How the music of Mario Kart has evolved
5,281Mario Kart's music is iconic, but it's changed a lot over the last 30 years. We've had ska, jazz fusion, big band and more. So in this video, let's explore the history of Mario Kart's music, in the composers' own words! I've dug through countless interviews with the composers behind Super Mario Kart, Mario Kart 64, Double Dash, and Mario Kart 8, in order to answer the question - How has Mario Kart's music changed?
PATREON - https://patreon.com/ThomasGameDocs
BLUESKY - https://bsky.app/profile/thomasgamedocs.bsky.social
SOURCES
Super Mario Kart
https://www.squareenixmusic.com/features/interviews/soyooka.shtml Soyo Oka interview
https://www.timeextension.com/features/interview-super-mario-kart-and-simcity-composer-soyo-oka-on-her-most-iconic-nintendo-soundtracks Soyo Oka interview 2
Mario Kart 64
https://iwataasks.nintendo.com/interviews/3ds/mario-kart-7/1/3/ Kenta Nagata interview
Mario Kart: Double Dash
https://web.archive.org/web/20070823184107/http://www.nintendo.co.jp/nom/0312/kart_dd/interv/naiyo.html Shinobu Nagata interview
Mario Kart Wii
https://web.archive.org/web/20090214012547/www.nintendo.co.jp/jobs/interview/2005/job_oota.html Asuka Hayazaki interview
https://iwataasks.nintendo.com/interviews/wii/super-mario-all-stars/0/1/ Ryo Nagamatsu interview
Mario Kart 8
https://kotaku.com/the-music-of-mario-kart-8-1592469987 Mario Kart 8 sound team interview
https://www.mariowiki.com/Mario_Kart_8_Original_Soundtrack#Liner_notes Mario Kart 8 liner notes
CREDITS
• Longplay of Mario Kart: Double Dash!! Mario Kart Double Dash footage
• Longplay of Mario Kart Wii Mario Kart Wii footage
CHAPTERS
0:00 - Intro
0:50 - 1. Soyo's super soundtrack
3:13 - 2. The new guy
6:30 - 3. Red and blue music
9:13 - 4. A group of newbies
13:18 - 5. Studio sound
20:54 - Outro