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====''Mario Kart 8''====
====''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]].
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]]. 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]].


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]].
An arrangement of a few notes from the theme briefly plays during the "Staff Credits" theme, arranged by [[Ryo Nagamatsu]].


===''Dance Dance Revolution: Mario Mix''===
===''Dance Dance Revolution: Mario Mix''===

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"Super Mario Kart"

"Super Mario Kart" in Super Mario Kart
Composed by:
Soyo Oka
First appearance Super Mario Kart (1992)
Latest appearance The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023)

"Super Mario Kart"[1] is the title theme from Super Mario Kart that has become a recurring motif throughout the 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 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 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 Arcade GP DX

In Mario Kart Arcade GP DX, an arrangement of the "Super Mario Kart" theme plays in the menu music when the player reaches the character selection screen, which also incorporates the Super Mario Bros. and Super Mario World Ground Themes.

Mario Kart 8

The title screen theme of Mario Kart 8 and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (titled after the base game in the official soundtrack) includes an arrangement of the "Super Mario Kart" theme and was arranged by Atsuko Asahi. 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.

An arrangement of a few notes from the theme briefly plays during the "Staff Credits" theme, arranged by Ryo Nagamatsu.

Dance Dance Revolution: Mario Mix

Dance Dance Revolution: Mario Mix features a 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.

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 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 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

Games

Work System Year Type Title Credits
Super Mario Kart Super Nintendo Entertainment System 1992 Original Soyo Oka
Mario Kart 64 Nintendo 64 1996 Arrangement "Mario Kart 64 Theme"[2] Kenta Nagata
Mario Kart: Super Circuit Game Boy Advance 2001 Arrangement
Mario Kart: Double Dash!! Nintendo GameCube 2003 Arrangement
Dance Dance Revolution: Mario Mix Nintendo GameCube 2005 Arrangement "Midnight Drive"
Mario Kart DS Nintendo DS 2005 Arrangement Shinobu Nagata
Mario Kart Wii Wii 2008 Arrangement 「タイトル」(Taitoru)[3]
WarioWare: D.I.Y. Showcase Wii 2009 Arrangement
Mario Kart 7 Nintendo 3DS 2011 Arrangement
Mario Kart Arcade GP DX Arcade 2013 Arrangement
Mario Kart 8 Wii U 2014 Arrangement "Mario Kart 8"[4] Atsuko Asahi
"Staff Credits"[4] Ryo Nagamatsu
Paper Mario: Color Splash Wii U 2016 Past arrangement (Mario Kart 8) Atsuko Asahi
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Nintendo Switch 2017 Past arrangement (Mario Kart 8) "Mario Kart 8"[4] Atsuko Asahi
"Staff Credits"[4] Ryo Nagamatsu

Film and television

Work Year Type Title Credits
The Super Mario Bros. Movie 2023 Arrangement "Buckle Up" Brian Tyler

Albums

Work Year Type Title Credits
Super Mario Compact Disco 1993 Arrangement "Supermariokart" Simon Harris, Colin Case
Super Mario Compact Disco (Cassette) 1993 Past arrangement (Super Mario Compact Disco) 「スーパーマリオ・カート」 (Sūpā Mario Kāto) Simon Harris, Colin Case
Mario Kart 64 Race Tracks 1997 Past arrangement (Mario Kart 64) "Mario Kart 64 Theme" Kenta Nagata
Mario Kart 64 Original Soundtrack 1997 Past arrangement (Mario Kart 64) 「オープニング・タイトル」 (Ōpuningu Taitoru) Kenta Nagata
Mario Kart 64: Greatest Hits Soundtrack 1997 Past arrangement (Mario Kart 64) "Mario Kart 64 Theme" Kenta Nagata
Mario Kart 64 on Club Circuit 1997 Arrangement "title" AKOUST
Mario Kart Wii Platinum Soundtrack 2011 Past arrangement (Mario Kart Wii) 「タイトル」 (Taitoru)
Mario Kart 8 Original Soundtrack 2015 Past arrangement (Mario Kart 8) "Mario Kart 8" Atsuko Asahi
"Staff Credits" Ryo Nagamatsu
Super Mario Compact Disco: The iOS Release 2016 Past arrangement (Super Mario Compact Disco) "Supermariokart" Simon Harris, Colin Case
Super Mario Compact Disco – 35th Anniversary Edition 2020 Arrangement "Supermariokart (feat. MC Mario) [Remastered]" Simon Harris, Colin Case
The Super Mario Bros. Movie (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) 2023 Past arrangement (The Super Mario Bros. Movie) "Buckle Up" Brian Tyler

