The long, high guitar notes coupled with the bells give the piece a great dreamlike feel of flying through outer space.
Each variation is separated by guitar solos (1:17 and 2:20) that effortlessly play off the notes of the melody and weave fluidly back into the main theme. The track opens with a strong guitar lead, not bothering to construct a build-up of the tune and proceeds to play the theme three times with variations. “Dream Racing” is a soft rock guitar-driven version of the original, and I think it’s much better than the other mixes due to this simplicity, though this makes it kind of a straightforward remix from the early 2000s.
The entire racecourse has a mystical feel to it that I enjoyed and was the type of Nintendo magic that really impressed me as a kid. The song is also very long, and takes an average of about four minutes to perform one loop, so the 2:20 long track fits well with the length.
Rainbow Road is in outer space (and here I’m wondering if there are any Super Mario Galaxy connections…) with a Bifrost-esque rainbow road that loops past constellations of Mario characters. “ Rainbow Road” was originally composed by Kenta Nagata ( 1080 Snowboarding, Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker) and it is from the final racetrack in the game. I picked this one as I just spent half the day driving back from the pop culture conference in Albuquerque – which went fantastic – though I think the trip down to ABQ fit more with this song than the trip back, as there was plenty of fog – if you went over Raton Pass about noon on Tuesday, you would have seen a HUGE low cloud made brilliant white with the sun shining behind it – literally felt like the highway to heaven. “Rainbow Road” is my favorite song from Mario Kart 64(1997), and Prozax’s “Dream Racing” (2001) is my favorite version of it (at least out of all the ones I’ve heard).
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