History AwesomeMusic / SuperMarioGalaxy

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMeHedF6_1U Gusty Garden Galaxy]] carries an air of adventure and excitement in its melodies and instruments, even as you begin your journey to save Peach and the galaxy from Bowser's tyranny. It proved to be so good, portions of its theme were [[BootstrappedTheme incorporated as the theme of the entire Super Mario Galaxy series]], and it's made appearances in several games since, just like the ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros3'' Athletic theme (which made an appearance in this game in a few side levels). How good is it? It's in contention for ''best song in the entire Mario series!'' Consider how many great songs the ''Mario'' Series has produced, and then consider how good this one has to be that a good chunk of fans think this is better than all of them!
** The song is so iconic that part of it was played during the credits to the SMB Movie - audiences around the world cheered when they heard it.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dm9MOAxWtNI The powerup themes are back!]] And while the two flowers and rainbow star's themes are faithful recreations of their original ones, albeit in a form that matches the "theme" of this game's soundtrack, the new [[{{Flight}} Red Star]] theme is a grand orchestral piece that will surely make your first takeoff feel like an EpicLaunchSequence. And if you thought that it being ''temporary'' means accidentally hurling yourself into a black hole when it wears off, think again, as the final few seconds introduce an extra element that serves as [[SongsInTheKeyOfPanic hurry music]], letting you know it's time to either land or find another Red Star.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AhueZ4d-vKk Battlerock Galaxy]]. The most insanely badass music in a Mario game EVER, loaded with dread and determination.

* [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Olpx36tIskQ The credits music]] drips with much relief and celebration over a successful journey to save Peach and the galaxy from Bowser's tyranny, topped off by a triumphant reprise of the game's main theme.
* In the same vein as the Gusty Garden Galaxy, the theme for the [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=PGn4OlDpLaw&pp=ygUVR29vZCBlZ2cgZ2FsYXh5IHRoZW1l Good Egg Galaxy]] makes one feel like they're just beginning an epic journey.
* [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=K2cYSuiPjYA&pp=ygUbTWFyaW8gZ2FsYXh5IHRvIHRoZSBnYXRld2F5 To the Gateway]] (Gateway Galaxy), which is the music you hear on your first spherical world - it's like a space lullaby. Simply beautiful.
* [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=4IDkWeabFlE&pp=ygUTTWFyaW8gZ2FsYXh5IHNwZWVkeQ%3D%3D Speedy/Daredevil Comet in Orbit]] - feeling under pressure from that time limit or life bar? Don't worry, this music is guaranteed to make you sweat much, [[FromBadToWorse MUCH]] more.
* [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=0EzhcY10f_E&pp=ygUVdG95IHRpbWUgZ2FsYXh5IHRoZW1l Toy Time Galaxy]]. Anyone who has heard the main Mario theme will recognise this instantly. And it's ''awesome.'' Nintendo even used it as the theme for the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8DAP9Oph5Y Super Mario 35th Anniversary Direct]].

* [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9Qu_UN9psJ4&pp=ygUPQnVveSBiYXNlIHRoZW1l Buoy Base]]. Just... amazing. And then there's the seemingly forgotten [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=uwfy0BotkeM&pp=ygUaQnVveSBiYXNlIHRoZW1lIHVuZGVyd2F0ZXI%3D underwater]] VariableMix, setting the same militarized-yet-forgotten tone as the above-surface version, but with instrumentation fitting for leading underwater missiles into targets as your air supply slowly depletes. There's also a composite of the two versions, which sounds doubly awesome with a phrase of dramatic dissonance at one point.
* [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ttXletYtPhg&pp=ygUXRHVzdHkgZHVuZSBnYWxheHkgdGhlbWU%3D Dusty Dune Galaxy]]. Perfect desert-y theme for a ShiftingSandLand level. Also, the final part sounds [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPpnkwjtFBo familiar]]...
* [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ISXfkDzeNko&pp=ygUVSGVsbCBwcm9taW5lbmNlIHRoZW1l Hell Prominence]], a perfect fit for the amazing lava level that is Melty Molten Galaxy. This one opens with heavy percussion and horns, adds a bit of synth, and then hits a breakdown at 88 seconds in, bringing in a full set of strings to back the beat.
* [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=uaS-mXslYHg&pp=ygUSQ2hhc2UgdGhlIGJ1bm5pZXMh Chase the Bunnies!]], played at the Snow Cap Galaxy, packed with enough franticness to hurry you on in your side mission while still being catchy.
* And [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=seBUi_BnOs4 Purple Coins]]. A wonderful track played during [[GottaCatchThemAll Purple Coin levels]]. Which is a good thing, as some of those missions have [[NintendoHard an insane difficulty level]] and would be completely intolerable otherwise. Bonus points for it being a Gusty Garden remix.
* There's also [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nxTW_J22twA&pp=ygUXU3BhY2UganVuayBnYWxheHkgdGhlbWU%3D Space Junk Galaxy]]. A very peaceful, soothing track that's awesome in quite a different way. It's calming enough to make you want to drift off to a long, peaceful sleep.
* [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=AhueZ4d-vKk&pp=ygUQQmF0dGxlcm9jayB0aGVtZQ%3D%3D Battlerock Galaxy]]. The most insanely badass music in a Mario game EVER, loaded with dread and determination.

