icekatana Posted August 2, 2013 Share Posted August 2, 2013 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salluz Posted August 2, 2013 Share Posted August 2, 2013 We @ OCR will have to do our homework. This is new to us! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Binjovi Posted August 2, 2013 Share Posted August 2, 2013 I think I remember something like this.... If I recall correctly it wasn't the exact song, but a very similar sound-alike, which happens quite often. I do know that they originally wanted to use an already established song for the original Zelda overworld though, so there may still be something to this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icekatana Posted August 4, 2013 Author Share Posted August 4, 2013 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). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lazygecko Posted August 4, 2013 Share Posted August 4, 2013 All surf rock is derived from Dick Dale. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PixelPanic Posted August 4, 2013 Share Posted August 4, 2013 All surf rock is derived from Dick Dale. Arguable, but mostly yes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Coop Posted August 5, 2013 Share Posted August 5, 2013 Damn it, I thought this was going to be about some kind of Mario/Transformers cross over. GAWD! **storms off** Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icekatana Posted August 5, 2013 Author Share Posted August 5, 2013 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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