Tinny, infectious Game Boy bleeps that carved out a whole different corner of the Mario universe. Hirokazu Tanaka composed Super Mario Land's score on that tiny mono speaker and somehow made every note count. "Mario Adventures I" has a completely different swagger from the mainline overworld theme, this calypso-tinged bounce that immediately tells you you're not in the Mushroom Kingdom anymore.
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The Chinese Style Stage BGM leans into pentatonic scales with zero subtlety and it absolutely works. "Oh! Daisy" is maybe ten seconds long but it's been stuck in people's heads since 1989. Just pure concentrated charm. If you've only ever heard Kondo's Mario music, Tanaka's take will hit different in the best way.