

3 death jingle (I almost wanted to die just to hear it), to tons of references to past Mario titles that I won’t spoil here. Fortunately, they’ve brought together the best of both worlds, both in terms of a big orchestral sound and the traditional Mario big band jazz that’s been missing for so long.Įvery bit of this soundtrack is a love note to fans, from the arrangement of the character select screen from Super Mario Bros. I’ll say that Mahito Yokota and Koji Kondo (interviewed here) had a lot to live up to after their work on Super Mario Galaxy. We’ve got reviews of a lot of other great soundtracks as well, including the recent re-release of the Castlevania: Lords of Shadow soundtrack, and finally a release for Castlevania: Lords of Shadow – Mirror of Fate, but also an amazing Sonic the Hedgehog album, Club Needlemouse, a BlizzCon exclusive StarCraft II CD, a Mega Man 25th anniversary project, and much more.Īs always, enjoy some streaming music courtesy of the Destructoid SoundCloud account and Bandcamp.Īrtist(s): Mahito Yokota, Koji Kondo, Toru Minegishi, Yasuaki Iwata Top honors go to Super Mario 3D World, and there are so many reasons why that you’ll read about here in a second. Note Worthy 022: Soundtracks you should be listening to!Ĭoming to the end of the year, there’s always a lot of great game music releases planned.
