I'd love to see you do more titles you're familiar with. Blind reactions are great, but it's a nice change of pace when you are familiar with the music already and can gush about it even more.
I can't believe I not only missed the original live stream on Twitch for this, but also it's premiere on UA-cam! Donkey Kong Country is one of those all-time classic SNES games, and it's soundtrack is now legendary among gamers, particularly DK Island Swing, Aquatic Ambiance, and Gang-Plank Galleon. David Wise gets most of the credit when it comes to this game's soundtrack, but Eveline Novakovic/Fischer and Robin Beanland also contributed music to this game, and it's all fantastic! They seriously can't get enough credit for how wonderfully memorable the whole thing turned out. I'm really glad you finally got around to doing a reaction stream for DKC's OST and you got to talk about it; again, sorry for missing out originally. PS, please put this towards Pizza Tower's OST, I refuse to let it lose its spot within the top 5!
Saying it right now, you've gotta try listening to Rayman Legends ost! Its amazing and they use rock N roll a lot so i think you'd love it! (By the way, awesome video, love the DK Cosplay)
Hi Dan. I don't know if you've ever heard of the UA-cam channel "Jammin Sam Miller," but he restored ALL the soundtracks for the ENTIRE Donkey Kong Country trilogy and has playlists on his channel for them. They are INCREDIBLY clear and I would highly recommend listening to them!
It’s so awesome to see you discussing the soundtrack of Donkey Kong Country 1. Such phenomenal music, especially Aquatic Ambience (one of my favorites). I hope you check out the rest of the trilogy as well!
I met David Wise last year at Comic Con Germany in Stuttgart and I tried to express how much I love his music, especially for this game of my childhood. I hope he got the message, I kinda made an ape out of myself there (which is a german phrase that means I felt very embarassed afterwards for some things I said).
Didn’t make the Pink Floyd - Aquatic Ambiance connection until, like, seconds before someone commented about it. Very fitting of the Wish You Were Here era. And that chord you were picking out in Aquatic Ambiance, I always just think of as a Bb/D. Could be some spice on it like an add9
Hello, a great reaction as always and teaching more about music, it was great. speaking of great... I know it is the ost number 318 to be reacted but I can't help but suggest the reactions to the ost of the great ace attorney, it really has some amazing melodies that will leave you fascinated. Thanks for reading this comment and have a nice day.
Hey! I think a soundtrack you may enjoy is for Fire Emblem Radiant Dawn/Path of Radiance. Radiant Dawn in particular has really beautiful and powerful pieces. Other fire emblem games that have good sountracks is 3 houses, and fates.
I don't know if you alrealdy plan to, but react to the music of DKC2 as well!! I would love to see your thoughts on David Wise's more mature compositions
I will always appreciate how engaging, entertaining and good at explaining music intricacies for us Dan is, the Donkey Kong cosplay brought a big smile to my face. 😄 Did the DK head muffled the headphone sound too much?
Practice your bends, you lost your muscle memory. (note for myself for later). Also, soloing is getting better in terms of playing from the heart, but my goodness man, you need to work on your rhythm. Maybe focus on finishing your books and courses until you have time to practice becuase we both know you can do better.
I definitely know that I love your channel, just specifically because you actually bought a donkey Kong costume for this stream. Along with even showing off how to play the music on guitar too. You're going all out and I really appreciate it for how much dedication you put into your content!
Dude you need to listen to some clone hero custom music, it’s to good not to share to a separate community, I recommend crystalline my tornith and H-ell by 3
I'm really enjoying the Retro soundtracks and Dan jamming along just makes me smile everytime. Keep up the good work! Also my favorite partner animal is the parrot from DKC2 xD
Dan, I love your channel and your videos, but it’s a crime you haven’t covered DKC2 - it’s widely regarded as David Wise’s masterpiece and one of the greatest game soundtracks of all time. Like, top 3!!
What I really like about DKC music is the buildup. DK Island Swing starts with just the percussion, and it’s a journey going from that to the instruments adding on, then the energetic main melody, then that softer but moody aftermath. It’s fantastic.
