Uploaded December 2019 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Santa Kremling's coming to town!

(Yes, that's the best I could come up with) (sorry)

Christmas is just around the corner, so it was clearly time for an appropriate arrangement! Snowy soundscapes might not be the first thing to come to mind when thinking about Donkey Kong OSTs, but some of them are just so good that I *had* to remix them. However, since the amount of time I can spend on these songs is still quite low, I had to decide, and I literally rolled dice to find out what this year's special would be.

I tried to achieve a very natural and comforting sound this time to test how my collection of instruments perform in this scenario, and after a lot of time spent on getting the modwheel automation just right, I think it's good enough now that there aren't any jarring mistakes reminding you constantly that this joyful tune is in fact played by a computer instead of a real orchestra.

Since the loop is also just over one minute long in the original, I had to come up with a way to arrange each loop in a different-enough sounding way to avoid boring the listener. In the end, I managed to make 3 versions of the main part, each with a bit more power and energy than the one heard before.

Just a quick note on the Partners in Time project: YES, it will be continued. Pretty soon, even. I should be able to prepare a few songs in advance until we enter the 20's so I can keep up a mostly-regular upload schedule again. A song every 1-2 weeks seems doable :P

Now all that's left for me is to ask: Do you like this remix? The style of my rendition is quite different than Eveline Fischer's SNES original, so I'd love to hear what you think!

Oh, and have a merry, merry christmas!

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You can download this song here: drive.google.com/open?id=1aOHwp4hodlip8AB-yzL7xbLtt5MgxfKU

If you want to use this song in a project of yours, go ahead! I'm fine with pretty much everything that's not a straight reupload, be it in the form of videos, games, or whatever.