The Super Mario Bros. Movie (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
The Super Mario Bros. Movie (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) | |
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Composed by: Brian Tyler | |
Publisher(s) | Digital: Back Lot Music Physical: iam8bit |
Release date | Digital: April 7, 2023 Physical: Q3 2023[?] |
Track(s) | 37 |
Length | 1:27:42 |
The Super Mario Bros. Movie (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) is the soundtrack for The Super Mario Bros. Movie containing tracks from the film's score composed by Brian Tyler. The score incorporates around 130 unique songs from previous games in the Super Mario franchise,[1] under the supervision of long-time series composer Koji Kondo. A cover by Ali Dee of the Mario Brothers Rap from The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! and "Peaches", a song performed by Jack Black as Bowser in the film, also appear in the soundtrack, though other licensed vocal songs featured in the film are not included.
Aside from arrangements of songs from Super Mario games, the tracks "Super Mario Bros. Opus", "Press Start", "Plumbin' Ain't Easy", "2 Player Game", "The Plumber and the Peach", "Platforming Princess", "World 1-1", "Lost and Crowned", "Courting the Kongs", "Drivin' Me Bananas", "Rumble in the Jungle", "Karts!", "Rainbow Road Rage", "An Indecent Proposal", "Fighting Tooth and Veil", "Tactical Tanooki", "Grapple in the Big Apple", "Superstars", "The Super Mario Brothers", "Bonus Level", and "Level Complete" all contain arrangements of an original melody created for the movie.
Track listing
# | Title | Notes | Super Mario themes used | Length |
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1. | Super Mario Bros. Opus | Plays in the second half of the credits roll. | Ground Theme (Super Mario Bros.) – Koji Kondo Super Star (Super Mario Bros.) – Koji Kondo |
6:41 |
2. | Press Start | Plays in the first half of the credits roll. The "Lost a Life" portion of the track is not heard in the movie. | Dire, Dire Docks (Super Mario 64) – Koji Kondo Underground Theme (Super Mario Bros.) – Koji Kondo Athletic Theme (Super Mario Bros. 3) – Koji Kondo Ground Theme (Super Mario Bros.) – Koji Kondo Course Clear (Super Mario Bros.) – Koji Kondo [nb 1] Hurry Up (Super Mario Bros.) – Koji Kondo Super Star (Super Mario Bros.) – Koji Kondo Lost a Life (Super Mario Bros.) – Koji Kondo |
2:38 |
3. | King of the Koopas | Plays when Bowser's Castle arrives at the Snow Kingdom. A part of this track is replaced by "Battle Without Honor or Humanity" by Tomoyasu Hotei. | Airship Theme (Super Mario Bros. 3) – Koji Kondo Super Star (Super Mario Bros.) – Koji Kondo |
3:33 |
4. | Plumbin' Ain't Easy | Plays at Punch-Out Pizzeria at the beginning of the movie. | [nb 2] | 1:16 |
5. | It's a Dog Eat Plumber World | Plays while Mario and Luigi are in the Brooklyn couple's home. Parts of this song are replaced by "Habanera" from Carmen. | Ground Theme (Super Mario Bros. 3) – Koji Kondo | 1:15 |
6. | Saving Brooklyn | Plays when the Mario brothers attempt to fix the water main. | 1:47 | |
7. | The Warp Pipe | Plays from the Mario brothers inspection of the hidden sewer area to their transportation through the mysterious pipe. | Underground Theme (Super Mario Bros.) – Koji Kondo | 2:04 |
8. | Strange New World | Plays when Mario lands in the Mushroom Kingdom. | Ground Theme (Super Mario Bros.) – Koji Kondo The Toad Brigade (Super Mario Galaxy) – Mahito Yokota Captain Toad Goes Forth (Super Mario 3D World)[nb 3] Castle BGM (Super Mario Bros.) – Koji Kondo Inside the Castle Walls (Super Mario 64) – Koji Kondo |
2:03 |
9. | The Darklands | Plays when Luigi is in the Dark Lands. | Deep Dark Galaxy (Super Mario Galaxy) – Mahito Yokota Main Theme (Luigi's Mansion) – Kazumi Totaka Fortress (Super Mario Bros. 3) – Koji Kondo Ghost House (New Super Mario Bros. Wii)[nb 4] Ghost House BGM (Super Mario World) – Koji Kondo |
2:21 |
