Super Mario Bros Theme Song

High Schoolers shreading up some SMB theme songs!

mario — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 15:03:12 -0600

This awesome SMB theme medley is performed by Evan (Wario), Rylan (Mario), Cam (Luigi) from some High School. Nice work, dudes! Anyone have the tab for this piece?

Super Mario Medley at IGC East '09

mario — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 14:18:22 -0600

There was some goodness going on at the Independent Game Conference '09 (IGC East '09) this year! One of them being this awesome Super Mario Medley by the Video Game Orchestra featuring Niki Mariskanish on Clarinet, Jon Kolar on Electric Bass and Alvaro Morales on Drums. Super Mario Medley: Super Mario Bros., Dungeon Theme, Ocean Theme and Super Mario World.

Super Mario Underwater Theme by lonlonjp

Princess_Peach — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 14:53:48 -0600

The Underwater theme is one of my favorite tunes from SMB. Here's lonlonjp from YouTube showing us how nice it can sound on an acoustic guitar. The difficulty level is "M" for Moderate guitarist. Capo = 0 Normal Tuning: EADGBE. I'd really like to get my hands on the sheet music or tab for this piece!

Super Mario Bros Theme played on a Stepper Motor

mario — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 12:18:17 -0600

This is probably the most original way I've seen the SMB theme played! tthattch from YouTube managed to hook up a PLC to control a stepper motor* that plays the SMB theme. Very clever!

Mario Theme played on steel drums

mario — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 14:28:56 -0600

I'm starting to lose track of the many ways people play the Super Mario Bros theme song. Here's a group playing the SMB theme on the steel drums.

The Manualist plays SMB 2 / SSB Melee

Princess_Peach — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 03:45:16 -0600

The Manualist, Gerry Phillips, has been playing the hard fart for 39 years and he's here to perform the Super Mario Bros 2 / Super Smash Bros Melee theme music.

NESTUNES plays a Super Mario medley

Princess_Peach — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 10:33:06 -0600

Here's a band from Uddevalla, Sweden named NESTUNES. In this video they play a cool medley at the Garden Festival. Cool costumes! lol

The Blindfolded Pianist joins Video Games Live! onstage to play the SMB theme

mario — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 13:43:34 -0600

Martin Leung, The Video Game Pianist formerly known as the Blindfolded Pianist plays the SMB theme song during a Video Games Live! performance in Singapore 2009.

Super Mario Bros theme played by Dave the Horn Guy

Princess_Peach — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 06:55:38 -0600

Dave the Horn Guy does his rendition of the Super Mario Bros theme song. This guy has about 20+ horns attached to his body and has to squeeze a few horns simitaneously - definitely not easy! Dave the Horn Guy is part of the Tommy Bartlett show in Wisconsin Dells. The Tommy Bartlett Show features a water ski show that's got all sorts of high-flying, death defying stunts.

Bootleg footage of Mr. Bungle playing the Super Mario Theme

Princess_Peach — Wed, 27 May 2009 14:52:09 -0600

Some of the hair metal folks might remember a band called Mr. Bungle from the 80s. They were a experimental rock/avant-garde metal group from N. California. Here's some bootleg footage of them playing the Super Mario Bros theme and Underwater theme at Club Lingerie in Los Angeles, Cali on Jan 10, 1991.

Super Mario Bros theme played on teeth

mario — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 10:19:29 -0600

I think we're running out of different ways people can play the Super Mario Bros. theme song. Here's a video of a dude playing the SMB theme with his teeth. What's next.. farting the theme song? Lets hope not. :) Check it:

Mouth popping the SMB theme

mario — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 13:32:58 -0600

Not sure how to classify this, but this guy is mouth/cheek popping the Super Mario Bros theme song. Watch out for this one.. He might be touring your local high school stairwell soon! :)

Super Mario Bros theme on Euphonium

Princess_Peach — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 13:27:31 -0600

We haven't seen the SMB theme played on a euphonium yet, so here it is:

Kyle Landry plays the SMB2 Overworld Theme

Princess_Peach — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 13:07:05 -0600

I can never get tired of listening to great pianists play some of our favorite SMB theme songs. This one is Kyle Landry's interpretation of the Overworld Theme from Super Mario Bros. 2

Super Mario Bros Theme on Body Drums

Princess_Peach — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 15:15:14 -0600

This is Tim, a 9 year old boy that is plays the body drum. In this video he plays the Super Mario Bros theme song. According to his mom, Tim has been playing the body drums since he was 1. Cool video, Tim!

