Songs that sound like Donkey Kong Country

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cC9OhK2Ovw0

ToeJam & Lewis (Stevie D(eux)), Tuesday, 19 April 2011 05:08 (fourteen years ago)

From 2:03 to 2:21

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCBttS_y7lE

ToeJam & Lewis (Stevie D(eux)), Tuesday, 19 April 2011 05:09 (fourteen years ago)

Didn't someone make some blog post recently abt how some Donkey Kong Country song tooootally ripped off some other pop song? Or is this totally all in my head?

ToeJam & Lewis (Stevie D(eux)), Tuesday, 19 April 2011 05:17 (fourteen years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gjI67KBbRg

offee is for losers only, do you not c? (Abbbottt), Tuesday, 3 May 2011 00:10 (fourteen years ago)

I think most of Invisible Touch has a DK vice but esp. the bridge on "In Too Deep."

offee is for losers only, do you not c? (Abbbottt), Tuesday, 3 May 2011 00:11 (fourteen years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZgiNN0iv3jo

Hongroe (Geir Hongro), Tuesday, 3 May 2011 00:49 (fourteen years ago)

Geir, you're a Donkey Kong Country fan?

offee is for losers only, do you not c? (Abbbottt), Tuesday, 3 May 2011 01:05 (fourteen years ago)

No, I just happened to hear that tune in the Genesis thread, and felt like this track fit in better than maybe anything else. My relationship with Donkey Kong largely started and ended with the classic 1982 pocket game that introduced Mario and Donkey Kong to the world for the first time. :)

Hongroe (Geir Hongro), Tuesday, 3 May 2011 01:08 (fourteen years ago)

^geir making up history again

I have some kind of staph infection, and the only prescription is IALEX (sic), Tuesday, 3 May 2011 03:03 (fourteen years ago)

awesome thread idea!!

That Dunkster! (absolutely clean glasses), Tuesday, 3 May 2011 03:09 (fourteen years ago)

one year passes...

Neal. - caller ID

meisenfek, Monday, 25 February 2013 15:48 (twelve years ago)

ahahahaha this thread exists

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgBosjd2e90

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Qp0_NE8M1c

katherine, Monday, 25 February 2013 19:15 (twelve years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdfruP8Mwgw

sleepingbag, Monday, 25 February 2013 19:18 (twelve years ago)

Two albums that sound like Donkey Kong Country:

Tom Waits - Blood Money
Console - Herself

dog latin, Tuesday, 26 February 2013 10:28 (twelve years ago)

four months pass...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zS8HHcYYWYE

ᶓ͠סּᴥ͠סּᶔ ᶓͼ᷆ₓͼ᷇ᶔ (gr8080), Thursday, 25 July 2013 17:29 (twelve years ago)

three months pass...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2g4nqi6Xug

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lyRI_M8ZXE

not a total match but they evoke similar things imo

Stevie D(eux), Sunday, 27 October 2013 19:08 (twelve years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCBXNm_xSRQ

clouds, Wednesday, 6 November 2013 16:22 (twelve years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfcwwByG9-w

sounds like kremkroc industries levels

kyenkyen, Wednesday, 6 November 2013 18:49 (twelve years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqs0VCAhKzk

sounds like the snow levels

Tip from Tae Kwon Do: (crüt), Monday, 11 November 2013 19:01 (twelve years ago)

four weeks pass...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Awxp7CfGycM

Samples Gigin Masin - Clouds, also sampled by To Rococo Rot and Bjork. Pretty sure Masin must have been a heavy inspiration for Dave Wise.

Moka, Tuesday, 10 December 2013 00:10 (twelve years ago)

is there an album that completely sounds like donkey kong country

searching hard for something that scratches this itch

it's winter and I'm in florida

I need the winter blues

afriendlypioneer, Wednesday, 11 December 2013 18:00 (twelve years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0v2WJi6RHj4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9JTayC7vJI

katherine, Monday, 16 December 2013 03:01 (twelve years ago)

ha, otm

#illuminati (crüt), Monday, 16 December 2013 18:50 (twelve years ago)

compare:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOwuniIgYXM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e09_lBgCgto

clouds, Thursday, 26 December 2013 23:05 (eleven years ago)

two months pass...

