Title BGM (Mario Bros.)

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"Title BGM"
"Title BGM" in the NES version of Mario Bros.
Thumbnail for "Title BGM" from Mario Bros. for Nintendo Music
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Composed by:
Yukio Kaneoka
Key F major
First appearance Mario Bros. (NES) (1983)
Latest appearance Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury (2021)

"Title BGM"[1] is a musical theme composed by Yukio Kaneoka for the title screen in the NES version of Mario Bros.

History[edit]

Mario Bros.[edit]

The original Mario Bros. is the first appearance of the theme.

The title screen of the Atari 8-bit version of Mario Bros. features an arrangement of "Title BGM" similar to the NES original, but it used lower-quality and scratchier chiptune instrumentation.

The title screen of the Atari 7800 version of Mario Bros. features a slightly faster arrangement of "Title BGM" that uses different chiptune instrumentation. Additionally, the end of the arrangement features an altered melody from the NES original.

The Game Boy Advance remake of Mario Bros. features its own 16-bit arrangement of "Title BGM" that was made a semitone higher than the original. It appears in Super Mario Advance, Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2, Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3, Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3, and Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga, albeit with slight variations between instruments.

Icon of an audio speaker. Mario Bros. Title Theme - The arrangement heard in Super Mario Advance
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Mario Power Tennis[edit]

In Mario Power Tennis and its Wii port New Play Control! Mario Power Tennis, a chiptune and steel drum arrangement with flute accompaniment of "Title BGM" by Motoi Sakuraba plays during exhibition matches on the Mario Classic Court, which is heavily based on Mario Bros.

WarioWare series[edit]

WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$![edit]

An arrangement very similar to the original theme, albeit slowed down, plays in the Wario Bros. microgame in WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$! The arrangement is titled "Wario Bros." in the sound test in WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Party Game$!

WarioWare: Twisted![edit]

In WarioWare: Twisted!, "Title BGM" plays during the Mario Brothers microgame, though it is slowed down slightly.

WarioWare: Smooth Moves[edit]

An orchestral arrangement entitled "Mario Brothers"[2] is one of the songs that the player can conduct in Level 2 of the Opening Night microgame in WarioWare: Smooth Moves.

WarioWare: D.I.Y. Showcase[edit]

WarioWare: D.I.Y. Showcase features a slightly faster arrangement of "Title BGM" very similar to the NES original, but it uses slightly different chiptune instrumentation.

Donkey Konga 3[edit]

Mario Brothers
Artist Yukio Kaneoka
Game(s) Donkey Konga 3
Length 0:14
Difficulties
Famicom ★★★★

The original version of "Title BGM" appears as an unlockable Famicom song in Donkey Konga 3 under the title "Mario Brothers".

Super Smash Bros. Brawl[edit]

Super Smash Bros. Brawl features an arranged medley of "Title BGM" and "Game Start" by Shogo Sakai titled "Mario Bros". The arrangement, in C major is primarily played on the electronic keyboard, but it also includes chiptune samples and rock-inspired backing instrumentation, as well as a brief symphonic bridge. It can be played on the Mario Bros. stage. The arrangement is classified as a Nintendo-series track rather than a Super Mario-series track. "Title BGM" is also incorporated in "Title / Ending (Super Mario World)" by Shota Kageyama, acting as a countermelody in G major played on a music box during the "Title" portion of the track.

"Mario Bros". returns in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, where it can be played on the 75m and Super Mario Maker stages, and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, where it can be played on any Super Smash Bros.-series and Super Mario-series stage. Unlike Super Smash Bros. Brawl, the arrangement is classified as a Super Mario-series track in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.

Likewise, "Title / Ending (Super Mario World)" can play on the Yoshi's Island and Super Mario Maker stages in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U and any Super Smash Bros.-series and Super Mario-series stage in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.

Icon of an audio speaker. Mario Bros. - The arrangement heard in Super Smash Bros. Brawl
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Icon of an audio speaker. Title / Ending (Super Mario World) - The arrangement heard in Super Smash Bros. Brawl
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Super Mario 3D World[edit]

"Title BGM" appears on the title screen of Luigi Bros..

List of Super Mario appearances[edit]

Games[edit]

Work System Year Type Title Credits
Mario Bros. Nintendo Entertainment System 1983 Original "Title BGM"[1] Yukio Kaneoka
Mario Bros. Nintendo PlayChoice-10 1986 Original "Title BGM"[1] Yukio Kaneoka
Mario Bros. Atari 8-bit 1988 Arrangement "Title BGM"[1]
Mario Bros. Atari 7800 1988 Arrangement "Title BGM"[1]
Super Mario Advance Game Boy Advance 2001 Arrangement
Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2 Game Boy Advance 2001 Past arrangement (Super Mario Advance)
Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3 Game Boy Advance 2002 Past arrangement (Super Mario Advance)
Mario Bros.-e e-Reader 2002 Original "Title BGM"[1] Yukio Kaneoka
Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 Game Boy Advance 2003 Past arrangement (Super Mario Advance)
Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga Game Boy Advance 2003 Past arrangement (Super Mario Advance)
Famicom Mini: Mario Bros. Game Boy Advance 2004 Original "Title BGM"[1] Yukio Kaneoka
WarioWare: Twisted! Game Boy Advance 2004 Original Yukio Kaneoka
Mario Power Tennis Nintendo GameCube 2004 Arrangement Motoi Sakuraba
WarioWare: Smooth Moves Wii 2006 Arrangement "Mario Brothers"[2]
Super Smash Bros. Brawl Wii 2008 Arrangement "Mario Bros".[3] Shogo Sakai
"Title / Ending (Super Mario World)"[3] Shota Kageyama
New Play Control! Mario Power Tennis Wii 2009 Past arrangement (Mario Power Tennis) Motoi Sakuraba
WarioWare: D.I.Y. Showcase Wii 2009 Arrangement
Super Mario 3D World Wii U 2013 Original Yukio Kaneoka
Super Smash Bros. for Wii U Wii U 2014 Past arrangement (Super Smash Bros. Brawl) "Mario Bros".[4] Shogo Sakai
"Title / Ending (Super Mario World)"[4] Shota Kageyama
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Nintendo Switch 2018 Past arrangement (Super Smash Bros. Brawl) "Mario Bros".[5] Shogo Sakai
"Title / Ending (Super Mario World)"[5] Shota Kageyama
Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury Nintendo Switch 2021 Original Yukio Kaneoka

