Koopalings BGM

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"Koopalings BGM"
"Koopalings BGM" inSuper Mario World
The image for "Koopalings BGM" from Super Mario World on Nintendo Music.
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Composed by:
Koji Kondo
KeyC minor
First appearanceSuper Mario World (1990)
Latest appearanceMario Kart World (2025)

"Koopalings BGM",[1] also known as "Fortress Boss",[2] is a musical theme composed byKoji Kondo forSuper Mario World, where it plays during the boss battles against theKoopalings,Reznors, andBig Boo.

Reuses[edit]

The following list does not include ports or remakes ofSuper Mario World.

WorkDescription
Super Mario World: Mario to Yoshi no Bōken Land"Koopalings BGM" plays in the scene whereIggy and his minions guard the bridge fromMario,Luigi, andYoshi.
Super Mario Maker /Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS /Super Mario Maker 2"Koopalings BGM" plays when the "Boss Music"sound effect is triggered inSuper Mario World-style courses.

Arrangements[edit]

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Mario's Time Machine[edit]

In the PC version ofMario's Time Machine, an arranged excerpt of "Koopalings BGM" preceding an arrangement of "Castle BGM" fromSuper Mario World plays at the end of the opening cutscene.

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Super Mario series[edit]

Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2[edit]

InSuper Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2, theGame Boy Advance remake ofSuper Mario World, an arrangement of "Koopalings BGM" plays during the boss battles against theKoopalings,Reznors, and theBig Boo, just like in the original game.

New Super Mario Bros. 2[edit]

InNew Super Mario Bros. 2, an arrangement of "Koopalings BGM" plays during the boss battles against theReznors.

Super Smash Bros. for Wii U[edit]

InSuper Smash Bros. for Wii U, aLatinflamenco-style arrangement of "Koopalings BGM", titled "Fortress Boss (Super Mario World)" and arranged by ACE (TOMOri Kudo / CHiCO), can play in theMushroom Kingdom U andSuper Mario Maker stages. This arrangement uses acoustic guitar, brass, and accordion as main instruments, and features an original vocal and extended melody in the second half of the theme. This arrangement returns inSuper Smash Bros. Ultimate, now formatted as "Fortress Boss - Super Mario World", where it can play in anySuper Smash Bros.-series andSuper Mario-series stage.

Mario Kart World[edit]

InMario Kart World, an arrangement of "Koopalings BGM" can play inFree Roam and duringroutes in VS Race.

Gallery[edit]

List ofSuper Mario appearances[edit]

Games[edit]

WorkSystemYearTypeTitleCredits
Super Mario WorldSuper Nintendo Entertainment System1990Original"Koopalings BGM"[1]Koji Kondo
Mario's Time MachinePC1993ArrangementRob Wallace
Super Mario All-Stars + Super Mario WorldSuper Nintendo Entertainment System1994Original"Koopalings BGM"[1]Koji Kondo
Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2Game Boy Advance2001Arrangement
New Super Mario Bros. 2Nintendo 3DS2012Arrangement
Super Smash Bros. for Wii UWii U2014Arrangement"Fortress Boss (Super Mario World)"[3]ACE (TOMOri Kudo / CHiCO)
Super Mario MakerWii U2015OriginalKoji Kondo
Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DSNintendo 3DS2016OriginalKoji Kondo
Super Smash Bros. UltimateNintendo Switch2018Past arrangement (Super Smash Bros. for Wii U)"Fortress Boss - Super Mario World"[4]ACE (TOMOri Kudo / CHiCO)
Super Mario Maker 2Nintendo Switch2019Original"Boss Music"Koji Kondo
Mario Kart WorldNintendo Switch 22025Arrangement"Koopalings BGM"[5]

Film and television[edit]

WorkYearTypeTitleCredits
Super Mario World: Mario to Yoshi no Bōken Land1991OriginalKoji Kondo (uncredited)

Albums[edit]

WorkYearTypeTitleCredits
Super Mario World1991Original「コクッパBGM」 (Kokuppa BGM)Koji Kondo

Other media[edit]

WorkYearTypeTitleCredits
Nintendo Music2025[a]Original"Koopalings BGM"Koji Kondo
  1. ^Added on February 3, 2025

