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The "Mario & Zelda Big Band Live" concert was held on September 14th, 2003, at the Nihon Seinenkan Hall in Tokyo, Japan. The DVD recording of this event was bundled with the Japanese gaming magazine "Nintendo Dream" vol. 101.

Mario & Zelda Big Band Live was, as the name suggests, live performances of Mario and Zelda music arranged into jazz, Latin, country, and bluegrass. The host, Ashura Benimaru Itoh, started off the concert with an awesome guitar arrangement of the Super Mario Bros. "main theme" and "underworld theme." The performances that followed were divided almost evenly between the Tokyo CubaBoys Jr. (The Big Band of Rogues) and Mr. Yoshihiro Arita (with his band).

Not included is "Mario Scat Version" (Super Mario Sunshine bonus level theme), which finally surfaces as track 4 on the M&ZBBL CD.

After every performance or two, the host talked to the guests a little bit, presumably about the music they just heard and the game it was from.

Short version: It's Mario & Zelda music, intertwined with various interviews with people from Nintendo, including Shigeru Miyamoto.

Tracklist includes musics from the original Super Mario Bros, Super Mario 64, Super Mario Sunshine, Yoshi's Island, The Legend of Zelda, The Legend of Zelda : Ocarina of Time and The Legend of Zelda: WindWalker.

OK this is probably the most enjoyable big band performance I have ever been witness to, recorded or otherwise. As one of those 25-35 year olds who grew up with Super Mario Brothers, Legend of Zelda, and subsequent sequels, this brought back a lot of cool memories.

I recognize most of these, but some - while familiar - I can't place from where they came. I searched for about 20 minutes for a complete set list in English, but was unable to locate one. Is there a Japanese speaker out there, or perhaps someone who is ultra-versed in the Mario/Zelda universe, that can provide a complete set list?

I've got the audio of this!

Great stuff!

morsedillon> Here's the track list from the CD. Some of the songs aren't on the video though, but i guess it should be helpful enough

I'm too lazy to do a better list, hope you won't mind a bit of spam.

1. Ashura Benimaru Ito - Opening Theme of MARIO (FAMILY COMPUTER: "SUPER MARIO Bros.") (2:23)
2. The Big Band of Rogues (Tokyo Cuban Boys Jr.), Shigeo Nukita - SUPER MARIO 64 Opening Theme ~ Overworld Theme (4:40)
3. The Big Band of Rogues (Tokyo Cuban Boys Jr.), Koji Kondo - Medley of SUPER MARIO Bros. (4:24)
4. The Big Band of Rogues (Tokyo Cuban Boys Jr.), Seiko - MARIO Scat Version (NINTENDO GAMECUBE: "SUPER MARIO SUNSHINE") (2:06) not in the video
5. The Big Band of Rogues (Tokyo Cuban Boys Jr.), Seiko, Shigeo Nukita - GO GO MARIO (FAMILY COMPUTER: "SUPER MARIO Bros.") (3:36)
6. The Big Band of Rogues (Tokyo Cuban Boys Jr.), Shigeo Nukita - SUPER MARIO Bros. 3 Ending Theme (2:42)
7. Yoshihiro Arita with his band - Theme of Athletic (SUPER FAMICOM: "YOSHI'S ISLAND") (4:17)
8. Kazumi Totaka/Yoshihiro Arita - YOSHI on the beach (NINTENDO64: "YOSHI'S STORY") (3:13)
9. Yoshihiro Arita with his band - THE LEGEND OF ZELDA -Windwaker- Title Theme (7:27)
10.Yoshihiro Arita with his band - Theme of Dragon Roost Island (NINTENDO GAMECUBE: "THE LEGEND OF ZELDA -Windwaker-") (4:21)
11.The song of EPONA (NINTENDO64 - ''THE LEGEND OF ZELDA OCARINA OF TIME'') (4:06)
12.Theme of The DOLPHIC TOWN (NINTENDO GAMECUBE - ''SUPER MARIO SUNSHINE'') (4:27)
13.The Zora Band (NINTENDO64 - ''THE LEGEND OF ZELDA MAJORA'S MASK'') (4:42)
14.Theme of Goron City (NINTENDO64 - ''THE LEGEND OF ZELDA OCARINA OF TIME'') (3:52)
15.Theme of The Shop (NINTENDO64 - ''THE LEGEND OF ZELDA OCARINA OF TIME'') (3:18)
16.Medley of THE LEGEND OF ZELDA (FAMILY COMPUTER DISK SYSTEM - ''THE LEGEND OF ZELDA'') (4:32)
17.Ending Theme of SUPER MARIO SUNSHINE (4:29)
18.Encore (Slider) (NINTENDO64 - ''SUPER MARIO 64'') (6:38)

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awesome! needs a *long ?

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