One game that I have yet to play, but immensely regret missing, is "Super Mario Galaxy". A Nintendo devotee for my whole life, I have yet to buy a single non-Nintendo console (that may change soon, depending on my need for a blu-ray player). However, I my video game purchasing stopped at the Gamecube and I never bought a Wii. Consequently, I missed the Super Mario Bros. series' first foray into orchestral music, and in that department, "Super Mario Galaxy" succeeds in spades.
Koji Kondo has, for the most part, been the master behind the music of Super Mario Bros. along with numerous other Nintendo games. Studies have shown that his theme to the first "Super Mario Bros." is more recognizable to children than most classical music. And while Koji Kondo composed some of the music in "Super Mario Galaxy", the credit here should really go to his orchestrator, Mahito Yokota. Yokota not only did the instrumentations for Koji Kondo's compositions, he composed and arranged the majority of the soundtrack himself, including this song, "Wind Garden". "Wind Garden" is actually just a complete version of the game's main theme, and is heard numerous times before and after the level in which it appears (as well as in the sequel). Mahito Yokota's composition is a delightful theme that carries on the spirit of the Super Mario universe (potential game title?) Despite being a game I've never seen more than five minutes of, "Super Mario Galaxy" has gotten a lot of play on my ipod.
Album info: http://vgmdb.net/album/19454
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