Donkey Kong Country - Aquatic Ambience [Restored]

[@serval0079]

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

[@Fahrenheit4051]

Greetings, fellow traveler.

[@gavincalton5450]

There it is

[@jesseluna777]

@@Fahrenheit4051 yes indeed

[@liamsgreatbitgaming]

Yeah, the hard drive is really good

[@ciaragarrity6425]

AESTHETIC

[@bottleneck-5548]

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

[@tas4u93]

Bruh why are you spot on ???

[@tas4u93]

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

[@SirAuron777]

Perhaps we are all monkeys in an underwater level

[@bottleneck-5548]

@@SirAuron777 maybe we are doge, maybe we are.

[@hanswelder]

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

[@DeadliestFX420]

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

[@JamminSamMiller]

This guy knows how to have a good time 👆

[@JamminSamMiller]

Or how to ruin a pair of headphones

[@slicedbread8780]

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

[@PunkyPink85]

Bruh

[@theeternalslayer]

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

[@alexdrinkswaterlol]

1:24 This part hits different...

[@makinyoumad9498]

Why

[@Johnny-da-Cl0wn]

​@@makinyoumad9498you tell me

[@Shayam-Official-Youtube]

@@makinyoumad9498 ...cuz it sounds 'silky' smooth

[@uncool9000]

This is my mom's favorite video game. She'd 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. Update 10/12/2024: My mom is doing just fine, and we beat the game together playing it on Switch Online!

[@theflyingstickman4704]

Good Luck!

[@Iamjonlopez]

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]

You're a beautiful woman

[@Srobvio85]

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

[@adrenalinex4]

Derrick chill its not even that hard.

[@jacobmurphy2042]

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]

Will never meet ya but love ya pal

[@levihenderson2709]

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]

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]

Are you sober now and reading what you wrote dude

[@theweedweedfru1tz780]

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

[@amandamyers2513]

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]

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.

[@Lordran__]

INDEED

[@speukie9806]

This song does it way too hard.

[@Onigirli]

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

[@americandingo311]

@@MrTevens Step 1) Find friends who feel the same way. Step 2) Invite them over for this. Hell, I'm 34 and I would. Mission accomplished, you have achieved peak nostalgia. Try not to get lost in the nostalgia - present life still exists.

[@RetroGamingPub]

David Wise is a genius. He could have made it a simple 30 second repeating loop but It's like he wrote it like a symphony composition and made it work on the SNES. You can hear the string section and the leads doing the lords work

[@amoxy.]

Best water theme in all of gaming

[@13samfootball]

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

[@Creeper_123]

@@spoon7195 That is a step below this

[@bast0749]

@@Creeper_123 correct

[@1bosstv]

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.

[@merc822]

Banjo Tooies Atlantis theme is my opinion the best

[@callumjohn6622]

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]

That sounds awesome!

[@jared7971]

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

[@dedpxl]

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

[@divingstag]

Wise guy for sure

[@SionTrev]

Very jealous of this. What was the event?

[@Cookie_Yii]

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]

[@ethnictendo]

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

[@Cookie_Yii]

@@ethnictendo ?

[@ethnictendo]

@@Cookie_Yii Not everyone likes the song.

[@Cookie_Yii]

@@ethnictendo Yea but its KZbin. 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.

[@FootballCharlie9256]

Its Christmas 1994. I got this for my SNES. We went to stay with some family friends and my friend got this for Christmas too and we spent 2 days playing this and watching movies. My granddads cancer had come back and he hadnt told us yet. Life was good.

[@Thompsonindustries]

Sounds like a good time my man!