Names in other languages[edit]

"Koopalings BGM"[edit]

LanguageNameMeaningNotes
JapaneseコクッパBGM[1]
Kokuppa BGM		Koopalings BGM

"Fortress Boss"[edit]

LanguageNameMeaningNotes
Japanese砦ボス戦[2]
Toride Bosu-sen		Fortress boss battle

References[edit]

Recurring themes
Donkey Kong franchiseDonkey Kong"Hammer BGM" • "Round 1 BGM"
Donkey Kong Jr."Round 1 BGM" • "Title BGM"
Donkey Kong (NES)"Title BGM"
Donkey Kong Country"Aquatic Ambiance" • "Bonus Room Blitz" • "Cave Dweller Concert" • "Cranky's Theme" • "The Credits Concerto" • "DK Island Swing" • "Fear Factory" • "Forest Frenzy" • "Funky's Fugue" • "Gang-Plank Galleon" • "Ice Cave Chant" • "Life in the Mines" • "Lost a Balloon" • "Mine Cart Madness" • "Northern Hemispheres" • "Simian Segue" • "Treetop Rock" • "Voices of the Temple" • "Well Done"
Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest"Crocodile Cacophony (K. Rool's Theme)" • "Lockjaw's Saga (Lockjaw's Locker)" • "Run, Rambi! Run! (Parrot Chute Panic)" • "Snakey Chantey (Rattle Battle)" • "Stickerbush Symphony (Bramble Blast)"
Donkey Kong 64"DK Rap"
Donkey Kong Country Returns"Mine Menace"
Mario Bros. seriesMario Bros. (NES)"Title BGM"
Wrecking Crew seriesWrecking Crew"Bonus Phase" • "Golden Hammer" • "Phase BGM"
Super Mario seriesSuper Mario Bros."Castle BGM" • "Ending" • "Ground BGM" • "Invincibility BGM" • "Underground BGM" • "Underwater BGM"
VS. Super Mario Bros."Gyōmu-yō Mario Namae-ire"
Super Mario Bros. 2"Boss BGM" • "Final Boss BGM" • "Ground BGM" • "Please Select Player" • "Underground BGM"
Super Mario Bros. 3"Airship BGM" • "Athletic BGM" • "Bros. Battle" • "Ending" • "Fortress BGM" • "Fortress Boss" • "Ground BGM" • "King of the Koopas" • "Music Box" • "P Switch BGM / Toad's House" • "Slot Game BGM / Memory Game BGM" • "Underwater BGM" • "Warp Zone" • "World 1 Map (Grass Land)" • "World 2 Map (Desert Land)" • "World 3 Map (Water Land)" • "World 4 Map (Giant Land)" • "World 5 Map (Sky Land) - On the Ground" • "World 5 Map (Sky Land) - In the Sky" • "World 6 Map (Ice Land)" • "World 7 Map (Pipe Land)" • "World 8 Map (Dark Land)"
Super Mario Land"Birabuto Kingdom BGM" • "Chai Kingdom BGM" • "Easton Kingdom BGM"
Super Mario World"Bowser BGM" • "Donut Plains (Map Screen)" • "Ending" • "Forest of Illusion (Map Screen)" • "Ground BGM" ("Athletic BGM" · "Bonus Game BGM" · "Castle BGM" · "Ghost House BGM" · "Underground BGM" · "Underwater BGM") • "Koopalings BGM" • "P Switch BGM" • "Special World (Map Screen)" • "Star World (Map Screen)" • "Title BGM" • "Valley of Bowser (Map Screen)" • "Vanilla Dome (Map Screen)" • "Yoshi's Island (Map Screen)"
Super Mario 64"Big Boo's Haunt" • "Bowser's Road" • "Bowser's Theme" • "Dire, Dire Docks" • "File Select" • "The Final Battle" • "Hazy Maze Cave" • "Lethal Lava Land" • "Main Theme" ("Cool, Cool Mountain" · "Opening" · "Slider") • "The Merry-Go-Round" • "Metal Mario" • "Peach's Castle" • "Piranha Plant's Lullaby" • "Staff Roll" • "Stage Boss" • "Title Theme"
