Mario Kart 8 Original Sound Track

**Mario Kart 8 Original Sound Track** is the soundtrack for Mario Kart 8 which was released in Japan in June 2015.

## Track List

**Note**: songs composed and arranged by Shiho Fujii, Atsuko Asahi, Ryo Nagamatsu and Yasuaki Iwata except for the other songs composed by other composers (\*)

### Disc 1

1. Mario Kart Stadium (S Fujii)
2. Water Park (S Fujii)
3. Sweet Canyon (S Fujii)
4. Dossun Ruins (A Asahi)
5. Mario Circuit (S Fujii)
6. Kinopio Harbor (S Fujii)
7. Twisted Mansion (S Fujii)
8. Heiho Mine (S Fujii)
9. Sunshine Airport (A Asahi)
10. Dolphin Cape - Underwater ~ Deep Sea (A Asahi)
11. Dolphin Cape - Ground (A Asahi)
12. Electro Dream (S Fujii)
13. Wario Snow Mountain (R Nagamatsu)
14. Sky Garden (A Asahi, M Yokota\*)
15. Bone Bone Desert (S Fujii)
16. Koopa Castle (A Asahi)
17. Rainbow Road (S Fujii)
18. Wii Moh Moh Country (R Nagamatsu)
19. GBA Mario Circuit
20. DS Pukupuku Beach
21. N64 Kinopio Highway
22. GC Kara Kara Desert
23. SFC Donut Plain Course 3
24. N64 Peach Circuit
25. 3DS DK Jungle
26. DS Wario Stadium
27. GC Sherbet Land
28. 3DS Music Park
29. N64 Yoshi Valley
30. DS Chikkutakku Kurokku
31. 3DS Pakkun Slider
32. Wii Rumbling Volcano
33. N64 Rainbow Road

### Disc 2

1. GC Yoshi Circuit
2. Excitebike
3. Dragon Road (A Asahi)
4. Mute City
5. Wii Wario Mine
6. SFC Rainbow Road
7. Slippery Twister (Y Iwata)
8. Hyrule Circuit
9. GC Baby Park
10. GBA Cheese Land
11. Nature Road (A Asahi)
12. Animal Forest (Spring)
13. Animal Forest (Summer)
14. Animal Forest (Autumn)
15. Animal Forest (Winter)
16. 3DS Neo Koopa City
17. GBA Ribbon Road
18. Ring Ring Metro (A Asahi)
19. Ring Ring Metro (Underground) (A Asahi, K Kondo\*)
20. Big Blue
21. Mario Kart 8 (A Asahi, S Oka\*)
22. Select (A Asahi)
23. Select (Internet) (S Fujii)
24. Watching (Y Iwata)
25. Mario Kart TV (Y Iwata)
26. Course Intro Fanfare (A Asahi)
27. Super Star
28. Result A (A Asahi)
29. Result B (A Asahi)
30. F-ZERO Result
31. Animal Forest Result
32. Digest
33. Congratulations!
34. Good Try!
35. Staff Credit (S Fujii, A Asahi, R Nagamatsu, S Oka\*, A Hayazaki\*)

## Musicians

### Disc 1

* Electric & Acoustic Guitar: Takashi Masuzaki (DIMENSION)
* Electric & Acoustic Bass: Teppei Kawasaki
* Drums: Satoshi Bandoh
* Acoustic Guitar: Tetsuro Toyama
* Alto Saxophone: Kazuki Katsuta (DIMENSION), Masato Honma
* Soprano, Tenor & Baritone Saxophone / Flute: Takuo Yamamoto
* Tenor Saxophone: Masakuni Takeno
* Trumpet: Eric Miyashiro, Sho Okumura
* Trumpet / Flugelhorn: Koji Nishimura
* Trombone: Yoichi Murata, Kanade Shishiuchi
* Violin: Hitoshi Konno

### Disc 2

* Electric & Acoustic Guitar: Takashi Masuzaki (DIMENSION)
* Electric & Acoustic Bass: Teppei Kawasaki
* Drums: Satoshi Bandoh, Hiroyuki Noritake
* Alto Saxophone: Kazuki Katsuta (DIMENSION), Masato Honma
* Soprano, Tenor & Baritone Saxophone / Flute: Takuo Yamamoto
* Tenor Saxophone: Masakuni Takeno
* Trumpet: Eric Miyashiro, Luis Valle, Sho Okumura
* Trumpet / Flugelhorn: Koji Nishimura
* Trombone: Yoichi Murata, Eijiro Nakagawa, Kanade Shishiuchi
* Flute / Tin Whistle: Hideyo Takakuwa
* Oboe: Takayuki Mogami
* Violin / Erhu: Masatsugu Shinozaki
* Violin: Toshihiro Nakanishi
* Accordion: Yoshiaki Sato

## Staff

### Disc 1

* Composers: Shiho Fujii, Atsuko Asahi, Ryo Nagamatsu, Kenichi Nishimaki, Shinobu Tanaka, Kenta Nagata, Soyo Oka, David Wise, Satomi Terui, Koji Kondo and Asuka Hayazaki
* Arrangers: Shiho Fujii, Atsuko Asahi, Ryo Nagamatsu, Yasuaki Iwata, Satomi Terui and Asuka Hayazaki

### Disc 2

* Composers: Shiho Fujii, Atsuko Asahi, Ryo Nagamatsu, Yasuaki Iwata, Shinobu Tanaka, Akito Nakatsuka, Yumiko Kanki, Asuka Hayazaki, Soyo Oka, Koji Kondo, Manaka Kataoka, Kenta Nagata, Kazumi Totaka, Masanobu Matsunaga, Naoto Ishida
* Arrangers: Shiho Fujii, Atsuko Asahi, Ryo Nagamatsu, Yasuaki Iwata and Kenta Nagata

## Trivia

* Atsuko Asahi composes the result themes except for track 30 and 31 which was arranged by herself.
* Shiho Fujii, Atsuko Asahi and Yasuaki Iwata composes the menu themes.
* Shiho Fujii, Atsuko Asahi, Ryo Nagamatsu and Yasuaki Iwata composes the music for the non-retro courses.
* Shiho Fujii, Atsuko Asahi, Ryo Nagamatsu, Yasuaki Iwata and Kenta Nagata arranges the music for the retro courses.
* Ryo Nagamatsu and Kenta Nagata arranges the music for the F-Zero courses.
* Atsuko Asahi arranges all the music for the Animal Crossing course.
* Yasuaki Iwata arranges the music for the Star Item.
* DK Jungle and Neo Bowser City's music was reused from Mario Kart 7.
* Grumble Volcano's music was reused from Mario Kart Wii.
* Asuka Hayazaki and Satomi Terui was uncredited in the game's credits but Asuka Hayazaki composed Grumble Volcano and Satomi Terui arranged DK Jungle which was based on a tune by former Rare composer, David Wise.