Rebecca O'Bern, MFA, is a writer, singer, and musician with a passion for video game music. Her work is featured in Game Rant, Passport to Wall Street, and Notre Dame Review. She resides in ...

In 1983, the Mario Bros. faced Italian plumbing brothers Mario and Luigi against a batch of creatures, and was soundtracked by a portion of Mozart’s 1987 classical composition “Eine kleine Nachtmusik.

As announced by the Library of Congress, the Ground Theme from Super Mario Bros. has officially become the first video game song to be inducted into the National Recording Registry. For those ...

Winifred Phillips is a video game music composer. She describes this history-making entry into the National Recording Registry as, "one of the, if not the most memorable game music melodies ever ...

One of the most recognizable and most-heard pieces of music of the past 40 years was written by Koji Kondo. You may not know his name, but you know his work: Kondo is a composer for Nintendo, and his ...

Mamma mia, the Super Mario Bros. theme has been rightfully recognized as a key contribution to U.S. history. It’s one of the 25 songs that will be added to the National Recording Registry this year, ...

Back in 2015, somebody wrote a program to make the original Steam Controller “sing” Doom’s theme song and other music. Catch up to 2026, and people are already making music with the new Steam ...

The ultra-recognizable Super Mario theme music, originally introduced in 1985 on the Famicom and NES, is one of 25 recordings being inducted into the Library of Congress. The ultra-recognizable Super ...

Jack Black’s silly little ditty has backing vocals, if we can call them that. They’re performed by co-stars Chris Pratt, Anya Taylor-Joy, Brie Larson, Charlie Day, and Donald Glover. Below are the ...

Happy Mario Day! While Nintendo is offering sales for Mario titles, the cast of the upcoming Super Mario Bros. movie all got together and sang the Mario theme along with Tonight Show host Jimmy Fallon ...

Jack Black has debuted a new song about Super Mario for the launch of The Super Mario Galaxy Movie, following his previous viral hit Peaches. But why isn't this fresh tune actually in Nintendo's film?