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|''[[Super Mario Maker]]''
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|The original "Airship Theme" serves as the background music for Airship stages in the ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'' style.
|The original "Airship Theme" serves as the background music for Airship stages in the ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'' style.
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|''[[Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS]]''
|Serves the same purpose as ''Super Mario Maker''.
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====''New Super Mario Bros. Wii''====
====''New Super Mario Bros. Wii''====
In ''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]'', a mostly faithful arrangement plays in airship levels. The melody is played by an organ instead of brass and a countermelody has been added before the piece loops. If the player runs short on [[Time Limit|time]], string accents are added to the arrangement along with the tempo increase. In the room before a boss fight, only the percussion plays. The arrangement is reused in airship levels in ''[[New Super Mario Bros. U]]'', ''[[New Super Luigi U]]'' (both of which also reuse the pre-boss variation), ''[[Puzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros. Edition]]'', ''Super Mario Maker'' and ''Super Mario Maker 2'' in the ''New Super Mario Bros. U'' style, and ''[[Super Mario Run]]''.
In ''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]'', a mostly faithful arrangement plays in airship levels. The melody is played by an organ instead of brass and a countermelody has been added before the piece loops. If the player runs short on [[Time Limit|time]], string accents are added to the arrangement along with the tempo increase. In the room before a boss fight, only the percussion plays. The arrangement is reused in airship levels in ''[[New Super Mario Bros. U]]'', ''[[New Super Luigi U]]'' (both of which also reuse the pre-boss variation), ''[[Puzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros. Edition]]'', ''Super Mario Maker'' and ''Super Mario Maker 2'' in the ''New Super Mario Bros. U'' style, and ''[[Super Mario Run]]''.
Sheet music for this arrangement is featured in ''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii Intermediate / Advanced Piano Solos]]''.


