Super Mario Bros. theme music It is the first of its kind to be preserved in the US Library of Congress – Nintendo

Now, the theme music for the game Super Mario Bros. – one of the most iconic songs of all time – is forever honored by being preserved at the US Library of Congress. The music theme is officially known as the “Ground Theme” and it first appeared in the Super Mario Bros. game. When it was first released on the Famicom disc and Nintendo Entertainment System in 1985. It is the first video game theme music preserved in the Library of Congress.

The “Earth Theme” was created by current longtime Nintendo composer Koji Kondo, who has composed several versions and arrangements of this theme as well as several other well-known tunes, from Punch-Out!! Even the Legend of Zelda. Koji Kondo has also arranged the music for the Super Smash Bros. series. and Star Fox, as well as music from games like Super Mario Odyssey and Super Mario Maker 2.

Super Mario Bros theme music. It is certainly Koji Kondo’s most famous work, and his tune has been reused countless times in various Mario games, TV productions, and movies. In 2016, Nintendo even copyrighted the famous currency sound from the game, which is one of the most reused sounds in “Super Mario” games.

Koji Kondo recalls taking cues from different musical genres to match the music “with everything he saw happening on screen”. “We thought of ‘bells to encourage players to try again after the game is over, trumpets to congratulate them on reaching a goal, and musical elements sped up to show them there’s very little time left,'” he said. Of the classic songs and songs is a great honor. “It’s hard to believe,” said music composer Koji Kondo.

Among the recordings and songs selected by the US Library of Congress for salvage this year are Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas Is You”, Madonna’s “Like a Virgin”, “Stairway to Heaven” by Led Zeppelin, “Sweet Dreams” by Eurythmics and “Gasolina”. For Daddy Yankee.

Along with Carl Sagan’s famous recording of the idea behind his book Pale Blue Dot, in which Sagan describes an image of Earth taken by the Voyager 1 spacecraft in 1990 some 3.7 billion miles away.