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"Main Theme"
"Main Theme" in Super Mario 3D Land
1st Star Medal in World 1-1 (Super Mario 3D Land)
Composed by:
Takeshi Hama[1]
Key C major
First appearance Super Mario 3D Land (2011)
Latest appearance Mario Kart World (2025)

The "Main Theme,"[2] also known as the "Ground Theme"[3] or the "Super Mario 3D Land Theme,"[1] is a musical theme composed by Takeshi Hama for Super Mario 3D Land, where it plays in most of the game's overworld levels.

HistoryEdit

Super Mario seriesEdit

Super Mario 3D LandEdit

Super Mario 3D Land marks the first appearance of the "Main Theme," alongside several additional arrangements of the theme.

A brief arrangement of the "Main Theme" plays when selecting the game on the Nintendo 3DS HOME Menu.

An arrangement of the "Main Theme" in the key of G major plays in the title screen.

An arrangement of the "Main Theme" plays in the opening cutscene when Mario and a few Toads notice the Tail Tree missing its Super Leaves.

A jazz arrangement of the "Main Theme" in the key of A♯ major plays in Special 2-1 and Special 5-4.

A mechanical arrangement in 12
8 of the "Main Theme" plays in World 7-4, Special 4-1, and Special 7-3.

A big band jazz arrangement of the "Main Theme" plays in the staff credits.

The "Main Theme" is also included in the official album The 30th Anniversary Super Mario Bros. Music

  Super Mario 3D Land (HOME Menu) - The arrangement heard on the Nintendo 3DS HOME Menu
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  Title Theme - The arrangement heard in Super Mario 3D Land
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  Opening - The arrangement heard in Super Mario 3D Land
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  Candy Land - The arrangement heard in Super Mario 3D Land
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  Clock Tower - The arrangement heard in Super Mario 3D Land
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  Staff Credits - The arrangement heard in Super Mario 3D Land
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Super Mario 3D WorldEdit

“This is an arrangement of the main SUPER MARIO 3D WORLD[sic] theme. It has that extra element of excitement you get with a live music session.”
—Liner notes in the Super Mario 3D World Original Soundtrack

In Super Mario 3D World and the Nintendo Switch port, Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury, a jazz arrangement of the "Main Theme" (specifically the "Candy Land" version) plays in Super Block Land, likewise titled "Super Block Land" in the official Super Mario 3D World Original Soundtrack.

  Super Block Land - The arrangement heard in Super Mario 3D World
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Donkey Kong Country: Tropical FreezeEdit

Exclusively in the Wii U version of Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze, an excerpt of the "Main Theme" plays during one of Donkey Kong's idle animations, where he plays Super Mario 3D Land on a Nintendo 3DS XL.

Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter GamesEdit

In Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games, arrangements of the "Main Theme" and the staff credits theme from Super Mario 3D Land play during the first and last portions respectively of Mario's Figure Skating Spectacular.

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Super Smash Bros. seriesEdit

Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DSEdit

In Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS, a medley arrangement of the "Main Theme" in the key of F major and the "Underwater Theme" from Super Mario 3D Land can play in the 3D Land stage. It is titled "Super Mario 3D Land Theme / Beach Theme" in the game's Sound Test, and it was arranged by Yuichiro "Jesahm" Noro. It is also included in the official album Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U: A Smashing Soundtrack.

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Super Smash Bros. for Wii UEdit

In Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, the "Super Mario 3D Land Theme / Beach Theme" medley from Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS can play in the Delfino Plaza stage.

Super Smash Bros. UltimateEdit

In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, the "Super Mario 3D Land Theme / Beach Theme" medley from Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS can play in any Super Smash Bros.-series and Super Mario-series stage. It is titled "Ground Theme / Underwater Theme - Super Mario 3D Land" in the game's Sound Test.

Mario Party: Star RushEdit

In Mario Party: Star Rush, the original version of the "Main Theme" can be selected as a playable song in Rhythm Recital.

Mario Kart WorldEdit

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

Other appearancesEdit

Yasashiku Hikeru Super Mario 3D LandEdit

The Yasashiku Hikeru Super Mario 3D Land book features a solo piano arrangement of the "Main Theme."

List of Super Mario appearancesEdit

GamesEdit

Work System Year Type Title Credits
Super Mario 3D Land Nintendo 3DS 2011 Original 「地上のテーマ」 (Chijō no Tēma)[3] Takeshi Hama
Arrangement
Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games Wii U 2013 Arrangement
Super Mario 3D World Wii U 2013 Arrangement "Super Block Land"[4]
Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze Wii U 2014 Original Takeshi Hama
Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS Nintendo 3DS 2014 Arrangement "Super Mario 3D Land Theme / Beach Theme"[5] Jesahm
Super Smash Bros. for Wii U Wii U 2014 Past arrangement (Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS) "Super Mario 3D Land Theme / Beach Theme"[6] Jesahm
Mario Party: Star Rush Nintendo 3DS 2016 Original "Main Theme" Takeshi Hama
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Nintendo Switch 2018 Past arrangement (Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS) "Ground Theme / Underwater Theme - Super Mario 3D Land"[7] Jesahm
Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury Nintendo Switch 2021 Past arrangement (Super Mario 3D World) "Super Block Land"[4]
Mario Kart World Nintendo Switch 2 2025 Arrangement

