OCR04276 - Donkey Kong Country 2 "Coming Home"

[Liontamer]

What did you think? Post your opinion of this ReMix.

[duskvstweak]

Always a good day when MkVaff brings us new music! Love this one. When he shared "Cosmo" back in 2018, it was on constant loop for me. This one is already doing the same thing!

[orlouge82]

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(b) they've already been covered so much better than I ever could.

False.  This one is sublime.  Definitely one of the best ones ever posted on OCR.

Glad to see MkVaffe still remixing VGM after all these years.  Hope to hear more of this great stuff!

[derezr]

I originally heard this remix over the summer on McVaff's YouTube channel (and its video includes a very touching personal message, by the way).

This remix is now a permanent part of my summertime playlists (along with a few other MkVaff classics) and I'm happy to see it featured on OCR.

[Patrick Burns]

Nice. Times change, listener standards change. I can understand how the track would feel simple... after a decade or two of amazing EDM tracks getting normalized in mainstream music, that is. But if this was posted 18 years ago on OCR it would be considered a face melter.

I have reflected on the uniqueness of the source tune many times. I can't come up with something poetic to say about it right now. But 'coming home' works for me. The source does have a strange weave of rising hopefulness that keeps... rising, then weaving back through minor tonality, then rising again. It keeps revolving seemlessly, and you forget where it starts and end, because it always feels like it's moving forward. Never quite gets home, but seems to be telling you that home exists nonetheless, and we'll all get there eventually.

Thanks for sharing.

[BABz]

So Chill. I love it

[CJthemusicdude]

Bramble Blast as it should be:  Peaceful, serene and produced well.  Great job on this! :)

[Crulex]

Really digging the tropical guitar underneath the main melody, it really gives it that down groove vibe that makes the whole mix pop. A cool, relaxing song for sure, very nice.

[Guest]

I really like the vocals and the gated pad. I love how MkVaff honors the source music by adding rhythmic elements and a sense of polish.