Editing Bowser's Road

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{{Theme infobox
|file=[[File:SM64-Bowser's Road.oga]]<br>"Bowser's Road" in ''Super Mario 64''
|composer=[[Koji Kondo]]
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario 64]]'' ([[List of games by date#1996|1996]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Super Mario 3D All-Stars]]'' ([[List of games by date#2020|2020]])
}}
"'''Bowser's Road''',"<ref name="NMusic">[[Nintendo Music]]</ref> originally known as "'''Koopa's Road''',"<ref name=SM64>''[[Super Mario 64 Original Soundtrack]]''</ref> is the musical theme composed by [[Koji Kondo]] for ''[[Super Mario 64]]'' that can be heard in [[Bowser in the Dark World]], [[Bowser in the Fire Sea]], and [[Bowser in the Sky]]. The theme's title originally used Bowser's Japanese name, despite the soundtrack releasing in North America both physically in 1996 as well as in ''[[Super Mario 3D All-Stars]]''. This was fixed on [[Nintendo Music]] in 2024.

==Reuses==
The following list does not include ports or remakes of ''Super Mario 64''.
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!width=20%|Game
!width=80%|Description
|-
|''[[Minecraft|Minecraft: Wii U Edition]]'' / ''[[Minecraft|Minecraft: Nintendo Switch Edition]]'' / ''[[Minecraft|Minecraft: New Nintendo 3DS Edition]]'' / ''[[Minecraft]]''
|"Bowser's Road" plays while in the Nether in the [[Minecraft#Super Mario Mash-up|Super Mario Mash-up]].
|}

==Arrangements==
===''Super Mario'' series===
====''Super Mario Galaxy''====
''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]'' features a faithful orchestral arrangement of "Bowser's Road" by [[Mahito Yokota]] titled "'''The Fiery Stronghold'''" in the game's [[Super Mario Galaxy Original Soundtrack|official soundtrack]]. It can be heard in the galaxies [[Bowser's Star Reactor]], which hosts the arrangement's namesake level [[The Fiery Stronghold]], and [[Bowser's Dark Matter Plant]].

{{media table
|file=The Fiery Stronghold Super Mario Galaxy.oga
|title=The Fiery Stronghold
|description=The arrangement heard in ''Super Mario Galaxy''
}}

====''Super Mario Galaxy 2''====
''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]'' features a faithful orchestrated arrangement of "Bowser's Road" by [[Mahito Yokota]] very similar to "The Fiery Stronghold" from ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]''. It is titled "'''Bowser's Lava Lair'''" in the game's [[Super Mario Galaxy 2 Original Soundtrack|official soundtrack]], and it can be heard in the arrangement's namesake galaxy [[Bowser's Lava Lair]] and [[Bowser's Gravity Gauntlet]].
{{media table
|file=Bowsers Lava Lair Super Mario Galaxy 2.oga
|title=Bowser's Lava Lair
|description=The arrangement heard in ''Super Mario Galaxy 2''
}}

===''Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games''===
The [[Wii]] version of ''[[Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games (Wii)|Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games]]'' features an arrangement of "Bowser's Road" as a playable track, titled "'''Bowser's Domain'''".<ref name=OWGBowserDomain>{{cite|url=https://youtu.be/cPaF6aJ2IyY|publisher=YouTube|title=Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games - Wii - Part 49 - Shopping|author=⚜️Tha Legendary MC.Kid⚜️|date=June 17, 2021|accessdate=December 24, 2024|timestamp=5:57}}</ref>

===''Mario Party'' series===
====''Mario Party 9''====
In ''[[Mario Party 9]]'', the opening seven notes of the theme play before the final boss battle at the end of a board when [[Bowser]] and the "Boss Battle!" text appear.

====''Mario Party: Island Tour''====
In ''[[Mario Party: Island Tour]]'', the theme heard in [[Bowser's Peculiar Peak]] is an arrangement of "Bowser's Road".

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|file=MPIT Bowsers Peculiar Peak.oga
|title={{conjectural|Bowser's Peculiar Peak}}
|description=The arrangement heard in ''Mario Party: Island Tour''
}}

===''Mario Golf: World Tour''===
In ''[[Mario Golf: World Tour]]'', part of the [[Bowser's Castle (golf course)|Bowser's Castle]] theme consists of an arrangement of "Bowser's Road".