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|1988
|1988
|Original
|Original
|"Airship Theme"
|「飛行船BGM」 (''Hikōsen BGM'')<ref>''[[Super Mario World (album)|]]'' album</ref>
|[[Koji Kondo]]
|[[Koji Kondo]]
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|1990
|1990
|Arrangement
|Arrangement
|"Airship Theme"
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|1993
|1993
|Arrangement
|Arrangement
|"Airship Theme"
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|1994
|1994
|Past arrangement (''Super Mario All-Stars'')
|Past arrangement (''Super Mario All-Stars'')
|"Airship Theme"
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|2006
|2006
|Arrangement
|Arrangement
|「飛空艇登場のテーマ」("Hikūtei Tōjō no Tēma")
|「飛空艇登場のテーマ」 (''Hikūtei Tōjō no Tēma'')
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|[[Masayoshi Soken]]
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|''[[Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3]]''
|''[[Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3]]''
|2003
|2003
|Arrangement
|Arrangement
|"Airship Theme"
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|''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]''
|rowspan=2|''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]''
|2007
|rowspan=2|2007
|Arrangement
|rowspan=2|Arrangement
|"Attack of the Airships"
|"Attack of the Airships"
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|rowspan=2|[[Mahito Yokota]]
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|"Airship Armada"
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|''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]''
|''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]''
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|2009
|2009
|Arrangement
|Arrangement
|"Airship Theme"
|"Airship Theme"<ref>''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii Intermediate / Advanced Piano Solos]]''</ref>
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|Past arrangement (''Super Mario Galaxy'')
|Past arrangement (''Super Mario Galaxy'')
|"Attack of the Airships"
|"Attack of the Airships"
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|Mahito Yokota
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|''[[Super Mario All-Stars Limited Edition]]''
|''[[Super Mario All-Stars Limited Edition]]''
|2010
|2010
|Past arrangement (''Super Mario All-Stars'')
|Past arrangement (''Super Mario All-Stars'')
|"Airship Theme"
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|''[[Super Mario 3D Land]]''
|''[[Super Mario 3D Land]]''
|2011
|2011
|Arrangement
|Past arrangement (''Super Mario Galaxy'')
|"Airship Armada"
|"Airship Armada"
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|Mahito Yokota
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|''[[Paper Mario: Sticker Star]]''
|''[[Paper Mario: Sticker Star]]''
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|2012
|2012
|Past arrangement (''New Super Mario Bros. Wii'')
|Past arrangement (''New Super Mario Bros. Wii'')
|"Airship Theme"
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|2013
|2013
|Past arrangement (''New Super Mario Bros. Wii'')
|Past arrangement (''New Super Mario Bros. Wii'')
|"Airship Theme"
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|rowspan=8|''[[Super Mario Maker]]''
|rowspan=3|''[[Super Mario Maker]]''
|rowspan=8|2015
|rowspan=3|2015
|Original
|Original
|"Airship Theme (''Super Mario Bros. 3'' style)"
|「飛行船BGM」 (''Hikōsen BGM'')
|Koji Kondo
|Koji Kondo
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|-
|Arrangement
|Arrangement
|"Airship Theme (Edit) (''Super Mario Bros. 3'' style)"
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|Arrangement
|"Airship Theme (''Super Mario Bros.'' style)"
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|Arrangement
|"Airship Theme (Edit) (''Super Mario Bros.'' style)"
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|Arrangement
|"Airship Theme (''Super Mario World'' style)"
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|Arrangement
|"Airship Theme (Edit) (''Super Mario World'' style)"
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|Past arrangement (''New Super Mario Bros. Wii'')
|Past arrangement (''New Super Mario Bros. Wii'')
|"Airship Theme (''New Super Mario Bros. U'' style)"
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|Arrangement
|"Airship Theme (Edit) (''New Super Mario Bros. U'' style)"
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|Arrangement
|Arrangement
|"Double Bowsers!"
|"Double Bowsers!"
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|[[Yoko Shimomura]]
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|''[[Paper Mario: Color Splash]]''
|''[[Paper Mario: Color Splash]]''
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|rowspan=8|''[[Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS]]''
|rowspan=3|''[[Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS]]''
|rowspan=8|2016
|rowspan=3|2016
|Original
|Original
|"Airship Theme (''Super Mario Bros. 3'' style)"
|「飛行船BGM」 (''Hikōsen BGM'')
|Koji Kondo
|Koji Kondo
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|Past arrangement (''Super Mario Maker'')
|Arrangement
|"Airship Theme (Edit) (''Super Mario Bros. 3'' style)"
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|Past arrangement (''Super Mario Maker'')
|"Airship Theme (''Super Mario Bros.'' style)"
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|Past arrangement (''Super Mario Maker'')
|"Airship Theme (Edit) (''Super Mario Bros.'' style)"
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|Past arrangement (''Super Mario Maker'')
|"Airship Theme (''Super Mario World'' style)"
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|Past arrangement (''Super Mario Maker'')
|"Airship Theme (Edit) (''Super Mario World'' style)"
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|Past arrangement (''New Super Mario Bros. Wii'')
|Past arrangement (''New Super Mario Bros. Wii'')
|"Airship Theme (''New Super Mario Bros. U'' style)"
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|Past arrangement (''Super Mario Maker'')
|"Airship Theme (Edit) (''New Super Mario Bros. U'' style)"
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|rowspan=12|''[[Super Mario Maker 2]]''
|rowspan=4|''[[Super Mario Maker 2]]''
|rowspan=12|2019
|rowspan=4|2019
|Original
|Original
|"Airship Theme (''Super Mario Bros. 3'' style)"
|「飛行船BGM」 (''Hikōsen BGM'')
|Koji Kondo
|Koji Kondo
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|Past arrangement (''Super Mario Maker'')
|Past arrangement (''Super Mario Maker'')
|"Airship Theme (Edit) (''Super Mario Bros. 3'' style)"
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|Arrangement
|"Airship Theme (Night) (''Super Mario Bros. 3'' style)"
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|Past arrangement (''Super Mario Maker'')
|"Airship Theme (''Super Mario Bros.'' style)"
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|Past arrangement (''Super Mario Maker'')
|"Airship Theme (Edit) (''Super Mario Bros.'' style)"
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|Arrangement
|Arrangement
|"Airship Theme (Night) (''Super Mario Bros.'' style)"
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|Past arrangement (''Super Mario Maker'')
|"Airship Theme (''Super Mario World'' style)"
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|Past arrangement (''Super Mario Maker'')
|"Airship Theme (Edit) (''Super Mario World'' style)"
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|Arrangement
|"Airship Theme (Night) (''Super Mario World'' style)"
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|Past arrangement (''New Super Mario Bros. Wii'')
|Past arrangement (''New Super Mario Bros. Wii'')
|"Airship Theme (''New Super Mario Bros. U'' style)"
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|Past arrangement (''Super Mario Maker'')
|"Airship Theme (Edit) (''New Super Mario Bros. U'' style)"
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|Arrangement
|"Airship Theme (Night) (''New Super Mario Bros. U'' style)"
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!Credits
!Credits
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|''[[Super Mario World (album)]]''
|''[[Super Mario World (album)|Super Mario World]]''
|1991
|1991
|Original
|Original
|"Airship Theme"
|「飛行船BGM」 (''Hikōsen BGM'')
|[[Koji Kondo]]
|[[Koji Kondo]]
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|2006
|2006
|Arrangement
|Arrangement
|「飛空艇登場のテーマ」("Hikūtei Tōjō no Tēma")
|「飛空艇登場のテーマ」 (''Hikūtei Tōjō no Tēma'')
|[[Masayoshi Soken]]
|[[Masayoshi Soken]]
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|''[[Super Mario Orchestra Concert]]''
|2018
|Arrangement
|"Airship Theme"
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|rowspan=2|''[[The Super Mario Bros. Movie (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)]]''
|rowspan=2|''[[The Super Mario Bros. Movie (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)]]''
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|"Fighting Tooth and Veil"
|"Fighting Tooth and Veil"
|Brian Tyler
|Brian Tyler
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|''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii Intermediate / Advanced Piano Solos]]''
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|Arrangement
|"Airship Theme"
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==Names in other languages==
==Names in other languages==

