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{{SoundtrackInfobox|title=Mario Kart 8 Original Soundtrack

|composer=[[Shiho Fujii]], Atsuko Asahi, [[Ryo Nagamatsu]], Yasuaki Iwata and [[Kenta Nagata]]<br>Performed by the [[Mario Kart Band|MARIO KART BAND]]

|released={{released|Japan|June 2015|Europe|July 20, 2015|Australia|July 21, 2015}}

|media=2 CDs

The '''''Mario Kart 8 Original Soundtrack''''' is an official compilation of music tracks from ''[[Mario Kart 8]]'', which is exclusive to members of Club Nintendo of Japan, Europe, and Oceania. In Japan, it can be pre-ordered for 180 points after April 21, 2015, and it was released in June 2015. The soundtrack was later released for Club Nintendo in Europe on July 20, 2015 for 3000 stars, and in Oceania on July 21, 2015 for 2000 stars. It features 68 music tracks from the game across two discs, the first disc containing the themes for the original 32 tracks while the the second disc includes the 16 tracks from the two DLC packs and the rest of the music not played during races, such as in the game's menus and staff credits.<ref name="VGMdb">[http://vgmdb.net/album/51219 VGMdb listing of the MARIO KART 8 ORIGINAL SOUND TRACK. Retrieved March 11, 2015]</ref> It has a combined playing time of two and a half hours.

==Track listing==

| 02. || ウォーターパーク || [[Water Park]] || MK8 Water Park || Shiho Fujii || 2:52

| 03. || スイーツキャニオン || [[Sweet Sweet Canyon]] || Sweet Sweet Canyon || Shiho Fujii || 2:03

| 05. || マリオサーキット || [[Mario Circuit (Mario Kart 8)|Mario Circuit]] || Mario Circuit || Shiho Fujii || 2:14

| 06. || キノピオハーバー || [[Toad Harbor]] || Toad Harbour || Shiho Fujii || 2:01

| 07. || ねじれマンション || [[Twisted Mansion]] || Twisted Mansion || Shiho Fujii || 2:03

| 08. || ヘイホーこうざん || [[Shy Guy Falls]] || Shy Guy Falls || Shiho Fujii || 1:53

| 09. || サンシャインくうこう || [[Sunshine Airport]] || Sunshine Airport || Atsuko Asahi || 2:04

| 10. || ドルフィンみさき - 海中～深海 || [[Dolphin Shoals]] - In the Sea ~ Deep Sea || Dolphin Shoals (Sea Depths) || Atsuko Asahi || 3:00

| 11. || ドルフィンみさき - 地上 || Dolphin Shoals - Above Ground || Dolphin Shoals (On Dry Land) || Atsuko Asahi || 3:01

| 19. || GBA マリオサーキット || [[GBA Mario Circuit]] || GBA Mario Circuit || Yasuaki Iwata || 1:55

| 20. || DS プクプクビーチ || [[DS Cheep Cheep Beach]] || DS Cheep Cheep Beach || Yasuaki Iwata || 2:29

| 21. || N64 キノピオハイウェイ || [[N64 Toad's Turnpike]] || N64 Toad's Turnpike || Yasuaki Iwata || 2:37

| 23. || SFC ドーナツへいや3 || [[SNES Donut Plains 3]] || SNES Donut Plains 3 || Yasuaki Iwata || 1:20

| 24. || N64 ピーチサーキット || [[N64 Royal Raceway]] || N64 Royal Raceway || Yasuaki Iwata || 2:49

| 26. || DS ワリオスタジアム || [[DS Wario Stadium]] || DS Wario Stadium || Yasuaki Iwata || 2:11

| 27. || GC シャーベットランド || [[GCN Sherbet Land]] || GCN Sherbet Land || Yasuaki Iwata || 2:12

| 29. || N64 ヨッシーバレー || [[N64 Yoshi Valley]] || N64 Yoshi Valley || Ryo Nagamatsu || 2:15

| 30. || DS チクタクロック || [[DS Tick-Tock Clock]] || DS Tick-Tock Clock || Ryo Nagamatsu || 1:47

| 31. || 3DS パックンスライダー || [[3DS Piranha Plant Slide]] || 3DS Piranha Plant Pipeway || Ryo Nagamatsu || 2:13

