Yoshi's Island (theme)

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This article is about the title theme from Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island. For the map theme from Super Mario World, see Yoshi's Island (Map Screen). For the course theme known as "Yoshi's Island" in the Super Smash Bros. series, see Flower Field BGM.
"Yoshi's Island"
"Yoshi's Island" in Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island
The image for "Yoshi's Island" from Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island on Nintendo Music.
Image from Nintendo Music
Composed by:
Koji Kondo
Key G Mixolydian
First appearance Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island (1995)
Latest appearance Fortune Street (2011)

"Yoshi's Island"[1] is a musical theme composed by Koji Kondo for the title screen in Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island.

History[edit]

Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island[edit]

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Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island marks the first appearance of "Yoshi's Island." It is also included in the official soundtrack album Super Mario: Yossy Island Original Sound Version, where it is titled 「ヨッシーアイランド」 (Yosshī Airando, "Yoshi's Island").

The Game Boy Advance remake of Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island, Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3, contains its own arrangement of "Yoshi's Island," which plays for the same purpose as in the original game.

Tetris Attack[edit]

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Both the SNES and Game Boy versions of Tetris Attack feature their own respective arrangements of "Yoshi's Island," both of which play in the title screen and are in B Mixolydian.

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Paper Mario[edit]

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In Paper Mario, an arrangement of "Yoshi's Island" plays in Yoshi's Village and when the Fearsome 5 are missing. It is titled "Welcome to Yoshi's Village" in the official Paper Mario Game Music Soundtrack CD, and was arranged by Yuka Tsujiyoko.

Mario Party 4[edit]

In Mario Party 4, the theme that plays in Shy Guy's Jungle Jam is loosely based on "Yoshi's Island." It is titled "Jungle Jam" in the game's sound test.

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Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time[edit]

In Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time, an arrangement of "Yoshi's Island" plays in the first area of Yoshi's Island. It was arranged by Yoko Shimomura

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Itadaki Street series[edit]

Itadaki Street DS[edit]

In Itadaki Street DS, an arrangement of "Yoshi's Island" plays in the Yoshi's Island board. It is titled 「ヨッシーアイランド」 (Yosshī Airando, "Yoshi's Island") in the game's sound test.

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Fortune Street[edit]

In Fortune Street, an arrangement of "Yoshi's Island" plays in the Yoshi's Island board.

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Gallery[edit]

List of Super Mario appearances[edit]

Games[edit]

Work System Year Type Title Credits
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island Super Nintendo Entertainment System 1995 Original "Yoshi's Island"[1] Koji Kondo
Tetris Attack Super Nintendo Entertainment System 1996 Arrangement
Tetris Attack Game Boy 1996 Arrangement
Paper Mario Nintendo 64 2000 Arrangement "Welcome to Yoshi's Village"[2] Yuka Tsujiyoko
Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3 Game Boy Advance 2002 Arrangement
Mario Party 4 Nintendo GameCube 2002 Pastiche "Jungle Jam"[3]
Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time Nintendo DS 2005 Arrangement Yoko Shimomura
Itadaki Street DS Nintendo DS 2007 Arrangement 「ヨッシーアイランド」 (Yosshī Airando)[4]
Fortune Street Wii 2011 Arrangement

Albums[edit]

Work Year Type Title Credits
Super Mario: Yossy Island Original Sound Version 1995 Original 「ヨッシーアイランド」 (Yosshī Airando) Koji Kondo
Paper Mario Game Music Soundtrack CD 2001 Past arrangement (Paper Mario) "Welcome to Yoshi's Village" Yuka Tsujiyoko

Other media[edit]

Work Year Type Title Credits
Nintendo Music 2024 Original "Yoshi's Island" Koji Kondo

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese ヨッシーアイランド[1]
Yosshī Airando 		Yoshi's Island

