David Wise (often also credited as Dave Wise) is a British video game music… Read Full Bio ↴David Wise (often also credited as Dave Wise) is a British video game music composer. He is one of the in-house composers at Rare, and his music appears in most of the Rare-developed titles. He started his career at Rare in 1985 and was the company's sole musician up until 1994. He is known for his atmospheric style of music, mixing natural environmental sounds and setting it to a tune.

Undoubtedly his most famous work is the soundtrack for Donkey Kong Country series of games, widely considered to be some of the best soundtracks to ever appear on SNES. Aside of the usual jolly "jungle" themes that fit to Donkey Kong's style in general, these games have a quite wide variety of different musical styles in different areas of the game. More recently, he's done the soundtrack for the Game Boy Advance port of Donkey Kong Country 3, and is working on a mystery Xbox 360 title.

Video game credits

(Please note: Although very few games prior to 1993 had credits, it is a known fact that David Wise was the only musician at Rare from 1985 to 1994, which effectively covers all of their NES and early SNES titles. Some very few games, such as Double Dare, did credit him.)
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1987 - Slalom (NES)
1988 - R.C. Pro-Am (NES)
1988 - Wheel of Fortune (NES)
1988 - Jeopardy! (NES)
1988 - Anticipation (NES)
1989 - Marble Madness (NES)
1989 - World Games (NES)
1989 - WWF Wrestlemania (NES)
1989 - Sesame Street 123 (NES)
1989 - John Elway's Quaterback (NES)
1989 - California Games (NES)
1989 - Taboo (NES)
1989 - Wizards & Warriors (NES)
1989 - Sesame Street ABC (NES)
1989 - Hollywood Squares (NES)
1989 - Who Framed Roger Rabbit (NES)
1989 - Jordan Vs. Bird: One On One (NES)
1989 - Cobra Triangle (NES)
1989 - Ironsword: Wizards & Warriors II (NES)
1989 - Wheel of Fortune Junior Edition (NES)
1989 - Jeopardy! Junior Edition (NES)
1989 - Silent Service(NES)
1990 - Double Dare (NES)
1990 - Wheel of Fortune Family Edition (NES)
1990 - Jeopardy! 25th Anniversary Edition (NES)
1990 - The Amazing Spider-Man (Game Boy)
1990 - Captain Skyhawk (NES)
1990 - Pin Bot (NES)
1990 - Snake Rattle ‘N’ Roll (NES)
1990 - Super Off Road (NES)
1990 - Wizards & Warriors X: Fortress of Fear (Game Boy)
1990 - NARC (NES)
1990 - A Nightmare On Elm Street (NES)
1990 - Super Glove Ball (NES)
1990 - Cabal (NES)
1990 - Time Lord (NES)
1990 - Arch Rivals (NES)
1990 - WWF Wrestlemania Challenge (NES)
1990 - Solar Jetman: Hunt for the Golden Warpship (NES)
1991 - Digger T. Rock (NES)
1991 - WWF Superstars (Game Boy)
1991 - Battletoads (NES, Game Boy)
1991 - Beetlejuice (NES)
1991 - Super R.C. Pro-Am (Game Boy)
1991 - High Speed (NES)
1991 - Sneaky Snakes (Game Boy)
1991 - Sesame Street ABC & 123 (NES)
1991 - Pirates! (NES)
1992 - Wizards & Warriors III (NES)
1992 - Beetlejuice (Game Boy)
1992 - Indy Heat (NES)
1992 - R.C. Pro-Am II (NES)
1992 - Championship Pro-Am (Mega Drive)
1993 - Battletoads (Mega Drive, Game Gear)
1993 - Battletoads Double Dragon (NES, SNES, Mega Drive, Game Boy)
1993 - Battletoads in Ragnarok's World (Game Boy)
1993 - Battletoads in Battlemaniacs (SNES)
1993 - X The Ball (Arcade)
1993 - Snake Rattle‘N’ Roll (Mega Drive)
1994 - Monster Max (Game Boy)
1994 - Super Battletoads (Arcade)
1994 - Donkey Kong Country, (SNES) (with Robin Beanland and Eveline Fischer)
1995 - Donkey Kong Land, (Game Boy) (with Graeme Norgate)
1995 - Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest (SNES)
1996 - Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!, (SNES) (with Eveline Fischer) (Additional Music)
1997 - Diddy Kong Racing (N64)
2000 - Donkey Kong Country (GBC)
2002 - Star Fox Adventures (GCN)
2004 - It's Mr. Pants (GBA) (Additional Sound FX)
2005 - Donkey Kong Country 3 (GBA)
2008 - Viva Piñata: Pocket Paradise (DS)
2008 - War World (Xbox 360)
2013 - Sorcery! (iOS, Android, Steam)
2014 - Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze (Wii U) (at Retro Studios)
2014 - Tengami (iOS, Android, Wii U)
2015 - Star Drift (iOS)
2017 - Star Ghost (Switch)
2017 - Snake Pass (Switch, PS4, PC)
2017 - Yooka-Laylee (with Grant Kirkhope and Steve Burke)

Aquatic Ambiance
David Wise Lyrics

We have lyrics for these tracks by David Wise:

Good Good Father GOOD OLE GOSPEL SING Kelly Garner/Laura Treat CHORUS I n…
Shiver My Timbers Shiver my timbers, shiver my soul Yo oh heave ho There are…
The Pirate King Oh, better far to live and die Under the brave black…

The lyrics are frequently found in the comments by searching or by filtering for lyric videos

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Most interesting comments from YouTube:

@1bosstv

5y↑104

I'd give a nod to:
1. Mario 3 Underwater
2. Mega Man 2- Bubble Man
3. Mario 64- Dire Dire Docks
4. Turtles 1- The Damn Dam (level 2)
5. Turtles in time- Sewer Surfin'
6. Sonic 3- Hydrocity Zone 2
7. Mario 1- Minus World
8. Ocarina of Time- Zora's Domain
9. Super Metroid- Western Maridia
10. Mega Man X3- Toxic Seahorse

Everybody loves Aquatic Ambience! Too bad DKC3's underwater music can't compete with this.

@camdt456

1y↑150

i might just be high and emotional and rambling but,
please get in touch with your inner child and let loose Darren
from one man to another, please
if everyone just got in touch with their inner child and healed the world would be a better place
i've been getting in touch with mine recently and healing past my old traumas, going outdoors and exploring more, doing more, "childish" things. inspecting nature, picking up and looking at bugs, rolling in the grass, staring at the clouds with wonder
and i've been doing and feeling so much better with my life
finding passion for living and passion for hobbies
gardening is a real big one for me. i love cacti. we should strive to be more like cacti.
grow tall and strong no matter what life throws at you.
anyways,
i used to be a depressed doomer
now, im becoming a bloomer. it took a lot of work,
but, it is worth the work.
life is beautiful, if you choose to see the beauty
the world is what you make of it, friend
spread love and kindness wherever you go no matter how small the gesture
that's how we all get there, healing, together
good luck, i love you and whoever else reads this wall of text

All comments from YouTube:

@serval0079

4y↑12.9K

"Man Tasked With Making Score for a Monkey Riding a Swordfish Underwater Creates Transcendent Piece of Music"

@Fahrenheit4051

4y↑261

Greetings, fellow traveler.

