Underground BGM (Super Mario Bros. 3)

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"Underground BGM"
"Underground BGM" in Super Mario Bros. 3
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Composed by:
Koji Kondo
Key C Dorian
BPM 200
Time signature 4
4
First appearance Super Mario Bros. 3 (1988)
Latest appearance Super Mario Maker 2 (2019)
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"Underground BGM" (Super Mario Bros.)

"Underground BGM"[1] is a recurring musical theme in Super Mario Bros. 3 composed by Koji Kondo, where it plays in underground areas and bonus rooms. It also plays in the main levels of Dark Land. It is an arrangement of "Underground BGM" from Super Mario Bros. This version is the first to play fully in a 4
4 time signature and add a percussion beat at the start of the theme (which carries throughout the rest of the theme), both traits which would go on to be reused in many of the later arrangements.

History[edit]

Super Mario series[edit]

Super Mario Bros. 3[edit]

In Super Mario Bros. 3, marks the first appearance of "Underground BGM". It is also featured in the Super Mario World album.

"Underground BGM" mainly plays in the following levels:

Super Mario All-Stars[edit]

For the respective underground levels in Super Mario All-Stars, rather than both the original and Super Mario Bros. 3 versions receiving 16-bit arrangements, a single arrangement of the latter is instead used for Super Mario Bros., Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels and Super Mario Bros. 3.

Icon of an audio speaker. Underground BGM - The arrangement heard in Super Mario All-Stars
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Super Mario Advance series[edit]

In the Mario Bros. minigame featured in each game of the Super Mario Advance series, a fast-paced arrangement of "Underground BGM" appears as one of the two regular stage themes, first playing in Phase 5. This arrangement uses the NES bass sound for the main melody.

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Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3[edit]

An updated version of Super Mario Bros. 3's arrangement of "Underground BGM" was created for Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3, having less reverberation and more bass guitar-sounding instrumentation (specifically, the slap bass guitar) for the main melody. As with the Super Mario All-Stars version of Super Mario Bros., it is also heard in Classic World 1-2.

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New Super Mario Bros.[edit]

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In New Super Mario Bros., an arrangement of Super Mario Bros. 3's version of "Underground BGM" plays in underground levels, as well as the levels World 8-3 (an underwater level) and World 8-7 (an athletic level). It includes additional percussion, as well as vocals that cause enemies to hop slightly when played. It is titled "Underground Theme" in the Nintendo Music app.

The arrangement used for minigames in Super Mario 64 DS returns in Coincentration and Hide and Boo Seek as well as the new minigame Whack-a-Monty. It is titled "Whack-a-Monty" in the Nintendo Music app.

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New Super Mario Bros. Wii[edit]

In New Super Mario Bros. Wii, an arrangement of "Underground Theme" from New Super Mario Bros. plays in underground levels. Additional percussion can be heard if a player is riding Yoshi.

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New Super Mario Bros. 2[edit]

In New Super Mario Bros. 2, "Underground Theme" from New Super Mario Bros. Wii plays in underground levels. A woodblock is added if Mario or Luigi is in his Raccoon form, and chimes are added if Mario or Luigi touches a Gold Ring.

New Super Mario Bros. U / New Super Luigi U / New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe[edit]

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In New Super Mario Bros. U, "Underground Theme" from New Super Mario Bros. Wii plays in underground levels, and the additional percussion heard when riding Yoshi returns. Vocalizations are added to the theme whenever a player holds onto a Baby Yoshi; this remix is titled "Underground Theme (Baby Yoshi)" in the Nintendo Music app. All three versions return in New Super Luigi U, New Super Mario Bros. U + New Super Luigi U, and New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe.

Super Mario Maker[edit]

In Super Mario Maker, the game styles' original themes return as the default background music for underground-themed courses, and arrangements of each theme that use eight tracks that fade in and out randomly to create a dynamic mix play while editing these courses in the Course Maker.

For underground-themed courses in the Super Mario Bros. 3 game style, "Underground BGM" from Super Mario Bros. 3 plays. In the Course Maker, a drum-heavy arrangement plays.

In underground-themed courses in the New Super Mario Bros. U game style, "Underground Theme" from New Super Mario Bros. Wii, which was reused in New Super Mario Bros. U, plays. The additional percussion heard when riding Yoshi also returns. In the Course Maker, a synth-heavy arrangement plays.

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Super Mario Maker 2[edit]

In Super Mario Maker 2, "Underground BGM", its arrangement from New Super Mario Bros. Wii, and its Course Maker arrangements from Super Mario Maker return for the same purposes as Super Mario Maker.

Music box arrangements of "Underground BGM" and its arrangement from New Super Mario Bros. Wii play during the nighttime version of underground-themed levels in the Super Mario Bros. 3, and New Super Mario Bros. U styles respectively.

