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Synth, big band jazz and the remaking of Donkey Kong Country's amazing sound
Gera, Emily and David Wise. 2014. “Synth, big band jazz and the remaking of Donkey Kong Country's amazing sound.” Polygon. Vox Media.
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Polygon, DKC sound- Original
- https://www.polygon.com/2014/3/5/5456852/donkey-kong-country-tropical-freeze-music
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- 2026-11-08
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- © Vox Media; Wayback capture
- Credit
- Emily Gera's Polygon interview with David Wise, 5 March 2014.
- Notes
- Wise says the old technology was "hard", that "everything was hand-coded", that the original DKC had "12 or 16 songs", and that the SNES could not deliver the 1940s big-band jazz he wanted, so the team used many small samples to synthesise the sound. The article's framing is secondary; Wise's answers are quoted directly.
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