@gavincalton5450

4y↑95

There it is

@jessealarcon6755

4y↑39

@@Fahrenheit4051 yes indeed

@liamsgreatbitgaming

4y↑74

Yeah, the hard drive is really good

@ciaragarrity6425

4y↑42

AESTHETIC

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@bottleneck-5548

51w↑8.4K

“It’s a underwater level in a monkey platformer, don’t go too crazy”
gives you an existential crisis

@tas4u93

48w↑97

Bruh why are you spot on ???

@tas4u93

48w↑283

"the monkeys riding a fish
Me riding a wave of emotions

@kingdoge69

46w↑303

Perhaps we are all monkeys in an underwater level

@bottleneck-5548

45w↑38

@@kingdoge69 maybe we are doge, maybe we are.

@hanswelder

43w↑10

In earlier times I played it on SNES very often .... And now I hear it 🤣

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@the.ben.johnson

38w↑1K

Miss you, dad. You loved this song. And I loved you.

@Captainnitemare

35w↑37

he loved you very much :)

@the.ben.johnson

35w↑10

@@Captainnitemare ;)

@ToacI

29w↑23

Reading this gave me a punch in the gut. It makes me realize just how much you lost. And this is coming from somebody who hates his family for how they treat him.

@the.ben.johnson

29w↑6

@@ToacI they don't treat him well? What?

@ToacI

29w↑12

@@the.ben.johnson Nobody ever listens or cares, ever. My parents had a "favourite child" and a child they least liked. I was the least liked child, I had no attention, no friends, the most I got was a threat to get beat by them.

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@eddwallis6590

8w↑267

In 1996 a man makes a soundtrack for cartoon monkeys riding on a dolphin. 28 years later 6 million strangers from across the world heal together.

@jaccblacc8424

4w↑6

*1994

@lanejon1981

3w↑5

Swordfish*

@brandonhendrixson2372

Well said

@eduardojurado8175

3w↑2

Hahaha dolphin 😂

@JM-pk2nv

3w↑1

Apes*

@jacobmurphy2042

3y↑18.2K

I'm on a 5g mushroom trip rn after a heavy breakup. And I'm crying. I'm a 27 year old man. This song is a glimpse into heaven. Shout out to my grandma

@lukebingus9432

2y↑1.5K

Will never meet ya but love ya pal

@levihenderson2709

2y↑725

Im in the same boat man, can only move into the future, this song says to me don't forget the past but don't be stuck in it

@TootieVirus

2y↑539

Hope you’re okay brother. The pain of loss is the price we pay to live a life with meaning. One day you’ll love again, and the pain you feel now will make the renewed presence of love all the more fulfilling. Life will get better.

@bigbilly9657

2y↑291

Are you sober now and reading what you wrote dude

@theweedweedfru1tz780

2y↑137

Life is a bitch. But there are some moments that are hard to forget. Move forward but never forget your journey

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@DeadliestFX420

5y↑5.9K

Threw some waterproof earbuds on and a snorkel and went down to the river and swam around with this music

@JamminSamMiller

5y↑1.2K

This guy knows how to have a good time 👆

@JamminSamMiller

5y↑1.1K

Or how to ruin a pair of headphones

@slicedbread8780

5y↑493

got the waterproof app... you dont need buds to hear this

@PunkyPink85

5y↑64

Bruh

@theeternalslayer

5y↑393

I walked through a local aquarium listening to this. Really fit the mood

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@JoelPVaillancourt1984

43w↑1.1K

Nearly 30 years later, at 38 years old, my heart still slips a beat when I hear this. The sound of 100 million memories with all my friends. I miss those days so much. I miss you guys.

@nickbuker4463

40w↑15

We are the same age and I know exactly what you are saying. Much ❤️ never forget those late nights or racing home to forget about home work in order to get as far as you can that day.

@flowerlandofjohn

39w

I keep it alive by playing it on my drums: Enjoy! ✌🏻🤩
https://youtu.be/Nj77_kYjQkk

@user-qk3tg8os3g

38w↑6

Bro this comment got me, nice work ❤️❤️❤️ awesome comment

@wilfridsephiroth9213

37w↑4

We miss you too

@gregorygorski8086

37w↑9

Same age bro and I feel ya yeah, I miss those late nights of just endless game playing and shooting the S^it with your buddies with not a care in the world

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@HotCheetoConsumer

47w↑502

Reminds me of the good ole days, no stress, no worries, just me and my gameboy.

@craigmilton466

41w↑13

@@bigbeardedlunaticgod i hope thats sarcastic irony

@AustinPaolillo

39w↑2

Hahaha

@packlesswolf1

38w↑4

@bigbeardedlunatic it was super Nintendo. Cmon man.

@BongHitz4Jesus

37w↑2

@@bigbeardedlunaticit wasn’t a waste of your time to incorrectly correct him? 🤦🏻‍♂️

@BongHitz4Jesus

36w↑3

@@bigbeardedlunatic its fine bro, love to see youngins getting into retro gaming. even if they dont have a clue :)

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@amoxy.

5y↑3.4K

Best water theme in all of gaming

@13samfootball

5y↑102

I mean zoras domain in legend of Zelda is tied with this.... Cmon

@Creeper_123

5y↑111

@@spoon7195 That is a step below this

@bast0749

5y↑67

@@Creeper_123 correct

@1bosstv

5y↑104

@merc822

5y↑9

Banjo Tooies Atlantis theme is my opinion the best

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@uncool9000

5y↑12.5K

This is my mom's favorite video game. She;s always stay up late with me trying to beat the minecart level. We only made it to the snow world once, but ran out of lives before the save point. I want to finish it one day for her.

@theflyingstickman4704

5y↑270

Good Luck!

@Iamjonlopez

5y↑221

I played this back in 96. Games back then were hard, but fun. There's also a lot of hidden gems in the game too. That's awesome that you and your Mom spend time to play this. Good luck and have fun 🤘🏽

@seronymus

5y↑68

You're a beautiful woman

@coochykilla

5y↑58

MINE CART IS A BITCH!!!!!!

@Srobvio85

5y↑27

I pased with my eyes closed, How can you not completed. Damn girl, just keep trying until you master it.

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@ThatAwkwardGuy9999

26w↑895

Whenever im struggling with mental health i take a day off work go to my bathroom and play this song while in the bathtub. It takes me back to a time when my mom wasn't in the hospital and i had family left. To those warm summer nights when me and my mom would set down and play this together. This has been here for so many people. Such a timeless piece of art. Wishing you all love and happiness.

@MT-rc3gn

25w↑34

fuck man, i'm sorry. hopefully you feel some relief that, no doubt, the collective community here (and surely anyone else you reach out to) feels for you.

@robyncohen5212

23w

Are you trying to re-create the Internet checkpoint? someone already re-uploaded it, you can go check it out. I don’t have the link just look it up, sorry.

@rightinthestanch

23w↑16

Love you man

@Sal-bb3si

23w↑10

You are not alone.

@starhawks1

23w↑3

Cringe

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@ToacI

31w↑185

I am personally not a 90's kid but I can still feel the nostalgic vibe this song gives off. It's almost calming, but in a sad way.

@georgiagalaxy

29w↑3

Same.

@ghw1985

28w↑2

It's amazing it reached you this song is timeless

@gregbradshaw7220

28w

Yeah your generation is honestly a pile of shit. Sorry

@macho8240

26w

@@gregbradshaw7220Every generation had its loose screws. We always look at the negatives, but ignore the positives.

