I called it Brush again like my last video, damn 🤣 I swear there’s an invisible R. * edit * to be fair, I just checked my list, and they all say Brush.. as do the links I'm listening to. This shit been going on for years it seems. I'm innocent!
That's just like how everyone thinks the game's subtitle is "Diddy Kong's Quest," when it's actually "Diddy's Kong Quest" That was something that threw me for a loop when I learned it many years after playing the game!
iirc the confusion comes from the Gameboy Advance remake of the game, where the ost actually does list the song as Stickerbrush Symphony. I could be remembering wrong though.
One of the best thing about this song in context of the game is the hypocrisy. This song is used in some of the hardest levels in DKC2. You hear this song alot, it almost gets to a point of mocking you of just 'dude, chill. it's okay'. It exudes a vibe and it is incredible though.
Yeah, the juxtaposition of the music to the visuals or the gameplay really adds to the memorability of the experience. Everything about DKC2 really compliments each other well.
It's overall very relaxing, but it was some small disharmonies all over that build up some excitement/tension - for me, they basically sound like the zingers in the level are buzzing around and maybe even "singing" the melody. I know that the song was created before the level was made, but it fits like a glove.
It was a brilliant strategic move on Rare's part. Have some of the dopest video game soundtracks of all time so kids don't mind getting stuck on levels. Stickerbush Symphony specifically. Fuck those barrels.
Cool thing to know there's an upload of this song by a Japanese youtube channel that has been dubbed "The Checkpoint of the Internet". It's filled with comments of people giving updates on what's happening in their lives both good and bad. It's background is just the Stickerbush texture of the game as a thumbnail. So if you ever see it in your recommended click on it
Sadly the original one got copyright striked once and had to be deleted, taking millions of checkpoint comments with it. It's cool we got a reupload, but it sucks so many ppl's stories and feelings etc. just got wiped out edit: WAIT A MINUTE I just looked up the current one again and apparently the uploader has the original just private but saved all the old comments and made a link where you can still access old checkpoints. That's sweet
@@zombor8249WAIT THAT'S COOL I just remembered that was a thing you could still check out, thanks for reminding me! ^^ It's definitely really nostalgic, too, rereading old memories people have shared
Stickerbush Symphony was famously composed for a water level, but ended up not being used for one. "This piece almost never made the game. It was originally composed as a follow up to Aquatic Ambience, however, there was no water level in DKC-2. Fortunately, it was used for the Brambles. It seemed to fit and was a good juxtaposition to the difficulty in negotiating through such a hard stage of the game. I'm not really sure as to why it's a fan favourite, but I'm very pleased it still is. Perhaps because the level was so difficult, players had to listen through the music so many times?" - David Wise
@@superdemonboy I wondered about that too. There is also Arctic Abyss, a water level with different music. Perhaps David Wise meant that DKC 2 did not have the more generic water levels where Stickerbush Symphony would have fit, but instead had shipwrecks and ice caves.
David Wise has composed some incredible music but none more so than his work on the Donkey Kong Country series in my opinion. As to this song, it's the one that everyone always mentions and talks about and while it's great, there's definitely other songs in DKC2 that are just as good. Hot-head Bop, Forest Interlude and Haunted Chase to name a few
Actually, the music fits the aesthetics really well. DKC doesn't use a vibrant color palette like a Mario game for example and most levels take place in atmospheric environments like dark caverns, snowy mountains or gloomy forests and swamps. There has always been a kind of melancholy quality to the music and it's one of many reasons why DKC2 is my favorite game of all time. The levels this music is heard in take place between gigantic vines with clouds floating by in the background. These levels and this song convey a sense of yearning and nostalgia like no other for me. It's my favorite VGM since I first played this. There's actually an hour long version of this song on YT where people post their "checkpoints" in their lives, leaving them for others to read, to create a place of self-reflection and community that's pretty touching. It's a sign of the quality of Wise's music and the powerful nostalgia it created.
This is what happens when you let David Wise cook. Also, fun fact, this peacefull and chill song is featured in some of the most ball-crunchingly difficult levels in the game. Its the juxtaposition that makes it so special, on top of it being a incredible piece of music
Fun fact about this song that's relevant to your recent videos, Stickerbush Symphony was composed for the games Water levels originally (and cloud levels at one point). However, the devs scrapped all of the dedicated water levels in this game and so the song was used for the Bramble stage instead.
Ah, more DKC, love it! =D By the way Jesse, it's "Stickerbush Symphony" without the 2nd 'r'. Even if the Internet has gaslit a bunch of people into believing otherwise! =P
This song was definitely on my radar to suggest but opted for more obscure songs. This song is a classic, I love the vibe this song has. It makes you want to close your eyes and float away. I get goosebumps every time I hear this song and the melody is fantastic. I think the soft percussion adds to this song and gives it the little bit of energy it needs to remind you this is a platformer. There's so much emotion and passion put in this song, you can hear it in the composition with how the instruments sound. I can say that this song could possibly the most widely liked video game song. This is for sure one of the best songs from the Donkey Kong Country series.
An interesting fact about the title that i feel a lot of people miss on is how it's not "Diddy Kong's Quest" but "Diddy's Kong Quest", as in a quest of Kongs for Diddy, but also it makes it sound like Diddy's conquest, and I'm sure it was intentional.
I never played this game, but I heard this song some years ago. To me it's up there with some of the best songs I've heard in a game. It takes you to this kind of sad but beautiful place
I did play the game, but yeah it's up there with the best of the best for me (despite the SNES quality of it). That said, I honestly can't make a top 10 songs of all time. It'd be closer to a top 100 or 200 VG songs of all time and I'd rank all of them #1 because I honestly can't pick a favourite and which one I'd like most would depend on my mood.
