
Lofty goals, especially for a movie about a plump plumber transported to a fantasy world where a dragon-like turtle is obsessed with a princess, as well as one based on a game with its own instantly recognizable score. Tyler is clear as to his musical ambitions for the film: “I want this score to be my ‘E.T.’” I have that soaring, romantic big movie quality that I remember from that Steven Spielberg and John Williams stuff, but combined with this world of ‘Super Mario.’”

“I was influenced by the fact that ‘E.T.’ and ‘Donkey Kong’ came out in the same era, at least as I was playing it as a little kid,” says Tyler, sitting in a basement home studio flanked by an assortment of keyboards, including one of his childhood synthesizers. We sit down with ‘Super Mario Bros.’ creator Shigero Miyamoto ahead of the opening of the new animated film.

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