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Overworld Theme (The Legend of Zelda)

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"Overworld Theme"
The "Overworld Theme" in The Legend of Zelda
Composed by:
Koji Kondo
First appearance The Legend of Zelda (1986, The Legend of Zelda series)
The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! (1989, Super Mario franchise)
Latest appearance The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom (2024, The Legend of Zelda series)
Super Mario Maker 2 (3.0.0) (2020, Super Mario franchise)

The "Overworld Theme"[1] is a musical theme composed by Koji Kondo for the main overworld in The Legend of Zelda. In addition to reappearing consistently throughout the series The Legend of Zelda, the theme makes several appearances in the Super Mario franchise during crossovers with The Legend of Zelda.

HistoryEdit

The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!Edit

The first appearance of the "Overworld Theme" in the Super Mario franchise is in The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!, where in the episode "Stars in Their Eyes", the Quirks play an arrangement of the theme near the end of the episode, causing Koopa's rocket to malfunction internally.

Super Smash Bros. seriesEdit

In the Super Smash Bros. series, the "Overworld Theme" has appeared and received a new arrangement in every game to date.

WarioWare seriesEdit

WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$!Edit

In WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$! and the Nintendo GameCube port, WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Party Game$!, an excerpt of the "Overworld Theme" plays in the microgame The Legend of Zelda.

WarioWare: Twisted!Edit

WarioWare: Twisted! features a different microgame entitled The Legend of Zelda, which is also accompanied by an excerpt of the "Overworld Theme."

WarioWare: Touched!Edit

In WarioWare: Touched!, an excerpt of the "Overworld Theme" plays in half of the variations of the microgame The Legend of Zelda. It is not present in the level 1 variation based on Zelda II: The Adventure of Link, or the level 2 and 3 variations that take place inside dungeons.

WarioWare: Smooth MovesEdit

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In WarioWare: Smooth Moves, a brief orchestral arrangement of the "Overworld Theme" is one of the songs that the player can conduct in level 3 of the Opening Night microgame.

WarioWare GoldEdit

In WarioWare Gold, the microgame based on The Legend of Zelda from WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$! returns alongside the excerpt of the "Overworld Theme."

Donkey Konga seriesEdit

The Legend of Zelda Theme
Game(s) Donkey Konga    
Donkey Konga 2  
Length 2:16
BPM 120
Difficulties ★★★★★★
★★★★★
★★★★★
Cost 4900

In the North American and European versions of Donkey Konga, a Latin-inspired arrangement of the "Overworld Theme" is included as a playable song. This arrangement also incorporates the "Fairy Fountain" theme from the same series as a bridge, and briefly includes the series' "Important Item Acquired" jingle. It is titled "The Legend of Zelda Theme." This arrangement returns exclusively in the Japanese version of Donkey Konga 2 for the same purpose. It is also included in the official album Donkey Konga: The Hottest Hits.

  The Legend of Zelda Theme - The arrangement heard in Donkey Konga
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Super Mario seriesEdit

Super Mario 3D WorldEdit

“This is played when you manage to complete the pixelated image of Link, and I think I'm right in saying that it's the best ever use of a Legend of Zelda track in a 3D Super Mario game.”
—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 techno arrangement of the "Overworld Theme" plays upon solving the Color Panel puzzle of Link in Rainbow Run. It is titled "Link's Colour Panels" in the official Super Mario 3D World Original Soundtrack album.

  Link's Colour Panels - The arrangement heard in Super Mario 3D World
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Super Mario Maker 2Edit

In Super Mario Maker 2, the original version of the "Overworld Theme" plays while playing as Link after picking up the Master Sword in ground, underwater, desert, snow, forest, or sky-themed levels.

Mario Kart 8Edit

“I wanted to arrange this in a way that would only be in Mario Kart. I've scattered a number of motifs from The Legend of Zelda series throughout the track, so I hope you'll enjoy listening out for them. Oh, and don't miss the scorching guitar solo at the end!”
—Liner notes in the Mario Kart 8 Original Soundtrack

In Mario Kart 8 and the Nintendo Switch port, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, as part of The Legend of Zelda × Mario Kart 8 DLC, an arrangement of the "Overworld Theme" plays in Hyrule Circuit, likewise titled "Hyrule Circuit" in the Nintendo Music app, the official Mario Kart 8 Original Soundtrack album, and Deluxe's Sound Test. This arrangement also incorporates "Zelda's Lullaby," another recurring theme from the same series. A looping drum set beat is added to the instrumentation whenever the player is driving at top speed while in first place.

