Main Theme (Super Mario Land)

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Not to be confused with Main Theme (Super Mario 3D Land).
"Main Theme"
"Main Theme" in Super Mario Land
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Composed by:
Hirokazu Tanaka
Key C major
First appearance Super Mario Land (1989)
Latest appearance Mario Kart World (2025)

The "Main Theme"[1] is a musical theme composed by Hirokazu Tanaka for Super Mario Land, where it plays in levels World 1-1, World 1-2, and World 3-1.

Reuses[edit]

The following list does not include ports or remakes of Super Mario Land.

Game Description
WarioWare Gold An excerpt of the "Main Theme" plays in the Super Mario Land microgame.
WarioWare: Get It Together! An excerpt of the "Main Theme" plays in levels 1 and 2 of the Super Mario Land microgame.

Arrangements[edit]

Super Mario series[edit]

Super Mario Land[edit]

In Super Mario Land, a mellow arrangement of the "Main Theme" plays in the ending cutscene when Mario rescues Princess Daisy.

Icon of an audio speaker. Ending - The arrangement heard in Super Mario Land
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Super Mario Maker 2[edit]

In Super Mario Maker 2, an arrangement of the "Main Theme" plays whenever the player is in Superball form. This arrangement is similar to the original, but it uses completely different chiptune instrumentation that is reminiscent to that of the Nintendo Entertainment System.

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WarioWare series[edit]

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

In WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$! and its Nintendo GameCube port, WarioWare Inc.: Mega Party Game$!, a brief arrangement of the "Main Theme" plays in the Grow Wario Grow microgame.

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WarioWare: D.I.Y.[edit]

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In WarioWare: D.I.Y., one of 9-Volt's Records is an arrangement of the "Main Theme," titled "GB Mario." It is accompanied with the following description: "Super Mario Land with funky twists!"

Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games[edit]

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In Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games, an orchestral medley arrangement of the "Main Theme" and the ending theme from Super Mario Land, titled "Main Theme: Super Mario Land (Remix)" and arranged by Tom Trapp, is a playable song in Figure Skating Pairs.

Mario Kart World[edit]

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

Other arrangements[edit]

Super Mario Land (album)[edit]

The Super Mario Land album features arrangements of the "Main Theme," titled 「MARIO ADVENTURES I (メインBGM#1)」 (MARIO ADVENTURES I (Mein BGM #1), "MARIO ADVENTURES I (Main BGM #1)"), and the ending theme, titled 「OH! DAISY (デイジー姫テーマ)」 (OH! DAISY (Deijī Hime Tēma), "OH! DAISY (Princess Daisy Theme)"). Both were arranged by Ikuro Fugiwara.

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Super Mario Compact Disco[edit]

The Super Mario Compact Disco features a hip hop remix of the "Main Theme," titled "Supermarioland" and arranged by Simon Harris and Colin Case. This remix features rap lyrics sung by Colin Case as M.C. Mario, with several references to Super Mario Land and other pieces of pop culture. Moreover, a brief excerpt of the original "Main Theme" plays at the beginning of the song "Go, Mario, Go!"

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Lyrics[edit]

Welcome, and enter the center
Of my Super Mario adventure
A girl is trapped on the other side of town
So I'm moving in leaps and bounds
Folks around my way think I'm strange
But there's a villain to blame
Even my ma, she thinks I'm crazy
But I've got to rescue Daisy

(There ain't no place like Super Mario Land)
You now have two minutes

Well, I'm back off my Lisa Stansfield trip
And I'm rejuvenated and I'm remixed
I took planes, trains, and automobiles
And for real, got ill in Brazil
I'm the Wizard of Oz while on tour
And got poor in Singapore
And I'm eatin' sushi in Japan, but
There ain't no place like Super Mario Land

(There ain't no place like Super Mario Land)
There is now one minute left
(Check this out)

She's my lady, my pride and joy
'Cause to her I'm a hero, not a toy boy
So I'm climbing mountains and swinging through trees
And even facing killer bees
Down secret tunnels in dark rooms
Met with the creature from the Blue Lagoon
Folks out there might think that I'm crazy
But I've got to rescue Daisy

(There ain't no place like Super Mario Land)
Stand by for the final countdown

See, she's doomed, there's no sunshine
To make a wish or click my heels three times
And I'm gathering coins like Indiana Jones
So one day we can make a happy home
So I'm ducking, diving, bobbing, and weaving
But I sure ain't leaving
Get with the program, come join the man
'Cause there ain't no place like Super Mario Land

Super Mario Compact Disco: The iOS Release[edit]

Super Mario Compact Disco: The iOS Release features an instrumental version of "Supermarioland" from Super Mario Compact Disco titled "Supermarioland - Instrumental."

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LINE[edit]

The Super Mario's Relaxing Life LINE sticker set features a brief arrangement of the "Main Theme" that plays over a sticker of Peach and Daisy taking a selfie together.

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Super Mario Compact Disco – 35th Anniversary Edition[edit]

Super Mario Compact Disco – 35th Anniversary Edition features club remixes of "Supermarioland" and "Go, Mario, Go!" titled "Supermarioland (Club House Mix (feat. MC Mario)) [Bonus Track]" and "Go, Mario, Go (X - Tended Club Mix (feat. MC Mario)) [Bonus Track]," a new stripped-down remix of the "Main Theme" titled "Supermarioland (Daisy's Breakdown (feat. MC Mario)) [Bonus Track]," and an instrumental version of "Go, Mario, Go!" titled "Go, Mario, Go (Instrumental (feat. MC Mario)) [Bonus Track]."

