Super Mario Kart Title Screen

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"Super Mario Kart Title Screen"
"Super Mario Kart Title Screen" in Super Mario Kart
The image for "Super Mario Kart Title Screen" from Super Mario Kart on Nintendo Music.
Image from Nintendo Music
Composed by:
Soyo Oka
Key C major
First appearance Super Mario Kart (1992)
Latest appearance Mario Kart World (2025)
Arranged in
"Mario Kart 64 Title Screen" (Mario Kart 64)
"Mario Kart 8 Title Screen" (Mario Kart 8)
Quoted by
"Staff Credits" (Super Mario Kart)
"Staff Credits" (Mario Kart 8)
"Title Theme" (Mario Kart World)

"Super Mario Kart Title Screen",[1] also known as simply "Title Screen",[2] is a musical theme composed by Soyo Oka for Super Mario Kart, where it plays in the game's title screen. This theme is a recurring motif in the Mario Kart series, appearing as part of the title theme in every mainline Mario Kart game (sans Mario Kart Tour).

History[edit]

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Mario Kart series[edit]

Super Mario Kart[edit]

Main article: Staff Credits (Super Mario Kart theme)

Super Mario Kart marks the first appearance of "Super Mario Kart Title Screen".

The theme that plays during the staff credits quotes "Super Mario Kart Title Screen". It is titled "Staff Credits" in the Nintendo Music app.

Mario Kart 64[edit]

Main article: Mario Kart 64 Title Screen

In Mario Kart 64, a heavily enlongated and syncopated arrangement of "Super Mario Kart Title Screen" arranged by Kenta Nagata plays in the game's title screen. It is titled "Mario Kart 64 Title Screen" in the Nintendo Music app. This arrangement uses only the first half of the theme, with the last part using more conclusive notes.

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Mario Kart: Super Circuit[edit]

Mario Kart: Super Circuit features two arrangements of "Super Mario Kart Title Screen".

An elongated arrangement of the second half of "Super Mario Kart Title Screen" plays in the game's title screen.

A faithful arrangement of "Super Mario Kart Title Screen" plays in Single-Pak multiplayer races.

Mario Kart: Double Dash!![edit]

In Mario Kart: Double Dash!!, the theme that plays when unlocking a new kart or character incorporates the first half of "Super Mario Kart Title Screen", in the key of D major.

Mario Kart Arcade GP DX[edit]

In Mario Kart Arcade GP DX, a faithful arrangement of the first half of "Super Mario Kart Title Screen" plays when the player reaches the character selection screen. This theme also quotes "Ground BGM" from Super Mario Bros. and "Ground BGM" from Super Mario World.

Mario Kart 8[edit]

Main articles: Mario Kart 8 Title Screen, Staff Credits (Mario Kart 8 theme)

Mario Kart 8 features two arrangements of "Super Mario Kart Title Screen".

The theme that plays in the game's title screen incorporates a full, faithful arrangement of "Super Mario Kart Title Screen" in the key of in E-flat major arranged by Atsuko Asahi. It is titled "Mario Kart 8 Title Screen" in the Nintendo Music app.

The theme that plays during the staff credits briefly quotes the last two bars of "Super Mario Kart Title Screen" near the end. It is titled "Staff Credits" in the Nintendo Music app, and it was arranged by Ryo Nagamatsu.

Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit[edit]

The music in the Super Mario Bros. 35th Anniversary Nintendo Direct trailer for Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit includes a brief arrangement of "Super Mario Kart Title Screen" at the end.

In-game, notes from the theme play as Mario looks around and taps on the screen after first connecting the kart.

Mario Kart World[edit]

Main article: Title Theme (Mario Kart World)

Mario Kart World features three arrangements of "Super Mario Kart Title Screen".

The theme that plays in the game's title screen quotes "Super Mario Kart Title Screen" played on electric guitar approximately 45 seconds in. It is titled "Title Theme" in the Nintendo Music app.

