Mario Kart 8 Original Soundtrack

The Mario Kart 8 Original Sound Track (Known As Mario Kart 8 Original Soundtrack in Europe) is an official compilation of music tracks from Mario Kart 8, currently 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 sixty-eight songs from the game across two discs, the first disc containing the themes for the original thirty-two tracks while the the second disc includes the sixteen tracks from the two DLC packs and the rest of the music not played during races, such as in the game's menus. 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, 3, 5-8, 12, 15, 17; CD2: 2, 23)
 * Atsuko Asahi (CD1: 4, 9-11, 14, 16, 28; CD2: 1, 3, 6, 8, 10-15, 18, 19, 21, 22, 26, 28-31)
 * Ryo Nagamatsu (CD1: 13, 18, 22, 29-31, 33; CD2: 4, 32-35)
 * Yasuaki Iwata (CD1: 1, 19-21, 23, 24, 26, 27; CD2: 7, 24, 25, 27)
 * Kenta Nagata (CD2: 5, 9, 16, 17, 20)
 * Asuka Ohta (CD1: 32)
 * Satomi Terui (CD1: 25)