* [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=AIgmULFPAHY&pp=ygUUQWlyc2hpcCBhcm1hZGEgdGhlbWU%3D Airship Armada]]. An incredible remix of the incredible airship theme from ''Super Mario Brothers 3''. Also reused in ''Super Mario 3D Land''.

* [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ygbsKfE6mvs&pp=ygUSS2luZ2ZpbiB0aGVtZSBtYWlu Kingfin and Bouldergeist]]. That is just insanely good, and really adds to the heart-pounding stress one might feel during a particular Daredevil Comet.
* [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=mCd7jJePB0I&pp=ygURQ29tZXQgb2JzZXJ2YXRvcnk%3D The Comet Observatory]], an elegant waltz befitting of the dignified Rosalina. What you don't get from the soundtrack version is that, much like the map screen music in ''VideoGame/YoshisIsland'', an extra line of instrumentation is added to it for each world that's opened up. By the end, it's a rather grand orchestral number.
* [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=e4XQg6SYlGo&pp=ygUeaGVhdnkgbWV0YWwgbWVjaGEgYm93c2VyIHRoZW1l Heavy Metal Mecha-Bowser]]. Giant robot toy army of DOOM carrying a great riff to emphasize the strength of Bowser's army to an electronic marching symphony.
* [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=EE30qrejSIE&pp=ygUWVGhlIGZseWluZyBtYXJpbyB0aGVtZQ%3D%3D The Flying Mario Theme]]. A soaring theme for soaring Mario.

* [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dVeqbM9dtAY&pp=ygUTbWFyaW8gZ2FsYXh5IGZhbWlseQ%3D%3D Family]], a quiet lullaby that can bring one to [[TearJerker tears.]]
* [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=MOigDkKFIRw&pp=ygUWRGVlcCBkYXJrIGdhbGF4eSB0aGVtZQ%3D%3D Deep Dark Galaxy]]. Insanely creepy and oppressive with insanely dissonant harmonies to describe this spine-chilling galaxy. The result: insanely AWESOME eeriness.
* [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=tIOpkqTiLUA&pp=ygUUR2hvc3RseSBnYWxheHkgdGhlbWU%3D Ghostly Galaxy]] just screams eeriness, fitting for a spooky galaxy littered with Boos and haunted mansions. It was even reused in ''VideoGame/SuperMario3DLand''.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxiDMLFJkHo Honeyhive Galaxy]]. Makes you look like if you were a bee pollinating flowers. [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=8j54Uzj9EjY&pp=ygUSSG9uZXloaXZlIGdhbGF4eSAy The ''Galaxy 2'' version]] adds a broken trumpet and a flute.
* [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_RuCy9RYQ4w&pp=ygUcTWFyaW8gZ2FsYXh5IGJvd3NlciBqciB0aGVtZQ%3D%3D Bowser Jr's theme]], which was reused for the Boomsday Machine battle in the sequel. Its bombastic, crazy instruments, rhythms and riffs are fitting for the surprisingly competent young guy in Bowser's army.
* Freezeflame Galaxy features two versions of the same music: [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=A0HhONjlvhw&pp=ygUWRnJlZXplZmxhbWUgZ2FsYXh5IGljZQ%3D%3D one]] for the ice section with the instruments symbolising the fragility of ice, and [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=SP5wzoVCACc&pp=ygUXRnJlZXplZmxhbWUgZ2FsYXh5IGxhdmE%3D the other]] for the lava section packing in arrangements to put emphasis on the scorching heat. It was also reused for the sequel's Shiverburn Galaxy level.

