Underwater Theme (Super Mario 3D Land)

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"Underwater Theme"
"Underwater Theme" in Super Mario 3D Land
E3 screenshot of Super Mario 3D Land
Composed by:
Mahito Yokota[1]
Key F major
BPM 122
First appearance Super Mario 3D Land (2011)
Latest appearance Mario Kart World (2025)

The "Underwater Theme,"[2] also known as the "Beach Theme,"[3][4] is a musical theme composed by Mahito Yokota for the beach levels in Super Mario 3D Land. The theme is dynamic: when the player is above water, the normal variation with full instrumentation plays, and when the player is submerged in water, a simpler, more subdued variation plays.

History[edit]

Super Mario 3D Land[edit]

Super Mario 3D Land marks the first appearance of the "Underwater Theme." It is also included in the official album The 30th Anniversary Super Mario Bros. Music.

Super Smash Bros. series[edit]

Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS[edit]

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In Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS, a medley arrangement of the "Main Theme" and the "Underwater Theme" from Super Mario 3D Land can play in the 3D Land stage. It is titled "Super Mario 3D Land Theme / Beach Theme" in the game's sound test, and it was arranged by Yuichiro "Jesahm" Noro. It is also included in the official album Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U: A Smashing Soundtrack.

Super Smash Bros. for Wii U[edit]

In Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, the "Super Mario 3D Land Theme / Beach Theme" medley from Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS can play in the Delfino Plaza stage.

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate[edit]

In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, the "Super Mario 3D Land Theme / Beach Theme" medley from Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS can play in any Super Smash Bros.-series and Super Mario-series stage. It is titled "Ground Theme / Underwater Theme - Super Mario 3D Land" in the game's sound test.

Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker[edit]

In Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker and the Nintendo Switch and Nintendo 3DS ports of the same name, an arrangement of the "Underwater Theme" plays in Briny Bowl Swimming Hole and Floaty Fun Water Park. Like in Super Mario 3D Land, the theme has two distinct variations for when the player is above or below water. In the Nintendo Music app, both the abovewater and underwater versions are played in sequence on the same track, titled "Briny Bowl Swimming Hole."

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Mario Kart World[edit]

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Mario Kart World features two arrangements of the "Underwater Theme." One is faster paced and the other is slower paced, the former resembling the above water version of the song and the latter the underwater version. The slower paced arrangement can play exclusively in Free Roam. The faster paced arrangement can play exclusively in routes in VS Race and Grand Prix. In Grand Prix, it is one of three arrangements that can play on the route from Peach Beach to Salty Salty Speedway in the Banana Cup.

Other appearances[edit]

Yasashiku Hikeru Super Mario 3D Land[edit]

The Yasashiku Hikeru Super Mario 3D Land book features a solo piano arrangement of the "Underwater Theme."

Gallery[edit]

List of Super Mario appearances[edit]

Games[edit]

Work System Year Type Title Credits
Super Mario 3D Land Nintendo 3DS 2011 Original 「海のテーマ」 (Umi no Tēma)[5] Mahito Yokota
Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS Nintendo 3DS 2014 Arrangement "Super Mario 3D Land Theme / Beach Theme"[3] Jesahm
Super Smash Bros. for Wii U Wii U 2014 Past arrangement (Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS) "Super Mario 3D Land Theme / Beach Theme"[4] Jesahm
Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker Wii U 2014 Arrangement "Briny Bowl Swimming Hole"[6]
Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo Switch 2018 Past arrangement (Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker [Wii U]) "Briny Bowl Swimming Hole"[6]
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Nintendo Switch 2018 Past arrangement (Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS) "Ground Theme / Underwater Theme - Super Mario 3D Land"[2] Jesahm
Mario Kart World Nintendo Switch 2 2025 Arrangement

Albums[edit]

Work Year Type Title Credits
Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U: A Smashing Soundtrack 2015 Past arrangement (Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS) "Super Mario 3D Land Theme / Beach Theme" Jesahm
The 30th Anniversary Super Mario Bros. Music 2015 Original 「海のテーマ」 (Umi no Tēma) Mahito Yokota

Other media[edit]

