Donkey Kong Country 2 - Phil Collins?

[Nester the Lark]

I'm not suggesting this as a reference for the site. Rather, I just wanted to bring it up since it's something I've noticed for years and wondered whether it occurred to anyone else.

I always thought the beginning of the swamp song ("Bayou Boogie") from Donkey Kong Country 2 sounded uncannily like the beginning of Phil Collins' "In the Air Tonight". They diverge once the main melody gets going, but they still have kind of the same vibe, and I can't think of any other songs that sound like them.

"In the Air Tonight" - This is someone's homemade Shenmue video, but it has better sound quality than the actual music video.

A playthrough of DKC2's Krockhead Klamber.

"Mechanical Swamp" - From Overclocked Remix. Despite being a remix, it sounds pretty close to its source material. Djpretzel even notes the similarity to "In the Air Tonight".

I had never actually heard "In the Air Tonight" until after I had played DKC2, and one day it came on the radio and I thought to myself, "Why are they playing video game music?"

What do you guys think? Coincidence, or is Dave Wise a big Phil Collins fan?

[TV Eye]

This sounds very similar, but those drumbeats are very common...everywhere. I could swear I even heard it in Rayman somewhere...

It's a good song though, most of Phil Collins' are.

[Johans Nidorino]

They have similar instruments. I used to find notes from a song of Shakira in it.

To tell you the truth, I often found some notes from Aquatic Ambiance (the water levels from DKC1) being similar to some in George Michael's Careless Whisper

[Deleted]

They probably used alot of ideas from other songs because it was easier to program. Take Earthbound for example all those Beatles's references they even used samples and wot not.

[parrothead]

That reminds me of this video about Michael Jackson's involvement in Sonic the Hedgehog 3's music and the BGM of ElecMan's stage in MegaMan 1 resembling either R.E.M.'s "All the Right Friends" or Journey's Faithfully.

[TV Eye]

Here's another video showing similarities between artists and video game music.

[Deleted]

Another interesting thing you all forgot. The NES Game Snake Rattle and roll's main theme is Elvis Presley's song Shake Rattle and roll.

[Fryguy64]

Haha, not exactly hard to miss though.

It was also released on Sega systems, which surprised me. Not a Nintendo game! Noooo!

[Deleted]

Sega? Really.

[Fryguy64]

YA RLY ;D Can't remember if it was the Master System or Mega Drive though.

[Deleted]

Is it my imagination or does the Donkey Kong Land Gameboy Boss theme sound a lot like the Blast Corps Skerries song?

[Johans Nidorino]

Hey, guys... Don't the initial notes in the Muda Kingdom theme sound similar to the chorus of The Beatles' Penny Lane?

[Deleted]

I can recognize certain progressions in both Penny Lane and the Muda Kingdom what and I think we found another Beatles reference in a Nintendo game.

BTW - Fryguy64: Snake Rattle and Roll is for the Sega Genesis. I completely forgot Sega made a version.

[Fryguy64]

I am aware of this, which is why it's off my "Nintendo" list.

[Swedol]

Actually The entire DKC2 sooundtrack is stylistically similiar to Pink Floyds album A Momentary Lapse of Reason.