@@thenonexistinghero Yeah, I agree. Maybe I should say 'distinctly better than average' or 'one of the "better" songs I've heard in any game'. I certainly couldn't easily compile a top 100 list either, because many equally great songs can be significantly different from one another. But nonetheless there is a quality of some songs that ranks them at least somewhere higher up.
Song is super bittersweet. Grew up with the donkey Kong games. Was family tradition to play them, usually DKC2, all together on news years eve through the night. This song in particular really makes me think of my dad. Miss him.
literally one of the video game music tracks I would sit with the game on and let play on loop. one of the absolute best pieces of music ever made for a video game. It's not even necessarily my favorite(though it's up there), but I legitimately believe, composition-wise, is it near perfect. genuinely beautiful, a work of art.
Yay another all-time favorite from brilliant David Wise!!! Its impossible not to love the first two donkey kong games, simply because of how ethereal and perfect the music is !! They are a vibe by themselves ! PS: And yes the whole osts in the first 2 games are freaking amazing. You can easily react to the whole thing and have a blast, and choose your favorites !
Sticker "BUSH" Symphony. Its my favorite song and I notice every time someone gets it wrong... because it is very often. Its one of the most misread things Ive ever seen so I get it, its so widespread people make honest mistakes, but even so I am doing my part to help spread the good word about the proper name - Stickerbush Symphony! I say this with peace and love lol. I hope this doesnt come off as any type of way other than trying to correct the record.
It’s literally everything. 3D gaming hadn’t really been commercially launched yet aside from a few PC games like Quake, and the soundboards in consoles were still pretty limited to ensure they could be produced cheaper and en masse. So a game with such smooth animated sprites based on 3D models, with genius “teach through design” levels, fully intergrated co-op, and music that still stands as some of the best synthwork and sound design produced through the Super Nintendo… it really raised the bar and set a brand of gaming. In fact, DKC and DKC2 were revolutionary in setting brand new bar, up until the very first truly 3D console game was released the following year, Super Mario 64.
They actually used very expensive machines to make the renders. But yeah, in terms of 2D games on SNES/Genesis... the DKC games are at the top of the top of the generation. DKC1-3 have THE best 2D graphics that the generation has to offer (as far as consoles go at least, not sure about arcade). I think 2nd place would probably have to go to Yoshi's Island, but Comix Zone for the Genesis is up there as well (with the comic book look).
Mario 64 was big and innovative, but it was by _far_ not the first 3D console game! =P Even the SNES had StarFox and StuntRace FX, which were both completely rendered in 3D. But even both the SEGA Saturn and PlayStation released 2 years before the Nintendo 64, with PLENTY of 3D games since launch! ^^
I first heard this song during the Subspace Emissary mode in Smash Brawl and it was so beautiful that I legit cried. I never would have guessed that it was from a game about chimpanzees going on a quest to save a gorilla and (I assume) the island's bananas.
As someone else also pointed out. This theme was originally written with the intent of creating aquatic ambience 2, but DKC 2 didn't have any chill aquatic stages, so they slapped it to one of the hardest levels where you basically has to play flappy bird through a stage of thorns and bees that kill you on touch. Oh and after you get rid of the bird, you realize the stage gets much worse, with timed barrels throughout the level. Even the very last section of the stage had thorns so you could die literaly 2ft from the exit. Good times 🤣
Why were the Donkey Kong Country games ahead of their time? Everything. Incredible music, fantastic graphics, addictive and fast-paced gameplay (and almost rhythmic if you got good enough at them), difficulty, fun and loveable characters, excellent and thematic enemies, the inspiring sense of adventure. I wish I could go back and experience them again for the first time.
Donkey Kong Country 2 was the game that led me to find out about the concept of composers creating amazing chill music to go with divergent or frustrating gameplay elements to keep you from losing your mind (as a reason, for example, why lots of water and ice levels that alter your movement mechanics also sound really chill), and nothing ever encapsulates this concept better than Stickerbrush Symphony. Some of the other really fantastic themes in DKC2 also happen to be on really hard levels too, like Forest Interlude, but boy it's nothing like the levels this theme plays in, especially that last one. It's almost flappy bird but with moving obstacles in a full on maze of death walls and things shooting at you, but the music is constantly going "yo, chill, deep breaths" every time you die.
Man, this is a classic banger - everytime I heard this one, it reminds me of two things: The Internet Checkpoint(where people can talk about how their life has been so far) and the times that Jerod(The8BitDrummer) got tormented by this song + his chat's supporting during a hype train :) David Wise truly is a genius for creating this absolute banger of a track... Speaking of which, my friend, do you take suggestion for non-video game related music/soundtrack(anime, movie, etc)?
There are definitely upbeat tracks in the games but loads of chill. This one is in a sort of trippy level…blasting through barrels and a maze of vines, so the chill / distant music works perfectly with the level. It’s also a good juxtaposition as the level is really difficult yet the song is so relaxing, it’s really effective. Calms the rage of failing! 😂
There is an interview with David Wise where he explains that he specifically composed the DKC OST to match the visual style of the game. DKC had a for the time a way more realistic (less cartoony) style than most other games on the system. So he felt it would be weird if the music still sounded cartoony. From what I know this theme specifically was originally made for water levels, but DKC ended up without any underwater levels so the song was almost even scrapped!
I think it really speaks to the strength of the composition that you heard a different version of it once a year ago and still were immediately able to pick up on the main part of it and go "yeah okay I remember this". Wise really did a phenomenal job with the OST, you can tell a lot of work went into it. Also, yes, Donkey Kong does depart from chill vibes! Gangplank Galleon immediately springs to mind for the original DKC games, but there are others. DK64 feels very similar to Banjo-Kazooie from what I've heard (Never actually played Banjo-Kazooie so forgive me if that's a bit off).
