Here's the constantly up-to-date list of corrections and additions to the video. (If caught by someone else, I also heart the corresponding comments!) CORRECTIONS 04:21 Wrong Summer Breeze! Correct one is by Piper in 1983. 05:52 Only the later bass line is original to DKC; the melody is from the NES port of the arcade DK. 07:10 This is the Tower music I discuss later; I forgot to update this part after I recognized it as a reference late in scripting. 10:51 Meant to say this extension is not in Galaxy - the motif persisted after 3D World. NOT CORRECTIONS 00:19 Since this series is specifically about game music, I didn't mention the Super Show here. But I should have. 10:25 Although the Captain Toad game has that music too, I try to point to the first games to feature it (like in my DK correction). DEFINITE REFERENCES 💿 Welcome to the Mushroom Kingdom 1:09 ← 🎮 Underground 💿 Blue Shelled 0:51 ← 🎮 Mario Party Battle Canyon 0:22 ⤷ Can't be unheard! Due to the lack of thematic connection, I thought it was a coincidence, but: twitter.com/briantylermusic/status/1645978124348452865 💿 An Indecent Proposal 0:28 ← 🎮 SM64 Bowser 💿 Rainbow Road Rage 0:39, An Indecent Proposal 1:55, Fighting Tooth and Veil 1:11 ← 🎮 NSMB Wii Tower ⤷ Yeah I caught Tower pretty late in scripting. 💿 Fighting Tooth and Veil 1:59 ← 🎮 SMB3 P-speed ⤷ Obviously, but for some reason I decided against including it _despite_ mentioning Bowser's laugh. 💿 Superstars 0:25 (can be heard while I talk at 18:05) ← 🎮 SMB Ending 💿 Superstars 1:17 ← 🎮 SMB3 Victory Fanfare ⤷ Four notes of when you beat a fortress in Mario 3. POSSIBLE REFERENCES 💿 Welcome to the Mushroom Kingdom 0:25 ← 🎮 Super Mario Galaxy Course Select ⤷ Same instruments in the same general range, but little else to grab onto. 💿 Welcome to the Mushroom Kingdom 1:23 ← 🎮 NSMB Wii... multiple? ⤷ Now this one's a rabbit hole. The three sting notes there could be those that play at 0:03 in the NSMBW Title, reinforced by how they're in the same key and how they're soon followed by the PAH and P-Switch. But there's the 1:24-1:33 stretch from WttMK in-between, that I could never identify, _but_ it's not dissimilar to 0:20 in the NSMBW Opening Theme. What to do? 💿 The Darklands 1:36 ← 🎮 SMB Castle ⤷ Close, but doesn't go through the same motions. 💿 Lost and Crowned 0:56 ← 🎮 SMG Comet Observatory ⤷ Just the first 4 notes of Comet Observatory (ignoring the flute), but with the 2nd lowered to make the whole thing minor. 💿 Drivin' Me Bananas 0:36 ← 🎮 Mario Kart Super Circuit Riverside Park 0:22 ⤷ That part matches neither the DKC theme nor Riverside Park perfectly, but it's closer to the latter by half. 💿 Imprisoned 0:07 (14:38 in this video) ← 🎮 NSMB Castle 0:07 ⤷ Remove the 2nd note in NSMB and it's the same intervals. 💿 Practice Makes Perfect 0:15 ← 🎮 Super Mario Galaxy Luma ⤷ But not the melody! Only the backing chords - in the same key, too. 💿 Karts! 0:52 ← 🎮 Mario Kart Wii Main Menu 0:44 💿 An Indecent Proposal 2:32 ← 🎮 Underwater ⤷ This 3-note sequence is too routine to _always_ be Underwater. 💿 Grapple in the Big Apple 1:41 ← 🎮 Super Mario 64 Bowser 0:23 ⤷ Would be a reference did it not skip the fourth note of that little sequence... 💿 Super Mario Bros. Opus 2:32 ← 🎮 The Odyssey’s First Takeoff ⤷ Close, but this kind of sequence is quite generic.
I noticed in the description you said you’d pin this comment even though you haven’t yet, so you probably should! (Also when Bowser grabs the Super Star at 3:22 in King of the Koopas, I noticed that not only is the Super Star theme playing in minor key (which you covered), but it also sounds very similar to the Power Star Get theme in Super Mario Galaxy!)
@@LiamWins Oh my, thanks for the heads-up: I now know that editing a pinned comment un-pins it. That Power Star Get reference I find too much of a stretch: there's little commonality in the rhythm or relative pitches.
GUSTY GARDEN DIDNT PLAY WHEN I FIRST SAW THE MOVIE BECAUSE THE STUPID AUDIO COMPLETELY CUT OUT DURING THE CREDITS ONLY try to find my 10 or so paragraph comment on this video about it!
It was so stupid how many people left before the credits were even over. I would have stayed for the music even if I hadn't been expecting a post-credits scene.
i did this the first time, realized i missed it on the ride home when i looked it up on yt just to make sure second time i watched the movie, i was holding in piss so bad it hurt just so i could see the post-credits and i dipped three milliseconds as it was over (worth it)
Fun Fact: During “Superstars”, you can subtly hear the Outro theme to SMB1 (the theme you get when you save Princess Peach) spliced into the SuperStar theme.
