
In 2023, it became the first video game audio to be inducted into the National Recording Registry. The theme has become one of the most recognizable and iconic songs in the Super Mario franchise, as well as the video game industry as a whole, having made numerous appearances in games and media associated with Mario or the franchise itself and been arranged many times by musicians and in symphonic concerts. Set in the key of C major, the theme uses a periodic structure and calypso rhythms and plays at an andante moderato tempo. theme, is a recurring musical theme composed by Koji Kondo, first appearing in World 1-1 of Super Mario Bros. The " Ground Theme," also known as the overworld theme and Super Mario Bros. Sheet music for the introduction and A section Main motif of the theme played on a piano