To your point about the visual presentation and getting a Banjo-Kazooie vibe: that's exactly what Rare's DK64 is, including Grant Kirkhope's very wonderfully cartoonish soundtrack. Kirkhope had actually earlier reworked Wise's soundtrack for DKC2 to 8-bit to work for the Game Boy version of the game.
If you saw a still from this level and were asked to pick which ost song went with it, I'm not sure many people would guess it's this song. But the juxtaposition does something to people. Also that x0.75 speed was awesome! Im going to search and see if someone's made a slowed version now. And if they haven't, I hope someone now does.
DKC2 is awesome, easily my favorite of the SNES trilogy. This track always stands out. It's kinda funny how it's so chill and whimsical and is played during the fairly challenging stickerbrush levels lol.
This was in the era where, before Sony, Microsoft & even PC gaming were choices for your entertainment, it was pretty much a contest between Nintendo & Sega. There were some rare games featured on both systems, but often they'd employ classic eye-catching advertising gimmicks on the box art to try to win out on sales. Nowadays, we all agree gaming is expensive w/ new releases getting priced at $70, but back then, it was still considered pricey. Parents in average families would get maybe one console, & then one game per birthday & during Crimbo. It had to last. It was usually a magical, yet humbling moment.
The lore is that this level in particular was a big jump in difficulty. So this relaxing song was put here to help stop kids from rage quiting. The rest of the soundtrack has a lot of upbeat melodies but also more ethereal stuff like this. It's a unique soundtrack I think.
This is a myth, the truth is that this was originally composed for the water levels but they scraped it so they used it for these bramble levels because they thought it kinda fit the asthetic.
When you get the chance, add these tracks to your DKC collection DKC: Life in the Mines Fear Factory DKC2: Bayou Boogie**** Flight of the Zinger Krook's March (This one is so underrated and rarely ever mentioned, unfortunately) Donkey Kong Rescued
oh so this is the checkpoint of internet song, so sad that dissapeared, probably the most beatiful thing i have seen in the internet. the song itself allows to reminisce, but also has a hopeful vibe to it, im guessing thats why people felt compelled to tell their stories
Dk64 music is banjo kazooie music, and its with the same guy Grant Kirkope, you'll love it bro, especially the boss music, maybe crystal caves boss theme.
Jesse, you HAVE to listen to the restored versions by Jammin Sam Miller. That guy painfully researched the origin of all the original samples to use them, later he even got help with that from David Wise himself. Seriously, those ''Restored'' versions are a treat!
Donkey Kong osts are extremely good because of it's immense creativity and how Nintendo composers are this genius. This version of stickerbush symphony is so chill that I love this version more than the smash bros version
Donkey Kong Country 2 has pirate vibes in a lot of areas and designs, but it isn't the majority. Needless to say, this song isn't amongst them. The whole soundtrack is solid and there's a surprising number of songs that are absolutely gorgeous to listen to. In addition to this one, there's the lava level song, the ice level song, the mine level song and the foggy forest level song in world 5 that are all beautiful. You just can't go wrong with David Wise music of this era.
People focus a lot on the music and graphics of the DKC series, but for my money, in terms of level design I genuinely think DKC2 is one of the best platformers of all time
If this said "4 years" ago I'd assume you'd have played it by now. Since it says "4 hours ago", please go to your nearest electronics store ASAP and buy it! It's one of the best if not the best platforming game EVER made, sharing that title with Rayman Legends!
In many ways DKC pushed the limits of what the SNES could do. For the graphics they bought some of the best 3D technology money could buy around that time with massive computers that would get very hot and the time it took to render some stuff was absurd. They converted the models into sprites used all the colors and pixels the system had available in an attempt to recreate detailed textures. The music was a similar story. David Wise had to go full mad scientist with all his music equipment and create a process that allowed him to "cheat" his way around the restrictions of the SNES hardware and make it play music in ways it usually could not play under normal circumstances.
Just a reminder that the track is actually called StickerBUSH Symphony, NOT StickerBRUSH. It's probably the single-most misquoted video game OST track name.
I can't believe I was today years old when I found this out... Which is about a decade longer than when I had learned the game was in fact not titled, "Diddy Kong's Quest" 😂
The music and the 90’s cgi graphics give it a very dark and eerie atmosphere. It makes you feel bad for the little kongs. You really want to help them get through it.
You should listen to donkey kong: tropical freeze. Seashore war, torch n scorch, the first boss theme, it has a lot of great tracks and david wise still has it. People need to be reminded the game still exists because its 10 years old.
DKC2 is my #3 game of all time. It's just amazing. If you wanna hear one a little less chill, listen to "Disco Train" Edit: a nice atmospheric track from 1 is called "Northern Hemispheres"
Shinobi 3- Izayoi or inner darkside Super castlevania 4- The forest of monsters Donkey Kong tropical freeze- Cannon canyon Kirby forgotten land- Burning churning power plant These are my random recommendations
The games were ahead due to the graphics for sure. They made 3D models and then "ported" them into the SNES. Is like the super basic description. The music being absolutely god tier helps.
I don't think they were the only ones to use 3D models to make 2D sprites at that point... There was also claymation and photos of people being digitised... But Rare were probably one of the first to use it at such scale for a platforming game with so many assets... I think it was mostly used for fighting games before... Either way, DKC is probably one of the best looking and sounding games of that generation... And it plays really well too.