[@larrylegend4886]

Man the nostalgia! I got this and sonic and knuckles same christmas. S&k didnt get touched until like a week later. This game was too amazing lol

[@kibawhitefang7176]

woah that was 30 years ago. I remember that year. ♥️

[@Omaralangari9]

How old were you if you don't mind

[@JoelPVaillancourt1984]

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]

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]

I keep it alive by playing it on my drums: Enjoy! ✌🏻🤩 kzbin.info/www/bejne/hJuaaJKhjs-Eoc0

[@Greecey-o6u]

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

[@wilfridsephiroth9213]

We miss you too

[@gregorygorski8086]

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

[@namegoeshere8998]

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]

That describes it too well

[@KSunlan]

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]

bro you're gonna make me cry lol

[@siphillis]

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

[@Mr.MasterOfMind]

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

[@BlitzAMV]

My ears have been blessed.

[@abandonedchannel2387]

777 likes as well... nice

[@newworld2237]

YESSSSSSSSS

[@keynanmartinez]

Correct.

[@deathislife88]

U know as as a kid most of us probably didn't appreciate any games soundtrack. As an adult when going back u realize that a games music was like half of the experience. You just appreciate it even more l.

[@donsolos]

No shot. Tony hawk pro skater 1 and 2. Thats like saying you dont notice music in anime

[@ClearMindMediax]

just amazing sounds these people pushed through a snes.

[@kaasperzik73]

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

[@CeciliaTapia]

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]

​@@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]

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

[@billyblueberry]

@@CeciliaTapia I watched the interview by Game Informer kzbin.info/www/bejne/rJC1f4BohtGooLc

[@NERD-FROM-THE-SOUTH]

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]

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]

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]

Love you man

[@Sal-bb3si]

You are not alone.

[@starhawks1]

Cringe

[@Lukiro]

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

[@InsaneClown2]

beautiful story. May she rest in peace

[@Timmeh4427]

You are a good son

[@lirahbaril5807]

😔😔🥺🥺😞

[@stale2665]

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

[@katakis1]

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

[@marrcoslipe]

this literally just changed my life, thank you

[@KingNez89]

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

[@chrishuahua6758]

Same here 33 😥😢 miss my snes

[@Scarl3t03]

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

[@robinaerts1216]

35 bro, the feels hit hard...

[@KingNez89]

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]

@@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 :)

[@the.ben.johnson]

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

[@Captainnitemare]

he loved you very much :)

[@the.ben.johnson]

@@Captainnitemare ;)

[@ToacI]

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]

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

[@ToacI]

@@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.

[@mekilla7886]

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]

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

[@YagoWoods]

he did it on a gorilla game

[@informitas0117]

He is also a moon landing denier.

[@flowerlandofjohn]

How about a piece of this brilliant classic with some added live drums? Enjoy! 🤩 kzbin.info/www/bejne/hJuaaJKhjs-Eoc0

[@RobinsMusic]

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

[@F13fan]

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

[@c.ccarlhead5744]

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]

While still matching the games tropic topic.

[@blued7779]

David wise is a beast

[@pedrozurita2512]

@@bobderbraumeister6919 HFCXX

[@stuartmorris2803]

Thanks for that comment. I think your right

[@punoko6062]

well said x2

[@darrenparis4742]

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]

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

[@camdt456]

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

[@darrenparis4742]

@@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]

@@darrenparis4742 ill write till the end of time as long as i can help even just one person feel better

[@SingleCab22R]

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

[@kraken6531]

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 kzbin.info/www/bejne/d5Tcq5-gjqyaiMk

[@jimmyrodriguez5670]

Same here. This and Stickerbrush symphony.

[@flowerlandofjohn]

How about a piece of this brilliant classic with some added live drums? Enjoy! 🤩 kzbin.info/www/bejne/hJuaaJKhjs-Eoc0

[@travonnaterry2120]

Add sonic too

[@sonidourbano3368]

No doubt

[@Yubfan69420]

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

[@hl3508]

"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]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Gggrrrrrrrr23]

What about that 007 pause music?

[@ShieldRetro]

@@Gggrrrrrrrr23 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.

[@HotCheetoConsumer]

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

[@craigmilton466]

@@bigbeardedlunaticgod i hope thats sarcastic irony

[@AustinPaolillo]

Hahaha

[@packlesswolf1]

​@bigbeardedlunatic it was super Nintendo. Cmon man.