Oil Drum Alley: https://soundcloud.com/stevemoore2600/30-000-feet-deep

coops all on coops tbh (crüt), Wednesday, 19 March 2014 17:15 (eleven years ago)

That Mining Melancholy theme sounds more like Kraftwerk's Metal on Metal to my ears.

, Thursday, 20 March 2014 02:07 (eleven years ago)

Oh, is there a thread like this but for Metroid?

, Thursday, 20 March 2014 02:08 (eleven years ago)

i am all for hearing metroid-like things

dyl, Thursday, 20 March 2014 06:59 (eleven years ago)

one month passes...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95HuSMQSUVo

David Wise is a legend.

afriendlypioneer, Tuesday, 22 April 2014 14:53 (eleven years ago)

oh, that's great!

smhphony orchestra (crüt), Tuesday, 22 April 2014 15:01 (eleven years ago)

He could put an album of that stuff out under some cool name like Studio and win a new audience of adoring fans.

afriendlypioneer, Tuesday, 22 April 2014 15:32 (eleven years ago)

lol i was in an American Apparel store yesterday and this came on the PA inbetween a tribe called quest song and some 80's r+b song i dont remember

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHMmoSX3hhM

°ㅇ๐ْ ° (gr8080), Monday, 5 May 2014 14:25 (eleven years ago)

so vaporwave

festival culture (Jordan), Monday, 5 May 2014 14:28 (eleven years ago)

well aquatic ambience is basically an undisputed classic of video game music

dyl, Monday, 5 May 2014 16:03 (eleven years ago)

i am all for hearing metroid-like things

― dyl, Thursday, March 20, 2014 6:59 AM (1 month ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink


My friend linked me to a metal band that sounds a little like Metroid.

I'll post it later.

, Monday, 5 May 2014 17:28 (eleven years ago)

one year passes...

http://www.clickhole.com/article/someone-overdubbed-godfather-donkey-kong-soundtrac-2894

welltris (crüt), Tuesday, 11 August 2015 22:44 (ten years ago)

LOL

AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Tuesday, 11 August 2015 23:19 (ten years ago)

The mine music one is great. Think it's the last clip.

AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Tuesday, 11 August 2015 23:20 (ten years ago)

'Why cant we stay together' by timmy thomas always sounded to me like it could be a DKC song.

✖✖✖ (Moka), Wednesday, 12 August 2015 06:51 (ten years ago)

That's live together, not stay together sorry.

✖✖✖ (Moka), Wednesday, 12 August 2015 06:52 (ten years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFU-FJzPE80

✖✖✖ (Moka), Wednesday, 12 August 2015 06:52 (ten years ago)

http://youtu.be/cFU-FJzPE80

✖✖✖ (Moka), Wednesday, 12 August 2015 06:54 (ten years ago)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?t=38&v=kYinzp6CMEc

karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Sunday, 16 August 2015 01:50 (ten years ago)

woah i was just listening to that ^

gr8080, Sunday, 16 August 2015 13:35 (ten years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNqnZd967PM

gr8080, Monday, 17 August 2015 00:19 (ten years ago)

niiiiiiiiiiice one

karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Monday, 17 August 2015 01:01 (ten years ago)

sorry if this has been posted already:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODP-WyFf1NA

welltris (crüt), Tuesday, 18 August 2015 13:10 (ten years ago)

There's a particular 'on-hold' music I keep hearing when I ring clients which could easily be a DKC level.

9 days from now a.k.a next weekend. (dog latin), Tuesday, 18 August 2015 13:24 (ten years ago)

is it this?

http://thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/516/stuck-in-the-middle

gr8080, Thursday, 20 August 2015 13:18 (ten years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sp95UC8UOf4

wappy legs (clouds), Monday, 31 August 2015 16:51 (ten years ago)

Is there a FCT-style spotify list of these? I love music that sounds like Donkey Kong Country.

draxx them sklounst (dog latin), Friday, 1 April 2016 14:18 (nine years ago)

Heh, I just made one earlier this morning:
https://play.spotify.com/user/hairysquishmas/playlist/4erEyl7cl5XByRHfQjOsTA

Was also craving a Sounds Like Earthbound list as well, but haven't gotten around to making one.