Donkey Kong Country was a huge deal when it first came out because of its graphics. The studio behind the game, Rare, invested heavily in Silicon Graphics workstations in the early 90's. If you're unfamiliar, these were the same workstations that were used by Pixar to make their CG movies at the time. Rare started using these computers to develop Killer Instinct, which they showed off to Nintendo. Nintendo was so impressed that they purchased a large amount of stock in the company and allowed Rare to revive the Donkey Kong franchise, with the expectation that it would have graphics that would rival Disney's movies. And, sure enough, nothing else looked quite like Donkey Kong Country when it came out. It didn't render the 3D graphics in real time, of course- It instead took 2D images of the 3D models and displayed them in-game. DKC was nothing short of revolutionary in this regard. When you look at the game on modern displays, it's easier to see the faults because what you're looking at is a bunch of low-resolution pictures. But on an old CRT (or on a modern display with a CRT filter, something you can use for the emulated version that's on Switch), it looks absolutely incredible, with the scanlines hiding the faults and making it far less obvious that the image is low-res. Compared to most other games at the time, DKC had an insane number of frames of animation for any given action, and it really looks gorgeous. It also takes this much more grounded approach to its level design relative to Mario. Most of the environments feel very naturalistic, as though they could be real places. You don't really see things like floating platforms as often in Donkey Kong as you do in Mario. There's certainly some elements of that, like floating barrel cannons, but it's not really to the extent that Mario does it. This is part of why the chill music is so evocative in the levels- The game really wants you to take in your surroundings. As far as how much fun the games are, the original Donkey Kong Country in my opinion is mostly just a very good, solid platformer. It has a fun flow to its game mechanics that makes running through levels really fun. The series REALLY gets great with Donkey Kong Country 2, though, where those mechanics are not only refined even further, but gives you far more interesting level design to use them with. DKC1's levels tend to be very horizontal- You just run from left to right while avoiding enemies and pits. But DKC2 has you weaving back and forth across these huge areas with a lot of verticality. DKC2 is the game that nearly every fan of the series adores; it still holds up as one of the best platformers ever made.
Ah yes. The internet checkpoint theme. Just a pleasant frozen frame in time. Stop by, unfold and share happy memories before moving on with life^-^ I'd say the exclusivety marketing absolutely worked, considering that my first thought of why I would chose Nintendo consoles is primarily because of the exclusive titles. Tons of games can be played on every modern console, so the exclusive titles are the ones that make the biggest difference in my mind and I happen to like a lot of them. There just isn't an equivalant for me for franchises like Pokémon, Kirby, Splatoon etc :D I'd go so far and say the number 1 reason why Nintendo fans choose Nintendo consoles is because of the exclusive games. Number 2 would probably be something along the lines of "even my mom can play" or maybe "still the most creative and fun" or simply "best character designs". Whether these reasons are true or not is completely based on the experiences and opinion^^
Hah, I see you too got fooled by the title like all the rest of us. At first glance your brain can't help but read it as Diddy Kong's Quest, but it's actually "Diddy's Kong Quest." Get the pun?
I can’t afford a monthly subscription bud would love to donate a one time gift even just to put a video game song or two on your radar. Do you still do YT livestreams for these videos?
DKC was absolutely carried by its amazing soundtracks and 3D-ish looking pre-rendered graphics (not sure about technical terms here lol). The game itself was a pretty standard platformer for the time, fine but not amazing.
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I called it Brush again like my last video, damn 🤣 I swear there’s an invisible R.
* edit * to be fair, I just checked my list, and they all say Brush.. as do the links I'm listening to. This shit been going on for years it seems.
I'm innocent!
That's just like how everyone thinks the game's subtitle is "Diddy Kong's Quest," when it's actually "Diddy's Kong Quest" That was something that threw me for a loop when I learned it many years after playing the game!
DKC, the curse of grammar.
I feel like it took decades until David Wise's tweet confirming the name lol
iirc the confusion comes from the Gameboy Advance remake of the game, where the ost actually does list the song as Stickerbrush Symphony. I could be remembering wrong though.
Checkpoint: it is time to save my friend.
One of the best thing about this song in context of the game is the hypocrisy.
This song is used in some of the hardest levels in DKC2. You hear this song alot, it almost gets to a point of mocking you of just 'dude, chill. it's okay'. It exudes a vibe and it is incredible though.
It's a tactic, if the music is chill, you can't blame it when you inevitably fail.
The music was originally written with the authorial intent of being aquatic ambience 2
@@VerbDoesStuff Well, it worked
Yeah, the juxtaposition of the music to the visuals or the gameplay really adds to the memorability of the experience. Everything about DKC2 really compliments each other well.
It's overall very relaxing, but it was some small disharmonies all over that build up some excitement/tension - for me, they basically sound like the zingers in the level are buzzing around and maybe even "singing" the melody. I know that the song was created before the level was made, but it fits like a glove.
"It's like lo-fi before lo-fi was even a thing." That's probably why it hits so well. The DKC 1 and 2 track have some great relaxation music.
I definitely relax to some Northern Hemisphere and Fear Factory.
It was a brilliant strategic move on Rare's part. Have some of the dopest video game soundtracks of all time so kids don't mind getting stuck on levels. Stickerbush Symphony specifically. Fuck those barrels.
Cool thing to know there's an upload of this song by a Japanese youtube channel that has been dubbed "The Checkpoint of the Internet". It's filled with comments of people giving updates on what's happening in their lives both good and bad. It's background is just the Stickerbush texture of the game as a thumbnail. So if you ever see it in your recommended click on it
sounds therapeutic
Sadly the original one got copyright striked once and had to be deleted, taking millions of checkpoint comments with it. It's cool we got a reupload, but it sucks so many ppl's stories and feelings etc. just got wiped out
edit: WAIT A MINUTE I just looked up the current one again and apparently the uploader has the original just private but saved all the old comments and made a link where you can still access old checkpoints. That's sweet
@@zombor8249WAIT THAT'S COOL I just remembered that was a thing you could still check out, thanks for reminding me! ^^ It's definitely really nostalgic, too, rereading old memories people have shared
Stickerbush Symphony was famously composed for a water level, but ended up not being used for one.