Revision as of 08:46, June 27, 2023

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This article is under construction. Therefore, please excuse its informal appearance while it is being worked on. We hope to have it completed as soon as possible.

The "Airship Theme"[1] is an atonal[2] musical theme commonly associated with airships in the Super Mario franchise. It was originally composed by Koji Kondo for airship and tank levels in Super Mario Bros. 3. The theme begins with a triplet-based rhythm evoking a military march, which plays throughout the rest of the theme. It is loosely based on "Mars, the Bringer of War", the first movement of Gustav Holst's The Planets.

Composition

As Super Mario Bros. 3 is for the Nintendo Entertainment System and Family Computer, the theme is orchestrated as chiptune with a timpani PCM sample. The original Airship Theme is short, lasting 30 seconds, though later arrangements would go on to extend the theme. It has been reused in Super Mario Maker and Super Mario Maker 2 in airship levels of the Super Mario Bros. 3 style.

In the Japanese and American versions of Super Mario Bros. 3, the first part of the theme plays the PCM sample slightly after the other channels by about a twelfth note, leading to slight desynchronization and the percussion being cut off early as the second part begins. This is corrected in the European version, but retained in Super Mario Maker.

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Reuses

Game Description
Super Mario Maker / Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS The original "Airship Theme" serves as the background music for Airship stages in the Super Mario Bros. 3 style.
Super Mario Maker 2 The original "Airship Theme" serves as the background music for the daytime version of Airship stages in the Super Mario Bros. 3 style.

Arrangements

Super Mario series

Super Mario All-Stars

As Super Mario All-Stars features a remake of Super Mario Bros. 3, the Airship Theme was given an updated, 16-bit arrangement on brass and timpani. This version skips the 2-bar timpani solo after the track loops.

Icon of an audio speaker. Airship Theme - The arrangement heard in the Super Mario All-Stars version of Super Mario Bros. 3
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Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3

The Airship Theme also received an updated arrangement in Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3. In the opening cutscene, the first half of the Airship Theme plays before transitioning to an original piece.

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Super Mario Galaxy

A fully orchestrated arrangement is later featured in Super Mario Galaxy, arranged by Mahito Yokota. It plays in Bowser Jr.'s Airship Armada and is named after it in the official soundtrack ("Airship Armada"). The arrangement is reused in Super Mario Galaxy 2 in the opening; it also returns in Super Mario 3D Land, though it is compressed and played on synthesized instruments. A variation of this arrangement also plays in the opening when Bowser appears, the only differences being a longer introduction and that it ends instead of looping. This variation is titled "Attack of the Airships" in the official soundtrack, and would later be reused in Bowser Jr.'s newcomer video for Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U when the Koopalings appear.

Icon of an audio speaker. Attack of the Airships - The arrangement heard in the opening of Super Mario Galaxy
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Icon of an audio speaker. Airship Armada - The compressed version heard in Super Mario 3D Land
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New Super Mario Bros. Wii

In New Super Mario Bros. Wii, a mostly faithful arrangement plays in airship levels. The melody is played by an organ instead of brass and a countermelody has been added before the piece loops. If the player runs short on time, string accents are added to the arrangement along with the tempo increase. In the room before a boss fight, only the percussion plays. The arrangement is reused in airship levels in New Super Mario Bros. U, New Super Luigi U (both of which also reuse the pre-boss variation), Puzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros. Edition, Super Mario Maker and Super Mario Maker 2 in the New Super Mario Bros. U style, and Super Mario Run.

