Donkey Kong Country 2 OST - In a Snow-Bound Land ~ Ice Cave Theme

[thetwopointslow]

It's pretty surreal thinking/knowing that games could never, ever get any better than this

[blujay1524]

Try to find me memorable soundtracks in non-nintendo games nowadays.

Every fucking SNES game had a soundtrack you could just jam to

[estlib]

the golden age of gaming seems so far away when i listen to this...

sega needs a new console, sonic 4 needs to be on genesis

atari needs a new console.

playstation should die

xbox should die

this world now is worth nothing compare to the 70-s, 80-s and 90-s

i experienced none of it...

[BlackFuryFx]

I was born in 95' and this still gives me a nostalgic feeling

It's that good.

[LaboonRhapsody]

God bless the 90's..

[Kurdt1990]

I want this song played at my funeral

[gothsbeatemos]

@Kurdt1990 Why would you want that? It'll mean YOU can't listen to it! D:

[Kurdt1990]

@zenjiros I agree, I never knew y'all existed till I looked it up

[Kurdt1990]

@LordFrood This song is so peaceful

[nintendude57]

back then music was a huge priority i miss those days :( now is all about graphics?? really??? damn N0obs

[andrewvanrhoberts]

This song creates a positive euphoric atmospere too me, probably because when I first heard it was when I was 6 back in '96 or '97 and I use to play this game all the time and everything was nice back then. Now that Im older and I listen too it, it ruins the magic of the song kinda because all those nice things are gone now

[kdreamland]

I listened to GOw 1, Deus Ex and Skyrim's OST and thought....wow. What Epic soundtracks. Then I listened to this again, and was amazed by how much BETTER this is, even though it's not orchestral or heavy rock or anything.

Sometimes less is more.

[SonicDDRFreak]

1 person froze to death.... Or was attacked by fish.

No, that wasn't me, I just noticed prior to this comment.

[XZeroGenetic]

I was beating the crap out of those fish in the arctic abyss.

[LordFrood]

So relaxing, so calm.

I could lie here doing nothing but listen to this all day long.

Just being.

[Mr70016]

Hey minecraft is not a bad game and it's from this century. Heck it has music as emotional as this

[SuperLuigiBros11]

@Mr70016

but it hardly ever plays... and the ambience... *shudders*

[leStunner03]

David Wise is a god !

[UnrealEliminator]

the 90´s where the best, awsome music, greats cartoons, and epic videogames.

today is fucked for the kids, the music is soo fucked up, with jb, and lady gaga, the tv is awful, these new cartoons are all just disgusting and has no sense, and the games, wow, all the kids talks about call of duty, grand theft auto and shit like that thatt are all the same, and somehow, easy, i dare any of the kids who finished gta, to finish dkc 2 at 102%, that was a real game

[Antichrist2000]

@UnrealEliminator What cartoons have you seen that you would call disgusting? Dude we had Mega Babies that was the panicle of disgusting.

[manuelvitela1]

Thank you so much @PeyserConley, this song... it makes me feel alive

[Navahinueve]

When I listen to this, I can hear myself in it. I can remember things I don't want to, and I can think of people I want to never forget. There is something about this music that feels completing: a lurking sadness when I'm happy, a secret joy when I'm unwell. I try to keep my mind here -- attentive, humble, and open to care -- but it's hard sometimes. I'm trying though, and I'm thankful that I have this tune to help me.

I'm in love with this, my favourite song.

[Reaper679]

@Navahinueve

you sound like a cool guy

[zenjiros]

@Navahinueve I know just what you mean! This song touches on so many different complex mixes of emotions, on top of serving as a wonderful memory link to far away times (Chrono Trigger reference). I've been listening to this song for going on 16 years, and I have yet to grow tired of it. There are few songs I have heard in my life that I can say that about.