AlbumsEdit

Work Year Type Title Credits
Super Mario 3D World Original Soundtrack 2013 Past arrangement (Super Mario 3D World) "Super Block Land"
Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U: A Smashing Soundtrack 2015 Past arrangement (Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS) "Super Mario 3D Land Theme / Beach Theme" Jesahm
The 30th Anniversary Super Mario Bros. Music 2015 Original 「地上のテーマ」 (Chijō no Tēma) Takeshi Hama

Other mediaEdit

Work Year Type Title Credits
Yasashiku Hikeru Super Mario 3D Land 2012 Arrangement 「スーパーマリオ3Dランドのテーマ」
(Sūpā Mario 3D Rando no Tēma) 		Takeshi Hama

Names in other languagesEdit

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese 地上のテーマ[3]
Chijō no Tēma 		Ground Theme
スーパーマリオ3Dランドのテーマ[1]
Sūpā Mario 3D Rando no Tēma 		Super Mario 3D Land Theme

ReferencesEdit

  1. ^ a b c Yasashiku Hikeru Super Mario 3D Land
  2. ^ Mario Party: Star Rush's Rhythm Recital music selection
  3. ^ a b c The 30th Anniversary Super Mario Bros. Music
  4. ^ a b Super Mario 3D World Original Soundtrack
  5. ^ Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS Sound Test
  6. ^ Super Smash Bros. Wii U Sound Test
  7. ^ 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 "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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Super Mario 3D Land
Playable characters Mario • Luigi
Forms Small Mario • Super Mario • Fire Mario • Tanooki Mario • Boomerang Mario • Invincible Mario • White Tanooki Mario • Statue Mario
Non-playable characters Princess Peach • Toad • Toads
Enemies Banzai Bill • Biddybud • Big Boo • Big Cosmic Clone • Big Tail Goomba • Blokkablok • Boo • Boomerang Bro • Blooper • Bob-omb • Bullet Bill • Chain Chomp • Cheep Cheep • Coin Coffer • Draglet • Dry Bones • Fake Block • Fire Piranha Plant • Flophopper • Fuzzy • Goomba • Goomba Tower • Grinder • Hammer Bro • Inky Piranha Plant • Koopa Troopa • Lava Bubble • Magikoopa • Magmaargh • Monty Mole • Morty Mole • Para-Biddybud • Paragoomba • Peepa • Piranha Plant • Pokey • Porcupuffer • Prongo • Rocky Wrench • Sandmaargh • Small Cosmic Clone • Spike Eel • Spiny • Stingby • Tail Bob-omb • Tail Boo • Tail Bullet Bill • Tail Goomba • Tail Thwomp • Thistle • Thwomp • Wallop
Obstacles Baddie Box • Ball 'n' Chain • Banzai Bill Cannon • Bill Blaster • Cannon • Fire Bar • Giant spiked ball • Jet engine • Lava • Lava Geyser • Poison • Retractable spikes • Spike Pillar • Spiked ball • Spike Bar • Spike Block • Spiked roller • Swinging spikes
Bosses Tail Bowser • Boom Boom • Pom Pom • Bowser • Dry Bowser
Items and power-ups ? Box • + Clock • 1-Up Mushroom • Boomerang Flower • Coin • Fire Flower • Invincibility Leaf • Note • P-Wing • Poison Mushroom • Propeller Box • Red Coin • Star Medal • Statue Leaf • Super Leaf • Super Mushroom • Super Star
Objects ! Block • ? Block • Assist Block • Beep Block • Big Goal Pole • Binoculars • Block • Board • Bolts • Bowser Switch • Cactus • Cannon • Checkpoint Flag • Cog • Coin Block • Coin ring • Crate • Crumbling platform • Directional Block • Donut Block • Empty Block • Face block • Flip Panel • Flower • Fluff • Flying ? Block • Gift Box • Goal Pole • Golden Rock • Green Shell • Hard Block • Invisible Block • Lift • Mystery Box • Note Block • Pipe • P Switch • Pole • Red-Blue Panel • Red Ring • Rock • Roulette Block • Rubber pad • Seagull • Small bird • Spine Coaster • Stump • Super Note Block • Switchboard • Tail Wheel • Tapering platform • Tightrope • Tree • Torch • View plate • Warp Box • World Warp Pipe
Locations Main worlds World 1 • World 2 • World 3 • World 4 • World 5 • World 6 • World 7 • World 8
Special worlds Special 1 • Special 2 • Special 3 • Special 4 • Special 5 • Special 6 • Special 7 • Special 8
Other Mushroom Kingdom • Peach's Castle • Sub-area • Toad Houses
Moves Crawl • Crouch • Crouch Jump • Dash • Ground Pound • Jump • Long Jump • Roll • Side Somersault • Slide • Swim • Tail attack • Wall Jump
Gameplay elements Completion • Item storage • StreetPass Gift • Tail Tree • UFO • Warp Zone
Music "Castle Theme" • "Main Theme" • "Pom Pom's Theme" • "Snow Course" • "Underwater Theme" • "Victory Parade"
Further info Gallery • Glitches • "The Mario Drawing Song" • Multimedia • Pre-release and unused content • Staff • Yasashiku Hikeru Super Mario 3D Land
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