[@BongHitz4Jesus]

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

[@BongHitz4Jesus]

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

[@CyberIce2000]

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

[@nintonintendo1]

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

[@slicklyndon1756]

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

[@scotta2641]

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

[@slicklyndon1756]

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

[@Buhleep]

🕊

[@ericcampo2711]

The sound of an easier life. With no pain and regrets. To be a kid again I’d do whatever I can to be there, enjoy life, it’s short.

[@ProbablyBarney]

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

[@michaelbolcato192]

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.

[@Deathbyaspen]

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]

Gameboy color too

[@ForestFire369]

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

[@Locust_FX]

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

[@ikemadi6265]

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]

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

[@ThePsychicCellPhones]

Beautiful memory :)

[@YesOkayButWhy]

RIP to your cousin and buddy.

[@gatitoanims7358]

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]

What happy to him?

[@silverpaladin0710]

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

[@realJoeMavro]

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

[@Mikee..]

@@realJoeMavro waterproof earbuds

[@Hunkeykung]

Holy shit bro what awesome idea

[@angelzgalaxy4975]

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

[@jonathanlimajur]

Nice! Thanks for the idea, bro.

[@Vompantti49]

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 ❤️

[@john_paul]

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]

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]

​@@jimmythegamer2231HAHAHAHAHAHA nice one.

[@NaikoArt]

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

[@4karma860]

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

[@maintaint3003]

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.

[@xChillDudex]

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]

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]

Yeah, just listen to Castlevania themes.

[@tangoteflon1050]

@@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]

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

[@collectfinegirls4698]

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

[@johnguillen7252]

collect Fine Girls it be like that sometimes.

[@tnos6268]

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

[@tnos6268]

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]

@@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]

Sometimes it hurts

[@workpine9195]

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

[@poisenbery]

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]

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

[@SynDeus]

bro you have anime profile picture

[@AyeBeeG]

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

[@bryanlittle2282]

David Wise is an instrumental genius!

[@strnglhld]

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

[@ToacI]

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]

Same.

[@ghw1985]

It's amazing it reached you this song is timeless

[@gregbradshaw7220]

Yeah your generation is honestly a pile of shit. Sorry

[@macho8240]

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

[@col.cottonhill6655]

Born in '87. This stuff is memories.

[@joj3735]

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.

[@DiffuseMoose]

This restoration is absolutely sublime! I love it. Thank you so much for uploading it!! I will have to be THAT GUY and point out one little thing: you missed the weird little bassline around 0:18! I don't know if you know what I mean, but listen to the original version of this song and crank up your volume around that part and you'll hear a very, very subtle bassline of maybe 3 cords that leads up to the next section. I'm sorry, I don't know my musical terminology. I'm not a musician! Hahah. But I've always noticed that strange little very, very quiet bassline leading up to the next part of the song. I always wondered why David Wise put that in there in the first place. It's just such a minor thing. Anyway, thanks again for this. Absolutely amazing work!

[@Muzikman127]

you're 100% right, good ears.

[@Muzikman127]

this video has by far the most views of this song on youtube, I feel like most people are under the impression that they're listening to the original in HQ rather than someone's best attempt to recreate it. I feel the title should be more clear; this isn't really a restoration so much as a cover (in higher fidelity) edit: The tuning is off at some parts in this too, along with some other issues that miss the subtlety of the original side by side. This is a less cohesive piece than the original imo. (and I don't say that out of nostalgia, I never played this game, I'm just listening side by side)

[@FruitloopLeviathan]

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

[@erm_ok]

Huixtocihuatl lol

[@memorableman3709]

F

[@ryanhollstein4164]

It has another life

[@nubzin1134]

F

[@CyberIce2000]

I'm actually listening to this with 1% battery

Debussy would love this as well.

[@xeran]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/i3yyXpiYjLhngdE

[@KittyKittyPeowPeow]

I love Debussy!