Swingy version of Super Mario Bros 2 Overworld Theme

mario — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 11:52:25 -0600

This video will make you want to go dig up your old NES and play some Super Mario Bros 2! Listen as Krytie2X4B plays a swing version of SMB 2 on his Yamaha Tyros 2. Just in case you're wondering, he used a slightly customized style of "Orchestral Swing 2". Nice job, Krytie2X3B!

Super Mario Bros 3 - Nerds A Capella style

mario — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 10:27:50 -0600

These two guys sing Super Mario Bros 3.. Nerds-A-Capella style. They from the makers of "Stupid Mario Brothers".

Super Mario Land: Overworld theme

mario — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 10:25:16 -0600

This is NightShader1's (Pascal van Stekelenburg) interpretation of Super Mario Land: Overworld theme on the piano. The first version has a cool beat to it and 2nd version sounds just like the video game.

Super Mario Bros theme played at the 2009 Taiwan International Festival

mario — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 10:56:15 -0700

This video is from the 2009 Taiwan International Festival - VGL in Taipei. They had an orchestra there playing a bunch of video game songs and one of them was the Super Mario Bros theme song.

Super Mario Bros 2 theme sung and played on guitar

mario — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 15:24:27 -0700

This guy was inspired by two other people that also did the Super Mario Bros 2 theme song - Adrian Holovaty and Brendon Urie. Sounds good, jordanskt.

KORG DS-10 Synthesizer for your Nintendo DS

mario — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 16:34:06 -0700

The KORG DS-10 is software for the Nintendo DS that emulates the KORG MS-10 synthesizer. The Korg DS-10 is the first music tool for the DS. It features 2 patchable dual-oscillator analog synths, four part drum machine, 6 track and 16 step sequencer. Effects include delay, chorus, and flanger .. all of this can be controlled in real-time via the touch screen. You can also exchange sounds/songs via wifi. This is definitely for all music makers/gamers. :) Here are some videos of the KORG DS-10 in action. The first vid is of someone using the DS-10 to play the Super Mario Bros song. :)

Super Mallet Bros plays Zelda, Pokemon and the Super Mario Bros theme

mario — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 16:11:19 -0700

Danny Garfield, Zach Upton-Davis, and Jason Weitzman also known as the Super Mallet Bros. played this cool medley at their 2009 Mamaroneck High School Honors Recital. The instruments used (from right to left): Wind Chimes, Gong, Marimba, Bells, Vibraphone, Snare Drum, Claves, and Xylophone.

TheBeatboxHitman beatboxing to the Super Mario Bros theme

mario — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 15:57:14 -0700

This is a pretty cool video of TheBeatboxHitman from YouTube beatboxing along with our favorite theme song. Check out some of his other videos... he likes to sit in front of his computer and beatbox to songs.

lonlonjp plays the Underwater theme and Super Mario 64 - Snow Mountain

mario — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 16:31:58 -0700

lonlonjp plays the Super Mario tunes. This first one is one of our favorite SMB songs - The Underwater Theme.

Super Mario Breakdance

mario — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 17:51:54 -0700

Poppin' Hyun Joon (aka Happy Hyun Joon / Nam Hyun Joon) is a famous Korean dancer/popper.. and in this video he pops to our favorite theme song.

Super Mario Bros played on Guitar and Oud

mario — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 15:14:35 -0700

This SMB theme song is played on the guitar and oud with an Arabic twist.

Super Mario Bros. Underground & Overworld BGM improve

mario — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 14:16:40 -0700

The following videos are from DragonArmyVideo -- this guy can definitely play piano. The first video is the SMB main theme song and the 2nd video is an improve of the Underground BGM.

SMB theme on the Upright Bass

mario — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 09:05:39 -0700

Jason Phillips performs the Mario Medley on the Upright Bass. The songs included are SMB Main Theme, SMB64 Hazy Maze Cave and the SMB Water Music. Not the best theme song, but it's be first time we've seen it played on a upright bass.

