Acorn Heights (theme)

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"Acorn Heights"
"Acorn Heights" in Mario Kart World
Thumbnail for "Acorn Heights" from Mario Kart World used for Nintendo Music
Image from Nintendo Music
Composed by:
Unknown
Genre Folk
Key A mixolydian
BPM 226
Time signature 6
4 (3
4 + 6
8)
Appears in Mario Kart World (2025)
Quoted by
"Staff Credits" (Mario Kart World)

"Acorn Heights"[1][2] is a musical theme in Mario Kart World, where it plays when racing on the course of the same name. It uses a mixed meter, alternating between one bar of 6
8 (compound duple meter) and one bar of 3
4 (triple meter) time signatures. It starts with uilleann pipes melody, which is followed by an A section where the theme's main motif is introduced on a flute and an acoustic guitar in call and response with an accordion. The A section repeats once, with the addition of a bagpipe. It is then followed by a B section where the melody is played on a flute and a bagpipe, and at the end, a quieter variation of the A section plays.

In Knockout Tour, approaching the next checkpoint causes the music to transition into a coda.

History[edit]

Mario Kart World[edit]

Mario Kart World features the first appearance of "Acorn Heights". A short, prelude pastiche of the theme, with a bagpipe melody plays when approaching the track from a route before reaching the course's finish line. It is titled "Acorn Heights (Intro)" in the Nintendo Music app.

An arrangement of the first bars of "Acorn Heights (Intro)" plays at the beginning of the intro cutscene for the Special Cup, when the course is being shown. It is titled "Opening (Special Cup)" in the Nintendo Music app.

A 4
4 swing arrangement of the A section of "Acorn Heights" is incorporated into "Staff Credits". It plays at around 3 minute and 50 seconds in, first on an electric guitar, and later on a brass section, while the guitar plays an arrangement of "Dandelion Depths".

Icon of an audio speaker. Acorn Heights (Outro) - The coda of the theme
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Icon of an audio speaker. Acorn Heights (Intro) - The route pastiche of the theme
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Icon of an audio speaker. Opening (Special Cup) - The arrangement heard in Mario Kart World
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List of Super Mario appearances[edit]

Games[edit]

Work System Year Type Title Credits
Mario Kart World Nintendo Switch 2 2025 Original "Acorn Heights"[1]
Pastiche "Acorn Heights (Intro)"[1]
"Opening (Special Cup)"[1]
Arrangement "Staff Credits"
2026[a] Pastiche
  1. ^ Added in Ver. 1.8.0 on September 9, 2026

Albums[edit]

Work Year Type Title Credits
Mario Kart World (Nintendo Music) 2026 Original "Acorn Heights"
Past pastiche (Mario Kart World) "Acorn Heights (Intro)"

Names in other languages[edit]

"Acorn Heights"[edit]

LanguageNameMeaningNote(s)Ref.
Japaneseどんぐりツリーハウス
Donguri Tsurīhausu		Acorn Treehouse[1]
Chinese (Simplified)橡栗树屋
Xiànglì Shùwū (Mandarin)
Jeuhngleuht Syuh'ūk (Cantonese)		Acorn Treehouse[1]
Chinese (Traditional)橡栗樹屋
Xiànglì Shùwū (Mandarin)
Jeuhngleuht Syuh'ūk (Cantonese)		[1]
DutchEikenrijkOak Kingdom[1]
FrenchChemin du chêneOak's Path[1]
GermanBaumwipfelpfadTreetop Path[1]
ItalianGhiand PrixPun of ghianda ("acorn") and "Grand Prix"[1]
Korean도토리나무 로드
Dotorinamu Rodeu		Acorn-Tree Road[1]
PolishŻołędziowe WzgórzeAcorn Hill[2]
PortugueseBosque das BolotasAcorn Woods[1]
RussianДубовые дорожки
Dubovyye dorozhki		Oak Paths[1]
SpanishAldea ArbóreaArboreal Village[1]
Thaiบ้านลูกโอ๊กยักษ์
Bâan Lûuk'óok Yák		Giant-Acorn Village[2]

"Acorn Heights (Intro)"[edit]

