Ice Mario (theme)

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"Ice Mario"
"Ice Mario" in Super Mario Galaxy
The image for "Ice Mario" from Super Mario Galaxy on Nintendo Music.
Image from Nintendo Music
Composed by:
Mahito Yokota
First appearance Super Mario Galaxy (2007)
Latest appearance Super Mario Galaxy + Super Mario Galaxy 2 (2025)
Quotes from
"Overture" (Super Mario Galaxy)

"Ice Mario"[1] [2] is a musical theme composed by Mahito Yokota for Super Mario Galaxy , where it plays whenever the player obtains an Ice Flower and continues playing throughout the duration of the power-up's effect. This theme quotes "Overture" from the same game at the beginning. Much like "Rainbow Mario" from the same game and "Switch On!" from New Super Mario Bros. , the theme's tempo speeds up as the time limit runs out.

History[edit ]

Super Mario series[edit ]

Super Mario Galaxy[edit ]

Super Mario Galaxy marks the first appearance of "Ice Mario". An arrangement of "Ice Mario", titled "Fire Mario" (which also includes a faint arrangement of "Invincibility BGM"), plays whenever the player obtains a Fire Flower. Both themes return for the same purpose in the Nintendo Switch ports, Super Mario 3D All-Stars and Super Mario Galaxy + Super Mario Galaxy 2 . Both are also included in the official Super Mario Galaxy Original Soundtrack album.

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Super Mario Galaxy 2[edit ]

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In Super Mario Galaxy 2 and its Nintendo Switch port, Super Mario Galaxy + Super Mario Galaxy 2, a remix of "Fire Mario" plays whenever the player obtains a Fire Flower. This remix adds a cuica and additional synthesizer to the instrumentation.

An arrangement of "Fire Mario" is incorporated into "Squizzard", the theme that plays when fighting Squizzard. The arrangement is dynamically added to the theme while the player is in Fire Mario form, though the tempo does not speed up as the power-up's time limit runs out. Like the game's "Fire Mario" remix and "Squizzard" itself, this arrangement incorporates a cuica. "Squizzard" is also included in the official Super Mario Galaxy 2 Original Soundtrack album and on Nintendo Music, where the regular and Fire Mario versions are played in sequence on the same track.

An unused version of "Ice Mario" exists in the game's files, with a louder instrument used for it.

Other appearances[edit ]

Super Nintendo World[edit ]

At the Super Nintendo World theme park, arrangements of "Ice Mario" and "Fire Mario" that exclude the intro play when collecting an Ice Flower or Fire Flower respectively in the Frosted Glacier interactive.

Gallery[edit ]

List of Super Mario appearances[edit ]

Games[edit ]

Work System Year Type Title Credits
Super Mario Galaxy Wii 2007 Original "Ice Mario"[1] Mahito Yokota
Arrangement "Fire Mario"[1] Mahito Yokota
Super Mario Galaxy 2 2010 Remix
Arrangement "Squizzard"[1] Mahito Yokota
Super Mario 3D All-Stars Nintendo Switch 2020 Original "Ice Mario"[1] Mahito Yokota
Past arrangement (Super Mario Galaxy [Wii]) "Fire Mario"[1] Mahito Yokota
Super Mario Galaxy 2025 Original "Ice Mario"[1] Mahito Yokota
Past arrangement (Super Mario Galaxy [Wii]) "Fire Mario"[1] Mahito Yokota
Super Mario Galaxy 2 Past remix (Super Mario Galaxy 2 [Wii])
Past arrangement (Super Mario Galaxy 2 [Wii]) "Squizzard"[1] Mahito Yokota
Super Mario Galaxy + Super Mario Galaxy 2 Original "Ice Mario"[1] Mahito Yokota
Past arrangement (Super Mario Galaxy [Wii]) "Fire Mario"[1] Mahito Yokota
Past remix (Super Mario Galaxy 2 [Wii])
Past arrangement (Super Mario Galaxy 2 [Wii]) "Squizzard"[1] Mahito Yokota

Albums[edit ]

Work Year Type Title Credits
Super Mario Galaxy Original Soundtrack 2008 Original "Ice Mario" Mahito Yokota
Past arrangement (Super Mario Galaxy [Wii]) "Fire Mario" Mahito Yokota
Super Mario Galaxy 2 Original Soundtrack 2010 Past arrangement (Super Mario Galaxy [Wii]) 「サンドロン」 (Sandoron) Mahito Yokota

Other media[edit ]

Work Year Type Title Credits
Super Nintendo World 2021 Arrangement
Arrangement
Nintendo Music 2024 Original "Ice Mario" Mahito Yokota
Past arrangement (Super Mario Galaxy [Wii]) "Fire Mario" Mahito Yokota
2025[a] Past arrangement (Super Mario Galaxy 2 [Wii]) "Squizzard" Mahito Yokota
  1. ^ Added on September 15, 2025

