Super Mario Bros. Music Now Listed In U.S. Library of Congress

The Super Mario Bros. music, also called the "Ground Theme," has been given a place in the US national recording registry, Andrea Guzman wrote for Data Sheet.

Photo Insert: The 1985 theme from Super Mario Bros has become “the most recognizable video game theme in history,” the library said.

The song was written by Nintendo composer Koji Kondo, and since appearing in the 1985 theme from Super Mario Bros, has become “the most recognizable video game theme in history,” the library said.

It joins Mariah Carey’s "All I Want for Christmas Is You" and Madonna’s Like a Virgin album as some of “the defining sounds of the nation’s history and culture,” the US Library of Congress said.

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