Mustin - Super Mario Bros. 3 - La Samba De Agua

[2001.04] http://www.Mustin.net

Ah, "La Samba De Agua." Quite possibly the most important piece of music I've ever arranged. I really enjoy this one because I really pushed myself. I went around asking all of my friends to loan me their instruments and what not. It took me hours to go around town collecting them all. Then, I came back to the house and started to record. Beginning with the main rhythm guitar part, I built 13 tracks and this whole song with live instruments and recordings. I didn't cut out any mistakes or anything, just used one microphone to record each part at a time. Then I returned all of the instruments. Only took me about two hours to record the song. Took me all day to collect them and then return them [laughs]. For reference, the instruments are: Nylon String Guitar, two Djembes, Maracas, Egg Shakers, Claves, Tenor Sax, Trumpet, Flute, Bass Clarinet, Bass Guitar, and Melodica

I've always loved this Latin style of music, and this marks the first time I actually made it. Not bad for a first timer. This piece is also very important to me because it brought me a very special lady, Erin. She's a big Super Mario Bros. 3 fan, came across the song on OverClocked, and eMailed me. Something happened, and it spawned an amazing relationship. So a big thanks goes out to Koji Kondo for writing such beautiful music, and to Al Gore for inventing the Internet.

Note: I get a lot of requests for sheet music for this piece. I'm sorry, but I do not have any sheet music for any of my arrangements. Again, sorry.

(Video by Chris Serani)

Category:

Music

Tags:

• mustin
• super mario bros 3
• mario 3
• water level
• world 3
• mario
• frog suit

[bertambala]

I fell in love with this track when I heard it on OCRemix back in 2001 or 2002, and I love it just as much today.  Thank you so much for this excellent arrangement; it's by far the best video game remix of all time.

[MrMustin]

@bertambala Thank you very much! If you enjoy my solo arrangements, I have an album coming out in 2011 of all Square-Enix stuff. Watch for it!

[MajorBerto88]

omg i love this song once u hear it you'll love it

[MrMustin]

@MajorBerto88 Hey, thanks! Glad you like it.

[MajorBerto88]

@MrMustin you should make another SMB3 song like this one lol

[MrMustin]

@MajorBerto88 I have made a lot of tracks like this with my band, The OneUps. Google us and check it out for yourself.

[OreDaiyoWarioDaiyo]

La Samba De Agua?

But...Samba is brazilian music not spanish music XD

[raticida123456]

very nice but... if you had put motives of levels of the underwater levels on this water land (world 3) but is nice...

[KikiRikku]

This music just makes me really happy. Heard it on ocr radio the other day and couldn't get it out of my head. I can't listen to it without getting this big grin on my face. Thanks for all the hard work you put into making it. Really enjoyed it.