SMW (album)

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SMW
Studio album by Xoc
Released	June 16, 2005
Recorded	Optical Pies Recorders, Orangevale, California, 2004–2005
Genre	Video Game Music
Length	26:43
Label	Bend Over Beethoven Music
Producer(s)	Xoc
Xoc chronology
	SMW (2005)	Videogame: The Movie: The Game (2006)

SMW, also known as XOC Plays SMW, is an album of 21 arrangements of material from the Super Nintendo game Super Mario World, the music of which having been composed by Koji Kondo.

A fan-made production, its most notable aspect is the use of an extensive and eclectic set of instrumentation, all of which is listed in the album's liner notes: drum set, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, electric bass, upright bass, cuatro, banjo, melodica, accordion, Groovebox, PSS-270 keyboard, coconut thumb piano, shakers, tambourines, triangle, maraca, casaba, slide whistle, turkey locator, bike horn, cowbells, ribbon crasher, woodblock, tacklebox, antique pickaxe, xylophone, school bell, Canon Powershot, refrigerator door, ceramic toilet mug, asscheeks, vocals.

The album was spotlighted in mid-2005 by UK-based video game magazine, Edge. Its cover is inspired by the official logo of the popular German automaker BMW.

Contents 1 Track listing 2 Personnel 3 External links and references 3.1 Interviews

[edit] Track listing

1. "Title Theme" – 1:20
2. "Welcome Theme" – :15
3. "Yoshi's Island" – :26
4. "Theme Original" – 1:26
5. "Underground Theme" – 1:21
6. "Course Clear" – :08
7. "Donut Plains" – :31
8. "Ragtime Theme" – 1:16
9. "Ghost House Secret Exit" – 2:01
10. "Switch Palace and Bonus Game" – :59
11. "Vanilla Dome" – :48
12. "Underwater Theme" – 1:56
13. "Star Road" – :49
14. "P Block / Special World / Do the Mario" – 2:18
15. "Forest of Illusion" – 1:26
16. "Chocolate Island" – :31
17. "Castle Medley" – 3:17
    • "Castle"
    • "Boss / Course Clear"
    • "Demolition"
18. "Valley of Bowser Medley" – 1:44
    • "Entrance Appears"
    • "Valley of Bowser"
    • "Bowser Appears"
    • "Final Stage"
19. "Vacation" – :17
20. "End Credits" – 3:35
    • "Credits"
    • "Eggs"
    • "Cast"
21. "Death Game Over" – :20

[edit] Personnel

• Jason Cox ("Xoc") – arranger, music, album design, producer

[edit] External links and references

• SMW homepage
• SMW at MusicBrainz
• Xoc's homepage
• Xoc at MusicBrainz

[edit] Interviews

• "Xoc recria trilha de Super Mario em álbum não convencional" Benzaiten: Maravalhas, Alexandre (in Portuguese)
• "Xoc Interview" Little Mathletics: Wallis, Alistair (Mar. 15, 2006) - Career interview covering SMW, Videogame: The Movie: The Game, influences and more