Remix of Toad Harbor theme from Mario Kart 8 released on Nintendo Wii U and Nintendo Switch

This is one of my favourite themes from Mario Kart 8. So catchy, beaty and beautiful. I also got this as a suggestion not too long ago from a supportive listener. Thank you!

I really enjoyed every second writing this one, even the transcribing was fun! Then to orchestrate and arrange as I wanted was true joy. Easily one of the most fun of all remixes so far! So many parts to work with and improvise from. Had a blast putting together everything, but I won't hide it was also a hard time! I had to work my hours with this one. Many solos and special chords I wanted to integrate and fuse with the original tunes.

After completing the writing and all polish I listened a lot to it to get the feeling of what the background should look like. I came to think of some certain colors, like a magic sunset with lots of pink, purple, orange and red. And since it's originally a harbor theme I really needed those boats. I found this random background that I changed the color settings for and adjusting the ligts a bit. I very happy with the result because it resembles what I had in mind, both motive and colorwise.

As you can hear I made it sound a lot like some 80s movie theme along with my ordinary instrumentation such as lead synths and atmospheric pads. There is also a finger snap mixed with claps present during a short section. I used that because that particular section made me think of Coconut Mall for some reason, and that theme contains a bit of finger snaps and claps as well :)

Also couldn't resist using a sampled sound from Mario Kart 8 of Toad himself, "let's go"!

So where the inspiration for this come from? Well, all the 80s music I listened to in my life, playing a lot of MK8 some years ago, and also much from a very special band I listen to now and then called Frost*. It's mix of musicians from other bands gathered to create some darn good music! I really recommend them to you guys who like progressive rock, they are really something else! Listen to their album Hyperventilate and you'll know what I mean.

Remember, this is NOT my Halloween remix this year, I released that one last week lol!

I hope you enjoy listening to this as much as I enjoyed writing it.

/Neon X

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