| 33. || N64 レインボーロード || [[N64 Rainbow Road]] || N64 Rainbow Road || Ryo Nagamatsu || 2:20

| 06. || SFC レインボーロード || [[SNES Rainbow Road]] || SNES Rainbow Road || Atsuko Asahi || 1:54

| 10. || GBA チーズランド || [[GBA Cheese Land]] || GBA Cheese Land || Atsuko Asahi || 2:52

| 11. || ネイチャーロード || [[Wild Woods]] || MK8 Wild Woods || Atsuko Asahi || 2:12

| 12. || どうぶつの森 春 || [[Animal Crossing]]: Spring || Animal Crossing (Spring) || Atsuko Asahi || 2:02

| 13. || どうぶつの森 夏 || Animal Crossing: Summer || Animal Crossing (Summer) || Atsuko Asahi || 2:20

| 14. || どうぶつの森 秋 || Animal Crossing: Autumn || Animal Crossing (Autumn) || Atsuko Asahi || 2:17

| 15. || どうぶつの森 冬 || Animal Crossing: Winter || Animal Crossing (Winter) || Atsuko Asahi || 2:10

| 16. || 3DS ネオクッパシティ || [[3DS Neo Bowser City]] || 3DS Koopa City || Kenta Nagata || 2:00

| 17. || GBA リボンロード || [[GBA Ribbon Road]] || GBA Ribbon Road || Kenta Nagata || 2:01

| 18. || リンリンメトロ || [[Super Bell Subway]] || Super Bell Subway || Atsuko Asahi || 3:36

| 19. || リンリンメトロ（地下） || Super Bell Subway (Underground) || Super Bell Subway (Underground) || Atsuko Asahi || 1:55

| 21. || Mario Kart 8 || Mario Kart 8 || Mario Kart 8 || Atsuko Asahi || 2:59

| 22. || セレクト || Select || Selection Screen || Atsuko Asahi || 1:39

| 24. || 観戦中 || Spectating || Spectating || Yasuaki Iwata || 1:34

| 25. || マリオカートTV || [[Mario Kart TV]] || Mario Kart TV || Yasuaki Iwata || 1:49

| 28. || リザルト A || Results A || Result Screen A || Atsuko Asahi || 1:37

| 29. || リザルト B || Results B || Result Screen B || Atsuko Asahi || 1:02

| 30. || F-ZERO リザルト || F-Zero Results || F-ZERO Result Screen || Atsuko Asahi || 1:07

| 31. || どうぶつの森 リザルト || Animal Crossing Results || Animal Crossing Result Screen || Atsuko Asahi || 1:16

| 32. || ダイジェスト || Summaries || Current Standings || Ryo Nagamatsu || 0:40

| 33. || Congratulations！ || Congratulations! || Congratulations! || Ryo Nagamatsu || 1:30

| 34. || Good Try！ || Good Try! || Nice Try! || Ryo Nagamatsu || 1:13

| 35. || スタッフクレジット || [[List of Mario Kart 8 staff|Staff Credits]] || Staff Credits || Ryo Nagamatsu || 4:11

|Drums

|Alto Saxophone

|Trumpet

|Trombone

|Violin

*'''Disc 2:''' Super Bell Subway<ref>NintendoWiiUUK. (April 14, 2015). [https://youtu.be/AY_Ujecl2Rc?t=28 The Music of Mario Kart 8 - Super Bell Subway (Wii U)]. ''YouTube''. Retrieved December 7, 2020.</ref>

==Liner Notes==

The soundtrack features a liner note for every single track in it, which usually contains details about their respective music tracks.

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|01.[[Mario Kart Stadium]]

|"The idea for this track was to make it sound like the type of music in the opening ceremony. It's worth paying special attention to the bassline. As I'm sure you'll notice, we based this track on the Mario Circuit music in the Flower Cup."

|02.[[Water Park]]

|"We were aiming to capture the excitement of a theme park or festival, with the bass laying down a Latin rhythm along with a lively brass section and drums. When you're underwater, the upbeat music changes just a little bit."

|03.[[Sweet Sweet Canyon]]

|"We wanted a cute and cuddly feel for this candy-filled world, so we wanted to use toy-like sounds along with a light and breezy violin."

