Faraway Oasis (theme)

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"Faraway Oasis"
"Faraway Oasis" in Mario Kart World
Thumbnail for "Faraway Oasis" from Mario Kart World used for Nintendo Music
Image from Nintendo Music
Composed by:
Unknown
Genres African music, orchestral
Key E flat major
BPM 156 (dotted quarter notes)
Time signature 12
8
Appears in Mario Kart World (2025)
Quoted by
"Staff Credits" (Mario Kart World)

"Faraway Oasis"[1][2] is a musical theme in Mario Kart World, where it plays when racing on the course of the same name. This theme starts with a flute melody, which is followed by brass instruments and glockenspiel. The chorus prominently features a French horn melody, that is later accompanied by the flute. It is backed by African percussion, acoustic guitars, chanting and a kalimba. The theme uses a 12
8 time signature, a trait shared with "Thwomp Ruins" from Mario Kart 8, "Athens Dash" from Mario Kart Tour, and "Salty Salty Speedway" from the same game.

In Knockout Tour, approaching the next checkpoint causes the music to transition into a coda. This track has five different codas, which makes it one of two tracks in the game with the this distinction, the other being "Peach Stadium". They all have the same melody, but with slight differences and adaptations to match the section of the track that plays before it.

History[edit]

Mario Kart World[edit]

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Mario Kart World features the first appearance of "Faraway Oasis". A prelude pastiche of the theme, with tribal percussion, chants and a sparse french horn melody plays when approaching the track from a route before reaching the course's finish line. It is titled "Faraway Oasis (Intro)" in the Nintendo Music app.

Main article: Opening (Shell Cup)

An arrangement of "Faraway Oasis (Intro)" plays during the intro cutscene for the Shell Cup, when the track is shown. It is titled "Opening (Shell Cup)" in the Nintendo Music app.

Main article: Staff Credits (Mario Kart World theme)

An arrangement of the french horn part of "Faraway Oasis" is incorporated into "Staff Credits". It plays at around 4 minutes and 8 seconds in, alongside an arrangement of "Whistlestop Summit" and "Title Theme".

Icon of an audio speaker. Faraway Oasis (Intro) - The route pastiche of the theme
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Icon of an audio speaker. Faraway Oasis (Outro 1) - One of the outros that plays on the theme.
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Icon of an audio speaker. Opening (Shell 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 "Faraway Oasis"[1]
Pastiche "Faraway Oasis (Intro)"[1]
"Opening (Shell Cup)"[1]
Arrangement "Staff Credits"

Albums[edit]

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

Names in other languages[edit]

"Faraway Oasis"[edit]

LanguageNameMeaningNote(s)Ref.
Japaneseリバーサイドサファリ
Ribāsaido Safari		Riverside Safari[1]
Chinese (Simplified)河畔探险区
Hébàn Tànxiǎnqū (Mandarin)
Hòhbuhn Taamhímkēui (Cantonese)		Riverside Expedition Zone[1]
Chinese (Traditional)河畔探險區
Hébàn Tànxiǎnqū (Mandarin)
Hòhbuhn Taamhímkēui (Cantonese)		Riverside Expedition Zone[1]
DutchSpettersafariSplash Safari[1]
FrenchSavane sauvageWild Savanna[1]
GermanWildtierparkWildlife Park[1]
ItalianSavana GincanaGymkhana Savanna[1]
Korean리버사이드 사파리
Ribeosaideu Sapari		Riverside Safari[1]
PolishOdległa OazaFaraway Oasis[2]
PortugueseSavana SelvagemWild Savanna[1]
RussianВодопойный водопад
Vodopoynyy vodopad		Watering Hole Waterfall[1]
SpanishSabana SalpicanteSplashing Savanna[1]
Thaiโอเอซิสไกลโพ้น
Oo'eesís Glaipóon		Faraway Oasis[2]

"Faraway Oasis (Intro)"[edit]

LanguageNameMeaningNote(s)Ref.
Japaneseリバーサイドサファリ（イントロ）
Ribāsaido Safari (Intoro)		Riverside Safari (Intro)[1]
Chinese (Simplified)河畔探险区（序曲）
Hébàn Tànxiǎnqū (Xùqǔ) (Mandarin)
Hòhbuhn Taamhímkēui (Jeuihkūk) (Cantonese)		Riverside Expedition Zone (Overture)[1]
Chinese (Traditional)河畔探險區（前奏）
Hébàn Tànxiǎnqū (Qiánzòu) (Mandarin)
Hòhbuhn Taamhímkēui (Chìhnjau) (Cantonese)		Riverside Expedition Zone (Prelude)[1]
DutchSpettersafari (intro)Splash Safari (intro)[1]
FrenchSavane sauvage (intro)Wild Savanna (intro)[1]
GermanWildtierpark (Intro)Wildlife Park (Intro)[1]
ItalianSavana Gincana (intro)Gymkhana Savanna (intro)[1]
Korean리버사이드 사파리 (인트로)
Ribeosaideu Sapari (Inteuro)		Riverside Safari (Intro)[1]
PortugueseSavana Selvagem (Introdução)Wild Savanna (Introduction)[1]
RussianВодопойный водопад (вступление)
Vodopoynyy vodopad (vstupleniye)		Watering Hole Waterfall (introduction)[1]
SpanishSabana Salpicante (introducción)Splashing Savanna (introduction)[1]

Other media[edit]

Work Year Type Title Credits
Nintendo Music 2026[a] Original "Faraway Oasis"
Past pastiche (Mario Kart World) "Faraway Oasis (Intro)"
"Opening (Shell Cup)"
  1. ^ Added on June 8, 2026

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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