1994. Rare developers listen to Aquatic Ambience for the first time.

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  • Опубликовано: 26 янв 2025

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  • @YashBeanz
    @YashBeanz 3 года назад +1114

    Just a reminder. It took David Wise 5 whole weeks to port aquatic ambience onto the dkc cartridge. He had to meticulously record every sound wave and program them into each of the 8 sound channels to fit it on the SNES's 64kb soundchip. He only did this to get specific soundwaves to play on the SNES. He said it was sort of a gift to the devs and to show the world just how technically advanced dkc was for the time. First time I heard the song, it caught me off guard because of how clean and mesmerizing it sounded on the SNES.

    • @actavist444
      @actavist444 3 года назад +47

      I hate to be that annoying ass dude that corrects words but "every sound wave" makes no sense, a better wording would be "every song stem"

    • @YashBeanz
      @YashBeanz 3 года назад +8

      @@actavist444 true

    • @Playvoodoo
      @Playvoodoo 3 года назад +1

      @@YashBeanz David Wise used text editor called Brief.

    • @urielc918
      @urielc918 3 года назад +14

      @@actavist444 i hate to be that annoying ass dude that corrects words but "every song stem" makes no sense, a better wording would be "every sample"

    • @actavist444
      @actavist444 3 года назад +18

      @@urielc918 no that wouldn't be a better wording, that actually is just incorrect lmfao.

  • @robertlawson503
    @robertlawson503 3 года назад +806

    "Man Tasked With Making Score for a Monkey Riding a Swordfish Underwater Creates Transcendent Piece of Music"

    • @Iknowyoumadnow
      @Iknowyoumadnow 3 года назад +17

      Stop stealing comments lame boy BE ORIGINAL

    • @bazahaza
      @bazahaza 3 года назад +8

      @@Iknowyoumadnow he wrote it on "quotation" marks. Do you not understand?

    • @bazahaza
      @bazahaza 3 года назад

      @@hoitem6500 WRONG 🤣 I understand fully that you don't understand.

    • @roguescorner9042
      @roguescorner9042 2 года назад

      @@hoitem6500 "The original comment also had quotation marks."
      Then, it is possible that that "original" comment, wasn't the original then.

    • @hoitem6500
      @hoitem6500 2 года назад

      @@roguescorner9042 that was 8 months ago. I understood where I went wrong 5 minutes after making that reply. I forgot to delete it, so that's what I'll do now.

  • @pixelpancake4498
    @pixelpancake4498 3 года назад +756

    A song about a monke riding a swordfish and fighting other fishes really hits deep

  • @_stefku_
    @_stefku_ Год назад +101

    Song: 🐟🐒🌊
    RUclipsr: 😭

  • @payple2222
    @payple2222 3 года назад +302

    I also love how the framerate is dropping, fits really well.

    • @guywatchingm3m3s
      @guywatchingm3m3s 2 года назад +29

      Even the camera can't handle the uncomparable beauty

    • @ABCEasyas--
      @ABCEasyas-- 2 года назад +17

      I thought my Internet was messing up at first.

    • @Subninja2012
      @Subninja2012 Год назад +1

      I feel bad you can’t hear the words that aren’t words. You don’t hear the words.

    • @Mr.Kumar1
      @Mr.Kumar1 7 месяцев назад +1

      SNES CPU and GPU maxing out outputting content with high FLOPs

  • @dopeshades4134
    @dopeshades4134 4 года назад +538

    We all feel it. This song hits your soul.

    • @MatthewBaran
      @MatthewBaran 2 года назад +8

      Still my favorite piece of video game music to exist.

  • @Geneolgia
    @Geneolgia 2 года назад +219

    Aquatic Ambience, Bramble Blast and Forest Interlude just hit different, David Wise is a genius and one of the best videogame composers ever.

    • @yohannesaklog6004
      @yohannesaklog6004 2 года назад +6

      Especially aquatic ambince it's a very powerful instrumental 👏 my favorite game theme song ever

    • @brandonmeadows7972
      @brandonmeadows7972 2 года назад +5

      I really like In A Snowbound land as well. David Wise creates the atmosphere

    • @neiko9251
      @neiko9251 2 года назад

      Toxic Tower in DKC 2 is powerful as well

    • @dboni6511
      @dboni6511 2 года назад +5

      Stickerbrush Symphony

    • @BareBandSubscription
      @BareBandSubscription 2 года назад +4

      Hot-Head Bop, Mining Melancholy, and Snowbound Land are equally impressive and mesmerizing to me.