|04.[[Thwomp Ruins]]

|"This is a bit of a tricky number, with the rhythm written in triplets. We use a gamelan instrumentation along with metallic effects to add an ethnic feel. The image we had in mind was of a ruined temple somewhere in Asia. We added some thudding percussion here and there to give an image of of a Thwomp shaking the ground."

|05.[[Mario Circuit (Mario Kart 8)|Mario Circuit]]

|"This track takes the form of a kind of Möbius Strip and also suggests the number eight, to signify its place in the series. The synthesiser sound we used for the melody here was meant to give the feel of the anti-gravity effect which features in this title."'

|06.[[Toad Harbor]]

|"For this title, we had a live band at our disposal so we made use of an acoustic guitar and steel drums on this track to give it the cool, laid-back feeling of an exotic tropical town."

|07.[[Twisted Mansion]]

|"The synthesiser melody line is meant to suggest the sound of ghosts singing. We imagined all the Boos dancing along to this track, which means that even though it might sound like it's from a horror film, it has a slight comical edge."

|08.[[Shy Guy Falls]]

|"We wanted to give this track the same sense of excitement you get from accelerating rapidly down a steep slope. We thought the Shy Guys moving in time to the music were really cute, so we added their voices for fun, singing in time to the track."

|09.[[Sunshine Airport]]

|"This was the first track on Mario Kart 8 I was responsible for, and I had a great time working on it. The combination of the gorgeous graphics and the sheer silliness of racing around an airport made it really exciting. I was aiming to create music with a fresh, airy feel, to give you a taste of southern seas and tropical sky."

|10.[[Dolphin Shoals]] (Sea Depths)

|"On this track we used a nylon-stringed acoustic guitar to give it a gentle feel. We then added the samba rhythms, which I think fit that tone perfectly. The musical arrangement for the depths of the ocean adds a touch of mystery to proceedings.

|11.[[Dolphin Shoals]] (On Dry Land)

|"We made the background music for this course completely change to try to get across the dynamic shifts in the landscape, with that liberating feeling of emerging from the water onto dry land. Kazuki Kasuta's sax is a perfect fit for the seaside vibes, and makes for great driving music."

|12.[[Electrodrome]]

|"Unusually for the series, we used dance music here which fits the atmosphere of the shiny dancefloor featured on this track. Shy Guys and Koopa Troopas dance along to the rhythm while you're playing."

|13.[[Mount Wario]]

|"This circuit starts with an exhilarating jump, and continues with you sliding down the mountain, leaving a graceful trail in your wake. You'll pass through valleys, caves, and slalom through trees before hitting the final ski jump. The music accompanies you through all these different stages."

|14.[[Cloudtop Cruise]]

|"This circuit starts with an exhilarating jump, and continues with you sliding down the mountain, leaving a graceful trail in your wake. You'll pass through valleys, caves, and slalom through trees before hitting the final ski jump. The music accompanies you through all these different stages."

|15.[[Bone-Dry Dunes]]

|"We asked the guitarist to strum the strings in such a way as to create the atmosphere of a dry wind blowing across the desert. The violin and bass then combine to give a really emotional performance."

|16.[[Bowser's Castle (Mario Kart 8)|Bowser's Castle]]

|"In this title, this is actually more like an fortress than a castle - it has a really aggressive feel. For the background music we went for a very direct approach, and you might even think it's a bit too in-your-face. We wanted the music to clearly signal that there is a big bad boss lurking here."

|17.[[Rainbow Road (Mario Kart 8)|Rainbow Road]]

|"This course is actually located on a space station and we've reflected that in the music by using futuristic-sounding effects."

|18.[[Wii Moo Moo Meadows]]

|"The original track just featured a live recording of a recorder, but for this title, we reworked that part, adding violin and guitar. The musicians arranged this themselves, which gave a really nice live feel to the proceedings. We hope this track will bring back memories of the faces of those lovable cows!"'

|19.[[GBA Mario Circuit]]

|"This circuit has been dramatically reworked, so we reflected that in the music by rearranging it and making generous use of a horn section."

|20.[[DS Cheep Cheep Beach]]

|"When we arranged this, we put a lot of emphasis on reproducing the original track. I'm particularly fond of the pedal steel guitar that appears partway through the track."

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