[Sawneyrath11]

@Navahinueve I agree with you in probably every way possible. This song does open up joy and sadness in my heart, but the most memorable part is when I lost someone close to me. As for the joy, it was the first time I made it to Arctic Abyss.

[fablerable]

This reminds me of a song from Blinks: The Time Sweeper

[spasman]

I remember coming home from school when I was 9 and getting my older brother's snes out and playing this for hours on end.

Fuck man, I loved those days. They just went by without a care.

[CobnibletPS3Rep]

@spasman amen my friend i miss those days to :) such a simple and happy time :D

[StuntTeamST]

how can only one game have so much great music? the dk series is the only series that I know that had good music

[GustavStarMan]

The rapture of gaming. Gotta love how deep the music reaches the soul...

[AmericanGTS]

I love how Bruno Mar's "Just the Way You Are" almost completely ripped this song off. David Wise > most composers.

[TravisTouch]

Man this music comes from the soul, it hit me like no other. Mining Melancholy is another tune that hit me pretty bad.

[ZephonXNK]

This song must be inspired by Vangelis - Antarctica

[chumbersdee]

@ZephonXNK No doubt about it

[PeyserConley]

@ZephonXNK Definitely. The resemblance is obvious.

[couvepodre]

@ZephonXNK wow man, thanks for the reference... I always search for "real" songs that inspired video game tracks.. For example, Doom and Metallica.

[GaraOFtheeFUNK]

The sheer emotion....

[mrchibitix59]

if someone added some love lyrics to this song this would be the best song ever.<3

[couvepodre]

Those guys knew how to make music with such low technology...

[advancedpillow]

@couvepodre 1 man. david wise. 

[couvepodre]

@advancedpillow yeah, I know he composed this! But i meant all old games composers. Guys like Koji Kondo, Junichi Masuda, Allister Brimble, Hirokazu “Hip” Tanaka and others from many games I played at my childhood... :D

[advancedpillow]

@couvepodre its so amazing to know that i am not alone in how i cherish these songs from my childhood games.

[couvepodre]

@advancedpillow definetly, we're not alone! :)

[zenjiros]

@advancedpillow I feel the same way. I always knew that somewhere out there, there were people who cherished the sacred game music from the Golden Era of Gaming as much as my brother and I do, and the internet has made it possible to find and form a community with such like-minded, "like-spirited" people. The hallowed game soundtracks are the best conduit to the most wonderful parts of my life growing up. Things were so simple back then...

[pieman893]

@couvepodre And today with out "advanced" technology we create shit. Funny how that works out eh?

[couvepodre]

@pieman893 yeah.. It only seems to be useless shiny tools...

[pieman893]

@couvepodre our*

[Thegreatwario383]

@couvepodre It seems like game designers did a better job when they had more limits. I mean, look at Square. They have all the flashy production values anyone could ever want, and yet their games nowadays have no soul. It's sad, really. Oh well, at least we'll always have this.

[yunagirl181]

I remember the days of racing home from school just to play this game, the level for this song was my favorite, I would sit there for an hour just listening to it.

I miss the games that had such beautiful sounding music, the games of today can't compare with games of the past. My younger brother who loves the new games thinks the old games suck, I almost slappd him when he said that.

Without games like this one and classics like final fantasy 2 and 3, what new games would there be? NONE!

[diegotheslayer1]

de lo mejor esta cancion relaja mucho

[2daynan]

this game was an still is so bad ass.. i beaten it like a hundred times. only needed like 3 dk coins left..

[Suprem99]

donkey kong 2 is the best in the series!

[matthehat]

This is very like the theme from "Antarctica" by Vangelis

[Deathofblades]

@matthehat Listened to both. I'd say they're not very alike but they do sound sort of similar.

[matthehat]

@Deathofblades They're in the same key, the drum pattern (and sounds) are very similar, the melody is also similar in places. Hell, even the title suggests some sort of reference to Antarctica

[Deathofblades]

@matthehat I've noticed the same drum pattern but no same key or sounds. Both have the same themes but I've heard a bunch of island themes that sound alike and are called island themes. No biggie.

