The Music of Mario Paint

The Music of Mario Paint

Mario Paint is usually remembered these days for it's awesome music editor - but not remembered accurately. It's always kind of bugged me that the so-called Mario Paint music that people put together and show off on Youtube doesn't actually use the in-game music editor. If you remember what the music editor in Mario Paint was like, then you probably understand why I feel that way.

Put simply, the Mario Paint editor is so limiting that creating anything that sounds like anything else really is its own feat. Of course, I've also seen Youtube videos of songs actually made in Mario Paint that sound absolutely incredible. Those are my favourite ones. When compared to songs made outside of Mario Paint, in-game versions tend to show more creativity and ingenuity in portraying songs that would otherwise be impossible to duplicate using the extremely limited toolset provided. That's what makes them so impressive.

Mario Paint's musical legacy shouldn't end there though! The actual Mario Paint soundtrack is incredible! The music editing is fun and everything, but let's take the time to reminisce on the charming, sometimes trippy, music of Mario Paint.


The default BGM is my favourite theme from Mario Paint.


Although this one would have to be a close second.


A hallucinogenic coffee trip, a la Earthbound. Or just really trippy music to draw to.


My brother and I spent a lot of time in the stamp editor. It was the closest thing to making SNES sprites that we had at the time!


Does this theme remind anyone else of Super Mario RPG?