Cave Dweller Concert

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"Cave Dweller Concert"
"Cave Dweller Concert" in Donkey Kong Country
Image from Nintendo Music
Composed by: David Wise
First appearance	Donkey Kong Country (1994)
Latest appearance	Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze (Nintendo Switch) (2018)

"Cave Dweller Concert,"^[1]^[2] also known as "THE CAVES,"^[3] is a musical theme composed by David Wise for Donkey Kong Country, where it plays in the underground levels.

HistoryEdit

Donkey Kong CountryEdit

Cave Dweller Concert first plays in Donkey Kong Country, in the levels Reptile Rumble, Bouncy Bonanza, Torchlight Trouble, Elevator Antics, and Manic Mincers. It also appears on DK Jamz and Super Donkey Kong Game Music CD Jungle Fantasy, the game's official soundtracks; as well as on the Donkey Kong Country Trilogy compilation album.

The Game Boy Color remake of the game features a chiptune arrangement, while the Game Boy Advance remake features a compressed rendition with slightly different instrumentation.

Donkey Kong Country: Tropical FreezeEdit

Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze, as well as the Nintendo Switch port, features an arrangement of "Cave Dweller Concert" that plays in Crumble Cavern and at the beginning of Rodent Ruckus, Amiss Abyss, and Blurry Flurry.

Cave Dweller Concert Returns (sample 1) - The arrangement heard in Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze.	File info

Cave Dweller Concert Returns (sample 2) - The arrangement heard in Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze.	File info

Cave Dweller Concert Returns (sample 3) - The arrangement heard in Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze.	File info

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Names in other languagesEdit

Language	Name	Meaning
French	Cave Dweller Concert^[4]	-
German	Tropfstein-Konzert^[5]	Stalactite Concert
Italian	Inno Cavernicolo^[6]	Cave-dweller Anthem
Spanish	Moradores de Cavernas^[7]	Cave Dwellers

ReferencesEdit

^ Nintendo Music
^ DK Jamz
^ Super Donkey Kong Game Music CD Jungle Fantasy
^ Sound Player (2003). Donkey Kong Country. Nintendo of Europe GmbH (French).
^ Song-Player (2003). Donkey Kong Country. Nintendo of Europe GmbH (German).
^ Juke Box (2003). Donkey Kong Country. Nintendo of Europe GmbH (Italian).
^ Juke Box (2003). Donkey Kong Country. Nintendo of Europe GmbH (Spanish).

