Donkey Kong (Nintendo Music)

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Donkey Kong
Album art for Donkey Kong in Nintendo Music
Composed by:
Yukio Kaneoka (uncredited)
Publisher Nintendo
Release date World July 21, 2025[1]
Format Digital
System Nintendo Entertainment System
Number of tracks 11
Length 3:11[2]

Donkey Kong is a digital soundtrack corresponding to Donkey Kong that was made available on Nintendo Music on July 21, 2025. It was released alongside the soundtracks of Donkey Kong Jr., Mario Bros., Donkey Kong Jr. Math, Pinball, Golf, Donkey Kong 3, and Wrecking Crew.

Donkey Kong Jr., Donkey Kong Jr. Math, and Donkey Kong 3 are listed as related games.

Tracklist[edit]

The banner image for Donkey Kong on Nintendo Music.
The Donkey Kong banner, found at the top of the page.

The "All tracks" playlist, found on the Donkey Kong page, features all of the tracks associated with the soundtrack. In total, it contains 11 tracks and is 3 minutes long.

Image English title Japanese title Length Extend to... supported
Thumbnail for "Title BGM" from Donkey Kong for Nintendo Music Title BGM タイトルBGM
Taitoru BGM		 0:16 A red "X" mark, used to indicate when something is false or not applicable.
Thumbnail for "Game Start" from Donkey Kong for Nintendo Music Game Start ゲーム開始
Gēmu kaishi		 0:07 A red "X" mark, used to indicate when something is false or not applicable.
Thumbnail for "Round Start BGM" from Donkey Kong for Nintendo Music Round Start BGM 各面開始BGM
Kakumen kaishi BGM		 0:04 A red "X" mark, used to indicate when something is false or not applicable.
Thumbnail for "Round 1 BGM" from Donkey Kong for Nintendo Music Round 1 BGM 1面BGM
1-men BGM		 0:37 A green check mark, used to indicate when something is true or applicable.
Thumbnail for "Hammer BGM" from Donkey Kong for Nintendo Music Hammer BGM ハンマーBGM
Hanmā BGM		 0:26 A green check mark, used to indicate when something is true or applicable.
Thumbnail for "Round 1 and 2 Clear" from Donkey Kong for Nintendo Music Round 1 and 2 Clear 1面／2面クリア
1-men/2-men kuria		 0:04 A red "X" mark, used to indicate when something is false or not applicable.
Thumbnail for "Round 2 BGM" from Donkey Kong for Nintendo Music Round 2 BGM 2面BGM
2-men BGM		 0:34 A green check mark, used to indicate when something is true or applicable.
Thumbnail for "Player Down" from Donkey Kong for Nintendo Music Player Down ミス
Misu		 0:05 A red "X" mark, used to indicate when something is false or not applicable.
Thumbnail for "Round 3 BGM" from Donkey Kong for Nintendo Music Round 3 BGM 3面BGM
3-men BGM		 0:33 A green check mark, used to indicate when something is true or applicable.
Thumbnail for "Hurry Up!" from Donkey Kong for Nintendo Music Hurry Up! ハリーアップ！
Harī appu!		 0:23 A green check mark, used to indicate when something is true or applicable.
Thumbnail for "Round 3 Clear" from Donkey Kong for Nintendo Music Round 3 Clear 3面クリア
3-men kuria		 0:08 A red "X" mark, used to indicate when something is false or not applicable.

Playlists[edit]

Donkey Kong features two playlists that only contain tracks from its soundtrack.

Top tracks[edit]

Cover image for the Top tracks playlist from Donkey Kong on Nintendo Music

The "Top tracks" playlist is the main playlist for Donkey Kong, appearing first on its soundtrack page. The playlist can appear in the "Find your favorites" and "Featured playlists" sections on the home screen.

It contains 9 tracks and is 2 minutes long.

Image Title Length Extend to... supported
Thumbnail for "Title BGM" from Donkey Kong for Nintendo Music Title BGM 0:16 A red "X" mark, used to indicate when something is false or not applicable.
Thumbnail for "Game Start" from Donkey Kong for Nintendo Music Game Start 0:07 A red "X" mark, used to indicate when something is false or not applicable.
Thumbnail for "Round Start BGM" from Donkey Kong for Nintendo Music Round Start BGM 0:04 A red "X" mark, used to indicate when something is false or not applicable.
Thumbnail for "Round 1 BGM" from Donkey Kong for Nintendo Music Round 1 BGM 0:37 A green check mark, used to indicate when something is true or applicable.
Thumbnail for "Hammer BGM" from Donkey Kong for Nintendo Music Hammer BGM 0:26 A green check mark, used to indicate when something is true or applicable.
Thumbnail for "Round 1 and 2 Clear" from Donkey Kong for Nintendo Music Round 1 and 2 Clear 0:14 A red "X" mark, used to indicate when something is false or not applicable.
Thumbnail for "Round 2 BGM" from Donkey Kong for Nintendo Music Round 2 BGM 0:34 A green check mark, used to indicate when something is true or applicable.
Thumbnail for "Round 3 BGM" from Donkey Kong for Nintendo Music Round 3 BGM 0:33 A green check mark, used to indicate when something is true or applicable.
Thumbnail for "Round 3 Clear" from Donkey Kong for Nintendo Music Round 3 Clear 0:08 A red "X" mark, used to indicate when something is false or not applicable.