I am cheering for this. Personally, I think that the Take on Me song fit pretty ok in the movie but the others were totally off. I like Thunderstruck a lot, but how many more times should I hear it in a movie? :(
@@elbala777 For me I can put up with every other hollywood song used in this movie except Take on Me purely because of how good the Driving Me Bananas arrangement is that went unused in favour of Take on Me
@@pokemon_trainer_isaiah I played the kong driving scene on the entire mario movie vocoded to gangster's paradise on mute with Driving Me Bananas playing in another tab at the same time Take On Me starts. The music is actually perfectly synced with the scene. The Jungle Hijinx leitmotif hits as soon as the full kong kingdom comes into view, there's a slight bit of suspense when the car swerves suddenly and mario's about to fall out, and then there's a big music build-up while going up the final ramp up until they start to fall and the music cuts out for a second, only for it to come back in a powerful and triumphant orchestral version of the donkey kong country arrangement as the glider opens and it finally comes to a close as they arrive in the hall of the kong army. Whatever executive decided to replace an orchestral arrangement of a classic theme associated with the scene created to match up perfectly with what's happening on screen with a hollywood song needs better taste
I can’t imagine being koji kondo 40 years ago writing a silly little tune for an at the time unknown video game, only for it to blossom into the orchestrated masterpiece this movie was
I was already in disbelief about Holding Out For a Hero, I found it made that whole sequence a joke. Jump playing instead of Superstars would have outright ruined the final battle!
This video is severely underrated. I was also mad at how many people just left as soon as they saw the credits. The credits scene with toad and bowser got me cracking up.
This is the type of music I wanted for the Sonic movies, but the only things I can think of them referencing was Green Hill Zone, the drowning music and a bit of Robotnik's theme from The Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog cartoon. I really hope they step up their game in Sonic 3 after the Mario Movie. If it doesn't at least have 'Live and Learn' in there somewhere I'd consider it a huge missed opportunity
1:34 Just something fun to point out, I love that Platforming Princess it's basically Princess Peach's Theme. Really sounds nice! Especially by 1:10 ooh massive chills.
man the airship theme is one of my favorite theme songs. it never not gives me the feeling something bad is about to happen or a big battle is on the horizon. just such a great song
OMG I knew the Rainbow Road sounded pretty familiar!! But I didn't remembered it from that part, I love so much how beautiful it sounds in the movie, so magical, majestic, epic but at the same time nostalgic
I stuck around for the ENTIRE credits sequence and had tears in my eyes when the Galaxy theme started up. And the Gamecube ringtone was one of the funniest bits in the film
I agree that the music and the credits are part of the experience. I remember Detective Pikachu doing a same thing and creating this celebratory rendition of the game music for the credits. What a joy that was.
I have to say, if you're going to throw a licensed song, you could... just rearrange Jump Up Superstar and throw it there as if it was an actual song. Not by making references, but just like the DK Rap - as in, completely considering it a song to fill a scene with motivation.
18:54 - "back in my days rainbow road didn't have rails" made me chuckle. That was a number 1 for me too. Rainbow Road was a quite a final level. A bit of a feat to reach, worth it's 'final challenge' status, very climactic track visually and most of all, an amazing musical piece to capture it too. In the movie, I was wondering if they were doing Mario Kart 3's (Mario Kart Super Circuit's) Rainbow Road which had that segment for its intro before doing it's own thing. It did not. ^.^
World 1-1 and Driving me Bananas make me so sad that they were cut because they’re such great songs and would’ve enhanced the scenes. To bad they were replaced with the 2 most unfitting licensed tracks in the movie
In the track “Rainbow Roade Rage” I’m genuinely shocked to have not heard any Rainbow Road tracks. An ominous remix of 64s or Wiis would’ve been so welcomed
Not an easy balancing act! Too quick and you miss half the references due to lack of research; too thorough and you're a late copycat. Well, I had the week off. Who needs rest?
13:27- 14:18 I love the amount of different variations of the tower theme from NSMBWii! The original game is a big part of my childhood and hearing this score in the film gave me goosebumps.
You're always so good at catching leitmotifs! Just like xenoblade 3 OST video, I'm impressed by the effort you put in, but also giving us timestamps +titles here. Sorry for the spam of my comments!
Great video. This is the best analysis of the score and soundtrack I've seen so far. I loved how they managed to included tracks from all across Mario's history without it sounding cluttered or ill-fitting
5:38 wanna know what’s worse? The composer had to fight to keep the superstar theme in for the final fight scene; they wanted to add in…. Jump…. By Van Halen……
10:27 This also comes from a game called captain toad treasure tracker! one is the same motif but one is also remixed. captain toad treasure tracker is available on the nintendo 3ds and nintendo switch.
Super Mario 3 was the mario game that I have played the longest time, so when I heard the soundtrack played when Mario got the tanooki suit, I almost cried.
17:41 By the way, we ALMOST lost this one in the final theatrical release to Van Halen’s Jump and all these bizarre licensed song choices were supposedly suggested by Miyamoto himself. So now we wait and hope for a Director’s Cut…
Jump? What? WHAT. Talk about ruining a moment. After your comment I went and read about that; I see "studio executives" rather than Miyamoto, but WOW, hopefully they'll be set straight.
I finally watched the movie a few days ago and was impressed by the amount of musical references. Thank you for making this video because I realized I missed quite a lot of references. And also thank you for pointing out which parts of the movie these played in too.