Sheet music for this arrangement is featured in New Super Mario Bros. Wii Intermediate / Advanced Piano Solos.

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Super Mario Maker

In Super Mario Maker, when editing an Airship course in the Course Maker, a more ambient arrangement of the corresponding Airship Theme plays, using multiple tracks that fade in and out randomly to create a dynamic mix. This returns in Super Mario Maker 2.

Icon of an audio speaker. Airship Theme (Edit) (Super Mario Bros. 3 style)
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Super Mario Maker 2

In Super Mario Maker 2, there are music box arrangements that play in the Airship theme at night in the Super Mario Bros. 3 and New Super Mario Bros. U styles.

Icon of an audio speaker. Airship Theme (Night) (Super Mario Bros. 3 style)
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The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3

In The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3, an arrangement of the Airship Theme plays in scenes relating to King Koopa's Doom Ship and Doom Sub.

Paper Mario series

Paper Mario

The first arrangement of the Airship Theme outside of Super Mario Bros. 3 and its remakes and adaptations is featured in Paper Mario, which plays when the Koopa Bros. fire Bullet Bills at Mario when he reaches the Koopa Bros. Fortress's rooftop. It was arranged by Yuka Tsujiyoko and is titled "Bill Blaster! Go Faster!" in the soundtrack.[3]

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Paper Mario: Sticker Star

Another arrangement titled "Battleship" is used in Paper Mario: Sticker Star in Bowser Jr.'s Flotilla. This version uses saxophone as its main instrument, one that is common in the game's music, and is based on Super Mario Galaxy's arrangement. An excerpt is reused in Bowser Jr.'s newcomer video for Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U, and also incorporated into the "Paper Mario Medley" (though with an electric guitar added) in the same games and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, which plays on the Paper Mario stage, Woolly World stage, and any Super Mario-franchise stage respectively.

Icon of an audio speaker. Battleship - The arrangement heard in Paper Mario: Sticker Star
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Paper Mario: Color Splash

In Paper Mario: Color Splash, an arrangement played on a French horn titled "Bowser's Airship Aloft" plays outside the Crimson Tower when the giant bucket of paint is carried up by the airship, but stops abruptly when it is held down by an anchor. After Mario frees the anchor from Bowser Tape, the music continues playing when he boards the airship himself.

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Mario Hoops 3-on-3

In Mario Hoops 3-on-3, an arrangement of the Airship Theme, titled「飛空艇登場のテーマ」(Hikūtei Tōjō no Tēma, "Airship Appearance Theme") in the official soundtrack, plays in the cutscene where Ninja steals the Rainbow Tourney trophy.

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Super Smash Bros. Brawl

In Super Smash Bros. Brawl, an orchestral arrangement of the Airship Theme was arranged by Mario Tennis and Mario Golf composer Motoi Sakuraba, and plays on the Luigi's Mansion stage as well as in the Subspace Emissary in cutscenes involving Bowser and several fights against a False Character. The "Hurry Up" tune from Super Mario Bros. is also incorporated in the middle of the song. The song reappears in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U on the same stage as well as the Super Mario Maker stage, and in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate for any Super Mario-franchise stage, and is also used in Bowser Jr.'s newcomer video for the former game.

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The Super Mario Bros. Movie

In The Super Mario Bros. Movie, scored by Brian Tyler, the first half of the Airship Theme is arranged for the beginning of the track "King of the Koopas", which plays when Bowser arrives at the Snow Kingdom, while the second half is arranged for the track "Fighting Tooth and Veil" after Peach rejects Bowser and uses the Ice Flower.

Icon of an audio speaker. King of the Koopas - The arrangement heard in The Super Mario Bros. Movie
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List of Super Mario appearances

