Editing Aquatic Ambiance

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{{media missing|more=yes|GBC and GBA versions of DKC, as well as the arrangement from DKCR and its 3DS remake}}
{{Theme infobox
|composer=[[David Wise]]
|file=[[File:DKC SNES Aquatic Ambiance.oga]]<br>"Aquatic Ambiance" in ''Donkey Kong Country''
|first_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong Country]]'' ([[List of games by date#1994|1994]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong Country Returns HD]]'' ([[List of games by date#2025|2025]])
}}
"'''Aquatic Ambiance'''"<ref name=Jamz>''[[DK Jamz]]'' tracklist</ref> is a theme composed by [[David Wise]] and is heard in many underwater levels in the ''[[Donkey Kong Country (series)|Donkey Kong Country]]'' games. It first appears in ''[[Donkey Kong Country]]'', where it can be heard in all underwater levels.

==Reuses==
{|class="wikitable" style="width:100%"
!width=20%|Game
!width=80%|Description
|-
|''[[Donkey Kong Country (Game Boy Advance)|Donkey Kong Country]]'' ([[Game Boy Advance]])
|"Aquatic Ambiance" plays in the levels [[Coral Capers]], [[Clam City]], [[Croctopus Chase]], and [[Poison Pond]].
|}

==Arrangements==
===''Donkey Kong Land''===
''[[Donkey Kong Land]]'' features a heavily {{wp|chiptune}} arrangement of "Aquatic Ambiance" due to the hardware limitations of the [[Game Boy]]. It plays in [[Reef Rampage]] and [[Nautilus Chase]]. 

This arrangement is also included in [[Donkey Kong Country (Game Boy Color)|the Game Boy Color port]] of ''Donkey Kong Country''.

===''Donkey Kong Country'' series===
====''Donkey Kong Country 3''====
In ''[[Donkey Kong Country 3 (Game Boy Advance)|Donkey Kong Country 3]]'' (the [[Game Boy Advance]] remake of ''[[Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!]]''), an arrangement of "Aquatic Ambiance" is incorporated into the theme heard during the game's opening cutscene and title screen.

{{media table
|file=DKC3 GBA OST Intro Tune 2.oga
|title={{conjectural|Title}}
|description=The "Aquatic Ambiance" section of the arrangement heard in ''Donkey Kong Country 3''
|length=0:30
}}

====''Donkey Kong Country Returns''====
In ''[[Donkey Kong Country Returns]]'', an arrangement of "Aquatic Ambiance," titled "'''Aquatic Ambiance Returns'''" in the music gallery, plays while riding the [[whale]] in [[Blowhole Bound]].

This arrangement is reused for the same purpose in the [[Nintendo 3DS]] port, ''[[Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D]]'', and the [[Nintendo Switch]] port, ''[[Donkey Kong Country Returns HD]]''.

====''Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze''====
''[[Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze]]'' and its  [[Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze (Nintendo Switch)|Nintendo Switch port]] feature five arrangements of "Aquatic Ambiance." The first arrangement, titled "'''Mangrove Cove Underwater'''" in the music menu, plays during the underwater section of [[Mangrove Cove]]. 

A second arrangement, titled "Aquatic Ambiance Returns," plays in the deeper underwater section of [[Deep Keep]], the entire underwater section of [[Current Capers]], and the entirety of [[Shoal Atoll]]. This arrangement sounds closer to the original version of "Aquatic Ambiance." Though it shares a title with the arrangement from ''Donkey Kong Country Returns'', it is a completely unique arrangement. 

A third arrangement can be heard in the underwater section of [[Trunk Twister]].

The fourth is a medley arrangement of "Aquatic Ambiance" and "Lockjaw's Saga" from ''[[Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest]]''. It can be heard in the underwater sections of [[Irate Eight]] and [[Rockin' Relics]]. 

A fifth arrangement plays in the underwater sections of [[Panicky Paddles]].

{{media table
|file1=DKCTF MangroveCoveUnderwater.oga
|title1=Mangrove Cove Underwater
|description1=The arrangement heard in ''Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze''
|length1=0:30
|file2=DKCTF AquaticAmbianceReturns.oga
|title2=Aquatic Ambiance Returns
|description2=The arrangement heard in ''Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze''
|length2=0:30
|file3=DKCTF TwisterUnderwater.oga
|title3={{conjectural|Trunk Twister Underwater}}
|description3=The arrangement heard in ''Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze''
|length3=0:30
|file4=DKCTF LockjawAmbiance.oga
|title4={{conjectural|Irate Eight Underwater}} 
|description4=The "Aquatic Ambiance" section of the arrangement heard in ''Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze''
|length4=0:30
|file5=DKCTF SwingJuiceUnderwater.oga
|title5={{conjectural|Swing Juice Underwater}}
|description5=The arrangement heard in ''Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze''
|length5=0:30
}}