@col.cottonhill6655

16w↑2

Born in '87. This stuff is memories.

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@callumjohn6622

4y↑3.3K

I actually met David Wise at a developer's event in Manchester, where he played a soulful rendition of this live using a saxophone. He had to do all his own audio mixing due to a shortage of staff, and yet it still brought me to tears. Super talented guy.

@MisterAppleEsq

4y↑54

That sounds awesome!

@jared7971

4y↑55

wait I just read a similar comment on instagram, I assume also from you. see ya next time this song comes up

@dedpxl

4y↑42

imagine how many millions of views that would have gotten if someone filmed and uploaded that.

@divingstag

4y↑14

Wise guy for sure

@SionyTrev

3y↑9

Very jealous of this. What was the event?

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@Cookie_Yii

3y↑3.8K

This is a place where ur taste in music doesnt matter.
Whatever genre you normally listen to, everybody here agrees that this song is a masterpiece.

@rodger3352

3y↑14

@ethnictendo

3y↑12

Very untrue, given the dislike ratio. Sorry, it's the truth.

@Cookie_Yii

3y↑17

@@ethnictendo ?

@ethnictendo

3y↑6

@@Cookie_Yii Not everyone likes the song.

@Cookie_Yii

3y↑47

@@ethnictendo Yea but its YouTube. There are always dislikes no matter what. The like dislike ratio is very good btw. And i was talking about people that like this song not about people who dont.

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@LIVE_Concerts_STL

42w↑1.1K

This sound reminds me of a time of no stress. No struggle. No fears. No smart phones. Just 90s kid life. 😢

@ginpak7037

41w↑6

you saw instagram post didn't you?

@LIVE_Concerts_STL

41w↑4

@@ginpak7037 no

@americandingo1109

41w↑2

@@ginpak7037 bro don't leave us hanging like this 💀

@shaun7389

37w↑7

You're the 1000th person to post this exact same comment. Congratulations

@LIVE_Concerts_STL

37w↑2

@@shaun7389 why thank u 😎

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@gotsnoname

38w↑202

Rip to all those who passed throughout our lives. It's crazy how retro music like this brings so many memories. Struggling really hard with money and now being here, makes things a little easier than being sad. I wish i can get some help

@devinwinters1844

37w↑1

What kind of help do you need?

@gotsnoname

37w↑1

@devinwinters1844 just money for food, anything helps honestly

@Geminisparkles

35w↑1

I hope you'll get the help you need. 🙏

@bjornrie

21w

Do you have a family who can help you?

@03_Degen

13w

Rip baba❤️

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@amandamyers2513

2y↑1.6K

I don’t think people truly understand the chokehold nostalgia can have on a person. Sounds, music, smells, foods. It all just transports us back to happier, simpler times. And this song does it.

@MrTevens

1y↑46

It's crazy. I still have some of my old games but I don't even want to play them because it won't be the same playing them now vs playing with friends late at night when I was a kid.

@I-need-2-win

1y↑11

@@MrTevens you shoouuulld 😮

@Lordran__

52w↑4

INDEED

@speukie9806

46w↑9

This song does it way too hard.

@Onigirli

46w↑11

@@MrTevens Yeah stay away, it's the loneliest experience if you didn't play these games alone

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@BlitzAMV

5y↑1.6K

My ears have been blessed.

@abandonedchannel2387

4y↑4

777 likes as well... nice

@newworld2237

4y↑2

YESSSSSSSSS

@keynanmartinez

Correct.

@markkirbylyons239

44w↑174

Definitely one of the greatest game sound tracks of all time. If this doesn't hit you, you have no soul.

@dipperpines7498

31w

First sentence was cool

@macho8240

26w

I'm not bleeding or anything, so I still have my soul

@GreezyGreen

23w↑41

This makes you feel exactly where you were when you first heard it. Mad emotional.

@AsherTheAngel

23w

😂❤😢😅😊

@kraken6531

3y↑855

I honestly consider this one of the best songs of all video games. The most iconic and nostalgic.

@cooldebt

You might enjoy the excellent cover by The Consouls https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AcyzljYGgRg

@jimmyrodriguez5670

2y↑18

Same here. This and Stickerbrush symphony.

@flowerlandofjohn

1y↑1

How about a piece of this brilliant classic with some added live drums? Enjoy! 🤩
https://youtu.be/Nj77_kYjQkk

@travonnaterry2120

1y↑4

Add sonic too

@sonidourbano3368

1y↑1

No doubt

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@ClearMind777

5y↑824

just amazing sounds these people pushed through a snes.

@kaasperzik73

4y↑14

Wait, what? I've never played these games, that's quite incredible.

@CeciliaTapia

4y↑66

David Wise said in an interview that he took off the SNES sound chip and connected it to his synthesizer to explore the full potential of the console's audio.

@billyblueberry

4y↑45

@@CeciliaTapia We might have seen the same interview. He said he looked at the waveforms that his synth used, and chained them together when programming the the music, allowing tracks such as the bassline to sound far more complex than other SNES titles. His technical work on DKC is phenomenal.

@CeciliaTapia

4y↑1

@@billyblueberry For sure. Too bad I can't remember where it was published. 😓

@billyblueberry

4y↑4

@@CeciliaTapia I watched the interview by Game Informer https://youtu.be/v_RNM2QlujU

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@Marcomanexists

21w↑34

Recently played DK country for the first time and when I got to the first water stage I genuinely got distracted by how good the music was. I stopped playing and just took it in. What a masterpiece of a theme. It’s absolutely beautiful

@fourstones1860

36w↑19

Im not crying, YOURE CRYING

@c.ccarlhead5744

4y↑1.3K

I've been listening to this song for a while. It's probably one of the most beautiful soundtracks in a game. I feel like it captures the beauty, the terror, and intriguing nature of the ocean. It's such a beautiful place yet so mysterious. The fact that someone could capture these intense qualities of the ocean in one song is truly an amazing feat.

@bobderbraumeister6919

4y↑22

While still matching the games tropic topic.

@blued7779

4y↑20

David wise is a beast

@pedrozurita2512

@@bobderbraumeister6919 HFCXX

@stuartmorris2803

4y↑3

Thanks for that comment. I think your right

@punoko6062

4y↑1

well said x2

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@namegoeshere8998

2y↑2.3K

Sometimes David Wise's music just has this beautiful loneliness to it. The tone has a deep longing ache, but it's still so free and sublime.

@NightMourningDove

1y↑28

That describes it too well

@KSunlan

1y↑32

David Wise was a very important part to this but DKC's music was a collaberation between a few sound engineers trying to figure out how to make new innovative music while being limited to the 16bit or somethings limit of the snes.
Theres a youtube vid about DKC's music somewhere!

@michaelp6427

1y↑11

bro you're gonna make me cry lol

@siphillis

1y↑2

Helps that he was sequestered all alone at Rare when he wrote most of the music. Didn’t even have a window.

@mihneamunteanu2871

1y↑6

This is incredibly apt description of this song. You have a talent

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@AUSTY888

23w↑45

Im 40. In the last 5 years ive lost a brother to a heart attack, and both parents to lung cancer. This song takes me back to when i was 12 years old, and i had no worries, my heart had not hardened yet, and i was optimistic. Now i buy things to chase that feeling of true love, and a family that never i thought could never fall apart. It Doesnt compare. Thank you for posting this.

