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  • Kondo is the scott joplin video games, I think it's better to say so because his music is ragtime

  • His music is legendary.

    Now, comparing him to Mozart and Beethoven is way too much, sorry.

  • when i finish the games always thinked his name sound like "que ca-chondo" thats mean "what funny man" in spanish...hahaha

    id never thinked that i will admire him so much years later....

  • Koji Kondo -- YOU FUCKING ROCK!!!!

  • mom: dear why are u crying at your computer??

    me: *sniffle* c-cuz k-k-koji kondo is s-so good at piano!! D'X

  • @Kansutachi hes actually good at allot of other instruments too

  • And He Starts off with one of my personal favorites! He is just a Marvel to the world!

  • Koji Kondo can play the piano...while beating Super Mario Bros.

  • 5 Motherfuckers that are going to die with their butt holes rotten.

  • @KenobiM11 LOL

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  • 5 people don't take the 1up mushroom

  • Koji Kondo is not the mozart of video games, mozart it was the koji kondo of classical music

  • nobuo uhematsu is the best for me

  • this man is a god !

  • you are so right.

  • The John Williams of video game music. Truly awesome!

  • @ForceMaximus84 Nah that be Nobuo Uematsu, but Kondo is great.

  • The Mozart, of Video games. His classic Mario tunes and Zelda will never leave my mind. Thanks, Kondo!!

  • Kondo's GENIUS!!

  • i find it so interesting how he puts that little hesitation in the beginning bit... that is usually interpreted the other way by most people playing it..

  • Everything from the tempo, to his body language. Everything. Such a magical night to witness.

  • When they compare him to Mozart, I believe they mean the 2 are more similar in calibre and raw talent than in style. We are all aware that their compositions are completely different; but equally awesome.

  • That's exactly why I compare him to Mozart :D

  • 4:24 ...FAIL VOICE XDDD!!(Nadie lo sigue al que dice: Wooo!XDDD!!)

  • What makes him a remarkable composer is the fact that he made these memorable pieces in what is a composer's nightmare; the way NES cartridges were made he had very little instruments/sounds to work with, yet he created these memorable soundtracks that we're still talking about decades later.

  • ...This among other reasons is why I feel it infinitely more accurate to compare Koji Kondo to Henry Mancini than to Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

    (I meant to write "an idiom similar to..." in that last post, by the way)

  • stfu

  • Zelda games have a ton of serious music made by Koji Kondo

  • Koji Kondo is OUR MODERN MOZART!!!!!!!!!!!

  • omg the beginning is what they play during the water levelsss

    AHH so many good memories ^^

  • Hes trying to be mellow :)

  • Modern Mozart? No.

    Modern Mancini? Yes!

  • koji are a brilliant!!!!!!!!!

  • 00:20 LOL we love you koji

  • dont we all?

  • I like his remix that he did to the original Mario Bros theme, Koji really kicks ass. He needs to put out a compilation CD of him playing his original scores on piano and other instruments. that would be a real tribute to all the games of years past.

  • I had molds of Koji Kondo, Shigeru Miyamoto, and Satoru Iwata's heads cast out of bronze and im gonna make a shrine with those heads and all my nintendo collection =)

  • koji kondo is one of my favorites musicans along with beethoven and mozart

  • @diegoxy222 He is the Mozart of the VideoGames jajaja

  • WE LOVE YOU KOJI!!!

    No, really. There is genuine love in the air :P

  • madolinplayer, when you're already in a hole please stop digging.

  • mandolinplayer13 Rofl man..If those retards as you call didnt make the Start,this man that plays the Mario themes wouldn't even know where the facking D # is,So Please Respect the Starters of this Classic Music,and smile at the Our Days Impressionists OF OLDER Ages,Okey?if i see one more time you say retard the beethoven,i am gonna spam you with songs of him,untill you understand that HE and mozart,and Heydl and all these are the starters of what you hear today

  • His zelda music is da best IMO.

  • Beethoven of video game music indeed, or perhaps the world!

  • Beethoven happens to be a composer in the 1800s and these composers were the first of the first. So who's the retard now?

  • You think Koji Kondo would have composed his music the way he did, and still does, if Beethoven didn't live?

    You know nothing.

  • well looking at half of the mario songs he's composed, they seem to have heavy ragtime influence

  • is Koji kondo and w3sp the same person?

  • really koji was the one who wrote most of the mario songs i think all of them

    and w3sp i think is a person with skiils @ piano

    but the same person

  • He is my hero. He inspires my music.

  • Koji Kondo is a brilliant person

  • koji kondo is the BEST!!!!

  • hol0015 = Asshole

    gremhiilzoone = Shit head

    Please do us a favor and just drop dead or never speak of Koji again, u dont deserve it.

  • KenobiM11 = fag who likes to talk shit when he doesnt even know what hes talking about.

    Nevermind that, i have to say that Koji did horrible on the water theme. Not to mention that the water theme is one of my favorites songs in mario. But whatever, great job Koji.

