Editing Super Mario Kart (theme)

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{{Theme infobox
|composer=[[Soyo Oka]]
|file=[[File:SMK-Music-MainTheme.oga]]<br>"Super Mario Kart" in ''Super Mario Kart''
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario Kart]]'' ([[List of games by date#1992|1992]])
|latest_appearance=''[[The Super Mario Bros. Movie]]'' ([[List of games by date#2023|2023]])
}}
"'''Super Mario Kart'''"<ref>''[[Super Mario Compact Disco]]''</ref> is the title theme from ''[[Super Mario Kart]]'' that has become a recurring {{Wp|motif}} throughout the ''[[Mario Kart (series)|Mario Kart]]'' series. It was composed by [[Soyo Oka]] and has been a part of the title screen music of every mainline ''Mario Kart'' game.

==Arrangements==
===''Mario Kart'' series===
====''Super Mario Kart''====
A few notes from the "Super Mario Kart" theme briefly play during the credits theme in ''[[Super Mario Kart]]''.

====''Mario Kart 64''====
The title screen theme of ''[[Mario Kart 64]]'', titled "Mario Kart 64 Theme" in the game's [[Mario Kart 64 Race Tracks|official soundtrack]], mainly consists of an elongated arrangement of the first half of the ''Super Mario Kart'' theme and was arranged by [[Kenta Nagata]].

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====''Mario Kart: Super Circuit''====
The title screen theme of ''[[Mario Kart: Super Circuit]]'' is also an elongated arrangement of the "Super Mario Kart" theme, and includes the second half of the theme. Another arrangement plays during the Single Game Pak multiplayer.

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====''Mario Kart: Double Dash!!''====
An arrangement of the "Super Mario Kart" theme is included in the music heard on the title screen of ''[[Mario Kart: Double Dash!!]]''

====''Mario Kart DS''====
An arrangement of the "Super Mario Kart" theme is included in the music heard on the title screen of ''[[Mario Kart DS]]''.

====''Mario Kart Wii''====
An arrangement of the "Super Mario Kart" theme is included in the music heard on the title screen of ''[[Mario Kart Wii]]'', named 「タイトル」(''Taitoru'', "Title") in the game's [[Mario Kart Wii Platinum Soundtrack|official soundtrack]].

====''Mario Kart 7''====
An arrangement of the "Super Mario Kart" theme is included in the music heard on the title screen of ''[[Mario Kart 7]]''. Two more arrangements, one based on the original theme and the other based on the arrangement from ''Mario Kart 64'', can be heard during the game's credits theme.

====''Mario Kart 8''====
The title screen theme of ''[[Mario Kart 8]]'' and ''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe]]'' (titled after the base game in the [[Mario Kart 8 Original Soundtrack|official soundtrack]]) includes an arrangement of the "Super Mario Kart" theme and was arranged by [[Atsuko Asahi]]. An arrangement of a few notes from the theme briefly plays during the "Staff Credits" theme, arranged by [[Ryo Nagamatsu]].

This arrangement returns in ''[[Paper Mario: Color Splash]]'', including the excerpt from ''Super Mario Kart''. It can be heard when [[Luigi]] appears in his [[kart]] before he drives [[Mario]] and [[Huey]] on Rainbow Road to [[Black Bowser's Castle]].

===''Dance Dance Revolution: Mario Mix''===
''[[Dance Dance Revolution: Mario Mix]]'' features a {{wp|disco}} arrangement of the ''[[Mario Kart 64]]'' version of "Super Mario Kart" as a playable song.

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===''WarioWare D.I.Y. Showcase''===
In ''[[WarioWare: D.I.Y. Showcase]]'', an arrangement of the "Super Mario Kart" theme plays during the [[Mario Kart (microgame)|Mario Kart microgame]].

===''The Super Mario Bros. Movie''===
In ''[[The Super Mario Bros. Movie]]'', a few notes from the "Super Mario Kart" theme can be heard in the track "Buckle Up".

===Other arrangements===
====''Super Mario Compact Disco''====
A {{wp|Rapping|rap}} remix of the theme performed by the Ambassadors of Funk titled "Super Mario Kart" is included in the album ''[[Super Mario Compact Disco]]''.

====''Mario Kart 64 on Club Circuit''====
A {{wp|funk}} arrangement of the "Mario Kart 64 Theme" simply named "'''title'''" is included in the album ''[[Mario Kart 64 on Club Circuit]]''. The arrangement is arranged and performed by AKOUST and mixes funk instrumentation with samples from the original arrangement as well as game sound effects and character voice samples.