  • @Grizzlox
    @Grizzlox 3 года назад +297

    Seriously to this day DK music is on my emotional support playlist

    • @Waddlejpg
      @Waddlejpg 3 года назад +1

      You lied to me

    • @Grizzlox
      @Grizzlox 3 года назад

      @@Waddlejpg I never said it was a RUclips playlist

    • @PeX218
      @PeX218 Год назад

      Emotional daaaamage

    • @TD-ug4mg
      @TD-ug4mg 6 месяцев назад

      Your father is disgusted by you.

  • @realmixxo
    @realmixxo 3 года назад +316

    Video game music is so underrated. Both this and the Ocarina of Time soundtrack are true masterpieces of music

    • @On360hit
      @On360hit 3 года назад +4

      The Tak and the power of juju is mad underrated

    • @roland_the_cursor
      @roland_the_cursor 3 года назад +7

      These are top tier. But to find the hidden gems is even more something... look at the Tim Follins' work.

    • @Vectormantudeoz
      @Vectormantudeoz 3 года назад

      Zzzzzzelda

    • @xelreg.3399
      @xelreg.3399 3 года назад

      It depends...

    • @CrimzonWolf777
      @CrimzonWolf777 3 года назад +7

      Can we talk about the entirety of the Plok! OST though?

  • @JoseMat2953
    @JoseMat2953 3 года назад +95

    David Wise is and always will be a musical genius in my book.

  • @toddhouse1495
    @toddhouse1495 3 года назад +63

    The first time I listened to it was when I was eight years old on my SNES. As an adult I’m still listening to it from time to time, it’s a masterpiece.

  • @rmdeschinny09
    @rmdeschinny09 2 года назад +58

    This song reminds me of my best friend who passed away last year. We'd always play DK Country on his SNES and I'm glad I'm not the only one who had an emotional reaction to this song

  • @chillwinston1255
    @chillwinston1255 11 месяцев назад +7

    Its the perfect background music to missing a time from the past for me.

  • @Shroudedleaves
    @Shroudedleaves 3 года назад +79

    It's such a beautiful song. I couldn't believe my ears as a child when I heard it the first time. I remember pausing the level just to hear it

    • @HauntFreak13
      @HauntFreak13 2 года назад +5

      Same. I’d pause and just lay there. Listening on a loop Lol

    • @illbeinthelivingroom6240
      @illbeinthelivingroom6240 2 года назад +7

      Same. I remember laying on my bottom bunk listening to this for hours. The wind coming through the window with shimmering summer sun against my walls. Love that memory.

    • @amoriahposada36
      @amoriahposada36 Год назад

      Meta

    • @reverbandchill
      @reverbandchill Год назад

      @@illbeinthelivingroom6240well said

  • @kylecheuvront4158
    @kylecheuvront4158 2 года назад +27

    I have said for a long time that this remains the GOAT of all video game level soundtrack music.

  • @morganneher8643
    @morganneher8643 3 года назад +59

    Underrated Video. If you just put on the track with headphones and focus, it’s hard not to get emotional if you love music. Great post 👍 1:11 on is how I feel about this track and all great music. I’m right there with him the whole video.

  • @lordroy88
    @lordroy88 3 года назад +43

    The song plays in Coral Capers, Clam City, Croctopus Chase, and Poison Pond

    • @bio-jay77
      @bio-jay77 3 года назад +10

      Only 4 stages? I thought it would be more.

    • @Just_Call_Me_Tim
      @Just_Call_Me_Tim 3 года назад +9

      @@bio-jay77 It should be!

    • @bio-jay77
      @bio-jay77 3 года назад +3

      @Fen Vulpeus understandable

  • @lordkappa6324
    @lordkappa6324 Год назад +5

    i love how hes like "I cant wait to go home", then its just total elation immediately after

  • @goldsonic800
    @goldsonic800 3 года назад +57

    I was emotional the entire time and then the comment at the end made me BURST with laughter 😂 Amazing video man

    • @hoidoei941
      @hoidoei941 6 месяцев назад

      Lol you mean these narcissistic content creators purposely acting in crocodile tears for cheap online attention ?