MarkoP, Friday, 1 April 2016 14:40 (nine years ago)

smashing!

draxx them sklounst (dog latin), Friday, 1 April 2016 14:45 (nine years ago)

MarkoP - please add:

Console - Cutting Time
Tom Waits - Misery Is The River Of The World

draxx them sklounst (dog latin), Friday, 1 April 2016 15:12 (nine years ago)

two months pass...

Gigi Masin - clouds

https://youtu.be/tVz19M9JoRA

Sampled by bjork but fits imho. Not on spotify i think

✖✖✖ (Moka), Wednesday, 1 June 2016 06:25 (nine years ago)

Oh damn I had suggested it already. Dont mind me.

✖✖✖ (Moka), Wednesday, 1 June 2016 06:27 (nine years ago)

one month passes...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3eyXhdLhGs

gr8080, Thursday, 14 July 2016 02:58 (nine years ago)

great tune

nxd, Thursday, 14 July 2016 09:08 (nine years ago)

kinda reminds me of sade's "i couldn't love you more"

clouds, Thursday, 14 July 2016 13:31 (nine years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PuHTkJUcEiE

Wolf Müller & Cass. - Aiolos

karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Sunday, 17 July 2016 15:40 (nine years ago)

omg i am so happy i made this thread

laraaji p. henson (Stevie D(eux)), Sunday, 17 July 2016 15:54 (nine years ago)

wow

ciderpress, Sunday, 17 July 2016 18:07 (nine years ago)

four weeks pass...

<3 that last one, <3 this thread + the earthbound muzic thread too, <3 <3 <3

yolo mostly (sleepingbag), Tuesday, 16 August 2016 22:41 (nine years ago)

The feedback noise in Burzum's "Tomhet" reminds me of Underwater Ambience, a little bit

punksishippies, Tuesday, 16 August 2016 23:14 (nine years ago)

one month passes...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6tYAfivu_g

gr8080, Friday, 7 October 2016 03:50 (nine years ago)

totally

clouds, Friday, 7 October 2016 03:52 (nine years ago)

woah

nxd, Friday, 7 October 2016 09:45 (nine years ago)

can't believe this hasn't been mentioned yet either

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qY8z1w1JzMs

Lennon, Elvis, Hendrix etc (dog latin), Friday, 7 October 2016 09:52 (nine years ago)

three weeks pass...

never heard of joan biblioni, that is sick as fuck

electric wight dorkestra (crüt), Sunday, 30 October 2016 22:12 (nine years ago)

one month passes...

https://soundcloud.com/compilerbau/farewell

That's when I fired off my 2 Tweets to Dr. Phil (crüt), Thursday, 8 December 2016 18:14 (nine years ago)

four months pass...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uwsxSoIvC4

(h/t groovypanda on the balearic thread)

gr8080, Wednesday, 19 April 2017 20:18 (eight years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKfF_sw61EI

AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Thursday, 20 April 2017 03:32 (eight years ago)

yes to both of those

clouds, Thursday, 20 April 2017 14:49 (eight years ago)

could have sworn this had been posted here, maybe it 404d

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSNLA4thH_0

gr8080, Friday, 21 April 2017 15:01 (eight years ago)

all three of these are great

nxd, Wednesday, 3 May 2017 08:53 (eight years ago)

three months pass...

https://youtu.be/Ng1dm2qBmFE?t=3m23s

Tangerine Dream - Song of the Whale Pt. 2. especially when they drop the beat 4 mins in.

AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Thursday, 3 August 2017 22:58 (eight years ago)

two years pass...

Andras - I know what you want

https://youtu.be/3zhQFfADFp4

Turns into something that sounds a lot like Aquatic Ambience in the middle of the song.