Work Year Type Title Credits
Super Mario Bros. 3 1988 Original 「飛行船BGM」 (Hikōsen BGM)[4] Koji Kondo
The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 1990 Arrangement
Super Mario All-Stars 1993 Arrangement
Super Mario All-Stars + Super Mario World 1994 Past arrangement (Super Mario All-Stars)
Paper Mario 2000 Arrangement "Bill Blaster! Go Faster!" Yuka Tsujiyoko
Mario Hoops 3-on-3 2006 Arrangement 「飛空艇登場のテーマ」 (Hikūtei Tōjō no Tēma) Masayoshi Soken
Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 2003 Arrangement
Super Mario Galaxy 2007 Arrangement "Attack of the Airships" Mahito Yokota
"Airship Armada"
Super Smash Bros. Brawl 2008 Arrangement "Airship Theme (Super Mario Bros. 3)" Motoi Sakuraba
New Super Mario Bros. Wii 2009 Arrangement "Airship Theme"[5]
Super Mario Galaxy 2 2010 Past arrangement (Super Mario Galaxy) "Attack of the Airships" Mahito Yokota
Super Mario All-Stars Limited Edition 2010 Past arrangement (Super Mario All-Stars)
Super Mario 3D Land 2011 Past arrangement (Super Mario Galaxy) "Airship Armada" Mahito Yokota
Paper Mario: Sticker Star 2012 Arrangement "Battleship"
New Super Mario Bros. U 2012 Past arrangement (New Super Mario Bros. Wii)
New Super Luigi U 2013 Past arrangement (New Super Mario Bros. Wii)
Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS 2014 Arrangement "Paper Mario Medley" Saki Kasuga
Super Smash Bros. for Wii U 2014 Past arrangement (Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS) "Paper Mario Medley" Saki Kasuga
Past arrangement (Super Smash Bros. Brawl) "Airship Theme (Super Mario Bros. 3)" Motoi Sakuraba
Puzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros. Edition 2015 Past arrangement (New Super Mario Bros. Wii)
Super Mario Maker 2015 Original 「飛行船BGM」 (Hikōsen BGM) Koji Kondo
Arrangement
Past arrangement (New Super Mario Bros. Wii)
Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam 2015 Arrangement "Double Bowsers!" Yoko Shimomura
Paper Mario: Color Splash 2016 Arrangement "Bowser's Airship Aloft"
Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS 2016 Original 「飛行船BGM」 (Hikōsen BGM) Koji Kondo
Arrangement
Past arrangement (New Super Mario Bros. Wii)
Super Mario Run 2016 Past arrangement (New Super Mario Bros. Wii) "Airship Theme"
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate 2018 Past arrangement (Super Smash Bros. Brawl) "Airship Theme - Super Mario Bros. 3" Motoi Sakuraba
Past arrangement (Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS) "Paper Mario Medley" Saki Kasuga
New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe 2019 Past arrangement (New Super Mario Bros. Wii) "Airship Theme"
Super Mario Maker 2 2019 Original 「飛行船BGM」 (Hikōsen BGM) Koji Kondo
Past arrangement (Super Mario Maker)
Arrangement
Past arrangement (New Super Mario Bros. Wii)
The Super Mario Bros. Movie 2023 Arrangement "King of the Koopas" Brian Tyler
Arrangement "Fighting Tooth and Veil" Brian Tyler

Soundtracks

Work Year Type Title Credits
Super Mario World 1991 Original 「飛行船BGM」 (Hikōsen BGM) Koji Kondo
Paper Mario Game Music Soundtrack CD 2001 Arrangement "Bill Blaster! Go Faster!" Yuka Tsujiyoko
Mario Basketball 3on3 Original Soundtrack 2006 Arrangement 「飛空艇登場のテーマ」 (Hikūtei Tōjō no Tēma) Masayoshi Soken
The Super Mario Bros. Movie (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) 2023 Arrangement "King of the Koopas" Brian Tyler
Arrangement "Fighting Tooth and Veil" Brian Tyler

Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese 飛行船BGM[?]
Hikōsen BGM 		Airship BGM

