Understanding the Music of Donkey Kong Country

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  @LiamTriforce · 5 years ago · pinned

  Hi everyone! Thanks for watching the video. Wanted to make a quick addendum discussing some questions, comments and critiques of this video, as usual!<br><br>First off, Donkey Kong Country 3 was never going to be a huge part of this video, but I felt as though I needed to address it within the video, rather than pretend it doesn&apos;t exist. With that said, I understand that it felt very awkward the way I left it, and while at first, I felt that it would be a bit funny that way considering DKC3 is considered a bit of an oddball game in the series... in hindsight it must&apos;ve come across as if I was disregarding Eveline&apos;s music. I really respect Eveline&apos;s work on the original Donkey Kong Country (Voices of the Temple, Forest Frenzy, Treetop Rock, Simian Segue, Northern Hemispheres, Ice Cave Chant). Part of the reason Donkey Kong Country felt so unified in melody and in the atmosphere was due to Eveline&apos;s focus on ambient chords and choices of instruments. She had a distinct style in that game that helped bring DKC to life. In DKC3, songs like Cascade Capers and Mill Fever are low key, but they demonstrate how she had grown more experienced in bringing that beauty to DKC. Even mentioning those two songs would&apos;ve been better than how I left things, tbh. So, I apologize. Hindsight is always 20/20!<br><br>Speaking of which, quite a few people have brought this up, but In a Snow-Bound Land was in fact composed by David Wise. He got it mixed up with Northern Hemispheres, and I never caught that follow-up tweet! <a href="https://twitter.com/David_Wise/status/940525183588331520?s=20">https://twitter.com/David_Wise/status/940525183588331520?s=20</a><br><br>I&apos;ve also realized that a few people have mentioned the soundtrack for Donkey Kong Country 3 on the GBA, as David Wise composed an entirely new soundtrack to fit that system&apos;s sound chip. I&apos;ve never played those ports, so I had no idea that was the case. I&apos;ll have to look into that one at some point!<br><br>Once again, thanks for watching, and I really appreciate your feedback!!

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  @themightytrexuk · 5 years ago

  It&apos;s staggering how many people dismiss audio and sound in games and other media

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  @HollyBunnySilly · 5 years ago

  &quot;And if you need to hit a checkpoint every now and then... That&apos;s fine.&quot;<br><br>I&apos;m legitimately tearing up, thank you so much David Wise.

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  @nothingrhymeswithorange5294 · 5 years ago

  Nobody could utilize the SNES&apos;s music like David Wise could

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  @CoversIncorporated · 5 years ago (edited)

  Stickerbush Symphony as a kid made me want to make music, I’m now an adult who has learned how to play the song. A song in a game that changed everything

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  @bryal7811 · 5 years ago (edited)

  I can&apos;t believe that after all these years, I didn&apos;t make the connection for the red girders during the opening cinematic. They&apos;ve always just been a platform that Cranky was standing on and I&apos;ve never given it much more thought. That blew me away!

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  @drjohobo177 · 4 years ago

  Oh man everytime I hear Forest Interlude I get transported to a mystical forest escape and remember the beautiful ghostly forest, it&apos;s so perfect.

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  @osets2117 · 5 years ago

  The fact ice cave chant is only in <b>one</b> level of DKC is criminal, it&apos;s a seriously underrated track that barely gets heard

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  @siriusgray · 3 years ago

  My only criticism of stickerbush is that if it didn’t exist, forest interlude would probably have the same reverence that stickerbush has today. Poor forest interlude has had to live in stickerbush’s shadow all this time.

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  @edo27 · 5 years ago (edited)

  I legit almost shed a tear when you said &apos;and the result is Aquatic Ambience&apos;. &nbsp;DKC1 and 2 hold a special place in my childhood memory. &nbsp;Aside from Streetfighter 2 and FF7, no other games can transport me instantly to my childhood like David Wise&apos;s music in these two DK games can. &nbsp;Thank you for making this. &nbsp;I&apos;m a grown ass man watching this video with childlike happiness.

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  @KarimJovian · 3 years ago

  DAAAAAAMN when cranky plays the classic at <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Repd_I0FSg&amp;t=347">5:47</a> and the DEEP percussions slowly fade in for the modern take. Ahhhhh still get goosebumps from it. I remember hearing that as a kid and let me tell you the amount of adrenaline in pumped in me as a kid was so exciting. What a time to be a kid for that

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  @papereatingcowboy4363 · 5 years ago

  I have long awaited this day without even knowing it.<br>It’s nice to know someone else who has similar thoughts and feelings on the wonderful music of Donkey Kong Country.

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