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

For the second game, go [[AwesomeMusic/SuperMarioGalaxy2 here]].
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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2OOYZcVIp8w Bowser's battle theme]], and the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=khFNIUmkG4U final boss]]. Substantially more bombastic than previous incarnations, complete with a choir in the background that plays when you have Bowser vulnerable.
* [[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 ''Super Mario Bros.'' Movie - audiences around the world cheered when they heard it.
* [[https://www.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://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGn4OlDpLaw Good Egg Galaxy]] makes one feel like they're just beginning an epic journey.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2cYSuiPjYA 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=4IDkWeabFlESpeedy/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=0EzhcY10f_E 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]].
* 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=9Qu_UN9psJ4 Buoy Base]]. Just... amazing. And then there's the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwfy0BotkeM 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://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttXletYtPhg 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://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISXfkDzeNko 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=uaS-mXslYHg 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.
* [[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://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxTW_J22twA 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=AhueZ4d-vKk Battlerock Galaxy]]. The most insanely badass music in a Mario game ''ever'', sounding like something out of a SpaceOpera. Militaristic drums, bright horns and tense strings give it a tense, yet triumphant feel.
** And [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jA6Ei5LZ4WU Peaceful Stars]], a more ambient, spacey variation of the same theme.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNI5FPawyBk Mixed together.]] What does this result in? A theme worthy of space itself and the war against Bowser.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIgmULFPAHY 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=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=ygbsKfE6mvs 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=mCd7jJePB0I 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://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4XQg6SYlGo 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://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EE30qrejSIE The Flying Mario Theme]]. A soaring theme for soaring Mario.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pw-CFnTPbco Luma]] has the feel of a lullaby from beyond the stars.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_kqtNuh9cK4 Sacrifice]], the theme that plays when the Lumas fly into the black hole and save the universe. The violins that play in this version of the song make it even more heartbreaking.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVeqbM9dtAY Family]], a quiet lullaby that can bring one to [[TearJerker tears.]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOigDkKFIRw 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=tIOpkqTiLUA 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://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8j54Uzj9EjY The ''Galaxy 2'' version]] adds a broken trumpet and a flute.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_RuCy9RYQ4w 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=A0HhONjlvhw one]] for the ice section with the instruments symbolising the fragility of ice, and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SP5wzoVCACc 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.
* ''Galaxy'''s remix of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4F5GkNT0Ws Super Mario Bros. 3's Overworld 2]] packs in sweet instruments keeping the space theme of this game while preserving the jaunty melodies of the original. It is also reused in ''Super Mario 3D Land''.
* The classic Underground theme is remixed into [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ErKIz5HHy5I this]] mechanical-sounding theme for the EternalEngine levels.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0stlRO4U7DE 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=1mQbeCdq4rw 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=D0_JrTAGpmA 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=yCwV8GTn1BM 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=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 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.
* Suffice to say, ''the entire soundtrack'' is awesome. To help further demonstrate this, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vizxt-_yJN8 here's a symphonic suite]] composed of ''eight'' themes from the game, spanning a full fifteen minutes.
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