The Super Mario Bros. Movie: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

[Zhane Masaki]

Real talk here: Track 32 is clearly the theme to The Super Mario Bros. Super Show.

[Eidolon2010]

I really don't like collective credits... I've listened the soundtrack, and I managed to get at least 7 names + Koji Kondo for the whole "Nintendo Co., LTD." credit.

Some medleys are a bit tricky to decipher so I hope to get it right, here's my breakdown:
-Koji Kondo
-Mahito Yokota
-David Wise
-Yukio Kaneoka
-Atsuko Asahi
-Soyo Oka & Taro Bando
-Naoto Kubo

And the DK Rap is not here!

[Toad King]

Originally Posted by Eidolon2010

And the DK Rap is not here!

The DK Rap and the one track from Bowser's Fury were the original recordings which is probably why they're not in the soundtrack.

[JTurner]

Can someone identify which melodies are which in each track? I'm having a bit of trouble figuring out which is which.

[Eidolon2010]

I've tried, but it's not easy. Some tracks uses one or two melodies which is easy, but others refer to a dozen of melodies...

From what I remember:
*"Buckle Up" uses Super Mario Kart "Rainbow Road"
*"Karts!" uses Mario Kart 8 "Select Menu"
*"Courting the Kongs" uses Donkey Kong Country "DK Island Swing"
*"Drivin' Me Bananas" uses Donkey Kong Country "Donkey Kong Country Theme"

The more complex "medleys", I have to check out

EDIT: The counter melodies are definitively hard to decipher...

EDIT2: Well, double checking was worth, I've found out Shiho Fujii's melodies within.

[Eidolon2010]

Here's my breakdown for all tracks featuring Nintendo melodies, whatever it's a brief or a longer motif. It's not 100% accurate, so be kind:

Spoiler:

Super Mario Bros. Opus
Original Music: Koji Kondo
Featured Tracks: "Ground Theme", "Star Power", "Underground Theme", "Airship Theme", "Course Clear"

Press Start
Original Music: Koji Kondo
Featured Tracks: "Underground Theme", "Ground Theme", "Course Clear", "Hurry up", "Star Power", "Player Down"

King of the Koopas
Original Music: Koji Kondo & Shiho Fujii
Featured Tracks: "Airship Theme", "Star Power", "Bowser Battle 1 (SMO)"

Plumbin' Ain't Easy
Original Music: Naoto Kubo
Featured Tracks: "Fossil Falls"

It's a Dog Eat Plumber World
Original Music: Koji Kondo & Mahito Yokota
Featured Tracks: "Ground Theme (SMB3)", "Waltz of the Boos"

Saving Brooklyn
Original Music: Koji Kondo
Featured Tracks: "Star Power"

The Warp Pipe
Original Music: Koji Kondo & Mahito Yokota
Featured Tracks: "Underground Theme", "Gusty Garden Galaxy"

Strange New World
Original Music: Koji Kondo & Mahito Yokota
Featured Tracks: "Ground Theme", "The Toad Brigade", "Peach's Castle"

The Darklands
Original Music: Koji Kondo & Kazumi Totaka
Featured Tracks: "Fortress Theme (SMB3)", "Luigi's Mansion", "Ghost House (SMW)", "Castle Theme (SMW)"

Welcome to the Mushroom Kingdom
Original Music: Naoto Kubo, Koji Kondo & Mahito Yokota
Featured Tracks: "Fossil Falls", "Toad's House", "Ground Theme", "Super Mario 64 Theme", "Athletic Theme (SMW)", "King Bowser (SMG)", "Peach's Castle"

2 Player Game
Original Music: Koji Kondo & Mahito Yokota
Featured Tracks: "Isle Delfino", "Ground Theme", "Underground Theme", "Egg Planet Galaxy", "Airship Theme"

The Mushroom Council
Original Music: Mahito Yokota
Featured Tracks: "Gusty Garden Galaxy"

The Plumber and the Peach
Original Music: Koji Kondo
Featured Tracks: "Peach's Castle"

Platforming Princess
Original Music: Koji Kondo
Featured Tracks: "Course Clear"

World 1-1
Original Music: Koji Kondo
Featured Tracks: "Castle Theme (SMW)", "Ground Theme", "Egg Planet", "Course Clear"

The Adventure Begins
Original Music: Koji Kondo & Naoto Kubo
Featured Tracks: "Course Clear", "Peach's Castle", "Fossil Falls", "Athletic Theme (SMW)"