[@rehmsmeyer]

Gerald?

[@manteuro]

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]

debussy was a pussy

[@bryhy8694]

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]

That's needed to be heard

[@Decrypt-Kryptonian]

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]

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]

Im not crying you are

[@santimaida9131]

♥

[@cjdig86]

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 KZbin, 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. 😢

[@doterosperuanossisisis]

Iam from january of 1987

[@King_Kunta]

Excellent story. Sorry for your loss.

[@lordroy88]

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]

Well said Lord Roy 🙏

[@lordroy88]

@@immaburi2015 thanks!

[@MANGO_BT]

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]

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]

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

[@Bluecatwing]

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]

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]

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

[@joelong7812]

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

[@false_idol__]

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

[@blueblade259]

I'm 27 years old, and this knocked me straight into the past, where things seemed simple. I'll never get that time back.

[@inverse_of_zero]

So this is where it all began. Circa 2017, a legend was born, and another legend was revived. Jammin' Sam came out of nowhere and breathed new life into Donkey Kong Country, an already legendary game, made even more spectacular thanks to these audio restorations. There's good reason why this video has 3.8 MILLION views (circa 2022) despite this now being an old mix - it's because this is the song that got us hooked on Sam's video game restorations. These DKC OST restorations got me through my PhD through the pandemic. I listened to them nearly every time I sat down to focus, including weekend evenings. And I continue to listen to them when doing exercise or driving in the car. Sam, I cannot thank you enough for what you have brought to not just my life, not just the video game community, but to the world in general. Your work has truly touched us. I deliberately came back here to this video, years later, to just give you a small token of my appreciation, which doesn't even begin to measure up to what your work has given me in my life. Sam - thank you, so much!

[@Toryyyyyyyyyyy]

Wow thats amazing!! :D

[@IamAnonX]

Who is Sam?

[@MetalAlec]

@@IamAnonX The creator of this video!

[@LOL-BrainRot]

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

[@effervescentrelief]

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

[@Imabouttocuahhhh129]

No Stress? Lucky

[@dougfoster445]

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!

[@Tuxedo_Ma5k]

@@Imabouttocuahhhh129 yah my parents never divorced so it was pretty chill

[@drunk_by_noon9231]

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

[@BrokenSaintX]

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]

I feel the same

[@sweatyguysteve8087]

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]

@@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]

@@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.

[@photoguy4212]

I played this game a ton when I was young and didn't realize the beauty of the soundtrack. I'm in my late 40's now ( time flies by so quickly) and it's cool to rediscover (or discover in my case) music like this from our childhoods. Good times.

[@Polymathically]

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!

[@LIVE_Concerts_STL]

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

[@ginpak7037]

you saw instagram post didn't you?

[@LIVE_Concerts_STL]

​@@ginpak7037 no

[@americandingo311]

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

[@shaun7389]

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

[@LIVE_Concerts_STL]

@@shaun7389 why thank u 😎

[@nothingtoseehere177]

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

[@Chizuru94]

Good point/catch :)

[@bugzaney9888]

I had this same thought recently!!!

[@cooldebt]

You might find The Consouls version interesting - acoustic instruments with chiptune effect applied kzbin.info/www/bejne/d5Tcq5-gjqyaiMk

[@BrandonSizemore-g1o]

Between this and the first sonic sound track I swear I could just sit and listen for hours. When I was a kid the water level made me have a passion for the ocean, idk why it just did. Then one day my dad passed away and my mom moved us to Florida where I got to actually live next to the ocean. Strange where life takes you as a kid, one min your just chilling playing DK and then next to ur life completely changes. Strange how life can work sometimes.

[@DavesterP1]

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

[@jordan6988]

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]

Plenka is killer

[@MrMaddox57]

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]

if you like this id reccomend bladees album crest

[@MrMaddox57]

@@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]

@@MrMaddox57 a monkey scalped me.

