Donkey Kong Country 2, one of the best video game soundtracks ever made, is now available on Nintendo Music

In 1995, Nintendo and Rare released Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy’s Kong Quest for the Super Nintendo, and it quickly became one of the best platformers on the console. This is due to several reasons, but one of the biggest ones is composer David Wise’s beautiful soundtrack.

Fortunately, longtime fans of the series can now finally listen to this groundbreaking score in an official manner. Some people on social media websites like Reddit or Twitter/X quickly noticed that Nintendo just added the entire Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy’s Kong Quest to its new music app, Nintendo Music. In case you missed it, the gaming giant announced and released this app less than a week ago, and the first Donkey Kong Country‘s soundtrack was already on its catalog from the get-go.

This is an excellent deal because it means that Nintendo Switch Online subscribers can now listen to one of the best video game soundtracks on their phones. Curiously enough, it seems that today is a special day for this classic game, because the company also added official Donkey Kong Country 2 user icons to the Nintendo Switch Online service. The only question now is: Is Nintendo going to add music from Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong’s Double Trouble to Nintendo Music next week?

Does Donkey Kong Country 2 really have one of the best video game soundtracks?

The video game industry is brimming with high quality music scores created by some of the most talented and brilliant music artists in the world, so saying that a game like Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy’s Kong Quest has one of the best soundtracks feels like quite a tall claim. Nevertheless, many Nintendo fans consider this to be true, and for good reason.

The key word related to David Wise’s amazing DKC2 soundtrack is “versatility”: The title screen theme, K. Rool Returns, is mysterious and intriguing, the early pirate-themed levels have a lighthearted tune in them titled Klomp’s Romp, later on there’s a challenging but charming disco-themed on-rails level that features a catchy song fittingly titled Disco Train and, of course, we can’t forget about Stickerbrush Symphony, one of the most breathtakingly beautiful and magical songs ever put in a video game.

And that’s not all, because this game has one incredible music track after another, like Crocodile Cacophony, Forest Interlude, Hot-Head Bop, In a Snow-Bound Land and much more. Do yourself a favor today and open your Nintendo Music app in order to give some of these amazing tunes a listen. Or, alternatively, you can also experience Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy’s Kong Quest by yourself on the SNES catalog of the Nintendo Switch Online service.