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c Nintendo Music
  2. ^ Paper Mario Game Music Soundtrack CD
  3. ^ Mario Party 4 sound test
  4. ^ Itadaki Street DS sound test
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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" • "Ice Cave Chant" • "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 Rap"
Donkey Kong Country Returns "Mine Menace"
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Super Mario series Super Mario Bros. "1-Up" • "Castle BGM" • "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"
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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" • "Forest of Illusion (Map Screen)" • "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" • "Lethal Lava Land" • "Main Theme" ("Cool, Cool Mountain" · "Course Clear" · "Slider") • "The Merry-Go-Round" • "Metal Mario" • "Peach's Castle" • "Piranha Plant's Lullaby" • "Staff Roll" • "Star Catch Fanfare" • "Toad's Message"
Super Mario Sunshine "Isle Delfino" ("Ricco Harbor") • "Secret Course"
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Super Mario 3D Land "Castle Theme" • "Main Theme" • "Snow Course" • "Underwater Theme"
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Super Mario Maker "Title Theme"
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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" • "Starting Grid (Time Trials / Battle)" • "Toad's Turnpike"
Mario Kart: Super Circuit "Koopa Castle Course" • "GBA Mario Circuit"
Mario Kart: Double Dash!! "GCN Baby Park" • "Mario Circuit" • "Peach Beach"
Mario Kart DS "DS Cheep Cheep Beach" • "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"
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Yoshi's Story "Yoshi's Song" ("Yoshis on the Beach") • "Yoshi's Story!" • "Yoshi's Tale"
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Miscellaneous "Galop infernal d'Orphée aux Enfers" • "Mute City" • "Totakeke's theme"
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Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island / Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3
Characters and species Yoshis • Baby Mario • Baby Luigi • Baby Bowser • Item Balloon • Kamek • Stork • Poochy • Huffin Puffin • Liquid lift • Melon Bug • Muddy Buddy • Support Ghost
Worlds Welcome To Yoshi's Island • World 1 • World 2 • World 3 • World 4 • World 5 • World 6
Items Regular items Blue watermelon • Coin • Green Shell • Green watermelon • Key • Red coin • Red Shell • Red watermelon • Special Flower • Star • Super Star • Yoshi's egg (Flashing Egg · Giant Egg · Red Egg · Yellow Egg)
Special Items 10-Point Star • 20-Point Star • Anytime Egg • Anywhere POW • Magnifying Glass • Super Blue Watermelon • Super Green Watermelon • Super Red Watermelon • Winged Cloud Maker
Objects ! Block • Arrow block • Arrow Cloud • Balloon (Mini Battle) • Balloon (platform) • Beanstalk • Bomb • Breakable block • Bubble • Bucket • Chomp Rock • Coin Block • Cork • Countdown Platform • Cracked block • Current • Donut Lift • Dotted-Line Block • Egg Block • Egg Plant • Expansion Block • Falling stone block • Flatbed Ferry • Flipper • Goal Ring • Ice Block • Icicle • Makeshift surfboard • Message Block • Middle Ring • Morph bubble • Moving block • Paddle wheel • Pinwheel • Post • Pot • POW Block • Red-and-yellow bridge • Red balloon • Rolling rock • Seesaw • Ski Lift • Snowball • Soft rock • Spinning Log • Spinning wheel • Spotted platform • Spring ball • Squishy block • Switch • Teeter-totter • Tulip • Tumbler • Warp Pipe • Winged Cloud • Yoshi Block
Bosses Burt the Bashful • Salvo the Slime • Bigger Boo • Roger the Potted Ghost • Froggy • Naval Piranha • Marching Milde • Hookbill the Koopa • Sluggy the Unshaven • Raphael the Raven • Tap-Tap the Red Nose • Baby Bowser • Big Baby Bowser
Enemy classes Edibilis Boringus • Harrassimentia Phlyoverus • Projectilia Ritebakatchia • Ucantia Defeatus • Dudim Phreykunoutonthis • Mostosti Vomitonus
Enemies Aqua Lakitu • Bandit • Baron von Zeppelin • Barney Bubble • Beach Koopa • Big Boo • Big Shy Guy • Blow Hard • Boo Balloon • Boo Blah • Boo • Boo Guy • Boo Man Bluff • Bouncing Bullet Bill • Bowling Goonie • Bubble Dayzee • Bullet Bill • Bumpty • Burt • Cactus Jack • Caged Ghost • Chain Chomp • Clawdaddy • Cloud Drop • Coin Bandit • Crazee Dayzee • Dancing Spear Guy • Dangling Ghost • Dizzy Dandy • Dr. Freezegood • Eggo-Dil • Fang • Fat Guy • Fishing Lakitu • Flamer Guy • Flightless Goonie • Flightless Skeleton Goonie • Flopsy Fish • Fly Guy • Flying Wiggler • Frog Pirate • Fuzzy • Gargantua Blargg • Georgette Jelly • Goomba • Goonie • Green Glove • Green Toady • Grim Leecher • Grinder • Grunt • Gusty • Harry Hedgehog • Hefty Goonie • Hootie the Blue Fish • Hot Lips • Incoming Chomp • Itsunomanika Heihō • Jean de Fillet • Kaboomba • Kamek • Kamek's Toadies • Koopa Troopa • Lakitu • Lantern Ghost • Lava Bubble • Lava Drop • Little Mouser • Little Skull Mouser • Loch Nestor • Lunge Fish • Mace Guy • Mace Penguin • Milde • Missile Billa • Mock Up • Mufti Guy • Needle • Nep-Enut • Nipper Plant • Nipper Spore • Para-Koopa • Piro Dangle • Piscatory Pete • Pokey • Preying Mantas • Puchipuchi L • Raven • Raven (chick) • Red Blargg • Relay Heihō • Sanbo Flower • Shark Chomp • Shy-Guy • Shy-Guy on Stilts • Skeleton Goonie • Slime • Slime Drop • Slugger • Sluggy • Snifit • Solo Toady • Spear Guy • Spiked Fun Guy • Spooky • Spray Fish • Stretch • Tap-Tap • Tap-Tap the Golden • Thunder Lakitu • Train Bandit • Wall Lakitu • Whirly Fly Guy • Wild Piranha • Wild Ptooie Piranha • Woozy Guy • Zeus Guy
Obstacles Ball 'N' Chain • Ball and chain • Cannonball • Fire-Bar • Lava • Spike • Spiked ball • Spiked weight • Thorn • Turtle Cannon
Mini Battles Gather Coins • Popping Balloons • Throwing Balloons • Watermelon Seed Spitting Contest
Bonus Challenges Flip Cards • Scratch and Match • Drawing Lots • Match Cards • Roulette • Slot Machine
Music "Athletic BGM" • "Bowser" • "Flower Field BGM" • "Goal!" • "Opening Melody" • "Stage Start" • "Yoshi's Island"
Miscellaneous Countdown Timer • Yoshi's Island
Further info Gallery (SNES · GBA) • Glitches • Mario Bros.a • Baby Mario's A-Maze-ing Gamea • Message Block hints • Multimedia • Nintendo Music (soundtrack) • Pre-release and unused content • Staff (SNES · GBA) • Super Mario: Yossy Island Original Sound Version • Yoshi's Island Slider
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