Tetris
Music

The earliest versions of Tetris had no music. The 1860s Russian folk tune " Korobeiniki " first appeared in Spectrum Holobyte 's 1988 Macintosh and Apple IIGS versions of Tetris as one of the tunes that briefly plays at the start of each level. It also appeared as the title screen music in Bullet-Proof Software's Japanese Famicom release. Nintendo's NES version does not include Korobeiniki; instead it includes an arrangement of "Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy" from the second act of The Nutcracker, composed by Tchaikovsky and arranged by Hirokazu Tanaka, along with two original compositions by Tanaka. Nintendo's Game Boy version includes "Korobeiniki" as well as Johann Sebastian Bach 's French Suite No. 3 In B Minor (BWV 814), and an original track by Tanaka. The version included in the Super NES compilation Tetris & Dr. Mario uses arrangements of the Game Boy version's music.

"Korobeiniki" is used in most versions of the game, and has appeared in other games, albums and films that make reference to Tetris. Doctor Spin 's 1992 Eurodance cover (under the name " Tetris ") reached #6 on the UK singles chart. In the 2000s, the Tetris Company added as a prerequisite for the granting of the license that a version of "Korobeiniki" be available in the game.

The World War II Soviet folk tune " Katyusha " also appeared in the Tengen and Bullet-Proof Software versions.
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