "Purple Comet" • "Rosalina in the Observatory" • "Space Junk Road" • "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" • "Melty Monster Galaxy" • "Puzzle Plank Galaxy" • "Slimy Spring Galaxy" • "Super Mario Galaxy 2 Trailer Theme" • "Teleporter Melody"
Super Mario 3D Land "Beach Theme" • "Castle Theme" • "Main Theme" • "Snow Course" • "Victory Parade"
New Super Mario Bros. U "Ground Theme" ("Athletic 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" • "Vs. Game Over"
Mario Kart series Super Mario Kart "Awards Ceremony (1st – 3rd Place)" • "Donut Plains" • "Ghost Valley" • "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" • "Mario Kart 64 Title Screen" • "Moo Moo Farm" • "Rainbow Road" • "Results (1st − 4th Place)" • "Staff Credits" • "Starting Grid (Time Trials / Battle)" • "Toad's Turnpike"
Mario Kart: Super Circuit "Bowser Castle" • "Peach Circuit"
Mario Kart: Double Dash!! "Baby Park" • "Mario Bros. Circuits" • "Peach Beach"
Mario Kart DS "Cheep Cheep Beach" • "Luigi's Mansion" • "Peach Gardens" • "Waluigi Pinball"
Mario Kart Wii "Coconut Mall" • "Luigi Circuit" • "Maple Treeway" • "Moo Moo Meadows" • "Mushroom Gorge" • "Rainbow Road" • "Wario's Gold Mine"
Mario Kart 7 "Neo Bowser City" • "Piranha Plant Slide" • "Rainbow Road" • "Toad Circuit"
Mario Kart 8 "Cloudtop Cruise" • "Mario Circuit" ("Mario Kart Stadium") • "Mario Kart 8 Title Screen"
Yoshi franchise Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island "Athletic BGM" • "Bowser" • "Flower Field BGM" • "Goal!" • "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" • "Title Theme" ("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 "Galop infernal" • "Mute City" • "Title BGM (Excitebike)" • "Totakeke's theme"
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