Meet the man who scored your childhood

Nintendo is responsible for some of the most memorable video games of all time. And music is a big part of the reason why games from franchises like Super Mario Bros, The Legend of Zelda, and Star Fox are so memorable. So where did these soundtracks come from? Believe it or not, it turns out that one man is responsible for those iconic bleeps and bloops that you grew up with. Meet Koji Kondo. Nintendo is responsible for some of the most memorable video games of all time. And music is a big part of the reason why games from franchises like Super Mario Bros, The Legend of Zelda, and Star Fox are so memorable. So where did these soundtracks come from? Believe it or not, it turns out that one man is responsible for those iconic bleeps and bloops that you grew up with. Meet Koji Kondo

>Koji Kondo with a Mario doll

The technology at the time would only allow a musical score to feature three channels of music at one time, designated to melody, harmony, and percussion. However, Kondo was able to disguise repetition through the employment of unforgettable melodies.

The technology at the time would only allow a musical score to feature three channels of music at one time, designated to melody, harmony, and percussion. However, Kondo was able to disguise repetition through the employment of unforgettable melodies.

The technology at the time would only allow a musical score to feature three channels of music at one time, designated to melody, harmony, and percussion. However, Kondo was able to disguise repetition through the employment of unforgettable melodies.The technology at the time would only allow a musical score to feature three channels of music at one time, designated to melody, harmony, and percussion. However, Kondo was able to disguise repetition through the employment of unforgettable melodies.

"The game's melodies were created with the intention that short segments of music could be endlessly repeated during the same gameplay without causing boredom."

"The game's melodies were created with the intention that short segments of music could be endlessly repeated during the same gameplay without causing boredom.

The game's melodies were created with the intention that short segments of music could be endlessly repeated during the same gameplay without causing boredom.The game's melodies were created with the intention that short segments of music could be endlessly repeated during the same gameplay without causing boredom.

 In 1985, Nintendo released Super Mario Bros. For many years Super Mario Bros was the best-selling video game of all time for a single platform - Kondo's first major score. Today, the game's main theme song (_officially called_ "Ground Theme") has been called one of the most famous tunes in the world.

1985 was only the beginning for Kondo. Just a year later, he scored The Legend of Zelda, cementing his place in video game history with an iconic theme for a franchise that has spawned its own touring symphonic concert series. 

Since then, Kondo has spent his 30+ year career at Nintendo composing music for soundtracks of hit games like Star Fox, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, and Super Mario Galaxy, and has advised and supervised music and sound design for dozens of other games. His music has been featured on hundreds of albums, and Super Mario creator and Nintendo legend Shigeru Miyamoto even performed some of Kondo's music with The Roots on "The Tonight Show" while promoting some upcoming Nintendo games.

The "Super Mario Bros. theme" was featured in Billboard Magazine's Hot Ringtones for 112 consecutive weeks

 

Source:Curiosity, Wikipedia