[cman3893]

Music reminds me of playing on my N64 and my cousin's SNES as a child. Super Mario World, Donkey Kong 64, Banjo-Kazooie, and Ocarina of Time/Majora's Mask. It seems like video games were so much more magical and meaningful back then. I would give anything to be 6-11 years old again!

[marco12501]

I wish this theme was played in Minecraft everytime you enter a snowy area

[pouckis]

1)donkey kong country 2

2)yoshi's island

3)super mario world

best games ever released

[lifeiswonderful22]

I think this is more relaxing than aquatic ambiance. But don't get me wrong AA is still an ingenious piece.

[Fergal97]

I remember the first time i heard this theme on the game, I just don't moved out Diddy and Dixie from the starting position cause the music was to good and i wanted to hear it without any effect.

[LPKnapp]

DKC games are the gretest games ever *.*

[Mawwo7]

@LPKnapp Right (:

[LPKnapp]

@Mawwo7 yes =D

[regalia1]

Interesting that I'd rather listen to this song in low quality. Reminds me of my old tv when I played this...

[KronnangDunn]

This was clearly inspired by Vangelis "Antartica"... (which is actually a good thing)

[holdenjay1]

this sounds like Antartica from Vangelis

[Senjan]

Is it just me, or does this sound VERY much like the Vangelis theme from antarctica?

[HerrShaun]

@Senjan I'm pretty sure it's been confirmed somewhere that Vangelis' Antarctica was the inspiration for this track.

[mastax1234]

I Just played this on the zsnes emulator, ahh good memories

[Hemley1]

It's frickin' freezing here Mr. Bigglesworth!

[Tactual]

This is nice :) I'm actually in search of another DK music piece I know it plays in an ice level, possibly inside an ice cave but I'm not sure which game it's on I know the girl is available on it. It's a piece a lot like this very calm and peaceful sound. If anyone has a clue let me know!

[PatchtheReaper99]

@gandhisleftnut Thanks.would you believe me if i told you i listened to this after my own little happy tree friends marathon

[Shalek]

And I thought nothing could match the DK1 water level theme.

[jkrobs]

This brings me back to the good days, the days of not having a worry in the world and enjoying life to the max :)

[PatchtheReaper99]

The cave's beayty,just as all our thoyghts,is on its inside not its jagged exterior

[Nightyoshi12]

Good music to play around the holidays :)

[YourOwnEnvy]

@Nightyoshi12 Could not agree more, good sir. :)

[Y2JTO]

Does anyone else believe this has a christmas feel to it?

[elobo19]

i think that the most beuatiful and expensive music created in the world is in the games...

Just remember the sound tracks of rare... bring me a faith... also the beatifull themes golden eye and killer instict 1 and 2... good job for the humans...

[OctillianODS]

I gotta say this song, along with others, hint at a deeper sadness. I wonder what inspiration David Wise got for these songs. They just sound a bit personal if you ask me.

[silverbreath1]

@OctillianODS this song was actually inspired by a wild life program, very similar, wish I could find it for ya....

[silverbreath1]

@OctillianODS  Vangelis - Antarctica

[OctillianODS]

@silverbreath1

Thanks!

[Patrickillian]

@silverbreath1

Agree. This song is very very inspired in "Antactica" by Vangelis

[AureolaFE]

@OctillianODS This is the greatest YouTube comment I have ever read. I know exactly what you mean.

[BCt0xiN]

@OctillianODS ya I get really sad when I listen to this song...it's very touching, whether they are personal though or just genius renditions of music i'm not sure

[BCt0xiN]

@OctillianODS Like it might just be the reaction to the coldness of the piece in general. Every sound in the atmosphere of winter perfectly. I just picture fields of snow when I listen to this.

[rafaeltelesss]

this song sounds like "Vangelis - Antartica!"

