"Haunted Chase" from Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest on the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (1995)
Composer: Dave Wise
Label: Nintendo of America
Developer: Rare
I figured that since Halloween happens to fall on a Wednesday, I would use a song from the appropriately scary game from that horrific year of 23 years ago, 1995. Okay, so '95 was not that bad from what I remember, but I loved the idea of using this song for today's posting. But the level this comes from in Donkey Kong Country 2 does involve a ghost, and it is a mine cart-esque level so that is pretty scary in and of itself.
If you immediately write off "Haunted Chase" by David (Dave) Wise as being a bad parody or attempt at cashing in on Mussorgsky's "Night on Bald Mountain" then you are going to be missing a great track from soundtrack. Sure the intro is very much "Night on Bald Mountain" and there are elements and homages speckled throughout the rest of the song, but the song also managed to inject the piratey element that runs through most of the songs in the game.
The only real thing missing from this track, is the sound of enchanted wooden doors that are kapable of holding back the ghostly skeleton of a Kremling. Along with the grinding sound of the wheels on the track and the jumping and subsequent klanging sound as the kart hits the tracks again. I guess what I just need to do is watch someone play the level.
~JWfW/JDub/Jaconian
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