The Music Man

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The Music Man is an interview with Koji Kondo available from the "Newsroom" section of the official Nintendo website. The interview covers Kondo's life prior to professionally composing music for video games, in addition to some of the games he has composed music for. This includes games in the Super Mario franchise, with the interview mostly focusing on Super Mario 64.

Portions of the interview relating to the Super Mario franchise[edit]

Website description
Koji Kondo's music is loved by millions, but he's practically unknown outside his native Japan. From Super Mario Bros. in 85 to Super Mario 64, Mr. Kondo has done the musical score to over a dozen of the best-selling games of all time. In this exclusive Nintendo Power Source interview, he talks about the unique challenges of making music magic for video games.
Interview
  • What games have your composed soundtracks for?
I have composed soundtracks for the following video games released in North America:
Date Game Credits
1985 Soccer (NES) Sound
1985 Super Mario Music and sound
1986 The Legend of Zelda Music and sound
1987 Super Mario 2 Music and sound
1988 Ice Hockey Sound
1988 Super Mario Bros. 3 Music and sound
1990 Super Mario World Music and sound
1990 Pilot Wings Sound
1991 SimCity Sound
1992 Zelda: A Link to the Past Music and sound
1993 Star Fox Sound
1994 Super Mario All-Stars Sound
1995 Yoshi's Island Music and sound
1996 Super Mario 64 Music
  • How long did it take you to compose the music for Super Mario 64?
It took about eight months to compose the music for Super Mario 64.
  • Do you ever run up against memory or CPU limitations when composing for a game?
Yes, we always run up against memory and CPU limitations. The N64 is so powerful, though, that we're still learning about writing music for it. That's one reason it took us so long to complete the music for Mario 64. I'm sure that we'll see big advancements in the realism and richness of future N64 scores.
  • Do you have any particular compositions that you're especially proud of?
The theme for Super Mario, of course. I am very proud of this piece, which both Paul McCartney and his wife Linda hummed to me when we met for the first time.

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a Introduced in Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels
b Exclusive to All Night Nippon: Super Mario Bros.
c Exclusive to Super Mario Bros. Deluxe
d Exclusive to Super Mario Bros. 35
e Exclusive to VS. Super Mario Bros.
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a Exclusive to Super Mario 64
b Present in both games, but has different roles in each
c Exclusive to Super Mario 64 DS
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