@@ryanfoster2869 It could be called 'Voices of the Temple DK Land edition' as its the same basic melody, but cranked to 11. I agree the Gameboy version is better as it is more upbeat and more energetic, carrying the momentum forward. I also like the 'Construction Site Fight' as well. Similar vibes with the aforementioned song.
ToxicxEternity has done an AMAZING cover of Aquatic Ambiance, which is on UA-cam! I recommend giving that a listen! Thank you for the content! I love reaction, I love video games and the music for them.. some of this soundtrack had me thinking a lot about music. I get it enough to be able to compose and mix. But these games bring me back.. David Wise is a genius. DKC2 is full of unforgettable tunes..
thank you for making these videos dan. your positive personality and excitement for music makes your reactions and jam sessions a joy to watch and listen to! :)
I like that the GBA version had a code you press (hold select and type in ballad(pad down) thats the version i listened to the most...i had the original donkey Kong when i was a little kid my cousin played it..dont know where the cartridge is anymore
Fun fact: Funky's Fugue was actually written by Robin Beanland for Killer Instinct. For some reason, Nintendo used the song to promote Donkey Kong Country at E3 and it worked so well they actually used it in the game.
This is immediately my favorite theory channel. Absolutely subscribed. I highly suggest the Spyro the dragon ost next! composed by the legendary Stewart Copeland, that would be a very awesome review.
My top 10 DK songs of all time: #10 Slammin’ Steel #9 Mining Melancholy #8 Amiss Abyss #7 Life in the Mines #6 Homecoming Hijinx #5 Aquatic Ambience #4 Lockjaws Saga #3 Krook’s March #2 Stickerbrush Symphony #1 Forest Interlude
RARE were a talented British studio (most of the best games on N64 were from them). Check out Perfect Dark and Kill Instinct for some more of their music.
Him just vibing with Aquatic Ambience is great. I was new to video games when I first played this, and getting lost in the water level with this music was such an experience. It’s like “Go ahead, just swim around aimlessly. We got your ears.”
Man David Wise really nailed it with this awesome OST! I really hope to get you review a very underrated OST from a Sega Genesis RPG called Shining Force 2. Music by a very accomplished composer called Motoaki Takenouchi. Lots of harmony material to learn from there!
In case you see it through a reply he easier, sorry for double post, Hey man, made this My Hero Academia OST playlist in hopes you react to it, its 331 songs but you wont regret reacting to them even if its on your own, the ost is amazing, it's more fun to see you react to it though, keep up the good work. ua-cam.com/play/PLjONbEPMVyiEYBi5EMz75T6HgVTNGmld9.html This in an anime show but it should be fine since you dont show videos or anything while doing the OST react streams, and the composer for most of these songs is Yuki Hayashi, when it comes to openings and endings, the artist is credited on the description of the song, this is how it works, every season, except season 1, is divided in two halves, each with their opening and ending, so, at the start of each half, i put the tv sized version of each opening and ending song, and at the end of the halves, i put the full versions of the openings and endings, something to note, this show has 3 movies so i added the movie OSTs to the playlist as well, and if you access it in mobile, you might have to scroll to the bottom and refresh downwards to see all the songs, for reference, last one on the playlist is the full ending 11 from season 6.
@IvoryMadness. Oh, so if I understand correctly, by upvoting your suggestion with an amount of money, it gets added to the list of the next reaction, then the more people that put money on the suggestio and gets to big amounts of money, the more likely is for him to react to it?
@@IvoryMadness.Well im broke so, if i do it like this with a few dollars, i can only hope a lot of people get behind it, doesn't seem like just suggesting it in the comments for free will do to add it to the list
David Wise is my all time favourite composer. All his work for the Donkey Kong Country series is phenomenal. I really hope you do reactions DKC2, DKC3 and DKC: Tropical Freeze (that one's my favourite VGM soundtrack of all time) because they are all top tier music. DKC: Returns is nice too but it is a different composer and the tracks are mostly (if not all, not sure) remakes of original tracks from the original DKC Trilogy. It deserves love too, but when David came back for Tropical Freeze he completely blew it out of the water.
18:20 you do hear all 3 parts in level 1. Story goes David Wise made 3 songs when asked for a jungle-style intro level and they were all so good Nintendo asked if he could combine all 3 into one song. The 1st song is the beginning, and the 2nd starts once the drums and piano kick in (the iconic part), the 3rd song which does indeed play on a loop w the first two is right after.
