Introduced in 1994 for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System, and ported to the Game Boy Advance a decade later, Donkey Kong Country revolutionized video gaming in many ways. Its primary innovation was the use of pre-rendered 3D sprites in a 2D platformer. It also brought the star of Donkey Kong back into the limelight (though the game makes it clear that the Donkey Kong you play as is different from the original, and that the original Donkey Kong is the older and aptly named Cranky Kong.
The Greatest Bits made a remix album of the soundtrack. He combines chiptune-style retrogame sounds with the best modern beats and instruments. The musical styles vary from the funky beat treatment on the title theme to the dancefloor version of Fear Factory. From the chiptune ballad Aquatic Ambiance to the pounding drum ‘n bass beats on Mine Cart Madness. And from the eastern groove mix of the Cave Dweller Concert to the dark atmospheres of Northern Hemispheres.
All in the honour of a gorilla called Donkey.
The Greatest Bits: Video Game Music DJ
The Greatest Bits (1978) is a Dutch DJ/Producer and musican who played in various bands for half of his life. The other half was mostly spent playing games like Super Mario Kart, Donkey Kong Country, Mega Man, Tetris, Street Fighter and so on.
The Greatest Bits loves the chipsounds of the old game consoles and remixes them with modern beats and instruments. The result is a chiptune crossover style that combines the best of both worlds. Retrogame classics for the sound systems and portable music players of today.
The Donkey Kong Country music album has been digitally released on iTunes, Amazon MP3 and cdbaby.com.
Donkey Kong Country is The Greatest Bits' second album, after the critically acclaimed debut album Mega Man 2 (2010).