@vjexa

23w↑1

Sincere condolences! That is a lot of grief to befall one man. I can't imagine how hard it has to be for you, but please remember that even though your loved ones are gone, love itself still exists out there. Don't give up and try to nurture that tenderness which this song (or whatever else) arouses within your heart. I wish you well ❤

@nipplehead

20w

@AUSTY888 ) love you brother. You can get through this and be happy again. ❤️

@AyeBeeG

19w

I’ll be praying for you, and I’m agnostic.

@randomreviews1461

7w↑1

Jesus Christ loves you bro. Unharden your hart he will guide you.

@squidlover7615

Love you dawg

@dahboo2273

23w↑102

If you were fortunate enough to be a child in the 1990s and got to experience this masterpiece of a game and song for the first time, then you truly understand just how magical it was. Sitting in front of that giant tv with the thick static glass, mesmerized by it all. Kids today will never understand. So lucky I got to experience all of that back then

@Pixen56

16w↑3

I am reliving a classic and at the same time modern experience without losing the characteristics of the nineties. When I was born I immediately had a love of retro

@x.Magic.x

14w↑7

I can still smell the tv static from putting my face on it 🥲

@kurtdewittphoto

14w↑4

Rented this game along with a SNES multiple times. It was so far ahead of everything else at the time. Listening to this brings me back to those Saturdays playing this game and my mom telling me to go outside or do chores because I'd been playing too long.

@dukejukem8843

8w↑2

Born in 1990 and totally agree. The best decade to be alive as a kid.

@scottbrigner6950

4w↑1

I was born in 91 and my first stystem was NES then got the SNES and loved the games and graphics. We were on the horizon of massive world changes and had no idea. I tell my 13 year old step son just how basic life was then. No cell phones. Most PCs were in class rooms and they were useless. Multiplayer games were only split screen.... Makes my heart ache

@mekillastudios6131

3y↑1.2K

This Man went in the studio and put his heart and soul into this song and I hear this every time I need some motivation and this is one of those songs that you can’t go a day without listening to it.

@jaredredlegs4208

3y↑18

Wether it be a good or bad day i think this song should help anyone through any type of situation good or bad

@YagoWoods

2y↑27

he did it on a gorilla game

@informitas0117

2y↑4

He is also a moon landing denier.

@flowerlandofjohn

How about a piece of this brilliant classic with some added live drums? Enjoy! 🤩
https://youtu.be/Nj77_kYjQkk

@RobinsMusic

@@informitas0117 how can someone be so genius yet so stupid

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@KingNez89

1y↑2.5K

I was 6 years old.....this was my first video game ever, I'm 33 now, how did time fly so quickly 😢😢😢

@chrishuahua6758

52w↑53

Same here 33 😥😢 miss my snes

@Scarl3t03

51w↑68

Same here at 32, everything passed like a blink of eye, living it's scary sometime

@robinaerts1216

51w↑60

35 bro, the feels hit hard...

@KingNez89

51w↑102

Man this is a toast to us man.....I appreciate all my 30 plus peers commenting on this post.....it's crazy man, I remember being in 1st grade, my mom randomly came and picked me up early, she took me to this park by our house that was beautiful, then she took me home, told me to set up my nintendo and she sat next to me and played this......I will NEVER EVER forget that day in my head as long as I live and the feeling I got when we got to this level and I looked up at my mom and she smiled and was like oh I love this song......I know we can't live in the past, and time waits for no man, but it becomes so surreal to me when I play this now, you cant TELL me that was 28 YEARS AGO! now I have a 7 year old daughter who likes to play this with me, and ask me qustions when I was a kid.. its truly surreal.....Godbless all of you guys, I hope all your lives are going well sincerly...

@Scarl3t03

51w↑25

@@KingNez89 We cant live in the past, but we were blessed to have lived those good moment in our life which will be always with us. I used to play snes games with my grandpa, an old guy that was so fascinated by technology and when i left the console here he just keep playing that games on and on, it feel like yesterday whan i was in his home playing yoshi island. I remember playing with my mom mario 64 and killer instict, i was so scared by that game that i locked myself in my room but she would convince me to play it with her lol.

We gotta pass those memories, and create the same with our kids or future kids. Life may be scary and too fast, but it's worth for living those great moments, especially now that we know how precious they are.

I would give everything to pass an afternoon with my grandpa and yoshi again, and i wished i passed more time with him when i was a teenager. I really didnt realized his time on earth was so limited.

God bless you and your daughter bro, she will remember those moment with you with joy for all her life :)

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@LOL-cringe

20w↑1.1K

- this sound reminds me of a time of no stress. No struggle. No fears. No smart phones. just 90s kid life😢

@effervescentrelief

20w↑36

It's funny how many people mention pre smart phone days. Makes on wonder if that is that cause of many of our ills?

@ConnectednessArchives

20w↑5

No Stress? Lucky

@dougfoster445

19w↑5

100% I'm a 90s kid and this is PURE nostalgia for me! Check out donkey kong country Credit concerto too! Tell me that don't hit different!

@dixienormus8836

19w↑5

@@ConnectednessArchives yah my parents never divorced so it was pretty chill

@drunk_by_noon9231

19w

You copied this comment, so sad and pathetic, get a life.

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@jackplayz739

38w↑22

i dont know why
but this song just calms me down
no matter what im going through
it just makes me feel better

@john_paul

1y↑608

Absolutely insane how this entire song was born from one request to the composer by the dev team to make a "small track for a funny big gorilla swimming underwater while riding a swordfish".... and it's more memorable than most AAA OSTs over 30 years later

@jimmythegamer2231

37w↑4

This is good but it's nothing compared to the soundtracks of a lot of recent AAA games, such as Persona 5, Death Stranding, Cyberpunk 2077, Metal Gear Solid 5, Detroit Become Human, Halo Infinite (has a great soundtrack actually), that one Call of Duty Black OP's Cold War lobby track (which js actually fire), and others.

@alandanger6285

37w↑62

@@jimmythegamer2231HAHAHAHAHAHA nice one.

@NaikoArt

37w↑21

@@jimmythegamer2231 none of those games has a better song than aquatic ambience, maybe persona but still i think this is the peak

@4karma860

36w↑21

this is peak because it was on the SUPER NINTENDO IN 1994!!! 29 years ago!!!! it has aged super well

@maintaint3003

34w↑3

It's just a game about funny gorilla? That's The Donkey Kong of classic arcade fame.
RareWare was doing their biggest, prettiest game ever, and told their resident (only) musician, David Wise, to really go for some epic tunes.

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@ProbablyBarney

4y↑556

are you telling me they composed the ost for god and crammed it into a snes

@michaelbolcato192

4y↑43

Yeah, the soundtrack for Donkey Kong Country was really impressive for 1994 and the soundtrack for the Donkey Kong cartoon does still sound amazing to this day.

@kinghooonter2.0

4y↑19

I can’t believe how much time and effort it took just to create something like this 🤩my dad plays this game and i wanna play it on the switch now 😂

@LazyPirate8

3y↑3

Gameboy color too

@ForestFire369

3y↑15

Apparently David Wise had to hand-code this entire song into hexadecimal to get the snes to read it

@Locust_FX

2y↑1

@@ForestFire369 holy shit.... thats amazing O.OOII

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@schmackuskaktus1128

34w↑21

David Wise is not only one of the best video game composers of our time, but one of the best composers of our time period.

