User:TheJoebro64/drafts/DKmusic
The former Rare musicians David Wise (left) and Grant Kirkhope (right) have composed music for multiple Donkey Kong games since Donkey Kong Country (1994).
The music for Donkey Kong, a video game series and media franchise created by the Japanese game designer Shigeru Miyamoto for Nintendo, spans multiple genres and has been provided by various composers since the original 1981 game.
Arcade games (1981–1983)
[edit].JPG)
Rare games (1994–2005)
[edit]Retro Studios games (2010–2014)
[edit]Other games
[edit]Album releases
[edit]| Year | Title | Details | Artist(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | Donkey Kong Goes Home | A children's music album that narrates the story of the original Donkey Kong. | Pat McBride, Dana Walden, Rena Jones, and Leon Reeder |
| 1994 | DK Jamz: The Original Donkey Kong Country Soundtrack | The North American release of Donkey Kong Country's soundtrack. | David Wise, Eveline Fischer, Robin Beanland |
| 1995 | Super Donkey Kong Game Music CD ~ Jungle Fantasy | The Japanese release of Donkey Kong Country's soundtrack. Includes seven rearrangements by Yoshiyuki Ito. | Yoshiyuki Ito, David Wise, Eveline Fischer, Robin Beanland |
| Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest Original Soundtrack | Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest's soundtrack. | David Wise | |
| 1996 | Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! Original Soundtrack | Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!'s soundtrack. The North American release is missing two tracks present in the Japanese one. | Eveline Fischer, David Wise |
| Donkey Kong Country Trilogy | A compilation album including the Donkey Kong Country, Diddy's Kong Quest, and Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! albums. | David Wise, Eveline Fischer, Robin Beanland | |
| 1997 | Diddy Kong Racing Original Soundtrack | Diddy Kong Racing's soundtrack. | David Wise |
| 1999 | Da Banana Bunch: The Original Donkey Kong 64 Soundtrack | Donkey Kong 64's soundtracks. Da Banana Bunch was released in Europe, while Official Soundtrack / Soundtrack CD was released in North America. Both releases are missing tracks. | Grant Kirkhope |
| Donkey Kong 64 Official Soundtrack / Donkey Kong 64 Soundtrack CD | |||
| 2004 | Game Sound Museum ~Famicom Edition~ albums | A series of 21 Japan-exclusive mini CD soundtracks of Nintendo Entertainment System games; Donkey Kong, Donkey Kong Jr., and Donkey Kong 3 each received an album. | Yukio Kaneoka, Hirokazu Tanaka |
| Donkey Konga: The Hottest Hits | A short promotional album published by Nintendo of Europe containing seven tracks from Donkey Konga. | ||
| 2011 | Donkey Kong Returns Original Soundtrack | Donkey Kong Country Returns's soundtrack. | Kenji Yamamoto, Minako Hamano, Masaru Tajima, Shinji Ushiroda, Daisuke Matsuoka |