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"'''Aquatic Ambiance'''" is a theme heard within certain underwater levels in the ''[[Donkey Kong Country (series)|Donkey Kong Country]]'' games. It is first heard in the first underwater level of ''[[Donkey Kong Country]]'', [[Coral Capers]] and was composed by David Wise.
{{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: Tropical Freeze (Nintendo Switch)|Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze]]'' ([[Nintendo Switch]]) ([[List of games by date#2018|2018]])
}}
"'''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''.


== Arrangements ==
===''Donkey Kong Country'' series===
===''Donkey Kong Country'' series===
====''Donkey Kong Country''====
====''Donkey Kong Country 3''====
In ''[[Donkey Kong Country]]'', "Aquatic Ambiance" plays in all four underwater levels: [[Coral Capers]], [[Clam City]], [[Croctopus Chase]], and [[Poison Pond]].
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.
 
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{{media table
|file1=DKC SNES Aquatic Ambiance.oga
|file=DKC3 GBA OST Intro Tune 2.oga
|title1=Aquatic Ambiance
|title={{conjectural|Title}}
|description=The "Aquatic Ambiance" section of the arrangement heard in ''Donkey Kong Country 3''
|length=0:30
}}
}}


====''Donkey Kong Country 3'' (GBA)====
====''Donkey Kong Country Returns''====
''[[Donkey Kong Country Returns]]'' and ''[[Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D]]'' feature an arrangement of "Aquatic Ambiance," titled "'''Aquatic Ambiance Returns'''" in the music gallery, that plays while riding the [[whale]] in [[Blowhole Bound]].


In the GBA [[Donkey Kong Country 3 (Game Boy Advance)|remake]] of ''[[Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!]]'', a remixed version of "Aquatic Ambiance" plays in the opening cutscene as well as the title screen.
====''Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze''====
{{media table
''[[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]].
|file1=DKC3 GBA OST Intro Tune 1.oga
 
|title1=Intro tune (1)
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.  


|file2=DKC3 GBA OST Intro Tune 2.oga
A third arrangement can be heard in the underwater section of [[Trunk Twister]].
|title2=Intro tune (2)
}}


====''Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze''====
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]].  
In ''[[Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze]]'', an arrangement of "Aquatic Ambiance" plays during the underwater section of [[Mangrove Cove]]. Another arrangement of "Aquatic Ambiance" can be heard in the underwater section of [[Trunk Twister]].


An arrangement combining this theme with "Lockjaw's Saga" from ''[[Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest]]'' can be heard in the underwater sections of [[Irate Eight]] and [[Rockin' Relics]].  
A fifth arrangement plays in the underwater sections of [[Panicky Paddles]].


Yet another arrangement, this time sounding closer to the original arrangement, plays in the deeper underwater section of Deep Keep, the entire underwater section of [[Current Capers]], and the entirety of [[Shoal Atoll]].
{{media table
{{media table
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|file1=DKCTF MangroveCoveUnderwater.oga
|title1=Mangrove Cove Underwater
|title1=Mangrove Cove Underwater
|file2=DKCTF TrunkTwisterStart.oga
|description1=The arrangement heard in ''Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze''
|title2={{conjectural|Trunk Twister Start}}
|length1=0:30
|file3=DKCTF LockjawAmbiance.oga
|file2=DKCTF AquaticAmbianceReturns.oga
|title3={{conjectural|Irate Eight Underwater}}  
|title2=Aquatic Ambiance Returns
|description3= The "Aquatic Ambiance" portion of "Irate Eight".
|description2=The arrangement heard in ''Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze''
|file4=DKCTF AquaticAmbianceReturns.oga
|length2=0:30
|title4=Aquatic Ambiance Returns
|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
}}
}}


[[Category:Musical themes]]
==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)-->
|}
 
===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==
<references/>
 
{{Themes}}
{{DKC}}
[[Category:Recurring themes]]
[[Category:Donkey Kong Country]]
[[Category:Donkey Kong Country]]

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"Aquatic Ambiance"

"Aquatic Ambiance" in Donkey Kong Country
Composed by:
David Wise
First appearance Donkey Kong Country (1994)
Latest appearance Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze (Nintendo Switch) (2018)

"Aquatic Ambiance"[1] is a theme composed by David Wise and is heard in many underwater levels in the Donkey Kong Country games. It first appears in Donkey Kong Country, where it can be heard in all underwater levels.

Reuses[edit]

Game Description
Donkey Kong Country (Game Boy Advance) "Aquatic Ambiance" plays in the levels Coral Capers, Clam City, Croctopus Chase, and Poison Pond.

Arrangements[edit]

Donkey Kong Land[edit]

Donkey Kong Land features a heavily 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 the Game Boy Color port of Donkey Kong Country.

Donkey Kong Country series[edit]

Donkey Kong Country 3[edit]

In 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.

Audio.svg Title - The "Aquatic Ambiance" section of the arrangement heard in Donkey Kong Country 3
File infoMedia:DKC3 GBA OST Intro Tune 2.oga
0:30
Help:Media • Having trouble playing?

Donkey Kong Country Returns[edit]

Donkey Kong Country Returns and Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D feature an arrangement of "Aquatic Ambiance," titled "Aquatic Ambiance Returns" in the music gallery, that plays while riding the whale in Blowhole Bound.

Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze[edit]

Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze and its 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.