Work Year Type Title Credits
Yasashiku Hikeru Super Mario 3D Land 2012 Arrangement 「海のテーマ」 (Umi no Tēma) Mahito Yokota
Nintendo Music 2025[g 1] Past arrangement (Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker) "Briny Bowl Swimming Hole"
  1. ^ Added on August 11, 2025

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese 海のテーマ[5]
Umi no Tēma 		Sea Theme

References[edit]

  1. ^ Yasashiku Hikeru Super Mario 3D Land
  2. ^ a b Super Smash Bros. Ultimate sound test
  3. ^ a b Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS sound test
  4. ^ a b Super Smash Bros. for Wii U sound test
  5. ^ a b The 30th Anniversary Super Mario Bros. Music
  6. ^ a b Nintendo Music
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Recurring themes and sound effects
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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" • "Life in the Mines" • "Lost a Balloon" • "Mine Cart Madness" • "Northern Hemispheres" • "Simian Segue" • "Treetop Rock" • "Voices of the Temple" • "Well Done"
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Donkey Kong 64 "DK Isle" • "DK Rap"
Donkey Kong Country Returns "Mine Menace"
Mario Bros. series Mario Bros. "Game Start" • "Title BGM"
Wrecking Crew series Wrecking Crew "Bonus Phase" • "Phase BGM"
Super Mario series Super Mario Bros. "1-Up" • "Castle BGM" • "Coin" • "Course Clear" ("Power Up") • "Ending" • "Ground BGM" ("Game Over" · "Player Down") • "Invincibility BGM" • "Pause" • "Pipe Travel / Power-Down" • "Timer Warning" • "Underground BGM" • "Underwater BGM" • "World Clear"
VS. Super Mario Bros. "Gyōmu-yō Mario Namae-ire"
Super Mario Bros. 2 "Boss BGM" • "Ground BGM" • "Please Select Player" • "Underground BGM"
Super Mario Bros. 3 "Airship BGM" • "Athletic BGM" • "Bros. Battle" • "Ending" • "Fortress BGM" • "Fortress Boss" • "Game Over" • "Ground BGM" • "King of the Koopas" • "Music Box" • "P Switch BGM / Toad's House" • "Player Down" • "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 "Chai Kingdom BGM" • "Main Theme" • "Underground Theme"
Super Mario World "Bowser BGM" • "Donut Plains (Map Screen)" • "Ending" • "Ground BGM" ("Athletic BGM" · "Bonus Game BGM" · "Castle BGM" · "Course Clear" · "Ghost House BGM" · "Underground BGM" · "Underwater BGM") • "Koopalings BGM" • "P Switch BGM" • "Star World (Map Screen)" • "Title BGM" • "Vanilla Dome (Map Screen)" • "Yoshi ni noru toki" • "Yoshi's Island (Map Screen)"
Super Mario 64 "Bowser's Road" • "Bowser's Theme" • "Dire, Dire Docks" • "File Select" • "Main Theme" ("Cool, Cool Mountain" · "Course Clear" · "Slider") • "The Merry-Go-Round" • "Metal Mario" • "Peach's Castle" • "Piranha Plant's Lullaby" • "Staff Roll"
Super Mario Sunshine "Isle Delfino" ("Ricco Harbor") • "Secret Course"
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Mario Kart: Double Dash!! "GCN Baby Park" • "Mario Circuit" • "Peach Beach"
Mario Kart DS "DS Peach Gardens" • "Waluigi Pinball"
Mario Kart Wii "Coconut Mall" • "Luigi Circuit/Mario Circuit" • "Wii Maple Treeway" • "Moo Moo Meadows" • "Mushroom Gorge" • "Wario's Gold Mine"
Mario Kart 7 "Neo Bowser City" • "Piranha Plant Slide" • "Rainbow Road" • "Toad Circuit"
Mario Kart 8 "Cloudtop Cruise"
Yoshi franchise Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island "Athletic BGM" • "Bowser" • "Flower Field BGM" • "Opening Melody" • "Powerful Mario" • "Stage Start" • "Yoshi's Island"