"This piece almost never made the game. It was originally composed as a follow up to Aquatic Ambience, however, there was no water level in DKC-2. Fortunately, it was used for the Brambles. It seemed to fit and was a good juxtaposition to the difficulty in negotiating through such a hard stage of the game.
I'm not really sure as to why it's a fan favourite, but I'm very pleased it still is. Perhaps because the level was so difficult, players had to listen through the music so many times?" - David Wise
Lockjaw's Saga counts as a water level, though!
Unless you mean said level didn't exist yet when Stickerbush was composed.
@@superdemonboy I wondered about that too.
There is also Arctic Abyss, a water level with different music.
Perhaps David Wise meant that DKC 2 did not have the more generic water levels where Stickerbush Symphony would have fit, but instead had shipwrecks and ice caves.
David Wise has composed some incredible music but none more so than his work on the Donkey Kong Country series in my opinion. As to this song, it's the one that everyone always mentions and talks about and while it's great, there's definitely other songs in DKC2 that are just as good. Hot-head Bop, Forest Interlude and Haunted Chase to name a few
forest interlude! ❤
Donkey Kong Country 1 OST: Eerie and haunting tracks, some of which spooked me as a kid
Donkey Kong Country 2 OST: Lo-fi beats to fall in a pit to
Actually, the music fits the aesthetics really well. DKC doesn't use a vibrant color palette like a Mario game for example and most levels take place in atmospheric environments like dark caverns, snowy mountains or gloomy forests and swamps. There has always been a kind of melancholy quality to the music and it's one of many reasons why DKC2 is my favorite game of all time.
The levels this music is heard in take place between gigantic vines with clouds floating by in the background. These levels and this song convey a sense of yearning and nostalgia like no other for me. It's my favorite VGM since I first played this.
There's actually an hour long version of this song on YT where people post their "checkpoints" in their lives, leaving them for others to read, to create a place of self-reflection and community that's pretty touching. It's a sign of the quality of Wise's music and the powerful nostalgia it created.
Also hard as balls, so you better have good music, because you're gonna hear it a lot!
@@naeonixion it was a win-win because this way we could listen to it for longer!
Checkpoint: it is time to save my friend.
This is what happens when you let David Wise cook.
Also, fun fact, this peacefull and chill song is featured in some of the most ball-crunchingly difficult levels in the game. Its the juxtaposition that makes it so special, on top of it being a incredible piece of music
Fun fact about this song that's relevant to your recent videos, Stickerbush Symphony was composed for the games Water levels originally (and cloud levels at one point). However, the devs scrapped all of the dedicated water levels in this game and so the song was used for the Bramble stage instead.
This is my alarm clock sounds, soothing but somehow it slow build asking me to wake up every morning even it's hard day ahead. Thank you David Wise!
Wow that genius to use this as a wake up alarm
Ah, more DKC, love it! =D
By the way Jesse, it's "Stickerbush Symphony" without the 2nd 'r'.
Even if the Internet has gaslit a bunch of people into believing otherwise! =P
This song was definitely on my radar to suggest but opted for more obscure songs.
This song is a classic, I love the vibe this song has. It makes you want to close your eyes and float away. I get goosebumps every time I hear this song and the melody is fantastic. I think the soft percussion adds to this song and gives it the little bit of energy it needs to remind you this is a platformer. There's so much emotion and passion put in this song, you can hear it in the composition with how the instruments sound. I can say that this song could possibly the most widely liked video game song. This is for sure one of the best songs from the Donkey Kong Country series.
An interesting fact about the title that i feel a lot of people miss on is how it's not "Diddy Kong's Quest" but "Diddy's Kong Quest", as in a quest of Kongs for Diddy, but also it makes it sound like Diddy's conquest, and I'm sure it was intentional.
I never played this game, but I heard this song some years ago. To me it's up there with some of the best songs I've heard in a game. It takes you to this kind of sad but beautiful place
I did play the game, but yeah it's up there with the best of the best for me (despite the SNES quality of it). That said, I honestly can't make a top 10 songs of all time. It'd be closer to a top 100 or 200 VG songs of all time and I'd rank all of them #1 because I honestly can't pick a favourite and which one I'd like most would depend on my mood.
@@thenonexistinghero Yeah, I agree. Maybe I should say 'distinctly better than average' or 'one of the "better" songs I've heard in any game'. I certainly couldn't easily compile a top 100 list either, because many equally great songs can be significantly different from one another. But nonetheless there is a quality of some songs that ranks them at least somewhere higher up.
Song is super bittersweet. Grew up with the donkey Kong games. Was family tradition to play them, usually DKC2, all together on news years eve through the night.
This song in particular really makes me think of my dad. Miss him.
literally one of the video game music tracks I would sit with the game on and let play on loop. one of the absolute best pieces of music ever made for a video game. It's not even necessarily my favorite(though it's up there), but I legitimately believe, composition-wise, is it near perfect. genuinely beautiful, a work of art.
Dude I'm so glad you did this :) it's a beautiful track
Yay another all-time favorite from brilliant David Wise!!!
Its impossible not to love the first two donkey kong games, simply because of how ethereal and perfect the music is !! They are a vibe by themselves !
PS: And yes the whole osts in the first 2 games are freaking amazing. You can easily react to the whole thing and have a blast, and choose your favorites !
Sticker "BUSH" Symphony. Its my favorite song and I notice every time someone gets it wrong... because it is very often. Its one of the most misread things Ive ever seen so I get it, its so widespread people make honest mistakes, but even so I am doing my part to help spread the good word about the proper name - Stickerbush Symphony! I say this with peace and love lol. I hope this doesnt come off as any type of way other than trying to correct the record.