==List of ''Super Mario'' appearances==
{|class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%"
!Work
!System
!Year
!Type
!Title
!Credits
|-
|''[[Donkey Kong Country]]''
|[[Super Nintendo Entertainment System]]
|1994
|Original
|"Aquatic Ambiance"<ref name=Jamz/>
|[[David Wise]]
|-
|''[[Donkey Kong Land]]''
|[[Game Boy]]
|1995
|Arrangement
|
|<!--David Wise, Graeme Norgate (specific arranger unknown)-->
|-
|''[[Donkey Kong Country (Game Boy Color)|Donkey Kong Country]]''
|[[Game Boy Color]]
|2000
|Past arrangement (''Donkey Kong Land'')
|
|
|-
|''[[Donkey Kong Country (Game Boy Advance)|Donkey Kong Country]]''
|[[Game Boy Advance]]
|2003
|Original
|"Aquatic Ambiance"<ref name=Jamz/>
|David Wise
|-
|''[[Donkey Kong Country 3 (Game Boy Advance)|Donkey Kong Country 3]]''
|Game Boy Advance
|2005
|Arrangement
|
|David Wise
|-
|''[[Donkey Kong Country Returns]]''
|[[Wii]]
|2010
|Arrangement
|"Aquatic Ambiance Returns"
|<!--Kenji Yamamoto, Minako Hamano, Masaru Tajima, Shinji Ushiroda, Daisuke Matsuoka (specific arranger unknown)-->
|-
|''[[Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D]]''
|[[Nintendo 3DS]]
|2013
|Past arrangement (''Donkey Kong Country Returns'')
|"Aquatic Ambiance Returns"
|<!--Kenji Yamamoto, Minako Hamano, Masaru Tajima, Shinji Ushiroda, Daisuke Matsuoka (specific arranger unknown)-->
|-
|rowspan=3|''[[Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze]]''
|rowspan=3|[[Wii U]]
|rowspan=3|2014
|rowspan=3|Arrangement
|"Mangrove Cove Underwater"
|<!--David Wise, Kenji Yamamoto, Daisuke Matsuoka, Minako Hamano, Shinji Ushiroda, Riyu Tamura (specific arranger unknown)-->
|-
|"Aquatic Ambiance Returns"
|<!--David Wise, Kenji Yamamoto, Daisuke Matsuoka, Minako Hamano, Shinji Ushiroda, Riyu Tamura (specific arranger unknown)-->
|-
|&nbsp;
|<!--David Wise, Kenji Yamamoto, Daisuke Matsuoka, Minako Hamano, Shinji Ushiroda, Riyu Tamura (specific arranger unknown)-->
|-
|rowspan=3|''[[Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze (Nintendo Switch)|Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze]]''
|rowspan=3|[[Nintendo Switch]]
|rowspan=3|2018
|rowspan=3|Past arrangement (''Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze'' [Wii U])
|"Mangrove Cove Underwater"
|<!--David Wise, Kenji Yamamoto, Daisuke Matsuoka, Minako Hamano, Shinji Ushiroda, Riyu Tamura (specific arranger unknown)-->
|-
|"Aquatic Ambiance Returns"
|<!--David Wise, Kenji Yamamoto, Daisuke Matsuoka, Minako Hamano, Shinji Ushiroda, Riyu Tamura (specific arranger unknown)-->
|-
|&nbsp;
|<!--David Wise, Kenji Yamamoto, Daisuke Matsuoka, Minako Hamano, Shinji Ushiroda, Riyu Tamura (specific arranger unknown)-->
|-
|''[[Donkey Kong Country Returns HD]]''
|Nintendo Switch
|2025
|Past arrangement (''Donkey Kong Country Returns'')
|"Aquatic Ambiance Returns"
|<!--Kenji Yamamoto, Minako Hamano, Masaru Tajima, Shinji Ushiroda, Daisuke Matsuoka (specific arranger unknown)-->
|-
|}

===Albums===
{|class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%"
!Work
!Year
!Type
!Title
!Credits
|-
|''[[Super Donkey Kong Game Music CD Jungle Fantasy]]''
|1994
|Original
|「水中レベル WATER MUSIC」 (''{{hover|Suichū Reberu WATER MUSIC|Underwater Level WATER MUSIC}}'')
|[[David Wise]]
|-
|''[[DK Jamz]]''
|1994
|Original
|"Aquatic Ambiance"
|David Wise
|-
|''[[Donkey Kong Country Trilogy]]''
|1996
|Original
|"Aquatic Ambiance"
|David Wise
|}

==References==
{{Wikipedia|Aquatic Ambience}}
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{{Themes}}
{{DKC}}
[[Category:Recurring themes]]
[[Category:Donkey Kong Country]]