10. | Welcome to the Mushroom Kingdom | Plays while Toad and Mario navigate the Mushroom Kingdom. | Fossil Falls (Super Mario Odyssey) – Naoto Kubo Toad House (Super Mario Bros. 3) – Koji Kondo Spinning Slots (Super Mario Bros. 3) – Koji Kondo Ground Theme (Super Mario Bros.) – Koji Kondo Underwater Theme (Super Mario Bros.) – Koji Kondo 1-Up (Super Mario Bros.) – Koji Kondo Super Mario 64 Main Theme (Super Mario 64) – Koji Kondo Underground Theme (Super Mario Bros.) – Koji Kondo Ground Theme (Super Mario World) – Koji Kondo Paah (New Super Mario Bros.) P Switch (New Super Mario Bros.)[nb 5] King Bowser (Super Mario Galaxy) – Mahito Yokota Inside the Castle Walls (Super Mario 64) – Koji Kondo |
2:18 |
11. | 2 Player Game | Unused track. | Ground Theme (Super Mario Bros.) – Koji Kondo Underground Theme (Super Mario Bros.) – Koji Kondo |
5:07 |
12. | The Mushroom Council | Plays from Mario and Toad's encounter with Peach's Castle's guards to inside the castle. | Mount Volbono: Town (Super Mario Odyssey) – Shiho Fujii | 2:07 |
13. | The Plumber and the Peach | Plays when Mario first encounters Princess Peach. | 1:21 | |
14. | Platforming Princess | Plays during Peach's run through the Training Course. | Course Clear (Super Mario Bros.) – Koji Kondo | 1:39 |
15. | World 1-1 | Plays at Mario's first run through the Training Course. A large portion of this track goes unused and was instead replaced with "Holding Out for a Hero" by Bonnie Tyler. | Castle (Super Mario World) – Koji Kondo Ground Theme (Super Mario Bros.) – Koji Kondo Course Clear (Super Mario Bros.) – Koji Kondo |
2:34 |
16. | The Adventure Begins | The last minute plays during Luigi's flashback, while the rest plays when Peach announces her adventure with Mario to the Toads. | Course Clear (Super Mario Bros.) – Koji Kondo Inside the Castle Walls (Super Mario 64) – Koji Kondo Ground Theme (Super Mario World) – Koji Kondo |
3:04 |
17. | Peaches | Plays twice when Bowser plays the piano, first in his ship and second in the mid-credits scene. He sings a different verse of the song each time, with the full version in the soundtrack featuring both verses. | [nb 6] | 1:34 |
18. | Lost and Crowned | Plays during Princess Peach's flashback sequence. | 1:39 | |
19. | Imprisoned | Plays while Luigi is captured in Bowser's Castle. | Underground Theme (Super Mario Bros.) – Koji Kondo Tower (New Super Mario Bros. Wii)[nb 4] |
2:53 |
20. | Courting the Kongs | Plays when Mario, Peach, and Toad arrive at the Jungle Kingdom. | DK Island Swing (Donkey Kong Country) – David Wise | 2:00 |
21. | Drivin' Me Bananas | Unused track. It was likely intended to play as Mario, Peach, and Toad are driven to Cranky Kong, but "Take On Me" by a-ha was used instead.[2] | Donkey Kong Country Returns (Donkey Kong Country Returns)[nb 7][nb 8] DK Island Swing (Donkey Kong Country) – David Wise Theme (Donkey Kong Country) – David Wise[nb 7] |
1:20 |
22. | Rumble in the Jungle | Plays during the fight between Mario and Donkey Kong at the Great Ring of Kong. | Collect Golden Bananas (Donkey Kong 64) – Grant Kirkhope[nb 9] | 3:59 |
23. | Karts! | Plays when the heroes are introduced to karts in the Jungle Kingdom. A part of this track is replaced by "Thunderstruck" by AC/DC. | Selection Screen (Mario Kart 8) – Atsuko Asahi | 1:51 |
24. | Practice Makes Perfect | Plays when Bowser is practicing his marriage proposal to Peach with Kamek. | Luma (Super Mario Galaxy) – Mahito Yokota | 1:00 |
25. | Buckle Up | Plays during the first stretch of the heroes' kart journey. | Super Mario Kart (Super Mario Kart) – Soyo Oka SNES Rainbow Road (Super Mario Kart) – Soyo Oka |
1:31 |
26. | Rainbow Road Rage | Plays during the kart battle between the heroes and the Koopa Troop. | 3:31 | |
27. | Blue Shelled | Plays when the Koopa General attacks in his Blue Shell. | Battle Canyon (Mario Party) – Yasunori Mitsuda | 2:26 |
28. | An Indecent Proposal | Plays when Bowser proposes to marry Peach during their first encounter. | Tower (New Super Mario Bros. Wii)[nb 4] Underground Theme (Super Mario Bros.) – Koji Kondo |
3:24 |
29. | The Belly of the Beast | Plays when Mario and Donkey Kong are inside the Maw-Ray's body. | Ground Theme (Super Mario Bros.) – Koji Kondo | 1:22 |
