Editing Ground Theme (Super Mario 3D Land)

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{{Theme infobox
|file=[[File:SuperMario3DLandTheme.oga]]<br>"Ground Theme" in ''Super Mario 3D Land''
|composer=[[Takeshi Hama]]
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario 3D Land]]'' ([[List of games by date#2011|2011]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury]]'' ([[List of games by date#2021|2021]])
}}
The "'''Ground Theme'''"<ref name=SSBU>''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]'' Sound Test</ref> is a musical theme composed for ''[[Super Mario 3D Land]]'' that can be heard in most of the game's overworld levels.

==Reuses==
{|class="wikitable" style="width:100%"
!width=20%|Game
!width=80%|Description
|-
|''[[Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze]]''
|In the [[Wii U]] version of the game, [[Donkey Kong]] briefly plays ''Super Mario 3D Land'' on a [[Nintendo 3DS#Nintendo 3DS XL|Nintendo 3DS XL]] as one of his idle animations and the theme can be heard.
|-
|''[[Mario Party: Star Rush]]''
|The "Ground Theme" is one of the tracks available to play in Rhythm Recital, where it is titled "'''Main Theme'''".
|}

==Arrangements==
===''Super Mario'' series===
====''Super Mario 3D Land''====
''[[Super Mario 3D Land]]'' features multiple arrangements of the "Ground Theme" in its soundtrack. The theme heard on the game's title screen is a slightly slower arrangement of it.

A jazzier arrangement of the "Ground Theme" can be heard in [[Special 2-1]] and [[Special 5-4]], though is in A# major instead of C major.

A unique, somewhat mechanical arrangement of the "Ground Theme" plays in [[World 7-4 (Super Mario 3D Land)|World 7-4]], [[Special 4-1]], and [[Special 7-3]].

A {{wp|Big band|big band jazz}} arrangement of the "Ground Theme" plays during the staff credits.

A brief arrangement of the first few notes of the "Ground Theme" plays when selecting ''Super Mario 3D Land'' on the [[Nintendo 3DS]] Home Menu.

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|title1={{conjectural|Title Theme}}
|description1=The arrangement heard in ''Super Mario 3D Land''
|file2=SM3DL-Jazzy Overworld.oga
|title2={{conjectural|Candy Land}}
|description2=The arrangement heard in ''Super Mario 3D Land''
|file3=SM3DL-Clock Tower Theme.oga
|title3={{conjectural|Clock Tower}}
|description3=The arrangement heard in ''Super Mario 3D Land''
|file4=SM3DL-Staff Credits Theme.oga
|title4={{conjectural|Staff Credits Theme}}
|description4=The arrangement heard in ''Super Mario 3D Land''
|file5=Sm3dl home menu icon.wav
|title5={{conjectural|''Super Mario 3D Land'' Home Menu Theme}}
|description5=The arrangement heard on the Nintendo 3DS Home Menu
}}

====''Super Mario 3D World''====
In ''[[Super Mario 3D World]]'' and it's [[Nintendo Switch]] port, ''[[Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury]]'', an arrangement of the jazzier version of the "Ground Theme", titled "'''Super Block Land'''" in the game's [[Super Mario 3D World Original Soundtrack|official soundtrack]], plays in [[Super Block Land|the level of the same name]].
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|file1=SM3DW Super Block Land.oga
|title1=Super Block Land
|description1=The arrangement heard in ''Super Mario 3D World''
|length1=0:30
}}

===''Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games''===
In ''[[Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games]]'', an arrangement of the "Ground Theme" plays during the first and last portions of [[Mario's Figure Skating Spectacular]], which itself is based on ''[[Super Mario 3D Land]]''.
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|file1=M&SatS2014OWG Mario Spectacular.oga
|title1={{conjectural|Mario's Figure Skating Spectacular}}
|description1=The arrangement heard in ''Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games''
|length1=0:30
}}

===''Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS''===
''[[Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS]]'' features a medley arrangement of the "Ground Theme" and the "[[Underwater Theme (Super Mario 3D Land)|Underwater Theme]]" from ''[[Super Mario 3D Land]]'' titled "Super Mario 3D Land Theme / Beach Theme" composed by Yuichiro "Jesahm" Noro. It can be played on the [[3D Land]] stage.

This arrangement returns in ''[[Super Smash Bros. for Wii U]]'', where it can be played on the [[Delfino Plaza (stage)|Delfino Plaza]] stage, and in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]'', now titled "Ground Theme / Underwater Theme - Super Mario 3D Land", where it can be played on any ''[[Super Smash Bros. (series)|Super Smash Bros.]]''-series and ''[[Super Mario (franchise)|Super Mario]]''-series stage.
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|file1=SSBU SM3DL Ground Theme.oga
|title1=Super Mario 3D Land Theme / Beach Theme
|description1=The arrangement heard in ''Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U''
|length1=0:30
}}

==List of ''Super Mario'' appearances==
{|class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%"
!Work
!System
!Year
!Type
!Title
!Credits
|-
|rowspan=2|''[[Super Mario 3D Land]]''
|rowspan=2|[[Nintendo 3DS]]
|rowspan=2|2011
|Original
|
|Takeshi Hama
|-
|Arrangement
|
|<!--Asuka Hayazaki, Takeshi Hama, Mahito Yokota (specific composer unknown)-->
|-
|''[[Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games]]''
|[[Wii U]]
|2013
|Arrangement
|
|
|-
|''[[Super Mario 3D World]]''
|Wii U
|2013
|Arrangement
|"Super Block Land"<ref name=SM3DW>''[[Super Mario 3D World Original Soundtrack]]''</ref>
|<!--Toru Minegishi, Koji Kondo, Yasuaki Iwata (specific arranger unknown)-->
|-
|''[[Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze]]''
|Wii U
|2014
|Original
|
|<!--Asuka Hayazaki, Takeshi Hama, Mahito Yokota (specific composer unknown)-->
|-
|''[[Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS]]''
|Nintendo 3DS
|2014
|Arrangement
|"''Super Mario 3D Land'' Theme / Beach Theme"
|Jesahm
|-
|''[[Super Smash Bros. for Wii U]]''
|Wii U
|2014
|Past arrangement (''Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS'')
|"''Super Mario 3D Land'' Theme / Beach Theme"
|Jesahm
|-
|''[[Mario Party: Star Rush]]''
|Nintendo 3DS
|2016
|Original
|"Main Theme"
|<!--Asuka Hayazaki, Takeshi Hama, Mahito Yokota (specific composer unknown)-->
|-
|''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]''
|[[Nintendo Switch]]
|2018
|Past arrangement (''Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS'')
|"Ground Theme / Underwater Theme - ''Super Mario 3D Land''"
|Jesahm
|-
|''[[Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury]]''
|Nintendo Switch
|2021
|Past arrangement (''Super Mario 3D World'')
|"Super Block Land"<ref name=SM3DW/>
|<!--Toru Minegishi, Koji Kondo, Yasuaki Iwata (specific arranger unknown)-->
|}
===Soundtracks===
{|class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%"
!Work
!Year
!Type
!Title
!Credits
|-
|''[[Super Mario 3D World Original Soundtrack]]''
|2013
|Arrangement
|"Super Block Land"
|<!--Toru Minegishi, Koji Kondo, Yasuaki Iwata (specific arranger unknown)-->
|}

==References==
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{{Themes}}
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[[Category:Recurring themes]]
[[Category:Super Mario 3D Land]]