Oh naw, it's kinda funny how much history it has.
FINALLY 😍😍😍 My favourite old school VGM piece, in my top 3 of all time ❤ so glad you got around to it 😁
It’s literally everything. 3D gaming hadn’t really been commercially launched yet aside from a few PC games like Quake, and the soundboards in consoles were still pretty limited to ensure they could be produced cheaper and en masse.
So a game with such smooth animated sprites based on 3D models, with genius “teach through design” levels, fully intergrated co-op, and music that still stands as some of the best synthwork and sound design produced through the Super Nintendo… it really raised the bar and set a brand of gaming.
In fact, DKC and DKC2 were revolutionary in setting brand new bar, up until the very first truly 3D console game was released the following year, Super Mario 64.
They actually used very expensive machines to make the renders. But yeah, in terms of 2D games on SNES/Genesis... the DKC games are at the top of the top of the generation. DKC1-3 have THE best 2D graphics that the generation has to offer (as far as consoles go at least, not sure about arcade). I think 2nd place would probably have to go to Yoshi's Island, but Comix Zone for the Genesis is up there as well (with the comic book look).
Mario 64 was big and innovative, but it was by _far_ not the first 3D console game! =P
Even the SNES had StarFox and StuntRace FX, which were both completely rendered in 3D.
But even both the SEGA Saturn and PlayStation released 2 years before the Nintendo 64, with PLENTY of 3D games since launch! ^^
I first heard this song during the Subspace Emissary mode in Smash Brawl and it was so beautiful that I legit cried. I never would have guessed that it was from a game about chimpanzees going on a quest to save a gorilla and (I assume) the island's bananas.
As someone else also pointed out. This theme was originally written with the intent of creating aquatic ambience 2, but DKC 2 didn't have any chill aquatic stages, so they slapped it to one of the hardest levels where you basically has to play flappy bird through a stage of thorns and bees that kill you on touch.
Oh and after you get rid of the bird, you realize the stage gets much worse, with timed barrels throughout the level. Even the very last section of the stage had thorns so you could die literaly 2ft from the exit. Good times 🤣
Why were the Donkey Kong Country games ahead of their time? Everything. Incredible music, fantastic graphics, addictive and fast-paced gameplay (and almost rhythmic if you got good enough at them), difficulty, fun and loveable characters, excellent and thematic enemies, the inspiring sense of adventure. I wish I could go back and experience them again for the first time.
Donkey Kong Country 2 was the game that led me to find out about the concept of composers creating amazing chill music to go with divergent or frustrating gameplay elements to keep you from losing your mind (as a reason, for example, why lots of water and ice levels that alter your movement mechanics also sound really chill), and nothing ever encapsulates this concept better than Stickerbrush Symphony. Some of the other really fantastic themes in DKC2 also happen to be on really hard levels too, like Forest Interlude, but boy it's nothing like the levels this theme plays in, especially that last one. It's almost flappy bird but with moving obstacles in a full on maze of death walls and things shooting at you, but the music is constantly going "yo, chill, deep breaths" every time you die.
The hardest levels in DKC2 ever. Still remember dying cause the spikes would auto kill you as the bird.
I love that this song is impossible to not loop at *least* once. Appropriate for how most players experienced it.
Man, this is a classic banger - everytime I heard this one, it reminds me of two things: The Internet Checkpoint(where people can talk about how their life has been so far) and the times that Jerod(The8BitDrummer) got tormented by this song + his chat's supporting during a hype train :) David Wise truly is a genius for creating this absolute banger of a track...
Speaking of which, my friend, do you take suggestion for non-video game related music/soundtrack(anime, movie, etc)?
There are definitely upbeat tracks in the games but loads of chill.
This one is in a sort of trippy level…blasting through barrels and a maze of vines, so the chill / distant music works perfectly with the level. It’s also a good juxtaposition as the level is really difficult yet the song is so relaxing, it’s really effective. Calms the rage of failing! 😂
Ah yes, my favorite piece of videogame music of all time.
This music touched my soul as a kid.
There is an interview with David Wise where he explains that he specifically composed the DKC OST to match the visual style of the game.
DKC had a for the time a way more realistic (less cartoony) style than most other games on the system.
So he felt it would be weird if the music still sounded cartoony.
From what I know this theme specifically was originally made for water levels, but DKC ended up without any underwater levels so the song was almost even scrapped!
I think it really speaks to the strength of the composition that you heard a different version of it once a year ago and still were immediately able to pick up on the main part of it and go "yeah okay I remember this". Wise really did a phenomenal job with the OST, you can tell a lot of work went into it.
Also, yes, Donkey Kong does depart from chill vibes! Gangplank Galleon immediately springs to mind for the original DKC games, but there are others. DK64 feels very similar to Banjo-Kazooie from what I've heard (Never actually played Banjo-Kazooie so forgive me if that's a bit off).
To your point about the visual presentation and getting a Banjo-Kazooie vibe: that's exactly what Rare's DK64 is, including Grant Kirkhope's very wonderfully cartoonish soundtrack.
Kirkhope had actually earlier reworked Wise's soundtrack for DKC2 to 8-bit to work for the Game Boy version of the game.
This is probably my favourite DKC song. Can't believe it actually didn't show up much earlier.
If you saw a still from this level and were asked to pick which ost song went with it, I'm not sure many people would guess it's this song.
But the juxtaposition does something to people.
Also that x0.75 speed was awesome! Im going to search and see if someone's made a slowed version now. And if they haven't, I hope someone now does.
Queens blood on background? Jaja thumbs up!
