Game over Chords

The "Game Over" theme from *Super Mario World* is in the key of C major. The music was composed by Koji Kondo, who created the entire soundtrack for the game, which was released by Nintendo in 1990 for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. The short jingle plays after the player loses all lives. A trivia point is that Koji Kondo used a limited sound chip (S-SMP) to produce all music in the game, working within tight hardware constraints. The melody of the "Game Over" theme is brief, using a descending chord progression with a final resolution, featuring synthesized instruments and a simple rhythmic structure.