Best VGM 470 - Donkey Kong Country 2 - Krook's March (Toxic Tower)

[VeeEightsj]

I love the fact that whoever you are (excluding the developers) there's no way that you can finish this game without losing a single life on your first time playing the game. Toxic tower is good example for this. DAMN YOU TOXIC OOZE! Y U GET UP SO FAST AND KILL ME NO MATTER HOW HARD I TRY???!!!!

[bobbyhillow]

i hate being the snake

[AnalSurgery]

Maybe it's a sin what im going to say but to me: David Wise > Nobuo Uematsu

[mirokyu]

Damn you, Toxic Tower...

[MessengerOfDreams]

Such a penultimate feel from 1:12 and onward. It's when you know you're almost done with the game. Very bittersweet, and a breeding ground for those chills down your spine.

[EpicSatellite]

I've always thought this song would work perfectly in Home Alone. Just sayin'

[cloudyboy16]

btw 0:56 to 1:00 is the best part so sad, you feel like in a empty road late automn evening with rain.. watching people in the house with yellow neons...

[cloudyboy16]

i feel so lonely in the castle now :(

[9Raza]

Damn this level, one slip and you'r done for AND you have to be fast enough to get the DK coin! D: Great tune tho.

[luvier21]

don't fall into the green water! *falls* FUCKKKKKKK! ...such great memories

[LordAnasterian]

I spent hours on this game when I was 5 or 6... I remember this song well. It wasn't a level I spent a lot of time in, but the music is so well balanced and atmospheric.

[VAThrasher]

This level and chain-link chamber oh god

[Qwapzable]

This level was so hard

[felipe95951]

Aahhh Good Times...

Also, the Barrel Glitch can indeed destroy your cartridge. I did it by accident with my DKC 2 Rom. Now i cant use that rom because the screen doesnt scroll o-o

[MrWalalaa]

FUCK I FELL!!!

[kaijinseng]

I wish David Wise was making music for other games. Shit, if I was a game developer I would recruit him as my composer.

[ContraCommando]

A classic tune from the best DKC game.

[Packofkents]

tower was a kent nuff said

[TetsuyaBrazil]

Crocodile with a hook: WOAH!

[7master1]

this song reminds me of the krazoa shrine theme from starfox adventures :P

[P4W3R]

@7master1 you mean the other way

[Neekerisanni123]

I never got past the first part of Toxic Tower when I was a few years younger... FUCK YOU, RATTLY! >_>

[bono300vox]

epic

[YungTweakSpade]

1:11-1:48

[HakoroNui]

Whenever i hear this song... i remember how i fucked up my cartridge by accidentaly hitting a DK barrel against a wall in Castle Crush and this music played on a frozen screen for the ongest time... this song now fills me with dread. XP

[q0zi]

Damn you Nintendo... y u put secret in wall!?!?!?

[murphy341]

1:11 - Epic battles ahead.

[contrageehard]

Kinda sounds like the trine soundtrack borrowed from this.

[HelpUsEirin]

0:56 - 1:12.

The best part. <3

[fito1922]

sounds like runescape mixed with starfox adventures, lol

[nintendo1889x]

The Sony SPC700 + Dave Wise = EPIC COMBINATION

[SuperLuigiBros]

Loved Castle Crush, it is still one of my favorite levels from DKC2.

[457Shadowman]

I hate this level ;(

[jaykejojo]

@457Shadowman Really? I freaking loved the atmosphere this level gave

[GundamSaviour]

@457Shadowman This stopped me from finishing the game as a kid..it wa sooo tough

[Kcrystel]

Another favorite how wonderful

[TheOriginalThought1]

One kremling (probably a Krook) dislikes this song.

[mindmonkey00]

EVERY single song in this game is memorable therre is not one song where your like "oh, yeah. that one..."

[ThisIsAndrewTime]

that bass synth is so badass.

[zzyzx0788]

1:12-1:45 That's gotta be the best part of the song. It starts to sound so optimistic and epic, I love it

[100SUPERFLY001]

Absolute brilliance.

[broduer40]

"So diddy what did you and your girlfriend do yesterday?"

"Oh you know, just climbed up a giant fucking mountain while a bunch of walking crocadile pirates and giant fucking wasps tried to kill us, while all along funky had a plane and yet for some reason we still had to walk..... how bout you?"

Love this game :p

[curtithird]

Am I the only one who adores  this song enough to treasure it as one of the reasons I still live?

(I better not be)

[EnragedSephiroth]

@curtithird You're not. David Wise is a genius composer.

[garfreeek]

FINALLY! i'm through this hell hole of a level only to find out I couldn't get one of the bonus coins and have to do it again xD

[soccerstar121314]

I remember when i was 7 the good old days when games were good

[MrRAMPAGE10]

This one Is Nice No Dislike xD

[Valstrath]

@MrRAMPAGE10 If they disliked like they WILL BE BOILED in a highly toxic substance (Krem Urine)

[flaco3188]

Shit this reminds me of the castle levels in Diddy Kong Racing. Or do the levels in THAT remind me of this? Eh, whatever, they sound the same. I'm beginning to think they definitely took some cues from this level though. The more you listen, the more INSANELY close they sound. They need to remake that shit asap. Battle mode was crazy insane fun with four people.

[N0X3US]

I wanna F a chick to the chorus of this song!

[uberkogle]

At 1:30 , when the melody starts sounding like the Mine Cart Madness track from the first DKC, I always get the chills. Such a great series.