Names in other languages[edit ]

"Ice Mario"[edit ]

Language Name Meaning Note(s) Ref.
Japanese アイスマリオ
Aisu Mario
Ice Mario [1] [2]

"Fire Mario"[edit ]

Language Name Meaning Note(s) Ref.
Japanese ファイアマリオ
Faia Mario
Fire Mario [1] [2]

References[edit ]

Recurring themes
Donkey Kong franchise Donkey 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" • "Mine Cart Madness" • "Northern Hemispheres" • "Simian Segue" • "Theme" • "Treetop Rock" • "Voices of the Temple"
Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest "Crocodile Cacophony (K. Rool's Theme)" • "K. Rool Returns (Title 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. series Mario Bros. (NES) "Title BGM"
Wrecking Crew series Wrecking Crew "Bonus Phase" • "Golden Hammer" • "Phase BGM"
Super Mario series Super 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" • "Ending" • "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" • "Throne Room" • "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 "Boss Battle" • "Isle Delfino" ("Ricco Harbor" · "Staff Credits") • "Secret Course"
New Super Mario Bros. "Castle Theme" • "Ground Theme" ("Athletic Theme") • "Mega Mario" • "Switch On!" • "Tower Theme"
Super Mario Galaxy "A-wa-wa-wa!" • "Battlerock Galaxy" • "Buoy Base Galaxy" • "Catastrophe" • "Cosmic Comet" • "Dino Piranha" • "Egg Planet" • "Enter Bowser Jr.!" • "Enter the Galaxy" • "Final Battle with Bowser" • "The Galaxy Reactor" • "Gateway Galaxy" • "Gusty Garden Galaxy" • "The Honeyhive" • "Ice Mario" • "Ice Mountain" • "King Bowser" • "King Kaliente" • "Kingfin" • "Luma" • "Major Burrows" • "Megaleg" • "Melty Molten Galaxy" • "Overture" • "Peach's Castle Stolen" • "Purple Comet" • "Rosalina in the Observatory" ("Family") • "Space Athletic" • "Space Junk Road" • "The Star Festival" • "Super Mario 2007" • "Super Mario Galaxy" • "The Toad Brigade" • "Waltz of the Boos"
New Super Mario Bros. Wii "Bonus Area" • "Bowser Jr. Battle" • "Castle Theme" • "Coast Theme" • "Desert Theme" • "Forest Theme" • "Ghost House Theme" • "Koopaling Battle" • "Lava Cave / Underground Ruins Theme" • "Lava Theme" • "Title Theme" • "Toad House Minigame" • "Underground Theme" • "Underwater Theme"
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Super Mario 3D Land "Beach Theme" • "Castle Theme"[conjectural] • "Main Theme" • "Snow Course" • "Victory Parade"
New Super Mario Bros. U "Ground Theme" ("Athletic Theme")
Super Mario 3D World "A Boss Approaches" • "Captain Toad Goes Forth" • "Chainlink Charge" • "Piranha Creeper Creek" • "Super Bell Hill"
Super Mario Maker "Flying Battleship Theme" • "Title"
Super Mario Odyssey "Fossil Falls" • "Jump Up, Super Star!" • "New Donk City"
Dr. Mario series Dr. Mario "Chill" • "Fever" • "Game Over" • "Selection Screen" • "Title Screen" • "Vs. Game Over"
Mario Kart series Super Mario Kart "Awards Ceremony (1st – 3rd Place)" • "Bowser Castle" • "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" • "Grumble Volcano" • "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 "Bowser's Castle" • "Cloudtop Cruise" • "Mario Circuit" ("Mario Kart Stadium") • "Mario Kart 8 Title Screen" • "Rainbow Road" • "Twisted Mansion"
Mario Party series Mario Party 9 "Good Job!"
Yoshi series Super 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"
Wario franchise Wario Land 3 "Out of the Woods"[conjectural]
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"
Luigi's Mansion series Luigi's Mansion "Title Theme (Humming)" ("Professor E. Gadd's Lab")
Mario vs. Donkey Kong series Mario vs. Donkey Kong "Mini Mario Stage"[conjectural] • "Title Theme"
Super Smash Bros. series Super Smash Bros. Melee "Rainbow Cruise"
Other The Legend of Zelda "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" • "Bowser's Keep" • "Hello, Happy Kingdom" • "Super Mario House"
Miscellaneous "Galop infernal" • "Mute City" • "Title BGM" (Excitebike) • "Totakeke's theme"
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a Exclusive to the Nintendo Switch version