Peaches
N/A

Lost and Crowned
N/A

Imprisoned
Original Music: Koji Kondo
Featured Tracks: "Underground Theme"

Courting the Kongs
Original Music: David Wise
Featured Tracks: "DK Island Swing"

Drivin' Me Bananas
Original Music: Yukio Kaneoka & David Wise
Featured Tracks: "Donkey Kong Country Theme", "DK Island Swing"

Rumble in the Jungle
Original Music: Koji Kondo & Yukio Kaneoka
Featured Tracks: "Underground Theme (USA)", "Underwater Theme", "25m"

Karts!
Original Music: Atsuko Asahi
Featured Tracks: "Select Menu (MK8)"

Practice Makes Perfect
N/A

Buckle Up
Original Music: Mahito Yokota, Soyo Oka & Taro Bando
Featured Tracks: "Gusty Garden Galaxy", "Rainbow Road (SMK)"

Rainbow Road Rage
N/A

Blue Shelled
N/A

An Indecent Proposal
Original Music: Koji Kondo & Naoto Kubo
Featured Tracks: "Underground Theme", "Fossil Falls", "Peach's Castle"

The Belly of the Beast
N/A

Fighting Tooth and Veil
Original Music: Koji Kondo, Mahito Yokota & David Wise
Featured Tracks: "Ending", "Airship Theme", "King Bowser (SMG)", "Ground Theme", "Athletic (SMB3)", "Athletic (SMW)", "Course Clear", "DK Island Swing"

Tactical Tanooki
Original Music: Koji Kondo & Naoto Kubo
Featured Tracks: "Athletic (SMB3)", "Airship Theme", "Underground Theme", "Honeylune Ridge: Collapse"

Mario Brothers Rap
Original Music: Shuki Levy

Grapple in the Big Apple
Original Music: Koji Kondo, Mahito Yokota & David Wise
Featured Tracks: "Airship Theme", "King Bowser (SMG)", "DK Island Swing", "Ground Theme"

Superstars
Original Music: Koji Kondo & Naoto Kubo
Featured Tracks: "Star Power", "To the Next Kingdom", "Ground Theme"

The Super Mario Brothers
Original Music: Koji Kondo & Mahito Yokota
Featured Tracks: "Gusty Garden Galaxy"

Bonus Level
Original Music: Mahito Yokota & Koji Kondo
Featured Tracks: "Waltz of the Boos", "Course Clear"

Level Complete
Original Music: Koji Kondo & Mahito Yokota
Featured Tracks: "Ground Theme", "Ground Theme (USA)", "Underground Theme", "The Toad Brigade", "Enemy (SMB3)", "Course Clear", "Underwater Theme", "Castle Theme (SMW)", "Gusty Garden Galaxy"

I do hope the physical release will give more proper credits...

[Toad King]

In "The Darklands" track, the Luigi's Mansion melody plays at 0:25.

I'm sure there's several more little "Easter Egg" melodies snuck into many of the tracks since Brian Tyler said he tried to hide as many as he could. Getting a list of some kind on the physical releases would be sweet but I'm not holding my breath for it.

[Eidolon2010]

Shoot, I forgot Totaka

As I said, it was hard to get all the things together, ans the earlier tracks uses a lot of SMB sounds like fireballs, blocks or Birdo.

[Eidolon2010]

I just watched the movie: there's a half-dozen songs featured in this movie, and two are from Nintendo titles: ""Dk Rap" from Donkey Kong 64" and ""Attack! Fury Bowser" from Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury". But both are creditless

Some jingles didn't make it on the score, I wonder why

[RBM95]

Originally Posted by Toad King

I'm sure there's several more little "Easter Egg" melodies snuck into many of the tracks since Brian Tyler said he tried to hide as many as he could.

The Super Mario Wiki article for the soundtrack has a seemingly comprehensive list of all of the motifs referenced in the movie - there are also references to stuff like Wrecking Crew (not in the OST), Mario Party and Dr. Mario, which haven't been mentioned in this thread yet.

Also, Kondo talked in this interview about his specific role on the movie - he pretty much provided a list of Mario music for Brian Tyler to choose from and include in the movie (also, he had nothing to do with the use of licensed music, as that was more up to the directors and movie crew).

[Mac_Tear]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDHy...=NicolasDaoust

That dude is a genius in terms of musical analysis, I really enjoyed most of his videos.