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Awards Ceremony (1st – 3rd Place)

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"Awards Ceremony (1st – 3rd Place)"
"Awards Ceremony (1st – 3rd Place)" in Super Mario Kart
The image for "Awards Ceremony (1st – 3rd Place)" from Super Mario Kart on Nintendo Music.
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Composed by:
Soyo Oka
First appearance Super Mario Kart (1992)
Latest appearance Mario Kart World (2025)

"Awards Ceremony (1st – 3rd Place)"[1] is a musical theme composed by Soyo Oka for Super Mario Kart, where it plays during the cutscene in which the player is rewarded a trophy after placing first, second or third place in a Grand Prix. It has been arranged in several Mario Kart games for their awards ceremony and/or trophy screen themes.

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Mario Kart seriesEdit

Super Mario KartEdit

Super Mario Kart marks the first appearance of "Awards Ceremony (1st – 3rd Place)."

Mario Kart 64Edit

Mario Kart 64 features two arrangements of "Awards Ceremony (1st – 3rd Place)."

An arrangement of "Awards Ceremony (1st – 3rd Place)" serves the same purpose as in Super Mario Kart. It is titled "Awards Ceremony (1st – 3rd Place)" in the Nintendo Music app.

Another arrangement plays during the awards ceremony cutscene when placing fourth or below in a Grand Prix, titled "Awards Ceremony (4th – 8th Place)" in the Nintendo Music app. It starts off identical to "Awards Ceremony (1st – 3rd Place)," but slightly fades away before looping. It then slows down and switches to a minor key. Finally, it ends by slowing down even more before fully stopping.

Both of these arrangements were arranged by Kenta Nagata.

  Awards Ceremony (1st – 3rd Place) - The arrangement heard in Mario Kart 64
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  Awards Ceremony (4th − 8th Place)
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Mario Kart: Super CircuitEdit

Mario Kart: Super Circuit features two arrangements of "Awards Ceremony (1st – 3rd Place)," both with similar purposes to the previous games.

An arrangement of "Awards Ceremony (1st – 3rd Place)" plays when placing first, second or third in a Grand Prix.

Another arrangement plays when placing fourth in a Grand Prix. Similarly to Mario Kart 64, it starts identical to the "winning" version, slows down and stops. The instrumentation then becomes sadder and slower-paced, to represent the player losing.

Mario Kart: Double Dash!!Edit

Mario Kart: Double Dash!! features a loose, tropical-styled arrangement of "Awards Ceremony (1st – 3rd Place)" as its awards ceremony theme, which takes place on Peach Beach.

Mario Kart DSEdit

Mario Kart DS incorporates a brief arrangement of "Awards Ceremony (1st – 3rd Place)" during the cutscene in which the top 3 drivers are seen driving on Figure-8 Circuit after a Grand Prix.

Mario Kart WiiEdit

Mario Kart Wii features two arrangements of "Awards Ceremony (1st – 3rd Place)," both of which play during the awards ceremony cutscene.

The theme that plays when placing first, second or third incorporates an arrangement of "Awards Ceremony (1st – 3rd Place)." It features celebratory, marching-style instrumentation, and is titled 「上位ゴールリザルト（グランプリ・VS）」(Jōi Gōrurizaruto （Guranpuri・VS）, "High Placement Results (Grand Prix & VS)") in the game's official soundtrack.

The theme that plays when placing fourth or below is a much slower-paced and sadder arrangement of "Awards Ceremony (1st – 3rd Place)" that features a flute, xylophone, and bells. It is titled 「下位ゴールリザルト（グランプリ・VS）」(Kai Gōrurizaruto （Guranpuri・VS）, "Low Placement Results (Grand Prix & VS)") in the game's official soundtrack.

Mario Kart 8 / Mario Kart 8 DeluxeEdit

In Mario Kart 8 and its Nintendo Switch port, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, a brief arrangement of "Awards Ceremony (1st – 3rd Place)" is incorporated into the theme that plays in the final results screen when placing first, second or third. It was arranged by Ryo Nagamatsu, and is titled "Trophy Theme A" in the Nintendo Music app.

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Mario Kart WorldEdit

A theme serving the same purpose as in Mario Kart 8 incorporates a loose, brief, swing arrangement of "Awards Ceremony (1st – 3rd Place)."

Other appearancesEdit

Mario Kart 64 on Club CircuitEdit

The Mario Kart 64 on Club Circuit album features two appearances of "Awards Ceremony (1st – 3rd Place)."

"Awards Ceremony (4th – 8th Place)" from Mario Kart 64 returns, titled "Interlude [prize #2 (4th~8th)]." This time, Mario can be heard getting blown up by a Mini Bomb Kart.

It is followed by a funk arrangement of "Awards Ceremony (1st - 3rd Place)" from the same game, titled "prize #1 (1st~3rd)." It was arranged by Ratio 13.

