# This guy is beyond awesome. Japanese dude plays live track to Super Mario Bros on violin

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**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [June 22, 2010, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-guy-is-beyond-awesome-japanese-dude-plays-live-track-to-super-mario-bros-on-violin/544142 "2010-06-22T17:58:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2010, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-guy-is-beyond-awesome-japanese-dude-plays-live-track-to-super-mario-bros-on-violin/544142/1 "2010-06-22T17:58:15Z")

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[Behold, glory](http://www.wonderhowto.com/wonderment/where-would-youtube-be-without-dudes-like-this-0117309/).

I don’t usually go around posting whatever YouTube video of the day strikes my fancy but this guy rocks. I’m not sure if it’s truly live or he’s playing to recording of the game but it’s still cool.

Am I the only one that wants to hire this guy to sit in my living room and do the soundtrack while I play video games?

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**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2010, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-guy-is-beyond-awesome-japanese-dude-plays-live-track-to-super-mario-bros-on-violin/544142/2 "2010-06-22T18:03:04Z")

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Very cool. I assume it is a recorded video.

I like the sounds of the coins being found in level one.

[I like “Still Alive” sung by children.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6m5TuxdkfkE&feature=player_embedded#!)

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**Author:** ![tr0psn4j](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@tr0psn4j](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tr0psn4j)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2010, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-guy-is-beyond-awesome-japanese-dude-plays-live-track-to-super-mario-bros-on-violin/544142/3 "2010-06-22T18:31:30Z")

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I can’t get the sound to play.