References

  1. ^ Super Mario Compact Disco
  2. ^ Mario Kart 64 Race Tracks
  3. ^ Mario Kart Wii Platinum Soundtrack
  4. ^ a b c d Mario Kart 8 Original Soundtrack
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Recurring themes
Donkey Kong series Donkey Kong Game Kaishi • 25m Theme • Hammer • Opening
Donkey Kong Jr. Game Start
Donkey Kong Country series Donkey Kong Country Simian Segue • Cranky's Theme • Aquatic Ambiance • Bonus Room Blitz • DK Island Swing • Gang-Plank Galleon • Forest Frenzy • Treetop Rock • Fear Factory
Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest Stickerbush Symphony
Donkey Kong Country Returns Mine Menace
Mario Bros. series Mario Bros. Game Start A • Title BGM
Super Mario series Super Mario Bros. 1-Up • Course Clear (Power Up) • Ending • Ground BGM (Game Over · Player Down) • Hurry Up • Castle BGM • Invincibility BGM • Underground BGM • Underwater BGM • World Clear
VS. Super Mario Bros. Business-Use Mario Name Entry
Super Mario Bros. 2 Player Select • Ground Theme • Underground Theme • Boss Theme
Super Mario Bros. 3 Airship Theme • Athletic Theme • Dark Land • Demon King Bowser • Enemy Course • Fortress • Fortress Boss • Ground Theme • Map 1 World • Map 2 World • Map 3 World • Map 4 World • Map 6 World • Spinning Slots • Toad House • Underwater Theme • Warp Zone Theme • Restored Fanfare • Lose a Life • Game Over
Super Mario Land Main Theme
Super Mario World Ending • Ground Theme (Athletic Theme • Bonus Men BGM • Castle • Obake Yashiki BGM) • P Switch • Star World • Title • The Evil King Koopa, Bowser • Fortress Boss
Super Mario 64 Inside the Castle Walls • Koopa's Road • Koopa's Theme • Super Mario 64 Main Theme (Slider) • Merry-Go-Round
Super Mario Sunshine Isle Delfino (Ricco Harbor)
New Super Mario Bros. BGM Tride • Main Theme • Mega Mario • P Switch
Super Mario Galaxy Egg Planet • Gusty Garden Galaxy • Overture • Rosalina in the Observatory • The Toad Brigade
Super Mario 3D Land Ground Theme • Beach Theme
New Super Mario Bros. U Ground Theme
Super Mario 3D World Super Bell Hill
Super Mario Odyssey Jump Up, Super Star!
Dr. Mario series Dr. Mario Chill • Fever
Mario Kart series Super Mario Kart Mario Circuit • SNES Rainbow Road • Super Mario Kart
Mario Kart 64 Luigi Raceway • Moo Moo Farm / Yoshi Valley • Kalimari Desert • N64 Rainbow Road
Mario Kart: Double Dash!! GCN Yoshi Circuit
Mario Kart DS DS Waluigi Pinball
Mario Kart Wii Wii Coconut Mall • Luigi Circuit/Mario Circuit
Yoshi franchise Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island Athletic BGM • Flower Field BGM • Opening Melody
Yoshi's Story Yoshi's Song • Yoshi's Story
Luigi's Mansion series Luigi's Mansion Main Theme
Wario franchise WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$! WarioWare, Inc. • Dr. Crygor • Pyoro
WarioWare: Touched! Ashley's Theme
Other Totaka's Song • Le Galop infernal d'Orphée aux Enfers
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Super Mario Kart
Playable characters Bowser • Donkey Kong Jr. • Koopa Troopa • Luigi • Mario • Princess • Toad • Yoshi
Courses Mushroom Cup Mario Circuit 1 • Donut Plains 1 • Ghost Valley 1 • Bowser Castle 1 • Mario Circuit 2
Flower Cup Choco Island 1 • Ghost Valley 2 • Donut Plains 2 • Bowser Castle 2 • Mario Circuit 3
Star Cup Koopa Beach 1 • Choco Island 2 • Vanilla Lake 1 • Bowser Castle 3 • Mario Circuit 4
Special Cup Donut Plains 3 • Koopa Beach 2 • Ghost Valley 3 • Vanilla Lake 2 • Rainbow Road
Battle courses Battle Course 1 • Battle Course 2 • Battle Course 3 • Battle Course 4
Items and objects Question Block items Banana Peel • Feather • Ghost • Green Shell • Lightning • Mushroom • Red Shell • Star
CPU-only items Egg • Fireball • Poison Mushroom
Miscellaneous items and objects Coin • Jump • Kart • Trophy • Zipper
Techniques Drift • Mini-Turbo • Hop • Rocket Start
Species, enemies, and obstacles Big Cheep Cheep • Bullet Bill • Gopher • Flopping Cheep Cheep • Lakitu • Oil slick • Super Thwomp • Thwomp • Warp Pipe
Miscellaneous Finish line • Gallery • Pre-release and unused content • Staff
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