==List of ''Super Mario'' appearances==
{|class=sortable border=1 cellspacing=2 cellpadding=2 style="border-collapse:collapse; width:100%"
!Work
!Year
!Type
!Title
!Credits
|-
|''[[Super Mario Kart]]''
|1992
|Original
|
|[[Soyo Oka]]
|-
|''[[Mario Kart 64]]''
|1996
|Arrangement
|"Mario Kart 64 Theme"<ref name=MK64>''[[Mario Kart 64 Race Tracks]]''</ref>
|[[Kenta Nagata]]
|-
|''[[Mario Kart: Super Circuit]]''
|2001
|Arrangement
|
|
|-
|''[[Mario Kart: Double Dash!!]]''
|2003
|Arrangement
|
|
|-
|''[[Dance Dance Revolution: Mario Mix]]''
|2005
|Arrangement
|"Midnight Drive"
|<!--U1-ASAMi, Osamu Narita, Katsunori Takahashi, Ichiro Shimakura, Hideki Oka, Kenichi Yoshimoto (specific arranger unknown)-->
|-
|''[[Mario Kart DS]]''
|2005
|Arrangement
|
|[[Shinobu Nagata]]
|-
|''[[Mario Kart Wii]]''
|2008
|Arrangement
|「タイトル」(''Taitoru'')<ref name=MKW>''[[Mario Kart Wii Platinum Soundtrack]]''</ref>
|
|-
|''[[WarioWare: D.I.Y. Showcase]]''
|2009
|Arrangement
|
|
|-
|''[[Mario Kart 7]]''
|2011
|Arrangement
|
|
|-
|rowspan=2|''[[Mario Kart 8]]''
|rowspan=2|2014
|rowspan=2|Arrangement
|"Mario Kart 8"<ref name=MK8>''[[Mario Kart 8 Original Soundtrack]]''</ref>
|[[Atsuko Asahi]]
|-
|"Staff Credits"<ref name=MK8/>
|[[Ryo Nagamatsu]]
|-
|''[[Paper Mario: Color Splash]]''
|2016
|Past arrangement (''Mario Kart 8'')
|
|
|-
|rowspan=2|''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe]]''
|rowspan=2|2017
|rowspan=2|Past arrangement (''Mario Kart 8'')
|"Mario Kart 8"<ref name=MK8/>
|Atsuko Asahi
|-
|"Staff Credits"<ref name=MK8/>
|Ryo Nagamatsu
|-
|''[[The Super Mario Bros. Movie]]''
|2023
|Arrangement
|"Buckle Up"
|[[Brian Tyler]]
|}

===Soundtracks===
{|class=sortable border=1 cellspacing=2 cellpadding=2 style="border-collapse:collapse; width:100%"
!Work
!Year
!Type
!Title
!Credits
|-
|''[[Super Mario Compact Disco]]''
|1993
|Remix
|"Super Mario Kart"
|Ambassadors of Funk
|-
|''[[Mario Kart 64 Race Tracks]]''
|1997
|Arrangement
|"Mario Kart 64 Theme"
|[[Kenta Nagata]]
|-
|''[[Mario Kart 64 Original Soundtrack]]''
|1997
|Arrangement
|「オープニング・タイトル」 (''{{hover|Ōpuningu Taitoru|Opening Title}}'')
|Kenta Nagata
|-
|''[[Mario Kart 64: Greatest Hits Soundtrack]]''
|1997
|Arrangement
|"Mario Kart 64 Theme"
|Kenta Nagata
|-
|''[[Mario Kart 64 on Club Circuit]]''
|1997
|Arrangement
|"title"
|AKOUST
|-
|''[[Mario Kart Wii Platinum Soundtrack]]''
|2011
|Arrangement
|「タイトル」 (''{{hover|Taitoru|Title}}'')
|
|-
|rowspan=2|''[[Mario Kart 8 Original Soundtrack]]''
|rowspan=2|2015
|rowspan=2|Arrangement
|"Mario Kart 8"
|[[Atsuko Asahi]]
|-
|"Staff Credits"
|[[Ryo Nagamatsu]]
|-
|''[[The Super Mario Bros. Movie (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)]]''
|2023
|Arrangement
|"Buckle Up"
|[[Brian Tyler]]
|}

==References==
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