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GAMEPLAY: Super Mario!!!

(Photo: "Super Blast Mario" by JD Hancock is licensed under CC BY 2.0. To view a copy of this license, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/?ref=openverse.)
(Photo: "Super Blast Mario" by JD Hancock is licensed under CC BY 2.0. To view a copy of this license, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/?ref=openverse.)
(Photo: "Super Blast Mario" by JD Hancock is licensed under CC BY 2.0. To view a copy of this license, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/?ref=openverse.)

Mario has starred in numerous games over the years. And one thing that connects them all? Their music, full of wonder and joy.

On this week’s show we’ll hear tunes from one of the most iconic video game series ever: Super Mario Bros!

For more than three decades, Mario has starred in numerous games. And one thing that connects them all… is their music, full of wonder and joy.

We'll hear Mario themes written for early electronic sound chips, as well as for full orchestras, jazz bands and more.

Generous support for the music heard on this program comes from the Robert T. and Ruth Haidt Hughes Memorial Acquisitions Fund. Special thanks to Michael Culler for engineering assistance and to Anastasia Scholze for production assistance. Amanda Sewell is IPR's Music Director. Keith Brown is GAMEPLAY’s host and executive producer.

To hear the full episode, click the link above! Here's the playlist:

Naoto Kubo; Koji Kondo - Odyssey: Band Performance (Super Mario Odyssey) - Original game soundtrack

Shiho Fujii - Lake Lamode Above Ground (Super Mario Odyssey) - Original game soundtrack

Mahito Yokota - Gusty Garden Galaxy (Super Mario Galaxy) - Original game soundtrack

Mahito Yokota - Stardust Road (Super Mario Galaxy) - Original game soundtrack

Koji Kondo - Ground Theme (Super Mario Bros.) - Original soundtrack

Koji Kondo - Ground Theme (Super Mario Bros. 2) - Original soundtrack

Koji Kondo - Airship Theme (Super Mario Bros. 3) - Original soundtrack

Naoto Kubo - New Donk City (Super Mario Odyssey) - Original game soundtrack

Naoto Kubo - Tostarena Night (Super Mario Odyssey) - Original game soundtrack

Koji Kondo - Super Mario World medley (Super Mario World) - City of Prague Philharmonic / Eimear Noone

Mahito Yokota - Overture (Super Mario Galaxy 2) - Original game soundtrack

Mahito Yokota - World 3 (Super Mario Galaxy 2) - Original game soundtrack

Mahito Yokota - The Luma and the Hat (Super Mario Galaxy 2) - Original game soundtrack

Koji Kondo - Dire, Dire Docks (Super Mario 64) - Vitamin String Quartet

Koji Kondo - Inside the Castle Walls - (Super Mario 64) - The Game Brass

Koji Kondo - Delfino Plaza (Super Mario Sunshine) - The 8-Bit Big Band / arr. Charlie Rosen

Hirokazu Tanaka - Muda Kingdom Acapella (Super Mario Land) - Smooth McGroove

Shiho Fujii - Twisted Mansion (Mario Kart 8) - Original game soundtrack

Shiho Fujii - Rainbow Road (Mario Kart 8) - Original game soundtrack

Keith Brown is the host of Matinee Classics and the host and producer of GAMEPLAY.