"Snowflake Mountain" from Diddy Kong Racing on the Nintendo 64 (1997)
Composer: David Wise
Album: Diddy Kong Racing Soundtrack CD
Label: Nintendo of America
Publisher: Rare
Developer: Rare
Let's start things off strong this December with a track from one of my favorite kart racing games that I was never able to beat because WizPig is a cheap asshat.
But what's interesting about "Snowflake Mountain" is that this song only plays when you are flying from the main world hub up to the door that leads to Snowflake Mountain. While you're mid-flight, the music that plays in the hub world, "Main Lobby Area," will transition to "Snowflake Mountain," which is still a new theme, but the likelihood that you're going to fly around in circles just to hear this song is not very likely. So in-game, you'll probably only hear the first couple of seconds, maybe five, before barreling into the door that actually takes you to Snowflake Mountain.
All of that context aside, "Snowflake Mountain" has a lot of the stereotypical characteristics that make a song appropriately wintry. There are the glass-like chimes, there are the sleigh bells, and there is the happy and constantly moving bass. It's just a good, solid snow-themed song to bring us into December.
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