GalleryEdit

List of Super Mario appearancesEdit

GamesEdit

Work System Year Type Title Credits
Super Mario Kart Super Nintendo Entertainment System 1992 Original "Awards Ceremony (1st – 3rd Place)"[1] Soyo Oka
Mario Kart 64 Nintendo 64 1996 Arrangement "Awards Ceremony (1st – 3rd Place)"[1] Kenta Nagata
"Awards Ceremony (4th – 8th Place)"[1]
Mario Kart: Super Circuit Game Boy Advance 2001 Arrangement  
 
Mario Kart: Double Dash!! Nintendo GameCube 2003 Arrangement
Mario Kart DS Nintendo DS 2005 Arrangement
Mario Kart Wii Wii 2008 Arrangement 「上位ゴールリザルト（グランプリ・VS）」 (Jōi Gōrurizaruto （Guranpuri VS）)[2]
「下位ゴールリザルト（グランプリ・VS）」 (Kai Gōrurizaruto （Guranpuri VS）)[2]
Mario Kart 8 Wii U 2014 Arrangement "Trophy Theme A"[1] Ryo Nagamatsu
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Nintendo Switch 2017 Past arrangement (Mario Kart 8)
Mario Kart World Nintendo Switch 2 2025 Arrangement

AlbumsEdit

Work Year Type Title Credits
Mario Kart 64 Race Tracks 1997 Past arrangement (Mario Kart 64) "Trophy Presentation" Kenta Nagata
"No Trophy For You!"
Mario Kart 64 Original Soundtrack "Prize #1 (1st~3rd)"
"Prize #2 (4th~8th)"
Mario Kart 64: Greatest Hits Soundtrack "Trophy Presentation"
Mario Kart 64 on Club Circuit "Interlude [prize #2 (4th~8th)]"
Arrangement "prize #1 (1st~3rd)" Ratio 13
Mario Kart Wii Platinum Soundtrack 2011 Past arrangement (Mario Kart Wii) 「上位ゴールリザルト（グランプリ・VS）」 (Jōi Gōrurizaruto （Guranpuri VS）)
「下位ゴールリザルト（グランプリ・VS）」 (Kai Gōrurizaruto （Guranpuri VS）)
Mario Kart 8 Original Soundtrack 2015 Past arrangement (Mario Kart 8) "Congratulations!" Ryo Nagamatsu

Names in other languagesEdit

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese 表彰式（1位〜3位）[1]
Hyōshō-shiki (1-i ~ 3-i) 		Awards Ceremony (1st to 3rd place)

ReferencesEdit

  1. ^ a b c d e f Nintendo Music
  2. ^ a b Mario Kart Wii Platinum Soundtrack
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Donkey Kong 64 "DK Isle" • "DK Rap"
Donkey Kong Country Returns "Mine Menace"
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Wrecking Crew series Wrecking Crew "Bonus Phase" • "Phase BGM"
Super Mario series Super Mario Bros. "1-Up" • "Castle BGM" • "Course Clear" ("Power Up") • "Ending" • "Ground BGM" ("Game Over" · "Player Down") • "Invincibility BGM" • "Timer Warning" • "Underground BGM" • "Underwater BGM" • "World Clear"
VS. Super Mario Bros. "Gyōmu-yō Mario Namae-ire"
Super Mario Bros. 2 "Boss BGM" • "Ground BGM" • "Please Select Player" • "Underground BGM"
Super Mario Bros. 3 "Airship BGM" • "Athletic BGM" • "Bros. Battle" • "Ending" • "Fortress BGM" • "Fortress Boss" • "Game Over" • "Ground BGM" • "King of the Koopas" • "P Switch BGM / Toad's House" • "Player Down" • "Slot Game BGM / Memory Game BGM" • "Underwater BGM" • "Warp Zone" • "World 1 Map (Grass Land)" • "World 2 Map (Desert Land)" • "World 3 Map (Water Land)" • "World 4 Map (Giant Land)" • "World 5 Map (Sky Land) - On the Ground" • "World 5 Map (Sky Land) - In the Sky" • "World 6 Map (Ice Land)" • "World 7 Map (Pipe Land)" • "World 8 Map (Dark Land)"
Super Mario Land "Main Theme" • "Underground Theme"
Super Mario World "Bowser BGM" • "Donut Plains (Map Screen)" • "Ending" • "Ground BGM" ("Athletic BGM" · "Bonus Game BGM" · "Castle BGM" · "Course Clear" · "Ghost House BGM" · "Underground BGM" · "Underwater BGM") • "Koopalings BGM" • "P Switch BGM" • "Star World (Map Screen)" • "Title BGM" • "Vanilla Dome (Map Screen)" • "Yoshi's Island (Map Screen)"
Super Mario 64 "Bowser's Road" • "Bowser's Theme" • "Dire, Dire Docks" • "File Select" • "Main Theme" ("Cool, Cool Mountain" · "Slider") • "The Merry-Go-Round" • "Metal Mario" • "Peach's Castle" • "Piranha Plant's Lullaby" • "Staff Roll"
Super Mario Sunshine "Isle Delfino" ("Ricco Harbor") • "Secret Course"
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Super Mario Galaxy "Egg Planet" • "Enter Bowser Jr.!" • "Gusty Garden Galaxy" • "Luma" • "Overture" • "Purple Comet" • "Rosalina in the Observatory" • "The Toad Brigade" • "Waltz of the Boos"
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Mario Kart DS "Waluigi Pinball"
Mario Kart Wii "Coconut Mall" • "Luigi Circuit/Mario Circuit" • "Wii Maple Treeway" • "Moo Moo Meadows" • "Mushroom Gorge" • "Wario's Gold Mine"
Mario Kart 7 "Neo Bowser City" • "Piranha Plant Slide" • "Toad Circuit"
Mario Kart 8 "Cloudtop Cruise"
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Yoshi's Story "Yoshi's Song" • "Yoshi's Story!" • "Yoshi's Tale"
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Other The Legend of Zelda "Important Item Acquired" • "Overworld Theme"
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