Course Clear

"Course Clear" is a short musical fanfare composed for Super Mario Bros. by Koji Kondo. It plays whenever the player completes a level, excluding castle levels, which feature their own unique fanfare. The theme has gone on to become a recurring theme in the Super Mario franchise, where it is usually heard when the player successfully completes a level, mission, fight, or some other objective.

Reuses
The following list does not include ports and remakes of Super Mario Bros.

Super Mario Bros. Special
Like in Super Mario Bros., "Course Clear" plays in Super Mario Bros. Special whenever the player completed a level, though this arrangement is much choppier and uses harsher instrumentation than the original.

Super Mario All-Stars
Super Mario All-Stars features an enhanced 16-bit arrangement of "Course Clear" in Super Mario Bros. and Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels whenever the player completes a level.

This arrangement returns for the same purpose in Super Mario All-Stars + Super Mario World and Super Mario All-Stars Limited Edition.

Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2
In Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2, if the player finds all exits in the game, a medley arrangement of "Course Clear" and the "Ground Theme" from Super Mario Bros. will play during the cutscene where Luigi rides in a hot air balloon throwing masks and Koopa Troopas put them on.

Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3
In Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3, an abbreviated arrangement of the end of "Course Clear" plays when the player reaches the Goal Pole in the e-Reader card levels Classic World 1-1, Classic World 1-2, Classic World 1-3, and Classic World 2-2. Unlike other games, this theme does not signify the end of the level, as the true goal comes after the Goal Pole, so the Super Mario Bros. "Ground Theme" resumes playing until the true goal is reached.

Super Mario 3D Land
In Super Mario 3D Land, an arrangement of "Course Clear" plays when completing World 2-3 and Special 1-3.

Super Mario Maker
In Super Mario Maker, if the player completes a level in the Super Mario Bros. style with the Arino KACHO costume,, host of , sings along with "Course Clear".

If the player completes a level in the Super Mario Bros. style with the GLA costume, an arrangement of "Course Clear" featuring car engine revs plays.

If the player completes a level in the Super Mario Bros. style with the Yu Ayasaki costume, she sings along with "Course Clear" via.

If the player completes a level in the Super Mario Bros. style with the Kitty White or Melody costume, a music box version of "Course Clear" plays.

Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island
In Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island, a peaceful arrangement of "Course Clear" plays after the credits at the end of the game when the Stork delivers Baby Mario and Baby Luigi to their parents.

Yoshi's New Island
Like in Yoshi's Island, Yoshi's New Island features a peaceful arrangement of "Course Clear" in the ending cutscene when Baby Mario and Baby Luigi are delivered to their parents.

Super Smash Bros.
In Super Smash Bros., an arrangement of "Course Clear" plays whenever Mario or Luigi wins a fight.

Super Smash Bros. Melee
In Super Smash Bros. Melee, an orchestrated arrangement of "Course Clear" plays whenever Mario, Luigi, Peach, Bowser, or Dr. Mario wins a fight.

Super Smash Bros. Brawl
In Super Smash Bros. Brawl, an arrangement of "Course Clear" plays whenever Mario, Luigi, Peach, or Bowser wins a fight.

This arrangement is reused in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, where it plays whenever Mario, Luigi, Peach, or Dr. Mario wins a match.

Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS
In Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS, and later Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, a new arrangement of "Course Clear" plays whenever Bowser or Bowser Jr. wins a fight.

This arrangement is reused in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, where it plays whenever Bowser, Bowser Jr., or Piranha Plant wins a fight.

Super Smash Bros. for Wii U
Super Smash Bros. for Wii U features a medley arrangement of several themes from Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels, including "Course Clear", titled "Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels Medley". It was arranged by Katsuro Tajima and features arrangements of "Ending", the "Underground Theme", the 1-Up jingle, "Hurry Up", the "Underwater Theme", "Super Star", and "Course Clear". It can be played on the Mushroom Kingdom U and Super Mario Maker stages.

The track returns in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, where it can be played on any Super Smash Bros.- and Super Mario-series stage.

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate features a slightly sped-up and shortened version of the "Course Clear" arrangement from Super Smash Bros. Brawl. This shortened arrangement plays whenever Mario, Luigi, Peach, Dr. Mario, or Daisy wins a fight.

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
In Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, an arrangement of "Course Clear" whenever the player completes a Bowser intermission.

Paper Mario: Sticker Star
Paper Mario: Sticker Star features a -styled arrangement of "Course Clear" plays whenever Mario uses a Newspaper, Toy Bat, or Bat Thing sticker.

Paper Mario: The Origami King
In Paper Mario: The Origami King, an arrangement of "Course Clear" plays whenever Mario grabs the top of the Goal Pole and slides down it for the first time at Picnic Road.

Dance Dance Revolution: Mario Mix
In Dance Dance Revolution: Mario Mix, an arrangement of "Course Clear" plays whenever the player completes the Flagpole Leap minigame.

WarioWare: Smooth Moves
In WarioWare: Smooth Moves, an orchestral arrangement is one of the possible songs that the player must conduct on level 3 of the Opening Night microgame. The tempo of the arrangement changes depending on how fast the player moves the Wii Remote.

Art Style: PiCTOBiTS
A medley arrangement of "Course Clear" and "Ending" titled "Super Mario Bros. Part 5" and composed by chiptune band is featured in Art Style: PiCTOBiTS.

Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle
The theme plays when a battle is completed in Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle.

Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope
In Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope, Rabbid Mario plays the theme on his mandolin for his victory pose when obtaining a Purified Darkmess Energy Crystal.

The Super Mario Bros. Movie
Various arrangements of "Course Clear" are featured in several songs in The Super Mario Bros. Movie: "Press Start", "Platforming Princess", "World 1-1", "The Adventure Begins", "Fighting Tooth and Veil", and "Level Complete". These songs were all composed by Brian Tyler.

2016 Summer Olympics closing ceremony
The of the  in Rio de Janeiro,  prominently featured several Super Mario elements in the "Warming up! Tokyo 2020" portion of the proceedings, which were included to present the then-upcoming  in Tokyo, Japan. The end of this presentation featured an orchestral arrangement of "Course Clear" that played as fireworks went off over.

Trivia

 * The theme is a slowed-down version of the power-up sound effect.