Great job restoring!

@mrheru8627

40w↑13

Suddenly tears 😢 flowing into my cheeks... good times, bad times and when my father still alive playing this game together... 😖 feeling empty

@DavidBowles1

39w↑1

Hugs, dude.

@pockets1875

39w↑1

I love you brotha.

@CyberIce2000

4y↑643

Filled my bathtub and went under listening to this. Found Atlantis.

@nintonintendo1

3y↑27

I did the same and instead met a sworfish inside a wooden box.

@slicklyndon1756

3y↑8

I did the same. Found Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong swimming in my bathtub

@scotta2641

3y↑1

Lmfao....I bet you took something before you set sail tho....

@slicklyndon1756

3y↑1

@@scotta2641 No, just straight up found Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong in my bathtub. I didn't take anything.

@Buhleep

🕊

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@Lukiro

4y↑5K

This song has so much meaning to me. The memories of me and my mom playing this game together, over and over. One of the very few games she enjoyed.
Sadly she passed away when I was 18. We had like a "funeral party", and I had to chose a song that plays when all of us walked into the church. It was this song that I chose, an emotional roller coaster. I don't even know why I'm typing this in a Youtube comment section.

Anyways, regardless of my story, this is a beautiful song.

@InsaneClown2

4y↑223

beautiful story. May she rest in peace

@Timmeh4427

4y↑171

You are a good son

@lirahbaril5807

4y↑41

😔😔🥺🥺😞

@stale2665

4y↑174

I'm glad you wrote this in a youtube comments section.

@katakis1

4y↑107

Dude I would have started bawling when this music came on. Rip your mom, I'm glad you have these positive memories to remember her by

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@huskibass

39w↑40

1:23 ' let him cook '
audio engineers in the studio recording David Wise.

@johnedgerton8860

9w↑1

Thank you for hitting my note 🙌🙆🏻‍♂️ genuinely.

@ioannisdenton

Haha accurate af

@Yubfan69420

8w↑7

Even for someone who has never known about this game until now, this is beautiful.

@hl3508

2y↑1.2K

"Yea just make a song that makes you feel like your underwater, don't go to crazy"

*creates song that makes you feel like your witnessing the heat death of the universe

@FlickMobb

1y↑11

🤣🤣🤣🤣

@djcarlwalker

1y↑15

What about that 007 pause music?

@ShieldRetro

1y↑17

@@djcarlwalker thats a bop for sure, but i dont think its even close to this one. this shit feels like youre floating away in space, 007 pause music just makes me want to boogie

@Basskid99

😂😂😂

@YesOkayButWhy

Brilliant.

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@MANGO_BT

1y↑454

it's weird how everyone feels happy nostalgia listening to this, but it makes me feel like i've forgotten something, like it feels familiar but not enough for me to recognize it? very liminal vibes 10/10

@devinlewis3096

49w↑39

Personally, it feels more depressing to me. Maybe im too nostalgic but i miss bein a kid, waking up at 10am on a Saturday and playing MW2 or World at War, nobody expecting me to do shit and be productive. Goin out with friends and hanging at bandos or chillin in big groups at parks or parkinglots. Everything seems so grey now, feels like everyday is a bit worse and it drives home the want to be in the past again.

@octane6916

46w↑12

Feel exactly the same. It's like something I've forgotten or missed but I don't know what it is.

@Bluecatwing

43w↑6

I’ve been down this mind tunnel a million times. It’s good to explore it and define what exactly you think might cause you to feel you’ve forgotten, I’ve had that same feeling when going through big changes, but I also think even if you can’t pinpoint what you may have forgotten, you can maybe acknowledge that it was a good time and as crummy and bland modern times can be, it’s on our own ability to create new memories, new nostalgias

@LiquidxAngel

37w↑4

you're not alone; it reminds me of times with my Oma, who has since died, and for a moment, I'm 12 years old again in her living room trying to play this new game that came out called "Donkey Kong Country".

@luna.lynette

32w↑5

Same, I don't remember playing this game ever but the second I heard the song I was 6 years old again

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@TheMuffinator3

37w↑16

I never even played Donkey Kong Country and this song is giving me emotions

@emanx2600

42w↑35

I have no idea about donkey Kong until I read the comments. I stumble across this gem purely by accident and it immediately feels nostalgic to me although I had no childhood memories attached to it. This shows this music is a masterpiece 💙 Much love to you all ❤️

@silverpaladin0710

4y↑391

I went diving in Hawaii with this music, BEST EXPERIENCE EVER

@realjoemavro

4y↑10

Stupid question: How did you listen to music while diving?

@Mikee..

4y↑16

@@realjoemavro waterproof earbuds

@Hunkeykung

4y↑5

Holy shit bro what awesome idea

@angelzgalaxy4975

3y↑4

thanks for this comment man . one day i’ll do this

@jonathanlimajur

3y↑2

Nice! Thanks for the idea, bro.

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@xChillDudex

3y↑398

Its crazy how things peak in creativity when there are limitations to the creation of the medium. I always felt the 8 bit and 16 bit era and even the first leap into 3d hold the absolute best compositions to date for video game music.

@redundis579

2y↑9

Yeah ps1 was quite the leap as we had cd quality music. Tomb Raider series on ps1, same with Final Fantasy 7, 8, and 9. There are others but those are my personal favorites. FFVIII many didn't like the gameplay but the soundtrack was a banger.

@synthoelectro

1y↑4

Yeah, just listen to Castlevania themes.

@tangoteflon1050

1y↑4

@@redundis579 absolutely true

@retrofan4963

Mappy series by Namco is a great example of amazing music during the 8-bit and 16-bit era as well. And still highly hold up, even to this day.

@shourya_kumar

1y↑1

That is precisely the point of music or any art form. Creativity can blossom only within a certain confine

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@LOL-cringe

20w↑1.4K

- this is my mom's favorite video game.
- She's always stay up late with me trying to beat the minecart level.
- We only made it to the snow world once, but ran out of lives before the save point.
- I want to finish it one day for her.

@FrunnyOfficial

20w↑44

The 90s was so nostalgic, right?

@peppermint274

20w↑116

This comment is literally stolen lmao

@chrismcnally1058

19w↑7

Game is so hard. Beat it once. Got to get the 99lives I forget which level but you can...

@drunk_by_noon9231

19w

Fake and gay comment

@midnightkitty8172

18w↑4

Timing is everything, and memorizing the level also helped me get through it.
TBH I'm not a very good Gamer, but I still love to play even if I'm permanently stuck on the first level or something.

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@ikemadi6265

2y↑1.3K

This was my cousin's favorite trippy song. I just came back from his funeral. May you rest in peace Vitor, I love you and will carry you with me for all my life

@iceace4277

1y↑28

Strength to you, even a year later. Your cousin will live as long as you listen to this music.

@ThePsychicCellPhones

1y↑7

Beautiful memory :)

@YesOkayButWhy

1y↑8

RIP to your cousin and buddy.

@gatitoanims7358

1y↑15

Dude, probably he is in a better place now, hearing this forever in peace...

But not dead, because People are really dead if they we're forgotten.

Never forget him.

@IamAnonX

51w↑1

What happy to him?

