Rainbow Cruise (theme)

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"Rainbow Cruise"
"Rainbow Cruise" in Super Smash Bros. Melee
Super Smash Bros. Melee. Coin fight in Rainbow Cruise pitting Ganondorf and Donkey Kong against Princess Peach and Mario.
Composed by:
Shogo Sakai
First appearance Super Smash Bros. Melee (2001)
Latest appearance Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (2018)
Arrangement of
"Slider" (Super Mario 64)
"Underwater BGM" (Super Mario Bros.)

"Rainbow Cruise",[1] also known as "Slide",[2] is a musical theme composed by Shogo Sakai for Super Smash Bros. Melee, where it plays in the stage of the same name. It is an orchestral medley arrangement of "Slider" from Super Mario 64 and "Underwater BGM" from Super Mario Bros.

History[edit]

Super Smash Bros. series[edit]

Super Smash Bros. Melee[edit]

Super Smash Bros. Melee marks the first appearance of "Rainbow Cruise".

Icon of an audio speaker. Rainbow Cruise - The "Underwater BGM" portion of the theme heard in Super Smash Bros. Melee
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Super Smash Bros. Brawl[edit]

In Super Smash Bros. Brawl, the original version of "Rainbow Cruise" can once again play in the Rainbow Cruise stage. It is titled "Rainbow Cruise (Melee)" in the game's sound test.

Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS[edit]

In Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS, the original version of "Rainbow Cruise" can play in Smash Run.

Super Smash Bros. for Wii U[edit]

In Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, the original version of "Rainbow Cruise" can play in the Delfino Plaza stage.

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate[edit]

In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, the original version of "Rainbow Cruise" can play in any Super Smash Bros.-series and Super Mario-series stage. It is titled "Slide" in the game's sound test.

Donkey Konga[edit]

Rainbow Cruise
Game(s) Donkey Konga Europe
Cost 1200
Difficulties
Solo Monkey
Chimp
Gorilla

In the European version of Donkey Konga, the original version of "Rainbow Cruise" is featured as a playable song. It is also included in the official album Donkey Konga: The Hottest Hits.

Other appearances[edit]

Super Smash Bros. Melee: Smashing...Live![edit]

“It was a perfect choice for an encore. As you can tell from the enthusiastic clapping, the audience really loved this!”
—Masahiro Sakurai[3]

The Super Smash Bros. Melee: Smashing...Live! album includes a live orchestral arrangement of "Rainbow Cruise".

Icon of an audio speaker. Rainbow Cruise - The "Slider" portion of the arrangement heard in Super Smash Bros. Melee: Smashing...Live!
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Icon of an audio speaker. Rainbow Cruise - The "Underwater BGM" portion of the arrangement heard in Super Smash Bros. Melee: Smashing...Live!
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Gallery[edit]

List of Super Mario appearances[edit]

Games[edit]

Work System Year Type Title Credits
Super Smash Bros. Melee Nintendo GameCube 2001 Original "Rainbow Cruise"[1] Shogo Sakai
Donkey Konga 2004 "Rainbow Cruise"
Super Smash Bros. Brawl Wii 2008 "Rainbow Cruise (Melee)"[4]
Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS Nintendo 3DS 2014 "Rainbow Cruise"[5]
Super Smash Bros. for Wii U Wii U 2014 "Rainbow Cruise"[6]
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Nintendo Switch 2018 "Slide"[2]

Albums[edit]

Work Year Type Title Credits
Super Smash Bros. Melee: Smashing...Live! 2003 Arrangement "Rainbow Cruise" Shogo Sakai
Donkey Konga: The Hottest Hits 2004 Original "Rainbow Cruise"

