Since Super Mario Kart launched on the European Virtual Console just a few weeks ago we've had those catchy ditties stuck in our heads all over again. Imagine our joy, then, when we stumbled upon a fully re-recorded and rather lovely-sounding soundtrack from The OneUps.
Taking ten classic tracks and giving them a pleasingly laidback, jazzy style, they've done a pretty good job of making the music listenable outside of the heat of battle. In fact, we might just have them dimly in the background at our next cocktail party.
You can buy the album on CD or download them in mp3 format from the band's official page. Five points for correctly identifying the course layout on the CD cover.
[source gonintendo.com]
Comments (14)
Tch. One of the Bowser Castle stages, that's for sure.
It'd a lot easier saying that Bowsers Castle 3 was on the wii version
Heard about them from Waverly Films
They sound great
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQGHtzrJKbM
Bowser Castle 2 from Super Mario Kart
Good tunes and absolutely one of the top 5 snes games for me ^^
I think it's Bowser Castle from the Flower Cup (Bowser Castle #2 I think).
The Vanilla Lake tune sounds like it was made for jazz.
Organs and flutes?
I always associated jazz with saxophones and pianos.
Color me confused, but this looks like it's worth checking out.
**Checks it out.***
Oh yeah, this is definitely jazz. It reminds me of Marvel vs Capcom 2 and certain parts of Sonic Adventure. I don't recall any organs or flutes though.
I have the Super Mario Bros. theme music on cd done by a full orchestra... i love it
I always liked these guys. One of the few video game cover bands I think are worth listening to. Great game to cover, too. Very nice soundtrack.
Awesome. And that's Bowser Castle 2.
EDIT: DANG some one beat me to it.
very cool. although video game cover soundtracks are the sort of thing that I'm used to downloading free. I don't think I'd part with money for it.
I'd take the Advantage over these guys any day. http://www.myspace.com/theadvantage1
Gotta say, that's pretty nice. An excellent choice for jazz. Really showcases the quality of Nintendo's music arrangements. But, like Incognito says, I'm having trouble pulling the trigger on putting cold-hard cash down on this. I know, support the artist and all that. We'll see... either way, awesome work.
Got it, love it, thanks Nintendolife for the link
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