There isn’t really any deep meaning behind using it though, I’m afraid. “It was right at that moment that I decided to incorporate the Gusty Garden Galaxy theme into it. “After I talked to the course designer and they shared what they had in mind for the course, I felt that an orchestral sound would go well with it,” says Asahi. As you approach the start line on the first of the Special Cup tracks, Cloudtop Cruise, the soundtrack wonderfully and seamlessly weaves in the melody from Super Mario Galaxy’s Gusty Garden Galaxy theme. “Basically, my aim was for the track to have the feel of a live session, so as much as possible I gave the musicians space to improvise, emphasising creativity more than I did when working on music for courses in the game.” “Basically, my aim was for the track to have the feel of a live session, so as much as possible I gave the musicians space to improvise, emphasising creativity more than I did when working on tracks for courses in the game.” Few would argue that Asahi achieved his goal: the main theme brilliantly intersperses a bold brass melody with some freestyle guitar work before introducing a Moog-esque line that is recalled in Asahi’s Sunshine Airport theme, and then segueing into a remix of the original Super Mario Kart theme. “However, I wanted the players’ immediate impression to be that the music had been ‘powered up’ through the use of real instruments. “I usually choose the instruments and tone of a piece to match the image I have of the course, so I didn’t consciously think about whether each course needed a live element in its music or not,” he says.
I also wanted to get across the feeling of floating, so I added effects like delay to achieve this.”Īsahi was also given the responsibility of producing the game’s title theme, which was a rather different proposition. It just naturally came to mind when I thought about the urban feel of the airport mixed with the noise and smells of the runway. “I had the sound of an analogue Moog synthesiser in mind while making the track.
This is why I went for a completely different tone and atmosphere, and made this piece an intense dance music number.”Ītsuko Asahi, who previously contributed works to Pikmin 3 and Steel Diver, and arranged the music for The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker HD, was responsible for the equally catchy Sunshine Airport theme.
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The course itself is very stimulating, so for the audio I wanted to create something that felt completely different from anything in the Mario Kart series so far. “I think you can really feel a freshness in the dance floor-style setting. “Electrodrome is a very visual course, featuring a light show of a kind never before seen in the series,” explains Fujii. One of the most distinctive and characterful themes can be found in the Electrodrome, as a punchy, thumping rhythm soundtracks a race through a disco-themed environment.
That way we felt it would further enhance the sense of the fantastical and create very characteristic music.” On the other hand, we used synthesiser sounds a lot in the music of courses involving unusual locations or fantastical themes. What we ended up with were tracks that had a lot more bounce than they would have had if we didn’t use live-recorded instruments. We were looking forward to hearing the natural groove and rhythm that the live performances of these instruments would bring to those tracks, so we chose to record them first. “For example, the music for circuit-type courses tends to be in a style suited to real instruments like guitar, bass, drums and so on. U and The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword, and was responsible for the Mario Circuit and Electrodrome themes here. “It was a challenge to create music that made effective use of the good points of both video game-style music and live music,” says Shiho Fujii, who previously composed music for New Super Mario Bros.
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