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Super Smash Bros. Melee sound test
  2. ^ a b Super Smash Bros. Ultimate sound test
  3. ^ January 29, 2003. Super Smash Bros. Melee Concert!. Nintendo of America (American English). Archived March 4, 2003, 00:06:57 UTC from the original via Wayback Machine. Retrieved January 23, 2026.
  4. ^ Super Smash Bros. Brawl sound test
  5. ^ Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS sound test
  6. ^ Super Smash Bros. Wii U sound test
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Recurring themes
Donkey Kong franchise Donkey Kong "Hammer BGM" • "Round 1 BGM"
Donkey Kong Jr. "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" • "Mine Cart Madness" • "Northern Hemispheres" • "Simian Segue" • "Treetop Rock" • "Voices of the Temple"
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. (NES) "Title BGM"
Wrecking Crew series Wrecking Crew "Bonus Phase" • "Golden Hammer" • "Phase BGM"
Super Mario series Super Mario Bros. "Castle BGM" • "Ending" • "Ground BGM" • "Invincibility BGM" • "Underground BGM" • "Underwater BGM"
VS. Super Mario Bros. "Gyōmu-yō Mario Namae-ire"
Super Mario Bros. 2 "Boss BGM" • "Ending" • "Final Boss BGM" • "Ground BGM" • "Please Select Player" • "Underground BGM"
Super Mario Bros. 3 "Airship BGM" • "Athletic BGM" • "Bros. Battle" • "Ending" • "Fortress BGM" • "Fortress Boss" • "Ground BGM" • "King of the Koopas" • "Music Box" • "P Switch BGM / Toad's House" • "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 "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" · "Ghost House BGM" · "Underground BGM" · "Underwater BGM") • "Koopalings BGM" • "P Switch BGM" • "Special World (Map Screen)" • "Star World (Map Screen)" • "Title BGM" • "Valley of Bowser (Map Screen)" • "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" · "Opening" · "Slider") • "The Merry-Go-Round" • "Metal Mario" • "Peach's Castle" • "Piranha Plant's Lullaby" • "Staff Roll" • "Stage Boss" • "Title Theme"
Super Mario Sunshine "Boss Battle" • "Isle Delfino" ("Ricco Harbor" · "Staff Credits") • "Secret Course"
New Super Mario Bros. "Castle Theme" • "Ground Theme" ("Athletic Theme") • "Mega Mario" • "Switch On!" • "Tower Theme"
Super Mario Galaxy "Battlerock Galaxy" • "Buoy Base Galaxy" • "Cosmic Comet" • "Dino Piranha" • "Egg Planet" • "Enter Bowser Jr.!" • "Final Battle with Bowser" • "The Galaxy Reactor" • "Gateway Galaxy" • "Gusty Garden Galaxy" • "The Honeyhive" • "Ice Mario" • "King Bowser" • "King Kaliente" • "Kingfin" • "Luma" • "Major Burrows" • "Megaleg" • "Melty Molten Galaxy" • "Overture" • "Purple Comet" • "Rosalina in the Observatory" ("Family") • "Space Athletic" • "Space Junk Road" • "The Star Festival" • "Super Mario 2007" • "Super Mario Galaxy" • "The Toad Brigade" • "Waltz of the Boos"
New Super Mario Bros. Wii "Bonus Area" • "Bowser Jr. Battle" • "Castle Theme" • "Coast Theme" • "Desert Theme" • "Forest Theme" • "Ghost House Theme" • "Lava Cave / Underground Ruins Theme" • "Lava Theme" • "Title Theme" • "Toad House Minigame" • "Underwater Theme"
Super Mario Galaxy 2 "Bowser Jr.'s Fiery Flotilla" • "Bowser's Galaxy Generator" • "Cloudy Court Galaxy" • "Fated Battle" • "Melty Monster Galaxy" • "Puzzle Plank Galaxy" • "Slimy Spring Galaxy" • "Starship Mario" • "The Starship's Journey" • "Super Mario Galaxy 2 Trailer Theme" ("Wild Glide Galaxy") • "Teleporter Melody" • "Yoshi Star Galaxy"
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 "Flying Battleship Theme" • "Title"
Super Mario Odyssey "Fossil Falls" • "Jump Up, Super Star!" • "New Donk City"