    5/5 on the video

  • KOJI KONDO (L)

  • "WE LOVE YOU KOJI!"

  • You'd be suprised how average the original underwater theme sounds on piano.

  • I know how it`s on piano at its original , I even can play it. Kondo really did not get the music spirit, even understanding that he arranged the theme.

  • im sure he did it on purpose to suddenly boost da crowd.

  • Best comsposer ever.

  • what did that gyuy shout out after we love u in the start? 5/5

  • We love you Koji.

  • no in that weird voice.

    what did he say?

  • i dunno but it was freakin funny

  • Koji gots soul!!!

  • Your music sure have lots of memories everyway!!!

  • l´d like to smoke a joint with koji kondo , talk about his music and listen to him play the star wolf theme with a band

  • no...

  • the person who got to shake his hand near the end of the video is a lucky bastard.

  • Totaka and Koji are the greatest composers ever :D

  • kuji kondo rocks is like rock is a master piece.

  • if he rocks so much, why cant you spell his name? :p

  • its amazing what someone can do with a piano... it was terrific!

  • KOJI KONDO ROCKS!!!!!!!

    When that crowd started screaming when he started playing the classic theme, a HUGE smile came over my face.

    I LOVE YOU KOJI!!!!!!!

  • this guy looks funny in his wikipedia article

    THIS GUY IS LEGEND!!

  • lmao. yeah, not the best, huh? ;D

  • He is not often associated with video game music. You think of Super Mario Overworld theme, and you relate it to Mario. Most people I know can sing the melody of most of his songs, yet not know his name. In all technicality, Kondo-sensei is just as famous as Mozart-san.

  • why are you trying to get people to think your Japanese?

  • I wish more people would appreciate the work this man does. He's composed some of the most brilliant contemporary music over the past quarter decade, but only a handful outside the video game community truly realize the depth of his talents. The music he composes isn't just "game" music; it's flat-out astounding music, period.

  • yes, If only more poeple could appreciate his music,

    I would be happy. He should play more zelda.

    is his best music ever. Or metroid.

  • I appreciate him

    He is and forever will be a legend

  • Koji Kondo didn't write the music for Metroid... it was Hirokazu 'Hip' Tanaka. just thought I'd let you know (I thought it was Koji Kondo 'til just recently, too.)

  • he didnt write metroid

  • but he should play it.

  • QUOTED FOR FUCKING TRUTH!

  • @ZhangtheGreat truly.

  • dude is a modern day mozart.

    LOVE his music!

  • I think Shigeru Miyamoto is most likely God, and Koji Kondo is Jesus.

  • lol

  • rofl

  • i no

  • ROFL!! xD i could live with that!!

  • I loveeee the feeling of nostalgia this is giving me. Koji Kondo is amazing.

  • YEI!!!!!!

  • Zelda and Mario are the games that everyone can relate to the theme song. MArio is a very recognizable song. He is a legend in his own works. If not the best composer of songs in relation with games. His songs in every game just seem to fit in and blend in soo well.

  • from zelda to mario, Koji has put my life in his music

  • i think you mean mario to zelda

  • vice versa i guess =P

  • definitely a tear for this one, how huge is it?

  • I might be wrong but I think he hit a couple of bad notes...they clashed at some points

    he still kicks ass!

  • Well anything he plays is right... he wrote the song!

  • just cos he wrote it doesn't mean he got it right lol, but I see your point. it's easy to hit the wrong note by accident in a song like that, you can't play things perfectly every time, even when you write it ;)

  • he played an arrangement (basically a well known tune with your own ideas put into it) of his own song. makes sense some of it would sound wrong to someone used to hearing it often.

  • yeah that's a good point, in arrangements - chords, notes, tunes, whatever can be changed, so yeah that might be why it sounds different!

  • well all great musician gonna hit couple of wrong keys sooner or later.

  • exactly ^_^

    still....he IS playing the songs for one of my favourite game series' ever lol

  • living legend.

  • I could cry, yet I am busy laughing. Thanks KK for all!

  • This man is a legend!

    I've got so many great memories thanks to him.

  • He has made some splendid tunes!! Absolutely splendid. He has the coolest carrer in the entire fucking planet Earth!

  • Well... Martin is really talented and great... just I think Koji is better :) But Martin still rules!

  • I want to see him live, too!

  • Koji did a ill work with Zelda OoT, one of the

    best videogame soundtracks ever done.

  • koji is a world idol we love youre songs

  • We love you are songs?

    Has anyone tought you grammar?

  • koji is the man

  • Martin Leung copy. Koji Kondo create.

  • If you think hes playing these songs wrong go get fucked. He made the songs. You cant say hes playing them wrong. Koji's the man.

    -Bow down-

  • Martin Leung = Brilliant...

    but Koji Kondo > Martin Leung

    All of you complaining about how he played... stop your whining. It's thanks to him these songs exist. Martin Leung would have spent HOURS practising to get his songs perfect. Koji Kondo can step up to the piano and play ANY ONE of his songs not only with perfection, but he can 'step outside of the boundaries' and add flair and make the songs sound different without changing the melody. He is supreme.

