The Mario Kart 8 Original Sound Track is an official compilation of music tracks from Mario Kart 8, used to be exclusive to members of Club Nintendo of Japan, Europe and Australia, but was never available in North America and therefore Club Nintendo discontinued in fall 2015.
Track listing[]
- For this game's soundtrack, see Soundtrack:Mario Kart 8.
The album features 68 songs from the game across two discs, the first disc containing the themes for the original 32 tracks.
The second disc includes the sixteen tracks from the two DLC packs and the rest of the music not played during races, such as in the game's menus.
Purchasing[]
In Japan, it used to be pre-ordered for 180 points after April 21, 2015 and was released on June 19, 2015.
The soundtrack was later released for Club Nintendo in the European Union on July 20, 2015 for 3000 stars and in Australia on July 21, 2015 for 2000 stars.
Composers[]
| Composer | Contribution | |
|---|---|---|
| CD1 | CD2 | |
| Shiho Fujii | 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 12, 15, 17 | 2, 23 |
| Atsuko Asahi | 4, 9, 10, 11, 14, 16, 28 | 1, 3, 6, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 18, 19, 21, 22, 26, 28, 29, 30, 31 |
| Ryo Nagamatsu | 13, 18, 22, 29, 30, 31, 33 | 4, 32, 33, 34, 35 |
| Yasuaki Iwata | 1, 19, 20, 21, 23, 24, 26, 27 | 7, 24, 25, 27 |
| Kenta Nagata | none | 5, 9, 16, 17, 20 |
| Asuka Ohta | 32 | none |
| Satomi Terui | 25 | none |
Mario Kart Band[]
| Performer | Musical Instrument | Contribution | |
|---|---|---|---|
| CD1 | CD2 | ||
| Takashi Masuzaki DIMENSION |
Electric & Acoustic Guitar | 1, 5, 6, 8, 9, 13, 14, 16, 17, 19, 33 | 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 26, 35 |
| Acoustic Guitar | |||
| Tetsuro Toyama | 6, 8, 10, 11, 14, 15, 18, 23 | none | |
| Teppei Kawasaki | Electric Bass | 1, 2, 5, 6, 10, 11, 13, 15, 16, 19, 23, 33 | 1, 2, 3, 4, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 26, 35 |
| Acoustic Bass | |||
| Satoshi Bandoh | Drums | 1, 2, 5, 6, 9, 10, 11, 13, 16, 19, 24, 29, 33 | 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 26, 35 |
| Hiroyuki Noritake | none | 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 8 | |
| Kazuki Katsuta | Alto Saxophone | 11 | 20 |
| Masato Honma | 2, 5, 13, 16, 19, 33 | 1, 9, 10, 21, 35 | |
| Hideyo Takakuwa | Tin Whistle | none | 11, 12 |
| Flute | |||
| Takuo Yamamoto | 5, 13, 16, 33 | 1, 9, 10, 15, 21, 35 | |
| Soprano Saxophone | |||
| Baritone Saxophone | |||
| Tenor Saxophone | |||
| Masakuni Takeno | 2, 5, 13, 19 | 21 | |
| Eric Miyashiro | Trumpet | 2, 5, 13, 16, 19, 33 | 21, 35 |
| Luis Valle | none | 8 | |
| Sho Okumura | 1, 5, 13, 16, 19, 24, 33 | 21, 35 | |
| Koji Nishimura | 1, 2, 5, 13, 16, 19, 24, 33 | 9, 10, 18, 21, 35 | |
| Trumpet/Flugelhorn | |||
| Yoichi Murata | Trombone | 1, 2, 5, 13, 16, 19, 24, 33 | 21, 35 |
| Eijiro Nakagawa | none | 9, 10, 12, 18 | |
| Kanade Shishiuchi | 1, 2, 5, 13, 16, 19, 24, 33 | 21, 35 | |
| Takayuki Mogami | Oboe | none | 11 |
| Masatsugu Shinozaki | Violin/Erhu | none | 3, 7, 8 |
| Violin | |||
| Toshihiro Nakanishi | none | 11, 13 | |
| Hitoshi Konno | 3, 7, 8, 9, 13, 15, 18 | none | |
| Yoshiaki Sato | Accordion | none | 14, 15, 18 |
| Mario Kart albums | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Original Soundtracks | Mario Kart 64 Greatest Hits Soundtrack (1997) • Mario Kart 64 Race Tracks (1997) • Mario Kart 64 Original Soundtrack (1997) • Mario Kart Wii Platinum Soundtrack (2011) • Mario Kart 8 Original Sound Track (2015) | |||
| Other albums featuring Mario Kart music | Super Famicom Magazine Vol.5 Special Supplement (1992) • Nintendo Sound Selection vol.2 Koopa (Loud Music) (2005) • Nintendo Sound Selection vol.3 Luigi (B-Side Music) (2005) • THE YEAR OF LUIGI SOUND SELECTION (2013) • NINTENDO SOUND SELECTION (Ending & Staff Roll) (2015) | |||