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"Opening Melody"
"Opening Melody" in Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island
The image for "Opening Melody" from Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island on Nintendo Music.
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Composed by:
Koji Kondo
Key C major
First appearance Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island (1995)
Latest appearance Mario Kart World (2025)

"Opening Melody"[1] is a musical theme composed by Koji Kondo for the opening cutscene in Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island.

HistoryEdit

Yoshi seriesEdit

Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's IslandEdit

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Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island marks the first appearance of "Opening Melody," alongside an additional arrangement of the theme plays in the ending cutscene when Yoshi defeats Baby Bowser and rescues Baby Luigi. It is titled "Rescuing Luigi" in the Nintendo Music app. Both "Opening Melody" and "Rescuing Luigi" are also included in the official soundtrack album Super Mario: Yossy Island Original Sound Version.

The Game Boy Advance remake of Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island, Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3, contains its own arrangements of "Opening Melody" and "Rescuing Luigi" that play for the same purposes as in the original game.

Yoshi Touch & GoEdit

In Yoshi Touch & Go, an arrangement of "Opening Melody" plays in the title screen.

  Title Screen - The arrangement heard in Yoshi Touch & Go
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Yoshi's Island DSEdit

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In Yoshi's Island DS, an arrangement of "Opening Melody" in F-sharp major plays in the opening cutscene.

Yoshi's New IslandEdit

In Yoshi's New Island, an arrangement of "Opening Melody" plays in the opening cutscene. A sped-up version plays when the stork realizes that he brought Baby Mario and Baby Luigi to the wrong house.

  Opening Melody 1 - The arrangement heard in Yoshi's New Island
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  Opening Melody 2 - The arrangement heard in Yoshi's New Island
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Tetris AttackEdit

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The SNES version of Tetris Attack features three arrangements of "Opening Melody."

An arrangement of "Opening Melody" plays during Yoshi's stage in all modes except the VS. mode.

A fast-paced arrangement of "Opening Melody" plays during Yoshi's stage when the stack of panels are about to reach the top of the screen.

An arrangement of "Opening Melody" plays in the Game Over screen.

The Game Boy version of Tetris Attack features chiptune arrangements of the SNES versions that play for the same purposes.

  Yoshi's Stage - The arrangement heard in the SNES version of Tetris Attack
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  Yoshi's Stage (Critical) - The arrangement heard in the SNES version of Tetris Attack
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Super Smash Bros. seriesEdit

Super Smash Bros. for Wii UEdit

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In Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, an upbeat, synth-focused medley arrangement of "Flower Field BGM," "Opening Melody," and "Map Screen" played on keyboard and brass can play in the Woolly World stage. It is titled "Yoshi's Island" in the game's Sound Test, and was arranged by Yoshihito Yano.

Super Smash Bros. UltimateEdit

In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, "Yoshi's Island" from Super Smash Bros. for Wii U can play in any Super Smash Bros.-series and Yoshi-series stage. It is titled "Yoshi's Island (for 3DS / Wii U)" in the game's Sound Test.

Mario Kart WorldEdit

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In Mario Kart World, an arrangement of "Opening Melody" can play in Free Roam.

Other appearancesEdit

LINEEdit

The Talking Super Mario Animated Stickers LINE set features an excerpt of "Opening Melody" that plays over a sticker of Yoshi trying to cheer up a crying Baby Mario.

Super Nintendo WorldEdit

At the Super Nintendo World theme park, an arrangement of "Opening Melody" plays in the underground section of Yoshi's Adventure.

List of Super Mario appearancesEdit

GamesEdit

Work System Year Type Title Credits
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island Super Nintendo Entertainment System 1995 Original "Opening Melody"[1] Koji Kondo
Arrangement "Rescuing Luigi"[1]
Tetris Attack Super Nintendo Entertainment System 1996 Arrangement
Tetris Attack Game Boy 1996 Arrangement
Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3 Game Boy Advance 2002 Arrangement
Yoshi Touch & Go Nintendo DS 2005 Arrangement
Yoshi's Island DS Nintendo DS 2006 Arrangement
Yoshi's New Island Nintendo 3DS 2014 Arrangement Masayoshi Ishi
Super Smash Bros. for Wii U Wii U 2014 Arrangement "Yoshi's Island"[2] Yoshihito Yano
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Nintendo Switch 2018 Past arrangement (Super Smash Bros. for Wii U) "Yoshi's Island (for 3DS / Wii U)"[3] Yoshihito Yano
Mario Kart World Nintendo Switch 2 2025 Arrangement

AlbumsEdit

Work Year Type Title Credits
Super Mario: Yossy Island Original Sound Version 1995 Original 「ものがたりオルゴール」 (Monogatari Orugōru) Koji Kondo
Past arrangement (Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island) 「ルイジきゅうしゅつ」(Ruīji Kyūshutsu)

Other mediaEdit

Work Year Type Title Credits
LINE 2016[4] Original Koji Kondo
Super Nintendo World 2021 Arrangement

Names in other languagesEdit

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese ものがたりオルゴール[1]
Monogatari Orugōru 		Story Music Box