What a great movie musically. I love how they didn't just put in a few references, they really crammed the movie full of references to the original series, and it Just. Sounds. Great. It's not forced, it's bombastic, beautiful and brilliant. It's a love letter to the Mario musical legacy, and too right, because what a legacy. I think the superstar theme at the end battle was my favourite, bar the reference to Gusty Garden Galaxy in the credits which just made me light up to hear the Best VGM Track Ever playing. But I love how the superstar theme really transformed the original reference and made it super. Great analysis. Thanks for making this video! Also: 16:57 - I entirely agree with how much audiotime you gave to this song. Absolutely smashing music!
I thought I caught a few easter eggs and references already, looks like I wasn't even close to finding all of them LOL Great video man! I'm glad to see so many of them here, and the editing is top notch :)
As a long time Nintendo player and someone who loves music, the work done to incorporate so many musical easter eggs in the movie was one of the best parts of it.
Loved the movie and catching as many references as I could! But there was one musical reference that I kept waiting for and I unfortunately didn't hear: Dire Dire Docks
I love this video thank you, mentioning every reference For 13:30 that could be the theme when Peach’s castle is being stolen in Mario Galaxy 1 but the Tower from NSMB Wii (and U) is probably the best
3:49 I've never gotten past the space junk galaxy when i was a kid playing that game over 11 years ago, but immediately weither my brain realized it or not my heart and soul just knew it was a Super Mario Galaxy level theme, when it started playing my heart felt warm, it felt like my soul was ascending and i began humming it as though I've known it for all my life.. it was such a magical moment, i will never forget that feeling.
Watching the movie was an experience, from smile to tears picking up every little references that I could recognize, gusty garden galaxy in the credit finishing me and made me almost empty when the screen finally went to black.
It's a bit of a stretch but there are four notes right after the Bob-omb Battlefield reference in Welcome to the Mushroom Kingdom that sound a lot like the first four notes of the New Super Mario Bros Wii intro theme
I had that pointed out last week (if it's what I'm thinking of), prompting me to add the following to my pinned comment; what do you think? 💿 Welcome to the Mushroom Kingdom 1:23 ← 🎮 NSMB Wii... multiple? ⤷ Now this one's a rabbit hole. The three sting notes there could be those that play at 0:03 in the NSMBW Title, reinforced by how they're in the same key and how they're soon followed by the PAH and P-Switch. But there's the 1:24-1:33 stretch from WttMK in-between, that I could never identify, but it's not dissimilar to 0:20 in the NSMBW Opening Theme. What to do?
I keep raving about the movie, and I give the music my 10/10 when I talk about it. Fucking ADORED the music in this movie. I give “Peaches” a stand up in salute, basically describing my entire love for the soundtrack. I loved “Peaches”
I didn't know I needed "Peaches" in my life. Fun fact: I actually watched the movie in French (with a less-bilingual friend), and "peaches" was translated "princesse" (sounds close to the English word), which I found even funnier.
@@NicD If the fact Bowser called “Peach” “Peaches” is a language thing, I dig it. He called Peach “Peaches” quite a few times, to where I don’t think he understands her “actual” name, and that’s funny.
I hear it! At 0:22 in Battle Canyon, 0:51 in Blue Shelled - was glaring once pointed out. I don't think it's an intentional reference, but it would have made the "stretches" section! Edit: but the composer hints at it being intentional!
6:46 - I'm not sure if this is too much of a stretch but "Drivin' Me Bananas" has minor motifs that sound like they reference Pure West's use of guitar riffs in "Donkey Kong Country" (the intro used for the Donkey Kong Country TV series that aired sometime in the late 1990s to early 2000s)
@@NicD I know! That show definitely needs some more recognition. Around the 36 second mark in “Drivin’ Me Bananas”, there’s an electric guitar featured for a few seconds. It sounds like a nod to the electric guitar used in the DKC TV Show’s intro that shows up within the first 10-15 seconds. (IntroKingOfMelody has a high quality rip for reference). I’m not saying it’s a full on reference but more of a nod to a show that had moderate to little success
Hmmm... they don't sound that alike to me: the show guitar bends a note up as an intro to the solo, whereas the movie guitar is just a hard, clean "dwong" without immediate followup. Thanks for pointing it out!
The Airship arrangements in the movie sound much closer to the Galaxy arrangements than to the original SMB3 version, but I would still argue that the rhythm in this section I mentioned doesn't match. I will eat my words if someone point out a matching part in a Galaxy game though!
So I could be completely off base but it sounds like at 2:26 in The Adventure Begins it plays a more serene version of the Elder Princess Shroob battle from partners in time which would be fitting since that part of the track plays during the scene with Mario and Luigi as babies
I would love for this to be true - would be the perfect game to pull music from for that sequence! However I can't hear any part that corresponds; would you point me to a timestamp? ruclips.net/video/cdQVkJDCcro/видео.html
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Here's the constantly up-to-date list of corrections and additions to the video. (If caught by someone else, I also heart the corresponding comments!)
CORRECTIONS
04:21 Wrong Summer Breeze! Correct one is by Piper in 1983.
05:52 Only the later bass line is original to DKC; the melody is from the NES port of the arcade DK.
07:10 This is the Tower music I discuss later; I forgot to update this part after I recognized it as a reference late in scripting.
10:51 Meant to say this extension is not in Galaxy - the motif persisted after 3D World.
