Uploaded June 2008 | Updated September 2026, 13 minutes ago

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HQ link: youtube.com/watch?v=x1PB2bEE9fk&fmt=18

Sad. Evil. Bone-chilling.

Home to the third 'Pipe Cup' course of the fictitious fan-designed "Mario Kart Wii: Royal Prix" -- and the game's penultimate track -- Dry Castle is the creepy, sinister and neglected abode of Bowser's skeletal kin, Dry Bowser.

To depict Dry Castle and its groaning masterlord, I have conceived a rather experimental work: an epic rock waltz, in "3/4 time". This is not at all usual for Mario Kart music; every other Mario Kart music track in history has been in "4/4 time".

For those who have listened to my "Finale & End Credits" track, you may notice that this is indeed the same melody in a minor key. Check out youtube.com/watch?v=gwHk6jCfNwM to see how Dry Bowser's Waltz has been morphed into an uplifting finale theme!

The piece uses a mixture of guitar harmonics and Indian-inspired instrumentation to depict the ancient living-dead character of Dry Bowser, awash with its unrelenting spiralling arpeggiated accompaniment to suggest his internal insanity. Note the five heartbeats beginning at 0:48; these echo in Dry Bowser's wistful memory of the days he was "alive".

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