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{{italic title|Underwater Theme (''Super Mario Bros.'')}}
{{italic title|Underwater Theme (''Super Mario Bros.'')}}
[[File:Underwater_motif.oga|thumb|300px|The main motif played on a piano.]]
[[File:Underwater_motif.oga|thumb|300px|The main motif played on a piano.]]
The '''"Underwater Theme"''' is a recurring musical theme composed by [[Koji Kondo]], first heard in [[World 2-2 (Super Mario Bros.)|World 2-2]] of ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'' It was originally set in the key signature C with the time signature of 3/4 that is mostly associated with waltz, playing at a tempo of 226 beats per minute. As it was "easy to imagine what it should be like," it was the first composition Kondo finished for the game.<ref>[http://iwataasks.nintendo.com/interviews/#/wii/mario25th/4/4 Iwata Asks : Super Mario Bros. 25th Anniversary : To Save Memory]. ''Nintendo''. Retrieved June 20, 2019.</ref> The theme plays in every level and section featuring underwater in ''Super Mario Bros.'', with following rearrangements largely featuring as title screen music.
The "'''Underwater Theme'''" is a recurring musical theme composed by [[Koji Kondo]], first heard in [[World 2-2 (Super Mario Bros.)|World 2-2]] of ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'' It was originally set in the key signature C with the time signature of 3/4 that is mostly associated with waltz, playing at a tempo of 226 beats per minute. As it was "easy to imagine what it should be like," it was the first composition Kondo finished for the game.<ref>[http://iwataasks.nintendo.com/interviews/#/wii/mario25th/4/4 Iwata Asks : Super Mario Bros. 25th Anniversary : To Save Memory]. ''Nintendo''. Retrieved June 20, 2019.</ref> The theme plays in every level and section featuring underwater in ''Super Mario Bros.'', with following rearrangements largely featuring as title screen music.


==Arrangements==
==Reuses==
===''Super Mario'' series===
====''Super Mario Bros.''====
{{media table
{{media table
|type1=Audio
|type1=Audio
|name1=Under Water Theme SMB
|name1=Under Water Theme SMB
|pipe1=Underwater Theme
|pipe1=Underwater Theme
|description1=Excerpt of the Underwater Theme
|description1=The original theme in ''Super Mario Bros.''
|length1=0:25
|length1=0:25
}}
}}
=====Reuses=====
*''[[Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels]]''
*''[[Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels]]''
*''[[VS. Super Mario Bros.]]''
*''[[VS. Super Mario Bros.]]''
*''[[Super Mario Bros. Deluxe]]''
*''[[Super Mario Bros. Deluxe]]''
*''[[Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games]] ([[Wii]])''
*''[[Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games]]'' ([[Wii]])
*''[[Super Mario Maker]]''
*''[[Super Mario Maker]]''
*''[[Super Mario Maker 2]]''
*''[[Super Mario Maker 2]]''
====''Super Mario Bros. Special''====
 
==Arrangements==
===''Super Mario'' series===
<!--====''Super Mario Bros. Special''====-->
====''Super Mario Bros. 2''====
====''Super Mario Bros. 2''====
{{media table
{{media table
|type1=Audio
|type1=Audio
|name1=SMB2-Title
|name1=SMB2-Title
|pipe1=Super Mario Bros. 2 Title theme
|pipe1=Title
|description1=The title theme from ''Super Mario Bros. 2''
|length1=0:29
|length1=0:29
}}
}}
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|type1=Audio
|type1=Audio
|name1=SMAS SMB Title
|name1=SMAS SMB Title
|pipe1=SMAS Super Mario Bros. Title theme
|pipe1=Title
|description1=The main title theme for ''Super Mario All-Stars''
|length1=1:14
|length1=1:14
|type2=Audio
|type2=Audio
|name2=SMAS SMB Swimming
|name2=SMAS SMB Swimming
|pipe2=SMAS Super Mario Bros. (The Lost Levels) Swimming theme
|pipe2=Underwater Theme (''Super Mario Bros.'')
|description2=The arrangement used in the ''Super Mario All-Stars'' version of ''Super Mario Bros.''
|length2=1:06
|length2=1:06
|type3=Audio
|type3=Audio
|name3=SMAS SMB Japanese Super Mario Bros. 2 Title
|name3=SMAS SMB Japanese Super Mario Bros. 2 Title
|pipe3=SMAS Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels Title theme
|pipe3=Title (''Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels'')
|description3=The title theme for the ''Super Mario All-Stars'' version of ''Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels''
|length3=1:21
|length3=1:21
|type4=Audio
|type4=Audio
|name4=SMAS SMB2 Title
|name4=SMAS SMB2 Title
|pipe4=SMAS Super Mario Bros. 2 Title theme
|pipe4=Title (''Super Mario Bros. 2'')
|description4=The title theme for the ''Super Mario All-Stars'' version of ''Super Mario Bros. 2''
|length4=0:30
|length4=0:30
|type5=Audio
|type5=Audio
|name5=SMAS SMB3 Title
|name5=SMAS SMB3 Title
|pipe5=SMAS Super Mario Bros. 3 Title theme
|pipe5=Title (''Super Mario Bros. 3'')
|description5=The title theme for ''Super Mario All-Stars'' version of ''Super Mario Bros. 3''
|length5=1:07
|length5=1:07
}}
}}
====''Super Mario Bros. Deluxe''====
====''Super Mario Bros. Deluxe''====
In addition to ports of the original underwater levels using the original soundtrack, the ''Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels'' title features a rearrangement with more prominence on the spacing echo effect of the main tune.
In addition to ports of the original underwater levels using the original soundtrack, the ''Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels'' title features a rearrangement with more prominence on the spacing echo effect of the main tune.
====''Super Mario Advance''====
<!--====''Super Mario Advance''====
====''Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2''====
====''Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2''====
====''Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3''====
====''Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3''====
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====''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door''====
====''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door''====