Donkey Kong country Ost is just a ride, when it comes to "ambience" this game is usually what comes to mind and its one of my examples to use personally. Donkey Kong country 2 is when they peaked sound wise for me, David wise and his team did a amazing job here and on the sequel and it echoes decades later. He did come back to work on the last and latest game in the series: Tropical freeze. you should give it a shot in the future if you are ever curious. His recent work is excellent too. The beginning jingle in the title theme is a nod to the original Donkey Kong title theme back in the NES. same jingle, its like its saying this donkey Kong BUT NEW! its kinda cool how they shift from the original to the new sound.
1:16 opening fanfare
2:20 title theme
10:50 map (simian segue)
15:03 DK island swing
24:35 crankys theme
26:38 cave ambiance
33:45 bonus room blitz
38:15 aquatic ambiance
42:21 pink floydzy vibes
44:36 candys love song
49:42 bad boss boogie
55:12 minecart madness
59:41 life in the mines
1:04:12 voices of the temple
1:07:52 forest frenzy
1:12:12 treetop rock
1:15:43 funkys fegue
1:18:43 misty menace
1:26:23 northern hemisphere
1:30:09 ice cave chant
1:34:55 fear factory
1:38:58 gangplank galleon
1:45:00 k rools cacophony
1:46:52 credits
Thank you!
Thank you!
Great video but the audio volume of this is kinda low for laptops unfortunately fyi !
beautiful thumbnail
I'd love to see you do more titles you're familiar with. Blind reactions are great, but it's a nice change of pace when you are familiar with the music already and can gush about it even more.
Stoked you are stoked! #stoked
We came for the music but we absolutely stayed for Dan, what a gem of a man.
Hearing you jam out to Aquatic Ambiance was so freaking cool
The guitar sounded so pretty 🤍
I can't believe I not only missed the original live stream on Twitch for this, but also it's premiere on UA-cam! Donkey Kong Country is one of those all-time classic SNES games, and it's soundtrack is now legendary among gamers, particularly DK Island Swing, Aquatic Ambiance, and Gang-Plank Galleon. David Wise gets most of the credit when it comes to this game's soundtrack, but Eveline Novakovic/Fischer and Robin Beanland also contributed music to this game, and it's all fantastic! They seriously can't get enough credit for how wonderfully memorable the whole thing turned out. I'm really glad you finally got around to doing a reaction stream for DKC's OST and you got to talk about it; again, sorry for missing out originally. PS, please put this towards Pizza Tower's OST, I refuse to let it lose its spot within the top 5!
Counted!
PLEASE tell me he's wearing that for the entire video
Edit: oh my GOD
Tune in and find out.
The man's nothing if not committed. I just couldn't see him wearing the costume and taking it off later.
this ost a little too fire for a game about monkeys
here strictly for the DK outfit
Saying it right now, you've gotta try listening to Rayman Legends ost! Its amazing and they use rock N roll a lot so i think you'd love it! (By the way, awesome video, love the DK Cosplay)
Hi Dan. I don't know if you've ever heard of the UA-cam channel "Jammin Sam Miller," but he restored ALL the soundtracks for the ENTIRE Donkey Kong Country trilogy and has playlists on his channel for them. They are INCREDIBLY clear and I would highly recommend listening to them!
It’s so awesome to see you discussing the soundtrack of Donkey Kong Country 1. Such phenomenal music, especially Aquatic Ambience (one of my favorites). I hope you check out the rest of the trilogy as well!
I'm not saying he oughta wear the costume the whole time......but maybe the tie?
I met David Wise last year at Comic Con Germany in Stuttgart and I tried to express how much I love his music, especially for this game of my childhood. I hope he got the message, I kinda made an ape out of myself there (which is a german phrase that means I felt very embarassed afterwards for some things I said).
I'm sure he's encountered much more awkward people. I also hope he's proud of his accomplishments, because it brings many people joy to this very day
WHAT IS THAT I LOVE THATT XD THAT'S AMAZING THANK YOU DAN
Both for the reactions and the awesome costume!
I'm glad you like it🎉
Um, interesting thumbnail here.
