Super Mario Series for Piano

Super Mario Series for Piano

Intermediate – advanced edition

So far, this seems to be the only Mario collection that I could find that covered multiple games. Honestly, Japanese Mario books are incredibly expensive while the USA ones tend to be more affordable. The book spans 14 games and each game tends to have either the title or ending theme or the most iconic. Most have 2-4 songs where Super Mario 1 has the most with a list of fanfares.

Each title has artwork with it that matches the game and a grayscale background that matches the theme such as checkered flags for Mario Kart and brick blocks for Underground themes. There isn’t much in the way of art inside the book otherwise, which is unusual for an Alfred book, but they shoved more songs inside instead. I can forgive them for that.

My sister gave me this book so I could play the Mario music we both love.

Book stats

  • Publisher: Alfred
  • Year: 2011
  • Origin: USA
  • Instrument: Piano solo
  • Level: intermediate – advanced
  • ISBN 10: 0-7390-8295-7
  • ISBN 13: 978-0-7390-8295-9
  • Pages: 80
  • Song count: 34
  • Unique feature: a mini-score which shrinks 8 pages of score down to two

Song list

Some of the names of songs are a little odd, but these are from the back of the book. To be honest, I’m not sure how official any names are for early game music anyway.

Super Mario Bros.

  • Ground Background Music
  • Underground Background Music
  • Underwater Background Music
  • Castle Background Music
  • Time Up Warning Fanfare
  • Course Clear Fanfare
  • World Clear Fanfare
  • Power Down, Game Over

The Lost Levels (SMB2J)

  • The Lost Levels Ending

Super Mario Bros. 3

  • Map 1
  • Ground Background Music
  • Boss of the Fortress
  • Skyship Background Music

Super Mario World

  • Title
  • Castle Background Music

Dr. Mario

  • Title Background Music
  • Chill

Super Mario Kart

  • Mario Circuit

Yoshi’s Island (SMW2)

  • Ground Background Music
  • Athletic Theme

Super Mario 64

  • Main Theme
  • Water Land

Mario Kart 64

  • Circuit

Super Mario Sunshine

  • Dolphic Town

New Super Mario Bros.

  • Title
  • Giant Background Music
  • Battle Background Music 1
  • Battle Background Music 2

Super Mario Galaxy

  • Ending Staff Credit Roll (includes Mini-score)

Mario Kart Wii

  • Rainbow Road

New Super Mario Bros. Wii

  • Ground Background Music
  • Underwater Background Music
  • Desert Background Music

Gallery

Cover with a large image of Mario riding Yoshi in the center, surrounded by various images of Mario in different games. The title says "Super Mario Series for Piano"
Front cover
Back cover listing all the songs in the book. Each section has a screenshot of the game's title screen with each title written out next to it with different color highlights. For the list of songs, refer to the Song List section for full text
Back cover
Title page with the front cover image in grayscale. Mario riding Yoshi is in the center with small images of Mario in power ups from various games. Text is "Super Mario Series for Piano"
Title page
Table of contents for the book. The contents cover game songs from Super Mario Bros. to Dr. Mario. Images of Mario from each game dot the margins
Table of Contents
Table of contents for the book. The contents cover game songs from Super Mario Kart to New Super Mario Bros. Wii. Images of Mario from each game dot the margins
Table of Contents
Page from the Super Mario Galaxy mini-score. There are 4 pages of notes shrunk down to fit on a singular page.
Super Mario Galaxy Mini-Score page
Title decorations of small circles across the top with a small image of Mario's sprite on the left and "Super Mario Bros" title on the right. Title says "Super Mario Bros. Invincible Background Music."
Invincible Background title decorations
Title decorations. Border of Mario-style coins across the top. To the right of the title is "Super Mario Bros. 3". To the left is Tanuki Mario. Title says "Super Mario Bros. 3 Skyship Background Music."
Skyship title decorations
Title decorations. On the top is a line of stars. Right of the title is "Super Mario World" and left is Mario riding Yoshi. Title says "Super Mario World Castle Background Music"
Castle Background title decorations
title decorations. Top border is Mario-style bricks. Right of the title is "New Super Mario Bros." Left of the title is Mario with the giant mushroom power up. Title says "New Super Mario Bros. Giant Background Music."
Giant Background title decorations
title decorations. Top border is a checkered racing flag. Right of the title is "Mario Kart Wii". To the left of the title is Mario in a go-kart. Title says "Mario Kart Wii Rainbow Road"
Rainbow Road title decorations