List of SSBB Music (Donkey Kong series)

This is a list of songs categorised in the Donkey Kong category by the Sound test.

Jungle Level Ver.2

Origin

The most commonly heard music track in Donkey Kong Country is called Jungle Level, which played in levels with a jungle setting. This remix takes a jazzy approach to the track.

Composition & Arrangements

Arrangement Supervisor: Motoi Sakuraba

Other Uses

The second half of the track is also heard in the cutscene leading into The Jungle in the Subspace Emissary.

Jungle Level

Origin

This is also a remix of the Jungle Level theme from Donkey Kong Country. This version pays more homage to the original version and has a more ambient feel, with jungle noises in the background.

Composition & Arrangements

Arrangement Supervisor: Kentaro Ishizaka

Other Uses

This track is also heard in The Jungle and part of The Great Maze, levels in the Subspace Emissary.

Trivia

• Counting Jungle Level Ver.2 as the third, this remix of Jungle Level if the fourth remix of the same song in Super Smash Bros. history. The Congo Jungle stage in Super Smash Bros. (which also returned in Super Smash Bros. Melee) had a remix of the Jungle Level theme, as did the Jungle Japes stage in Melee, which also returned for Brawl, music included.

King K. Rool/Ship Deck 2

Origin

The final boss theme heard in Donkey Kong Country, on the 'Gangplank Galleon' level. In this stage, Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong fought K. Rool. The Brawl version starts as a sea shanty melody on accordion, then transitions into a hard rock tune. 'Ship Deck 2' was the name of the music on the 'Rattle Battle' stage of World 3 in Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest. The track Ship Deck 2 in Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest began in the same theme as the Donkey Kong Country boss music, then looped into a variation of that theme. The same music is also used when battling King K. Rool. The song in Brawl is closer to the Donkey Kong Country boss music. Also, unlike in both Donkey Kong Country games, Brawl loops this music to the beginning.

Composition & Arrangements

Arrangement Supervisor: Shogo Sakai

Other Uses

This track is played during the role call when Classic mode is completed with Donkey Kong or Diddy Kong. It is also played in The Lake level of the Subspace Emissary.

Bramble Blast

Origin

This track is a remix of what is known within its own game of debut as 'Stickerbrush Symphony' from Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest. This played on each of the bramble-based stages in the game, including one stage called 'Bramble Blast', the stage the Brawl track took its name from. The stage had a player slowly moving through the bramble maze, trying not to touch the thorns of the brambles, known officially as stickerbrushes. The Brawl version of this song uses different instruments, such as strings, and feels less stressful like it did within Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest but more joyful.

Composition & Arrangements

Arrangement Supervisor: Michiko Naruke

How To Unlock

Pick up a random CD containing the Bramble Blast track.

Other Uses

This track is used as background music in The Lake, The Swamp, and part of The Great Maze in the Subspace Emissary.

Battle For Storm Hill

Origin

This is a track taken directly from Donkey Kong: Jungle Beat, where it was the background music to the first stage of the Durian Kingdom named 'Battle for Storm Hill', where trivially, the track is the only piece of music in the game only to appear in one stage. The track is named 'Battle For Storm Hill' as the stage consisted of Donkey Kong climbing a hill at night during a rainy storm, while cannons on the hill fired at him.

Composition & Arrangements

Composition and arrangements Copyright Nintendo.

Other Uses

This track is another track that plays in The Lake level of the Subspace Emissary, when riding the raft on the river, and it is also played when fighting False Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong in The Great Maze.

DK Jungle 1 Theme (Barrel Blast)

Origin

This track is a direct port of the music that played in the DK Jungle 1 level in Donkey Kong Barrel Blast, a Wii racing game spin-off of the Donkey Kong franchise.

Composition & Arrangements

Composition and arrangements Copyright Nintendo.

Trivia

• In the PAL version of Brawl, this track is called DK Jungle 1 Theme (Jet Race), as Donkey Kong Barrel Blast is known as Donkey Kong Jet Race in PAL regions.

The Map Page / Bonus Level

Origin

In Donkey Kong Country, when on the Map Page, a track called 'Simian Segue' plays, which starts this arrangement, and when on a Bonus Level, a track called 'Bonus Room Blitz' plays. These tracks have been directly ripped from the original 16-bit soundfont, and put together into an original arrangement, named 'The Map Page/Bonus Level' after the areas the original two tracks played in.

Composition & Arrangements

Composition and arrangements Copyright Nintendo.

Donkey Kong

Origin

The first level of the arcade game Donkey Kong was 25M, which featured this looping soundbyte that consists solely of 5 notes and 4 sounds. This is an atmospheric 'DJ-Style' remix with many sound effects overlapping the track.

Composition & Arrangements

Arrangement Supervisor: Hirokazu Tanaka. ex, Composer: Nintendo

Opening (Donkey Kong)

Origin

A remix/medley of several pieces of music from Donkey Kong. Starting off with the track that played during the opening in Donkey Kong on the NES, then the soundbyte that played buring the 'Game Start', the 25m level music and the music that played when Jumpman picked up and started flailing the Hammer. All of these parts of the track are based more upon the NES version of Donkey Kong's soundtrack, rather than the arcade version.

Composition & Arrangements

Arrangement Supervisor: Shota Kageyama, Composer: Nintendo, Arranger: PROCYON STUDIO CO., LTD.

25m BGM

Origin

The first level of the arcade game Donkey Kong was 25M, which featured this looping soundbyte that consists solely of 5 notes and 4 sounds. The Brawl track 25 BGM is a direct port of the original soundbyte.

Composition & Arrangements

Composition and arrangements Copyright Nintendo.