Thanks to all of y'all who watched the live stream of this one. It was great to read all the comments. This one really opened up. You can just feel the space. One thing I love about this track is how it has no kick, just a booming bass. Really makes the track feel softer without being any lighter. Someone make this into one of those memes where the guy is turning up the dial to 10
Also, i'm curious as to why I can't find your Forest Interlude remaster on your channel? The only one i've found is TerraBlue's video of your music and I'd rather not give your views to her!
@@SeekAndDestroy5 still missing the metallic percussion sound in the drum beat. The one she uploaded is on the drive in the unfinished folder if you want it. Otherwise, I know where that sound is. It's in the Roland U-220. I just need to set up a donation but to raise funds to get one used
@@JamminSamMiller Oh I see, she just took your unfinished and uploaded it. That's crazy, so you actually need the legit hardware and thats whats holding you back? I would support a patreon or something like that. This is truly great work good sir!
I don't think you understand exactly what a profound effect this is going to create for video game music, and retro game restoration as a whole. In the very least, it's affecting me like no other video game music project has. I've said it before, and I'll likely say it again, but you're doing gods work on this, I look forward to the next video! Nothing but love and respect my man.
So glad y'all love this project as much as I do. The support means a lot. I have no idea what kind of effect this'll create but I'm ready to make some MFin' waves 🍌🍌
Well said. These collections of restorations opens up my mind like "what does x sound like restored?" It's very ambitious because game audio is usually the first thing compromised with new ports of old games.
IMO a lot of the time they end up sounding worse. That ringing noise is ear screeching, and the compression adds a lot of crunch and flavor. Respect for the work but it happens a lot in this field
David's melody work is awe inspiring. A true genius at his craft. He's mentioned in a few podcasts that he spends an ungodly amount of time perfecting the arrangement of notes in his melodies. It definitely shows
I'm amazed how you were able to recreate the "faux voices" with the reverb. This effect is something that often gets lost in the remastering process so I'm glad it remains intact!
When I open up my Audio Technica M50X headphones next week your restorations are the first thing I am going to listen to! Great work as always from a long time DKC fan.
This has been my favorite DKC trilogy song ever since I was a kid. I once went to sleep listening to it on a night when I was having trouble falling asleep. God bless you for making these restorations, Sam, because it's like I'm suddenly able to hear these songs again for the very first time.
I've been listening to each track you have remastered and BY GOD THEY ARE MAKING ME CRY. I'm thrown back into my childhood in 95 getting this for Christmas and enjoying my week-long break from school. It's amazing to hear what Rare composers could do, and the magic of hearing these tracks uncompressed is like listening to them for the first time all over again. I hope you make each track from DKC 1-3 OST. Simply masterpieces
I know I just raved about Forest Frenzy, but I'm in absolute awe of the way this sounds compared to its 16-bit counterpart. This might be the track that has most benefitted from these restorations (at least, so far!), which I especially appreciate since I find many in the covers scene overlook this one. Great work!
This is probably the most beautiful piece of music from the DKC Trilogy. Right there with Stickerbrush Symphony and Forest Interlude. This hits me different than all the others though. I'm sure many of you can agree with me. Best game ever.
God's work! I can't believe how much bigger this sounds while still painstakingly faithful. Goes to show just how fantastic the original compositions were.
I've been going through and listening to your restorations, and I am completely blown away. With so many new games and great soundtracks coming out these days, it feels like these classics are sometimes forgotten. Keep it up my dude! You've got great talent.
I would love to see someone, with the same tools that Vangelis had, remake In a Snow-Bound Land with the same kind of execution as Theme from Antarctica.
You see, jams like have a funny way of how great it is to be around your friends and family around the holidays and how, as we get older, we tend to lose track of the things that made like such a wonderful adventure in the first place. In turn, music like this also servea as a reminder to never let those memories fade.
This restoration really sells me on the idea that this was merely inspired by the "Theme of Antarctica" song by Vangelis, instead of "In a Snowbound Land" being a rip-off. You can more clearly hear all the difference like this. I love both songs, but after I found the Vangelis song, I always wondered, with trepidation, if David Wise just lifted the song. I mean, that kind of thing was still fairly common in the 80s and 90s, and not entirely frowned upon; think of the Ghostbusters theme song, or "Ice, Ice, Baby": both total rip-offs.
