Underground BGM (Super Mario Bros. 2)

"Underground BGM"
	"Underground BGM" in Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic; "Underground BGM" in Super Mario Bros. 2
	; Image from Nintendo Music
	Composed by:; Koji Kondo
Key	F minor
BPM	129
First appearance	Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic (1987)
Latest appearance	Mario Kart World (2025)

"Underground BGM"^[1] is a musical theme composed by Koji Kondo for the underground sections of levels in Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic and Super Mario Bros. 2.

HistoryEdit

Super Mario seriesEdit

Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic / Super Mario Bros. 2Edit

Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic marks the first appearance of "Underground BGM." When that game was later redeveloped as Super Mario Bros. 2, the theme was given slightly more enhanced instrumentation and additional PCM percussion samples reminiscent of bongos, which is the version subsequent appearances of the theme in the Super Mario franchise are based on. The Super Mario Bros. 2 version is also included in the official albums FAMICOM 20TH ANNIVERSARY GAMEMUSIC DVD, Game Sound Museum: Mario Bros. / Super Mario USA, Famicom Sound History Series: Mario the Music, and The 30th Anniversary Super Mario Bros. Music.

Super Mario All-StarsEdit

The SNES remake of Super Mario Bros. 2 in Super Mario All-Stars, Super Mario All-Stars + Super Mario World, and Super Mario All-Stars Limited Edition, contains its own arrangement of "Underground BGM," which plays in the underground sections of levels like in the original game.

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Super Mario AdvanceEdit

The Game Boy Advance remake of Super Mario Bros. 2, Super Mario Advance, contains its own arrangement of "Underground BGM," which plays in the underground sections of levels like in the original game. This arrangement plays in a slightly higher pitch, aside from the drums and percussion.

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Super Mario RunEdit

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In Super Mario Run, an arrangement of "Underground BGM" is incorporated in the music that plays in Remix 10.

Super Mario Maker 2Edit

In Super Mario Maker 2, the original version of "Underground BGM" plays whenever the player is in their SMB2 form during levels in the underground, ghost house, or castle theme.

Mario Kart WorldEdit

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In Mario Kart World, an arrangement of "Underground BGM" can play in Free Roam and during routes in Grand Prix or VS Race. In Grand Prix, this is one of three arrangements that can play on the route from Dandelion Depths to Boo Cinema in the Leaf Cup. This arrangement also incorporates "Ground BGM" from Super Mario Bros. 2.

Other appearancesEdit

Famicom Music Vol.2Edit

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The Famicom Music Vol.2 album features a medley arrangement of "Ground BGM," "Underground BGM," "Final Boss BGM," and "Ending" from Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic, titled 「ドキドキパニック (アレンジ・バージョン)」 (Doki Doki Panikku (Arenji Bājon), "Doki Doki Panic (Arrange Version)") and arranged by Yoshihiro Kunimoto.

List of Super Mario appearancesEdit

GamesEdit

Work	System	Year	Type	Title	Credits
Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic	Family Computer Disk System	1987	Original		Koji Kondo
Super Mario Bros. 2	Nintendo Entertainment System	1988	Arrangement	"Underground BGM"^[1]	Koji Kondo
Super Mario All-Stars	Super Nintendo Entertainment System	1993	Arrangement		Soyo Oka
Super Mario All-Stars + Super Mario World	Super Nintendo Entertainment System	1994	Past arrangement (Super Mario All-Stars)		Soyo Oka
Super Mario Advance	Game Boy Advance	2001	Arrangement
Super Mario All-Stars Limited Edition	Wii	2010	Past arrangement (Super Mario All-Stars)		Soyo Oka
Super Mario Run	iOS, Android	2017^{[g 1]}	Arrangement
Super Mario Maker 2	Nintendo Switch	2020^{[g 2]}	Past arrangement (Super Mario Bros. 2)		Koji Kondo
Mario Kart World	Nintendo Switch 2	2025	Arrangement

