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(Where do "Main Theme" and "Title Theme" come from? Only uses of them I've seen are YouTube video titles by fans, which are unofficial and aren't acceptable sources. Also, how do you know MKW's title theme's specific composer?)
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[[File:SMK-Music-MainTheme.oga|thumb|"Main Theme" in ''Super Mario Kart'']]
[[File:SMK-Music-MainTheme.oga|thumb|The title theme of ''Super Mario Kart'']]
 
"'''Super Mario Kart'''"<ref>''[[Super Mario Compact Disco]]''</ref> is the title theme from ''[[Super Mario Kart]]'' that has become a recurring {{Wp|leitmotif}} 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 besides ''[[Mario Kart: Super Circuit]]''.
The "'''Main Theme'''", sometimes known as the "'''Title Theme'''", is a theme from ''[[Super Mario Kart]]'' that has become a recurring {{Wp|leitmotif}} throughout the ''[[Mario Kart (series)|Mario Kart]]'' series. It has been included in every mainline ''Mario Kart'' game, and has been a part of the title screen music of every mainline ''Mario Kart'' game besides ''[[Mario Kart: Super Circuit]]''.
 
==Original==
The "Main Theme" serves as the music for ''[[Super Mario Kart]]'''s title screen.


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


====''Mario Kart 64''====
====''Mario Kart 64''====
The title screen theme of ''[[Mario Kart 64]]'', titled "'''Mario Kart 64 Theme'''"<ref name="MK64 Race Tracks">''[[Mario Kart 64 Race Tracks]]''</ref>, is an elongated arrangement of the "Main Theme" from ''[[Super Mario Kart]]'' and was composed by [[Kenta Nagata]]
The title screen theme of ''[[Mario Kart 64]]'', titled "Mario Kart 64 Theme" in ''[[Mario Kart 64 Race Tracks]]'' and the ''[[Mario Kart 64: Greatest Hits Soundtrack]]'' and simply "Title" in the ''[[Mario Kart 64 Original Soundtrack]]'', mainly consists of an elongated arrangement of the first half of the ''Super Mario Kart'' theme and was arranged by [[Kenta Nagata]].
 
The "Mario Kart 64 Theme" has been included in several soundtrack albums: ''[[Mario Kart 64 Race Tracks]]'', ''[[Mario Kart 64: Greatest Hits Soundtrack]]'', and ''[[Mario Kart 64 Original Soundtrack]]'' (where it was named "'''Title'''"<ref name="MK64 Original Soundtrack">''[[Mario Kart 64 Original Soundtrack]]''</ref>).


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====''Mario Kart: Super Circuit''====
====''Mario Kart: Super Circuit''====
The music played during Single Game Pak multiplayer in ''[[Mario Kart: Super Circuit]]'' is an arrangement of the "Main Theme".
The music played during Single Game Pak multiplayer in ''[[Mario Kart: Super Circuit]]'' is an arrangement of the ''Super Mario Kart'' theme.


====''Mario Kart: Double Dash!!''====
====''Mario Kart: Double Dash!!''====
An arrangement of the "Main Theme" is included in the music heard on the title screen of ''[[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''====
====''Mario Kart DS''====
An arrangement of the "Main Theme" is included in the music heard on the title screen of ''[[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''====
====''Mario Kart Wii''====
The "'''Title Screen'''"<ref name="MKW Soundtrack">''[[Mario Kart Wii Platinum Soundtrack]]''</ref> theme from ''[[Mario Kart Wii]]'' was composed by [[Asuka Hayazaki]] and features an arrangement of the "Main Theme". This arrangement is also included on the ''[[Mario Kart Wii Platinum Soundtrack]]''.
An arrangement of the ''Super Mario Kart'' theme is included in the music heard on the title screen of ''[[Mario Kart Wii]]''.