Super Mario Sunshine"Isle Delfino" ("Ricco Harbor") • "Secret Course"
New Super Mario Bros."Castle Theme" • "Ground Theme" ("Athletic Theme") • "Mega Mario" • "Switch On!" • "Tower Theme"
Super Mario Galaxy"Buoy Base Galaxy" • "Egg Planet" • "Enter Bowser Jr.!" • "Final Battle with Bowser" • "The Galaxy Reactor" • "Gusty Garden Galaxy" • "Ice Mario" • "Luma" • "Overture" • "Purple Comet" • "Rosalina in the Observatory" • "Space Junk Road" • "The Star Festival" • "The Toad Brigade" • "Waltz of the Boos"
New Super Mario Bros. Wii"Bonus Area" • "Castle Theme" • "Coast Theme" • "Desert Theme" • "Forest Theme" • "Ghost House Theme" • "Lava Cave / Underground Ruins Theme" • "Lava Theme" • "Title Theme" • "Toad House Minigame" • "Underwater Theme"
Super Mario Galaxy 2"Bowser Jr.'s Fiery Flotilla" • "Bowser's Galaxy Generator" • "Melty Monster Galaxy" • "Puzzle Plank Galaxy" • "Slimy Spring Galaxy" • "Super Mario Galaxy 2 Trailer Theme" • "Teleporter Melody"
Super Mario 3D Land"Beach Theme" • "Castle Theme" • "Main Theme" • "Snow Course" • "Victory Parade"
New Super Mario Bros. U"Ground Theme" ("Athletic Theme")
Super Mario 3D World"A Boss Approaches" • "Chainlink Charge" • "Piranha Creeper Creek" • "Super Bell Hill"
Super Mario Maker"Title Theme"
Super Mario Odyssey"Fossil Falls" • "Jump Up, Super Star!"
Dr. Mario seriesDr. Mario"Chill" • "Fever" • "Game Over" • "Selection Screen" • "Title Screen" • "Vs. Game Over"
Mario Kart seriesSuper Mario Kart"Awards Ceremony (1st – 3rd Place)" • "Donut Plains" • "Ghost Valley" • "Mario Circuit" • "Rainbow Road" • "Super Mario Kart Title Screen"
Mario Kart 64"Battle Arenas" • "Choco Mountain" • "D.K.'s Jungle Parkway" • "Frappe Snowland" • "Kalimari Desert" • "Koopa Troopa Beach" • "Luigi Raceway" • "Mario Kart 64 Title Screen" • "Moo Moo Farm" • "Rainbow Road" • "Results (1st − 4th Place)" • "Staff Credits" • "Toad's Turnpike"
Mario Kart: Super Circuit"Bowser Castle" • "Peach Circuit"
Mario Kart: Double Dash!!"Baby Park" • "Luigi Circuit" • "Peach Beach"
Mario Kart DS"Cheep Cheep Beach" • "Luigi's Mansion" • "Peach Gardens" • "Waluigi Pinball"
Mario Kart Wii"Coconut Mall" • "Luigi Circuit" • "Wii Maple Treeway" • "Moo Moo Meadows" • "Mushroom Gorge" • "Rainbow Road" • "Wario's Gold Mine"
Mario Kart 7"Neo Bowser City" • "Piranha Plant Slide" • "Rainbow Road" • "Toad Circuit"
Mario Kart 8"Cloudtop Cruise" • "Mario Circuit" ("Mario Kart Stadium") • "Mario Kart 8 Title Screen"
Wario franchiseWario Land: Super Mario Land 3"Main Theme"
WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$!"Pyoro: Stage" • "Sci-Fi (Dribble & Spitz) - Drifting Away" • "Title" ("Reality (Dr. Crygor) - Stage")
WarioWare: Twisted!"Mona Pizza"
WarioWare: Touched!"Ashley's Theme"
Yoshi franchiseSuper Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island"Athletic BGM" • "Bowser" • "Flower Field BGM" • "Goal!" • "Opening Melody" • "Powerful Mario" • "Yoshi's Island"
Yoshi's Story"Yoshi's Song" ("Yoshis on the Beach") • "Yoshi's Story!" • "Yoshi's Tale"