Of course, because Mr Wise is a wonderful human being who builds upon whatever he takes inspiration from. Ghostbusters theme and Ice Ice Baby were cool, but they sampled I Want A New Drug and Under Pressure for really no reason at all. This kinda keeps the same vibe but adds on to it a bit
Oh wow, I didn't even notice you actually distributed all the samples you found while doing these restorations as well! Might have to get my hands dirty with these sometime... ;) Anyway, this is damn good honestly; these restorations have been really top-notch so far, and I really like how you go back to fix whatever mistakes you found lol
I was always under the belief that David Wise's compositions were complimented by SNES Sound Chip limitations, but after hearing this, I can safely say that this is how it's meant to be heard.
DK Coin were more rewarding to get, than ANY TROPHY or achievement in modern games. CAPCOM remakes their ancient Resident Evil games, I wish Nintendo dev's would remake the original DKC 1 & 2 games and release it for all consoles and PC!
@@coldzero8584 He should have put a low pass filter on it to soften the sound of it. The original was lossy, so it basically did the same thing (especially with the SNES' gaussian interpolation).
I also could have done without the high pitched sound, it actually ended up taking away from the beauty of the track and caused both ears to hurt (and I'm listening to it via speakers, not headphones). I love his remasters, but I'd definitely vouch to take that 1 part out of the song, or at least make it MUCH quieter instead of the volume it is currently at.
This game hit the States in 1995. I was 10 years old. I fell in love with music in part because of games like this. I am still listening to this music 26 years later! It stays with you. Anyone who says video games are not art just does not understand them.
The melody was stolen from Vangelis, though. Like the major Nintendo composer (Koji Kondo) stole much of "his" work from others. th-cam.com/video/GOwuniIgYXM/w-d-xo.html
I don't know if I have a bias for snow/ice levels, but I think a really good restoration would be Chill Penguin's stage in Mega Man X. Or most music from that game lol. It's my favourite game of all time, just slightly above DKC2 :P
This theme wasn't composed by David Wise but Eveline Fischer (which composed some of the DKC1 and mostly of the DKC 3 soundtrack). This was confirmed on his Twitter
Sam, the FLAC file link to Dropbox is damaged. At 01:32 (mm:ss) It starts cracking every few minutes. Please re-upload the FLAC when you can to dropbox. Thanks. The video and MP3 file are flawless.
You gotta love how there's no actual snow in this particular game entry... Still a magical track, though. The DKC trilogy have got to be the only games in existence with good water levels!
please some one help. I can't describe this kind of music and would love to find music just like this. The things that make me love this is the chill vibe it gives off from the deep chime things (faux?) with the reverb and that low bouncy sound idk what that sounds.
I don't know if it's feasible to explain this in a comment, but how exactly do you "restore" these songs? With software is there somehow a way to bounce out each track individually so that it can be re-mixed and remastered?
Watch my live streams. The short version is that I find the original samples from the machines the composers used and plug them into the music data from the game converted to MIDI, effectively bypassing the SNES
![Donkey Kong Country 2 - In A Snow-Bound Land [Restored] Extended](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/k2Ri2lR0TuY/mqdefault.jpg)
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![Donkey Kong Country 2 - Forest Interlude [Restored] Extended](/img/n.gif)
This song makes me feel like I'm meeting Santa in heaven and he's giving me a million dollars
I'm a simple guy. If I see a dunkey quote I'm liking it
I'll do you one better.
*Jesus Christ hugs me and says, "Welcome Home Son/Daughter, enter into the rest & joy of your lord forever."*
There is snow in heaven 🥲
So spiritual and materialistic at the same time!
I'm making a promise to myself to listen to this every Christmas
You better not forget in a little more than 2 months
thats beauty man, i have great memories of me and my mon
I'm here listening to it as every winter.
starting right now
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Thanks to all of y'all who watched the live stream of this one. It was great to read all the comments.
This one really opened up. You can just feel the space. One thing I love about this track is how it has no kick, just a booming bass. Really makes the track feel softer without being any lighter. Someone make this into one of those memes where the guy is turning up the dial to 10
Your work is absolutely top quality sir, thanks again for this remaster!
Also, i'm curious as to why I can't find your Forest Interlude remaster on your channel? The only one i've found is TerraBlue's video of your music and I'd rather not give your views to her!
@@SeekAndDestroy5 still missing the metallic percussion sound in the drum beat. The one she uploaded is on the drive in the unfinished folder if you want it. Otherwise, I know where that sound is. It's in the Roland U-220. I just need to set up a donation but to raise funds to get one used
@@JamminSamMiller Oh I see, she just took your unfinished and uploaded it. That's crazy, so you actually need the legit hardware and thats whats holding you back? I would support a patreon or something like that. This is truly great work good sir!