A jazz fusion arrangement of "Super Mario Kart Title Screen" in the key of D♯ can play in Free Roam during the day, on the route from Crown City to Peach Stadium in the Shell Cup, and on any VS Race route during nighttime. It is titled "Title Screen (Fusion) (Super Mario Kart)" in the Nintendo Music app and simply "Title Screen (Fusion Ver.)" in the game's pause menu. This arrangement was also featured in the Mario Kart World Direct.

A Latin jazz arrangement of "Super Mario Kart Title Screen" can play exclusively in Free Roam during the day. It is titled "Title Screen (Latin Jazz) (Super Mario Kart)" in the Nintendo Music app and simply "Title Screen (Latin Jazz Ver.)" in the game's pause menu.

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WarioWare D.I.Y. Showcase[edit]

In WarioWare: D.I.Y. Showcase, a brief arrangement of "Super Mario Kart Title Screen" plays in the Mario Kart microgame.

Other appearances[edit]

Super Mario Compact Disco[edit]

The Super Mario Compact Disco album features a hip hop remix of "Super Mario Kart Title Screen" arranged by Simon Harris and Colin Case. It is titled "Supermariokart". This remix features rap lyrics sung by Colin Case as M.C. Mario.

The 35th Anniversary Edition of the album features a remastered version of "Supermariokart", titled "Supermariokart (feat. MC Mario) [Remastered]".

Lyrics[edit]

Fasten seatbelts, hold tight
And believe the hype
Mario Kart has the wheels of steel
And more tricks than the Batmobile
The roughest thing out on the street
Pumping the magic beat
Mario Kart, it ain't no joke
Adiós, see ya later, and eat smoke

On your marks, get set, and we're off
This race ain't for the soft
Tarmac, lava, and ice
Nigel Mansell; think twice
100cc out-burner
With no mercy for a learner
Mario Kart, it ain't no joke
Adiós, see ya later, and eat smoke

Hands on the wheel, eyes on the road
Throw your weapons at your foe
Starsky & Hutch can't get no looser
Officer don't give me producer
This race is fast and furious
Who ain't with it, ride the bus
Mario Kart, it ain't no joke
Adiós, see ya later, and eat smoke

Super Mario Kart: Doki Doki Race[edit]

In Super Mario Kart: Doki Doki Race, an arrangement of "Super Mario Kart Title Screen" plays while players are placing their bets.

Gallery[edit]

List of Super Mario appearances[edit]

Games[edit]

Work System Year Type Title Credits
Super Mario Kart Super Nintendo Entertainment System 1992 Original "Super Mario Kart Title Screen"[1] Soyo Oka
Arrangement "Staff Credits"[1]
Super Mario Kart: Doki Doki Race Arcade 1994 Arrangement
Mario Kart 64 Nintendo 64 1996 Arrangement "Mario Kart 64 Title Screen"[1] Kenta Nagata
Mario Kart: Super Circuit Game Boy Advance 2001 Arrangement  
 
Mario Kart: Double Dash!! Nintendo GameCube 2003 Arrangement
WarioWare: D.I.Y. Showcase Wii 2009 Arrangement
Mario Kart Arcade GP DX Arcade 2013 Arrangement
Mario Kart 8 Wii U 2014 Arrangement "Mario Kart 8 Title Screen"[1] Atsuko Asahi
"Staff Credits"[1] Ryo Nagamatsu
Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit Nintendo Switch 2020 Arrangement
Mario Kart World Nintendo Switch 2 2025 Arrangement "Title Theme"[1]
"Title Screen (Fusion) (Super Mario Kart)"[1]
"Title Screen (Latin Jazz) (Super Mario Kart)"[1]

Albums[edit]

Work Year Type Title Credits
Super Mario Compact Disco 1993 Remix "Supermariokart" Simon Harris, Colin Case
Super Mario Compact Disco (cassette) 1993 Past remix (Super Mario Compact Disco) 「スーパーマリオ・カート」 (Sūpā Mario Kāto) Simon Harris, Colin Case
Super Mario Compact Disco: The iOS Release 2016 Past remix (Super Mario Compact Disco) "Supermariokart" Simon Harris, Colin Case
Super Mario Compact Disco – 35th Anniversary Edition 2020 Remix "Supermariokart (feat. MC Mario) [Remastered]" Simon Harris, Colin Case

