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.

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 ...

Indeed, Mario is the standard. Truly, it’s difficult to overstate how influential the game was and, as a result, its soundtrack and main theme. Even its first three seconds are historic. The game ...

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 ...