Koji Kondo

Koji Kondo (近藤 浩治, born August 13, 1960) is among the most prominent composers of music for Nintendo. As a close friend of Shigeru Miyamoto, most of the games he has composed for are Miyamoto's creations. He is most famous for his works on the Mario and The Legend of Zelda series. The overworld themes of Super Mario Bros. and Super Mario World were his doing, among many other catchy tunes. He sometimes appears at Nintendo Events, like E3, alongside Shigeru Miyamoto. Below is a list of Mario games he has composed for so far:


 * Super Mario Bros., 1985
 * Super Mario Bros. 2, 1988
 * Super Mario Bros. 3, 1988
 * Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels, 1986
 * Super Mario World, 1990
 * Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island, 1995
 * Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars, 1996 (only some of his work was used)
 * Super Mario 64, 1996
 * Super Mario Sunshine (with Shinobu Tanaka), 2002
 * New Super Mario Bros. (with Asuka Ōta and Hajime Wakai), 2006
 * Super Mario Galaxy (with Mahito Yokota), 2007
 * Super Smash Bros. Brawl (with many others), 2008
 * Super Mario Galaxy 2 (with Mahito Yokota and Ryo Nagamatsu), 2010

One of his most famous tunes is the Super Mario Bros. "Ground Theme", which was in the Billboard charts for 125 weeks, and was performed in concerts by live orchestras.