Yoshi's Story "Yoshi's Song" • "Yoshi's Story!" • "Yoshi's Tale"
Luigi's Mansion series Luigi's Mansion "Title Theme (Humming)"
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WarioWare: Touched! "Ashley's Theme"
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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" • "Hello, Happy Kingdom"
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Super Mario 3D Land
Playable characters Mario • Luigi
Forms Small Mario • Super Mario • Fire Mario • Tanooki Mario • Boomerang Mario • Invincible Mario • White Tanooki Mario • Statue Mario
Non-playable characters Princess Peach • Toad • Toads
Enemies Banzai Bill • Biddybud • Big Boo • Big Cosmic Clone • Big Tail Goomba • Blokkablok • Boo • Boomerang Bro • Blooper • Bob-omb • Bullet Bill • Chain Chomp • Cheep Cheep • Coin Coffer • Draglet • Dry Bones • Fake Block • Fire Piranha Plant • Flophopper • Fuzzy • Goomba • Goomba Tower • Grinder • Hammer Bro • Inky Piranha Plant • Koopa Troopa • Lava Bubble • Magikoopa • Magmaargh • Monty Mole • Morty Mole • Para-Biddybud • Paragoomba • Peepa • Piranha Plant • Pokey • Porcupuffer • Prongo • Rocky Wrench • Sandmaargh • Small Cosmic Clone • Spike Eel • Spiny • Stingby • Tail Bob-omb • Tail Boo • Tail Bullet Bill • Tail Goomba • Tail Thwomp • Thistle • Thwomp • Wallop
Obstacles Baddie Box • Ball 'n' Chain • Banzai Bill Cannon • Bill Blaster • Cannon • Fire Bar • Giant spiked ball • Jet engine • Lava • Lava Geyser • Poison • Retractable spikes • Spike Pillar • Spiked ball • Spike Bar • Spike Block • Spiked roller • Swinging spikes
Bosses Tail Bowser • Boom Boom • Pom Pom • Bowser • Dry Bowser
Items and power-ups ? Box • + Clock • 1-Up Mushroom • Boomerang Flower • Coin • Fire Flower • Invincibility Leaf • Note • P-Wing • Poison Mushroom • Propeller Box • Red Coin • Star Medal • Statue Leaf • Super Leaf • Super Mushroom • Super Star
Objects ! Block • ? Block • Assist Block • Beep Block • Big Goal Pole • Binoculars • Block • Board • Bolts • Bowser Switch • Cactus • Cannon • Checkpoint Flag • Cog • Coin Block • Coin ring • Crate • Crumbling platform • Directional Block • Donut Block • Empty Block • Face block • Flip Panel • Flower • Fluff • Flying ? Block • Gift Box • Goal Pole • Golden Rock • Green Shell • Hard Block • Invisible Block • Lift • Mystery Box • Note Block • Pipe • P Switch • Pole • Red-Blue Panel • Red Ring • Rock • Roulette Block • Rubber pad • Seagull • Small bird • Spine Coaster • Stump • Super Note Block • Switchboard • Tail Wheel • Tapering platform • Tightrope • Tree • Torch • View plate • Warp Box • World Warp Pipe
Locations Main worlds World 1 • World 2 • World 3 • World 4 • World 5 • World 6 • World 7 • World 8
Special worlds Special 1 • Special 2 • Special 3 • Special 4 • Special 5 • Special 6 • Special 7 • Special 8
Other Mushroom Kingdom • Peach's Castle • Sub-area • Toad Houses
Moves Crawl • Crouch • Crouch Jump • Dash • Ground Pound • Jump • Long Jump • Roll • Side Somersault • Slide • Swim • Tail attack • Wall Jump
Gameplay elements Completion • Item storage • StreetPass Gift • Tail Tree • UFO • Warp Zone
Music "Castle Theme" • "Main Theme" • "Pom Pom's Theme" • "Snow Course" • "Underwater Theme" • "Victory Parade"
Further info Gallery • Glitches • "The Mario Drawing Song" • Multimedia • Pre-release and unused content • Staff • Yasashiku Hikeru Super Mario 3D Land
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