  • @Castlemaster.
    @Castlemaster. Год назад +5

    My guy was never ready for this one.
    It hit him so hard all his childhood memories came flooding back once the song started.

  • @DuoBeard
    @DuoBeard 3 года назад +38

    I absolutely agree with every emotion you’ve expressed, we all feel that ❤️❤️❤️

  • @magmarxiogaming6717
    @magmarxiogaming6717 3 года назад +101

    This is honestly beautiful how even the developers can even get emotional over this song

    • @phoenixyt124
      @phoenixyt124 2 года назад +13

      Its a sketch

    • @packie8930
      @packie8930 2 года назад +9

      Who's gonna tell him?

    • @Groovysmokes23
      @Groovysmokes23 Год назад +4

      @@packie8930 wdym? I definitely had an Apple IMac in the 90’s

  • @LucasOliveira-jp7bv
    @LucasOliveira-jp7bv 3 года назад +12

    Are you guys aware that David Wise is making a series on how to make his soundtracks in the Korg UK channel? It is really amazing!

    • @aguilarrojasoctavio4402
      @aguilarrojasoctavio4402 3 года назад

      OH MY

    • @starduck2
      @starduck2 3 года назад +2

      @donkey Kong country master The Korg Channel on RUclips is available in all countries. He made a series of 5 songs including this, Stickerbush Simphony and others.

  • @fizzlepopshadow1286
    @fizzlepopshadow1286 2 года назад +20

    To this day this is one of the best tracks in Donkey Kong history. I remember the first time I heard it and I was amazed.
    It just goes to show how strong this track is when you just automatically start to feel emotional and begin to cry. It's so beautiful

    • @TheSergio1021
      @TheSergio1021 2 года назад +5

      Not Donkey Kong history...
      Video game history.

  • @applejacks8160
    @applejacks8160 2 года назад +14

    There are few songs that make me feel as nostalgic as this one does.

  • @kobarsos82
    @kobarsos82 5 месяцев назад +3

    Literally the most beautiful music to have ever graced the cartridge of the SNES console. Decades ahead of its time.

  • @tomderry7295
    @tomderry7295 3 года назад +59

    Is he legitimately crying? Damn.

    • @EagerSleeper
      @EagerSleeper 3 года назад +20

      You get me drunk enough, I'll start crying to Swordfish Monkey music too. No but seriously the song is that good.

    • @Familyguy830
      @Familyguy830 3 года назад +8

      It hits that hard bro

    • @oatmealpng9275
      @oatmealpng9275 3 года назад +4

      That's the power of the K O N G

    • @Impalingthorn
      @Impalingthorn 3 года назад +4

      This was the 90's.
      They didn't realize at the time that they were setting a standard for not only what videogame music can sound like, but should sound like.
      Imagine, if you will, that you have never heard music before and this comes across your ears. Imagine the emotions that puts you through.

    • @Kain_R_Heinlein
      @Kain_R_Heinlein 2 года назад +2

      If you haven't cried being moved by music and how it's speaks to you. And I'm not talking about lyrics then you havent lived

  • @F13fan
    @F13fan Год назад +5

    I thought I was alone as a kid when I would play this level over just to hear this relaxing music. I’ve always loved it. Awesome to see a powerful reaction like this

  • @mikeskis7887
    @mikeskis7887 Год назад +4

    Man, it’s a song that gives you chills *every time*
    It’s nostalgic, it’s really perfection. I heard this song for the first time late 2022 and ended up re arranging using the ocarina of time soundfont with great results.
    I love this song and it looks like you did too

  • @Psandoval85
    @Psandoval85 5 месяцев назад +1

    Come on we all felt this when we first played this level. U went to sleep that night with the music inside ur head.

  • @rogercainjr761
    @rogercainjr761 3 года назад +27

    Oh man DKC was such a great game and the music was 0n point. This song though i have never seen a level and song go so good together
    Also I’m a big prog rock fan and always felt like this could have been a yes or early genesis song maybe even a Pink Floyd song . This song is so peaceful to me.