[Edit] Recurring themes
Donkey Kong franchise	Donkey Kong	"Game Start" • "Hammer BGM" • "Round 1 BGM" • "Round Start BGM" • "Title BGM"
	Donkey Kong Jr.	"Game Start" • "Round 1 BGM" • "Title BGM"
	Donkey Kong Country	"Aquatic Ambiance" • "Bonus Room Blitz" • "Cave Dweller Concert" • "Cranky's Theme" • "The Credits Concerto" • "DK Island Swing" • "Fear Factory" • "Forest Frenzy" • "Funky's Fugue" • "Gang-Plank Galleon" • "Life in the Mines" • "Lost a Balloon" • "Mine Cart Madness" • "Northern Hemispheres" • "Simian Segue" • "Treetop Rock" • "Voices of the Temple" • "Well Done"
	Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest	"Crocodile Cacophony (K. Rool's Theme)" • "Lockjaw's Saga (Lockjaw's Locker)" • "Run, Rambi! Run! (Parrot Chute Panic)" • "Stickerbush Symphony (Bramble Blast)"
	Donkey Kong 64	"DK Isle" • "DK Rap"
	Donkey Kong Country Returns	"Mine Menace"
Mario Bros. series	Mario Bros.	"Game Start" • "Title BGM"
Wrecking Crew series	Wrecking Crew	"Bonus Phase" • "Phase BGM"
Super Mario series	Super Mario Bros.	"1-Up" • "Castle BGM" • "Coin" • "Course Clear" ("Power Up") • "Ending" • "Ground BGM" ("Game Over" · "Player Down") • "Invincibility BGM" • "Pipe Travel / Power-Down" • "Timer Warning" • "Underground BGM" • "Underwater BGM" • "World Clear"
	VS. Super Mario Bros.	"Gyōmu-yō Mario Namae-ire"
	Super Mario Bros. 2	"Boss BGM" • "Ground BGM" • "Please Select Player" • "Underground BGM"
	Super Mario Bros. 3	"Airship BGM" • "Athletic BGM" • "Bros. Battle" • "Ending" • "Fortress BGM" • "Fortress Boss" • "Game Over" • "Ground BGM" • "King of the Koopas" • "Magic Whistle Melody" • "Music Box" • "P Switch BGM / Toad's House" • "Player Down" • "Slot Game BGM / Memory Game BGM" • "Underwater BGM" • "Warp Zone" • "World 1 Map (Grass Land)" • "World 2 Map (Desert Land)" • "World 3 Map (Water Land)" • "World 4 Map (Giant Land)" • "World 5 Map (Sky Land) - On the Ground" • "World 5 Map (Sky Land) - In the Sky" • "World 6 Map (Ice Land)" • "World 7 Map (Pipe Land)" • "World 8 Map (Dark Land)"
	Super Mario Land	"Main Theme" • "Underground Theme"
	Super Mario World	"Bowser BGM" • "Donut Plains (Map Screen)" • "Ending" • "Ground BGM" ("Athletic BGM" · "Bonus Game BGM" · "Castle BGM" · "Course Clear" · "Ghost House BGM" · "Underground BGM" · "Underwater BGM") • "Koopalings BGM" • "P Switch BGM" • "Star World (Map Screen)" • "Title BGM" • "Vanilla Dome (Map Screen)" • "Yoshi's Island (Map Screen)"
	Super Mario 64	"Bowser's Road" • "Bowser's Theme" • "Dire, Dire Docks" • "File Select" • "Main Theme" ("Cool, Cool Mountain" · "Slider") • "The Merry-Go-Round" • "Metal Mario" • "Peach's Castle" • "Piranha Plant's Lullaby" • "Staff Roll"
	Super Mario Sunshine	"Isle Delfino" ("Ricco Harbor") • "Secret Course"
	New Super Mario Bros.	"Course Clear" • "Fortress Theme" • "Main Theme" ("Athletic Theme") • "Mega Mario" • "Switch On!"
	Super Mario Galaxy	"Egg Planet" • "Enter Bowser Jr.!" • "Gusty Garden Galaxy" • "Luma" • "Overture" • "Purple Comet" • "Rosalina in the Observatory" • "The Toad Brigade" • "Waltz of the Boos"
	New Super Mario Bros. Wii	"Bonus Area" • "Castle Theme" • "Coast Theme" • "Desert Theme" • "Forest Theme" • "Ghost House Theme" • "Lava Cave / Underground Ruins Theme" • "Lava Theme" • "Title Theme" ("Game Over") • "Toad House Minigame" • "Underwater Theme"
	Super Mario Galaxy 2	"Bowser's Galaxy Generator" • "Puzzle Plank Galaxy" • "Super Mario Galaxy 2 Trailer Theme"
	Super Mario 3D Land	"Castle Theme" • "Main Theme" • "Snow Course" • "Underwater Theme"
	New Super Mario Bros. U	"Ground Theme"
	Super Mario 3D World	"A Boss Approaches" • "Chainlink Charge" • "Piranha Creeper Creek" • "Super Bell Hill"
	Super Mario Maker	"Title Theme"
	Super Mario Odyssey	"Fossil Falls" • "Jump Up, Super Star!"
Dr. Mario series	Dr. Mario	"Chill" • "Fever" • "Game Over" • "Selection Screen" • "Title Screen"
Mario Kart series	Super Mario Kart	"Awards Ceremony (1st – 3rd Place)" • "Donut Plains" • "Mario Circuit" • "Rainbow Road" • "Super Mario Kart Title Screen"
	Mario Kart 64	"Battle Arenas" • "Choco Mountain" • "Frappe Snowland" • "Kalimari Desert" • "Koopa Troopa Beach" • "Luigi Raceway" • "Moo Moo Farm" • "Rainbow Road" • "Results (1st − 4th Place)" • "Staff Credits" • "Starting Grid (Time Trials / Battle)" • "Toad's Turnpike"
	Mario Kart: Super Circuit	"Koopa Castle Course" • "GBA Mario Circuit"
	Mario Kart: Double Dash!!	"GCN Baby Park" • "GCN Daisy Cruiser" • "GCN Yoshi Circuit"
	Mario Kart DS	"Waluigi Pinball"
	Mario Kart Wii	"Coconut Mall" • "Luigi Circuit/Mario Circuit" • "Wii Maple Treeway" • "Moo Moo Meadows" • "Mushroom Gorge" • "Wario's Gold Mine"
	Mario Kart 7	"Neo Bowser City" • "Piranha Plant Slide" • "Toad Circuit"
	Mario Kart 8	"Cloudtop Cruise"
Yoshi franchise	Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island	"Athletic BGM" • "Bowser" • "Flower Field BGM" • "Opening Melody" • "Powerful Mario" • "Stage Start" • "Yoshi's Island"
Yoshi franchise	Yoshi's Story	"Yoshi's Song" • "Yoshi's Story!" • "Yoshi's Tale"
Luigi's Mansion series	Luigi's Mansion	"Title Theme (Humming)"
Wario franchise	WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$!	"Drifting Away" • "Pyoro" • "WarioWare, Inc." ("Dr. Crygor")
	WarioWare: Twisted!	"Mona Pizza"
	WarioWare: Touched!	"Ashley's Theme"
Mario vs. Donkey Kong series	Mario vs. Donkey Kong	"Mini Mario Stage"
Other	The Legend of Zelda	"Important Item Acquired" • "Overworld Theme"
	Mario Paint	"Save & Load"
	Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars	"Beware of Forest Mushrooms" • "Hello, Happy Kingdom"
	Miscellaneous	"Le Galop infernal d'Orphée aux Enfers" • "Totaka's Song"

