Synth-pop vocals and bubbly 80s J-pop production crashing headfirst into the Mushroom Kingdom. The 1986 Super Mario Bros. anime film soundtrack is pure mid-80s Japanese pop at its most earnest, and it rules. "Doki-Doki Do it" shows up in like three different versions, from a dreamy romance cut to a rock'n'roll school mix, each one more committed to the bit than the last.
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"Adieu, My Love" goes full ballad with this aching grand theme that has no business being this emotional about a plumber rescuing a princess. "Light Blue Waltz" is genuinely delicate. The whole thing feels like a time capsule someone buried in Akihabara.
If you want Mario filtered through peak Showa-era pop sensibility, this is the one.