Music That Inspired the Soundtracks of the DKC Trilogy

[BlueTronic]

The beginning of the Flight of the Zinger melody kind of sounds like When The Saints Go Marching In, but it's probably just a cooincidence.

[ALV]

I know this seems a bit random and maybe just a coincidence but I always thought that this part of the cavern caprice track http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5YyRsCfwy4 0:57 sounded like the beginning of this song http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qp6FNXCfVLk&feature=related 0:11 from an english dub of an obscure Wizard of Oz anime movie.

[S.T. BUGMAN III]

Back in 1981 Nintendo had another gorilla-centric arcade game called Sky Skipper, which never left Japan as far as I can ascertain. The point of interest here is the music -- one of the level clear jingles, which (heard hear at the 2:48 mark) sounds very DKC-ish, very Bonus Room Blitz-esque to me (the first few notes at least).

Now there was very little to the DK franchise at the point. Could Nintendo have shown the very DK-like Sky Skipper to help Rare get a better feel of what, at the time, was the DK "feel"? Could those choice notes been Davis Wise's inspiration for BRB, at least subconsciously? I say maybe! Perhaps the uninspiredly named "Gorilla" was the template for Funky! Who knows!

If I'm off the mark, you've at least learned about a new game. Maybe! I don't know!

[Cosmicman]

The bassline sounds similar, but the rest doesn't, I really doubt it inspired Bonus Blitz but who knows.

[Cosmicman]

This track was released years after the games, so I'm guessing the game inspired it instead of the other way around, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dY4Fe1jWvxQ , I think it sounds like the cave track from DKC3.

Edit: After analyzing it a lot deeper sounds nothing like any cave level from DKC3, but it does sound like Hot Pursuit, just a very slow pace.

[Ribbedebie]

The one that comes to mind immediately to me is Haunted Chase and Night on Bald/Bare Mountain. Those got me into classical music. Heh!

And I seem to remember that there was another song that reminded me of DKC... forgot what one though. Oh! I remember! There's this song from this Christina Aguilera chick or something, where she goes all like 'I'm sorry for blaming you', I dislike that song because of my mom listening to it too much... but the first few notes remind me an awful lot of the beginning of DK64's Creepy Castle.

[Ninni973]

Yesterday, on my first day of my new school, when I was on the van on the way to my new school, I heard In The Air Tonight. Because it sounds so Bayou Boogie-esque, and it has the feeling of a swamp, I loved it! The drums remind me of Bayou Boogie too.

[Cosmicman]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CpEOErRV-u4

Annoying lady singing, but skip to 2:24 , sounds exactly like mining melancholy from DKC2, all it needs is the piano.

[Cosmicman]

I don't know where else to post this, but I guess it will do here, this track was just released, I was surprised when I heard this in my car, DKC2 on the radio!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQpNH1Ylen4

EDIT: At the club

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B30VtFUp ... re=related

[Cody]

Wow, that sounds absolutely remarkably similar to Bayou Boogie. Something tells me it's not just a coincidence either

[Super Luigi!]

I'm with Cody on that one. Who knows? Maybe this is a track for DKC2 Returns? As farfetched as that may be, it still is interesting to hear a song that sounds just like Bayou Boogie.

[Phyreburnz]

Hmm... I wonder if the original composers (I mean the ones that composed Bayou Boogie) got credit? If they didn't get credit... I'm surprised they didn't get sued.

[BlueTronic]

One part of Can't Buy Me Love from The Beatles reminds me of a little melody repeated in DKC3's Mill Fever...

♫ I, don't, care, too... much for Ellie cause Ellie can't buy meee looove, can't buy meee loove, can't buy meee looooooooove ♫

♫ I pull, the, lever, to... open the dooooor, but the door always shuts onnn meee, always shuts onnn meee, always shuts onnn meeeeeeeeee ♫

[Ribbedebie]

I was playing Donkey Konga not too recently and I heard the piece Sing Sing Sing (With a Swing) from Benny Goodman. I thought they had edited it to fit within a DK game, and went to look up the original... figures I was wrong! DK Jungle Swing seems strongly reminiscent of this piece, later remixes of the theme from DKC even more so - or maybe that's just me. Anyway, listen for yourself!

...Not sure if I mentioned this already.