  • @jessieowenby6141
    @jessieowenby6141 Год назад +5

    Takes me back. My grandparents old house. If i could go back somehow...

  • @JayEmm47
    @JayEmm47 9 месяцев назад +2

    It’s a masterpiece ain’t it? Beautifully recorded and sound❤️

  • @Ultimabuster92
    @Ultimabuster92 3 года назад +7

    Let's be honest here. This not the only good track in the game. The whole soundtrack is phenomenal, but this is certainly among the best ones, i agree

    • @bazahaza
      @bazahaza 3 года назад +3

      It's the best in the game and is one of my all time favourite pieces of music.

  • @CORLEYKG5000
    @CORLEYKG5000 9 месяцев назад +1

    My father and my uncle bought me this game for Christmas 95, they are now currently gone forever. I feel your pain brother 😭

  • @LukeGordon-j8f
    @LukeGordon-j8f 5 месяцев назад +2

    I used to enter this world and just listen to the music and not even play

  • @eddiesilguero1060
    @eddiesilguero1060 3 года назад +3

    I remember specifically just going to the water stage to jam this song back in the mid 90s

  • @joshualawrence4756
    @joshualawrence4756 Год назад +1

    you couldn't have included the song in the video? I wanted to listen to it and accidentally clicked on your video. I literally just sat here watching a grown man cry thinking there would be some unexpected twist to redeem the fact that this is almost 4 minutes of a guy crying to Nintendo music.

  • @kotaro07
    @kotaro07 7 месяцев назад

    This song just hits you in the feels of being young and staying up playing on your snes either by yourself, or with friends or family.

  • @alanhcrdz
    @alanhcrdz 3 года назад +10

    I know well this feeling, it's awesome.

  • @tobee_gamer5816
    @tobee_gamer5816 7 месяцев назад +1

    This song is freaking beautiful, I don’t blame you for crying

  • @kizami14
    @kizami14 3 года назад +3

    Last sunday I went to a videogame music symphonic concert, they played this theme and I was crying even when I've listened to this song since I was a child.

  • @marcushamner5994
    @marcushamner5994 3 года назад +7

    Video game music is timeless. I love Aquatic Ambience from Donkey Kong Country. It’s awesome🥲🤍👊🏾

  • @dasfunkshhtine1858
    @dasfunkshhtine1858 2 года назад +7

    If I could describe nostalgia in a physical sense to someone, this is what it would look like. This is how nostalgia feels. It's such an unbelievable feeling. It's not the first time this guy has heard this. He around the same age as me and I know he's played this game before lol

  • @guywatchingm3m3s
    @guywatchingm3m3s 2 года назад +2

    I was in love with this song for many years but I listened to it so much in so many covers that it isn't as emotional for me as it was. But I kind of feel you, guys. I really love David Wise's compositions and look forward to the new Salamandos album. This love will follow me through my life even after I get a major love of my life - a girl. I'm 19 years old just for you to know how eternal this music is and goes on conveying the ambiance through generations

  • @ignoredcanvas3559
    @ignoredcanvas3559 3 года назад +8

    I knew I wasn’t alone when I felt the same way he did when I heard this many years later ... when things and times were good 😌

  • @hopedspiller2172
    @hopedspiller2172 3 года назад +9

    I've always loved this song.

  • @KennyVert
    @KennyVert 6 месяцев назад

    This song always immediately brings me back to my childhood. Great memories playing this with my friend Danny.

  • @Fizzare
    @Fizzare Год назад +2

    This hit some old things deep in the heart

  • @patrickk___
    @patrickk___ Год назад +1

    Glad this Aquatic Ambience is getting so much hype right now by others who’ve never played the original DKC series.

  • @guitarandotherthings6090
    @guitarandotherthings6090 5 месяцев назад

    Hilarious videos and so true! Idk the video freezes a lot but audio doesnt. Great emotional song and love the documnetary on it

  • @PeckerWoodie
    @PeckerWoodie 9 месяцев назад

    Music can be very emotional for me as well. It's that feeling that Disney tried to show in Soul. My daughter loves to watch it because she loves music, and she loves when I get lost in my music whether just listening or playing it myself. I love seeing other people get emotional to music, makes me feel more connected to others.