Other media[edit]

Work Year Type Title Credits
Nintendo Music 2025[a] Original "Super Mario Kart Title Screen" Soyo Oka
2026[b] Past arrangement (Mario Kart World) "Title Screen (Fusion) (Super Mario Kart)"
"Title Screen (Latin Jazz) (Super Mario Kart)"
  1. ^ Added on January 20, 2025
  2. ^ Added on June 1, 2026

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning Note(s) Ref.
Japanese スーパーマリオカート タイトル
Sūpā Mario Kāto Taitoru		 Super Mario Kart Title [1]
Spanish Pantalla del título Title screen [2]

Notes[edit]

  • On the Nintendo Music app, "Super Mario Kart Title Screen" is labeled as "Selects", classifying it as one "of the very best tracks from the Nintendo Music library", originating from Super Mario Kart. "Super Mario Kart Title Screen" shares this title with "Mario Circuit" and "Rainbow Road".

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Nintendo Music
  2. ^ a b Mario Kart World pause menu
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Recurring themes
Donkey Kong franchise Donkey Kong "Hammer BGM" • "Round 1 BGM"
Donkey Kong Jr. "Round 1 BGM" • "Title BGM"
Donkey Kong (NES) "Title BGM"
Donkey Kong Country "Aquatic Ambiance" • "Bonus Room Blitz" • "Cave Dweller Concert" • "Cranky's Theme" • "The Credits Concerto" • "DK Island Swing" • "Fear Factory" • "Forest Frenzy" • "Funky's Fugue" • "Gang-Plank Galleon" • "Ice Cave Chant" • "Life in the Mines" • "Mine Cart Madness" • "Northern Hemispheres" • "Simian Segue" • "Treetop Rock" • "Voices of the Temple"
Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest "Crocodile Cacophony (K. Rool's Theme)" • "K. Rool Returns (Title Theme)" • "Lockjaw's Saga (Lockjaw's Locker)" • "Run, Rambi! Run! (Parrot Chute Panic)" • "Snakey Chantey (Rattle Battle)" • "Stickerbush Symphony (Bramble Blast)"
Donkey Kong 64 "DK Rap"
Donkey Kong Country Returns "Mine Menace"
Mario Bros. series Mario Bros. (NES) "Title BGM"
Wrecking Crew series Wrecking Crew "Bonus Phase" • "Golden Hammer" • "Phase BGM"
Super Mario series Super Mario Bros. "Castle BGM" • "Ending" • "Ground BGM" • "Invincibility BGM" • "Underground BGM" • "Underwater BGM"
VS. Super Mario Bros. "Gyōmu-yō Mario Namae-ire"
Super Mario Bros. 2 "Boss BGM" • "Ending" • "Final Boss BGM" • "Ground BGM" • "Please Select Player" • "Underground BGM"
Super Mario Bros. 3 "Airship BGM" • "Athletic BGM" • "Bros. Battle" • "Ending" • "Fortress BGM" • "Fortress Boss" • "Ground BGM" • "King of the Koopas" • "Music Box" • "P Switch BGM / Toad's House" • "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 "Birabuto Kingdom BGM" • "Chai Kingdom BGM" • "Easton Kingdom BGM"
Super Mario World "Bowser BGM" • "Donut Plains (Map Screen)" • "Ending" • "Forest of Illusion (Map Screen)" • "Ground BGM" ("Athletic BGM" · "Bonus Game BGM" · "Castle BGM" · "Ghost House BGM" · "Underground BGM" · "Underwater BGM") • "Koopalings BGM" • "P Switch BGM" • "Special World (Map Screen)" • "Star World (Map Screen)" • "Title BGM" • "Valley of Bowser (Map Screen)" • "Vanilla Dome (Map Screen)" • "Yoshi's Island (Map Screen)"