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@poisenbery

52w↑653

The composer HAD to have listened to music while underwater, at some point in his life.
The sounds are PERFECT representations of the doppler effect from the body of water shifting around.
The gentle vibrato and the out of tune notes...what happened to composing like this???
This song is absolute perfection in terms of what it's trying to do.

Source: I'm an ex submariner for the US Navy. I'm VERY familiar with being under water for a very long time, and the effect that the ocean has on sound.

@JamminSamMiller

52w↑95

The out of tune notes was my fault actually. I fixed it in the new version. Dave might have gone scuba diving before but I think he's just that good actually

@SynWasHereYo

19w↑23

bro you have anime profile picture

@AyeBeeG

19w↑44

@@SynWasHereYohe can be a complete dork but still have military experience. It’s possible

@bryanlittle2282

19w↑7

David Wise is an instrumental genius!

@strnglhld

17w↑1

I don’t think you have to have a military or submarine background to know what sounds sound like underwater?!!!? I’m baffled at this phony comment like

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@Shrimp_Alfredo0

30w↑8

My dad thinks of his childhood every time he listens to this, I love you dad 🖤

@mateusrocha7039

38w↑37

Não é somente pela linda sinfonia, mas também por tudo que representa, pelo tempo se passou, pela inocência de nossos corações naquela época. É por todos esses motivos que essa música nos deixa tão feliz e nostálgicos, quase como uma tristeza feliz. Que música! 🥰

@lordroy88

3y↑61

The thing about life is that when you are constantly looking forward to big, life changing events in the future, you forget about the little moments in life, like hugging a loved one or laughing at a joke. Those moments are what I live for.”

@immaburi2015

3y↑3

Well said Lord Roy 🙏

@lordroy88

3y↑3

@@immaburi2015 thanks!

@darrenparis4742

1y↑2.9K

I am literally crying right now, I miss our families and friends the way it used to be. I miss the innocence of childhood. I think deep down we’re all kids, some of those harden our hearts to defend against evil. But I think deep down all of us just want to be happy and love one another. Idk man just take me back.

@JamminSamMiller

1y↑241

Softening your heart is how you go back. You have to open up for kid to come out

@camdt456

1y↑150

@darrenparis4742

1y↑43

@@camdt456 I love this, and I appreciate that you took the time to write all this. The band Yes has help me get through a lot of hard times like this, and it’s funny, because I tell my friends this but I’m still working on it myself. Some people die at 25 and aren’t buried Until 75. I’ll keep working on myself., and thank you. I agree 100%, if everyone healed their inner child, the world would be a better place

@camdt456

1y↑22

@@darrenparis4742 ill write till the end of time as long as i can help even just one person feel better <3
i think i've heard of yes, i'll have to check out their music! during my tough times, i enjoy a lot of old school house, techno, ambient, etc. it really helps me reflect and i swear it just is music made for the soul. the beat matches your heartrate. i have a playlist on my page if you want to check any of it out! i really recommend Emotinium by roy of the ravers if you do happen to be curious. that one always makes me think and helps me feel good. aphex twin, too. anyways, you put it very well. that's the sad reality for a lot of people. but i still have hope, more people are waking up and finding beauty in life. and yeah, i'm the same way. i preach but i still have my rough patches. it's okay though, because life is like a rollercoaster. it always has its ups and downs. shit will SUUUUUUUCK sometimes, but it ALWAYS gets better. even if it feels like its not. thanks for listening to my ramblings, friend. much love <3

@SingleCab22R

1y↑14

simpler times my friend. I always come back to this track over and over. It's so damn peaceful.

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@CeddyBoo

39w↑9

Used to play this with my dad as a kid, lost a bit of contact lately.
This song makes me think about times where no sorrow troubled our relationship. As a kid my biggest concern was gettin this monkey through this twisted dangerous ocean. Now this song makes me realize that i and so many other people are stuck in the same maze like ocean in which we feel like drowning but arent actually. The Surface will appear someday and we will one day pull ourselves out of this dark sea but til then i keep helping this monkey on a fish tryina get his bananas back

@boogee1735

33w↑8

I swear this song has a way of viscerally bringing me back to places I once was, and I have the haunting realization that I didn’t appreciate those moments nearly enough. I’d do anything to go back and just spend a few moments when my family was still all together. Before the abuse and trauma and manipulation. There was a moment where everything was as it should be, and I always thought it would be that way. Had I known I would’ve cherished it more. I wish I would’ve known.

@joelong7812

5y↑128

Sounds calm, distressed, and sad... Hard to put a finger on a single feeling it gives off.

@false_idol__

4y↑14

Isolation. Trapped somewhere. For a very long time. With only your memories.

@keynanmartinez

Sounds like Heaven.

@equiinferno

Like a sad song played on a harmonica by an old sinti/roma man in a dusty coat sitting atop a hill

@nothingtoseehere177

4y↑72

That crawling synth reminds me of the original Resident Evil's save room. Hauntingly beautiful.

@Chizuru94

4y↑7

Good point/catch :)

@bugzaney9888

I had this same thought recently!!!

@cooldebt

2y↑1

You might find The Consouls version interesting - acoustic instruments with chiptune effect applied https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AcyzljYGgRg

@gabrieltiongco

29w↑7

You know it’s a wonderful work of art when it’s remembered with such reverence nearly 30 years after its creation.

@cjdig86

9w↑3

I’m 37 years old now.. this music instantly gets me emotional. DKC1 and DKC2 were the only 2 games that ever really impressed my father. I sat in my room and played games from when I was 5, until pretty much when I moved out. My father never came into my room and actually watched me play any of my games during all of those years…. But …. These 2 games? He was fascinated. He couldn’t get over the music, and the graphics. I felt such intense happiness when he would watch me play these games. I’d go through each level with a smile on my face. Out of the thousands of gameplay / music videos I’ve watched on YouTube, this particular game / music is the one that makes me cry. My father’s been gone for almost 12 years now, and I have 2 sons of my own, a 2 year old and a newborn. I’m going to make sure I spend so much time with my kids, and show interest in their hobbies. My father didn’t show very much interest in mine, or spend much time with me. I know I’ve gone a bit deep with this comment, but that’s how good this game was, and still is to me. It reminds me of that intense happiness I had while playing it. It reminds me of my father. This single game holds so much power over me. I absolutely need to get a retro pi set up with emulators, just so I can relive those days. 😢

@elmocodegonzalonunez9691

Iam from january of 1987

@tetrisdood

4y↑143

A dark room, the soft glow of a CRT screen and you, wrapped up in a blanket playing donkey kong country.

@salvatrucha3629

4y↑1

Yes :( , I'm 30 now ,

@patricklewis9787

A dark room, the glow of my 3ds because that's what I played this game on

@BGpilot419

3y↑1

I got my tonsils removed and had to spend a day in the hospital l. A nurse rolled in a tv with a SNES and I got to play Donky kong county

@collectfinegirls4698

5y↑724

It's sad remembering the past cause I wish I could go back

@johnguillen7252

5y↑21

collect Fine Girls it be like that sometimes.

@tnos6268

4y↑8

But guys, we can enjoy it with a whole new respect now!