====''Mario Kart 7''====
====''Mario Kart 7''====
An arrangement of the "Main Theme" is included in the music heard on the title screen of ''[[Mario Kart 7]]''. Two arrangements of the "Main Theme", one based on the original ''Super Mario Kart'' and one based on the arrangement from ''Mario Kart 64'', can be heard during the game's credits theme.  
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''====
====''Mario Kart 8''====
The title screen theme "'''Mario Kart 8'''"<ref name="MK8 Soundtrack">''[[Mario Kart 8 Original Soundtrack]]''</ref> from [[Mario Kart 8|the game of the same name]] and [[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe|its Nintendo Switch port]] includes an arrangement of the "Main Theme" composed by [[Atsuko Asahi]].
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]].
 
An arrangement of a few notes from the "Main Theme" briefly plays during the "'''Staff Credits'''"<ref name="MK8 Soundtrack"></ref> theme of ''Mario Kart 8'' and ''Mario Kart 8 Deluxe'', composed by [[Ryo Nagamatsu]]


===Other arrangements===
===Other arrangements===
====''Super Mario Compact Disco''====
====''Super Mario Compact Disco''====
A {{wp|rap}} arrangement of the "Main Theme" performed by the {{wp|Ambassadors of Funk}} titled "'''Super Mario Kart'''"<ref name="SMCD">''[[Super Mario Compact Disco]]''</ref> is included on the album ''[[Super Mario Compact Disco]]''.
A {{wp|rap}} remix of the theme performed by the {{wp|Ambassadors of Funk}} titled "Super Mario Kart" is included in the album ''[[Super Mario Compact Disco]]''.


====''Mario Kart 64 on Club Circuit''====
====''Mario Kart 64 on Club Circuit''====
A {{wp|funk}} arrangement of the "Mario Kart 64 Theme" simply named "'''Title'''"<ref name="MK64oCC">''[[Mario Kart 64 on Club Circuit]]''</ref> is included on 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.
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==
==List of ''Super Mario'' appearances==
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!Credits
!Credits
|-
|-
|rowspan=2|''[[Super Mario Kart]]''
|''[[Super Mario Kart]]''
|rowspan=2|1992
|1992
|Original
|Original
|
|
|
|[[Soyo Oka]]
|-
|Arrangement
|
|
|-
|-
|''[[Mario Kart 64]]''
|''[[Mario Kart 64]]''
|1996
|1996
|Arrangement
|Arrangement
|"Mario Kart 64 Theme"<ref name="MK64 Race Tracks"></ref>
|"Mario Kart 64 Theme"
|[[Kenta Nagata]]
|[[Kenta Nagata]]
|-
|-
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|Arrangement
|Arrangement
|
|
|
|[[Shinobu Nagata]]
|-
|-
|''[[Mario Kart Wii]]''
|''[[Mario Kart Wii]]''
|2008
|2008
|Arrangement
|Arrangement
|"Title Screen"<ref name="MKW Soundtrack"></ref>
|「タイトル」(''Taitoru'')<ref>''[[Mario Kart Wii Platinum Soundtrack]]''</ref>
|[[Asuka Hayazaki]]
|-
|rowspan=2|''[[Mario Kart 7]]''
|rowspan=2|2011
|Arrangement
|
|
|
|-
|-
|''[[Mario Kart 7]]''
|2011
|Arrangement
|Arrangement
|
|
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|rowspan=2|''[[Mario Kart 8]]''
|rowspan=2|''[[Mario Kart 8]]''
|rowspan=2|2014
|rowspan=2|2014
|Arrangement
|rowspan=2|Arrangement
|"Mario Kart 8"<ref name="MK8 Soundtrack"></ref>
|"Mario Kart 8"
|[[Atsuko Asahi]]
|[[Atsuko Asahi]]
|-
|-
|Arrangement
|"Staff Credits"
|"Staff Credits"<ref name="MK8 Soundtrack"></ref>
|[[Ryo Nagamatsu]]
|[[Ryo Nagamatsu]]
|-
|-
|rowspan=2|''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe]]''
|rowspan=2|''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe]]''
|rowspan=2|2017
|rowspan=2|2017
|Past arrangement (''Mario Kart 8'')
|rowspan=2|Past arrangement (''Mario Kart 8'')
|"Mario Kart 8"
|"Mario Kart 8"
|Atsuko Asahi
|Atsuko Asahi
|-
|-
|Past arrangement (''Mario Kart 8'')
|"Staff Credits"
|"Staff Credits"
|Ryo Nagamatsu
|Ryo Nagamatsu
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|''[[Super Mario Compact Disco]]''
|''[[Super Mario Compact Disco]]''
|1993
|1993
|Arrangement
|Remix
|"Super Mario Kart"
|"Super Mario Kart"
|{{wp|Ambassadors of Funk}}
|{{wp|Ambassadors of Funk}}
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|''[[Mario Kart 64 Original Soundtrack]]''
|''[[Mario Kart 64 Original Soundtrack]]''
|1997
|1997
|Past arrangement (''Mart Kart 64'')
|Arrangement
|"Title"
|"Title"
|Kenta Nagata
|Kenta Nagata
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|''[[Mario Kart 64: Greatest Hits Soundtrack]]''
|''[[Mario Kart 64: Greatest Hits Soundtrack]]''
|1997
|1997
|Past arrangement (''Mart Kart 64'')
|Arrangement
|"Mario Kart 64 Theme"
|"Mario Kart 64 Theme"
|Kenta Nagata
|Kenta Nagata
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|1997
|1997
|Arrangement
|Arrangement
|"Title"
|"title"
|AKOUST
|AKOUST
|-
|-
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|Arrangement
|Arrangement
|"Title Screen"
|"Title Screen"
|[[Asuka Hayazaki]]
|
|-
|-
|rowspan=2|''[[Mario Kart 8 Original Soundtrack]]''
|rowspan=2|''[[Mario Kart 8 Original Soundtrack]]''
|rowspan=2|2015
|rowspan=2|2015
|Arrangement
|rowspan=2|Arrangement
|"Mario Kart 8"
|"Mario Kart 8"
|[[Atsuko Asahi]]
|[[Atsuko Asahi]]
|-
|-
|Arrangement
|"Staff Credits"
|"Staff Credits"
|[[Ryo Nagamatsu]]
|[[Ryo Nagamatsu]]