Additionally, the album features remastered versions of "Supermarioland" and "Go, Mario, Go!" titled "Supermarioland (feat. MC Mario) [Remastered]" and "Go, Mario, Go! (feat. MC Mario) [Remastered]," respectively.

Gallery[edit]

List of Super Mario appearances[edit]

Games[edit]

Work System Year Type Title Credits
Super Mario Land Game Boy 1989 Original 「地上BGM」 (Chijō BGM)[2] Hirokazu Tanaka
Arrangement
WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$! Game Boy Advance 2003 Arrangement
WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Party Game$! Nintendo GameCube 2003 Past arrangement (WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$!)
WarioWare: D.I.Y. Nintendo DS 2009 Arrangement "GB Mario"
Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games Wii U 2013 Arrangement "Main Theme: Super Mario Land (Remix)" Tom Trapp
WarioWare Gold Nintendo 3DS 2018 Original Hirokazu Tanaka
Super Mario Maker 2 Nintendo Switch 2019 Arrangement
WarioWare: Get It Together! Nintendo Switch 2021 Original Hirokazu Tanaka
Mario Kart World Nintendo Switch 2 2025 Arrangement

Albums[edit]

Work Year Type Title Credits
Super Mario Land 1989 Original 「SUPER MARIOLAND ORIGINAL BGM MEDLEY」 Hirokazu Tanaka
Arrangement 「MARIO ADVENTURES I (メインBGM#1)」
(MARIO ADVENTURES I (Mein BGM #1)) 		Ikuro Fugiwara
「OH! DAISY (デイジー姫テーマ)」
(OH! DAISY (Deijī Hime Tēma))
Game Boy Graffiti 1990 Arrangement 「スーパーマリオランド」 (Sūpā Mario Rando) Kisho Yamanaka
Original 「オリジナルBGMメドレー スーパーマリオランド」(Orijinaru BGM Medorē Sūpā Mario Rando) Hirokazu Tanaka
Super Mario Compact Disco 1993 Remix "Supermarioland" Simon Harris, Colin Case
"Go, Mario, Go!"
Super Mario Compact Disco (cassette) 1993 Past remix (Super Mario Compact Disco) 「スーパーマリオランド」 (Sūpā Mario Rando) Simon Harris, Colin Case
「ゴー・マリオ・ゴー !!」 (Gō Mario Gō!!)
The 30th Anniversary Super Mario Bros. Music 2015 Original 「地上BGM」 (Chijō BGM) Hirokazu Tanaka
Super Mario Compact Disco: The iOS Release 2016 Remix "Supermarioland - Instrumental" Simon Harris, Colin Case
Past remix (Super Mario Compact Disco) "Supermarioland"
Super Mario Compact Disco – 35th Anniversary Edition 2020 Remix "Supermarioland (feat. MC Mario) [Remastered]" Simon Harris, Colin Case
"Go, Mario, Go! (feat. MC Mario) [Remastered]"
"Go, Mario, Go (X - Tended Club Mix (feat. MC Mario)) [Bonus Track]"
"Go, Mario, Go (Instrumental (feat. MC Mario)) [Bonus Track]"
"Supermarioland (Club House Mix (feat. MC Mario)) [Bonus Track]"
"Supermarioland (Daisy's Breakdown (feat. MC Mario)) [Bonus Track]"
Past remix (Super Mario Compact Disco: The iOS Release) "Supermarioland (Instrumental (feat. MC Mario)) [Bonus Track]"

Other media[edit]

Work Format Year Type Title Credits
LINE Mobile application 2017[3] Arrangement

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese 地上BGM[2]
Chijō BGM 		Ground BGM

References[edit]

  1. ^ Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games' Figure Skating Pairs music selection
  2. ^ a b The 30th Anniversary Super Mario Bros. Music
  3. ^ Ganos, Lauren. "Super Mario’s Relaxing Life | Line Sticker Showcase." Nintendo Wire, October 19, 2017
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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 "Award Ceremony" • "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 Land
Protagonists Mario • Princess Daisy
Bosses King Totomesu • Dragonzamasu (Tamao) • Hiyoihoi • Biokinton (Chicken) • Tatanga (Pagosu)
Locations Sarasaland (Birabuto Kingdom • Muda Kingdom • Easton Kingdom • Chai Kingdom)
Levels World 1-1 • World 1-2 • World 1-3 • World 2-1 • World 2-2 • World 2-3 • World 3-1 • World 3-2 • World 3-3 • World 4-1 • World 4-2 • World 4-3 • Expert Level
Items & vehicles Super Mushroom • Superball Flower • Star • 1UP heart • Coin • Marine Pop • Sky Pop • Switch • Lift Block
Enemies & obstacles Batadon • Bombshell Koopa • Bullet Biff • Bunbun • Chikako • Dropping lift • Falling block • Falling spike • Fly • Ganchan • Gao • Gunion • Goombo • Honen • Kumo • Mekabon • Nyololin • Pionpi • Pipe Cannon • Pipe Fist • Piranha Plant • Poison needle • Pompon Flower • Roketon • Roto Disc • Suu • Tokotoko • Torion • Yurarin • Yurarin Boo
Music "Main Theme" • "Underground Theme"
Other Brick • Bonus game • Das Super Mario Spiel • Gallery • Glitches • Goal • Island • Main Theme • Multimedia • Mystery Block • Sub-area • Soundtrack
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