@tnos6268

4y↑30

Please dont be sad because of this, be enlightened. I feel sad listening to nostalgic songs too but I came to this comment to find a reply that I feel in my heart now. I use to feel instant deep depression when I would hear this stuff pretty much up until now. I want to help you guys that are just like me, do it for your younger self who was just playing the game and having fun!

@slothstradamus89

4y↑19

@@tnos6268 This ain't no bullshit, literally envision your younger self sitting across from you and tell him, "Isn't this song SICK?! Still, after all these years. And guess what? Fyi, I'm not gonna let ANYTHING hurt you. Not now, OR in the future! We got this! This life thing. I GOT YOU!"

And see how it'll help you, mentally. And change your perspective, allow you to recapture and maintain that nostalgic enjoyment!

Love all my DKC-enthusiast brethren! Keep your chin up!

@diegoureta9435

4y↑5

Sometimes it hurts

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@marcosvinicios6896

41w↑52

Apesar de todos esses anos, é inacreditável como uma música feita pra um jogo pode ter tantos sentimentos.

@vitorsouza5066

37w↑9

Pois é, amigo. Estou escutando essa música e lembrando de quando eu passava várias tardes jogando, enquanto minha mãe arrumava a cozinha após o almoço. Aí vez ou outra ela parava o que tava fazendo e falava: "Filho, deixa eu jogar essa fase agora" kkkkkkk.
Bons tempos, inocência e pureza que não voltam mais.

@osc-omb47896

34w↑1

Being from a game means nothing

@nocturniquette2

31w↑5

I remember falling asleep to this in my grandma's living room with my brother and cousin. We had played non stop all day and then night time, we were tired but wanted to still play. We just ended up curling into each other with this song in our ears.

@mrm64

29w↑1

GAWD this takes me back. This was like me and Super Smash Bros Melee's soundtrack. My sis, cousins and I would play Melee til 3am. I remember zooning out and all I heard when I woke up at like, 10 am Saturday morning was Melee Menu 2...still my favorite track in any video game. Time just flies...

@NOVAsteamed

5y↑1.3K

1% battery, my phone will die to this song. Dont cry at its funeral for it will be born again.

@erm_ok

4y↑2

Huixtocihuatl lol

@memorableman3709

4y↑7

@ryanhollstein4164

4y↑6

It has another life

@nubzin1134

@CyberIce2000

4y↑1

I'm actually listening to this with 1% battery

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@ratonman

1y↑76

This is genuinely one of the most beautiful things I've ever heard

@BeaverOfDooom

26w↑2

Its the guy from the video!

@Syndiate__

22w

If this is one of the most beautiful things you've ever heard, you need to listen to more music

@ratonman

12w

@@Syndiate__ Shut up u fkn goof lmao tell me some stuff you think compares

@rodeofrancisco6130

20w↑11

that chord progression on this track goes TOO HARD. I think it's Cmin-Bb-Gmin or somethin.. it's soo good

@JamminSamMiller

20w↑4

Cm9-Ab9-F7sus4-Dm7#5

@ManicOpake

44w↑11

I'm here after hearing about the titanic sub 😅

@polmao

4y↑234

This game was ahead of its time. The whole series really. Its amazing how far they pushed the snes.

@michaelbolcato192

4y↑22

The Donkey Kong Country games still look and sound amazing to this day.

@biggeneral1628

2y↑10

I always preferred Donkey Kong County to Super Mario World. The environment always felt more immersive and aesthetic to me

@jimmyrodriguez5670

2y↑1

I still think DK2 has the best pound for pound graphics of any game, ever.

@paulgilbert5278

Not DKC3?

@BrokenSaintX

5y↑154

The nostalgia has me crying, many nights sleeping over at my friends house playing DKC, Contra and Star Fox, best times of my life.

Nintendo 64 days were also great.

@ufkrec

4y↑1

I feel the same

@sweatyguysteve8087

4y↑3

lol i know man, i had to pause it at 5 seconds because it makes me think of my childhood and my dad. i cant believe how a few seconds of music can bring such emotion

@todaysuniverse

4y↑5

@@sweatyguysteve8087 bruh I'm there with you. My parents were divorced before I can remember so I would spend time at my dad's on the weekend where my Super Nintendo was. I can remember vividly waking up early playing DKC on Saturday and Sunday mornings at my dad's house without a care in the world playing. I wish I could go back to those days.

@sweatyguysteve8087

4y↑2

@@todaysuniverse me too, but i'd like to think/hope that our best days are ahead of us

@atntfanpage4071

I’m surprised nobody is actually pointing this out. DKC didn’t come out on the N64? I can’t tell if this was just a mistake, or somebody really trying hard to prove that they’re telling the truth.

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@F13fan

7w↑4

This has become my happy, transport me to another place & time song. I can even think about it and I’m back in my room as a kid in the moment

@britnijones7622

43w↑6

This literally does make me wanna cry. Back when family was family and things just felt so simple, like being a kid. The world didn’t seem so messed up or maybe it did and I was just in my own world

@bryhy8694

4y↑635

It can be sad and sometimes devastating to remember the simplicity of times where you wouldn't have to worry about anything and instead enjoy the simplicity and beauty of life, though that doesn't mean you can't still enjoy life and spend time with those you love. There is so much out there left to explore and the simplicity of life is still here it just sometimes doesn't feel like it. I don't wish I could go to the past, because I instead hope for better futures with new and amazing people. Remember to stay determined, as you'll need it to have fun and be amazed by life. I believe in you as do many others do too!

@mark-uk5xv

4y↑19

That's needed to be heard

@Decrypt-Kryptonian

4y↑2

If there is a very special hope :c sometime there isnt sometime what we have or had was the best* nothing can take away what we knew or felt before
Future can be better but.......we just dont felt any better as we get older except sad and depress and wondering what will replace the past :l which cannot

@alexbaz847

4y↑2

This kinda makes me sad ive played it but not at like olden times.it would be so much cooler if i was born at this time donkey kong was out.

@devilishmode

4y↑3

Im not crying you are

@santimaida9131

4y↑1

♥

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@joj3735

5y↑98

A few years ago my dad and I found a working snes with donkey kong country, super mario all stars, and two other games all for 20 dollars at a garage sale. There were also 2 working controllers. We played the whole game together, in my smallish room.
Before that, we had this game on the wii's virtual console, so I watched him play that a ton, but it was a whole new experience playing it myself alongside him on the original system. The 100% was hard to get, but we did it. Donkey Kong Country will always have a place in my heart.

@RafaelMachado-uo3gi

34w↑10

MANOOOOOOO, TU É O CARA!
ISSO É UM HINO! NOSTALGIA PURA ❤
COMO PROCUREI POR ESSA MÚSICA.

@christianvinicius4543

34w

É a música do meme do gato preto com cara de merda, só que lá ela está distorcida

@RafaelMachado-uo3gi

24w

@@christianvinicius4543 Claro que não kkk
Essa música é do jogo Donkey Kong, como mostra o vídeo rs. É antiga a beça. Esse meme nem sonhava em existir.

@blopat

30w↑4

Rare "Hey Dave we need a water level music for our silly monkey game"
David Wise "Write a timeless masterpiece, Got it"

@blopat

30w

This comment isn't mine it's from a guy at the 10 hours video that is listed when you look for this song

@wryandwatchful

5y↑1.7K

When I was a kid, I thought 1:24 was representing Donkey’s voice and 1:49 was Diddy. 😁

@Silentevil7

5y↑280

How high are you?