Brendon Urie sings and whistles the Super Mario theme

mario — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 08:54:38 -0700

Brendon Urie from Panic at the Disco sings and whistles the Super Mario theme song at the Honda Civic Tour press tour.

SMB theme played on multi-tracks - Harmony, Bass and Lead

mario — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 05:27:11 -0700

The video below is from Vini087z where he plays a multi-track of the Super Mario Bros theme song. If you roll over the boxes within the video, you can hear each different parts of the track (Harmony, Bass and Melody) -- this must be a new feature of Youtubes as we've never noticed anything like this before. Hey Vini087z, where's the sheet music? Don't hide it, divide it.

Super Mario Bros played on Violin and Cello

mario — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 20:05:06 -0700

This is a great performance by Alex Fager (violin, age 17) and Nathan Chan (cello, age 15). They are two prodigies from San Francisco, CA. The SMB songs were arranged for violin and cello by Alex Fager. Nice work!

Super Mario theme played by students of NaUKMA

mario — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 19:55:03 -0700

This is a performance by the students of NaUKMA -- they play the SMB theme song accompanied by some dancing.

SMB theme played on a Melodica

mario — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 19:45:05 -0700

Here's a dude playing the SMB theme on a Melodica wearing a Mario cushion as a hat.

Nintendo Entertainment System Of A Down

mario — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 16:01:07 -0700

This is hands down the BEST Super Mario Bros metal mix to ever grace the Internet! Even though the video says "Nintendo Entertainment System of A Down", we're not sure if SOAD really did it... although it's good enough that it could be SOAD as they are gamers and did do a Legend of Zelda song (see below the Mario Metal mix).

A collection of women blowing on the flute to play our favorite theme song

mario — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 15:25:28 -0700

This is a few videos of women playing our favorite theme song on the flute. Some of them still needs a bit of practice, but cool nonetheless.

Ceci N'Est Pas Une Pipe (Super Mario Medley for Four Flutes)
Arranged by Tam Hartman. Themes originally by Koji Kondo. Featuring Tam Hartman (As Princess Peach), Allison Wellons, Amy Fiorito, and Lauren Bonavitacola

Super Mario Bros carnaval Iquique 2008

mario — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 15:17:25 -0700

Here's a video from the Iquique 2008 festival where the band plays our favorite theme song.

Super Mario Bros theme played on the Flute and Clarinet

mario — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 15:01:22 -0700

Here is a cool flute and clarinet duet by Cristiano Vieira and Diogo Paiva. What's even cooler is that they posted the sheet music arranged to Flute, Clarinet and Basson. You can download the SMB sheet music here.

Maniacal 4 Trombone Quartet plays the SMB theme

mario — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 14:55:47 -0700

Maniacal 4 Trombone Quartet at the University of North Texas plays our theme. :)

Tenor trombones played by Carl Lundgren, Alex Dubrov and Nick Laufer. Bass trombone played by Matt Jefferson. Nice job guys.

Super Mario Bros 2 in the style of Django Reinhardt - video, mp3 and chord arrangement

mario — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 15:18:30 -0700

This is an AWESOME gypsy jazz version of the Super Mario Bros 2, level 1 theme song done by Adrian Holovaty. You can watch the video below or download the MP3 here. Luckily for all guitarist, Adrian has posted the chords for the Super Mario 2 Level 1 theme song (see below video).

Super Mario Bros theme - A cappella style

mario — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 15:53:27 -0600

Here's a cool A cappella version of the Super Mario Bros theme song. If anyone has more info on the group singing, please leave a comment.

Super Mario Bros. theme played on STL Ocarina

mario — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 15:45:06 -0600

This chic sure knows how to handle that Ocarina.. here she is playing our favorite theme song with a bonus Underwater Level theme song - all on the ocarina.

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Super Mario Bros theme played in the Wii Music commercial

mario — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 15:39:06 -0600

Remember the Rhythemless Nation @ E3 trying to play the Super Mario theme? Well, this is what I think they intended it to sound like. In this is a commercial for the Wii Music, they play the Super Mario Bros theme song:

Super Mario Bros theme song played by throat percussion

mario — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 15:35:19 -0600

This looks painful.. luckily some dude on YouTube shows the world how he can play the Super Mario Bros theme song by taping on his throat.

