Staff Roll (Super Mario 64)

Not to be confused with Staff Roll (Mario Kart 64).

This article is about the musical theme from Super Mario 64. For the actual list of staff involved with the game, see List of Super Mario 64 staff.

"Credits Roll" redirects here. For the musical theme from Super Mario 3D World with a similar name, see The Credits Roll.

"Staff Roll"
"Staff Roll" in Super Mario 64
Image from Nintendo Music
Composed by: Koji Kondo
Key	C major
First appearance	Super Mario 64 (1996)
Latest appearance	Mario Kart World (2025)

"Staff Roll,"^[1]^[2] also known as "Credits Roll"^[3] or simply "Credits,"^[4] is a musical theme composed by Koji Kondo for the end credits in Super Mario 64.

HistoryEdit

Super Mario 64Edit

Super Mario 64 marks the first appearance of "Staff Roll," and it returns in the Nintendo DS remake, Super Mario 64 DS, and the Nintendo Switch port, Super Mario 3D All-Stars, for the same purpose. It is also included in the following official albums:

Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter GamesEdit

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In Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games, an arrangement of "Staff Roll" can be chosen as the background music for events. It is titled "Credits: Super Mario 64 (Remix)" in the game's Sound Test.

Mario Kart WorldEdit

In Mario Kart World, a saxophone arrangement of "Staff Roll" can play in Free Roam. This version lacks the key change.

List of Super Mario appearancesEdit

GamesEdit

Work	System	Year	Type	Title	Credits
Super Mario 64	Nintendo 64	1996	Original	"Staff Roll"^[2]	Koji Kondo
Super Mario 64 DS	Nintendo DS	2004	Original	"Staff Roll"^[2]	Koji Kondo
Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games	Wii U	2013	Arrangement	"Credits: Super Mario 64 (Remix)"^[5]
Super Mario 3D All-Stars	Nintendo Switch	2020	Original	"Staff Roll"^[2]	Koji Kondo
Mario Kart World	Nintendo Switch 2	2025	Arrangement

AlbumsEdit

Work	Year	Type	Title	Credits
Super Mario 64 Original Soundtrack	1996	Original	"Staff Roll"	Koji Kondo
Nintendo 64 Original Soundtrack Greatest Hits ^{[g 1]}	1996	Original	"Credits Roll"	Koji Kondo
Happy! Mario 20th - Super Mario Sound Collection	2005	Original	「スタッフロール」 (Sutaffu Rōru)	Koji Kondo
Nintendo Sound Selection: Endings & Credits	2015	Original	"Credits"	Koji Kondo

^ Despite the track being listed on both the CD and cassette tracklists, it is only included in the cassette version.

Names in other languagesEdit

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	スタッフロール^[1] Sutaffu Rōru	Staff Roll

ReferencesEdit

[Edit] 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" • "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 franchise	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"