LanguageNameMeaningNote(s)Ref.
Japaneseどんぐりツリーハウス（イントロ）
Donguri Tsurīhausu (Intoro)		Acorn Treehouse (Intro)[1]
Chinese (Simplified)橡栗树屋（序曲）
Xiànglì Shùwū (Xùqǔ) (Mandarin)
Jeuhngleuht Syuh'ūk (Jeuihkūk) (Cantonese)		Acorn Treehouse (Overture)[1]
Chinese (Traditional)橡栗樹屋（前奏）
Xiànglì Shùwū (Qiánzòu) (Mandarin)
Jeuhngleuht Syuh'ūk (Chìhnjau) (Cantonese)		Acorn Treehouse (Prelude)[1]
DutchEikenrijk (intro)Oak Kingdom (intro)[1]
FrenchChemin du chêne (intro)Oak's Path (intro)[1]
GermanBaumwipfelpfad (Intro)Treetop Path (Intro)[1]
ItalianGhiand Prix (intro)Acorn Heights (intro)[1]
Korean도토리나무 로드 (인트로)
Dotorinamu Rodeu (Inteuro)		Acorn-Tree Road (Intro)[1]
PortugueseBosque das Bolotas (Introdução)Acorn Woods (Introduction)[1]
RussianДубовые дорожки (вступление)
Dubovyye dorozhki (vstupleniye)		Oak Paths (introduction)[1]
SpanishAldea Arbórea (introducción)Arboreal Village (introduction)[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z Nintendo Music
  2. ^ a b c Mario Kart World pause menu
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Mario Kart World music
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Returning courses "Airship Fortress" ("Opening (Flower Cup)") • "Choco Mountain" ("Opening (Lightning Cup)") • "Desert Hills" • "Dino Dino Jungle" • "DK Pass" • "Koopa Troopa Beach" • "Mario Circuit" • "Moo Moo Meadows" • "Peach Beach" ("Opening (Banana Cup)") • "Shy Guy Bazaar" • "Sky-High Sundae" • "Toad's Factory" • "Wario Shipyard" • "Wario Stadium" ("Opening (Flower Cup)")
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Cups "Opening (Shell Cup)" • "Opening (Special Cup)" • "Opening (Star Cup)"
Arrangements Mario Kart arrangements Super Mario Kart "Bowser Castle" • "Choco Island" • "Donut Plains" • "Ghost Valley" • "Koopa Beach" • "Rainbow Road" • "Staff Credits" • "Title Screen" • "Vanilla Lake"
Mario Kart 64 "Character Select" • "DK's Jungle Parkway" • "Frappe Snowland" • "Kalimari Desert" • "Koopa Troopa Beach" • "Moo Moo Farm" • "Rainbow Road" • "Results Screen" • "Title Screen" • "Toad's Turnpike"
Mario Kart: Super Circuit "Bowser Castle" • "Cheese Land" • "Peach Circuit" • "Rainbow Road" • "Ribbon Road" • "Riverside Park" • "Shy Guy Beach" • "Yoshi Desert"
Mario Kart: Double Dash!! "Baby Park" • "Dry Dry Desert" • "Luigi Circuit" • "Mushroom Bridge" • "Rainbow Road" • "Sherbet Land"
Mario Kart DS "Cheep Cheep Beach" • "Delfino Square" • "Figure-8 Circuit" • "Luigi's Mansion" • "Peach Gardens" • "Rainbow Road" • "Shroom Ridge" • "Staff Credits" • "Tick-Tock Clock" • "Waluigi Pinball" • "Yoshi Falls"
Mario Kart Wii "Coconut Mall" • "Daisy Circuit" • "DK Summit" • "Dry Dry Ruins" • "Grumble Volcano" • "Luigi Circuit" • "Maple Treeway" • "Moonview Highway" • "Mushroom Gorge" • "Rainbow Road" • "Staff Credits A" • "Wario's Gold Mine"
Mario Kart 7 "Bowser's Castle" • "Daisy Hills" • "Music Park" • "Piranha Plant Slide" • "Rainbow Road" • "Rock Rock Mountain" • "Rosalina's Ice World" • "Toad Circuit"
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe "Bone-Dry Dunes" • "Cloudtop Cruise" • "Dolphin Shoals" • "Dragon Driftway" • "Electrodrome" • "Ice Ice Outpost" • "Mario Circuit" • "Mario Kart 8" • "Rainbow Road" • "Shy Guy Falls" • "Sunshine Airport" • "Super Bell Subway" • "Sweet Sweet Canyon" • "Thwomp Ruins" • "Toad Harbor" • "Twisted Mansion" • "Water Park" • "Wild Woods"
Mario Kart Tour "Bangkok Rush" • "Merry Mountain" • "Ninja Hideaway" • "Los Angeles Laps" • "Singapore Speedway" • "Tokyo Blur" • "Vancouver Velocity"
Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit "Title Screen"
Super Mario arrangements Super Mario Bros. "Ending" • "Game Over" • "Ground BGM" • "Underground BGM" • "Underwater BGM"
Super Mario Bros. 2 "Ground BGM" • "Please Select Player" • "Underground BGM"
Super Mario Bros. 3 "Airship BGM" • "Athletic BGM" • "Course Clear" • "Ending" • "Fortress Boss BGM" • "Ground BGM" • "Overworld Medley (Super Mario Bros. 3)" • "Underwater BGM"
Super Mario Land "Ground BGM" • "Underground BGM"
Super Mario World "Ending" • "Ground BGM" ("Bonus Game BGM" · "Castle BGM" · "Underground BGM" · "Underwater BGM") • "Koopalings BGM" • "Overworld Medley (Super Mario World)" • "Title BGM"
Super Mario Land 2 - 6 Golden Coins "Main Theme"
Super Mario 64 "Bowser's Road" • "Bowser's Theme" • "Dire, Dire Docks" • "File Select" • "Peach's Castle" • "Piranha Plant's Lullaby" • "Staff Roll" • "Title Theme" ("Cool, Cool Mountain" · "Slider")
Super Mario Sunshine "Delfino Plaza" ("Ricco Harbor") • "Secret Course - Sky and Sea"
New Super Mario Bros. "Castle BGM" • "Ground BGM"
Super Mario Galaxy "Buoy Base Galaxy" • "Egg Planet" • "Enter Bowser Jr.!" • "Final Battle with Bowser" • "Gusty Garden Galaxy" • "Purple Comet" • "Rosalina in the Observatory 3" • "Space Junk Road"
New Super Mario Bros. Wii "Beach Theme" • "Castle BGM" • "Castle Boss" • "Credits Theme 1" • "Desert BGM" • "Underwater BGM" • "Volcano BGM"
Super Mario Galaxy 2 "Bowser's Galaxy Generator" • "Cloudy Court Galaxy" • "Digga-Leg" • "Melty Monster Galaxy" • "Puzzle Plank Galaxy" • "Starship Mario 1" • "Sky Station Galaxy" • "The Starship's Journey" • "Yoshi Star Galaxy"
Super Mario 3D Land "Beach Theme" • "Ground Theme" • "Snow Mountain Theme"
New Super Mario Bros. U "Ground Theme"
Super Mario 3D World "A Boss Approaches" ("Bowser's Highway Showdown" · "World 8") • "Athletic Theme" • "Captain Toad Goes Forth" • "Double Cherry Pass" • "Hands-On Hall" • "Hisstocrat" • "Piranha Creeper Creek" • "Shifty Boo Mansion" • "Sprawling Savanna" • "Super Bell Hill"
Super Mario Maker "Title Screen"
Super Mario Odyssey "Break Free (Lead the Way)" • "Fossil Falls" • "Jump Up, Super Star!" • "Peronza Plaza" • "Shiveria Town" • "Steam Gardens" • "Tostarena Ruins"
Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury "Attack! Bowser's Fury" • "Plessie Ride!"
Yoshi arrangements Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island "Athletic BGM" • "Bowser" • "Flower Field BGM" • "Opening Melody" • "Stage Boss" • "Stage Start"
Yoshi's Story "Yoshi's Song" • "Yoshi's Tale"
Other arrangements Mario Paint "Flyswatter Level 1" • "Painting Mode 1"
Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 "Main Theme"
Donkey Kong Country "DK Island Swing"
Luigi's Mansion "Title Theme (Humming)"
WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$! "Voices Being Carried on the Waves"
Flipnote Studio "Mario Drawing Song"
Other "Awards Ceremony (1st – 3rd Place)" ("Trophy Theme") • "Final Lap Fanfare" • "Mario Kart 64 Title Screen" ("Victory Lap (Rainbow Road)") • "Mission Clear" • "Results Screen" • "Staff Credits" • "Staff Credits" (Mario Kart 64) ("Special Cup Appears" · "Trophy Theme" · "Victory Lap" · "Victory Lap (Rainbow Road)") • "Super Star" • "Title Theme" ("Opening (Knockout Tour)" · "Replay" · "Course Select" · "Special Cup Appears" · "Spectating")
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