Yeeeey!!! My second favorite Soundtracks after Final Fantasy 7 and several other Final Fantasy games. (my third favorite are Age of Wonders 1)
Was hoping you'd do the Smash Bros. version of Gangplank Galleon
Didn’t make the Pink Floyd - Aquatic Ambiance connection until, like, seconds before someone commented about it. Very fitting of the Wish You Were Here era.
And that chord you were picking out in Aquatic Ambiance, I always just think of as a Bb/D. Could be some spice on it like an add9
Seeing you solo over Aquatic Ambience was so cool, made me think of a song from Meddle
Hello, a great reaction as always and teaching more about music, it was great.
speaking of great...
I know it is the ost number 318 to be reacted but I can't help but suggest the reactions to the ost of the great ace attorney, it really has some amazing melodies that will leave you fascinated.
Thanks for reading this comment and have a nice day.
YOOO this is cool. also nice costume!! btw I just saw "Legend of mana" on your upcoming list. when do you start to reacting it?
The real mind blowing part is this isn't the peak. DKC2 trumps this
Dude you're great, fun playing along with you to this classic soundtrack! You need to do Banjo Kazooie, you'll smile ear to ear
Dude i'm hyped for this suit alone, god bless you man lol
Hey! I think a soundtrack you may enjoy is for Fire Emblem Radiant Dawn/Path of Radiance. Radiant Dawn in particular has really beautiful and powerful pieces. Other fire emblem games that have good sountracks is 3 houses, and fates.
Yooooo I’m actually live for one of these. One of my fave snes games.
DKC is my childhood the OST is ultra nostalgic for me. The music all fits the themes of the areas and levels so well. A great iconic soundtrack.
Can’t wait for the reaction to arguably the greatest OST of all time, Donkey Kong Country 2.
Dave Wise srsly did not have to go that hard for Donkey Kong. But, the man had a dream.
Oh yeah. I'm looking forward to this. Loving the outfit
Kong in concert is one of my favorite OC Remix albums.
your jam session to aquatic ambience was the best I need that as an mp3
when do u start to reacting Legend of mana soundtrack? sorry, i dont really understand the spreadsheet song list. it is so confusing to me
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@@MusicTheoryforGamers omg
@@MusicTheoryforGamers i think i missed it, i overslept cus it got so much time difference and im unable to watch ur live twitch 😔
DK2 is my favorite but I love the SNES DK Country games.
I don't know if you alrealdy plan to, but react to the music of DKC2 as well!! I would love to see your thoughts on David Wise's more mature compositions
I will always appreciate how engaging, entertaining and good at explaining music intricacies for us Dan is, the Donkey Kong cosplay brought a big smile to my face. 😄
Did the DK head muffled the headphone sound too much?
Some of the best games on the Super Nintendo!
Agreed
Love this OST so much, very excited for this!!
niceeeeeee
Great video, love the outfit. Mine cart madness is a favorite of mine because of all the different timing. You don’t know where you are!
Omg one of the games from my childhood 😂
Practice your bends, you lost your muscle memory. (note for myself for later). Also, soloing is getting better in terms of playing from the heart, but my goodness man, you need to work on your rhythm. Maybe focus on finishing your books and courses until you have time to practice becuase we both know you can do better.
Dan commenting on Dan's video, lol.
I definitely know that I love your channel, just specifically because you actually bought a donkey Kong costume for this stream. Along with even showing off how to play the music on guitar too. You're going all out and I really appreciate it for how much dedication you put into your content!
Day 1 of asking MTfG to listen to the Splatoon Soundtracks
Hey! Xenoblade 3 ost finally released. Would you be reacting to it any time soon 😊
Cant wait for this
This soundtrack is aboslutely genius. These were the best times for gaming
this is so hype
Dude you need to listen to some clone hero custom music, it’s to good not to share to a separate community, I recommend crystalline my tornith and H-ell by 3
Omg. Cant wait when you get to DKC2!
Do DKC2 and Mega Man X
I'm really enjoying the Retro soundtracks and Dan jamming along just makes me smile everytime. Keep up the good work! Also my favorite partner animal is the parrot from DKC2 xD
great!