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Gallery[edit]

  • Image for the "Hurry Up!" variant on Nintendo Music

    Image for the "Hurry Up!" variant on Nintendo Music

  • Image for "Underground Theme" from New Super Mario Bros. on Nintendo Music

    Image for "Underground Theme" from New Super Mario Bros. on Nintendo Music

  • Image for "Underground Theme" from New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe on Nintendo Music

    Image for "Underground Theme" from New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe on Nintendo Music

  • Image for "Underground Theme (Hurry Up!)" from New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe on Nintendo Music

    Image for "Underground Theme (Hurry Up!)" from New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe on Nintendo Music

  • Image for "Underground Theme (Baby Yoshi)" from New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe on Nintendo Music

    Image for "Underground Theme (Baby Yoshi)" from New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe on Nintendo Music

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning Note(s) Ref.
Japanese 地下BGM
Chika BGM		 Underground BGM [1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Nintendo Music
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Recurring themes
Donkey Kong franchise Donkey Kong "Hammer BGM" • "Round 1 BGM"
Donkey Kong Jr. "Round 1 BGM" • "Title BGM"
Donkey Kong (NES) "Title BGM"
Donkey Kong Country "Aquatic Ambiance" • "Bonus Room Blitz" • "Cave Dweller Concert" • "Cranky's Theme" • "The Credits Concerto" • "DK Island Swing" • "Fear Factory" • "Forest Frenzy" • "Funky's Fugue" • "Gang-Plank Galleon" • "Ice Cave Chant" • "Life in the Mines" • "Mine Cart Madness" • "Northern Hemispheres" • "Simian Segue" • "Treetop Rock" • "Voices of the Temple"
Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest "Crocodile Cacophony (K. Rool's Theme)" • "Lockjaw's Saga (Lockjaw's Locker)" • "Run, Rambi! Run! (Parrot Chute Panic)" • "Snakey Chantey (Rattle Battle)" • "Stickerbush Symphony (Bramble Blast)"
Donkey Kong 64 "DK Rap"
Donkey Kong Country Returns "Mine Menace"
Mario Bros. series Mario Bros. (NES) "Title BGM"
Wrecking Crew series Wrecking Crew "Bonus Phase" • "Golden Hammer" • "Phase BGM"
Super Mario series Super Mario Bros. "Castle BGM" • "Ending" • "Ground BGM" • "Invincibility BGM" • "Underground BGM" • "Underwater BGM"
VS. Super Mario Bros. "Gyōmu-yō Mario Namae-ire"
Super Mario Bros. 2 "Boss BGM" • "Ending" • "Final Boss BGM" • "Ground BGM" • "Please Select Player" • "Underground BGM"
Super Mario Bros. 3 "Airship BGM" • "Athletic BGM" • "Bros. Battle" • "Ending" • "Fortress BGM" • "Fortress Boss" • "Ground BGM" • "King of the Koopas" • "Music Box" • "P Switch BGM / Toad's House" • "Slot Game BGM / Memory Game BGM" • "Underwater BGM" • "Warp Zone" • "World 1 Map (Grass Land)" • "World 2 Map (Desert Land)" • "World 3 Map (Water Land)" • "World 4 Map (Giant Land)" • "World 5 Map (Sky Land) - On the Ground" • "World 5 Map (Sky Land) - In the Sky" • "World 6 Map (Ice Land)" • "World 7 Map (Pipe Land)" • "World 8 Map (Dark Land)"
Super Mario Land "Birabuto Kingdom BGM" • "Chai Kingdom BGM" • "Easton Kingdom BGM"
Super Mario World "Bowser BGM" • "Donut Plains (Map Screen)" • "Ending" • "Forest of Illusion (Map Screen)" • "Ground BGM" ("Athletic BGM" · "Bonus Game BGM" · "Castle BGM" · "Ghost House BGM" · "Underground BGM" · "Underwater BGM") • "Koopalings BGM" • "P Switch BGM" • "Special World (Map Screen)" • "Star World (Map Screen)" • "Title BGM" • "Valley of Bowser (Map Screen)" • "Vanilla Dome (Map Screen)" • "Yoshi's Island (Map Screen)"
Super Mario 64 "Big Boo's Haunt" • "Bowser's Road" • "Bowser's Theme" • "Dire, Dire Docks" • "File Select" • "The Final Battle" • "Hazy Maze Cave" • "Lethal Lava Land" • "Main Theme" ("Cool, Cool Mountain" · "Opening" · "Slider") • "The Merry-Go-Round" • "Metal Mario" • "Peach's Castle" • "Piranha Plant's Lullaby" • "Staff Roll" • "Stage Boss" • "Title Theme"
Super Mario Sunshine "Boss Battle" • "Isle Delfino" ("Ricco Harbor" · "Staff Credits") • "Secret Course"
New Super Mario Bros. "Castle Theme" • "Ground Theme" ("Athletic Theme") • "Mega Mario" • "Switch On!" • "Tower Theme"