Burping the Super Mario Bros. theme song

mario — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 15:32:15 -0600

drbowser166 from YouTube posted this video of him burping the Super Mario Bros. theme song -- this is truly some amazing talent! :P How much soda did it take to accomplish this?! What's next? Farting the theme song...?

Panic At The Disco sings the "Super Mario Bros" Theme Song

mario — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 00:43:21 -0600

Panic At The Disco sings the "Super Mario Bros" Theme Song at the 105.1 The Buzz Radio Station

Super Mario Bros. Castle theme song played by Dokaka and his Roland BR1600

mario — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 00:28:16 -0600

This guy sings the entire Castle theme by recording each part using a Roland BR1600 and then playing it back while he sings the other part.

Super Mario Bros theme played on a Balalaika

mario — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 13:12:39 -0600

We can't even pronounce the instrument this guy is using to play the Super Mario Bros theme song. The instrument used is a Balalaika, it's a Russian stringed instrument with a triangular body. Vould joo like to touch his monkey?

Super Mario Theme played on the Marimba

mario — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 15:16:50 -0600

Here's an instrument you don't see very often - the marimba. It's basically a big piano that you have to strike with mallets. Here are two Mario fans getting their Mario groove on! The only problem is they didn't play the entire song!! I have a fever, and the only prescription is 'mo Mario! :P Please, ladies, please finish the song and repost a new video. Nice work!

Hey Mon! Itsa me, Mario!

mario — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 09:44:41 -0600

Hey Mon! This is a smooth reggae mix of our favorite Mario theme song.

Dude plays Super Mario Bros theme on a Street Organ

mario — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 10:44:52 -0600

Some dude that looks like a member of ZZ Top is playing our favorite theme song on a street organ.

Heliumkidd plays the Super Mario Bros. Greats!

mario — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 09:13:58 -0600

These song arrangement are played on the piano by Heliumkidd. It's very pleasing the the ears... I can listen to this all day. All the sheet music for these songs are also available for download on Heliumkidd's site.

New Super Mario Bros.

Super Mario Bros theme played by 2 people playing 5 instruments

mario — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 16:47:48 -0600

This arrangement of Super Mario Bros Overworld Theme by Koji Kondo probably took quite some time to put together. The girl in the video plays two clarinets, the flute and the bass while the dude plays the drums. Download the piano sheet music here

Super Mario Bros. theme played on a Theremin

mario — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 10:30:41 -0600

The theremin* has to be one of the strangest instruments in the world. Listen to this dude play our favorite theme song on it.

Rhythmless Nation: Nintendo crew plays Super Mario Bros theme with Wii Music

mario — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 17:15:48 -0600

Out of all the videos of people playing the Super Mario Bros theme song, you'd figure Nintendo would do it the best. Think again. Watch this painful video of the Nintendo crew playing the Super Mario Bros theme song on the Wii Music.

Super Mario Bros theme played on the guitar using finger tapping

mario — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 05:04:15 -0600

There's a sea of videos with people playing the Super Mario Bros theme song on various instruments - some are lame and others are really cool. This video happens to be one of the really cool Super Mario Bros theme song videos. This guitarist plays it by just tapping on his fretboard.

Learn how to play the Super Mario Bros theme song on guitar [tab included]

mario — Mon, 26 May 2008 10:31:15 -0600

Learn how to play the Super Mario Bros theme song on guitar (tab included).

Video Game Pianist plays Super Mario Bros theme

mario — Mon, 26 May 2008 06:27:38 -0600

The Video Game Pianist (real name Martin Leung) (also known as VGP) (formerly The Blindfolded Pianist) is one of the first pianists to gain worldwide recognition for playing popular video game music on the piano, both in concert venues and in online videos. Video Game Pianist is the alter ego of Martin Leung.