Hearing these songs gives me chills of nostalgia even to this day. Great video
Can't wait for DK tropical freeze. 😀
See pizza tower ost is one of the best osts out there
Dan, I love your channel and your videos, but it’s a crime you haven’t covered DKC2 - it’s widely regarded as David Wise’s masterpiece and one of the greatest game soundtracks of all time. Like, top 3!!
What I really like about DKC music is the buildup. DK Island Swing starts with just the percussion, and it’s a journey going from that to the instruments adding on, then the energetic main melody, then that softer but moody aftermath. It’s fantastic.
The version of the Temple theme from Donkey Kong Land on Gameboy is my favorite version of that song
Voices of the Temple? or Kremlantis?
@@GeoGyf I think the Game Boy version is just called "Temple"
@@ryanfoster2869 It could be called 'Voices of the Temple DK Land edition' as its the same basic melody, but cranked to 11. I agree the Gameboy version is better as it is more upbeat and more energetic, carrying the momentum forward.
I also like the 'Construction Site Fight' as well. Similar vibes with the aforementioned song.
I hadn't heard those final bits in Cave Dweller Concert either, nice
ToxicxEternity has done an AMAZING cover of Aquatic Ambiance, which is on UA-cam! I recommend giving that a listen!
Thank you for the content! I love reaction, I love video games and the music for them.. some of this soundtrack had me thinking a lot about music. I get it enough to be able to compose and mix. But these games bring me back..
David Wise is a genius. DKC2 is full of unforgettable tunes..
I really love donkey kong country ost but man even the gameboy versions is fire as well. really nice costume as well :D fire!
Aaaaaaw I missed it. Welp, thank goodness there's the VOD! Gonna enjoy this :D
Hope you enjoy it!
thank you for making these videos dan. your positive personality and excitement for music makes your reactions and jam sessions a joy to watch and listen to! :)
Glad you like them!
Gosh this OST is seriously amazing.
You're awesome Dan! thanks for listening to this legendary soundtrack!!
Thanks for listening!
42:18 just enjoy. Pink Floid Time.
IMO one of the best game OSTs
Can you listen to Tekken 1, 2 and 3 osts please? They are amazing!
You have to do Donkey Kong Country 2 the soundtrack is fire
Was hoping you'd finally get to the DKC games! ❤
37:51 my favourite is Enguard !!!
I'd love to see you react to other Rareware games like Banjo-kazooie or Conker
I also hope Dan reacts to Banjo-Kazooie some day, or maybe Donkey Kong 64. I'm sure Grant Kirkhope would appreciate his insight!
Glad to see he’s dressed for the occasion!
Rare
Keep the Tie for the next videos
I like that the GBA version had a code you press (hold select and type in ballad(pad down) thats the version i listened to the most...i had the original donkey Kong when i was a little kid my cousin played it..dont know where the cartridge is anymore
Dan: *Rips the most edgy, slow burning, soulfull guitar solo to freaking Aquatic Ambience no less, off the top of his head*
Also Dan: So anyway.
Please please do a full electric guitar cover over the Aquatic ambiance track!
Fun fact: Funky's Fugue was actually written by Robin Beanland for Killer Instinct. For some reason, Nintendo used the song to promote Donkey Kong Country at E3 and it worked so well they actually used it in the game.
And it doesn’t even sound like Killer lnstinct to me 😂
David Wise is one of my favorite VGM composers (along with Geoff Knorr and Shogo Sakai) and I'm happy to see that you're covering his Magnum Opus!
This isn't DKC2...
(half-joking :) )
This is immediately my favorite theory channel. Absolutely subscribed. I highly suggest the Spyro the dragon ost next! composed by the legendary Stewart Copeland, that would be a very awesome review.
Now im into hairy dudes, thank you very much.... Joking i was already..
My top 10 DK songs of all time:
#10 Slammin’ Steel
#9 Mining Melancholy
#8 Amiss Abyss
#7 Life in the Mines
#6 Homecoming Hijinx
#5 Aquatic Ambience
#4 Lockjaws Saga
#3 Krook’s March
#2 Stickerbrush Symphony
#1 Forest Interlude
RARE were a talented British studio (most of the best games on N64 were from them). Check out Perfect Dark and Kill Instinct for some more of their music.