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The title theme of Super Mario Kart

"Super Mario Kart"[1] is the title theme from Super Mario Kart that has become a recurring leitmotif 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 besides Mario Kart: Super Circuit.

Arrangements

Mario Kart series

Super Mario Kart

A few notes from the 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 Mario Kart 64 Race Tracks and the Mario Kart 64: Greatest Hits Soundtrack and simply "Title" in the Mario Kart 64 Original 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 music played during Single Game Pak multiplayer in Mario Kart: Super Circuit is an arrangement of the Super Mario Kart theme.

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.

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 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.

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

Work Year Type Title Credits
Super Mario Kart 1992 Original Soyo Oka
Mario Kart 64 1996 Arrangement "Mario Kart 64 Theme" Kenta Nagata
Mario Kart: Super Circuit 1992 Arrangement
Mario Kart: Double Dash!! 2003 Arrangement
Mario Kart DS 2005 Arrangement Shinobu Nagata
Mario Kart Wii 2008 Arrangement 「タイトル」(Taitoru)[2]
Mario Kart 7 2011 Arrangement
Mario Kart 8 2014 Arrangement "Mario Kart 8" Atsuko Asahi
"Staff Credits" Ryo Nagamatsu
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe 2017 Past arrangement (Mario Kart 8) "Mario Kart 8" Atsuko Asahi
"Staff Credits" Ryo Nagamatsu

Soundtracks

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 "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 "Title Screen"
Mario Kart 8 Original Soundtrack 2015 Arrangement "Mario Kart 8" Atsuko Asahi
"Staff Credits" Ryo Nagamatsu

References

  1. ^ Super Mario Compact Disco
  2. ^ Mario Kart Wii Platinum Soundtrack
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