Ice Mountain

From the Super Mario Wiki, the Mario encyclopedia
Jump to navigation Jump to search

This article needs improvement. Specifically:

  • General formatting improvement to be in line with other articles
Requested improvements must be clear, pertinent, and well-formed. Please refrain from adding bullet points such as "Add more information" or "Write the rest of the article".
Not to be confused with Snow Mountain.
"Ice Mountain"
"Ice Mountain" in Super Mario Galaxy
"Lava Path" in Super Mario Galaxy
The image for "Ice Mountain" 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)

"Ice Mountain" and "Lava Path"[1] are musical themes from Super Mario Galaxy composed by Mahito Yokota. "Ice Mountain" plays in all missions in Freezeflame Galaxy except for Freezeflame's Blistering Core and Frosty Cosmic Mario Race, in addition to playing in the icy segment of Bouncing Down Cake Lane and at the start of Star Bunnies in the Snow. "Lava Path" plays in Freezeflame's Blistering Core and Hot and Cold Collide.

History[edit ]

Super Mario Galaxy[edit ]

Super Mario Galaxy marks the first appearance of "Ice Mountain" and "Lava Path", and they return in the Nintendo Switch ports, Super Mario 3D All-Stars and Super Mario Galaxy + Super Mario Galaxy 2 , for the same purposes. They are also included in the official Super Mario Galaxy Original Soundtrack album.

Super Mario Galaxy 2[edit ]

In Super Mario Galaxy 2 and the Nintendo Switch port, Super Mario Galaxy + Super Mario Galaxy 2 , the original versions of the songs play in Prince Pikante's Peppery Mood in different segments.

Gallery[edit ]

List of Super Mario appearances[edit ]

Games[edit ]

Work System Year Type Title Credits
Super Mario Galaxy Wii 2007 Originals "Ice Mountain", "Lava Path"[1] Mahito Yokota
Super Mario Galaxy 2 Wii 2010 Originals "Ice Mountain", "Lava Path"[1] Mahito Yokota
Super Mario 3D All-Stars Nintendo Switch 2020 Originals "Ice Mountain", "Lava Path"[1] Mahito Yokota
Super Mario Galaxy Nintendo Switch 2025 Originals "Ice Mountain", "Lava Path" [1] Mahito Yokota
Super Mario Galaxy 2 Nintendo Switch 2025 Originals "Ice Mountain", "Lava Path" [1] Mahito Yokota

Albums[edit ]

Work Year Type Title Credits
Super Mario Galaxy Original Soundtrack 2008 Originals "Ice Mountain", "Lava Path" Mahito Yokota
Super Mario Galaxy (Spotify) 2026 Originals "Ice Mountain", "Lava Path" Mahito Yokota

Other media[edit ]

Work Year Type Title Credits
Nintendo Music 2024 Originals "Ice Mountain", "Lava Path" Mahito Yokota
2025[a] Originals "Ice Mountain", "Lava Path"
  1. ^ Added on September 15, 2025

