Bloomsbury Popular Music - Koji Kondo's Super Mario Bros. Soundtrack

Koji Kondo's Super Mario Bros. Soundtrack

Koji Kondo's Super Mario Bros. Soundtrack

Andrew Schartmann

Bloomsbury Academic, 2015

Table of Contents

Front matter

Dedication
v–vi
Foreword
xi–x
Preface
xi–xiv
Acknowledgments
xv–xvi

Introduction
1–6

Contexts 7–8

1–1. An Unlikely Hero is Born
9–20
1–2. Mario Grows Up
21–28
1–3. Kondo’s Compositional Philosophy
29–34
1–4. Kondo’s Instruments
35–48

Music 49–50

2–1. Overworlds and Underworlds
51–71
2–2. The “Underwater” Waltz
72–88
2–3. Bowser’s “Castle” Theme and Other Endings
89–98
2–4. Sound Effects
99–114
Conclusion
115–120

Back matter

Bibliography
137–142

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Authors:

Andrew Schartmann

Page Range: xi–xiv

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