Editing Super Mario Orchestra Concert

[[File:Super Mario Orchestra Concert promotion.png|thumb|Promotional artwork]]

The '''Super Mario Orchestra Concert''' (Japanese: スーパーマリオオーケストラコンサート), subtitled as and also known as "[[Bowser]] is the protagonist!?" (Japanese: クッパが主役！？, ''Koopa ga Shuyaku!?''), was a series of concerts in Japan that were featured as part of the KYOTO CMEX (standing for "Cross Media Experience") 2018 festival for movies, animation, video games and manga. It was officially supervised by [[Nintendo]].

==Details==
The concerts took place during the weekend of September 15-16 2018 in the Main Hall of [https://rohmtheatrekyoto.jp/ ROHM Theater Kyoto] (Okazaki-cho Town 13 Sakyo-ku, Kyoto-shi). The first concert was held at 6:00PM JST on September 15, with additional matinee and evening concerts the following day at 1:00PM JST and 5:00PM JST, respectively. Regular seating (A-Seats) cost ¥6,50, special seating (S-Seats) cost ¥8,500, and student seating cost ¥1,000. Parents could purchase a pair of seats for them and their child for ¥10,000 in regular seating, or ¥13,000 in special seating. Concert merchandise and free photo opportunities with Mario were also available. After the concerts, attendees who had purchased QR codes were able to view recordings on the Take Out Live app on smart devices. Those videos were viewable until December 31, 2018.

Other than KYOTO CMEX, it was organised by Phonex Communications. The music director was Erika Fukasawa, and Taizō Takemoto served as the conductor. 

The video games featured included ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'', ''[[Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels]]'', ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'', ''[[Super Mario World]]'', ''[[Super Mario 64]]'', ''[[Yoshi's Story]]'', ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]'', and ''[[Super Mario Odyssey]]''.<ref>[https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2018/07/a_super_mario_orchestra_concert_has_been_announced_for_japan A Super Mario Orchestra Concert Has Been Announced For Japan - Nintendo Life]</ref>

==Setlist==
*M1: ''Super Mario Bros.'' series medley
**From: ''Super Mario Bros.''
***[[Ground BGM (Super Mario Bros.)|Ground BGM]]
***[[Underground BGM]]
***[[Underwater BGM]]
**From ''Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels''
***Ending
**From ''Super Mario Bros. 3''
***Ground Theme
***Athletic Theme
***[[Airship Theme]]
***Fortress Theme
***King Bowser
***Ending
*M2: ''Super Mario World'' medley
**Title Theme
**MAP 1 ([[Yoshi's Island (location)|Yoshi's Island]])
**Ground Theme
**MAP 2 (Overworld)
**Athletic Theme
**[[Forest of Illusion]]
**Underwater Theme
**King Bowser
**Ending
*M3: ''Yoshi's Story'' medley
**Yoshi Story
**Page 1: Beginning
**Yoshi's Song
**Yoshi at the Beach
**Page 3: Clouds
**Yoshi Standing in the Wind
**Yoshi's Mood
**Baby Koopa's Castle
**Duel With Baby Koopa
**Yoshi's Tale
*M4: ''Super Mario 64'' medley
**Title Theme
**File Select
**Peach's Message
**Main Theme
**[[Cool, Cool Mountain]]
**[[Slider]]
**Powerful Mario
**Merry-Go-Round
**Correct Solution
**[[Dire, Dire Docks]]
**Cave Dungeon
**Metallic Mario
**Looping Steps
**Koopa's Road
**Ultimate Koopa
**Staff Roll
**Game Start
*M5: ''Super Mario Galaxy'' medley
**Overture
**[[Star Festival|The Star Festival]]
**Enter the Galaxy
**[[Rosalina in the Observatory]] 1
**[[Egg Planet]]
**Rosalina in the Observatory 2
**[[Buoy Base Galaxy]]
**[[Space Junk Galaxy|Space Junk Road]]
**Rosalina in the Observatory 3
**[[Gusty Garden Galaxy (theme)|Gusty Garden Galaxy]]
**Final Battle with Bowser
**[[List of Super Mario Galaxy staff|Super Mario Galaxy]]
*M6: ''Super Mario Odyssey'' medley
**[[Cap Kingdom|Bonneton]]
**To the Next World
**[[Cascade Kingdom|Fossil Falls]]
**[[Wooded Kingdom|Steam Gardens]]
**[[Lost Kingdom|Forgotten Isle]]
**[[Metro Kingdom|New Donk City]]
**Band Performance (Super Mario Brothers: Above Ground)
**[[Snow Kingdom|Shiveria: Town]]
**[[Bowser's Kingdom|Bowser's Castle]]
**Bowser's Castle: Main Courtyard
*Encore: [[Jump Up, Super Star!]]<ref>[https://note.com/mtdrk/n/neeb66fb17782  コンサートレポ：『クッパが主役!?』スーパーマリオオーケストラコンサート - A report on the concert by an attendee]</ref>

==External links==
*[https://www.phonex.co.jp/concert/mario.html Official website]
*[https://www.tose.co.jp/news/2018726000450.html 『クッパが主役!?』スーパーマリオ　国内初のフルオーケストラコンサートを開催いたします。- TOSE Software news report]

==See also==
*[[Mario Galaxy Orchestra]]
*[[Mario 3D World Big Band]]
*[[Mario Kart Band]]
*[[The Super Mario Players]]

==References==
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