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)" • "Bowser Castle" • "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" • "Toad's Turnpike"
Mario Kart: Super Circuit "Bowser Castle" • "Peach Circuit"
Mario Kart: Double Dash!! "Baby Park" • "Luigi Circuit" • "Peach Beach"
Mario Kart DS "Cheep Cheep Beach" • "Luigi's Mansion" • "Peach Gardens" • "Waluigi Pinball"
Mario Kart Wii "Coconut Mall" • "Grumble Volcano" • "Luigi Circuit" • "Wii 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 "Bowser's Castle" • "Cloudtop Cruise" • "Mario Circuit" ("Mario Kart Stadium") • "Mario Kart 8 Title Screen" • "Rainbow Road" • "Twisted Mansion"
Mario Party series Mario Party 9 "Good Job!"
Wario franchise Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 "Main Theme"
WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$! "Pyoro: Stage" • "Sci-Fi (Dribble & Spitz) - Drifting Away" • "Title" ("Reality (Dr. Crygor) - Stage")
WarioWare: Twisted! "Mona Pizza"
WarioWare: Touched! "Ashley's Theme"
Yoshi series Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island "Athletic BGM" • "Bowser" • "Flower Field BGM" • "Goal!" • "Opening Melody" • "Powerful Mario" • "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)"
Mario vs. Donkey Kong series Mario vs. Donkey Kong "Mini Mario Stage" • "Title Theme"
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" • "Bowser's Keep" • "Hello, Happy Kingdom" • "Super Mario House"
Miscellaneous "Galop infernal" • "Mute City" • "Title BGM" (Excitebike) • "Totakeke's theme"
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Super Smash Bros. Melee
Playable characters Mario • Donkey Kong • Link • Samus • Yoshi • Kirby • Fox • Bowser • Peach • Luigi • Mr. Game & Watch • Dr. Mario • Others (64 · Melee)
Non-playable characters Toad • Sandbag • Banzai Bill • Shy Guy • Pidgit • Birdo • Klaptrap • Whispy Woods • Super Happy Tree • Goomba • Koopa Troopa • Koopa Paratroopa • Adventure Mode enemies
Bosses Metal Mario • Giant Donkey Kong • Giant Bowser • Giga Bowser
Stages New Stages Princess Peach's Castle • Kongo Jungle • Yoshi's Story • Rainbow Cruise • Jungle Japes • Yoshi's Island • Mushroom Kingdom • Mushroom Kingdom II • Mushroom Kingdom (Adventure Mode) • Goomba • Others
Past Stages Yoshi's Island • Kongo Jungle • Other
Items Apple • Barrel Cannon • Freezie • Metal Box • Party Ball • Poison Mushroom • Starman • Super Mushroom • Super Scope • Trophy
Moves Miscellaneous Jump • Taunt (Smash Taunt)
Special Standard Up Side Down
Mario Fireball Super Jump Punch Cape Mario Tornado
Dr. Mario Megavitamins Super Sheet Dr. Tornado
Luigi Green Fireball Green Missile Luigi Cyclone
Donkey Kong Giant Punch Spinning Kong Headbutt Hand Slap
Yoshi Egg Lay Egg Throw Egg Roll Yoshi Bomb
Bowser Fire Breath Whirling Fortress Koopa Klaw Bowser Bomb
Peach Toad Peach Parasol Peach Bomber Vegetable
Music "Multi-Man Melee 2" • "Rainbow Cruise"
Other Arwing • Ask Uncle Tusk • Cartas • Donkey Poll • Emblem • Gallery • Glitches • Multimedia • Pre-release and unused content • Quotes • Smash Mail • Staff • Super Smash Bros. Melee: Smashing...Live! • Trophies
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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 Tottoko Uta" • "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 - Donkey Konga • DK Bongos • Donkey Konga (Flash game) • Donkey Konga Quiz • Donkey Konga: The Hottest Hits • Gallery • Konga Islanda • Staff
* Cameo icons in the Battle mode
a Exclusive to the Donkey Konga Flash game
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