* [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=0stlRO4U7DE&pp=ygUNTWVnYWxlZyB0aGVtZQ%3D%3D Megaleg's theme]]. The music does an awesome job of highlighting the immensity of the boss and speeds up and becomes more industrial as you progress.
* [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=1mQbeCdq4rw&pp=ygUNS2FtZWxsYSB0aGVtZQ%3D%3D Kamella's theme]] manages to sound both wacky and magical. Those streaming effects in the background really add to it.
* [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=D0_JrTAGpmA&pp=ygUaUGlwZSBpbnRlcmlvciBtYXJpbyBnYWxheHk%3D Pipe Interior]], a beautifully ethereal and weird piece that is trying way too hard for the ''bonus room'' theme.
* [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=yCwV8GTn1BM&pp=ygUTU3RhciBmZXN0aXZhbCB0amVtZQ%3D%3D The Star Festival]] is a great piece to start and end the game, boasting a soothing melody which matches the space theme of the game. It even aids in building up your excitement if you're heading to Peach's castle.

* The credits music drips with much relief and celebration over a successful journey to save Peach and the galaxy from Bowser's tyranny, topped off by a triumphant reprise of the game's main theme.
* In the same vein as the Gusty Garden Galaxy, the theme for the Good Egg Galaxy makes one feel like they're just beginning an epic journey.
* To the Gateway (Gateway Galaxy), which is the music you hear on your first spherical world - it's like a space lullaby. Simply beautiful.
* Speedy/Daredevil Comet in orbit - feeling under pressure from that time limit or life bar? Don't worry, this music is guaranteed to make you sweat much, [[FromBadToWorse MUCH]] more.
* Toy Time Galaxy. Anyone who has heard the main Mario theme will recognise this instantly. And it's ''awesome.'' Nintendo even used it as the theme for the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8DAP9Oph5Y Super Mario 35th Anniversary Direct]].

* Buoy Base. Just... amazing. And then there's the seemingly forgotten underwater VariableMix, setting the same militarized-yet-forgotten tone as the above-surface version, but with instrumentation fitting for leading underwater missiles into targets as your air supply slowly depletes. There's also a composite of the two versions, which sounds doubly awesome with a phrase of dramatic dissonance at one point.
* Dusty Dune Galaxy. Perfect desert-y theme for a ShiftingSandLand level. Also, the final part sounds [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPpnkwjtFBo familiar]]...
* Hell Prominence, a perfect fit for the amazing lava level that is Melty Molten Galaxy. This one opens with heavy percussion and horns, adds a bit of synth, and then hits a breakdown at 88 seconds in, bringing in a full set of strings to back the beat.
* Chase the Bunnies!, played at the Snow Cap Galaxy, packed with enough franticness to hurry you on in your side mission while still being catchy.

* There's also Space Junk Galaxy. A very peaceful, soothing track that's awesome in quite a different way. It's calming enough to make you want to drift off to a long, peaceful sleep.
* Battlerock Galaxy. The most insanely badass music in a Mario game EVER, loaded with dread and determination.

* Airship Armada. An incredible remix of the incredible airship theme from ''Super Mario Brothers 3''. Also reused in ''Super Mario 3D Land''.

* Kingfin and Bouldergeist. That is just insanely good, and really adds to the heart-pounding stress one might feel during a particular Daredevil Comet.
* The Comet Observatory, an elegant waltz befitting of the dignified Rosalina. What you don't get from the soundtrack version is that, much like the map screen music in ''VideoGame/YoshisIsland'', an extra line of instrumentation is added to it for each world that's opened up. By the end, it's a rather grand orchestral number.
* Heavy Metal Mecha-Bowser. Giant robot toy army of DOOM carrying a great riff to emphasize the strength of Bowser's army to an electronic marching symphony.
* The Flying Mario Theme. A soaring theme for soaring Mario.