[Edit] Donkey Kong Country (SNES) / Donkey Kong Country (GBC) / Donkey Kong Country (GBA)
Protagonists		Donkey Kong • Diddy Kong • Cranky Kong • Funky Kong • Candy Kong
Items and objects		Animal token • Banana • Banana Bunch • Barrel • Barrel Cannon • Blast Barrel • Big Animal Token • Continue Barrel • Donkey Kong Balloon (red · green · blue) • DK Barrel • Exit • Fuel Canister • Jumbo Barrel • K-O-N-G Letters • Minecart • Mini Animal Token • On & Off Barrel • Steel keg • Stop & Go Barrel • Tire • TNT Drum • Warp Barrel^a
Animal Friends		Rambi • Enguarde • Winky • Squawks • Expresso
Bosses		Very Gnawty • Master Necky • Queen B. • Really Gnawty • Dumb Drum • Master Necky Snr. • King K. Rool
Enemies		Army • Bitesize • Chomps • Chomps Jr. • Clambo • Croctopus • Gnawty • Klaptrap • Klump • Krash • Kritter • Krusha • Manky Kong • Mini-Necky • Necky • Rock Kroc • Slippa • Squidge • Zinger
Obstacles		Black drum • Mincer • Oil drum
Worlds		Kongo Jungle • Monkey Mines • Vine Valley • Gorilla Glacier • Kremkroc Industries, Inc. • Chimp Caverns • Gangplank Galleon
Music		"Opening Fanfare" • "Simian Segue" • "DK Island Swing" • "Cave Dweller Concert" • "Aquatic Ambiance" • "Well Done" • "Cranky's Theme" • "Life in the Mines" • "Mine Cart Madness" • "Misty Menace" • "Voices of the Temple" • "Lost a Balloon" • "Funky's Fugue" • "Forest Frenzy" • "Treetop Rock" • "Bonus Room Blitz" • "Better Luck Next Time" • "Candy's Love Song" • "Northern Hemispheres" • "Ice Cave Chant" • "Fear Factory" • "Bad Boss Boogie" • "K. Rool's Cacophony" • "Gang-Plank Galleon" • "The Credits Concerto"
Other		Ask Cranky • Ask Uncle Tusk • Cold Crossword Challenge • Create-N-Send A Donkey Kong Country Family Portrait • DK Attack • DK Jamz • Donkey Kong (electronic tabletop pinball) • Donkey Kong Country: Exposed • Donkey Kong Country roulette machine • Donkey Kong Country Trilogy • Gallery • Glitches • Go Ape! • Grab Bag • Kremling Krushin • Multimedia • Nintendo Music (soundtrack) • Nsider • Pre-release and unused content • Primate Poll • Quick Poll • Read the unfinished Donkey Kong Country story...and finish the adventure! • Sound test^a • Staff • Super Donkey Kong Game Music CD Jungle Fantasy • Super Donkey Kong Original Sound Version
^a Exclusive to the Game Boy Advance version