[@Felipaxo]

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]

One time I farted so hard I shidded

[@VzFlash92]

Essa música me remete muito a um futuro que planejamos no passado e provavelmente nunca teremos. Que paz, que conforto estranho, que sensação de que algo ira acontecer. Obrigado por tudo!

[@ArtzieMusic]

my fav

[@KarmaKeyz]

@@GrooveyFin Bro Relax....

[@WHDRWN]

Hey artzie, are you based?

[@alexlinze6371]

Omggg artzi

[@Tubbs777]

ur my fav :) thanks for all the great vaporwave, love you...

[@j.e9971]

Plz don’t leave us :(

[@wryandwatchful]

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

[@Silentevil7]

How high are you?

[@teamyordle23]

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

[@tiprun]

This is now all I hear and I love it.

[@tulio.guitar]

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

[@wryandwatchful]

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

[@comparit0]

Recuerdo que era un niño, no sabía nada de la vida y mis padres tenían una consola donde el único juego que teníamos era Donkey Kong, mi hermano mayor y yo jugábamos horas y horas este hermoso juego. Recuerdo que la etapa del agua era nuestra favorita por la música, la repetíamos mil veces solo para escuchar esta hermosa melodía, hoy con 25 años la vuelvo a escuchar y genera en mi melancolía y ganas de volver a esa época dónde lo único que importaba era ser feliz.

[@Pa4uL]

Se siente como un transe estos niveles

[@juankyromero2425]

Nostalgia que recuerdos

[@herramientasutiles]

@@Pa4uL Exacto hermano, no entendía que me sucedía cada vez que llegaba al nivel acuático, era una sensación como de trance, me relajaba enormemente y siempre me encantaba ese nivel solo por la hermosa melodia.

[@zJoacox]

oye traducelo que el es ingles bro

[@4ywac]

una historia algo agridulce 😥

[@dameklinuksowiec6380]

Even though I've never played the game, this song brings back such layers of nostalgia. I have no idea why.

[@polmao]

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

[@michaelbolcato192]

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

[@biggeneral1628]

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

[@jimmyrodriguez5670]

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

[@paulgilbert5278]

Not DKC3?

[@ExodusPaddy]

Ahhh the 90’s my old friend.... I miss and still love you dearly.

[@Aaaeh]

To the point where it hurts

[@2_572]

How do you know my friend the 90's!? Holy shit he is my friend too thats dope.

[@Sin526]

Man... SAME

[@UNKLE_Lolo]

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.

[@paulholloway8885]

Dkc is easily one of the best games ever made. Everything about it is top notch

[@ratonman]

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

[@BeaverOfDooom]

Its the guy from the video!

[@Syndiate__]

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

[@ratonman]

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

[@ratonman]

​@@Syndiate__ Ur weird man all i do is listen to music, this shit is fucking wonderful.

[@mistertyranitar18]

Este es mi tema favorito de toda mi infancia en los videojuegos , mucho misticismo , paz , tranquilidad , nostalgia y amor vienen a mí cada vez que escucho este hermoso tema

[@countravyncrowe2985]

The best aquatic theme in the history.

[@crowdofone222]

My mom passed away a few weeks ago. This songs reminds me of playing the game while she sewed. I miss her so much.

[@Gorami_]

rip. love ya my man

[@hairandcia2028]

Bro this hurts me 😭

[@tetrisdood]

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

[@salvatrucha3629]

Yes :( , I'm 30 now ,

[@patricklewis9787]

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

[@BGpilot419]

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

[@markkirbylyons239]

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

[@dipstick7489]

First sentence was cool

[@macho8240]

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

[@dahboo2273]

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]

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]

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

[@kurtdewittphoto]

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.

[@dukejukem413]

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

[@Scotty2hotty-69]

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

[@Skr1bby]

I wasn't born in the 90s but this song brought back alot of memories I had with my older brothers, im glad they showed me this, now that was atleast over 8 years ago. I grew up playing the old arcade games that no one plays anymore, had so much fun as a kid, felt like it all happened so fast :(

[@st1nger_music]

This is the best theme on SNES

[@lucalone]

not just SNES ...