[DullBones]

Levels this played on:

Arctic Abyss

Clapper's Cavern

Black Ice Battle

Animal Antics(ice cave)

[9292mario]

I remember my brother breaking a controller over one of these levels

[Imake80k]

You know, I always thought that this era in gaming was great, but it would be sooo much better in 3D! I was always so excited as a kid about what the future would bring. Boy was I in for a rude awakening. This era of games to be, is truly the zenith of gaming and this game is one of the best from that era.

[zenjiros]

@Imake80k I too have been rather disappointed by the direction the game industry has taken. What I imagined the game industry becoming as a kid/teenager bore very little resemblance to the current landscape of gaming. It's sad......

[streetskater03]

@zenjiros Yeah, growing up on classics like DKC, and Final Fantasies 1-9, basically any game on every system up until the end of the PS1 where Music and Story were at it's peak. I would just imagine what would come next. But now it's just an OVER-saturation of shooter games everywhere. I still play them, but it really does suck. At least I had the privilege of growing up during the Golden Era of Gaming, besides I can always pop in a classic and enjoy it just as I did back in the day. :D

[ragnaroksama]

@streetskater03 dude same here, exactly the same, i was a happy "gamer" like, litterly happy and i was a kid, and i saw the evolution of technology and going oh man this must be badass now the deal is who has more games (theres a trillion) and 1st shooters, i buy a gamer finish it the day i bought in 8 hours, they're cool and stuff but somehow...the old games REMAIN epic because it was part of me

[Renma2010]

Best out of the all three DKC's, yet it was also the hardest.

[edgar340]

Wooow memories just take you bak...this song is so tranquil and sounds amazing greatest game that will never be forgotten :D

[cyrax752]

@edgar340 am sure i never forget this game love the memories and this is my favorite theme of the game and i almost like em al

[Lucario003]

Ride forever onwards stare into the sun

Where hopes and dreams are everlasting marching on and on

Rise another day across the distant skies

Where the dawn above the winter moonlight shines upon the fall of our lives

[OcelotDAD]

@Lucario003 very nice.

[Y2JTO]

@Lucario003

That goes deep man.

[Mofoe2001]

Ever since I played this game, this specific song always reminded me of this movie I once seen as kid. From then till now, the name of the movie was hidden from me. Until now. This theme sounds JUST LIKE the theme from the Japanese movie, Antarctica. Either do a youtube search for Antarctica theme or copy and paste this link to see how simliar they sound (mind you Antarctica was made waaaaaaaaay before DKC2)

youtube[.]com/watch?v=YJ4buhA_­6QA

[beastinblack]

@Mofoe2001 sounds similar but is FAR superior

[men808]

I am so glad that i played this game with my young age. I am 13 and if i didnt played this game i would've never seen the fun of the games with less good graphics then now. When i get kids, i want them to play these kind of games to :)

[movmultilock]

You seriously got to laugh, this is talented music creating ^^...I love the DK sound track, they are so amazing, it's amazing how epic you can really make music back in the 'old days'

[jackle9]

Wow. I just had a million falshbacks all at once from my childhood. I remember my friends/family and I trying to beat this amazing game. I remember this song...I remember when we all had no worries. Just school. When we didn't have to worry about work or major responsibilities. Just being a kid and having fun. I can still hear Clapper the seal when I hear this song. Oh my. Time really flew by like our parents said it would. I really miss those days. Song definately has an impact. Brought tears.

[rootbeer543]

@jackle9 Just take a break for a weakend. If you don't have to work on weekdays then just stay home and be a kid again. No shame in that. I'm not a grown-up yet, but sometimes I just like to make some popcorn and take all the snacks i can find out to my garage with my brother and just sit and play through all my SNES games all weekend with him. Its good to keep some of your childish self inside of you. It can really help you in the hard times. Plus it keeps the memories alive. (=

[jackle9]

@rootbeer543 My two friends and I play games on PC and PS3. We team up on Call of Duty, COD: Zombies, Left 4 Dead, and many others. No shame in gaming. Still, I miss the old games. I'm sure somewhere down the road I'll pull out my Super NES and play them again though. ;)

[rootbeer543]

@jackle9 I just got mw3 since mw is like the only fps series I like from this gen. I still prefer these games any day though. If there was some sort of SNES revival thing where Nintendo started making cartridges like this again i'd save my money for those over COD any day.