ReferencesEdit

  1. ^ a b c d Nintendo Music
  2. ^ Super Smash Bros. for Wii U Sound Test
  3. ^ Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Sound Test
  4. ^ Sickr (January 28, 2016). Super Mario Stickers For LINE Messaging App Now Available For $1.99. My Nintendo News (English). Retrieved September 8, 2024.
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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 World 2: Yoshi's Island / Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3
Characters and species Yoshis • Baby Mario • Baby Luigi • Baby Bowser • Item Balloon • Kamek • Stork • Poochy • Huffin Puffin • Liquid lift • Melon Bug • Muddy Buddy • Support Ghost
Worlds Welcome To Yoshi's Island • World 1 • World 2 • World 3 • World 4 • World 5 • World 6
Items Regular items Blue watermelon • Coin • Green Shell • Green watermelon • Key • Red coin • Red Shell • Red watermelon • Special Flower • Star • Super Star • Yoshi's egg (Flashing Egg · Giant Egg · Red Egg · Yellow Egg)
Special Items 10-Point Star • 20-Point Star • Anytime Egg • Anywhere POW • Magnifying Glass • Super Blue Watermelon • Super Green Watermelon • Super Red Watermelon • Winged Cloud Maker
Objects ! Block • Arrow block • Arrow Cloud • Balloon (Mini Battle) • Balloon (platform) • Beanstalk • Bomb • Breakable block • Bubble • Bucket • Chomp Rock • Coin Block • Cork • Countdown Platform • Cracked block • Current • Donut Lift • Dotted-Line Block • Egg Block • Egg Plant • Expansion Block • Falling stone block • Flatbed Ferry • Flipper • Goal Ring • Ice Block • Icicle • Makeshift surfboard • Message Block • Middle Ring • Morph bubble • Moving block • Paddle wheel • Pinwheel • Post • Pot • POW Block • Red-and-yellow bridge • Red balloon • Rolling rock • Seesaw • Ski Lift • Snowball • Soft rock • Spinning Log • Spinning wheel • Spotted platform • Spring ball • Squishy block • Switch • Teeter-totter • Tulip • Tumbler • Warp Pipe • Winged Cloud • Yoshi Block
Bosses Burt the Bashful • Salvo the Slime • Bigger Boo • Roger the Potted Ghost • Froggy • Naval Piranha • Marching Milde • Hookbill the Koopa • Sluggy the Unshaven • Raphael the Raven • Tap-Tap the Red Nose • Baby Bowser • Big Baby Bowser
Enemy classes Edibilis Boringus • Harrassimentia Phlyoverus • Projectilia Ritebakatchia • Ucantia Defeatus • Dudim Phreykunoutonthis • Mostosti Vomitonus
Enemies Aqua Lakitu • Bandit • Baron von Zeppelin • Barney Bubble • Beach Koopa • Big Boo • Big Shy Guy • Blow Hard • Boo Balloon • Boo Blah • Boo • Boo Guy • Boo Man Bluff • Bouncing Bullet Bill • Bowling Goonie • Bubble Dayzee • Bullet Bill • Bumpty • Burt • Cactus Jack • Caged Ghost • Chain Chomp • Clawdaddy • Cloud Drop • Coin Bandit • Crazee Dayzee • Dancing Spear Guy • Dangling Ghost • Dizzy Dandy • Dr. Freezegood • Eggo-Dil • Fang • Fat Guy • Fishing Lakitu • Flamer Guy • Flightless Goonie • Flightless Skeleton Goonie • Flopsy Fish • Fly Guy • Flying Wiggler • Frog Pirate • Fuzzy • Gargantua Blargg • Georgette Jelly • Goomba • Goonie • Green Glove • Green Toady • Grim Leecher • Grinder • Grunt • Gusty • Harry Hedgehog • Hefty Goonie • Hootie the Blue Fish • Hot Lips • Incoming Chomp • Itsunomanika Heihō • Jean de Fillet • Kaboomba • Kamek • Kamek's Toadies • Koopa Troopa • Lakitu • Lantern Ghost • Lava Bubble • Lava Drop • Little Mouser • Little Skull Mouser • Loch Nestor • Lunge Fish • Mace Guy • Mace Penguin • Milde • Missile Billa • Mock Up • Mufti Guy • Needle • Nep-Enut • Nipper Plant • Nipper Spore • Para-Koopa • Piro Dangle • Piscatory Pete • Pokey • Preying Mantas • Puchipuchi L • Raven • Raven (chick) • Red Blargg • Relay Heihō • Sanbo Flower • Shark Chomp • Shy-Guy • Shy-Guy on Stilts • Skeleton Goonie • Slime • Slime Drop • Slugger • Sluggy • Snifit • Solo Toady • Spear Guy • Spiked Fun Guy • Spooky • Spray Fish • Stretch • Tap-Tap • Tap-Tap the Golden • Thunder Lakitu • Train Bandit • Wall Lakitu • Whirly Fly Guy • Wild Piranha • Wild Ptooie Piranha • Woozy Guy • Zeus Guy
Obstacles Ball 'N' Chain • Ball and chain • Cannonball • Fire-Bar • Lava • Spike • Spiked ball • Spiked weight • Thorn • Turtle Cannon
Mini Battles Gather Coins • Popping Balloons • Throwing Balloons • Watermelon Seed Spitting Contest
Bonus Challenges Flip Cards • Scratch and Match • Drawing Lots • Match Cards • Roulette • Slot Machine
Music "Athletic BGM" • "Bowser" • "Flower Field BGM" • "Opening Melody" • "Stage Start" • "Yoshi's Island"
Miscellaneous Countdown Timer • Yoshi's Island
Further info Gallery (SNES · GBA) • Glitches • Mario Bros.a • Baby Mario's A-Maze-ing Gamea • Message Block hints • Multimedia • Nintendo Music (soundtrack) • Pre-release and unused content • Staff (SNES · GBA) • Super Mario: Yossy Island Original Sound Version • Yoshi's Island Slider
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