===''Mario Tennis Aces''===
In ''[[Mario Tennis Aces]]'', a medley arrangement of "Bowser's Road" and "[[Bowser's Theme]]" by [[Motoi Sakuraba]] plays during the final boss battle against [[Bowcien]].

==List of ''Super Mario'' appearances==
{|class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%"
!Work
!System
!Year
!Type
!Title
!Credits
|-
|''[[Super Mario 64]]''
|[[Nintendo 64]]
|1996
|Original
|"Koopa's Road"<ref name=SM64/>
|[[Koji Kondo]]
|-
|''[[Super Mario 64 DS]]''
|[[Nintendo DS]]
|2004
|Original
|"Koopa's Road"<ref name=SM64/>
|Koji Kondo
|-
|''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]''
|[[Wii]]
|2007
|Arrangement
|"The Fiery Stronghold"<ref name=SMG>''[[Super Mario Galaxy Original Soundtrack]]''</ref>
|[[Mahito Yokota]]
|-
|''[[Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games (Wii)|Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games]]''
|Wii
|2009
|Arrangement
|"Bowser's Domain"<ref name=OWGBowserDomain/>
|<!--Fumie Kumatani, Naofumi Hataya, Hideaki Kobayashi, Jun Senoue, Tadashi Kinukawa, Teruhiko Nakagawa, Tomonori Sawada (specific arranger unknown)-->
|-
|''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]''
|Wii
|2010
|Arrangement
|"Bowser's Lava Lair"<ref name=SMG2>''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2 Original Soundtrack]]''</ref>
|Mahito Yokota
|-
|''[[Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games (Wii)|Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games]]''
|Wii
|2011
|Past arrangement (''Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games'')
|"Bowser's Domain"
|<!--Fumie Kumatani, Naofumi Hataya, Hideaki Kobayashi, Jun Senoue, Tadashi Kinukawa, Teruhiko Nakagawa, Tomonori Sawada (specific arranger unknown)-->
|-
|''[[Mario Party 9]]''
|Wii
|2012
|Arrangement
|
|
|-
|''[[Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games]]''
|[[Wii U]]
|2013
|Past arrangement (''Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games'')
|"Bowser's Domain"
|<!--Fumie Kumatani, Naofumi Hataya, Hideaki Kobayashi, Jun Senoue, Tadashi Kinukawa, Teruhiko Nakagawa, Tomonori Sawada (specific arranger unknown)-->
|-
|''[[Mario Party: Island Tour]]''
|[[Nintendo 3DS]]
|2013
|Arrangement
|
|<!--Rei Kondoh, Sara Sakurai, Satoshi Okubo (specific arranger unknown)-->
|-
|''[[Minecraft|Minecraft: Wii U Edition]]''
|Wii U
|2015
|Original
|
|Koji Kondo
|-
|''[[Minecraft|Minecraft: Nintendo Switch Edition]]''
|[[Nintendo Switch]]
|2017
|Original
|
|Koji Kondo
|-
|''[[Minecraft|Minecraft: New Nintendo 3DS Edition]]''
|[[Nintendo 3DS#New Nintendo 3DS/New Nintendo 3DS XL|New Nintendo 3DS]]
|2017
|Original
|
|Koji Kondo
|-
|''[[Minecraft]]''
|Nintendo Switch
|2018
|Original
|
|Koji Kondo
|-
|''[[Mario Tennis Aces]]''
|Nintendo Switch
|2018
|Arrangement
|
|[[Motoi Sakuraba]]
|-
|rowspan=2|''[[Super Mario 3D All-Stars]]''
|rowspan=2|Nintendo Switch
|rowspan=2|2020
|Original
|"Koopa's Road"
|Koji Kondo
|-
|Past arrangement (''Super Mario Galaxy'')
|"The Fiery Stronghold"
|Mahito Yokota
|}
===Soundtracks===
{|class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%"
!Work
!Year
!Type
!Title
!Credits
|-
|''[[Super Mario 64 Original Soundtrack]]
|1996
|Original
|"Koopa's Road"
|[[Koji Kondo]]
|-
|''[[Super Mario Galaxy Original Soundtrack]]''
|2008
|Arrangement
|"The Fiery Stronghold"
|[[Mahito Yokota]]
|-
|''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2 Original Soundtrack]]''
|2010
|Arrangement
|"Bowser's Lava Lair"
|Mahito Yokota
|}

==References==
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{{Themes}}
{{SM64}}
[[Category:Recurring themes]]
[[Category:Super Mario 64]]