✖✖✖ (Moka), Wednesday, 27 May 2020 17:39 (five years ago)

a classic

karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Wednesday, 27 May 2020 18:02 (five years ago)

Bufiman - Rave The Forest

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1l6VScYqZBU

needs to be here for completeness' sake

karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Wednesday, 27 May 2020 18:05 (five years ago)

nine months pass...

https://xyrmusic.bandcamp.com/track/black-monk-in-the-dunes

eisimpleir (crüt), Saturday, 27 February 2021 05:56 (four years ago)

two weeks pass...

i think "chris dave" from the new blake mills/pino palladino project might fit the bill

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dfaXTor2Ko

voodoo chili, Wednesday, 17 March 2021 22:19 (four years ago)

I have heard this music in multiple product commercials, this is less "songs that sound like" and more "songs that ripped off of"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-BzsHmaEJI

Warmed Regards, (Stevie D(eux)), Saturday, 20 March 2021 23:10 (four years ago)

like compare that with 0:44 of this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=336OIKnPA54

Warmed Regards, (Stevie D(eux)), Saturday, 20 March 2021 23:15 (four years ago)

two months pass...

Massive Attack - Daydreaming just came on and it sounded like a DKC sample behind it.

✖✖✖ (Moka), Monday, 31 May 2021 01:41 (four years ago)

six months pass...

27 years ago my parents gave me this game for christmas. I haven’t been as excited for a videogame - or a xmas gift tbh - as I was for this one.

Here’s a playlist, stole some suggestions from this thread:

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5yaLEGBmxZA3h6d98isO0R

✖✖✖ (Moka), Sunday, 26 December 2021 01:43 (three years ago)

Oh wow, same here. I was so excited to play it. Might have mentioned earlier but it came with a very good free CD that actually introduced me to a while bunch of bands, not least the Boo Radleys

Urbandn hope all ye who enter here (dog latin), Sunday, 26 December 2021 10:47 (three years ago)

Thanks for the playlist Moka. A few faves on there!

Urbandn hope all ye who enter here (dog latin), Sunday, 26 December 2021 10:47 (three years ago)

two months pass...

lmao holy shit

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRr-AnzMRE8

Stevie D(eux), Wednesday, 16 March 2022 15:42 (three years ago)

this rules

nxd, Wednesday, 16 March 2022 16:37 (three years ago)

eight months pass...

this is an in depth look at the music of donkey kong country from one of the leading experts

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IwEyob2jmXI

Karl Malone, Sunday, 11 December 2022 21:10 (three years ago)

I love his Donkey Kong Decembers.

Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 11 December 2022 22:00 (three years ago)

This is like the music that plays when you meet Santa Clause in heaven and he gives you a million dollars

Indexed, Monday, 12 December 2022 15:34 (three years ago)

two months pass...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tE63350Eh5A

1:40

c u (crüt), Thursday, 9 March 2023 13:14 (two years ago)

one month passes...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BndKOLaKfwA

can anybody help me find more music like this? is this a subgenre of house music? i know nothing about electronic music but would just like some basic terms or key words so i can try to dig up more stuff like this.

budo jeru, Saturday, 29 April 2023 21:29 (two years ago)

Like this?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cs5NZZDoLxU

But his face would not turn into hot Kirby (Evan), Saturday, 29 April 2023 23:51 (two years ago)

xpost: balearic house (of which mark barrott - see prev post is exemplary) is a good start. Maybe try skimming through the label Permanent Vacation (eg John Talabot, and their label comps) and certain stuff by producers like axel boman

ed.b, Sunday, 30 April 2023 13:11 (two years ago)

thank you!!

budo jeru, Sunday, 30 April 2023 14:42 (two years ago)

five months pass...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7HNRQJ-DdNg

karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Friday, 13 October 2023 18:52 (two years ago)

one year passes...

that lil part at 2:15 is DKC coded af

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CaaTOWCLejU

music for A★TEENS’ musicians (Stevie D(eux)), Tuesday, 3 June 2025 14:07 (six months ago)

otm lol amazing

Lavator Shemmelpennick, Tuesday, 3 June 2025 19:13 (six months ago)


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