NOT CORRECTIONS
00:19 Since this series is specifically about game music, I didn't mention the Super Show here. But I should have.
10:25 Although the Captain Toad game has that music too, I try to point to the first games to feature it (like in my DK correction).
DEFINITE REFERENCES
💿 Welcome to the Mushroom Kingdom 1:09 ← 🎮 Underground
💿 Blue Shelled 0:51 ← 🎮 Mario Party Battle Canyon 0:22
⤷ Can't be unheard! Due to the lack of thematic connection, I thought it was a coincidence, but: twitter.com/briantylermusic/status/1645978124348452865
💿 An Indecent Proposal 0:28 ← 🎮 SM64 Bowser
💿 Rainbow Road Rage 0:39, An Indecent Proposal 1:55, Fighting Tooth and Veil 1:11 ← 🎮 NSMB Wii Tower
⤷ Yeah I caught Tower pretty late in scripting.
💿 Fighting Tooth and Veil 1:59 ← 🎮 SMB3 P-speed
⤷ Obviously, but for some reason I decided against including it _despite_ mentioning Bowser's laugh.
💿 Superstars 0:25 (can be heard while I talk at 18:05) ← 🎮 SMB Ending
💿 Superstars 1:17 ← 🎮 SMB3 Victory Fanfare
⤷ Four notes of when you beat a fortress in Mario 3.
POSSIBLE REFERENCES
💿 Welcome to the Mushroom Kingdom 0:25 ← 🎮 Super Mario Galaxy Course Select
⤷ Same instruments in the same general range, but little else to grab onto.
💿 Welcome to the Mushroom Kingdom 1:23 ← 🎮 NSMB Wii... multiple?
⤷ Now this one's a rabbit hole. The three sting notes there could be those that play at 0:03 in the NSMBW Title, reinforced by how they're in the same key and how they're soon followed by the PAH and P-Switch. But there's the 1:24-1:33 stretch from WttMK in-between, that I could never identify, _but_ it's not dissimilar to 0:20 in the NSMBW Opening Theme. What to do?
💿 The Darklands 1:36 ← 🎮 SMB Castle
⤷ Close, but doesn't go through the same motions.
💿 Lost and Crowned 0:56 ← 🎮 SMG Comet Observatory
⤷ Just the first 4 notes of Comet Observatory (ignoring the flute), but with the 2nd lowered to make the whole thing minor.
💿 Drivin' Me Bananas 0:36 ← 🎮 Mario Kart Super Circuit Riverside Park 0:22
⤷ That part matches neither the DKC theme nor Riverside Park perfectly, but it's closer to the latter by half.
💿 Imprisoned 0:07 (14:38 in this video) ← 🎮 NSMB Castle 0:07
⤷ Remove the 2nd note in NSMB and it's the same intervals.
💿 Practice Makes Perfect 0:15 ← 🎮 Super Mario Galaxy Luma
⤷ But not the melody! Only the backing chords - in the same key, too.
💿 Karts! 0:52 ← 🎮 Mario Kart Wii Main Menu 0:44
💿 An Indecent Proposal 2:32 ← 🎮 Underwater
⤷ This 3-note sequence is too routine to _always_ be Underwater.
💿 Grapple in the Big Apple 1:41 ← 🎮 Super Mario 64 Bowser 0:23
⤷ Would be a reference did it not skip the fourth note of that little sequence...
💿 Super Mario Bros. Opus 2:32 ← 🎮 The Odyssey’s First Takeoff
⤷ Close, but this kind of sequence is quite generic.
I noticed in the description you said you’d pin this comment even though you haven’t yet, so you probably should!
(Also when Bowser grabs the Super Star at 3:22 in King of the Koopas, I noticed that not only is the Super Star theme playing in minor key (which you covered), but it also sounds very similar to the Power Star Get theme in Super Mario Galaxy!)
@@LiamWins Oh my, thanks for the heads-up: I now know that editing a pinned comment un-pins it.
That Power Star Get reference I find too much of a stretch: there's little commonality in the rhythm or relative pitches.
@@NicD Someone mentioned the part where Mario was in a clear pipe uses Super Mario 3D World music.
@@robbiewalker2831 Went back through the 3D World soundtrack... still can't hear it. I'll have to wait for someone else to single it out.
In "Welcome to the Mushroom Kingdom" between 0:25 and 0:27 I clearly hear Super Mario Galaxy: Course Select theme
I love how every song sounds so grand and “upgraded” in some way from the original and then gusty garden galaxy got a pitch change
because you cannot improve perfection
too be fair the music from galaxy is already orchestral
GUSTY GARDEN DIDNT PLAY WHEN I FIRST SAW THE MOVIE BECAUSE THE STUPID AUDIO COMPLETELY CUT OUT DURING THE CREDITS ONLY try to find my 10 or so paragraph comment on this video about it!
And Bowser's fury is just the same
@@corruptedplayer I mean, it was chosen for a Smash trailer for a reason
The way they incorporated music from the game into the movie was absolutely perfect. I was smiling the whole time.
@Keshuel what? Says you lol what are youtalking about?
I just wish we had more DKC tracks
@randomvideoboy1trollers gotta troll
Brain Tyler did great arranging Koji Kondo’s work :)))
@Keshuel man’s deaf
It's amazing how much Captain Toad's theme has evolved across three different Mario games: Galaxy, 3D World and then Treasure Tracker.