[jackle9]

@rootbeer543 They are HDing a lot of old SNES games. I just bought Mortal Kombat Trilogy on PS3! They're getting there with the old games. I would not be surprised if Donkey Kong made it there too. :)

[PlayingItOldSkool]

@jackle9 ;_; i hate new FPSs. I like the old ones like DOOM. But everybody has different opinions. Its good to know you like old games anyway..... :D

[GmanGregilla]

Aquatic Ambience (from in DKC 1) and it successive spiritual brother (this one from in DKC 2) for the tag-team DK underwater-themes-tandem FTW.

[galamotshaku]

This is a ripoff from Vangelis song Antarctica .But I still prefer this one.

[Karuw]

@galamotshaku

No it isn't. I can see where they sound *alike*, but this isn't a rip-off of that. If that had been true, both nintendo and square(at the time) could/would have been sued.

[marciomoraes70]

@galamotshaku I'm a big fan of Vangelis work and this music fits as the perfect homage to him.

[Geno4ssb500]

Wow, I miss the days when good videogame music was all around you in every game you played. Now, a good track comes every once in a while, but not as much as it used to ;_:

[jox6437]

thanks a lot!!!!!!!!!!!! i'm totally realaxed now

[hellghost000]

Really tranquilizing Music...i used to play DK2..but i cant remeber all the soundtracks...

Theres another relax song in the dk series?

[PeyserConley]

Aquatic Ambience (the underwater theme) from DKC 1 for instance. It's one of the most relaxing songs ever.

[navelolol]

@PeyserConley its a really relaxing song but i wouldn't say most ever, i like aa better than this track but i think this is more relaxed. it dont even got a kick!

[gmatixxx]

@PeyserConley and forest interlude of course !

[brandflake11]

@PeyserConley Pokey pipes from DKC3 (SNES) is also a relaxing song. It's a little more darker though.

[AgentDC76]

@brandflake11 Agreed. There are others as well from DKC3, like Frosty Frolics. I also find the oft-referenced Stickerbrush Symphony from DKC2 to be nice and relaxing.

[Deathofblades]

@PeyserConley Forest Interlude puts me in a nostalgic lullaby.

[DariusQuatts]

@hellghost000

Stickerbrush Symphony from DKC2 as well.

[SOUTHWESTENZ]

@hellghost000 play it man!!

[ApostleHash]

@hellghost000 Stickerbush Symphony, I think one is called, that is just as, if not more, relaxing.

[trailboss95]

@ApostleHash I like both of those and also the Forest Interlude probably best. My opinion changes about every 5 seconds.

[nigelbumcakes]

One of the best video game songs of all time!

[cyrax752]

@nigelbumcakes not one of the best but the best game ever

[BenjaminTapia1]

WOW!!! this is crystal clear quality sound! thanks man, this really took me back! oh man i cant explain the feeling i got just now. i was right there in front of my super nintendo,old tv, along with my brothers trying to beat this amazing game.

[PeyserConley]

I know, the music really takes you back to those great times. One amazing game and amazing soundtrack. Glad you appreciate it!

[kdreamland]

@BenjaminTapia1 hmmm. well there are other uploads that have a more clearer sound quality than this but its still good.

[partyspray]

@BenjaminTapia1 Hell yea mate! I totally feel the same ! good good old times ! im so happy I could be there in the 90's look what we have now as games to beat the crap out of each other :( kinda sux this brings back they old and good memories ! best of best games every DK!