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Audio from the Basileous Productions playthrough of World 1-1:.'El Cayuco' by Tito Puente from Dance Mania, 1958.'Nascence' from Journey by Austin Wintory feat.The Legend of Zelda theme and various other tracks from Super Mario Bros.

On this episode, Kirk peels back the layers of Koji Kondo's 'World 1-1' music from the first Super Mario Bros., revealing a perfectly polished musical gem. Their onboard synthesizers put strict limits on what kinds of music game composers could write, but from those limits came a cornucopia of musical themes that remain iconic even today. Classic video game consoles like the Nintendo Entertainment System didn't just play games they also played music.

Super mario bros world 1-1