You forgot Galaxy 2
It's really Awesome
@@traviscunningham7062 And you forgot Galaxy 2 uses the exact same Toad Brigade theme as Galaxy 1's.
That and Welcome to the Mushroom Kingdom.
Yes, and I’m pretty sure the captain toad musics are more from treasure tracker than 3d world
It was so stupid how many people left before the credits were even over. I would have stayed for the music even if I hadn't been expecting a post-credits scene.
I left cuz I had to pee so bad. I held it for over an hour so I didn't miss anything haha
@@AutkastKain Why didn't you go BEFORE the movie? lol.
@@TheRealBatabii I did, but I got a drink when I usually don't
@@AutkastKain This and the absurd price is why I never get drinks at the theater (or food because that just makes you thirsty)
i did this the first time, realized i missed it on the ride home when i looked it up on yt just to make sure
second time i watched the movie, i was holding in piss so bad it hurt just so i could see the post-credits and i dipped three milliseconds as it was over (worth it)
So what I learned is that “Fighting Tooth and Veil” has nearly every leitmotif in the series crammed into it
no fr the best song of the movie, not only did they use all the best songs but they way they were put togetherrrr ahhhhh its so good
What about the part of the score that Mario saves Luigi? Is that from the games or original?
Fighting Tooth and Veil (to fit every motif)
Fun Fact: During “Superstars”, you can subtly hear the Outro theme to SMB1 (the theme you get when you save Princess Peach) spliced into the SuperStar theme.
Timestamp?
Edit: someone else gave it to me, grab a heart!
Also It is played duringthe wedding scene when toad gives peach the Ice flower
@@NicD I think he's referring to 18:06 (right when you start talking again) and yeah, I agree.
@@P1yH8 I do mention it at 5:04.
hi googaly
For the DVD release they should add a version where all the cut music is still used, or at least the seperate scenes as bonus content.
I am cheering for this. Personally, I think that the Take on Me song fit pretty ok in the movie but the others were totally off. I like Thunderstruck a lot, but how many more times should I hear it in a movie? :(
@@elbala777 For me I can put up with every other hollywood song used in this movie except Take on Me purely because of how good the Driving Me Bananas arrangement is that went unused in favour of Take on Me
@@justsomewheel9379 Literally STOLEN from us, I could listen to it all day
@@pokemon_trainer_isaiah I played the kong driving scene on the entire mario movie vocoded to gangster's paradise on mute with Driving Me Bananas playing in another tab at the same time Take On Me starts. The music is actually perfectly synced with the scene.
The Jungle Hijinx leitmotif hits as soon as the full kong kingdom comes into view, there's a slight bit of suspense when the car swerves suddenly and mario's about to fall out, and then there's a big music build-up while going up the final ramp up until they start to fall and the music cuts out for a second, only for it to come back in a powerful and triumphant orchestral version of the donkey kong country arrangement as the glider opens and it finally comes to a close as they arrive in the hall of the kong army.
Whatever executive decided to replace an orchestral arrangement of a classic theme associated with the scene created to match up perfectly with what's happening on screen with a hollywood song needs better taste
I can’t imagine being koji kondo 40 years ago writing a silly little tune for an at the time unknown video game, only for it to blossom into the orchestrated masterpiece this movie was
Even worse when you go back to Sister Marian (at 1:02) - which I should make a short about now.
@@PandamoniumBruu WELL
I was aware of a bunch of inspirations, but not that one specifically! And what a great track!
@@NicD yeah, 80's Nintendo it's really inspired in Jazz and japanese pop
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So yeah I made it, good thing I had your input first
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For the ominous piano part it's definitely a reference to deep dark galaxy! I knew the moment I heard it.
I heard it too but I thought I was crazy because it’s so random
SAME, although I was incorrectly imaginging the Big Mouth galaxy.
@@joshriley2936 it has the same music tho
17:43
Thank GOD Brian Tyler's composition of Superstars made it to the final cut instead of 'Jump.'
It feels more exciting and impactful.
I was already in disbelief about Holding Out For a Hero, I found it made that whole sequence a joke. Jump playing instead of Superstars would have outright ruined the final battle!
@@NicD
Oh yeah, it *would've.* Illumination just can't even help themselves, can they?
This video is severely underrated. I was also mad at how many people just left as soon as they saw the credits. The credits scene with toad and bowser got me cracking up.
The credits were amazing!!
THERE WAS A CREDIT SCENE???? I LEFT RIGHT WHEN THE CREDITS STARTED GODDAMNIT
I’ve been waiting for a video like this that goes through all of the musical references. This video is criminally underrated.
Right? So amazing! Very happy piano teacher here!
I was so hyped when I heard the Fury Bowser theme playing when watching it, was so unexpected and awesome.
Me too?
this soundtrack made me tear up, all these different mario tracks i was certainly not expecting made orchestral. it was such a blast!
This is the type of music I wanted for the Sonic movies, but the only things I can think of them referencing was Green Hill Zone, the drowning music and a bit of Robotnik's theme from The Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog cartoon. I really hope they step up their game in Sonic 3 after the Mario Movie. If it doesn't at least have 'Live and Learn' in there somewhere I'd consider it a huge missed opportunity
1:34
Just something fun to point out, I love that Platforming Princess it's basically Princess Peach's Theme. Really sounds nice! Especially by 1:10 ooh massive chills.