30. | Fighting Tooth and Veil | Plays when the heroes fight the Koopa Troop while Bowser is frozen at his wedding. | Ending (Super Mario Bros.) – Koji Kondo Airship Theme (Super Mario Bros. 3) – Koji Kondo Ground Theme (Super Mario Bros.) – Koji Kondo Athletic Theme (Super Mario Bros. 3) – Koji Kondo Athletic Theme (Super Mario World) – Koji Kondo Chill (Dr. Mario) – Hirokazu Tanaka Castle BGM (Super Mario Bros.) – Koji Kondo 1-Up (Super Mario Bros.) – Koji Kondo Course Clear (Super Mario Bros.) – Koji Kondo |
3:45 |
31. | Tactical Tanooki | Plays when Tanooki Mario is diverting the Bomber Bill away from Peach's Castle. | Underground Theme (Super Mario Bros.) – Koji Kondo | 2:22 |
32. | Mario Brothers Rap | Plays in the Super Mario Bros. Plumbing commercial. | Mario Brothers Rap (The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!) – Shuki Levy / Haim Saban[nb 10] | 0:58 |
33. | Grapple in the Big Apple | Plays when the heroes fight the Koopa Troop in Brooklyn. | Tower (New Super Mario Bros. Wii)[nb 4] | 3:40 |
34. | Superstars | Plays during the fight between the powered-up Mario brothers and the Koopa Troop. | Super Star (Super Mario Bros.) – Koji Kondo Ending (Super Mario Bros.) – Koji Kondo Ground Theme (Super Mario Bros.) – Koji Kondo |
1:39 |
35. | The Super Mario Brothers | Plays after Bowser's defeat. | 1:27 | |
36. | Bonus Level | The first portion plays in the post-credits scene in the sewer remains. Much of the second portion was likely intended to play at the end of the film when Mario and Luigi go back to Brooklyn through the Warp Pipe, but most of it was replaced with "Mr. Blue Sky" by the Electric Light Orchestra. | Ground Theme (Super Mario Bros.) – Koji Kondo | 1:01 |
37. | Level Complete | Plays in the end credits. Prior to the movie's release, an early version of this track was used in marketing material, including on the Super Mario Bros. Plumbing website's 404 error page[3] and the video for the movie's promotion at the Brazilian Carnival.[4] | Ground Theme (Super Mario Bros.) – Koji Kondo Ground Theme (Super Mario Bros. 2) – Koji Kondo Underground Theme (Super Mario Bros.) – Koji Kondo The Toad Brigade (Super Mario Galaxy) – Mahito Yokota Enemy Battle (Super Mario Bros. 3) – Koji Kondo Course Clear (Super Mario Bros.) – Koji Kondo Underwater Theme (Super Mario Bros.) – Koji Kondo Castle (Super Mario World) – Koji Kondo Gusty Garden Galaxy (Super Mario Galaxy) – Mahito Yokota |
2:32 |
Notes
- ^ A voice sample of Bowser's laugh from Super Mario 64 voiced by Charles Martinet can be heard in the track right before "Hurry Up".
- ^ Although not featured in the soundtrack, an arrangement of the "Game Start" tune from Wrecking Crew (composed by Hirokazu Tanaka), the jingle heard when Mario jumps over a barrel in Donkey Kong, and the Nintendo GameCube startup jingle plays in the scene where this track is used.
- ^ Based on "The Toad Brigade"
- ^ a b c d Specific composer unknown; New Super Mario Bros. Wii was composed by Shiho Fujii and Ryo Nagamatsu.
- ^ Specific composer unknown; New Super Mario Bros. was composed by Asuka Ohta and Hajime Wakai.
- ^ Although not featured in the soundtrack, the Underground Theme from Super Mario Bros. (composed by Koji Kondo) is played by Bowser and Kamek on the piano following this song in the film.
- ^ a b Based on "Opening" from Donkey Kong, originally composed by Yukio Kaneoka
- ^ Specific composer unknown; Donkey Kong Country Returns was composed by Minako Hamano, Masaru Tajima, Shinji Ushiroda, and Daisuke Matsuoka.
- ^ Although not featured in the soundtrack, an arrangement of the "Game Start" tune from Donkey Kong (composed by Yukio Kaneoka) plays in the scene in which this track is used.
- ^ Includes an arrangement of the "Ground Theme" from Super Mario Bros.
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References
- ^ Martens, Todd (April 7, 2023). Super Mario Bros. Movie composer levels up: I want this score to be my E.T.. Yahoo. Retrieved April 13, 2023.
- ^ Cruz, Christopher (April 9, 2023). Original ‘Mario’ Creator and Composer Unlock ‘The Super Mario Bros. Movie’. Rolling Stone. Retrieved April 15, 2023.
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- ^ @UniversalPicsBr (February 24, 2023). Nem o Mario conseguiu ficar de fora desse carnaval. Quem aí conseguiu encontrar essa turma?#SuperMarioBrosFilme em abril somente nos cinemas. Twitter. Retrieved April 10, 2023.