References

  1. ^ Super Smash Bros. series Sound Tests
  2. ^ Super Mario Series for Piano, intermediate-advanced edition, pg 17
  3. ^ Paper Mario Game Music Soundtrack CD. VGMdb. Retrieved August 11, 2019.
  4. ^ [[Super Mario World (album)|]] album
  5. ^ New Super Mario Bros. Wii Intermediate / Advanced Piano Solos
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Super Mario Bros. 3 / Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3
Protagonists Mario • Luigi • Princess Toadstool • Toads • Kings
Bosses Boom Boom • Big Booa • Fake Bowsera • Koopalings (Larry Koopa • Morton Koopa Jr. • Wendy O. Koopa • Iggy Koopa • Roy Koopa • Lemmy Koopa • Ludwig von Koopa) • Bowser
Items 1-Up Mushroom • 3-Up Moona • Advance Coina • Anchor • Blue Coin • Boomeranga • Cape Feathera • Card • Coin • e-Coina • Fire Flower • Frog Suit • Goomba's Shoe • Hammer • Hammer Suit • Lakitu's Cloud • Magic ball • Magic Wand • Magic Whistle • Music Box • P-Wing • Poison Mushrooma • Starman • Super Leaf • Super Mushroom • Tanooki Suit • Vegetablea
Objects Main game ? Block • Beanstalk • Big Block • Bolt Lift • Brick Block • Buzzy Beetle Shell • Cloud Block • Cloud Lift • Coin Block • Coral • Directional Lift • Donut Lift • Empty Block • Flimsy Lift • Frozen Coin • Giant Green Shell • Giant Red Shell • Goal • Green Shell • Hidden Block • Ice Block • Jump Block • Lift • Magic Door • Magic Note Block • Magical ball • Mega ? Block • Mushroom Coina • P Warp Door • Quicksand • Red Shell • Rotary Lift • Semisolid Platform • Spiny Shell • Switch Block • Track • Treasure box • Warp Door • Warp Pipe • White Block • Wood Block
World-ea !-Switch • Axe • Balance Lift • Bubble • Control Coin • Dotted-Line Block • Goal Pole • Flipper • Giant Gate • Grass • Jumping Board • Key • Key Door • Power Meter Block • Rock Block • Rotating Block • Roulette Block • Seesaw • Snake platform • Soft sand • Stretch Block • Triangular Block • Vanishing Block
Forms Small Mario • Super Mario • Fire Mario • Raccoon Mario • Frog Mario • Tanooki Mario (Statue Mario) • Hammer Mario • Invincible Mario • Caped Marioa
Switch Cardsa 1UP Kinoko ga 3UP Moon ni kawaru! • Blue Green Switch • Luigi Power Up!! • Orange Switch • Sugu ni mantan! Power Meter!! • Teki Power Up! Tokuten x2!! • Timer yukkuri!
Worlds Grass Land • Desert Land • Water Land • Giant Land • Sky Land • Ice Land • Pipe Land • Dark Land • Warp Zone • World-ea
Locations e-Coin Castlea • Enemy Course • Panel (N-Mark Spade Panel • Spade Panel • Start Panel) • Toad House • Treasure Ship
Enemies Main game Angry Sun • Baby Cheep • Big Bertha • Bloober • Bloober baby • Bloober with kids • Bob-omb • "Boo" Diddly • Boomerang Brother • Boss Bass • Bullet Bill • Buster Beetle • Buzzy Beetle • Chain Chomp • Cheep-Cheep • Colossal Koopa Paratroopa • Dry Bones • Fiery Walking Piranha • Fire Brother • Fire Chomp • Firesnake • Giant Koopa • Goomba • Grand Goomba • Hammer Brother • Hot Foot • Jelectro • Koopa Paratroopa • Koopa Troopa • Kuribo's Goomba • Lakitu • Lava Lotus • Micro-Goomba • Missile Bill • Muncher • Para-Beetle • Para-Goomba • Pile Driver Micro-Goomba • Piranha Plant • Piranhacus Giganticus • Podoboo • Ptooie • Rocky Wrench • Scattering Bloober • Sledge Brother • Spike • Spiny Cheep-Cheep • Spiny • Spiny Egg • Stretch • Thwomp • Venus Fire Trap • Walking Piranha
World-ea Amazing Flyin' Hammer Brother • Big Boo • Bony Beetle • Bowser Statue (Super Mario World) • Bumpty • Chargin' Chuck • Flurry • Goomba (Super Mario World) • Hoopster • Hothead • Jumping Piranha Plant • Lil Sparky • Magikoopa • Monty Mole • Para-Goomba (Super Mario World) • Porcupo • Rip Van Fish • Spike Top • Thwimp • Wiggler
Obstacles Bowser Statue • Candy ring • Cannon • Cannonball • Diagonal cannon • Falling spikea • Fire-Bara • Giant cannon • Giant cannonball • Lava • Pit • Quartet-cannon • Rocket Engine • Roto-Disc • Spike • Tornado • Turtle Cannon
World-e mini-gamesa Blue Mushroom House • Orange Mushroom House • Red Mushroom House
Music Map 1 World • Map 3 World • Ground Theme • Athletic Theme • Airship Theme • Enemy Course • Fortress Boss • Spinning Slots • Toad House
Miscellaneous Game Over • Extra life • P-Meter • Time Limit
Further info Completion • e-Readera • e-Reader cardsa • Gallery (Super Mario Advance 4) • Glitches (Super Mario Advance 4) • Media • Pre-release and unused content (Super Mario Advance 4) • Quotes • References • Staff • Unwinnable state
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