Title BGM (Super Mario World)

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"Title BGM"
"Title BGM" in Super Mario World
The image for "Title BGM" from Super Mario World on Nintendo Music.
Image from Nintendo Music
Composed by:
Koji Kondo
Key G major
BPM 150
Time signature 4
4
First appearance Super Mario World (1990)
Latest appearance Hello, Mario! (2025)

"Title BGM"[1] is a musical theme composed by Koji Kondo for the title screen in Super Mario World.

Reuses[edit]

The following list does not include ports or remakes of Super Mario World.

Work Description
Super Mario World: Mario to Yoshi no Bōken Land "Title BGM" plays in the program's title card and in the scene where Mario and Luigi first travel to Dinosaur Land on an airplane.

Arrangements[edit]

Mario Roulette[edit]

In Mario Roulette, an arrangement of "Title BGM" plays in the title screen.

Super Mario World (Nelsonic Game Watch)[edit]

In Super Mario World for the Nelsonic Game Watch, a short arrangement of "Title BGM" plays at the start of each game.[2]

Super Mario World television series[edit]

An arrangement of "Title BGM" can occasionally be heard in episodes of the Super Mario World animated series, as the show is based on Super Mario World.

Mario Teaches Typing series[edit]

Mario Teaches Typing[edit]

In Mario Teaches Typing, an arrangement of "Title BGM" plays in the title screen and in the beginner level, Mario's Smash & Dash.

Mario Teaches Typing 2[edit]

In Mario Teaches Typing 2, an arrangement of "Title BGM" plays in the title screen and in the beginner level, Mario's Smash & Dash.

Mario Discovery Series[edit]

Mario is Missing![edit]

The PC version of Mario is Missing! features two arrangements of "Title BGM."

An arrangement of "Title BGM" plays in the title screen and opening cutscene.

An arrangement of "Title BGM" plays in the ending cutscene when Luigi rescues and reunites with Mario.

Mario's Time Machine[edit]

The SNES version of Mario's Time Machine features two arrangements of "Title BGM," both composed by Rob Wallace.

A regal arrangement of "Title BGM" played on the harpsichord plays in Vienna, Austria circa 1824 AD.

A marching band arrangement of "Title BGM" plays in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA circa 1776 AD.

Icon of an audio speaker. Vienna, 1824 AD - The arrangement heard in the SNES version of Mario's Time Machine
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Mario's Early Years! Fun with Numbers[edit]

In the SNES version of Mario's Early Years! Fun with Numbers, an arrangement of "Title BGM" plays in the title screen and in the main menu. This arrangement is returns in the SNES versions of Mario's Early Years! Fun with Letters and Mario's Early Years! Preschool Fun for the same purposes.

Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2[edit]

In Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2, the Game Boy Advance remake of Super Mario World, an arrangement of "Title BGM" plays in the title screen, just like in the original game.

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Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door[edit]

In Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door and its Nintendo Switch remake of the same name, an arrangement of "Title BGM" plays in the Mailbox SP whenever Peach sends Mario an e-mail.

Icon of an audio speaker. Peach Ringtone - The arrangement heard in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door for the Nintendo Switch
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Dance Dance Revolution: Mario Mix[edit]

In Dance Dance Revolution: Mario Mix, an arrangement of "Title BGM," titled "Hop, Mario!," is a playable song.

Icon of an audio speaker. Hop, Mario! - The arrangement heard in Dance Dance Revolution: Mario Mix
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Super Smash Bros. Brawl[edit]

In Super Smash Bros. Brawl, a medley arrangement of "Title BGM" and "Ending" from Super Mario World, titled "Title / Ending (Super Mario World)" and composed by Shota Kageyama, can play in the Delfino Plaza stage. This arrangement returns in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, where it can play in the Yoshi's Island and Super Mario Maker stages, and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, now formatted as "Title/Ending - Super Mario World," where it can play in any Super Smash Bros.-series and Super Mario-series stage.

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

In Mario Kart World, a big band arrangement of "Title BGM" can play in Free Roam.

Other arrangements[edit]

Super Mario World[edit]

The official soundtrack for Super Mario World includes a jazz arrangement of "Title BGM" by Soichi Noriki and performed by the Mario World Band titled "Welcome to Mario World."

