Donkey Kong Country - Life in the Mines [Restored] Extended 

David Wise is definitely a musical genius.

30 years later... still the best 2D platformer ever.

a song that conveys fear and hope at the same time

One of the very best songs of all the times in videogames.

0:27 music gets great

In secondary school music class in about 1996 we had to compose something on the piano. I 'composed' this and got a lot of praise from the teacher. I have never felt anything but proud of my great taste.

This theme is a whole Journey into the value of work and sacrifice. 0:00 Intro, you get to know how busy life in mines is. (Just a few sounds with some simple, almost non-existent chord progression) 0:26 You feel how sacrificed it is, how sad is to be far away from family and friends (Melody here introduces the "story", the chord progression changes into a diminished one) 0:54 This is the uncertainty of the future and destiny. (No chord progression) 1:01 Expectations from your sacrifices when you see yourself progressing or some changes (no chord progression and a pedal double quaver) 1:11 (My favourite Chris progression) You ascend into glory. (Very bright chord progression and the quaver motif gets to "move" from its pedal alongside with the progression) 1:24 The same melody from the beggining repeats, but now it feels so powerful, and all the sacrifices worth it (the same melody with the bright chord progression and the quaver motif following) 1:55 Fade out and waking up to reality. (No chord progression and instruments slowly disappearing) Finally you know that sacrifice will always worth it for your dreams. This is just genius!

Oh Jesus Christ, remember the beauty 90s with the SNES!!! 😔😭❤️

“Donkey kong holds a barrel in the darkness”

i cant believe this music is coming from a 16-bit console. i love it

I love it when this music gives me memories I never had, like in a past life

Never realized how hard this theme goes...

That snare drum is so good!

Love these flutes, such a beautiful instrument

Esta canción empieza algo lenta y no la valoraba en su momento pero ahora que me dediqué a escucharla por completo se convirtió en una de mis favoritas del juego

this was the point in playing through the game where i paused for a second and said to myself "holy shit, this could be INCREDIBLE in high fidelity!" and proceeded to grab my favorite headphones. Thank you, Sam Miller.

Well done! Been waiting for this one!

Amo essa música, não sei quantas vezes já dei play aqui.

That music is so 90's!

Good job Sam, keep it up dude!!!

So much atmosphere it’s beautiful especially 1:07 ❤

you know you're a legend, riiiight? c: ♥

OH I just realised you're going through all the levels with this music in them, in the video, I think! That's clever! ^^ Thanks for the restored and extended tracks~!

9:20 How you somehow managed to not hit the Gnawty - and eventually got hit by it - is borderline impressive haha

Love the the beginning of the music

The smaller bleeps went totally unnoticed for me until now.

Always thought this level was an abandoned circus with all those leftover trapezes, & then the midway star barrel with colorful stars once you hit it helped.

I love how this song is used throughout the game. In world 2 it involves a sense of mystery and adventure but takes a backseat at the end of world 3 to insinuate that the game is no longer gonna hold punches. For the entirety of worlds 4 and 5 the music and atmosphere make you feel hopeless, but at the last level of world 5 this plays involving hope. This is the most used song in the the final world. I think This is because the song changes in meaning. instead of mystery the melody at 0:26 now drives you to make the final push in you journey after going through so much turbulence. in my opinion best song in dkc. So few soundtracks can involve perfectly the different emotions the player is feeling on their journey.

David Wise gracias por crear estas canciones son mi niñez y adolescencia gracias recuerdos año 2001

I'm telling you, this song, warm light and hot water will dramatically change your shower experience into something so relaxing.

Eu pausava o jogo só pra escutar a música! 🙂❤

My God, the nostalgia is so real with this song. It's unfortunate that it only played in crappy levels.

Good Work!

Ah memories donkey kong country series character and story late 90s 26 year later ago we got 3 donkey kong games UK famicom SNES USA so childhood most perfection rareware and nintendo series and soundtrack CD music thank you my honor.

God I wish this game would get an HD Remake. Not in a different artstyle, but the same 3D models and animation rendered with more frames, higher resolution and a full color range. That would be so neat to see.