  • @iomoth7455
    @iomoth7455 4 месяца назад

    Appreciate the honest review, the soundtrack from older Nintendo games are unmatched. 🤙

  • @brendank1692
    @brendank1692 Год назад +1

    He looking like he never heard anything more beautiful in his life, and TBH i feel this way ever time i listen to Aquatic Ambience!

  • @onlypencil
    @onlypencil 2 года назад +1

    I thought I was the only one but this song makes me want to tear up too. Don't know what it is

  • @Clodd1
    @Clodd1 9 месяцев назад

    I've never thought about it, It might have been something like this. Or, they were like: David, it's just a game about kongs, we're not making an epic movie, but we're gonna use it anyway, so you wont have to redo.

  • @FantomEx22
    @FantomEx22 3 года назад +2

    One thing about water levels. The music.

  • @codymcphillips9866
    @codymcphillips9866 6 месяцев назад

    I feel what this guys feeling.. just a huge nostalgia trip.. from the early 2000’s

  • @manfredman5075
    @manfredman5075 Год назад

    It’s so beautiful it takes your spirit to many unrealized places at once. I used to fall asleep with it on as a teenager. Ride across the river by dire straits was competition

  • @guttaknight64
    @guttaknight64 2 года назад +1

    It’s enough to make a grown man cry.

  • @clemusjohnson7858
    @clemusjohnson7858 2 года назад +2

    1:13 at this moment his mind explodes

  • @ExTrA_Live_
    @ExTrA_Live_ 5 месяцев назад

    I wish i could experience this song for the first time as an adult. We all feel it too brotha.

  • @ciontachthecthonicchampion3576
    @ciontachthecthonicchampion3576 9 месяцев назад

    Yeah I can only imagine what they felt hearing this for the first time. Their eyes must have gone wide.
    Like…imagine being like “ this is going in our game…”

  • @MrVirobot
    @MrVirobot 9 месяцев назад

    It's weird how this hits me despite having no sentimental attachment besides paying the game. It's inspiring and retrospective all in one, and it seems to bring back every good and bad memory that I've ever had. Who is the wizard who composed this?

  • @pokemonyoshi
    @pokemonyoshi 9 месяцев назад

    For some songs. You don't just listen. You feel the song. Those are the best songs. Wonderful video.

  • @joerogan3079
    @joerogan3079 3 года назад +2

    *WHO ELSE LEFT THE SNES RUNNING 4 DA MUSIC* 😢

  • @lincolnprestes7617
    @lincolnprestes7617 Год назад

    My memory from when I was a kid is very bad. When I was an adult and suddenly remember that I used to like DKC games and their music I went back to them on an emulator, casually. When I first heard these songs I felt like this guy (despite being fake), stopped to listen to every single one of them at the same time that all came back, the nostalgia, the feeling of experience something similar that drove me back to older and better days. It was magic.
    Every now and them I put these songs to listen, it calms the soul

  • @ammbr
    @ammbr 3 года назад +5

    "Damn.. just can't wait to go home" 😂😂😂

  • @jerredchouseman
    @jerredchouseman Год назад

    Can you imagine if rare didn’t ever find David wise!

  • @GalinhoCinza
    @GalinhoCinza 2 года назад +5

    Esse cara teve a mesma reação que eu teria ouvindo pela primeira vez. Somos iguais, cara

  • @jackietrujillo9612
    @jackietrujillo9612 7 месяцев назад

    l know how u feel. When l hear it l cry so hard. it brings me back of my childhood. l miss those 80s days. This music hits hard

  • @the4thhorseman840
    @the4thhorseman840 8 месяцев назад +1

    I had no idea this song came from a game😮

  • @soundbyteNOLA
    @soundbyteNOLA 3 года назад +3

    It really did not have to go that hard

  • @Meteotrance
    @Meteotrance 3 года назад +3

    The only snes soundtrack that make me tears was probably the main theme of terranigma and also ff6 opening, DKC is just an amazing and wonderfull trip i add the pleasure to play on my teenage day, this music are cool and smooth but not sad, for me.