Gallery[edit]

List of Super Mario appearances[edit]

Games[edit]

Work System Year Type Title Credits
Super Mario World Super Nintendo Entertainment System 1990 Original "Title BGM"[1] Koji Kondo
Mario Roulette Arcade 1991 Arrangement
Super Mario World Nelsonic Game Watch 1991 Arrangement
Mario Teaches Typing MS-DOS 1992 Arrangement
Mario is Missing! MS-DOS 1993 Arrangement
Mario's Time Machine Super Nintendo Entertainment System 1993 Arrangement Rob Wallace
Mario's Early Years! Fun with Numbers Super Nintendo Entertainment System 1994 Arrangement
Mario's Early Years! Fun with Letters Super Nintendo Entertainment System 1994 Past arrangement (Mario's Early Years! Fun with Numbers)
Mario's Early Years! Preschool Fun Super Nintendo Entertainment System 1994 Past arrangement (Mario's Early Years! Fun with Numbers)
Super Mario All-Stars + Super Mario World Super Nintendo Entertainment System 1994 Original "Title BGM"[1] Koji Kondo
Mario Teaches Typing PC 1995 Arrangement
Mario Teaches Typing 2 PC 1996 Arrangement
Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2 Game Boy Advance 2001 Arrangement
Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door Nintendo GameCube 2004 Arrangement
Dance Dance Revolution: Mario Mix Nintendo GameCube 2005 Arrangement "Hop, Mario!"
Super Smash Bros. Brawl Wii 2008 Arrangement "Title / Ending (Super Mario World)"[3] Shota Kageyama
Super Smash Bros. for Wii U Wii U 2014 Past arrangement (Super Smash Bros. Brawl) "Title/Ending (Super Mario World)"[4] Shota Kageyama
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Nintendo Switch 2018 Past arrangement (Super Smash Bros. Brawl) "Title/Ending - Super Mario World"[5] Shota Kageyama
Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door Nintendo Switch 2024 Past arrangement (Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door [Nintendo GameCube])
Mario Kart World Nintendo Switch 2 2025 Arrangement

Film and television[edit]

Work Year Type Title Credits
Super Mario World: Mario to Yoshi no Bōken Land 1991 Original Koji Kondo (uncredited)
Super Mario World 1991 Arrangement Michael Tavera

Albums[edit]

Work Year Type Title Credits
Super Mario World 1991 Original 「タイトルBGM」 (Taitoru BGM) Koji Kondo
Arrangement "Welcome to Mario World" Soichi Noriki
Super Mario Compact Disco 1993 Arrangement "Opening Credits" Simon Harris, Melissa Beckford
Super Mario Compact Disco (Cassette) 1993 Past arrangement (Super Mario Compact Disco) 「イントロ~スーパーマリオ・コンパクト・ディスコ (仮ヴァージョン)」
(Intoro ~ Sūpā Mario Konpakuto Disuko (Kari Vājon)) 		Simon Harris, Melissa Beckford
Happy! Mario 20th - Super Mario Sound Collection 2005 Original 「タイトルBGM」 (Taitoru BGM) Koji Kondo
Super Mario Compact Disco: The iOS Release 2016 Past arrangement (Super Mario Compact Disco) "Opening Credits" Simon Harris, Melissa Beckford
Super Mario Compact Disco – 35th Anniversary Edition 2020 Arrangement "Opening Credits [Remastered]" Simon Harris, Melissa Beckford

Notes[edit]

  • On the Nintendo Music app, "Title BGM" is labeled as "Selects," classifying it as one "of the very best tracks from the Nintendo Music library," originating from Super Mario World. "Title BGM" shares this title with "Ground BGM" and "Athletic BGM."