@@SeekAndDestroy5 yeah cause there's no digital version. I should totally put up a Patreon
God has joined the server
"ARF ARF ARF" clap,clap,clap !!
I don't think you understand exactly what a profound effect this is going to create for video game music, and retro game restoration as a whole. In the very least, it's affecting me like no other video game music project has. I've said it before, and I'll likely say it again, but you're doing gods work on this, I look forward to the next video! Nothing but love and respect my man.
So glad y'all love this project as much as I do. The support means a lot. I have no idea what kind of effect this'll create but I'm ready to make some MFin' waves 🍌🍌
Well said. These collections of restorations opens up my mind like "what does x sound like restored?" It's very ambitious because game audio is usually the first thing compromised with new ports of old games.
IMO a lot of the time they end up sounding worse. That ringing noise is ear screeching, and the compression adds a lot of crunch and flavor. Respect for the work but it happens a lot in this field
David's melody work is awe inspiring. A true genius at his craft. He's mentioned in a few podcasts that he spends an ungodly amount of time perfecting the arrangement of notes in his melodies. It definitely shows
On twitter he said that Eveline Novakovic made this song specifically.
@@supercamborg4218 I know this is 2 years ago but he mixed up the names (since it didn't have one when he made em), this one was Wise
I'm amazed how you were able to recreate the "faux voices" with the reverb. This effect is something that often gets lost in the remastering process so I'm glad it remains intact!
What do you mean by "faux voices"?
I still demand that we know what these faux voices are
@@CMSonYT faux = fake voices. Like the noises Diddy and Dixie make but just harmonised
Surely he meant the "voices" that sound at 0:37, they're not real voices, but rather a synth sound that is created to sound like a voice
@@carlosmendoza1177 I understood what he meant but the timeskip as the thought was crossing my mind was helpful to fully process it
The high pitched ringing indicates the harsh coldness of Winter, yet the melody and harmony indicates the wonders of a snowy day.
yes exactly! I think some covers miss it by leaving out the high pitched part.. it's such an integral part of the music!
When I open up my Audio Technica M50X headphones next week your restorations are the first thing I am going to listen to! Great work as always from a long time DKC fan.
This has been my favorite DKC trilogy song ever since I was a kid. I once went to sleep listening to it on a night when I was having trouble falling asleep. God bless you for making these restorations, Sam, because it's like I'm suddenly able to hear these songs again for the very first time.
Damn. This guy (david) loved his job.
Sounds even more epic without the compression! Your restorations are amazing 👍🏽
Thanks dude!
Of all the ones you've done, this track, to me, has had the most significant effect so far. The depth is astounding.
I wanna cry when I hear this song.
This soundtrack never ceases to amaze me
I've been listening to each track you have remastered and BY GOD THEY ARE MAKING ME CRY. I'm thrown back into my childhood in 95 getting this for Christmas and enjoying my week-long break from school. It's amazing to hear what Rare composers could do, and the magic of hearing these tracks uncompressed is like listening to them for the first time all over again. I hope you make each track from DKC 1-3 OST. Simply masterpieces
The nostalgia of playing through this incredible game back during the 95 holiday season....
It's such a beautiful track.
I genuinely wonder if Vangelis ever heard this track, before, since it is heavily inspired by his soundtrack for the movie Antarctica.
I wonder my self. R.I.P To the master
In HD sounds like a music came from the heaven. Is a sacred music. This is the better thing i heard on my entire life. Thanks.
this track sounds like a piece on the weather channel for the local on the 8's.
*Today; Sunny skies. High, 76. Winds light and variable.*
Perfect song for this time of year. It's just...beautiful. Can't wait to hear more.
The game itself is one the greatest of all time and the soundtrack is as well. Rareware really hit this out of the park
I know I just raved about Forest Frenzy, but I'm in absolute awe of the way this sounds compared to its 16-bit counterpart. This might be the track that has most benefitted from these restorations (at least, so far!), which I especially appreciate since I find many in the covers scene overlook this one. Great work!
currently listening to The Antarctica Theme and i can hear it
especially around 1:00
DONKEY KONG COUNTRY 2 das beste sie seit es snes gab das ist der wahnsin gänehaut wenn ich das spiel spiele danke für das lied
This is probably the most beautiful piece of music from the DKC Trilogy. Right there with Stickerbrush Symphony and Forest Interlude. This hits me different than all the others though. I'm sure many of you can agree with me. Best game ever.