[Edit] Super Mario 64 / Super Mario 64 DS
Playable characters		Mario • Yoshi^b • Luigi^c • Wario^c • Red Yoshi^c • Blue Yoshi^c • Yellow Yoshi^c
Forms		Wing Mario • Metal Mario/Metal Wario • Vanish Mario/Vanish Luigi • Fire Power^c • Balloon Mario^c • Mega Mario^c
Non-playable characters		Lakitu Bros. • Princess Peach • Toad • Toads • Bob-omb Buddies • Koopa the Quick • Hoot • Penguins • Baby Penguins • Mother Penguin • Big Penguin • Snowman • Rabbits • MIPS^a • Glowing rabbits^c • Dorrie • Ukkikis
Enemies		Amp • Bob-omb • Boo • Bookend • Bub • Bubba • Bullet Bill • Bully • Chain Chomp • Chair • Chuckya • Clam shell • Flame thrower • Fly Guy • Fwoosh • Goomba • Goombette • Grand Goomba • Grindel • Heave-Ho • Klepto • Koopa Troopa • Lakitu • Mad Piano • Manta Ray • Money Bags • Monty Mole • Moving Bar • Mr. Blizzard • Mr. I. • Piranha Flower • Piranha Plant • Podoboo • Pokey • Scuttle Bug • Skeeter • Small Koopa Troopa • Small Piranha • Snufit • Spindel • Spindrift • Spiny • Spiny bomb • Sushi • Swoop • Thwomp • Tox Box • Unagi • Unshelled Koopa • Whomp
Obstacles		Casket • Cold water • Current • Endless stairs • Falling pillar • Fire bar • Fireball • Flamethrower • Hidden smasher • Ice • Ice block • Iron ball • Lava • Moving sand • Pendulum • Pit • Quicksand • Rolling rock • Slide Box • Spiked orb • Strange toxic cloud • Tornado • Turtle Cannon • Water bomb • Water tide • Whirlpool • Wind
Bosses		Big Bob-omb • Whomp King • Bowser • Big Boo • Big Mr. I. • Big Bully • Eyerok • Chill Bully • Wiggler • Goomboss^c • King Boo^c • Chief Chilly^c
Items and power-ups		1-UP Mushroom • Blue Coin • Bubble • Crate • Crazed Crate • Jumbo Star • Key • Koopa Shell • Luigi Key^c • Luigi's cap^c • Mario's cap • Mario's Key^c • Metal Cap^a • Mushroom^c • Power Flower^c • Power Star • Red Coin • Silver Star^c • Spinning Heart • Vanish Cap^a • Wario Key^c • Wario's cap^c • Wing Cap^a • Wings^c • Yellow Coin • Yoshi Egg^c
Objects		15-Piece Puzzle • ★ door • Accordion-like platform • Arrow Lift • Arrow Sign • Big Star Door • Block • Blue Coin Block • Brick pillar • Bubble ring • Butterfly • Cannon • Cap Block • Cap Switch • Cloud House • Conveyor belt • Crystal Tap • Drawbridge • Falling Block • Fish • Flagpole • Flipping block • Gondola • Ice sculpture • Key Door • Lift • Log • Magic carpet • Merry-go-round • Metal crate • Minute hand • Mushroom • Paddle wheel • Painting • Pole • Purple Switch • Pyramid platform • Rainbow Cruiser • Rotating bar • Rotating bridge • Rotating disc • Secret • Seesaw • Semi-visible block • Shrinker Pipe • Sign • Square • Stake • Star Marker • Star Sphere^c • Star Switch ^c • Swing • Tapering platform • Track • Treasure Chest • Tree • Volcano • Warp pipe • Warp Point • Waterfall • Wire net • Wired platform • Wobbly platform • Wooden beam • Work Elevator • Yellow block
Locations	First floor and mezzanine	Bob-omb Battlefield • Whomp's Fortress • Jolly Roger Bay • Cool, Cool Mountain • Bowser in the Dark World • The Princess's Secret Slide • The Secret Aquarium • Tower of the Wing Cap • Sunshine Isles^c • Goomboss Battle^c
	Basement and courtyard	Big Boo's Haunt • Hazy Maze Cave • Lethal Lava Land • Shifting Sand Land • Dire, Dire Docks • Bowser in the Fire Sea • Cavern of the Metal Cap/Behind the Waterfall • Vanish Cap Under the Moat/The Secret Under the Moat • Big Boo Battle^c • Battle Fort^c
	Upper floors and tower	Snowman's Land • Wet-Dry World • Tall, Tall Mountain • Tiny-Huge Island • Tick Tock Clock • Rainbow Ride • Bowser in the Sky • Wing Mario Over the Rainbow/Over the Rainbows • Chief Chilly Challenge^c
	Other	Castle Grounds • Mushroom Castle • Princess's room • Courtyard • Rec Room^c • Switching rooms^c
Moves		Backward Somersault • Body Slide • Crawl • Crouch • Double Jump • Egg Throw^c • Flutter Kick^c • Fly • Jump • Kick • Long Jump • Pound the Ground • Punch • Scuttle^c • Side Somersault • Slide • Slide Kick • Spin Jump • Stomp • Swallow^c • Sweep Kick • Swim • Swing and Fling^c • Triple Jump • Wall Kick
Gameplay elements		Completion • Letter • Mario's face • Missions • Power Meter • Slide • Switch Cap Course
Minigames^c	Luigi	Lucky Stars • Mario Slot • Memory Master • Memory Match • Mushroom Roulette • Pair-a-Gone • Pair-a-Gone and On • Picture Poker • Super Mario Slot
	Mario	Bounce and Pounce • Bounce and Trounce • Connect the Characters • Mario's Slides • Shell Smash • Shuffle Shell • Sort or 'Splode • Trampoline Terror • Trampoline Time
	Wario	Bingo Ball • Bob-omb Squad • Coincentration • Giant Snowball Slalom • Intense Coincentration • Lakitu Launch • Psyche Out! • Slots Shot • Snowball Slalom
	Yoshi	Boom Box • Hide and Boo Seek • Loves Me...? • Mix-a-Mug • Puzzle Panel • Puzzle Panic • Tox Box Shuffle • Wanted! • Which Wiggler?
Music		"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" • "Toad's Message"
Further info		Ask Dan • Ask Uncle Tusk • Cold Crossword Challenge • Gallery (DS) • Glitches (DS) • Mario no Coin Adventure • Multimedia (DS) • New Year's Resolutions • Nintendo 64 Funtastic Series Personality Test • Nintendo Bath Game • Nintendo Ladder Game Candy • Nintendo Music (soundtrack) • NOA Paul's Journals • Original soundtrack • Pre-release and unused content (DS) • Quotes • Staff (DS) • Super Mario 64 (Petit Maze) • Super Mario 64 Challenges • Super Pinball • Wario no Wanage Game
^a Exclusive to Super Mario 64 ^b Present in both games, but has different roles in each ^c Exclusive to Super Mario 64 DS