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The Soundtrack Show

The Music of Super Mario Bros.

The Soundtrack Show

iHeartPodcasts

Film History, Music, Music History, Tv & Film

4.91.5K Ratings

🗓️ 18 April 2018

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

Jump in and explore the music of Super Mario Bros, in all of its 8-bit glory. We discuss the surprising power of video game music, the technology and innovation that drove it, and the creative process that led to this 1985 classic. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

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freshest streaming service. Ladies and gentlemen, please take your seats. Our show is about to begin.

0:40.0

The history of music has been filled with technical innovation.

0:45.0

From the creation of valves on a trumpet so that it could play more notes,

0:49.0

to the creation of the superior dynamics of a forte piano, or as we know it, a piano.

0:54.8

From the invention of synchronize sound and moving pictures to the creation of real-time synthesize

0:59.7

scores for interactive video games. Technology, even in its earliest stages, is impossible to separate from the art that it gave life to.

1:09.0

This is the soundtrack show.

1:12.0

Wait, where's my theme music? is the soundtrack show.

1:15.0

Wait, where's my theme music? Hold on, let me just eject this here.

1:19.0

I'll try blowing on the cartridge.

1:21.0

H Okay. cartridge. Okay, here we go. Welcome to the Soundtrack Show. I'm your host David W. Collins and on this episode we're going to talk about video game music at its

1:44.9

beginning.

1:46.9

While there's so much video game music out there, we're going to start with music that was

1:50.6

first heard by the public in 1985.

1:55.0

1985.

1:58.0

1985, great Scott, what a year.

2:01.0

Just ten years after the release of Jaws, the world had really changed.

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