3:49 when I was sat in the theatre and heard Gusty Garden Galaxy it instantly put a bigger smile on my face
9:48 Inside the Castle Walls was the one music track I wanted most for the movie, I am so HAPPY they included the music in the movie!!!
Yeah they _featured_ that one!
man the airship theme is one of my favorite theme songs. it never not gives me the feeling something bad is about to happen or a big battle is on the horizon. just such a great song
Honestly it felt like it was missing something to me. Doesn’t sound right without all the cannon shots going off.
Amazzin how Mars the bringer of war (from 1916) influenced so much. ....
The airship theme actually gave me chills in the theatre
OMG I knew the Rainbow Road sounded pretty familiar!! But I didn't remembered it from that part, I love so much how beautiful it sounds in the movie, so magical, majestic, epic but at the same time nostalgic
You have no idea what my excitement was when they played galaxy music during the credits
I stuck around for the ENTIRE credits sequence and had tears in my eyes when the Galaxy theme started up. And the Gamecube ringtone was one of the funniest bits in the film
11:28 that's actually supposed to be Deep Dark Galaxy from Super Mario Galaxy 1
I agree that the music and the credits are part of the experience. I remember Detective Pikachu doing a same thing and creating this celebratory rendition of the game music for the credits. What a joy that was.
The references toward the New Super Mario Bros. Series really warm my heart, as those games excluding U. and 2 were my childhood.
Bah
Me too.
I have to say, if you're going to throw a licensed song, you could... just rearrange Jump Up Superstar and throw it there as if it was an actual song. Not by making references, but just like the DK Rap - as in, completely considering it a song to fill a scene with motivation.
And bowser fury
18:54 - "back in my days rainbow road didn't have rails" made me chuckle.
That was a number 1 for me too.
Rainbow Road was a quite a final level. A bit of a feat to reach, worth it's 'final challenge' status, very climactic track visually and most of all, an amazing musical piece to capture it too.
In the movie, I was wondering if they were doing Mario Kart 3's (Mario Kart Super Circuit's) Rainbow Road which had that segment for its intro before doing it's own thing. It did not. ^.^
Yeah Super Circuit was first to recognize that this part of the OG Rainbow Road music had huge intro potential!
World 1-1 and Driving me Bananas make me so sad that they were cut because they’re such great songs and would’ve enhanced the scenes. To bad they were replaced with the 2 most unfitting licensed tracks in the movie
Yeah that really pissed me off
@@JoeMama-ne8wp same! Love your pfp
to be honest, I’m ok with waiting for a hero because of it being fitting for a fast pace montage. But they definitely should’ve kept the DK one in
I hope someone edits them into the movie
@@Mr_bukowski4435 thanks man 🙏
I am honestly disappointed that there were no other rainbow road leitmotifs in the soundtrack, considering an entire scene is centered around it.
The wii version should have been there. Its a crime that it wasnt.
In the track “Rainbow Roade Rage” I’m genuinely shocked to have not heard any Rainbow Road tracks. An ominous remix of 64s or Wiis would’ve been so welcomed
I heard the intro of the SNES rainbow road SOMEWHERE in there, but I forget exactly where.
@@NJHProductions512 the SNES version was played.
@@kasam0308 ik
This is amazing! Such thoroughness!
Plus, I’m glad we didn’t have to wait too long for someone to make this!
Not an easy balancing act! Too quick and you miss half the references due to lack of research; too thorough and you're a late copycat.
Well, I had the week off. Who needs rest?
10:51 Correction: it's also played in Captain Toad Treasure Tracker, so not exclusive to 3D World.
Mmm you're right; I meant to say that part wasn't in Galaxy, but used the wrong formulation.
13:27- 14:18 I love the amount of different variations of the tower theme from NSMBWii!
The original game is a big part of my childhood and hearing this score in the film gave me goosebumps.
You're always so good at catching leitmotifs! Just like xenoblade 3 OST video, I'm impressed by the effort you put in, but also giving us timestamps +titles here.
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Great video. This is the best analysis of the score and soundtrack I've seen so far.
I loved how they managed to included tracks from all across Mario's history without it sounding cluttered or ill-fitting
I’m looking forward to when we get a version of the movie with all the weird non-Nintendo tracks replaced with the tracks they had planned originally
Would be interesting if they add in some tracks from the 93 mario movie in the sequel
5:38 wanna know what’s worse? The composer had to fight to keep the superstar theme in for the final fight scene; they wanted to add in…. Jump…. By Van Halen……
Illumination needs to learn how to stop making jukebox musicals
Freaking hats off to Brian Tyler for putting his foot down.
Really great analysis!, there's even some stuffs I didn't notice before
To be fair, you probably didn't put almost every waking hour of a week off into analyzing the soundtrack. 😅
The Level Complete credit music is a bop, especially the Gusty Garden Galaxy bit.
Both the movie and this video made me cry, especially when Mario turned into a tanuki! That made me feel like a kid again!
10:27 This also comes from a game called captain toad treasure tracker! one is the same motif but one is also remixed. captain toad treasure tracker is available on the nintendo 3ds and nintendo switch.
When I saw this, and heard your #1 reference, I legit got misty eyed. It was so unexpected, and so great.
They only needed to do a few but they did _soo_ much more than that.