First world of LV 2 the kid's gloves are off now! Last level of the game Thank you for this journey FAREWELL!

Adoro éste tema, uno de los mejores en la saga, es un lindo recuerdo, muchas gracias ❤

I love that bit at 1:00 Also, this OST was repurposed as factory music in DKCR

I fondly remember playing Donkey Kong Country and I still play it for old times sake on a ZSNES emulator. Lately however, whenever I play a level with this music, usually the ones when you wait on a floating platform, I repeatedly tap down on the D-pad to make Donkey Kong do his smooth little crouch animation and make it look like he's dancing to pass the time waiting on the platform. I call that "dance" the #DonkeyKrump. Any of you guys ever find yourself doing the #DonkeyKrump in this game?

1:57 oof, game was like "Nah, bro. Eat a rock."

Am I right understanding it as "the same songscript as in the game, the same synth than David Wise sampled, but now played directly by the synths, no SNES artifacts in the mix" ?

Very relaxing

........ I miss the classics, the Return game does a great job, but it's the originals that really make an impact on video game music

Estes soundtrack en mi infancia 😍😍

The music reminds me of taking a drive through gorman california on a foggy night

this it.. the final level before you face King K. Rool... you made this far.. you can't fk this up...

Almost sounds like the Returns version at the beginning but still way better lol

giant squirrel in the mines. WATCH OUT!

Minha favorita !

on point

I think this one is better restored

Muito bom top e sensacional

Geez it's so fucking good

Gosto de mais dessa musiquinha aí em afff top de mais em e eu tbm joguei muito esse jogo aí em afff minha infância

If the SNES-CD was a thing, this would have worked on a version of DKC for it.

Can someone tell me what instrument makes the sound at 1:01 ..I love that sound favorite part of the song

Does anyone know where I can find the FLAC files for the whole OST? Thanks!

Época boa... 😥

I would love too see the real graphics of the game used instead or what they had to cutout to run final version on snes :)

Howcome that frog is the only one that can step on those zingers (bees)?

I would love to hear Enchanted Riverbank from DKC3, please!

0:26: STOP POSTIIIING- STOP POSTIIING-

At 1:10 Best Part Of The Song!

can anyone explain to me how restoring works? is it different than extracting the music from a rom or something? How do you know what notes to use, unless it is all playing by ear and just improving the quality further? thank you.

Silver bells, silver bells

I love this scanline filters you put on the video source. How can one achieve this exact look on an emulator?

Donkey Konga, for the Wii

Not dying to complete the game quickly: 😒 Not dying so the songs dont pause: 😏

I remember the first time i've tried DKC...... It's my only one cartidge on my desk,.... i'll buy a snes again ?

Pestlings run a muck

When the drums and the bass kick in, it almost sounds like a song I've heard before. A woman sung it.

How's the partner character floating in the air whenever the platform moved? Where's the logic in that? How'd that make any sense? I'm still wondering to this day. 🤔

Can you do a 100 hour super extended remix please

Qué tipo de música sería esta? Synthwave? / Synthpop? He jugado esto en los 90's, y luego le enseñé esto a mi hermana menor años después. Además, de los gráficos siempre me gustó y me llamó la atención el tipo de música. El sountrack del mar y el de las espinas y la abeja en el DK 2 son las que más me gustan. Siempre tuve esa tendencia por la música electrónica, aunque nunca supe bien su nombre dentro de los géneros musicales por mucho tiempo

im really anal about remakes sound exact but the alternative sound you used actually sound better on this remaster imo.

Life in the corona virus

Can you press a vinyl album

6:00 XDXDXD

any one else hear silver bells?

what is the thumbnail?

Sounds like dkcr

How does the game look so good?

Girls that listen

With out dislike 😂😂👆👆😐

Please, make some songs from genesis/mega drive games

teste

Listen to this when you're high. Be the monkee

Excuse me, I think you mean *EXPANDED*, not extended.

STOP POSTING! (stop posting) POSTING ABOUT (among us) ON TIKTOK (on tiktok) AND DISCORD (and discord) ALL THE CHANNELS! (its all fukin meme) AAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!

This song never fails to make me sad.

I stand up when I shit