15 Greatest Video Game Theme Songs Of All Time

3. Super Mario Bros.

Obviously you can't talk about Zelda without mentioning Mario, and for all the sequels, spin-offs and revamps the character and his worlds have gone through, I honestly don't think there's anything more iconic, more instantly-recognisable and more purely joyous than the very first thing we ever heard.

Comprised of an almost funky bass line bopping along behind everything, the melody that you'll be singing for the rest of your life sits effortlessly over the top. As a game, Super Mario Bros. pioneered platforming by perfecting the very 'feel' of how characters move on 2D plane. His model would be a simplistic handful of pixels brought to life through a handful of frames of animation, and his worlds by today's standards have data sizes smaller than any high-res picture taken on your current smartphone.

But none of that mattered, and still doesn't. When you combine such a level of originality with a piece of music that gave the entire production an immortal sense of appeal and charm, it launched Mario's popularity into the stratosphere, establishing him as one of gaming's elite for all to see.