===''Dance Dance Revolution: Mario Mix''===
===''Dance Dance Revolution: Mario Mix''===-->
 
===''Mario Hoops 3-on-3''===
===''Mario Hoops 3-on-3''===
{{media table
{{media table
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|length1=1:51
|length1=1:51
}}
}}
<!--
===''Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games''===
===''Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games''===


===''Super Smash Bros.'' series===
===''Super Smash Bros.'' series===
====''Super Smash Bros. Brawl''====
====''Super Smash Bros. Brawl''====
-->


==Appearances in other media==
==Appearances in other media==
{{see also|List of Mario references on the Internet}}
{{see also|List of Mario references on the Internet}}
*''{{wp|Pictobits}}''
*''{{wp|Pictobits}}''
*''Smule Magic Piano (iOS)''
*''Smule Magic Piano''
*''{{wp|Tekken Tag Tournament 2}}''
*''{{wp|Tekken Tag Tournament 2}}''


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The main motif played on a piano.

The "Underwater Theme" is a recurring musical theme composed by Koji Kondo, first heard in World 2-2 of Super Mario Bros. It was originally set in the key signature C with the time signature of 3/4 that is mostly associated with waltz, playing at a tempo of 226 beats per minute. As it was "easy to imagine what it should be like," it was the first composition Kondo finished for the game.[1] The theme plays in every level and section featuring underwater in Super Mario Bros., with following rearrangements largely featuring as title screen music.

Reuses

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Arrangements

Super Mario series

Super Mario Bros. 2

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Super Mario All-Stars

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Super Mario Bros. Deluxe

In addition to ports of the original underwater levels using the original soundtrack, the Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels title features a rearrangement with more prominence on the spacing echo effect of the main tune.

Mario Hoops 3-on-3

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Appearances in other media

See also: List of Mario references on the Internet

References

  1. ^ Iwata Asks : Super Mario Bros. 25th Anniversary : To Save Memory. Nintendo. Retrieved June 20, 2019.
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Super Mario Bros. / Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels / Super Mario Bros. Deluxe
Characters Playable Mario • Luigi
Unplayable Mushroom retainer • Princess Toadstool • Boo2 • Yoshi2
Worlds Super Mario Bros. World 1 • World 2 • World 3 • World 4 • World 5 • World 6 • World 7 • World 8 • Hard Mode
The Lost Levels World 1 • World 2 • World 3 • World 4 • World 5 • World 6 • World 7 • World 8 • World 9 • World A • World B • World C • World D
Items 1 up Mushroom • Coin • Fire Flower • Magic Mushroom • Poisonous Mushroom1,2 • Red Coin2 • Starman • Yoshi Egg2
Objects ? Block • Ax • Balance Scale • Beanstalk • Brick Block • Bridge • Coin Heaven • Coral • Fireworks • Flagpole • Flimsy Lift • Hard Block • Horsehair plant • Jumping board • Lift • Super Spring1,2 • Warp Zone • Water • Wind1
Enemies Bloober • Bowser's Brother1,2 • Bullet Bill • Buzzy Beetle • Cheep-cheep • Fire-Bar • Hammer Brother • Koopa Paratroopa • Koopa Troopa • Lakitu • Little Goomba • Piranha Plant • Podoboo • Spiny • Spiny's egg • Turtle Cannon
Bosses Bowser • Fake Bowser
Miscellaneous Gallery (The Lost Levels · Deluxe) • Glitches (The Lost Levels) • Media • Pre-release and unused content • Staff (Deluxe) • Super Mario Bros.: Mario Syndrome
Related games All Night Nippon: Super Mario Bros. • Game & Watch: Super Mario Bros. • Super Mario Bros. 35 • Super Mario Bros. Special • VS. Super Mario Bros.
1 Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels
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