* Family, a quiet lullaby that can bring one to [[TearJerker tears.]]
* Deep Dark Galaxy. Insanely creepy and oppressive with insanely dissonant harmonies to describe this spine-chilling galaxy. The result: insanely AWESOME eeriness.
* Ghostly Galaxy just screams eeriness, fitting for a spooky galaxy littered with Boos and haunted mansions. It was even reused in ''VideoGame/SuperMario3DLand''.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxiDMLFJkHo Honeyhive Galaxy]]. Makes you look like if you were a bee pollinating flowers. The ''Galaxy 2'' version adds a broken trumpet and a flute.
* Bowser Jr's theme, which was reused for the Boomsday Machine battle in the sequel. Its bombastic, crazy instruments, rhythms and riffs are fitting for the surprisingly competent young guy in Bowser's army.
* Freezeflame Galaxy features two versions of the same music: one for the ice section with the instruments symbolising the fragility of ice, and the other for the lava section packing in arrangements to put emphasis on the scorching heat. It was also reused for the sequel's Shiverburn Galaxy level.

* Megaleg's theme. The music does an awesome job of highlighting the immensity of the boss and speeds up and becomes more industrial as you progress.
* Kamella's theme manages to sound both wacky and magical. Those streaming effects in the background really add to it.
* Pipe Interior, a beautifully ethereal and weird piece that is trying way too hard for the ''bonus room'' theme.
* The Star Festival is a great piece to start and end the game, boasting a soothing melody which matches the space theme of the game. It even aids in building up your excitement if you're heading to Peach's castle.

* The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBrwceBdDQQ credits music]] drips with much relief and celebration over a successful journey to save Peach and the galaxy from Bowser's tyranny, topped off by a triumphant reprise of the game's main theme.
* In the same vein as the Gusty Garden Galaxy, the theme for the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qy8Sn6DHIi0 Good Egg Galaxy]] makes one feel like they're just beginning an epic journey.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcjtjGCWDGY To the Gateway (Gateway Galaxy)]], which is the music you hear on your first spherical world - it's like a space lullaby. Simply beautiful.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hm2KRB0h9QE Speedy/Daredevil Comet in orbit]] - feeling under pressure from that time limit or life bar? Don't worry, this music is guaranteed to make you sweat much, [[FromBadToWorse MUCH]] more.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TgjOBqD_ljk Toy Time Galaxy.]] Anyone who has heard the main Mario theme will recognise this instantly. And it's ''awesome.'' Nintendo even used it as the theme for the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8DAP9Oph5Y Super Mario 35th Anniversary Direct]].
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVZTMPLqNw8 Bowser's Galaxy Reactor]] was good music for the final stage, but Galaxy's remix of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ni0LyFZuOtc Koopa's Road]] from ''Mario 64'' could have worked just as well.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z29bt-wjS88 Buoy Base]]. Just... amazing. And then there's the seemingly forgotten [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qLbwkkCMzE underwater]] VariableMix, setting the same militarized-yet-forgotten tone as the above-surface version, but with instrumentation fitting for leading underwater missiles into targets as your air supply slowly depletes. There's also a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTPOzqHZvzk composite of the two versions]], which sounds doubly awesome with a phrase of dramatic dissonance at one point.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ggrluc5hsHA Dusty Dune Galaxy]]. Perfect desert-y theme for a ShiftingSandLand level. Also, the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ggrluc5hsHA&t=1m22s final part]] sounds [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPpnkwjtFBo familiar]]...
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJsXoRYptG8 Hell Prominence]], a perfect fit for the amazing lava level that is Melty Molten Galaxy. This one opens with heavy percussion and horns, adds a bit of synth, and then hits a breakdown at 88 seconds in, bringing in a full set of strings to back the beat.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDHRoauO3M8 Chase the Bunnies!]], played at the Snow Cap Galaxy, packed with enough franticness to hurry you on in your side mission while still being catchy.

