DK Jamz is the name of the original Donkey Kong Country

Donkey Kong Country

Donkey Kong Country is a side-scrolling platformer video game developed by Rare, featuring the character Donkey Kong. It was released for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System in 1994. Following an intense marketing campaign, the original SNES version sold over 8 million copies worldwide, making...

soundtrack. Composers Robin Beanland

Robin Beanland

Robin Beanland , sometimes credited as R. Beanland or simply "The Bean", is a British video game music composer for numerous Rare titles, such as the Killer Instinct franchise, Conker's Bad Fur Day , and many others...

, Eveline Fischer

Eveline Fischer

Eveline Novakovic is a British video game music composer who composed some of the music for Donkey Kong Country, most of the tracks for Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!, and did voice acting and sound effects for a number of other Rare games...

, and David Wise collaborated on this album.
"Robin did Funky's Fugue, Eveline did Simian Segue, Candy's Love Song, Voices of the Temple, Forest Frenzy, Tree Top Rock, Northern Hemispheres and Ice Cave Chant, and the rest was the doing of Mr. Wise." It was very popular, and the quality of the music is considered by many to be some of the best in its genre

Genre

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. The soundtrack has furthermore been entirely rearranged at OverClocked ReMix

OverClocked ReMix

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, with the album name Kong in Concert, as a tribute to the original artists. DK Jamz consists of fifty tracks, of which tracks 24–48 are completely silent, and the remaining two tracks in the end are 'secret' bonus tracks not listed in the back of the disc cover.

The soundtrack is known for its atmospheric music, mixing natural environmental sounds with prominent melodic and percussive accompaniment. It features a wide variety of different musical styles that attempt to be evocative of the environments they appear in. This varies with the differing areas of the game, and includes music from levels set in Africa-inspired jungles, caverns, oceanic reefs, frozen landscapes, and industrial factories. David Wise has stated that he wanted the music produced by the Super NES

Super Nintendo Entertainment System

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' SPC700

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 chip for the game to sound similar to the Korg Wavestation

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 synthesizer.

Track listing

All tracks composed by David Wise, except where noted.

1. Theme – 1:27
2. Simian Segue – 1:59 (Eveline Fischer
   Eveline Fischer
   Eveline Novakovic is a British video game music composer who composed some of the music for Donkey Kong Country, most of the tracks for Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!, and did voice acting and sound effects for a number of other Rare games...
   
   )
3. DK Island Swing – 3:03
4. Cranky's Theme – 1:19
5. Jungle Groove – 2:26
6. Cave Dweller Concert – 3:10
7. Bonus Room Blitz – 1:02
8. Aquatic Ambiance – 3:30
9. Candy's Love Song – 1:19 (Eveline Fischer)
10. Bad Boss Boogie – 2:01
11. Mine Cart Madness – 2:27
12. Life in the Mines – 2:13
13. Voices of the Temple – 2:14 (Eveline Fischer)
14. Forest Frenzy – 2:03 (Eveline Fischer)
15. Treetop Rock – 2:00 (Eveline Fischer)
16. Funky's Fugue – 2:18 (Robin Beanland
    Robin Beanland
    Robin Beanland , sometimes credited as R. Beanland or simply "The Bean", is a British video game music composer for numerous Rare titles, such as the Killer Instinct franchise, Conker's Bad Fur Day , and many others...
    
    )
17. Misty Menace – 2:30
18. Northern Hemispheres – 2:30 (Eveline Fischer)
19. Ice Cave Chant – 2:06 (Eveline Fischer)
20. Fear Factory – 2:11
21. Gang-Plank Galleon – 1:53
22. K. Rool's Cacophony – 0:24
23. The Credits Concerto – 2:16

24–48. – (silent)

49. End of Turn (the melody played when a turn ends)

50. End of Stage (the melody played when a stage is cleared)