Nintendo Mario's Theme Song Is Being Preserved

[Demon_Skeith]

The National Recording Registry, part of the Library of Congress, is a collection of songs and scores that are culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant, and/or inform or reflect life in the United States. This is the stuff, selected by experts and historians, that will be stored and preserved so that future generations can listen to the most important music of our time and finally a video game song was selected!

As part of the 2023 class, alongside Madonna’s Like a Virgin, Led Zeppelin’s Stairway to Heaven, Mariah Carey’s All I Want for Christmas is You and the Flashdance song, Koji Kondo’s The Super Mario Bros. Theme, also known as Ground Theme, was selected. The Registry explain the selection as:

Perhaps the most recognizable video game theme in history, Koji Kondo’s main motif for the 1985 Nintendo classic, “Super Mario Bros.,” helped establish the game’s legendary status and proved that the five-channel Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) sound chip was capable of vast musical complexity and creativity. The game’s main theme, or “Ground Theme,” is a jaunty, Latin-influenced melody that provides the perfect accompaniment to Mario and Luigi’s side scrolling hijinks. Kondo’s score laid the groundwork for an entire generation of chiptune musicians and has been performed by orchestras around the globe, befitting its status as one of the most beloved musical compositions of the last 40 years.

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[froggyboy604]

It is nice to hear that Mario's Theme Song Is Being Preserved, so people in the future can listen to Mario's theme song.

 

[Artisan Vistra]

If it makes money, it's culturally significant. You see it everywhere and I've heard it at Class A baseball games before.

 

[Demon_Skeith]

If it makes money, it's culturally significant. You see it everywhere and I've heard it at Class A baseball games before.

Wait what? This theme at baseball games?

 

[Artisan Vistra]

Wait what? This theme at baseball games?

When players get up to bat they play various jingles. At least the Class A one I have been to does.

 

[Demon_Skeith]

When players get up to bat they play various jingles. At least the Class A one I have been to does.

Don't see them paying Nintendo for the right.