* There's also [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EuYNxzSFRk8 Space Junk Galaxy]]. A very peaceful, soothing track that's awesome in quite a different way. It's calming enough to make you want to drift off to a long, peaceful sleep.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYhmHovdBxY Battlerock Galaxy]]. The most insanely badass music in a Mario game EVER, loaded with dread and determination.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TobDtX5gcCQ Airship Armada]]. An incredible remix of the incredible airship theme from ''Super Mario Brothers 3''. Also reused in ''Super Mario 3D Land''.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZJ6DKyz5JA Kingfin and Bouldergeist]]. That is just insanely good, and really adds to the heart-pounding stress one might feel during a particular Daredevil Comet.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jcF64SwvJos The Comet Observatory]], an elegant waltz befitting of the dignified Rosalina. What you don't get from the soundtrack version is that, much like the map screen music in ''VideoGame/YoshisIsland'', an [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=124zY3Wv03c extra line]] of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DbyqMdRS09w instrumentation]] is added to it for each world that's opened up. By the end, it's a rather grand orchestral number.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFPCBgT08II Heavy Metal Mecha-Bowser]]. Giant robot toy army of DOOM carrying a great riff to emphasise the strength of Bowser's army to an electronic marching symphony.
* The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jihuc5ffhfI Flying Mario Theme]]. A soaring theme for soaring Mario.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTrXEobdx2I Family]], a quiet lullaby that can bring one to [[TearJerker tears.]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qcWp7wTMO5Y Deep Dark Galaxy.]] Insanely creepy and oppressive with insanely dissonant harmonies to describe this spine-chilling galaxy. The result: insanely AWESOME eeriness.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2sPmtLg60k Ghostly Galaxy]] just screams eeriness, fitting for a spooky galaxy littered with Boos and haunted mansions. It was even reused in ''VideoGame/SuperMario3DLand''.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smfAA6NN5Cs Bowser Jr's theme]], which was reused for the Boomsday Machine battle in the sequel. Its bombastic, crazy instruments, rhythms and riffs are fitting for the surprisingly competent young guy in Bowser's army.
* Freezeflame Galaxy features two versions of the same music: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MpxB-324hTA one for the ice section]] with the instruments symbolising the fragility of ice, and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uB6UlpFo4jE the other for the lava section]] packing in arrangements to put emphasis on the scorching heat. It was also reused for the sequel's Shiverburn Galaxy level.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQk380HR_xY Megaleg's theme.]] The music does an awesome job of highlighting the immensity of the boss and speeds up and becomes more industrial as you progress.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2wZHoYPUt34 Kamella's theme]] manages to sound both wacky and magical. Those streaming effects in the background really add to it.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=feoYJwnJkfM Pipe Interior]], a beautifully ethereal and weird piece that is trying way too hard for the ''bonus room'' theme.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ih9KffOGPBk The Star Festival]] is a great piece to start and end the game, boasting a soothing melody which matches the space theme of the game. It even aids in building up your excitement if you're heading to Peach's castle.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hm2KRB0h9QE Speedy/Daredevil Comet in orbit]] - feeling under pressure from that time limit or life bar? Don't worry, this music is guaranteed to make you sweat [[UpToEleven much]], [[FromBadToWorse MUCH]] more.

Given the epic scope of the game and being the first mainline ''Mario'' game to have a live orchestra backing its score, you can bet its soundtrack is truly out of this world.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcjtjGCWDGY The Bunnies (Gateway Galaxy)]], which is the music you hear on your first spherical world - it's like a space lullaby. Simply beautiful.

* The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBrwceBdDQQ credits music]] drips with much relief and celebration over a successful journey to save Peach and the galaxy from Bowser's tyranny, topped off by a reprise of the game's main theme.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqLci-x8nHs Battlerock Galaxy]]. The most insanely badass music in a Mario game EVER, loaded with dread and determination.
** And [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AgPUm6HMtP8 Peaceful Stars]], a more ambient, spacey variation of the same theme.

* Freezeflame Galaxy. It features two versions of the same music: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MpxB-324hTA one for the ice section]] with the instrument symbolising the fragility of ice, and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uB6UlpFo4jE the other for the lava section]] packing in arrangements to put emphasis on the scorching heat. It was also reused for the sequel's Shiverburn Galaxy level.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qcWp7wTMO5Y Deep Dark Galaxy.]] Insanely creepy and oppressive. Insanely AWESOME.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_vIsOfacgA Ghostly Galaxy]]. It was even reused in ''VideoGame/SuperMario3DLand''.