Him just vibing with Aquatic Ambience is great. I was new to video games when I first played this, and getting lost in the water level with this music was such an experience. It’s like “Go ahead, just swim around aimlessly. We got your ears.”
Man David Wise really nailed it with this awesome OST!
I really hope to get you review a very underrated OST from a Sega Genesis RPG called Shining Force 2. Music by a very accomplished composer called Motoaki Takenouchi. Lots of harmony material to learn from there!
Hmm can i do an ost recommendation? Idk if you'll see this
In case you see it through a reply he easier, sorry for double post, Hey man, made this My Hero Academia OST playlist in hopes you react to it, its 331 songs but you wont regret reacting to them even if its on your own, the ost is amazing, it's more fun to see you react to it though, keep up the good work.
ua-cam.com/play/PLjONbEPMVyiEYBi5EMz75T6HgVTNGmld9.html
This in an anime show but it should be fine since you dont show videos or anything while doing the OST react streams, and the composer for most of these songs is Yuki Hayashi, when it comes to openings and endings, the artist is credited on the description of the song, this is how it works, every season, except season 1, is divided in two halves, each with their opening and ending, so, at the start of each half, i put the tv sized version of each opening and ending song, and at the end of the halves, i put the full versions of the openings and endings, something to note, this show has 3 movies so i added the movie OSTs to the playlist as well, and if you access it in mobile, you might have to scroll to the bottom and refresh downwards to see all the songs, for reference, last one on the playlist is the full ending 11 from season 6.
There's a link in the description to upvote the next OST he'll react to. And also a spreadsheet of the nexts reactions
@IvoryMadness. Oh, so if I understand correctly, by upvoting your suggestion with an amount of money, it gets added to the list of the next reaction, then the more people that put money on the suggestio and gets to big amounts of money, the more likely is for him to react to it?
@@arielmartinez94 Yes, that's it!
@@IvoryMadness.Well im broke so, if i do it like this with a few dollars, i can only hope a lot of people get behind it, doesn't seem like just suggesting it in the comments for free will do to add it to the list
It's really awesome to finally see Dan in his truest form.
David Wise is my all time favourite composer. All his work for the Donkey Kong Country series is phenomenal. I really hope you do reactions DKC2, DKC3 and DKC: Tropical Freeze (that one's my favourite VGM soundtrack of all time) because they are all top tier music. DKC: Returns is nice too but it is a different composer and the tracks are mostly (if not all, not sure) remakes of original tracks from the original DKC Trilogy. It deserves love too, but when David came back for Tropical Freeze he completely blew it out of the water.
Just would love to add that Funky's Theme was a track that was from a Killer Instinct promo video.
Uhhh the pink Floyd/aquatic ambiance solo makes me so happy I could listen to it all day. It should be clipped and deserves to go viral
The sequel’s ost is even better. David Wise is gold. Same for Robin Beanland and Eveline Fischer
Wait. This is my favorite soundtrack ever. Thank you for doing this. I haven’t even heard anything yet. Lol I know it will be great!
42:18 I replayed the "Pink Floyd vibes" portion of the video so many times, that guitar solo was literally having a conversation with my soul.
18:20 you do hear all 3 parts in level 1. Story goes David Wise made 3 songs when asked for a jungle-style intro level and they were all so good Nintendo asked if he could combine all 3 into one song. The 1st song is the beginning, and the 2nd starts once the drums and piano kick in (the iconic part), the 3rd song which does indeed play on a loop w the first two is right after.
Hi dude! Try listening to the soundtracks from the game "The Vanishing Of Ethan Carter")
Donkey Kong country Ost is just a ride, when it comes to "ambience" this game is usually what comes to mind and its one of my examples to use personally.
Donkey Kong country 2 is when they peaked sound wise for me, David wise and his team did a amazing job here and on the sequel and it echoes decades later. He did come back to work on the last and latest game in the series: Tropical freeze. you should give it a shot in the future if you are ever curious. His recent work is excellent too.
The beginning jingle in the title theme is a nod to the original Donkey Kong title theme back in the NES. same jingle, its like its saying this donkey Kong BUT NEW! its kinda cool how they shift from the original to the new sound.
Man I loved all of the bonus animals. It's hard to choose. Except the spring snake one. No one likes the spring snake one.