Super Mario Galaxy "Battlerock Galaxy" • "Buoy Base Galaxy" • "Cosmic Comet" • "Dino Piranha" • "Egg Planet" • "Enter Bowser Jr.!" • "Final Battle with Bowser" • "The Galaxy Reactor" • "Gateway Galaxy" • "Gusty Garden Galaxy" • "The Honeyhive" • "Ice Mario" • "King Bowser" • "King Kaliente" • "Kingfin" • "Luma" • "Major Burrows" • "Megaleg" • "Melty Molten Galaxy" • "Overture" • "Purple Comet" • "Rosalina in the Observatory" ("Family") • "Space Athletic" • "Space Junk Road" • "The Star Festival" • "Super Mario 2007" • "Super Mario Galaxy" • "The Toad Brigade" • "Waltz of the Boos"
New Super Mario Bros. Wii "Bonus Area" • "Bowser Jr. Battle" • "Castle Theme" • "Coast Theme" • "Desert Theme" • "Forest Theme" • "Ghost House Theme" • "Koopaling Battle" • "Lava Cave / Underground Ruins Theme" • "Lava Theme" • "Title Theme" • "Toad House Minigame" • "Underground Theme" • "Underwater Theme"
Super Mario Galaxy 2 "Bowser Jr.'s Fiery Flotilla" • "Bowser's Galaxy Generator" • "Cloudy Court Galaxy" • "Fated Battle" • "Melty Monster Galaxy" • "Puzzle Plank Galaxy" • "Slimy Spring Galaxy" • "Starship Mario" • "The Starship's Journey" • "Super Mario Galaxy 2 Trailer Theme" ("Wild Glide Galaxy") • "Teleporter Melody" • "Yoshi Star Galaxy"
Super Mario 3D Land "Beach Theme" • "Castle Theme" • "Main Theme" • "Snow Course" • "Victory Parade"
New Super Mario Bros. U "Ground Theme" ("Athletic Theme")
Super Mario 3D World "A Boss Approaches" • "Chainlink Charge" • "Piranha Creeper Creek" • "Super Bell Hill"
Super Mario Maker "Flying Battleship Theme" • "Title"
Super Mario Odyssey "Fossil Falls" • "Jump Up, Super Star!" • "New Donk City"
Dr. Mario series Dr. Mario "Chill" • "Fever" • "Game Over" • "Selection Screen" • "Title Screen" • "Vs. Game Over"
Mario Kart series Super Mario Kart "Awards Ceremony (1st – 3rd Place)" • "Bowser Castle" • "Donut Plains" • "Ghost Valley" • "Mario Circuit" • "Rainbow Road" • "Super Mario Kart Title Screen"
Mario Kart 64 "Battle Arenas" • "Choco Mountain" • "D.K.'s Jungle Parkway" • "Frappe Snowland" • "Kalimari Desert" • "Koopa Troopa Beach" • "Luigi Raceway" • "Mario Kart 64 Title Screen" • "Moo Moo Farm" • "Rainbow Road" • "Results (1st − 4th Place)" • "Staff Credits" • "Toad's Turnpike"
Mario Kart: Super Circuit "Bowser Castle" • "Peach Circuit"
Mario Kart: Double Dash!! "Baby Park" • "Luigi Circuit" • "Peach Beach"
Mario Kart DS "Cheep Cheep Beach" • "Luigi's Mansion" • "Peach Gardens" • "Waluigi Pinball"
Mario Kart Wii "Coconut Mall" • "Grumble Volcano" • "Luigi Circuit" • "Wii Maple Treeway" • "Moo Moo Meadows" • "Mushroom Gorge" • "Rainbow Road" • "Wario's Gold Mine"
Mario Kart 7 "Neo Bowser City" • "Piranha Plant Slide" • "Rainbow Road" • "Toad Circuit"
Mario Kart 8 "Bowser's Castle" • "Cloudtop Cruise" • "Mario Circuit" ("Mario Kart Stadium") • "Mario Kart 8 Title Screen" • "Rainbow Road" • "Twisted Mansion"
Mario Party series Mario Party 9 "Good Job!"
Yoshi series Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island "Athletic BGM" • "Bowser" • "Flower Field BGM" • "Goal!" • "Opening Melody" • "Powerful Mario" • "Yoshi's Island"
Yoshi's Story "Yoshi's Song" ("Yoshis on the Beach") • "Yoshi's Story!" • "Yoshi's Tale"
Luigi's Mansion series Luigi's Mansion "Title Theme (Humming)"
Wario franchise WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$! "Pyoro: Stage" • "Sci-Fi (Dribble & Spitz) - Drifting Away" • "Title" ("Reality (Dr. Crygor) - Stage")
WarioWare: Twisted! "Mona Pizza"
WarioWare: Touched! "Ashley's Theme"
Mario vs. Donkey Kong series Mario vs. Donkey Kong "Mini Mario Stage" • "Title Theme"
Super Smash Bros. series Super Smash Bros. Melee "Rainbow Cruise"
Other The Legend of Zelda "Important Item Acquired" • "Magic Whistle Melody" • "Overworld Theme"
Mario Paint "Drawing Board 1" • "Gnat Attack: Level 1" • "Save & Load"
Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars "Beware of Forest Mushrooms" • "Bowser's Keep" • "Hello, Happy Kingdom" • "Super Mario House"
Miscellaneous "Galop infernal" • "Mute City" • "Title BGM" (Excitebike) • "Totakeke's theme"
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Courses "Airship BGM" • "Athletic BGM" ("Course Clear") • "Bros. Battle" • "Fortress BGM" • "Ground BGM" • "Underground BGM" • "Underwater BGM"
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