The 40 Greatest Uses Of The Super Mario Theme
Kōji Kondō was born in 1960 in Nagoya, Japan. When he was 17, he decided to pursue music as a full time gig. When Kondō was 23, NIntendo hired him to write music for video games. Kondō was only allowed to use four instruments for the music. This included two monophonic pulse channels, a monophonic triangle, and a noise channel. This was because of the sound chip on the original Nintendo.
Kondō has also created music for games on the Super Nintendo, Nintendo 64, and the Wii. We have all grown up with this music and I guarantee you that anyone who has ever played the original Nintendo has the theme memorized and can hum to it.
Today, hundreds of people are attempting to recreate his music with a variety of instruments. This includes the organ, hand farting, burping, and even tesla coils. Check out the list below of some of the top uses of Kondō’s Super Mario Bros. theme.
40. Burping. This guy will make it far in life.
39. This guy plays it somehow with this teeth. This is pretty disgusting.
38. Hand farting the theme. Classy!
37. Typing the theme on a phone.
36. Some kid plays it with a ruler.
35. Mario theme on the tromboner.
34. Jamming on a 6 string banjo!
33. Wannabe Kenny G plays it on the sax!
32. Playing it on the clarinet.
31. The theme is played on a cornet.
30. Rock metal cover of the theme.
29. Played on a mandolin.
28. Playing the theme on the Taiko drums game
27. The theme gets played on a theremin.
26. Playing the theme on the violin
25. James Hill jams to the theme on the ukelele
24. The guy is wearing a 1 Up shirt and playing a harmonica.
23. This guy is playing it on a tuba. How does this guy not run out of breath and pass out?
22. You know the Mario theme is big when it’s on Guitar Hero.
21. WTF is Chapman stick? See below.
20. The theme played on the accordion. Just when you thought the most nerdiest instrument couldn’t do it, they made a video.
19. Super Mario at the end of a family service on a church organ.
18. This guy jams to the theme on the piano while blindfolded.
17. The theme mixed with hip hop and a fiddle.
16. Everything sounds good on the steel drums!
15. Jazz band at a high school.
14. Hyun Joon popping and locking to the theme song.
13. Vardum rocks out to the theme on drums.
12. Greg Patillo beat boxes and plays the flute at the same time.
11. Dueling Trumpets. This teacher and student are dressed like Luigi and Mario too!
10. Super Mario: Vice City style
9. DO THE MARIO! Too bad, this was a terrible show.
8. Played by a bassoon quartet.
7. A whole team of people blowing on bottles.
6. Zack Kim rocks out to the theme on two electric guitars at once:
5. Steve Ward and Jeff Larson’s twin tesla coils playing the theme on the lawn in Baraboo, Wisc.
4. This guy sets up the theme with an RC car with a bunch of bottles! Either he is incredible talented or has waaaaay too much time on his hands
3. Nintendo A Capella singing the tune. Watch for the sound effects and the guy booting it up at the beginning.
2. The Notre Dame marching band playing the theme
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Comments
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Matt
October 24th, 2008 at 1:27 amThe cell phone one was very cool, but that’s actually from Super Mario World
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Anonymous
October 24th, 2008 at 12:28 pmwhy isnt eazy e on this
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Conny Cray
October 24th, 2008 at 1:06 pmYou forgot the Hifana SMB scratch routine :B
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disgustin
October 24th, 2008 at 1:38 pmyou forgot the cocoa brovaz song to the mario beat.. your site took a huge loss for not having it on the list..
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Anonymous
October 24th, 2008 at 1:45 pmyou totally forgot it being played on tesla coils:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VX5V_9s0Gfw -
@Anonymous
October 24th, 2008 at 2:02 pmTesla coils are being in the list.
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Dennis Wurster
October 24th, 2008 at 2:42 pmI guess 2.3 million views on YouTube isn’t enough… This would surely be in the top 5:
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krapo
October 25th, 2008 at 3:50 amI’m so sad you didn’t include my KORG DS-10 version…
http://krapo.wordpress.com/2008/08/09/super-mario-bros-theme-korg-ds-10/
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October 25th, 2008 at 1:39 pmMRCHAN
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TF-Fan
October 25th, 2008 at 3:26 pmWoah, thanks for the cool list. I love the cell phone one. and that weird one with the pipes.
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October 25th, 2008 at 7:43 pmRegarding your comment about the Tuba guy:
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Joy
October 25th, 2008 at 9:55 pmNumber 3, the a capella version, is from the University of Wisconsin – Madison. The guys group, Madhatters, and girls group, Tangled Up in Blue, collaborates on some pieces. I saw this live, actually the performance featured, and it was even more amazing in person.
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October 26th, 2008 at 11:36 pmthe metal one is great!
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K`shandra
October 31st, 2008 at 12:42 pmThis one’s my particular favorite:
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Megan
November 15th, 2008 at 1:51 pmwht dumb things
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Jason A
November 16th, 2008 at 2:56 amCheck out this bands version- neskimos.com
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Murray
December 30th, 2008 at 7:23 amI can play Bob-omb battlefield on a tissue!
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Neslock
January 5th, 2009 at 11:22 pmDream Theater’s version…
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Anonymous
January 6th, 2009 at 4:43 pmI like the tuba one. How does he not run out of breath and pass out? Well, he inhales, in addition to exhale. Just like you and I. Isn’t that wonderful?!
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thomas
November 28th, 2009 at 5:20 amThanks a lot Mr Kondo and all fans =)
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