Super Mario Theme played with R/C car and glass bottles.

mario — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 23:36:00 -0600

Just when you though you've heard our favorite theme song on just about every instrument, someone comes around and tops them all with this insane setup. These folks lined up a bunch of bottles with water in them.. each bottle is a musical note in the Super Mario theme song. The R/C car will drive by and strike each bottle to play the SMB theme song:

Super Mario Bros theme played on church organ

mario — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 16:10:23 -0700

What better way to end church then to hear the Super Mario Bros theme song as you leave the church. Check out this version played on the church organ after family service at the Earl Stonham Church, Suffolk. Not the best version, but it's the first time we've seen the theme song played on a church organ.

Super Mario Bros. played on a Ocarina

mario — Sun, 08 Jul 2007 17:05:04 -0600

Check out this guy play the Super Mario Bros theme song on a ocarina. A ocarina is a flute like wind instrument usually made out of ceramic, but also made out of plastic, glass, wood and metal. This instrument dates back almost 12000 years... it's good to see it's stuck around long enough to play our fav. theme song.

Super Mario Bros theme song played with two tesla coils

mario — Thu, 31 May 2007 16:39:37 -0600

This might not even be classified as an instrument, but some Joe DiPrima and Oliver Greaves managed to play the Super Mario Bros theme song with two solid state musical tesla coils. Pretty slick.

Super Mario Bros play on a Ukulele

mario — Mon, 14 May 2007 16:56:37 -0600

James Hill is a great ukulele player.. here he plays our favorite theme song.

Super Mario Bros theme song played on the accordion

mario — Sun, 08 Apr 2007 16:36:23 -0600

Super Mario Bros theme song played on the accordion. Nice button mashing!

Super Mario Bros. theme song has lyrics!

mario — Tue, 20 Mar 2007 17:12:50 -0600

Just about everyone knows the Super Mario Bros. theme song.. but did you know there was actual lyrics to that song?! Video and lyrics below!
Go Go Mario - A Live Performance of the Super Mario Theme with Vocals
This clip is from a mini-DVD that was included with a UK GameCube magazine.

Great drummer plays along with our favorite theme song!

mario — Mon, 12 Mar 2007 21:55:24 -0600

This guy with an impressive drum set plays along with the Super Mario Bros. theme song.

Super Mario Bros played on the Hand Fart

mario — Sat, 17 Feb 2007 15:33:54 -0700

This is truly some amazing hand farting talent! This dude plays the Super Mario theme song with his bare hands.

Orchestra plays the Super Mario Bros theme song

mario — Sat, 06 Jan 2007 15:51:02 -0700

Super Mario Bros theme song played by Play! A Video Game Symphony. This version sounds like it should be in the next Super Mario Bros movie. This orchestra performs a medley containing the following SMB songs: The Mario Bros. Theme Song, Water Theme, Underground Theme, Super Mario World Intro and Super Mario 64, 1st Level

Super Mario Bros theme played with a ruler

mario — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 15:53:35 -0700

Here's someone that had to sit in detention one too many times. :) This guy plays the Mario theme with a ruler!

Super Mario Bros theme song played on the 11 stringed bass guitar

mario — Wed, 27 Dec 2006 15:29:58 -0700

Jean Baudin plays our fav. theme song on a 11 string bass.

Super Mario Bros theme song played on the flute while beatboxing

mario — Wed, 27 Dec 2006 15:25:59 -0700

Beat Boxing while playing the Super Mario Bros theme song on the flute = more spit than usual in your flute? :)

Zack Kim plays the Super Mario Theme played with two guitars

mario — Tue, 26 Dec 2006 15:22:41 -0700

Here's an impressive guitarist named Zack Kim that plays the Super Mario Bros theme song via finger tapping on two guitars!

Clarinet Quartet Playing the Super Mario Bros theme

mario — Fri, 15 Sep 2006 15:50:45 -0600

This one is cool but it's too bad the entire orchestra and chorus behind them didn't join in.

Super Mario Bros theme played on a Erhu

mario — Tue, 08 Aug 2006 16:44:34 -0600

Here's an instrument we've never heard of before, the Erhu (aka nanhu, Chinese violin or Chinese two-string fiddle). In this YouTube video, Ray Li plays the Super Mario Bros theme song on it. It sounds bit out of tune at first, but then it gets better.