The original 1985 theme from the Super Mario Bros video game will have a place in the US National Recording Registry, the Library of Congress has announced. It’s the first video game soundtrack to join the registry. The World’s Sarah Birnbaum has the story of Koji Kondo, the Japanese Nintendo composer who wrote it and other gaming hits.
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