Audio.svg Mangrove Cove Underwater - The arrangement heard in Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze
File infoMedia:DKCTF MangroveCoveUnderwater.oga
0:30
Audio.svg Aquatic Ambiance Returns - The arrangement heard in Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze
File infoMedia:DKCTF AquaticAmbianceReturns.oga
0:30
Audio.svg Trunk Twister Underwater - The arrangement heard in Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze
File infoMedia:DKCTF TwisterUnderwater.oga
0:30
Audio.svg Irate Eight Underwater - The "Aquatic Ambiance" section of the arrangement heard in Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze
File infoMedia:DKCTF LockjawAmbiance.oga
0:30
Audio.svg Swing Juice Underwater - The arrangement heard in Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze
File infoMedia:DKCTF SwingJuiceUnderwater.oga
0:30
Help:Media • Having trouble playing?

List of Super Mario appearances[edit]

Work System Year Type Title Credits
Donkey Kong Country Super Nintendo Entertainment System 1994 Original "Aquatic Ambiance"[1] David Wise
Donkey Kong Land Game Boy 1995 Arrangement
Donkey Kong Country Game Boy Color 2000 Past arrangement (Donkey Kong Land)
Donkey Kong Country Game Boy Advance 2003 Original "Aquatic Ambiance"[1] David Wise
Donkey Kong Country 3 Game Boy Advance 2005 Arrangement David Wise
Donkey Kong Country Returns Wii 2010 Arrangement "Aquatic Ambiance Returns"
Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D Nintendo 3DS 2013 Past arrangement (Donkey Kong Country Returns) "Aquatic Ambiance Returns"
Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze Wii U 2014 Arrangement "Mangrove Cove Underwater"
"Aquatic Ambiance Returns"
 
Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze Nintendo Switch 2018 Past arrangement (Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze [Wii U]) "Mangrove Cove Underwater"
"Aquatic Ambiance Returns"
 

Albums[edit]

Work Year Type Title Credits
Super Donkey Kong Game Music CD Jungle Fantasy 1994 Original 「水中レベル WATER MUSIC」 (Suichū Reberu WATER MUSIC) David Wise
DK Jamz 1994 Original "Aquatic Ambiance" David Wise
Donkey Kong Country Trilogy 1996 Original "Aquatic Ambiance" David Wise

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c DK Jamz tracklist
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Recurring themes
Donkey Kong series Donkey Kong Game Kaishi • 25m Theme • Hammer • Opening
Donkey Kong Jr. Game Start
Donkey Kong Country series Donkey Kong Country Simian Segue • Cranky's Theme • Aquatic Ambiance • Bonus Room Blitz • DK Island Swing • Gang-Plank Galleon • Forest Frenzy • Treetop Rock • Fear Factory
Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest Stickerbush Symphony
Donkey Kong Country Returns Mine Menace
Mario Bros. series Mario Bros. Game Start A • Title BGM
Super Mario series Super Mario Bros. 1-Up • Course Clear (Power Up) • Ending • Ground BGM (Game Over · Player Down) • Hurry Up • Castle BGM • Invincibility BGM • Underground BGM • Underwater BGM • World Clear
VS. Super Mario Bros. Business-Use Mario Name Entry
Super Mario Bros. 2 Player Select • Ground Theme • Underground Theme • Boss Theme
Super Mario Bros. 3 Airship Theme • Athletic Theme • Dark Land • Demon King Bowser • Enemy Course • Fortress • Fortress Boss • Ground Theme • Map 1 World • Map 2 World • Map 3 World • Map 4 World • Map 6 World • Spinning Slots • Toad House • Underwater Theme • Warp Zone Theme • Restored Fanfare • Lose a Life • Game Over
Super Mario Land Main Theme
Super Mario World Ending • Ground Theme (Athletic Theme • Bonus Men BGM • Castle • Obake Yashiki BGM) • P Switch • Star World • Title • The Evil King Koopa, Bowser • Fortress Boss
Super Mario 64 Inside the Castle Walls • Koopa's Road • Koopa's Theme • Super Mario 64 Main Theme (Slider) • Merry-Go-Round
Super Mario Sunshine Isle Delfino (Ricco Harbor)
New Super Mario Bros. BGM Tride • Main Theme • Mega Mario • P Switch
Super Mario Galaxy Egg Planet • Gusty Garden Galaxy • Overture • Rosalina in the Observatory • The Toad Brigade
Super Mario 3D Land Ground Theme • Beach Theme
New Super Mario Bros. U Ground Theme
Super Mario 3D World Super Bell Hill
Super Mario Odyssey Jump Up, Super Star!
Dr. Mario series Dr. Mario Chill • Fever
Mario Kart series Super Mario Kart Mario Circuit • SNES Rainbow Road • Super Mario Kart
Mario Kart 64 Luigi Raceway • Moo Moo Farm / Yoshi Valley • Kalimari Desert • N64 Rainbow Road
Mario Kart: Double Dash!! GCN Yoshi Circuit
Mario Kart DS DS Waluigi Pinball
Mario Kart Wii Wii Coconut Mall • Luigi Circuit/Mario Circuit
Yoshi franchise Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island Athletic BGM • Flower Field BGM • Opening Melody
Yoshi's Story Yoshi's Song • Yoshi's Story
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WarioWare: Touched! Ashley's Theme
Other Totaka's Song • Le Galop infernal d'Orphée aux Enfers
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