This is the song that always brings me the closest to crying. This song is nostalgia.
this song is on a diffrent level.. best VGM i ever heard.
This is so beautiful... one of my favorites from DKC2 😍
This is the most beautiful tinnitus ever.
God's work! I can't believe how much bigger this sounds while still painstakingly faithful. Goes to show just how fantastic the original compositions were.
I've been going through and listening to your restorations, and I am completely blown away. With so many new games and great soundtracks coming out these days, it feels like these classics are sometimes forgotten. Keep it up my dude! You've got great talent.
Love the bass in this mix! It really stands out, and I don't think I ever paid it proper attention before
I would love to see someone, with the same tools that Vangelis had, remake In a Snow-Bound Land with the same kind of execution as Theme from Antarctica.
i love that like, 3/4 of this video is "most replayed" and its distributed pretty evenly across the whole song
I've never played a game with the perfect matched song for every theme, other than Donkey Kong.
Thank you David Wise and thank you Sam Miller. ❤
this song has never sounded so pretty!
My favorite song in the game...... and you made it more beautiful. Thank you!
this is a beautiful ice cave
...my...my childhood.
I mean, you're crying!
You see, jams like have a funny way of how great it is to be around your friends and family around the holidays and how, as we get older, we tend to lose track of the things that made like such a wonderful adventure in the first place.
In turn, music like this also servea as a reminder to never let those memories fade.
Listen to the compressed original straight after this and you can really hear the difference! You should totally finish Crocodile Cacophony next ;)
Oh buddy I would've finished it already if I could just find that string sample and guitar
@@JamminSamMiller Oh damn! You said it was on the Ensoniq ASR, like this? th-cam.com/video/V5ZkruRuV4s/w-d-xo.html
This restoration really sells me on the idea that this was merely inspired by the "Theme of Antarctica" song by Vangelis, instead of "In a Snowbound Land" being a rip-off. You can more clearly hear all the difference like this. I love both songs, but after I found the Vangelis song, I always wondered, with trepidation, if David Wise just lifted the song. I mean, that kind of thing was still fairly common in the 80s and 90s, and not entirely frowned upon; think of the Ghostbusters theme song, or "Ice, Ice, Baby": both total rip-offs.
Of course, because Mr Wise is a wonderful human being who builds upon whatever he takes inspiration from. Ghostbusters theme and Ice Ice Baby were cool, but they sampled I Want A New Drug and Under Pressure for really no reason at all. This kinda keeps the same vibe but adds on to it a bit
According to David Wise’s Twitter, this track was one of the ones (like ice cave chant) composed by Eveline Fischer
@@matthewwood7533
Thanks for the info!
Thank you. When I 1st played DKC2, I knew I've heard a similar song somewhere before and looked for it for decades never knowing it was Vangelis.
Oh wow, I didn't even notice you actually distributed all the samples you found while doing these restorations as well! Might have to get my hands dirty with these sometime... ;)
Anyway, this is damn good honestly; these restorations have been really top-notch so far, and I really like how you go back to fix whatever mistakes you found lol
Wow can really hear the difference on this one, you’ve brought it to life
Wow... This theme sounds awesome in HD. Actually it sounds magic at my ears...
I LISTEN FROM MEXICO .....
SO BEAUTIFUL
Fantástico gracias y que nunca se acabe estos juegazos y los momentos únicos de esa época de jugar y sentir el videojuego y no lo de ahora.
You can just _feel_ the Vangelis.
I was always under the belief that David Wise's compositions were complimented by SNES Sound Chip limitations, but after hearing this, I can safely say that this is how it's meant to be heard.
much love & respect out to you man!!! love your work, you really bring some joy man, every upload and update makes my day :)
No problem man. It makes me happy to hear that y'all enjoy these as much as I enjoy making them!
Its such a shame this pretty tune only got played in 2 levels. Very underrated.
Try 4
DK Coin were more rewarding to get, than ANY TROPHY or achievement in modern games. CAPCOM remakes their ancient Resident Evil games, I wish Nintendo dev's would remake the original DKC 1 & 2 games and release it for all consoles and PC!
The FLAC file for this video has been fixed in the download link. Thanks Sam!
Love it, keep up the good work..... Just amazing.
Wow, that high pitched sound at the start is obnoxious. I think it triggered my tinnitus.
Otherwise great restoration!
Hey jack ass if u don't like it dont listen to it. Ty very much
@@coldzero8584 He should have put a low pass filter on it to soften the sound of it. The original was lossy, so it basically did the same thing (especially with the SNES' gaussian interpolation).
