Super Mario Kart (theme)

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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 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 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 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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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 2001 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]
WarioWare: D.I.Y. Showcase 2009 Arrangement
Mario Kart 7 2011 Arrangement
Mario Kart 8 2014 Arrangement "Mario Kart 8" Atsuko Asahi
"Staff Credits" Ryo Nagamatsu
Paper Mario: Color Splash 2016 Past arrangement (Mario Kart 8)
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe 2017 Past arrangement (Mario Kart 8) "Mario Kart 8" Atsuko Asahi
"Staff Credits" Ryo Nagamatsu
Super Nintendo Entertainment System - Nintendo Switch Online 2019 Original
Nintendo 64 - Nintendo Switch Online 2021 Past arrangement (Mario Kart 64)
Game Boy Advance - Nintendo Switch Online 2023 Past arrangement (Mario Kart: Super Circuit)
The Super Mario Bros. Movie 2023 Arrangement "Buckle Up" Brian Tyler

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
The Super Mario Bros. Movie (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) 2023 Arrangement "Buckle Up" Brian Tyler

References