Fortress Theme

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This article is about the musical theme from New Super Mario Bros. Wii. For the musical theme from Super Mario Bros. 3, see Fortress BGM.
Not to be confused with Tower Theme or Castle Theme.
"Fortress Theme"
"Fortress Theme" in New Super Mario Bros. Wii
World 4-Tower (New Super Mario Bros. Wii)
Composed by:
Kenta Nagata[1]
Key E minor
BPM 86
First appearance New Super Mario Bros. Wii (2009)
Latest appearance The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023)
Arrangement of
"Tower Theme" (New Super Mario Bros.)

"Fortress Theme"[2] is a musical theme in New Super Mario Bros. Wii, where it plays in the fortress courses. It is an arrangement of "Tower Theme" from New Super Mario Bros. Near the end, however, it transitions into a new phrase not heard in the original. The enemies and power-ups react to the strings in the beginning of the track and the slow arpeggios the same way they do with the "paah" vocals in the rest of the game's soundtrack. This arrangement would be used for the rest of the New Super Mario Bros. series.

History[edit]

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Super Mario series[edit]

New Super Mario Bros. Wii[edit]

New Super Mario Bros. Wii marks the first appearance of "Fortress Theme".

New Super Mario Bros. 2[edit]

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A remix of "Fortress Theme" is used in New Super Mario Bros. 2, featuring paah vocals in place of the strings and twirls from the original. The backing instrument is also now played much more harshly.

A woodblock beat is added to the instrumentation whenever Mario or Luigi are in their Raccoon or Fox forms respectively, and a bell synth arpeggiator is added to the instrumentation whenever the Gold Ring is active.

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New Super Mario Bros. U / New Super Luigi U / New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe[edit]

In New Super Mario Bros. U, the original version of "Fortress Theme" plays for the same purposes as New Super Mario Bros. Wii.

The Super Mario Bros. Movie[edit]

In The Super Mario Bros. Movie, "Fortress Theme" is used various times. In particular, it is the part of theme that plays 22 seconds in. It plays in "An Indecent Proposal" when the Koopa Troopa soldiers surround Peach and Toad before Bowser proposes, in "Fighting Tooth and Veil" when Luigi's cage is submerged in lava, in "Grapple in the Big Apple" when Bowser shouts "I was finally gonna be happy!" at Mario as he chases him in Brooklyn, and at the 4:40 mark of "Super Mario Bros. Opus", which plays during the overall credits. All of these tracks were composed by Brian Tyler and appear in the film's official soundtrack.

Gallery[edit]

List of Super Mario appearances[edit]

Games[edit]

Work System Year Type Title Credits
New Super Mario Bros. Wii Wii 2009 Original Kenta Nagata
New Super Mario Bros. 2 Nintendo 3DS 2012 Remixes
New Super Mario Bros. U Wii U 2012 Original "Fortress Theme"[2] Kenta Nagata
New Super Luigi U Wii U 2013 Original "Fortress Theme"[2] Kenta Nagata
New Super Mario Bros. U + New Super Luigi U Wii U 2013 Original "Fortress Theme"[2] Kenta Nagata
New Super Mario Bros. 2: Gold Edition Nintendo 3DS 2014 Past remix (New Super Mario Bros. 2)
Puzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros. Edition Nintendo 3DS 2015 Original Kenta Nagata
Puzzle & Dragons Z + Puzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros. Edition Nintendo 3DS 2015 Original Kenta Nagata
New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe Nintendo Switch 2019 Original "Fortress Theme"[2] Kenta Nagata

Film and television[edit]

Work Year Type Title Credits
The Super Mario Bros. Movie 2023 Arrangement "An Indecent Proposal"[3] Brian Tyler
"Fighting Tooth and Veil"[3]
"Grapple in the Big Apple"[3]
"Super Mario Bros. Opus"[3]

Albums[edit]

Work Year Type Title Credits
The Super Mario Bros. Movie (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) 2023 Past arrangement (The Super Mario Bros. Movie) "Super Mario Bros. Opus" Brian Tyler
"An Indecent Proposal"
"Fighting Tooth and Veil"
"Grapple in the Big Apple"
New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe (Nintendo Music) 2025 Original "Fortress Theme"

Naming[edit]

Internal names[edit]

Game File Name Meaning

New Super Mario Bros. Wii Sound/stream/toride_lr.n.32.brstm Toride N Fortress Kenta Nagata

Names in other languages[edit]

LanguageNameMeaningNote(s)Ref.
Japanese砦のテーマ
Toride no Tēma
Fortress Theme[2]

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