ReMix: Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! 'My Red Hot Pursuit'

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Happy Halloween! We'll have more mixes later on tonight, but I had some time midday to post this interesting ReMix from Wintermute. I've been busy refinancing my home lately, so things have been hectic :) This is our first DKC3 ReMix, and though the soundtrack to the third installment of this excellent trilogy was similar to the first two (i.e. excellent), this mix is unlike previous DKC ReMixes in that it has a harder, industrial edge to it and even some vocals, after a fashion. Introing with a guitar-like delayed synth then some pads, soft acoustic drum loops, and a "nothing can stop me now" refrain sung by the artist, the real fun starts at 0'57" with heavy industrial drums and a gritty, pitch-bending low-end synth with some teeth to it. There's a break to a quieter section with some respectable choral work, and then back full-on with more prominent vocals for a couple lines. At this point, I was fairly impressed at this clearly NIN-inspired (from the combination of pop synth and harder textures and more blatantly the vocals) arrangement. The next section was problematic for me - it goes major-key with a more exposed repetition of the "nothing can stop me" line. Didn't feel right, didn't like it. But the rest of the mix is good enough to counter-balance this portion of the piece, for me, and it was certainly interesting to hear what DKC through the lens of Reznor-esque (circa Pretty Hate Machine) industrial sounds like. Risky, unique stuff from Wintermute - I woudn't say it succeeds on all levels, but overall it's an interesting idea that's been well executed. Check it out if that description piques your interest.

― djpretzel