Luigi's Mansion seriesLuigi's Mansion"Title Theme (Humming)"
Mario vs. Donkey Kong seriesMario vs. Donkey Kong"Mini Mario Stage"
Super Smash Bros. seriesSuper Smash Bros. Melee"Rainbow Cruise"
OtherThe Legend of Zelda"Important Item Acquired" • "Magic Whistle Melody" • "Overworld Theme"
Mario Paint"Drawing Board 1" • "Gnat Attack: Level 1" • "Save & Load"
Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars"Beware of Forest Mushrooms" • "Hello, Happy Kingdom" • "Super Mario House"
Miscellaneous"Galop infernal" • "Mute City" • "Title BGM" (Excitebike) • "Totakeke's theme"
Super Mario World /Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2
Protagonists and alliesMario •Luigi •Princess Toadstool •Yoshi •Red Yoshi •Blue Yoshi •Yellow Yoshi •Baby Yoshi •Dolphin •Bird
BossesKoopalings (Iggy Koopa ·Morton Koopa Jr. ·Lemmy Koopa ·Ludwig von Koopa ·Roy Koopa ·Wendy O. Koopa ·Larry Koopa) •Bowser •Reznor •Big Boo
Items1-Up Mushroom •3-Up Moon •Berry •Bonus Coin •Cape Feather •Coin •Control Coin •Dragon Coin •Yoshi's Egg •Fire Flower •Gray Coin •Lakitu's Cloud •Magic ball •Power Balloon •Super Mushroom •Super Star •Yoshi's Wings
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Enemies and obstaclesAmazing Flyin' Hammer Brother •Ball 'N' Chain •Banzai Bill •Big Boo •Big Bubble •Big Steely •Blargg •Blurp •Bob-omb •Bony Beetle •Boo Buddy •Boo Buddy Block •Boo Buddy Snake •Boo Crew •Bowser Statue •Bullet Bill •Buzzy Beetle •Chainsaw •Chargin' Chuck •Cheep Cheep •Circling Boo Buddies •Climbing Koopa •Decoy •Dino-Rhino •Dino-Torch •Disappearing Boo Buddy •Dry Bones •Eerie •Falling spike •Fire Snake •Fishbone •Fishin' Boo •Fishin' Lakitu •Floating Mine •Flying Goomba •Fuzzy •Goomba •Grinder •Haunted Hole •Hothead •Ice •Jumping Fire Piranha Plant •Jumping Piranha Plant (Jumping Pumpkin Plant) •Koopa Paratroopa •Koopa Troopa •Lakitu •Lakitu in a Pipe •Lava •Lava Bubble •Lil Sparky •Magikoopa •Mechakoopa •Mega Mole •Monty Mole •Muncher •Ninji •Para-bomb •Para-Goomba •Pillar •Piranha Plant •Pit •Pokey •Porcu-Puffer •Rex •Rip Van Fish •Shell (flashing) •Shifting wall •Skewer •Spike •Spike (Super Mario World) •Spike Top •Spiny •Spiny Egg •Sumo Brother •Super Koopa •Swooper •Thwimp •Thwomp •Torpedo Ted •Torpedo tube •Turtle Cannon •Unshelled Koopa •Urchin •Volcano Lotus •Wiggler
Music and sound effects"Bowser BGM" • "Donut Plains (Map Screen)" • "Dragon Coin" • "Ending" • "Forest of Illusion (Map Screen)" • "Ground BGM" ("Athletic BGM" ·Bonus Game BGM" · "Castle BGM" · "Course Clear" · "Ghost House BGM" · "Underground BGM" · "Underwater BGM") • "Koopalings BGM" • "P Switch BGM" • "Pin-pon-pan-pon" • "Special World (Map Screen)" • "Title BGM" • "Valley of Bowser (Map Screen)" • "Vanilla Dome (Map Screen)" • "Yoshi ni noru toki" • "Yoshi's Island (Map Screen)"
Other1-Up Room •Bonus game •Bonus Star •Fall •Giant Gate •Item Stock •Keyhole •Midway Gate •Sand cloud •Timer •Tourist Tips
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