How the music of Mario Kart has evolved

Mario 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 -   / thomasgamedocs   BLUESKY - https://bsky.app/profile/thomasgamedo... SOURCES Super Mario Kart https://www.squareenixmusic.com/featu... Soyo Oka interview https://www.timeextension.com/feature... Soyo Oka interview 2 Mario Kart 64 https://iwataasks.nintendo.com/interv... Kenta Nagata interview Mario Kart: Double Dash https://web.archive.org/web/200708231... Shinobu Nagata interview Mario Kart Wii https://web.archive.org/web/200902140... Asuka Hayazaki interview https://iwataasks.nintendo.com/interv... Ryo Nagamatsu interview Mario Kart 8 https://kotaku.com/the-music-of-mario... Mario Kart 8 sound team interview https://www.mariowiki.com/Mario_Kart_... 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