Airship Theme

The "Airship Theme" is an atonal musical theme commonly used in airship levels in the Mario franchise. It was originally composed by Koji Kondo for airship and tank levels in Super Mario Bros. 3.
The theme begins with a triplet-based rhythm evoking a military march, which plays throughout the rest of the theme. It is loosely based on "", the first movement of 's .
==Composition==
The theme is orchestrated as chiptune with a timpani PCM sample, given that Super Mario Bros. 3 is a Nintendo Entertainment System game. The original Airship Theme is short, lasting 30 seconds, but would be extended in later variations of the theme. The Airship Theme has reused in the Super Mario Bros. 3-style airship levels in Super Mario Maker, Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS, and Super Mario Maker 2.
In the Japanese and American versions of Super Mario Bros. 3, the first part of the theme plays the PCM sample slightly after the other channels by about a twelfth note, leading to slight desynchronization and the percussion being cut off early as the second part begins. This is corrected in the European version, but retained in Super Mario Maker.
==Music==
*Original rendition
*Super Mario All-Stars rendition
*Super Mario Galaxy 1 & 2 rendition
*New Super Mario Bros. Wii rendition
*Super Smash Bros. rendition
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