Game Over (Dr. Mario)

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Not to be confused with Vs. Game Over.
"Game Over"
"Game Over" in the NES version of Dr. Mario
The image for "Game Over" from Dr. Mario for Nintendo Entertainment System on Nintendo Music.
Image from Nintendo Music
Composed by:
Hirokazu Tanaka
First appearance Dr. Mario (NES) (1990)
Latest appearance Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (2018)

"Game Over"[1] is a musical theme composed by Hirokazu Tanaka for the NES version of Dr. Mario, where it plays in the Game Over screen.

History[edit]

Dr. Mario series[edit]

Dr. Mario[edit]

Dr. Mario marks the first appearance of "Game Over", and it returns for the same purpose in the Classic NES Series port. It is also included in the official album Famicom Sound History Series: Mario the Music as part of a medley with "Vs. Game Over" from the same game.

Tetris & Dr. Mario[edit]

In Tetris & Dr. Mario, an arrangement of "Game Over" plays in the Game Over screen of Dr Mario.

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Dr. Mario 64 / Nintendo Puzzle Collection[edit]

In Dr. Mario 64 and the Nintendo GameCube port, Nintendo Puzzle Collection, an arrangement of "Game Over" plays in the Game Over screen.

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Dr. Mario & Puzzle League[edit]

In Dr. Mario & Puzzle League, an arrangement of "Game Over" plays in the Game Over screen of Dr Mario.

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Dr. Mario Online Rx[edit]

In Dr. Mario Online Rx, an arrangement of "Game Over" plays in the Game Over screen.

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Dr. Mario Express[edit]

In Dr. Mario Express, the Dr. Mario Online Rx version of "Game Over" plays in the Game Over screen.

Dr. Luigi[edit]

In Dr. Luigi, the Dr. Mario Online Rx version of "Game Over" plays in the Game Over screen.

Dr. Mario: Miracle Cure[edit]

In Dr. Mario: Miracle Cure, the Dr. Mario Online Rx version of "Game Over" plays in the Game Over screen.

WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$![edit]

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In WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$!, an arrangement of "Game Over" plays in the Game Over screen of the Dr. Wario minigame.

Super Smash Bros. series[edit]

Super Smash Bros. for Wii U[edit]

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In Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, an arrangement of "Chill" arranged by Hirokazu Tanaka can play in the 75m stage. This theme also incorporates an arrangement of "Game Over". It is titled "Chill (Dr. Mario) Ver. 2" in the game's sound test.

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate[edit]

In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, "Chill (Dr. Mario) Ver. 2" from Super Smash Bros. for Wii U can play in any Super Smash Bros.-series and Super Mario-series stage. It is titled "Chill (for 3DS / Wii U)" in the game's sound test.

List of Super Mario appearances[edit]

Games[edit]

Work System Year Type Title Credits
Dr. Mario Nintendo Entertainment System 1990 Original "Game Over"[1] Hirokazu Tanaka
Tetris & Dr. Mario Super Nintendo Entertainment System 1994 Arrangement
Dr. Mario 64 Nintendo 64 2001 Arrangement Seiichi Tokunaga
Nintendo Puzzle Collection Nintendo GameCube 2003 Past arrangement (Dr. Mario 64) Seiichi Tokunaga
WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$! Game Boy Advance 2003 Arrangement
Classic NES Series: Dr. Mario Game Boy Advance 2004 Original "Game Over"[1] Hirokazu Tanaka
Dr. Mario & Puzzle League Game Boy Advance 2005 Arrangement Morihiro Iwamoto
Dr. Mario Online Rx Wii 2008 Arrangement Masaru Tajima
Dr. Mario Express Nintendo DSi 2008 Past arrangement (Dr. Mario Online Rx) Masaru Tajima
Dr. Luigi Wii U 2013 Past arrangement (Dr. Mario Online Rx) Masaru Tajima
Super Smash Bros. for Wii U Wii U 2014 Arrangement "Chill (Dr. Mario) Ver. 2"[2] Hirokazu Tanaka
Dr. Mario: Miracle Cure Nintendo 3DS 2015 Past arrangement (Dr. Mario Online Rx) Masaru Tajima
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Nintendo Switch 2018 Past arrangement (Super Smash Bros. for Wii U) "Chill (for 3DS / Wii U)"[3] Hirokazu Tanaka

Albums[edit]

Work Year Type Title Credits
Famicom Sound History Series: Mario the Music 2004 Original 「ゲームオーバー～VS ゲームオーバー」
(Gēmu Ōbā ~ VS Gēmu Ōbā) 		Hirokazu Tanaka

Other media[edit]

Work Year Type Title Credits
Nintendo Music 2025[a] Original "Game Over" Hirokazu Tanaka
  1. ^ Added on March 17, 2025

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese ゲームオーバー[1]
Gēmu Ōbā 		Game Over

Notes[edit]

  • "Game Over" is one of two musical themes in the NES version of Dr. Mario that do not appear in the Game Boy version, the other being "Title Screen".

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d Nintendo Music
  2. ^ Super Smash Bros. for Wii U sound test
  3. ^ 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"
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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