The Super Mario Bros. Movie fans expressed annoyance when one of the film's original tracks was cut to place A-ha's Take On Me.
On Twitter, a user pointed out that the movie Drivin' Me Bananas was completely sidelined.
Following, a Twitter user edited the movie's driving scene which previously put the song by Take On Me.
This Mario Movie track, "Drivin' Me Bananas," beautifully adapts the DKC theme and DK Island Swing for the big screen. Truly wonderful work by @BrianTylerMusic and Koji Kondo. Now, imagine if Nintendo/Illumination brought @David_Wise onboard to help compose for the DK movie! pic.twitter.com/KDmthyf26U
— Kremling Kampaigner (@KRoolKountry) April 6, 2023
"It had to have been a last-minute decision, this track was
literally tailor made FOR this scene there was NO reason to replace it with
'Take On Me' when they had a way better-fit track made," the user added.
Other
fans also joined the chorus, slamming the Mario movie's dependence on
licensed tracks over its song, "lazy."
"It's completely
unnecessary when Mario has so many amazing tracks to sample, it's needlessly
distracting from the tone, and it's just stupidly derivative cuz they use
songs used in famous movies first," another added.
Mario spoilers:
— Henry Gilbert (@hEnereyG) April 7, 2023
No joke, this awesome piece of music isn’t in the movie, it was cut to instead play Take On Me. That obvious song choice was one of the most painfully lazy moments in the film, and it’s even more annoying knowing they previously had a great score it replaced https://t.co/MhLalyTAF2
