[Mario & jazz]

All surf rock is derived from Dick Dale.

Yeah, mostly true (I'd say Link Wray was also a progenitor of the instrumental rock sound which became surf), but I'd like to try establishing more stark similarities in this thread, rather than stylistic ones.

[Mario & jazz]

In the spirit of also hopefully discussing contemporary music's influence on videogame music, I offer this comparison:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=quXxpZt_k7k

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LOh7D5n6FGA

It's not a ripoff or anything, but it's clear what Nobuo Uematsu listens to (aside from Elton John, that is).

[Mario & jazz]

Wondering if anyone knows about the jazz songs that the original Super Mario sound track was based on. I believe 1-1 was a big band song or something like that. I very clearly recall the invincibility tune being taken from a bossa nova song (whose melody was eventually incorporated into the SMW2 invincibility theme). Also the underworld theme was taken from an 80s jazz funk song. I can't remember where I found any of this information but it would be greatly appreciated, as well as an opportunity to discuss videogame music's inspiration.