^ Added in the 3.0.4 update on September 28, 2017
^ Added in the 3.0.0 update on April 22, 2020

AlbumsEdit

Work	Year	Type	Title	Credits
Famicom Music Vol.2	1987	Arrangement	「ドキドキパニック (アレンジ・バージョン)」 (Doki Doki Panikku (Arenji Bājon))	Yoshihiro Kunimoto
FAMICOM 20TH ANNIVERSARY GAMEMUSIC DVD	2004	Past arrangement (Super Mario Bros. 2)	「地下BGM」 (Chika BGM)	Koji Kondo
Game Sound Museum: Mario Bros. / Super Mario USA	2004	Past arrangement (Super Mario Bros. 2)	「地下BGM」 (Chika BGM)	Koji Kondo
Famicom Sound History Series: Mario the Music	2004	Past arrangement (Super Mario Bros. 2)	「地下BGM」 (Chika BGM)	Koji Kondo
The 30th Anniversary Super Mario Bros. Music	2015	Past arrangement (Super Mario Bros. 2)	「地下BGM」 (Chika BGM)	Koji Kondo

Other mediaEdit

Work	Year	Type	Title	Credits
Nintendo Music	2025^{[g 1]}	Original	"Underground BGM"	Koji Kondo

^ Added on February 24, 2025

Names in other languagesEdit

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	地下BGM^[1] Chika BGM	Underground BGM

ReferencesEdit

^ ^a ^b ^c Nintendo Music

[2] Added in the 3.0.4 update on September 28, 2017

[3] Added in the 3.0.0 update on April 22, 2020

[4] Added on February 24, 2025

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"Underground BGM"
"Underground BGM" in Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic "Underground BGM" in Super Mario Bros. 2
Image from Nintendo Music
Composed by: Koji Kondo
Key	F minor
BPM	129
First appearance	Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic (1987)
Latest appearance	Mario Kart World (2025)

[Edit] Recurring themes and sound effects
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" • "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)" • "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" • "Golden Hammer" • "Phase BGM"
Super Mario series	Super Mario Bros.	"1-Up" • "Castle BGM" • "Coin" • "Course Clear" ("Power Up") • "Ending" • "Ground BGM" ("Game Over" · "Player Down") • "Invincibility BGM" • "Pause" • "Pipe Travel / Power-Down" • "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" • "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)"
	Super Mario Land	"Chai Kingdom BGM" • "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 ni noru toki" • "Yoshi's Island (Map Screen)"
	Super Mario 64	"Bowser's Road" • "Bowser's Theme" • "Dire, Dire Docks" • "File Select" • "Main Theme" ("Cool, Cool Mountain" · "Course Clear" · "Slider") • "The Merry-Go-Round" • "Metal Mario" • "Peach's Castle" • "Piranha Plant's Lullaby" • "Staff Roll" • "Star Catch Fanfare"
	Super Mario Sunshine	"Isle Delfino" ("Ricco Harbor") • "Secret Course"
	New Super Mario Bros.	"Course Clear" • "Fortress Theme" • "Main Theme" ("Athletic Theme") • "Mega Mario" • "Paah" • "Switch On!"
	Super Mario Galaxy	"Buoy Base 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" • "Slimy Spring Galaxy" • "Super Mario Galaxy 2 Trailer Theme" • "Teleporter Melody"
	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" • "D.K.'s Jungle Parkway" • "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" • "Mario Circuit" • "Peach Beach"
	Mario Kart DS	"DS Peach Gardens" • "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" • "Rainbow Road" • "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" ("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" • "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"
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	"Le Galop infernal d'Orphée aux Enfers" • "Totakeke's theme"

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Worlds	World 1 • World 2 • World 3 • World 4 • World 5 • World 6 • World 7
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Music	"Bonus Chance" • "Boss BGM" • "Ground BGM" • "Please Select Player" • "Underground BGM"
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