Albums[edit]

Work Year Type Title Credits
Game Sound Museum: Mario Bros. / Super Mario USA 1983 Original 「タイトルBGM」 (Taitoru BGM) Yukio Kaneoka

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese タイトルBGM[1]
Taitoru BGM 		Title BGM

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h Nintendo Music
  2. ^ a b WarioWare: Smooth Moves Sound Studio
  3. ^ a b Super Smash Bros. Brawl Sound Test
  4. ^ a b Super Smash Bros. for Wii U Sound Test
  5. ^ a b 'Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Sound Test
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Recurring themes
Donkey Kong franchise Donkey Kong "Game Start" • "Hammer BGM" • "Round 1 BGM" • "Round Start BGM"
Donkey Kong Jr. "Game Start" • "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" • "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)" • "Snakey Chantey (Rattle Battle)" • "Stickerbush Symphony (Bramble Blast)"
Donkey Kong 64 "DK Rap"
Donkey Kong Country Returns "Mine Menace"
Mario Bros. series Mario Bros. "Game Start"
Mario Bros. (NES) "Title BGM"
Wrecking Crew series Wrecking Crew "Bonus Phase" • "Golden Hammer" • "Phase BGM"
Super Mario series Super Mario Bros. "Castle BGM" • "Course Clear" • "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" • "Final Boss BGM" • "Ground BGM" • "Please Select Player" • "Underground BGM"
Super Mario Bros. 3 "Airship BGM" • "Athletic BGM" ("Course Clear") • "Bros. Battle" • "Ending" • "Fireworks" • "Fortress BGM" • "Fortress Boss" • "Game Over" • "Ground BGM" • "King of the Koopas" • "Music Box" • "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)" • "World Clear"
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" · "Course Clear" · "Ghost House BGM" · "Underground BGM" · "Underwater BGM") • "Koopalings BGM" • "P Switch BGM" • "Special World (Map Screen)" • "Star World (Map Screen)" • "Title BGM" • "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" · "Course Clear" · "Opening" · "Slider") • "The Merry-Go-Round" • "Metal Mario" • "Peach's Castle" • "Piranha Plant's Lullaby" • "Staff Roll" • "Stage Boss" • "Star Catch Fanfare" • "Title Theme" • "Toad's Message"
Super Mario Sunshine "Isle Delfino" ("Ricco Harbor") • "Secret Course"
New Super Mario Bros. "Castle Theme" • "Course Clear" • "Ground Theme" ("Athletic Theme") • "Mega Mario" • "Switch On!" • "Tower Theme"
Super Mario Galaxy "Buoy Base Galaxy" • "Egg Planet" • "Enter Bowser Jr.!" • "Final Battle with Bowser" • "The Galaxy Reactor" • "Gusty Garden Galaxy" • "Ice Mario" • "Luma" • "Overture" • "Purple Comet" • "Rosalina in the Observatory" • "Space Junk Road" • "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 Jr.'s Fiery Flotilla" • "Bowser's Galaxy Generator" • "Melty Monster Galaxy" • "Puzzle Plank Galaxy" • "Slimy Spring Galaxy" • "Super Mario Galaxy 2 Trailer Theme" • "Teleporter Melody"
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 "Title Theme"
Super Mario Odyssey "Fossil Falls" • "Jump Up, Super Star!"
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)" • "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" • "Starting Grid (Time Trials / Battle)" • "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" • "Luigi Circuit" • "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 "Cloudtop Cruise" • "Mario Circuit" ("Mario Kart Stadium") • "Mario Kart 8 Title Screen"
Yoshi franchise Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island "Athletic BGM" • "Bowser" • "Flower Field BGM" • "Goal!" • "Opening Melody" • "Powerful Mario" • "Stage Start" • "Yoshi's Island"
Yoshi's Story "Yoshi's Song" ("30 Fruit!" · "Yoshis on the Beach") • "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" • "Title Theme" ("Dr. Crygor")
WarioWare: Twisted! "Mona Pizza"
WarioWare: Touched! "Ashley's Theme"
Mario vs. Donkey Kong series Mario vs. Donkey Kong "Mini Mario Stage"
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" • "Hello, Happy Kingdom"
Miscellaneous "Galop infernal" • "Mute City" • "Title BGM (Excitebike)" • "Totakeke's theme"
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