@teamyordle23

5y↑601

@@Silentevil7 Childhood nostalgia is basically being high. No worries and all fun.

@tiprun

5y↑107

This is now all I hear and I love it.

@elmonosas8374

5y↑52

Lostjoy IX lol that’s the best way to describe how nostalgia feels like

@wryandwatchful

5y↑94

There are definitely many “duets” in the soundtrack if you listen for it. Like listen to the central melodies in Stickerbush Symphony. Quite blatant.

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@DavesterP1

6y↑65

Donkey kong had one of the most beautiful soundtracks in video game history.

@Gorrochino_996

35w↑16

1:23 la mejor parte ❤️‍🩹❤️‍🩹

@Vompantti49

4w↑1

I remember running home from school, I was at the first grade and made a new friend who happened to own DKC. We would play this game for hours.
Now I'm sitting here, almost 30 years after, with my 4-year old son, and just enjoying this masterpiece. The Donkey Kong -series and the soundtracks have already become a bonding experience for me and my son. These are the new memories that I will come back to 30 years from now, hopefully giving my son the same nostalgia that I got.
And for everyone who comes here to heal the mind and soul that is going through a struggle, I'm thinking of you, it will get better eventually ❤️

@E.Humperdinck

5y↑44

So many god-like songs came from the SNES era. There never will be a better gaming generation to be a kid in than the 90's and early 2000's.

@-Vitalis-

5y↑5

It's funny because it's true.

@LuckyXCX

5y↑2

I grew up with GameCube and N64

@jailcatjones3250

3y↑2

I was 4 when the 90's came and it really was an incredible decade for gaming. I miss really arcades :(

@glutenfreemayo

3y↑3

I mean, I'm a 2005 kid and Mario Galaxy 1 and 2 were kind of lit.

@WarpedDimensionn

@@glutenfreemayo yes

@Polymathically

4y↑90

I got Donkey Kong Country for Christmas in 1994. I remember playing this level for the first time, and how it was unlike anything I'd seen or heard in a video game. Aquatic Ambience will forever be a part of the soundtrack to my life. Thank you for restoring it!

@workpine9195

6w↑1

Such a beautifully cohesive, such smooth sounds even for a tracker and beautifully put down with such unique aesthetic and such amazing sounds, the real classic of what a tracker can sound like with a good mind

@MrLag-cz2xh

9w↑2

This sounds like you just got done with a adventure that took years to finish and your thinking about all the friends you have and lost after saving the world

And your be remembered in history.

@LeikiUeda

4y↑1.7K

Debussy would love this as well.

@xeran

4y↑13

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKO-ebWS4Ko

@KittyKittyPeowPeow

4y↑49

I love Debussy!

@rehmsmeyer

4y↑3

Gerald?

@manteuro

4y↑16

debussy was known for getting inspired from emotionally abusing his partner(s). oh, he also hated on asian music and stole their fucking ideas at the same time! check out Lili Boulanger, shes awesome and not a fucking terrible human being!

@swisserty

3y↑11

debussy was a pussy

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@drumminfro

4y↑57

This uncompressed version is doing things to my ears that I didn't think were possible. I have a wide range of emotions going on right now. I'm like 😀😁😔😯😮😭😌🙂

@cooldebt

I have been addicted to this version by The Consouls - acoustic instruments with chiptune effect applied: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AcyzljYGgRg

@Slaponmydoodynuts

36w↑6

how. this is perfect, the emotion, everything. i could listen for days. truly beatiful. it conveys an emotion ive never felt before, one i truly cant describe, and cant seem to find another source of. a new emotion all together. damn.

@chewie5802

32w↑19

I think i found my people. I'm 37 and I miss how simple our life was, how aweosme it was. We saw the birth of the internet. We also had street lights as our curfew, block parties where the neighborhood would close the street down and bring BBQ food and share and laugh. Now everyone is cold and distant. Kids rather be on their phones then riding their bikes and going into the woods. We had the last great time for a generation. Listening to this song has shown me that time is so valuable, 37 years in a blink of an eye.

@padix900

2y↑54

I heard this playing at a coffee shop in Payson, AZ. Took me a good 5 minutes to comprehend what was going on, until I finally asked the employee if she knew where this song is from (she did know). I’ve always been a fan of this music but never thought I’d hear it being played at a coffee shop.

@feddytownucetuigamala-lolo6788

2y↑5

That coffee shop would have got me

@subwayfelloff

its a coffee shop... their hipsters

@JoeNoobie

43w↑1

Yeah, they're hipsters.

@Felipaxo

6y↑402

I never thought that the DKC series OST could sound this smooth... This is amazing dude, really amazing, I salute you for your work.

@majestic5727

4y↑2

One time I farted so hard I shidded

@ElSotanodeAlex

31w↑3

The quality of the restoration is just sublime. Donkey Kong has without a doubt one of the best (if not the best) underwater theme in a video game. I love it

@James-dq1uy

16w↑4

Dude, im literally sitting on the toilet CRYING rn reading these comments because i had the same experience. Crazy what this song has meant to me my whole life.

@countravyncrowe2985

4y↑44

The best aquatic theme in the history.

@st1nger_music

5y↑329

This is the best theme on SNES

@lucalone

5y↑9

not just SNES ...

@heidan1226

4y↑6

Corridor of time is close

@heidan1226

4y↑2

Bramble blast too

@Daisudori

street fighter blanka theme is up there too, snes edition. Corneria from starfox also great! And dont you forget about F-Zero themes...

@divyanshuanand1721

Waterworld - diving is tied with this for me

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@Eternaldarkness3166

23w↑2

Even after all this time, I can still hear the sound the fish makes when you're swimming through this so vividly

@rileymilkman

39w↑5

this song helps me find inner peace and joy. thank you david wise

@LuxuryDragonessX

6y↑63

Well im crying now. Is this how they heard it while they were composing?

@scottythegreat1

4y↑1

I heard David Wise was being very specific with this track, I heard it took 2 months to program this track to sound like this

@jordan6988

2y↑357

Music from back then was such a vibe 70s-90s the synths, electric pianos and percussion it all just comes together so nicely. Nothing today compares to it.

@pikks69

1y↑5

Plenka is killer

@MrMaddox57

43w↑3

yeah, that entire four or so decades of music near the end of the last century was just phenom. The artists who came out during that period, their work and lives stand the test of TIME!

@nathanharris8236

40w

if you like this id reccomend bladees album crest

@MrMaddox57

40w

@@pikks69 he wants those forest apes OUT of this private world. Humans except for the passionate may be excused as well. This music is for truly open-minded, intelligent dreamers......AND doers.

@pikks69

40w

@@MrMaddox57 a monkey scalped me.

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@ShredPilgrim

41w↑4

I used to have a subscription to Nintendo Power when I was a kid, and because of that I was randomly sent Donkey Kong country in the mail before it was in the stores. I'll never forget the vibes that game gave me. Now hearing this it's making me feel like like time just skipped about 30 years out of nowhere, maybe this is all a simulation lol!

@palomaeliserio

40w↑7

this takes me back to my brother and i playing together, i would always hand the controller to him on the hard levels. i miss it

@UNKLE_Lolo

4y↑31

I had several weeks without being able to cry because all this quarantine situation, then I found this HD remake and all those tears finally showed up, pure nostalgia for all those good old days.

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