page_title: Super Mario Odyssey
section_title: Music
hierarchical_section_title: Super Mario Odyssey / Development / Music
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Takashi Tezuka, Shigeru Miyamoto und Koji Kondo am 13. September 2015 auf dem Super Mario 30th Anniversary Festival im Club Music Exchange, Shibuya, Tokio English: Takashi Tezuka, Shigeru Miyamoto and Koji Kondo - September 13th 2015 at the Super Mario 30th Anniversary Festival in the Club Music Exchange, Shibuya, Tokyo 日本語: 「スーパーマリオ30祭 SUPER MARIO BROS. 30th Anniversary Festival」2015年09月13日 duo MUSIC EXCHANGE（渋谷区道玄坂2-14-8 O-EASTビル1F）にて（左から）スーパーマリオ着ぐるみ、手塚卓志、宮本茂、近藤浩治。
context_page_description: Super Mario Odyssey is a platform game developed and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo Switch on October 27, 2017. An entry in the Super Mario series, it follows Mario and Cappy, a sentient hat that allows Mario to control other characters and objects, as they journey across various worlds to save Princess Peach from his nemesis Bowser, who plans to forcibly marry her. In contrast to the linear gameplay of prior entries, the game returns to the primarily open-ended, 3D platform gameplay featured in Super Mario 64 and Super Mario Sunshine.
  The game was developed by Nintendo's Entertainment Planning & Development division, and began development soon after the release of Super Mario 3D World in 2013. Various ideas were suggested during development, and to incorporate them all, the team decided to employ a sandbox-style of gameplay. Unlike previous installments such as New Super Mario Bros. and Super Mario 3D World, which were aimed at a casual audience, the team designed Super Mario Odyssey to appeal to the series' core fans. The game also features a vocal theme song, "Jump Up, Super Star!", a first for the series.
context_section_description: A first for the series, Nintendo's character development of Pauline led to them writing a vocal theme song, which ended up representing the entire game. The swing music-inspired song, "Jump Up, Super Star!", was composed by the game's lead composer Naoto Kubo and performed by Kate Higgins, who also did the voice acting for Pauline. The lyrics were originally written in Japanese by Nobuyoshi Suzuki, which was later localized in English by Nintendo of America employee Rob Tunstall, who refined them along with Rob Heiret, the game's lead English translator. Nintendo's intent with the song was to create a "fun" jazz track that could be enjoyed outside of the game, but with references to the Mario franchise that could be further appreciated by fans of the series. Additionally, they wanted a chorus that was simple enough for non-English speakers to sing along to. Another vocal track featured in the game, "Break Free (Lead the Way)", was written following the same process. Additional music for the game was composed by Shiho Fujii and longtime series composer Koji Kondo.
  Two weeks before the game's release, Nintendo uploaded a Broadway-inspired promotional music video of the song, which featured live action dancers alongside a CGI animated Mario. The song was released on the digital music storefront iTunes shortly after, breaking into the top 40 best sellers on it in the United States. A four-disc, 136 track complete soundtrack was released in Japan by Being Inc. on February 28, 2018. It includes the English, Japanese and instrumental versions of "Jump Up, Super Star!" and "Break Free (Lead The Way)", as well as commentary from staff members who worked on the game. In addition to the full soundtrack, a 12-track digital album was released worldwide on iTunes in December 2017.
caption: Koji Kondo, the series' sound director, wrote a number of musical tracks for the game.
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