My favorite is the Mario rap being ripped perfectly from the original TV show
Super Mario 3 was the mario game that I have played the longest time, so when I heard the soundtrack played when Mario got the tanooki suit, I almost cried.
I was already crying lol. That whole sequence got me going and then the rest of the movie just flat out broke me
3:51 hearing gusty garden in theaters almost made me tear up
Goosebumps all over
17:41 By the way, we ALMOST lost this one in the final theatrical release to Van Halen’s Jump and all these bizarre licensed song choices were supposedly suggested by Miyamoto himself.
So now we wait and hope for a Director’s Cut…
Jump? What? WHAT. Talk about ruining a moment. After your comment I went and read about that; I see "studio executives" rather than Miyamoto, but WOW, hopefully they'll be set straight.
The music from DK Country while Cranky is on the girders with the gramophone is originally from the NES port of the Donkey Kong arcade game.
How did I never know that!? Thank you.
10:25 I think many will believe it's from Captain Toad. If not completely due to Galaxy and 3D World, it's where it ended up.
You were right!
Yes yes!! It's totally captain toad. Maybe the toad in the movie is him before he got his title ;-D
I finally watched the movie a few days ago and was impressed by the amount of musical references. Thank you for making this video because I realized I missed quite a lot of references. And also thank you for pointing out which parts of the movie these played in too.
What a great movie musically. I love how they didn't just put in a few references, they really crammed the movie full of references to the original series, and it Just. Sounds. Great. It's not forced, it's bombastic, beautiful and brilliant. It's a love letter to the Mario musical legacy, and too right, because what a legacy. I think the superstar theme at the end battle was my favourite, bar the reference to Gusty Garden Galaxy in the credits which just made me light up to hear the Best VGM Track Ever playing. But I love how the superstar theme really transformed the original reference and made it super.
Great analysis. Thanks for making this video!
Also:
16:57 - I entirely agree with how much audiotime you gave to this song. Absolutely smashing music!
So so glad someone else caught the Deep Dark Galaxy reference!
What an amazing video. An entertaining way to go through A LOT of leitmotifs and references. Very well done!
I thought I caught a few easter eggs and references already, looks like I wasn't even close to finding all of them LOL
Great video man! I'm glad to see so many of them here, and the editing is top notch :)
I do NOT envy whomever lists the VISUAL references. Once the movie gets a home release it's gonna be a scarmble!
(Not for me though, I know my lane.)
@@NicD Oh definitely loool, can't watch that movie for 5 minutes without an easter egg!
As a long time Nintendo player and someone who loves music, the work done to incorporate so many musical easter eggs in the movie was one of the best parts of it.
I just watched the movie yesterday and today I get this?
You treat us so well
15:08 funny how they gave the song in the movie about a dog attacking Mario a piece of a song from a game where a dog attacks Mario
Did not expect something like this from you! Watched your xenoblade 3 video and absolutely loved it, this was a lovely treat, very well made as usual
Loved the movie and catching as many references as I could! But there was one musical reference that I kept waiting for and I unfortunately didn't hear: Dire Dire Docks
I love this video thank you, mentioning every reference
For 13:30 that could be the theme when Peach’s castle is being stolen in Mario Galaxy 1 but the Tower from NSMB Wii (and U) is probably the best
i love the way he faded the movie sound into the game's sound, its so statisfying
After watching the video, I started the OST again in Spotify. And just had to laugh loudly. "Peaches" was already heard over 16 million times! :D
This video makes me love the movie even more, thank you for your awesome work !
3:49 I've never gotten past the space junk galaxy when i was a kid playing that game over 11 years ago, but immediately weither my brain realized it or not my heart and soul just knew it was a Super Mario Galaxy level theme, when it started playing my heart felt warm, it felt like my soul was ascending and i began humming it as though I've known it for all my life.. it was such a magical moment, i will never forget that feeling.
"Game music done right"
I could not have said it better!
😁 Yeah the title of my series on game music is scary appropriate here!
Thanks for this video! I was looking for some of these references and you got them!
All these references made me cry,this movie is perfect
Awesome! This sure is the best breakdown of the music in the Super Mario Bros movie. Thank you!
This is an AMAZING breakdown!!! Appreciate all that work looking into all of it for us!
11:31 It’s close to King Boo’s theme in Luigi’s mansion 3 to my perspective
Watching the movie was an experience, from smile to tears picking up every little references that I could recognize, gusty garden galaxy in the credit finishing me and made me almost empty when the screen finally went to black.
To think that most of the theater emptied out as the credits started rolling...
I had no idea the Fury Bowser song was from one of the games. Makes me want to try it. . .
Bowser's Fury is fantastic
After I saw the movie I was waiting for this exact video. Thank you 🎉
Me and my friends song the gusty garden galaxy theme in the cinema when it played. Was so beautiful
It's a bit of a stretch but there are four notes right after the Bob-omb Battlefield reference in Welcome to the Mushroom Kingdom that sound a lot like the first four notes of the New Super Mario Bros Wii intro theme
I had that pointed out last week (if it's what I'm thinking of), prompting me to add the following to my pinned comment; what do you think?
💿 Welcome to the Mushroom Kingdom 1:23 ← 🎮 NSMB Wii... multiple?