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"
Super Mario Galaxy 2 "Bowser Jr.'s Fiery Flotilla" • "Bowser's Galaxy Generator" • "Cloudy Court Galaxy" • "Fated Battle" • "Melty Monster Galaxy" • "Puzzle Plank Galaxy" • "Slimy Spring Galaxy" • "Starship Mario" • "The Starship's Journey" • "Super Mario Galaxy 2 Trailer Theme" ("Sky Station Galaxy" · "Wild Glide Galaxy") • "Teleporter Melody" • "Yoshi Star Galaxy"
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"
Super Mario Galaxy (Wii) / Super Mario Galaxy (Nintendo Switch)
Playable characters MarioLuigi
Forms Bee MarioRainbow MarioBoo MarioIce MarioFire MarioSpring MarioFlying Mario
Non-playable characters Apricot LumaPrincess PeachRosalinaLumasPolariHungry LumasLumaleesComet LumaToadsToad Brigade (Toad Brigade captain · Mailtoad · Blue Toad · Yellow Toad · Green Toad) • Star BunniesHoneybeesQueen BeeBoards • (Bill Board · Gil Board · Jill Board · Phil Board) • RayPenguinsCoachPenguruPenguin RacersGearmosWormSpooky SpeedsterGuppyCosmic Mario
Enemies AmpAtomic BooBall BeamerBanzai BillBatBig Ruby RockBlooperBob-ombBomb BooBompBone TwisterBonefinBooBullet BillCataquackCheep CheepChompClampyCluckboomCrabberDry BonesElectrogoombaFire ShooterFlipbugGiant GringillGolden ChompGoombaGoombeetleGrand GoombaGringillIce batIce BubbleJam-o'-WarJammyfishKoopa TroopaLava BubbleLi'l CinderMagikoopaMandibugMecha-BowserMicro GoombaMikey MineMini ChompMontyOctoguyPiranha PlantPokey HeadPokeynutPokeyplantPulse BeamPumpkinhead GoombaRoctoRuby RockSentry BeamSentry GarageSlurpleSpace MineSpiky TopmanSpiny Cheep-CheepSpiny Piranha PlantSpoingSpanglerSpring TopmanSpring VaultThwompTopminiTorpedo TedTox BoxTracksUndergruntUrchinWater ShooterWigglerZap Ball
Obstacles Banzai Bill CannonBars / crystalBill BlasterBlack holeBrambleBurnerCannonCannonballChomp boxCrushing pillarDark matterDeadly quicksandElectric BallElectric railEye BeamerFire BarFire geyserFireballFreezing waterGiant prickly plantGravity fieldHoneyIce BallLavaLava burstLava GeyserLava tideMeatMeteorMoving sandMudPoisonous swampPrickly plantQuicksandSand tideSnowSpikeSpiky icebergSpotlightSpringTorpedo tubeWater tideWhirlpoolWind
Bosses Dino PiranhaKing KalienteMandibug StackBugaboomMegalegKamellaTarantoxTopmaniacBowserBouldergeistBowser Jr.Major BurrowsBaron BrrrUndergrunt GunnerKingfin
Items and power-ups ? Coin1-Up MushroomBee MushroomBombBoo MushroomCoinFire FlowerGold ShellGrand StarGreen Power StarGreen ShellIce FlowerKeyLife MushroomNotePower StarPurple CoinRainbow StarRed Power StarRed ShellRed StarSilver StarSpring MushroomStar BitStar Chip
Objects ? BlockAirshipArrow SignBanandelionBarBeaconBlockBlue switchBob-omb dispenserBoltBolt LiftBoneBowser StatueBrick BlockBubbleBubblerButterflyCageCannonCaseCloudCoconutCoin BlockConveyor BeltCosmic blockCrateCrystalDomeFishFlipswitch PanelFloaty FluffFlower (environmental object)Flower (platform)Gold Treasure BoxGiant Star BitGravity spotlightGravity switchGround Pound SwitchHanging vineHoleHoney wallIceKey DoorLaunch StarLeaf pileLever SwitchLiftMatterPolePortraitPull StarPyramidRobot turtleRock spireRolling BallRubbery bulbSeagullSemisolid PlatformShock Wave GeneratorShrinking platformSignSliding blockSling PodSling StarSnow sculptureSnowmanStar WandSpringboardSproutle VineStarshroomStone blockStone circle / Shell circleStone wheelSwingTennis ballTiny lampTorchTornadoTrashTreasure chestUFOUnderwater ringValveVolcanoWarp PadWarp PipeWater spoutWaterfallWatermelonYellow square
Locations Terrace Good Egg GalaxyHoneyhive GalaxyLoopdeeloop GalaxyFlipswitch GalaxyBowser Jr.'s Robot ReactorSweet Sweet Galaxy
Fountain Space Junk GalaxyRolling Green GalaxyBattlerock GalaxyHurry-Scurry GalaxyBowser's Star ReactorSling Pod Galaxy
Kitchen Beach Bowl GalaxyBubble Breeze GalaxyGhostly GalaxyBuoy Base GalaxyBowser Jr.'s Airship ArmadaDrip Drop Galaxy
Bedroom Gusty Garden GalaxyFreezeflame GalaxyDusty Dune GalaxyHoneyclimb GalaxyBowser's Dark Matter PlantBigmouth Galaxy
Engine Room Gold Leaf GalaxySea Slide GalaxyToy Time GalaxyBonefin GalaxyBowser Jr.'s Lava ReactorSand Spiral Galaxy
Garden Deep Dark GalaxyDreadnought GalaxyMatter Splatter GalaxyMelty Molten GalaxySnow Cap Galaxy
Gate Gateway GalaxyBoo's Boneyard Galaxy
Planet of Trials Rolling Gizmo GalaxyBubble Blast GalaxyLoopdeeswoop GalaxyGrand Finale Galaxy
Other Castle GardensComet ObservatoryGarageLibraryBowser's Galaxy ReactorPipe interior
Moves Backward somersaultCarryClimbCrouchDashDouble jumpDouble kickFlyGround poundJumpKickLong jumpRocket StartCo-Star Super JumpSide somersaultSkateSlideSpinSpin jumpStart DashStompSweep kickSwimTriple jumpWall jump
Gameplay elements amiibo aBob-omb BlastingCompletionGalaxiesGravityLetterLife meterMandibug clanMissionsOcto-ArmyPrankster CometRay surfingStar ListStar PointerTopman TribeTrial GalaxiesWii Message Board
Story elements Rosalina's Storybook Star Festival
Music "A-wa-wa-wa!" • "Aquatic Race" • "Battlerock Galaxy" • "Buoy Base Galaxy" • "Catastrophe" • "Cosmic Comet" • "Dino Piranha" • "Egg Planet" • "Enter Bowser Jr.!" • "Final Battle with Bowser" • "The Galaxy Reactor" • "Gateway Galaxy" • "Gusty Garden Galaxy" • "Help!" • "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"
Web media Anket • "Cosmic Power-Up with Mario and Yoshi" • Iwata Asks Personality quiz: Movie match Playtest: Super Mario GalaxyQuick PollSuper Mario Galaxy (Flash game)
Further info 7-ElevenBaskin-RobbinsGalleryGlitchesMario Galaxy OrchestraMultimediaNintendo Music (soundtrack) • Original soundtrackPre-release and unused contentQuotesStaff (Super Mario Galaxy + Super Mario Galaxy 2 ) • Super Mario 128 Super Mario 3D All-Stars SUPER MARIO BROS. 25th Anniversary Special Sound Track PRESS START Edition Super Mario Bros. 40th Anniversary Trial Play EventSuper Mario Galaxy (Spotify)Super Mario Galaxy Official Sticker Collection Super Mario Galaxy + Super Mario Galaxy 2 Super Mario History 1985-2010 Trading cards
a Exclusive to the Nintendo Switch version