Coconut Mall Theme's INSANE Harmony | Mario Kart Wii

Put it on the list of Mario Kart 8 soundtrack greats.

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[CharlesCornellStudios]

What video game theme are we doing next???

[SirPogsalotCreates]

this is one of those tracks that has your brain alternating between "the composer had no idea what they were doing did they" and "holy crap the composer was a genius"

[bryanquick]

I love that this channel has recently become 'jazz pianist discovers that video game music SLAPS'

[mattsnyder]

Mario Kart music is pretty much just pairing a nice happy straightforward A section with the absolute filthiest bananas B Section you can think of.

[laserwolf]

Charles: "Ok, pretty simple. I get it"
Charles 2 seconds later: "Wait, what? WHERE ARE WE GOING?"

[fadran]

"Where are we going?" Charles asked, flabbergasted.

Me, thinking back to the era of squinting at low-poly escalators to figure out which was which: the song is perfect, isn't it?

[deuceblack]

I absolutely love when Charles explores a song I know extremely well and he pauses right before some crazy key change and I'm just kept waiting for him to discover it and pop off like crazy lmao

[OctagonalSquare]

10:23 this man is a statistical anomaly! He had a Wii, but NOT MARIO KART???

[haarry]

Trinity college London, one of the 2 main music exam boards in the UK, released their latest repertoire list for grade 8 piano a few months ago, and COCONUT MALL IS ON THERE. When I tell you I was shook

[ilovetakis]

"Nothing more too it... (game procedes to jump a halfstep higher in the theme) except THAT!"
This part got me cracking up 3:47

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4:13 I love seeing him slowly go into madness as he realizes the insanity that is unfolding

[aaronswords]

Props to Charles on how fast he picked up that piano bass line. Mario Kart has always had some awesome music.

[nanattechi]

please never stop this "jazz pianist reacts" series. the amount of musical knowledge you give through the video game's context is amazing.

[TheGrinningGamer]

Coconut Mall truly is a certified classic at this point, but I honestly don't think it's Mario Kart Wii's best offering. That honor goes to Wii Rainbow Road. I would love to see a breakdown on it. Every Rainbow Road is special, but Wii's is the only one that I would say feels truly cosmic.

[jeremy.oliver]

Ahh, Mario Kart Wii, what an OST for the ages. Mario Kart, New Super Mario Bros, and Galaxy 1&2 especially hold dear spots in my heart for how enjoyable they are as a whole. Absolutely love this stuff.

[Sammyful]

I can definitely hear elements of the "star" invincibility theme in there too 😁

[RossTheNinja]

That two chord sequence sounds like when you get a star in the original game

[warhawk]

I do appreciate channels like 8 Bit Music Theory who do really intelligent yet interesting breakdowns of video game music theory, but this channel provides a really neat contrast by combining the knowledge of music theory with the surprise and joy of discovering that music in real time

[arinicole]

I love how the feel of every single music motif in Mario Kart is YOURE SO AMPED UP AND PUMPED AND EXCITED, but also OH MY GOD IM STRESSED at the same time. Truly racing feeling turned into music I love it

[zacnation]

3:33 the chord progression to the wrap up is IV-#IVdim-I/V-VI-ii-Vb913-I. In case anyone’s wondering…