Super Mario 64 "Big Boo's Haunt" • "Bowser's Road" • "Bowser's Theme" • "Dire, Dire Docks" • "File Select" • "The Final Battle" • "Hazy Maze Cave" • "Lethal Lava Land" • "Main Theme" ("Cool, Cool Mountain" · "Opening" · "Slider") • "The Merry-Go-Round" • "Metal Mario" • "Peach's Castle" • "Piranha Plant's Lullaby" • "Staff Roll" • "Stage Boss" • "Title Theme"
Super Mario Sunshine "Boss Battle" • "Isle Delfino" ("Ricco Harbor" · "Staff Credits") • "Secret Course"
New Super Mario Bros. "Castle Theme" • "Ground Theme" ("Athletic Theme") • "Mega Mario" • "Switch On!" • "Tower Theme"
Super Mario Galaxy "A-wa-wa-wa!" • "Battlerock Galaxy" • "Buoy Base Galaxy" • "Catastrophe" • "Cosmic Comet" • "Dino Piranha" • "Egg Planet" • "Enter Bowser Jr.!" • "Enter the Galaxy" • "Final Battle with Bowser" • "The Galaxy Reactor" • "Gateway Galaxy" • "Gusty Garden Galaxy" • "The Honeyhive" • "Ice Mario" • "Ice Mountain" • "King Bowser" • "King Kaliente" • "Kingfin" • "Luma" • "Major Burrows" • "Megaleg" • "Melty Molten Galaxy" • "Overture" • "Peach's Castle Stolen" • "Purple Comet" • "Rosalina in the Observatory" ("Family") • "Space Athletic" • "Space Junk Road" • "The Star Festival" • "Super Mario 2007" • "Super Mario Galaxy" • "The Toad Brigade" • "Waltz of the Boos"
New Super Mario Bros. Wii "Bonus Area" • "Bowser Jr. Battle" • "Castle Theme" • "Coast Theme" • "Desert Theme" • "Forest Theme" • "Ghost House Theme" • "Koopaling Battle" • "Lava Cave / Underground Ruins Theme" • "Lava Theme" • "Title Theme" • "Toad House Minigame" • "Underground Theme" • "Underwater Theme"
Super Mario Galaxy 2 "Bowser Jr.'s Fiery Flotilla" • "Bowser's Galaxy Generator" • "Cloudy Court Galaxy" • "Fated Battle" • "Melty Monster Galaxy" • "Puzzle Plank Galaxy" • "Slimy Spring Galaxy" • "Starship Mario" • "The Starship's Journey" • "Super Mario Galaxy 2 Trailer Theme" ("Sky Station Galaxy" · "Wild Glide Galaxy") • "Teleporter Melody" • "Yoshi Star Galaxy"
Super Mario 3D Land "Beach Theme" • "Castle Theme" • "Main Theme" • "Snow Course" • "Victory Parade"
New Super Mario Bros. U "Ground Theme" ("Athletic Theme")
Super Mario 3D World "A Boss Approaches" • "Captain Toad Goes Forth" • "Chainlink Charge" • "Piranha Creeper Creek" • "Super Bell Hill"
Super Mario Maker "Flying Battleship Theme" • "Title"
Super Mario Odyssey "Fossil Falls" • "Jump Up, Super Star!" • "New Donk City"
Dr. Mario series Dr. Mario "Chill" • "Fever" • "Game Over" • "Selection Screen" • "Title Screen" • "Vs. Game Over"
Mario Kart series Super Mario Kart "Awards Ceremony (1st – 3rd Place)" • "Bowser Castle" • "Donut Plains" • "Ghost Valley" • "Mario Circuit" • "Rainbow Road" • "Super Mario Kart Title Screen"
Mario Kart 64 "Battle Arenas" • "Choco Mountain" • "D.K.'s Jungle Parkway" • "Frappe Snowland" • "Kalimari Desert" • "Koopa Troopa Beach" • "Luigi Raceway" • "Mario Kart 64 Title Screen" • "Moo Moo Farm" • "Rainbow Road" • "Results (1st − 4th Place)" • "Staff Credits" • "Toad's Turnpike"
Mario Kart: Super Circuit "Bowser Castle" • "Peach Circuit"
Mario Kart: Double Dash!! "Baby Park" • "Luigi Circuit" • "Peach Beach"
Mario Kart DS "Cheep Cheep Beach" • "Luigi's Mansion" • "Peach Gardens" • "Waluigi Pinball"