* Freezeflame Galaxy. It features two versions of the same music: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MpxB-324hTA one for the ice section]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uB6UlpFo4jE the other for the lava section.]] It was also reused for the sequel's Shiverburn Galaxy level.
* ''Galaxy'''s remix of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4F5GkNT0Ws Super Mario Bros. 3's Overworld 2]]. It is also reused in ''Super Mario 3D Land''.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMeHedF6_1U Gusty Garden Galaxy]] proved to be so good, portions of its theme were [[BootstrappedTheme incorporated as the theme of the entire Super Mario Galaxy series]], and it's made appearances in several games since, just like the ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros3'' Athletic theme (which made an appearance in this game in a few side levels). How good is it? It's in contention for ''best song in the entire Mario series!'' Consider how many great songs the ''Mario'' Series has produced, and then consider how good this one has to be that a good chunk of fans think this is better than all of them!

* The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBrwceBdDQQ credits music]] drips with much relief and celebration over a successful journey to save Peach and the galaxy from Bowser's tyranny topped off by a reprise of the game's main theme.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDHRoauO3M8 Chase the Bunnies!]], played at the Snow Cap Galaxy, packing in with enough franticness to hurry you on in your side mission while still being catchy.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqLci-x8nHs Battlerock Galaxy]]. The most insanely badass music in a Mario game, EVER loaded with dread and determination.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFPCBgT08II Heavy Metal Mecha-Bowser]]. Giant robot toy army of DOOM carrying a great riff to emphasis the strength of Bowser's army to an electronic marching symphony.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ih9KffOGPBk The Star Festival]] is a great piece to start and end the game, boasting a soothing melody which matches the space theme of the game. It even aid in building up your excitement if you're heading to Peach's castle.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqLci-x8nHs Battlerock Galaxy]]. The most insanely badass music in a Mario game, EVER.

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNI5FPawyBk Mixed together.]]

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFPCBgT08II Heavy Metal Mecha-Bowser]]. Giant robot toy army of DOOM carrying a great riff to emphasis the strength of Bowser's army to an electronic me

%%* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85scdXRKzHA The End]], all of it.

%%* and the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBrwceBdDQQ credits music]].

%%* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDHRoauO3M8 Chase the Bunnies!]], played at the Snow Cap Galaxy.

%%* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFPCBgT08II Heavy Metal Mecha-Bowser]]. Giant robot toy army of DOOM!

%%* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smfAA6NN5Cs Bowser Jr's theme]], which was reused for the Boomsday Machine battle in the sequel.

%%* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ih9KffOGPBk The Star Festival]] is a great piece to start and end the game.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJsXoRYptG8 Melty Molten Galaxy]], a perfect fit for an amazing lava level. This one opens with heavy percussion and horns, adds a bit of synth, and then hits a breakdown at 88 seconds in, bringing in a full set of strings to back the beat.

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAQ1p40GqGQ Attack of the Airships]]. is a powerful and frightening score for Bowser's initial attack. Might as well be titled [[Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack "Bowser's March]] [[Film/TheForceAwakens of the Koopalings"]].

** [[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAQ1p40GqGQ Attack of the Airships]]. is a powerful and frightening score for Bowser's initial attack. Might as well be titled [[Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack "Bowser's March]] [[Film/TheForceAwakens of the Koopalings"]].

** [[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAQ1p40GqGQ Attack of the Airships]] is a powerful and frightening score for Bowser's initial attack. Might as well be titled [[Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack "Bowser's March]] [[Film/TheForceAwakens of the Koopalings"]].

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMeHedF6_1U Gusty Garden Galaxy]] proved to be so good, portions of its theme were [[BootstrappedTheme incorporated as the theme of the entire Super Mario Galaxy series]], nad it's made appearances in several games since, just like the ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros3'' Athletic theme (which made an appearance in this game in a few side levels). How good is it? It's in contention for ''best song in the entire Mario series!'' Consider how many great songs the ''Mario'' Series has produced, and then consider how good this one has to be that a good chunk of fans think this is better than all of them!