I also could have done without the high pitched sound, it actually ended up taking away from the beauty of the track and caused both ears to hurt (and I'm listening to it via speakers, not headphones). I love his remasters, but I'd definitely vouch to take that 1 part out of the song, or at least make it MUCH quieter instead of the volume it is currently at.
God this sounds amazing.
Holy crap. This is out of this world!
Why is this making me cry
This song utterly nailed the atmosphere of the level.
This game hit the States in 1995. I was 10 years old. I fell in love with music in part because of games like this. I am still listening to this music 26 years later! It stays with you. Anyone who says video games are not art just does not understand them.
The melody was stolen from Vangelis, though. Like the major Nintendo composer (Koji Kondo) stole much of "his" work from others.
th-cam.com/video/GOwuniIgYXM/w-d-xo.html
Excelente trabalho, a versão ficou linda, parabéns
Wow it does Sound like Antartica-Vangelis!!!awesome that Dave was inspired by him
This is SO Vangelis (Antarctica, 1983), beautiful!!!
It sounds like ice
ok so....best restore so far lol
David Wise confirmed on twitter that this new-age sad & depressing song was composed by Eveline Fischer, heavily inspired in 'Antarctica' by Vangelis.
Awesome restoration! Would love to see you do the same with Super Metroid's soundtrack.
Reminds me the time that i've paused the game Just to hear the music. Great times of childhood!!! ♥️♥️
Def going in my Christmas playlist
Tudo em DK é perfeito, tudo mesmo ...😍🤩👑
Soooooo beautiful and pristine!! 😍
Wow, how nostalgic, at the same time I'm happy and at the same time I'm sad because my friends who played with me today are no longer here,😭😭
I don't know if I have a bias for snow/ice levels, but I think a really good restoration would be Chill Penguin's stage in Mega Man X. Or most music from that game lol. It's my favourite game of all time, just slightly above DKC2 :P
DKC the best music in the world. Thanks David Wise, and thanks to you my friend.
I love you mom... I miss you so much...
I wish I could hug you one more time....
This gave me chills!
Oh, it's wonderful✌️
Beautiful!
I saw in your drive folder you have some sounds from DKC3. Do you think there's a chance you might do Nuts and Bolts?
I tried but I don't have the rhythm guitar sample or the machinery
Sounds like DK slapping Diddy Kong across the face
"I like your cut G"
THANKS ALWAYS
This and Aquatic Ambiance👌
It's so soothing!
Listening on the Great Blizzard of 2021
The nostalgia!😭
Do em all!
reminds me of Stay On These Roads by a-ha
Dave wise was inspired in "theme from antarctica" song from vangelis to do this masterpiece?
The inspiration is quite evident
This theme wasn't composed by David Wise but Eveline Fischer (which composed some of the DKC1 and mostly of the DKC 3 soundtrack). This was confirmed on his Twitter
Interesting, so she pretty much ghost-composed this one? I wouldn't be surprised
@@PPablinho correct!
Sam, the FLAC file link to Dropbox is damaged. At 01:32 (mm:ss) It starts cracking every few minutes. Please re-upload the FLAC when you can to dropbox. Thanks. The video and MP3 file are flawless.
I noticed this as well.
You gotta love how there's no actual snow in this particular game entry...
Still a magical track, though.
The DKC trilogy have got to be the only games in existence with good water levels!
Vangelis would be happy to hear it.
Very fabulous.
please some one help. I can't describe this kind of music and would love to find music just like this. The things that make me love this is the chill vibe it gives off from the deep chime things (faux?) with the reverb and that low bouncy sound idk what that sounds.
Best I can describe it is... Chillwave? It's basically the theme from Antarctica by Vangelis
open.spotify.com/playlist/4mZPJxkMV2aw6vunOxLkyr?si=cgSkgKEoQ1ebxbOSwTrA8w
Love it ❤
I rarely comment, but damn. These are so good.
I don't know if it's feasible to explain this in a comment, but how exactly do you "restore" these songs? With software is there somehow a way to bounce out each track individually so that it can be re-mixed and remastered?
Watch my live streams. The short version is that I find the original samples from the machines the composers used and plug them into the music data from the game converted to MIDI, effectively bypassing the SNES
@@JamminSamMiller that sounds like a very difficult and time consuming process. You're doing God's work sir!!
Anyone know who composed this? Was it Ben Zimmerman or David Wise? I'm finding conflicting citations online.
Arctic Abyss
Clapper's Cavern
Black Ice Battle
Animal Antics