Mario Kart 8 Original Soundtrack

The Mario Kart 8 Original Soundtrack is an official compilation of music tracks from Mario Kart 8, which is exclusive to members of Club Nintendo of Japan, Europe and Australia. In Japan, it can be pre-ordered for 180 points after April 21, 2015, and it was released in June 2015. The soundtrack was later released for Club Nintendo in Europe on July 20, 2015 for 3000 stars, and in Australia on July 21, 2015 for 2000 stars. It features 68 songs from the game across two discs, the first disc containing the themes for the original 32 tracks while the the second disc includes the 16 tracks from the two DLC packs and the rest of the music not played during races, such as in the game's menus and staff credits. It has a combined playing time of two and a half hours.

Performers

 * Electric & Acoustic Guitar: Takashi Masuzaki (CD1: 1, 5, 6, 8, 9, 13, 14, 16, 17, 19, 33; CD2: 1-4, 7-14, 17-21, 26, 35)
 * Electric & Acoustic Bass: Teppei Kawasaki (CD1: 1, 2, 5, 6, 10, 11, 13, 15, 16, 19, 23, 33; CD2: 1-4, 8, 10-15, 17-21, 26, 35)
 * Drums: Satoshi Bandoh (CD1: 1, 2, 5, 6, 9-11, 13, 16, 19, 24, 29, 33; CD2: 9, 11-15, 17-21, 26, 35)
 * Drums: Hiroyuki Noritake (CD2: 1-4, 7, 8)
 * Acoustic Guitar: Tetsuro Toyama (CD1: 6, 8, 10, 11, 14, 15, 18, 23)
 * Alto Saxophone: Kazuki Katsuta (CD1: 11; CD2: 20)
 * Alto Saxophone: Masato Honma (CD1: 2, 5, 13, 16, 19, 33; CD2: 1, 9, 10, 21, 35)
 * Soprano, Tenor & Baritone Saxophone / Flute: Takuo Yamamoto (CD1: 5, 13, 16, 33; CD2: 1, 9, 10, 15, 21, 35)
 * Tenor Saxophone: Masakuni Takeno (CD1: 2, 5, 13, 19; CD2: 21)
 * Trumpet: Eric Miyashiro (CD1: 2, 5, 13, 16, 19, 33; CD2: 21, 35)
 * Trumpet / Flugelhorn: Koji Nishimura (CD1: 1, 2, 5, 13, 16, 19, 24, 33; CD2: 9, 10, 18, 21, 35)
 * Trumpet: Luis Valle (CD2: 8)
 * Trumpet: Sho Okumura (CD1: 1, 5, 13, 16, 19, 24, 33; CD2: 21, 35)
 * Trombone: Yoichi Murata (CD1: 1, 2, 5, 13, 16, 19, 24, 33; CD2: 21, 35)
 * Trombone: Eijiro Nakagawa (CD2: 9, 10, 12, 18)
 * Trombone: Kanade Shishiuchi (CD1: 1, 2, 5, 13, 16, 19, 24, 33; CD2: 21, 35)
 * Flute / Tin Whistle: Hideyo Takakuwa (CD2: 11, 12)
 * Oboe: Takayuki Mogami (CD2: 11)
 * Violin / Erhu: Masatsugu Shinozaki (CD2: 3, 7, 8)
 * Violin: Toshihiro Nakanishi (CD2: 11, 13)
 * Violin: Hitoshi Konno (CD1: 3, 7-9, 13, 15, 18)
 * Accordion: Yoshiaki Sato (CD2: 14, 15, 18)

Composers / arrangers

 * Shiho Fujii (CD1: 2 [Water Park], 3 [Sweet Sweet Canyon], 5-8 [Mario Circuit, Toad Harbor, Twisted Mansion, Shy Guy Falls], 12 [Electrodome], 15 [Bone-Dry Dunes], 17 [Rainbow Road]; CD2: 2 [Excitebike Arena], 23 [Online Selection Screen])
 * Atsuko Asahi (CD1: 4 [Thwomp Ruins], 9-11 [Sunshine Airport, Dolphin Shoals], 14 [Cloudtop Cruise], 16 [Bowser's Castle], 28 [Music Park/Melody Motorway]; CD2: 1 [Yoshi Circuit], 3 [Dragon Driftway], 6 [SNES Rainbow Road], 8 [Hyrule Circuit], 10-15 [Cheese Land, Wild Woods, Animal Crossing], 18-19 [Super Bell Subway], 21 [Title screen], 22 [offline selection screen], 26 [course intro fanfare], 28-31 [results screens])
 * Ryo Nagamatsu (CD1: 13 [Mount Wario], 18 [Moo Moo Meadows], 22 [Dry Dry Desert], 29-31 [Yoshi Valley, Tick Tock Clock, Piranha Plant Slide/Pipeway], 33 [N64 Rainbow Road]; CD2: 4 [Mute City], 32-35 [Current standings, Congratulations, Nice Try, Staff Credits])
 * Yasuaki Iwata (CD1: 1 [Mario Kart Stadium], 19-21 [GBA Mario Circuit, Cheep Cheep Beach, Toad's Turnpike], 23 [Donut Plains 3], 24 [Royal Raceway], 26 [Wario Stadium], 27 [Sherbert Land]; CD2: 7 [Ice Ice Outpost], 24 [Spectating], 25 [Mario Kart TV], 27 [Super Star])
 * Kenta Nagata (CD2: 5 [Wario's Gold Mine], 9 [Baby Park], 16 [Neo Bowser City/Koopa City], 17 [Ribbon Road], 20 [Big Blue])
 * Asuka Ohta (CD1: 32 [Grumble Volcano])
 * Satomi Terui (CD1: 25 [DK Jungle])