Mario Kart Wii "Coconut Mall" • "Grumble Volcano" • "Luigi Circuit" • "Wii Maple Treeway" • "Moo Moo Meadows" • "Mushroom Gorge" • "Rainbow Road" • "Wario's Gold Mine"
Mario Kart 7 "Neo Bowser City" • "Piranha Plant Slide" • "Rainbow Road" • "Toad Circuit"
Mario Kart 8 "Bowser's Castle" • "Cloudtop Cruise" • "Mario Circuit" ("Mario Kart Stadium") • "Mario Kart 8 Title Screen" • "Rainbow Road" • "Twisted Mansion"
Mario Party series Mario Party 9 "Good Job!"
Yoshi series Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island "Athletic BGM" • "Bowser" • "Flower Field BGM" • "Goal!" • "Opening Melody" • "Powerful Mario" • "Yoshi's Island"
Yoshi's Story "Yoshi's Song" ("Yoshis on the Beach") • "Yoshi's Story!" • "Yoshi's Tale"
Luigi's Mansion series Luigi's Mansion "Title Theme (Humming)" ("Professor E. Gadd's Lab")
Wario franchise WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$! "Pyoro: Stage" • "Sci-Fi (Dribble & Spitz) - Drifting Away" • "Title" ("Reality (Dr. Crygor) - Stage")
WarioWare: Twisted! "Mona Pizza"
WarioWare: Touched! "Ashley's Theme"
Mario vs. Donkey Kong series Mario vs. Donkey Kong "Mini Mario Stage" • "Title Theme"
Super Smash Bros. series Super Smash Bros. Melee "Rainbow Cruise"
Other The Legend of Zelda "Magic Whistle Melody" • "Overworld Theme"
Mario Paint "Drawing Board 1" • "Gnat Attack: Level 1" • "Save & Load"
Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars "Beware of Forest Mushrooms" • "Bowser's Keep" • "Hello, Happy Kingdom" • "Super Mario House"
Miscellaneous "Galop infernal" • "Mute City" • "Title BGM" (Excitebike) • "Totakeke's theme"
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Super Mario Kart
Playable characters Bowser • Donkey Kong Jr. • Koopa Troopa • Luigi • Mario • Princess • Toad • Yoshi
Courses Mushroom Cup Mario Circuit 1 • Donut Plains 1 • Ghost Valley 1 • Bowser Castle 1 • Mario Circuit 2
Flower Cup Choco Island 1 • Ghost Valley 2 • Donut Plains 2 • Bowser Castle 2 • Mario Circuit 3
Star Cup Koopa Beach 1 • Choco Island 2 • Vanilla Lake 1 • Bowser Castle 3 • Mario Circuit 4
Special Cup Donut Plains 3 • Koopa Beach 2 • Ghost Valley 3 • Vanilla Lake 2 • Rainbow Road
Battle courses Battle Course 1 • Battle Course 2 • Battle Course 3 • Battle Course 4
Items and objects Question Block items Banana Peel • Feather • Ghost • Green Shell • Lightning • Mushroom • Red Shell • Star
CPU-only items Egg • Fireball • Poison Mushroom
Miscellaneous items and objects Coin • Jump • Kart • Trophy • Zipper
Techniques Drift • Mini-Turbo • Hop • Rocket Start
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Music "Awards Ceremony (1st – 3rd Place)" • "Battle Mode" • "Bowser Castle" • "Choco Island" • "Donut Plains" • "Finish! (1st – 4th Place)" • "Finish! (5th – 8th Place)" • "Ghost Valley" • "Koopa Beach" • "Mario Circuit" • "Race Results (Donkey Kong Jr.)" • "Rainbow Road" • "Staff Credits" • "Super Mario Kart Title Screen" • "Vanilla Lake"
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Miscellaneous Battle Mode • Finish line • Gallery • Go! Go! Mario Circuit • Nintendo Music (soundtrack) • Pre-release and unused content • Staff • "Super Comboy" (song) • Super Mario Kart: Doki Doki Race
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