Steam Gardens | Super Mario Odyssey | WMGSO's Spring 2022 Full Orchestra Concert

Steam Gardens - Super Mario: Odyssey (2017)
Koji Kondo
Arr. Jamin Morden

“Steam Gardens” is the background track for exploration of the Wooded Kingdom in Super Mario Odyssey. After a small fanfare and flourish at the beginning, the tune takes a turn down a chill rock n’ roll street and stays there for the rest of its runtime. The guitars and drums in the original maintain an energetic spirit through the drumset work as well as “chillness” through the laid-back melody.
This arrangement features the string section of the Washington Metropolitan Gamer Symphony Orchestra. Each instrument takes its turn alternating between melodic feature, accompaniment groove, and decorative counter melodies. While initial statements of the melody are orchestrated in a relatively straightforward manner, later iterations experiment with different grooves, toss the melody to lower instruments, and even split the jazz organ solo of the original between the cello and basses. Each section gets a final say before the piece settles down for good.

Video Director: Ben Archie
Camera Operator: Jarel Jones
Video Editor: David Werner
Audio Recording and Editing: Will Bonnett, Josh Haas, Jimyo Lin

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