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GalleryEdit

List of Super Mario appearancesEdit

GamesEdit

Work System Year Type Title Credits
WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$! Game Boy Advance 2003 Original Koji Kondo
WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Party Game$! Nintendo GameCube 2003 Original Koji Kondo
Donkey Konga Nintendo GameCube 2003 Arrangement "The Legend of Zelda Theme"
Donkey Konga 2 Nintendo GameCube 2004 Past arrangement (Donkey Konga) "The Legend of Zelda Theme"
WarioWare: Twisted! Game Boy Advance 2004 Original Koji Kondo
WarioWare: Touched! Nintendo DS 2004 Original Koji Kondo
WarioWare: Smooth Moves Wii 2006 Arrangement
Super Mario 3D World Wii U 2013 Arrangement "Link's Colour Panels"[2]
Mario Kart 8 Wii U 2014[g 1] Arrangement "Hyrule Circuit"[3] Atsuko Asahi
Remix
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Nintendo Switch 2017 Past arrangement (Mario Kart 8) "Hyrule Circuit"[3] Atsuko Asahi
Past remix (Mario Kart 8)
WarioWare Gold Nintendo 3DS 2018 Original Koji Kondo
Super Mario Maker 2 Nintendo Switch 2019[g 2] Original Koji Kondo
Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury Nintendo Switch 2021 Past arrangement (Super Mario 3D World) "Link's Colour Panels"[2]
  1. ^ Added in The Legend of Zelda × Mario Kart 8 DLC on November 13, 2014
  2. ^ Added in the 2.0.0 update on December 5, 2019

Film and televisionEdit

Work Year Type Title Credits
The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! 1989 Arrangement

AlbumsEdit

Work Year Type Title Credits
Donkey Konga: The Hottest Hits 2004 Past arrangement (Donkey Konga) "The Legend of Zelda Theme"
Super Mario 3D World Original Soundtrack 2013 Past arrangement (Super Mario 3D World) "Link's Colour Panels"
Mario Kart 8 Original Soundtrack 2015 Past arrangement (Mario Kart 8) "Hyrule Circuit" Atsuko Asahi

ReferencesEdit

Overworld Theme coverage on other NIWA wikis:
  1. ^ Nintendo Music
  2. ^ a b Super Mario 3D World Original Soundtrack
  3. ^ a b Mario Kart 8 Original Soundtrack
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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 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 "Puzzle Plank" • "Theme of SMG2"
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"
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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Donkey Konga
Characters Donkey Kong • Diddy Kong • Cranky Kong • Rambi • Ellie • King K. Rool • Mario* • Yoshi* • Princess Peach* • Wario*
Songs Japan Advance Adventure • Ai no Uta • Ashita ga Arusa • Asu e no Tobira • Clarinet o Kowashichatta • Colors • Densetsu no Starfy • Desire -Jōnetsu- • DK Rap • Donkey Konga Theme • Fly High • The Galaxy Express 999 • Kaze no La La La • Koi no Dance Site • Hamtaro Tottokōta • Hungarian Dance No.5 in G Minor • Hyokkori Hyōtanjima • La Bamba • Love Somebody • Kirby! • Mambo No. 5 • Mario Bros. Theme • Mas que Nada • Mata Aeru Hi Made • Mini-Moni. Jankenpyon! • Momoiro Kataomoi • Mori no Kumasan • Ōkina Furudokei • Oklahoma Mixer • Shake • Turkish March • We are the ONE ~Bokura wa Hitotsu~
America All the Small Things • Bingo • Busy Child • Campfire Medley • Dancing in the Street • Diddy's Ditties • DK Rap • Donkey Konga Theme • Hungarian Dance No.5 in G Minor • The Impression That I Get • I Think I Love You • Kirby: Right Back at Ya! • The Legend of Zelda Theme • Like Wow • The Loco-Motion • Louie Louie • Mario Bros. Theme • On the Road Again • Oye Como Va • Para Los Rumberos • Pokémon Theme • Right Here, Right Now • Rock Lobster • Rock This Town • Shining Star • Sing, Sing, Sing (With a Swing) • Stupid Cupid • Turkish March • We Will Rock You • What I Like About You • Whip It • Wild Thing • You Can't Hurry Love
Europe 99 Red Balloons • All the Small Things • Alright • Back for Good • Busy Child • Canned Heat • Cosmic Girl • Dancing in the Street • DK Rap • Donkey Konga Theme • Donkey Kong Country Theme • Don't Stop Me Now • Hungarian Dance No.5 in G Minor • The Impression That I Get • I Want You Back • Lady Marmalade • The Legend of Zelda Theme • The Loco-Motion • Louie Louie • Mario Bros. Theme • Oye Como Va • Para Los Rumberos • Rainbow Cruise • Richard III • September • Sing, Sing, Sing (With a Swing) • Super Smash Bros. Melee Opening • Tubthumping • Turkish March • Wild Thing • You Can't Hurry Love
Minigames 100M Vine Climb • Banana Juggle • Bash K.Rool
Miscellaneous Click-n-Stick • DK Bongos • Donkey Konga: The Hottest Hits • Flash game • Gallery • Staff
* Cameo icons in the Battle mode
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