[@heidan1226]

Corridor of time is close

[@heidan1226]

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

[@evansgate]

one thing I love with David Wise's music is those little guitar cries that come in every now and then on his tracks, it honestly sounds so cool, is always tastefully done, and I think inspired me to play guitar myself

[@nobody_gtk]

I played DKC when I was like 3 years old. now that I'm thinking about it, this song is probably the first time I was ever aware of an electric guitar's existence

[@E.Humperdinck]

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-]

It's funny because it's true.

[@LuckyXCX]

I grew up with GameCube and N64

[@jailcatjones3250]

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

[@glutenfreemayo]

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

[@Obsolectronix]

@@glutenfreemayo yes

[@SummerSixteen09]

Can’t believe Summrs just sampled this been waiting years for someone to a masterpiece with this track 🙏🏾

[@dontebronson5526]

@granderf8 it’s called fwwyn

[@gotsnoname]

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]

What kind of help do you need?

[@gotsnoname]

@devinwinters1844 just money for food, anything helps honestly

[@Geminisparkles]

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

[@bjornrie]

Do you have a family who can help you?

[@03_Degen]

Rip baba❤️

[@alexanderpena9572]

I love this song , it makes me remeber to my father when we used to play together ... how marveling at the time has passed .... all our childhood is dwelling there .....

[@MoChoudhury91]

So grateful this came up in my KZbin suggestions. Top work, man. Much appreciated

[@FilipeMalvar]

I remember when my aunt showed up with a video game one day and introduced me to this game, in a small room at my grandma’s house. Man, I played that game so much. I miss those times.

[@InstantTrain]

Sweet Jesus. The work it must have taken to recreate this...hats off. Seriously.

[@JamminSamMiller]

InstantTrain meh. A song can be done in a few hours, given the source samples and the original midi data extracted from the game (work smarter not harder). The real pain is finding the source samples

[@pedromiguel748]

Jammin' Sam Miller still hard work having to look for the samples...

[@capcom23]

thank you

[@bombabombom3603]

Is it possible we could here restorations of other games, given that if you (or other people you worked with) can find those specific samples?

[@watkinator4413]

Madzlick Chinatown like what? Dkc series is a goldmine of beauty thanks to the great David Wise.

[@drumminfro]

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: kzbin.info/www/bejne/d5Tcq5-gjqyaiMk

[@padix900]

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]

That coffee shop would have got me

[@JoeNoobie]

Yeah, they're hipsters.

[@enthefn2571]

0:12 This moment its just...

[@GreezyGreen]

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

[@AsherTheAngel]

😂❤😢😅😊

[@telaviv1367]

This game and song bring back so many memories, my god it could make me tear up. Playin this in the living room with my sister when i was in elementary school

[@khyree_the_king]

I felt that making you 😢tear up inside the nostalgia

[@nocturniquette2]

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]

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...

[@Jonathan_Gmes]

This song makes me very nostalgic for when I played it with my cousins ​​years ago (around 12 years ago), I treasured that memory because I had a great time.

[@jackplayz739]

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

[@vandalsavage3rd]

My father and I use to play donkey kong heard this song on tictock and couldn't figure out why I would get some emotional now I know why, I love you dad rest easy partner

[@ForeverMore10]

According to DKC's composer, David Wise, the goal here was to create a calm, rewarding music experience for players after a tough journey through previous levels. Goal well accomplished, I'd say.

[@molotoves4thewin320]

I am transcending through space and time, past, present and future. Through the nostalgic airwaves of this blissful tune of my childhood, Unknowingly what my future will hold as a child, unknowingly of the losses of family and friends, my innocence slowly fading away into adulthood not knowing who will still be hear in our present day and who will leave us in our future. Nostalgia can be a bastard slipping in unexpectedly yet weirdly enough welcomed to take us back to our personal good old days