    • @firstnamelastname2111
      @firstnamelastname2111 3 года назад +2

      Early FF franchise delivered such excellence in story and audio experience, #6 was no exception. I think secret of Mana & Chrono trigger also delivered

  • @felipeaguirre6917
    @felipeaguirre6917 3 года назад +2

    Crying through out the whole song

  • @generfeld
    @generfeld 3 года назад

    awesome footage, I love how he doesnt say a word, and really gets into it. probably same reaction w Stickerbrush

  • @alexkid1
    @alexkid1 9 месяцев назад

    Didn't he do nightmare on elm street as well? Love that song.

  • @aam77
    @aam77 3 года назад

    That's how I feel everytime I hear this music. This was no recomendation. I searched it up just now because I felt like listening to it.

  • @nathanholbrook1693
    @nathanholbrook1693 8 месяцев назад

    My reaction every time I hear it. Now, try playing the level like that.

  • @GamerMikeYoy
    @GamerMikeYoy 3 года назад +1

    If anybody listens to this song and doesn't get choked up, they have no soul. This is a FACT.

    • @JimBobJoeB0b
      @JimBobJoeB0b 3 года назад

      I watched this whole video, absolutely loved the music, but I didn’t choke up. Does that make me a monster, bro?

  • @We_Trusty_Few
    @We_Trusty_Few 2 года назад +1

    This song gives me absolute chills!! In a good way! I love it!!!

  • @cassifer129
    @cassifer129 4 месяца назад

    what if he wasnt reacting? what if he recorded himself attempting to survive teaching a zoom class?

  • @abztraktt6403
    @abztraktt6403 3 года назад +4

    Holy shit this dude gonna make me choke up

  • @JCBudro16
    @JCBudro16 3 года назад

    wait until he hears Stickerbrush Symphony

  • @QuestionsAnswerz
    @QuestionsAnswerz 5 месяцев назад

    can someone upload him crying without music, it has extreme meme potential

  • @kirbywordy2023
    @kirbywordy2023 11 месяцев назад

    he knows this is for a video game right? XD love that ending

  • @lordlouckster2315
    @lordlouckster2315 2 года назад +2

    Hey, it's Peter Botting, who actually exists!

  • @herbst2941
    @herbst2941 10 месяцев назад

    Yeah, from the video game about a mokey turning back stealed bananas from an obese crocodile.

  • @nunyabiz2016
    @nunyabiz2016 3 года назад +5

    This can't be real

  • @Subninja2012
    @Subninja2012 Год назад

    Probably the greatest videogame song of all time.

  • @ZetaCancri
    @ZetaCancri 2 года назад +2

    Seriously it's so good

  • @rezelut
    @rezelut 2 года назад +1

    I feel you my man. When I played this game, I was 10 years old. I am now 38 and this song is still on my work playlist, together with a whole bunch of other DK songs . If feelings had sound, this song would be a perfect example. David Wise is a fucking legend!

    • @jordanyoung2125
      @jordanyoung2125 2 года назад +2

      35 and this to the bone, the entire DKC2 soundtrack is on mine.

    • @rezelut
      @rezelut 2 года назад

      @@jordanyoung2125 that’s what I’m talking about my man!

    • @CardinalSynth
      @CardinalSynth Год назад +1

      37, listen to DKC almost daily, and the game was one of my inspirations to want to get into the game industry. Oh, and you what was one of the first things I purchased after getting my first job? The "DK Jamz" original DKC1 soundtrack ❤️

  • @injunsniper
    @injunsniper 3 года назад +2

    this song represents alot

  • @nincrony3718
    @nincrony3718 3 года назад +1

    That's how history is made

  • @Familyguy830
    @Familyguy830 3 года назад +1

    It’s quite beautiful isn’t it.

  • @lostimpactable
    @lostimpactable Год назад

    Gotta be honest..northern hemisphere hits home as well..just in a more serious way

  • @lancerthewoomboi
    @lancerthewoomboi Год назад

    Just makes you think about everything.

  • @viniciusfranca2305
    @viniciusfranca2305 3 года назад +15

    This isn't from 1994

  • @LukeGordon-j8f
    @LukeGordon-j8f 5 месяцев назад

    How the hell do these people not know this music?

  • @Ethernet480
    @Ethernet480 Год назад

    It’s summer of 95’ - Im about to be 12 and I’m hitting some DKC over at the neighbor kids house until I get my copy the next month