  • You rock Koji!! He's the legend of video games!!! w00t!!! oh yea... martin is nowhere near Koji's standards man... no comparison

  • Best composer ever. Especially when you consider the primitive sound equipment he had to make these unforgettable themes on.

  • OF course martin leung plays better.

    just tell me one thing, when would martin leung be able to compose songs like koji kondo?

    the answer is : never...

    end of discussion.

  • i swear when i completed zelda 3 i was just a kid and i was impressed with the zelda 3 music on the snes.. and i waited for the credits to come up to know who the composer was... so i wrote koji kondo composed the music for zelda 3 on what was then my diary :)

    i cant believe i finally get to see him :) some 15 years later here on youtube

  • all of you guys who said that martin leung is better... ARE RETARDED. Koji Kondo is the composer of MANY classic Nintendo games. EVERY Mario game, EVERY Zelda game, The NES Kung Fu, and even DUCK HUNT. He can play these songs any fucking way he wants.

  • LEAVE KOJI ALONE HES MY IDOL :D VGP has nothin on him :P

  • lol in the end u see it was all just playback :P *joking*

  • he composes a lot better than he plays.

  • HAHAHAHAHAHA i hella agree =P

  • yeah but koji kondo likes to arange his music more than play original... youknow he is the composer though right?

  • dam, martin leung is somuch better, ive seen your comments so i thought, this guy has to be realy good, but martin is lots and lots better!, btw, im not quit flaming him because he was good, and i could not compare to him, but martin leung was lots better

  • Him, Nobou Umestu (sp?), and Yoko Shimomura are the best video game composers out there, hands down. The great thing is that all of these composers (plus 27 others) are creating the soundtrack for Super Smash Brothers Brawl.

  • yeah man that will be amazing plus if u played kingdom hearts a composer from that game is in it aswell as the main composer from final fantasy im telling you this game will be big

  • koji kondo is god of music

  • Man, Koji Kondo is awesome. I love most of the songs he's ever composed. I'm addicted to video game songs, and most I hear were ones he wrote.

    He's the greatest.

  • YEAH!! GO KOJI!! lol! GO TINGLE!! this guys awesome!

  • i honestly think that video game music concerts are nerdy, but i like video game music nontheless. i think koji kondo is a genious

  • Everybody loves Koji :)

    Thank you for the vid xD

  • Koji Kondo pwns Martin Leung (H)

  • Koji Kondo is the BEST video game composer EVER! FYI: he composing music for Super Mario Galaxy....I can not wait!

  • crazy

  • super mario bros underwater theme is on of the best game songs ever!

  • He and Dave Wise are the best videogames composers, for Super Mario, Super mario World, Diddy kong racing, donkey kong... They are the best!!! wooo

  • I WUV his songs!

  • what song is he playing?

  • Thank god Koji Kondo is on this earth, because without him, SSBB would have sucky music

  • where was this?

  • This was in the Videogames Live Concert, in the Masonic Center in San Francisco California, it took place during the GDC 2007.

  • Fucking Awesome!

  • KOJI ROCKS!

  • What would Nintendo do without you Koji..

    You brought life to pixels.. and led joy to the hearts of millions of people all around the blue-and-green planet!

    You're Loved!

  • umm Mario probably. Mario is more international.

  • do more people know mario or star wars?

  • 5 stars! He's like the legend of legends beyond the beyond of the legends beyond!!!!!!!!!! He's a genius! I can play Mario but i wish like him.....

  • aw3s0m3!!!!!!!1

    KOJI > Mozart

    Koji > Beetohven

    koji > Grieg

    KOJI >>>>>>>>> Sony and Microsoft!!!

  • Koji Kondo FTW =D

    He created some the most memorable video game music we've ever heard.

  • I absolutely agree. He is the best composer alive, he could even compete with Mozart^^

  • the best composer i sware that lived ... most known ever video game composer

  • he's a genius, hands down :D

  • oh my gaaa x-x AWESEOME XDDD

    just LOVE it :D

  • now if anybody says that this guy's playing it wrong then they're on crack.

  • oh yes its right :3

     hes so awesome ^^ mario rocks ;3

  • yeah i know, im saying if anybody DOES say that koji kondo is playing it right then they're on crack, because HE WROTE IT! of course he's not playing it wrong, i mean, he's not playing it how it was in the game, but who cares, he can do whatever he wants with the song cuz it's HIS song, if it were somebody else doing that then i would probably react differently.

  • this is all right oO~ awesome u know that ^^ ;)

  • GO KOJI yeah!

    EVERY BODY POST THIS ON THREE OTHER VIDEOS

    NO, a girl isn't going to haut you or anything... just post this on other three vids!

  • GENIO! CRACK!

  • I miss his work...I wish he'd do more pieces