The music keeps you calm because the game will piss you off lol
DKC2 is awesome, easily my favorite of the SNES trilogy. This track always stands out. It's kinda funny how it's so chill and whimsical and is played during the fairly challenging stickerbrush levels lol.
There's a channel on RUclips called PPF. Highly recommend looking up his cover of it. 99.9% faithful to the game, using real-world sounds.
This song has always been perfection to me. It is by far my favorite Video game song
Donkey Kong Country 2 is a masterpiece. One of the best games ever made. Everything is good. Everything.
This was in the era where, before Sony, Microsoft & even PC gaming were choices for your entertainment, it was pretty much a contest between Nintendo & Sega. There were some rare games featured on both systems, but often they'd employ classic eye-catching advertising gimmicks on the box art to try to win out on sales.
Nowadays, we all agree gaming is expensive w/ new releases getting priced at $70, but back then, it was still considered pricey. Parents in average families would get maybe one console, & then one game per birthday & during Crimbo. It had to last. It was usually a magical, yet humbling moment.
Been waiting for this since i discovered your channel through a persona 5 react. Awesome!
A nerve calming song for a nerve wrecking level
The lore is that this level in particular was a big jump in difficulty. So this relaxing song was put here to help stop kids from rage quiting. The rest of the soundtrack has a lot of upbeat melodies but also more ethereal stuff like this. It's a unique soundtrack I think.
This is a myth, the truth is that this was originally composed for the water levels but they scraped it so they used it for these bramble levels because they thought it kinda fit the asthetic.
@@V_i_vi_an But it doesn't fit the aesthetic.
no it was meant to be a follow up to Aquatic Ambiance but DKC2 didn't have a water level
@@nickwatic didn't have a water level???
The aesthetics, graphics and music of DK Country 1 and 2 were waaay ahead of their time - true all time classics.
When you get the chance, add these tracks to your DKC collection
DKC:
Life in the Mines
Fear Factory
DKC2:
Bayou Boogie****
Flight of the Zinger
Krook's March (This one is so underrated and rarely ever mentioned, unfortunately)
Donkey Kong Rescued
Thanks for the reaction!!
It's still supposed to be spelled "Stickerbush".
DKC2 is my favorite game all time. This song is everything
ive been on a dkc remix binge recently, There's some real good stuff, Waiting for gangplank galleon, both the dkc1 and 2 version
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Classic. DKC Tropical Freeze when?
oh so this is the checkpoint of internet song, so sad that dissapeared, probably the most beatiful thing i have seen in the internet. the song itself allows to reminisce, but also has a hopeful vibe to it, im guessing thats why people felt compelled to tell their stories
Dk64 music is banjo kazooie music, and its with the same guy Grant Kirkope, you'll love it bro, especially the boss music, maybe crystal caves boss theme.
It's "Stickerbush", actually, not "Stickerbrush". Only found that out recently myself.
Boy got the Queens Blood music going 😆
Jesse, you HAVE to listen to the restored versions by Jammin Sam Miller. That guy painfully researched the origin of all the original samples to use them, later he even got help with that from David Wise himself. Seriously, those ''Restored'' versions are a treat!
Donkey Kong osts are extremely good because of it's immense creativity and how Nintendo composers are this genius.
This version of stickerbush symphony is so chill that I love this version more than the smash bros version
Donkey Kong Country 2 has pirate vibes in a lot of areas and designs, but it isn't the majority. Needless to say, this song isn't amongst them. The whole soundtrack is solid and there's a surprising number of songs that are absolutely gorgeous to listen to. In addition to this one, there's the lava level song, the ice level song, the mine level song and the foggy forest level song in world 5 that are all beautiful. You just can't go wrong with David Wise music of this era.
People focus a lot on the music and graphics of the DKC series, but for my money, in terms of level design I genuinely think DKC2 is one of the best platformers of all time
Definitely up there with Super Marion World , and Yoshi's Island.
My favorite DKC ost of all time
The version of this track in Super Smash Bros Brawl is really good, and is a much different feeling song.
I've never played this game but it's one of my favourite video game tracks of all time
If this said "4 years" ago I'd assume you'd have played it by now.
Since it says "4 hours ago", please go to your nearest electronics store ASAP and buy it!
It's one of the best if not the best platforming game EVER made, sharing that title with Rayman Legends!
In many ways DKC pushed the limits of what the SNES could do. For the graphics they bought some of the best 3D technology money could buy around that time with massive computers that would get very hot and the time it took to render some stuff was absurd. They converted the models into sprites used all the colors and pixels the system had available in an attempt to recreate detailed textures. The music was a similar story. David Wise had to go full mad scientist with all his music equipment and create a process that allowed him to "cheat" his way around the restrictions of the SNES hardware and make it play music in ways it usually could not play under normal circumstances.
"Into the Darkness" from Astal on the Sega Saturn. Great track.
Just a reminder that the track is actually called StickerBUSH Symphony, NOT StickerBRUSH. It's probably the single-most misquoted video game OST track name.
Glad I contributed to the lore.
I can't believe I was today years old when I found this out...
Which is about a decade longer than when I had learned the game was in fact not titled, "Diddy Kong's Quest" 😂
Nah this is just Mandela, in my dimension it was always Stickerbrush.
The music and the 90’s cgi graphics give it a very dark and eerie atmosphere. It makes you feel bad for the little kongs. You really want to help them get through it.
You should listen to donkey kong: tropical freeze. Seashore war, torch n scorch, the first boss theme, it has a lot of great tracks and david wise still has it. People need to be reminded the game still exists because its 10 years old.
All time goat music
Thats right i said all time twice thats how good it is
If you want not-chill vibes, you gotta look up Tropical Freeze's soundtrack. Scorch n' Torch specifically.