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c Nintendo Music
  2. ^ Sly DC. Nelsonic Super Mario World Game Watch. November 20, 2015. YouTube. Retrieved December 1, 2023.
  3. ^ Super Smash Bros. Brawl Sound Test
  4. ^ Super Smash Bros. for Wii U Sound Test
  5. ^ 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" • "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 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 "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 "Mario Kart 7 Title Screen" ("Neo Bowser City" · "Toad Circuit") • "Piranha Plant Slide"
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"
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 / Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2
Protagonists and allies Mario • Luigi • Princess Toadstool • Yoshi • Red Yoshi • Blue Yoshi • Yellow Yoshi • Baby Yoshi • Dolphin • Bird
Bosses Koopalings (Iggy Koopa · Morton Koopa Jr. · Lemmy Koopa · Ludwig von Koopa · Roy Koopa · Wendy O. Koopa · Larry Koopa) • Bowser • Reznor • Big Boo
Items 1-Up Mushroom • 3-Up Moon • Berry • Bonus Coin • Cape Feather • Coin • Control Coin • Dragon Coin • Yoshi's Egg • Fire Flower • Gray Coin • Lakitu's Cloud • Magic ball • Power Balloon • Super Mushroom • Super Star • Yoshi's Wings
Objects ! Block • ! Switch • Arrow Sign • Beanstalk • Blue Door • Bonus block • Bridge • Bubble • Cloud Block • Coin Block • Coin countera • Count-Lift • Daikon • Diagonal platform • Dotted-Line Block • Empty Block • Escalator • Fence • Flimsy Lift • Flying Platform • Flying Prize Block • Grab Block • Gray Block • Gray P Switch • Hidden Block • Ice Block • Note Block • Jumping Board • Key • Lift • Message Block • ON/OFF Switch • Piston Lift • Prize Block • Revolving Door • Rope • Rotating Block • Roulette Block • Semisolid Platform • Single Swing Lift • Skull Raft • Snake platform • Spotlight • Spring platform • Star Road • Stretch Block • Switch Block • Triangular Block • Triple Swing Lift • Yellow Door • Yoshi Cloud
Worlds of Dinosaur Land Yoshi's Island • Donut Plains • Vanilla Dome • Twin Bridges • Forest of Illusion • Chocolate Island • Valley of Bowser • Star World • Special Zone
Moves Crouch • Dash • Fly • Jump • Looking up • Shell Toss • Slide • Spin Jump • Stomp • Swallow • Swim
Enemies and obstacles Amazing Flyin' Hammer Brother • Ball 'N' Chain • Banzai Bill • Big Boo • Big Bubble • Big Steely • Blargg • Blurp • Bob-omb • Bony Beetle • Boo Buddy • Boo Buddy Block • Boo Buddy Snake • Boo Crew • Bowser Statue • Bullet Bill • Buzzy Beetle • Chainsaw • Chargin' Chuck • Cheep Cheep • Circling Boo Buddies • Climbing Koopa • Decoy • Dino-Rhino • Dino-Torch • Disappearing Boo Buddy • Dry Bones • Eerie • Falling spike • Fire Snake • Fishbone • Fishin' Boo • Fishin' Lakitu • Floating Mine • Flying Goomba • Fuzzy • Goomba • Grinder • Haunted Hole • Hothead • Ice • Jumping Fire Piranha Plant • Jumping Piranha Plant (Jumping Pumpkin Plant) • Koopa Paratroopa • Koopa Troopa • Lakitu • Lakitu in a Pipe • Lava • Lava Bubble • Lil Sparky • Magikoopa • Mechakoopa • Mega Mole • Monty Mole • Muncher • Ninji • Para-bomb • Para-Goomba • Pillar • Piranha Plant • Pit • Pokey • Porcu-Puffer • Rex • Rip Van Fish • Shell (flashing) • Shifting wall • Skewer • Spike • Spike (Super Mario World) • Spike Top • Spiny • Spiny Egg • Sumo Brother • Super Koopa • Swooper • Thwimp • Thwomp • Torpedo Ted • Torpedo tube • Turtle Cannon • Unshelled Koopa • Urchin • Volcano Lotus • Wiggler
Music "Bowser BGM" • "Donut Plains (Map Screen)" • "Ending" • "Ground BGM" ("Athletic BGM" · Bonus Game BGM" · "Castle BGM" · "Ghost House BGM" · "Underground BGM" · "Underwater BGM") • "Koopalings BGM" • "Title BGM" • "Vanilla Dome (Map Screen)" • "Yoshi's Island (Map Screen)"
Other 1-Up Room • Bonus game • Bonus Star • Fall • Giant Gate • Item Stock • Keyhole • Midway Gate • Sand cloud • Timer • Tourist Tips
Miscellaneous Gallery (GBA) • Glitches • Mario Bros.a • Mario Mania • Mario Pachinko • Mario Slot • Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook Super Mario World • Nintendo Music (soundtrack) • Pégate a Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2 • Pre-release and unused content • Staff (GBA) • Super Mario Embroidery World • Super Mario World (handheld pinball game) • Super Mario World (slot machine) • Super Mario World (soundtrack album) • Super Mario World Coin Game • Super Mario World Lucky Coin • Super Mario World Mario no UFO Crane • Super Mario World Ojama Shoot
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