Take a look at the music in the Donkey Kong series, from the original arcade to the Donkey Kong Country games.

The Donkey Kong games have gone through many musical changes from their inception to the modern day and this two part series dives into these changes. This part focuses on the first major games in the franchise as well as some lesser known titles.

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Intro music by me. Other music includes:

“Jungle Japes” as performed by the ever-talented InsaneintheRain (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QT6ED_SCHyM)
“25m” by Yukio Kaneoka (from Donkey Kong)
“Hammer Theme” by Yukio Kaneoka (from Donkey Kong)
“Level 1″ by Yukio Kaneoka (from Donkey Kong Jr.)
“Intro” by Yukio Kaneoka (from Donkey Kong Jr.)
“Interlude” by Yukio Kaneoka (from Donkey Kong Jr.)
“The Infernal Galop” from Act II Scene II Orpheus in the Underworld by Jaques Offenbach
“BGM B” by Hirokazu Tanaka (from Donkey Kong 3)
“Title Screen Theme” by Taisuke Araki (from Donkey Kong 1994)
“Bonus Room Blitz” by David Wise (from Donkey Kong Country)
“Aquatic Ambience” by David Wise (from Donkey Kong Country)
“Mine Cart Madness” by David Wise (from Donkey Kong Country)
“Title Theme” by David Wise (from Donkey Kong Country)
“DK Island Swing” by David Wise (from Donkey Kong Country)
“K. Rool Returns” by David Wise (from Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy’s Kong Quest”)
“Bayou Boogie” by David Wise (from Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy’s Kong Quest”)
“In the Air Tonight” by Phil Colins
“Primal Rave” by David Wise (from Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy’s Kong Quest”)
“Stickerbrush Symphony” by David Wise (from Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy’s Kong Quest”)
“Token Tango” by David Wise (from Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy’s Kong Quest”)
“Hot Pursuit” by David Wise (from DOnkey Kong Country 3: Dixe Kong’s Double Trouble)
“Cranky’s Showdown” by David Wise (from DOnkey Kong Country 3: Dixe Kong’s Double Trouble)
“Wrinkly’s Save Cave” by David Wise (from DOnkey Kong Country 3: Dixe Kong’s Double Trouble)
“Jungle Jaunt” by David Wise (from Donkey Kong Land)

I didn’t make any of the music besides the intro music. All of it was made and distributed by their respective persons and organizations.