There's a really good live cover of this done by a japanese orchestra, definitely worth a listen.
DKC2 is my #3 game of all time. It's just amazing.
If you wanna hear one a little less chill, listen to "Disco Train"
Edit: a nice atmospheric track from 1 is called "Northern Hemispheres"
Checkpoint: it is time to save my friend.
Shinobi 3- Izayoi or inner darkside
Super castlevania 4- The forest of monsters
Donkey Kong tropical freeze- Cannon canyon
Kirby forgotten land- Burning churning power plant
These are my random recommendations
The games were ahead due to the graphics for sure. They made 3D models and then "ported" them into the SNES. Is like the super basic description.
The music being absolutely god tier helps.
I don't think they were the only ones to use 3D models to make 2D sprites at that point... There was also claymation and photos of people being digitised... But Rare were probably one of the first to use it at such scale for a platforming game with so many assets... I think it was mostly used for fighting games before... Either way, DKC is probably one of the best looking and sounding games of that generation... And it plays really well too.
@@KitsyX Best looking and sounding for sure!
You should hear the Smash Bros arrangement for this song. It's honestly beautiful. It kinda sounds like an FF14 dungeon song.
he heard the smash version
he heard the original version
now only the Tropical Freeze version is left
DKC series are challenging platformer… calm and relaxing Lofi music is kind of required lol
Donkey Kong Country was a huge deal when it first came out because of its graphics. The studio behind the game, Rare, invested heavily in Silicon Graphics workstations in the early 90's. If you're unfamiliar, these were the same workstations that were used by Pixar to make their CG movies at the time. Rare started using these computers to develop Killer Instinct, which they showed off to Nintendo. Nintendo was so impressed that they purchased a large amount of stock in the company and allowed Rare to revive the Donkey Kong franchise, with the expectation that it would have graphics that would rival Disney's movies.
And, sure enough, nothing else looked quite like Donkey Kong Country when it came out. It didn't render the 3D graphics in real time, of course- It instead took 2D images of the 3D models and displayed them in-game. DKC was nothing short of revolutionary in this regard. When you look at the game on modern displays, it's easier to see the faults because what you're looking at is a bunch of low-resolution pictures. But on an old CRT (or on a modern display with a CRT filter, something you can use for the emulated version that's on Switch), it looks absolutely incredible, with the scanlines hiding the faults and making it far less obvious that the image is low-res. Compared to most other games at the time, DKC had an insane number of frames of animation for any given action, and it really looks gorgeous.
It also takes this much more grounded approach to its level design relative to Mario. Most of the environments feel very naturalistic, as though they could be real places. You don't really see things like floating platforms as often in Donkey Kong as you do in Mario. There's certainly some elements of that, like floating barrel cannons, but it's not really to the extent that Mario does it. This is part of why the chill music is so evocative in the levels- The game really wants you to take in your surroundings.
As far as how much fun the games are, the original Donkey Kong Country in my opinion is mostly just a very good, solid platformer. It has a fun flow to its game mechanics that makes running through levels really fun. The series REALLY gets great with Donkey Kong Country 2, though, where those mechanics are not only refined even further, but gives you far more interesting level design to use them with. DKC1's levels tend to be very horizontal- You just run from left to right while avoiding enemies and pits. But DKC2 has you weaving back and forth across these huge areas with a lot of verticality. DKC2 is the game that nearly every fan of the series adores; it still holds up as one of the best platformers ever made.
yesssss, more DK! Tropical Freeze anyone? I could listen to the savannah theme all day!
Ah yes. The internet checkpoint theme. Just a pleasant frozen frame in time. Stop by, unfold and share happy memories before moving on with life^-^
I'd say the exclusivety marketing absolutely worked, considering that my first thought of why I would chose Nintendo consoles is primarily because of the exclusive titles. Tons of games can be played on every modern console, so the exclusive titles are the ones that make the biggest difference in my mind and I happen to like a lot of them. There just isn't an equivalant for me for franchises like Pokémon, Kirby, Splatoon etc :D
I'd go so far and say the number 1 reason why Nintendo fans choose Nintendo consoles is because of the exclusive games.
Number 2 would probably be something along the lines of "even my mom can play" or maybe "still the most creative and fun" or simply "best character designs".
Whether these reasons are true or not is completely based on the experiences and opinion^^
You have to listen to the Tropical Freeze version. Its a damn good version and it was also done by David Wise.
Queen's Blood song in the background 👀
Well, now that you have a Switch, you can sign up for Nintendo Switch Online and have access to play a lot of these games, including the DKC series.
Lessgooo! The best DKC song.
Hah, I see you too got fooled by the title like all the rest of us. At first glance your brain can't help but read it as Diddy Kong's Quest, but it's actually "Diddy's Kong Quest." Get the pun?
crazy to see you do this, i just made a remix lol
finally the right version
Is it time to intoduce him to gangplank galleon?
David wise is very good!!
Legendary Soundtrack That Was Undefeated Until Losing To Paper Mario The Origami King!
I can’t afford a monthly subscription bud would love to donate a one time gift even just to put a video game song or two on your radar. Do you still do YT livestreams for these videos?
Nice a classic
DKC was absolutely carried by its amazing soundtracks and 3D-ish looking pre-rendered graphics (not sure about technical terms here lol). The game itself was a pretty standard platformer for the time, fine but not amazing.
DKC is like Xenoblade to us now in music art.
Just listen Erythia Sea Night 🔥.
DKC2 is for me the BEST SNES game of all time.
Aside from emulations or hacks, the only place you can play Nintendo games are on Nintendo consoles
He should listen to some metroid music 😮
He reacted to "Meta Ridley" from Metroid Prime for Episode 700.