⤷ Now this one's a rabbit hole. The three sting notes there could be those that play at 0:03 in the NSMBW Title, reinforced by how they're in the same key and how they're soon followed by the PAH and P-Switch. But there's the 1:24-1:33 stretch from WttMK in-between, that I could never identify, but it's not dissimilar to 0:20 in the NSMBW Opening Theme. What to do?
I keep raving about the movie, and I give the music my 10/10 when I talk about it.
Fucking ADORED the music in this movie. I give “Peaches” a stand up in salute, basically describing my entire love for the soundtrack. I loved “Peaches”
I didn't know I needed "Peaches" in my life.
Fun fact: I actually watched the movie in French (with a less-bilingual friend), and "peaches" was translated "princesse" (sounds close to the English word), which I found even funnier.
@@NicD If the fact Bowser called “Peach”
“Peaches” is a language thing, I dig it.
He called Peach “Peaches” quite a few times, to where I don’t think he understands her “actual” name, and that’s funny.
@@dexterwillmon Definitely a language thing: "Peaches" is an English-exclusive affectionate nickname.
you can hear Wario's Battle Canyon in the blue shell track
I hear it! At 0:22 in Battle Canyon, 0:51 in Blue Shelled - was glaring once pointed out.
I don't think it's an intentional reference, but it would have made the "stretches" section!
Edit: but the composer hints at it being intentional!
6:46 - I'm not sure if this is too much of a stretch but "Drivin' Me Bananas" has minor motifs that sound like they reference Pure West's use of guitar riffs in "Donkey Kong Country" (the intro used for the Donkey Kong Country TV series that aired sometime in the late 1990s to early 2000s)
Oh wow, 2 minutes ago I hadn't heard that TV theme since my childhood! Do you have specific moments in mind?
@@NicD I know! That show definitely needs some more recognition.
Around the 36 second mark in “Drivin’ Me Bananas”, there’s an electric guitar featured for a few seconds. It sounds like a nod to the electric guitar used in the DKC TV Show’s intro that shows up within the first 10-15 seconds. (IntroKingOfMelody has a high quality rip for reference).
I’m not saying it’s a full on reference but more of a nod to a show that had moderate to little success
Hmmm... they don't sound that alike to me: the show guitar bends a note up as an intro to the solo, whereas the movie guitar is just a hard, clean "dwong" without immediate followup.
Thanks for pointing it out!
SNES RAINBOW ROAD WAS MY FAVORITE MUSICAL EASTER EGG TOO, I ALMOST CRIED IN THE THEATER, I ONLY WISH WE HEARD MORE!!
Of all the courses in Super Mario Kart (SNES), I listened to Rainbow Road the most from trying to master the course difficulty.
Oh my can I relate to that, I remember how long I took setting a full-speed heavyweight record!
14:45 I'm pretty sure that that is the Mario Galaxy (1 or 2, I can't remember) Airship theme from. The star festival before Bowser flies off.
The Airship arrangements in the movie sound much closer to the Galaxy arrangements than to the original SMB3 version, but I would still argue that the rhythm in this section I mentioned doesn't match. I will eat my words if someone point out a matching part in a Galaxy game though!
10:36 is Captain Toad theme
True! But I choose to refer to the earliest appearance of the music.
I'll never forgive Illumination for choosing pop music over actually good OST remasters.
The orchestral music really gave it that grand Mario Galaxy feeling. I wish they left the pop tracks out
The imprisoned theme is definitely supposed to be the nsmb wii tower theme I think
That would make sense since prison walls are so similar to walls from NSMB towers.
Yeah I did come around at the end, for the reason identified by Jacek. Too bad I then forgot to update the "original Bowser music" at 7:10!
How has this not blown up yet?
Here I'm still workshopping the thumbnail! Trying out a Peaches-themed one.
8:40 Is also used during the vs. battle theme in smb3. (The smb3 bonus game where you can play the old arcade-style game 'Mario Bros'.)
Yeah my brother and I kept intercepting each other and stealing level-end panels. 😬
Brian Tyler has absolutely outdone himself by stuffing over 40 years worth of musical references into this soundtrack.
I really loved to see all the references but why did everytime my eyes moved over to the left, man was just staring into my soul-
So I could be completely off base but it sounds like at 2:26 in The Adventure Begins it plays a more serene version of the Elder Princess Shroob battle from partners in time which would be fitting since that part of the track plays during the scene with Mario and Luigi as babies
I would love for this to be true - would be the perfect game to pull music from for that sequence! However I can't hear any part that corresponds; would you point me to a timestamp?
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I really wish they left the real world pop songs out, and kept the original score in. We definitely needed more Donkey Kong Country music.
only saw the first 5 minutes of this video but already loving it. will be back to this after i watch the movie
1:33 i could swear its heard in the opening, when the brothers are running through the city, and mario slides down a traffic pole or something
Just the flag sound effect there.
if this movie doesn't get an award for best soundtrack idk what will
Love the video. Thanks for your great work! I was hoping you would make it
As a pro luigi's mansion 3 player and speedrunner I an SO HAPPY YOU INCLUDED TOMB SUITS (F10)!!
16:03 this is my favorite reference I smiled when it was played in its original form
and like Grant Kirkhope, they were uncredited
In the post credits scene, Castle from SMW is used.
Incredibly well put together! Thank you for this!
I just couldn’t believe they included Gusty Garden, I had the biggest smile on my face!!
7:58 that smear frame of luigi is gold