[flaco3188]

@uberkogle it is the melody from Mine Kart Madness. A lot of this game's tune's borrow lighty from some of the tunes of the first, it's awesome

[uberkogle]

@flaco3188 That's what I said?

[flaco3188]

@uberkogle yea, but i read it as though you said you thought it sounded LIKE it, not that it WAS. my fault, but yea, one and the same

[reniisgod]

Brutal level...one of the hardest in the DKC franchise

[leeroyjenks]

@reniisgod I really liked it and thought it was pretty easy...

when I was 6 :( how the mighty have fallen...

[ProjectDingmans]

@reniisgod Second hardest to Animal Antics. Holy fuck that was crazy

[13bkat]

@ProjectDingmans so true.

I remember being 8 yrs old and finally beating this level and I was like FUCK YES!

the strange part is that I had never heard a cuss word at that age........

beating Animal Antics was by far the most satisfying moment of my life.

[Gamemaster8888]

It is a shame that David Wise and Grant Kirkhope are no longer composing for Rare...but then again that may be a good thing.....

[halo3forlyfe]

damn this fucken shit needs to be done by a symphonic metal band would be fucken awesome!

[coollein]

Rattle battle really should be on this list (also called Snakey Chantey)

[sugacookiegetta]

reminds me of one of the songs from the care bears cartoon. just can't remember when it came on.

[JCKH2]

I loved the music to the level, but the level itself was tricky! DK2 was really awesome!!

[trunkszetto]

Dave Wise ftw

[Greenboom98]

I Hate this stage! LOL :-D Brings back memories of the green toxic ooze rising and the stage where the floor goes up and kills you. LOL :-D Really good song nevertheless...

[MexicanJuice7]

Isn't it wonderful how every single DKC song is either delightfully cheer or extremely dark?

[JCKH2]

Thats wat made the DKC series SO amazing

[Deader87]

@MexicanJuice7 Same with Donkey Kong 64

[ShadowStrangle55]

@MexicanJuice7 That's very true. They balanced out the music so well.

[HimokoSonozaki]

@MexicanJuice7 - true dat!

[pornokrat]

@MexicanJuice7 That's why I like DKC ost.

[Mallowigi]

awesome song, like every one in the DKC series... Maybe i'm nostalgic or whatever, but there could't be no game that had unique soundtrack like this one.

[Venagade]

I always wanted to hear an orchestra do this song more than any other song from this game

[Reyllyoc]

i still play this game, and do a lot of barralax code runs (no DK barrels, but you start each level with both dixie and diddy) i love this game, The music and gameplay are both awesome. I wish more of these games were released...

[ubillacarlos]

The DKC series features some of the best video game music ever made. Still, this level was F*CKING HARD.

[AbsoluteZero255]

It somehow sounds....

Mario/Final Fantasy-ish. ITS GREAT, IN OTHER WORDS!

[boyblob]

It's ridiculous. How does one game series have so much great music. Nintendo hit the goldmine with DKC 1-3 (props to Rare of course)

[mr3urious]

You should make a remix of this, SD!

[saladshootavvv]

This track seems to take on two entirely different tones (the second part starts around 1 minute and ends about, 1:46) but somehow they both seem to work together and complement each other very well. great post!

[AureolaFE]

Fuck that level. I hated Toxic Tower. Not nearly as bad as Animal Antics though.. 10/10 game though, one of my favorites of all time.

[Natendo64]

why not kannons klaim thats a way better song

[PHILLYCHEESESTEAK26]

This song fits perfectly as you are in a castle, enemies, are so tough and you get the intense feeling from the music. The music that starts at 1:15 says you can do it, you can beat this hard level.

[P4W3R]

Best song in the game

[nintendrastic]

Oh man I have to get this on Virtual Console!

[P4W3R]

best theme in game

[P4W3R]

epic!!!!

[phaarix]

I LOVED this level! Sure I died a thousand times, but somehow I enjoyed every minute. Maybe it was the music.

[Zapper101]

That world was evil. Good times though.

[Vordox85]

I don't remember the stage, but I remember the music...

Isn't this the level where you use elevators through most of it going upwards?

[EvilMariobot]

That was Castle Crush (which also used this music), Toxic Tower had a rising pool of slime that harmed you if you got caught in it.

[Vordox85]

Ah thank you.^^

[IYellalot]

Ugh, I HATED this level. I could never finish the part with Squitter, since the poison rose so fast.

[wolvebuck]

Wow, this is a really enjoyable track.

[DocGamer]

I think Supradarky should just block out a whole section just to put all the DKC 2 soundtrack as the best VGMs. Excellent song!

[hotcarl84]

these donkey kong games on the snes have per capita the best music next to the silent hill series

[BuyMeThingsnow]

This list just keeps on getting more and more epic.

[Sephiko]

I wish this played on DK's SSBB stage.

It's a vertical level too!

[rixcm]

best game ever made very challenging.

[PAVGN]

Donkey Kong Country 2 has one of the best SNES soundtracks, This is one of the songs that showcases that.

[Jayfeather113]

I remember part of this song is in Diddy Kong Racing, in Boulder Canyon's dungeon.

[dekuu]

I hated this level.

[JessePrower]

Let the reemergence of childhood nightmares commence. Still, an awesome song.

[Babybahamut]

As typical of the DKC soundtracks, a fantastic and very atmospheric piece.