In the "Find your favorites" section on the homepage, the image for "Title BGM" and "Game Start" is used to represent this playlist.

Extended-Playback Collection[edit]

Cover image for the Extended-Playback Collection playlist from Donkey Kong on Nintendo Music

The "Extended-Playback Collection" playlist consists of tracks from Donkey Kong compatible with the "Extend to..." feature, allowing them to loop seamlessly for 5, 10, 15, 30 or 60 minutes. This playlist can also be found on the "Extend your enjoyment" section of the Home screen.

It contains 5 tracks and is 2 minutes long.

Image Title Length Extend to... supported
Thumbnail for "Round 1 BGM" from Donkey Kong for Nintendo Music Round 1 BGM 0:37 A green check mark, used to indicate when something is true or applicable.
Thumbnail for "Hammer BGM" from Donkey Kong for Nintendo Music Hammer BGM 0:26 A green check mark, used to indicate when something is true or applicable.
Thumbnail for "Round 2 BGM" from Donkey Kong for Nintendo Music Round 2 BGM 0:34 A green check mark, used to indicate when something is true or applicable.
Thumbnail for "Round 3 BGM" from Donkey Kong for Nintendo Music Round 3 BGM 0:33 A green check mark, used to indicate when something is true or applicable.
Thumbnail for "Hurry Up!" from Donkey Kong for Nintendo Music Hurry Up! 0:23 A green check mark, used to indicate when something is true or applicable.

Other Playlists[edit]

Main article: List of playlists with Super Mario tracks on Nintendo Music

Tracks from Donkey Kong also appear on other playlists, usually alongside tracks from other soundtracks.

Set the Scene[edit]

Victory![edit]

Cover image for the Victory! playlist on Nintendo Music

The "Victory!" playlist contains one track from Donkey Kong.

Image Track Length
Thumbnail for "Round 3 Clear" from Donkey Kong for Nintendo Music Round 3 Clear 0:08

Top recommendations[edit]

NES Selects[edit]

Cover image for the NES Selects playlist on Nintendo Music

The "NES Selects" playlist contains three tracks from Donkey Kong.

Image Track Length
Thumbnail for "Title BGM" from Donkey Kong for Nintendo Music Title BGM 0:16
Thumbnail for "Round 1 BGM" from Donkey Kong for Nintendo Music Round 1 BGM 0:37
Thumbnail for "Hammer BGM" from Donkey Kong for Nintendo Music Hammer BGM 0:26

Notes[edit]

  • Donkey Kong is currently the oldest soundtrack on the service, with the game originating from July 9, 1981.
  • "Player Down" is the only track in the soundtrack to not be included in any playlist.

Gallery[edit]

  • Japanese album cover

    Japanese album cover

  • Japanese "Top tracks" playlist image

    Japanese "Top tracks" playlist image

  • Japanese "Extended-Playback Collection" playlist image

    Japanese "Extended-Playback Collection" playlist image

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Soundtracks from 26 NES classics, including Donkey Kong, Ice Climber, and Duck Hunt are available now on the #NintendoMusic app! The songs are retro, but their time is now! Listen here: https://ninten.do/6015sDL4S" – Nintendo of America (July 21, 2025). https://x.com/NintendoAmerica/status/1947463775570768066. X (English). Retrieved July 30, 2025.
  2. ^ Polley001. Nintendo Music Information Database. Google Sheets (English). Retrieved July 30, 2025.
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Levels 25m • 50m • 75m • 100m
Items and objects Bolt • Conveyor Belt • Girder • Hammer • Ladder • Lift • Parasol, Hat, & Bag
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Nintendo Music
Soundtracks Nintendo Entertainment System Donkey Kong • Donkey Kong Jr. • Mario Bros. • Donkey Kong Jr. Math • Pinball • Golf • Donkey Kong 3 • Wrecking Crew • Super Mario Bros. • Super Mario Bros. 2 • Super Mario Bros. 3 • Dr. Mario (NES)
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Super Nintendo Entertainment System Super Mario World • Mario Paint • Super Mario Kart • Donkey Kong Country • Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island • Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest • Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!
Nintendo 64 Super Mario 64 • Mario Kart 64 • Yoshi's Story
Nintendo GameCube Luigi's Mansion • Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (GameCube)
Nintendo DS New Super Mario Bros.
Wii Super Mario Galaxy • Super Mario Galaxy 2
Nintendo 3DS Mario Kart 7 • Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker • Luigi's Mansion
Wii U New Super Mario Bros. U • Mario Kart 8 • Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker
Nintendo Switch Mario Kart 8 Deluxe • Super Mario Odyssey • Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker • New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe • Super Mario Bros. Wonder • Princess Peach: Showtime! • Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) • Super Mario Galaxy • Super Mario Galaxy 2
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Film soundtracks Super Mario Bros.: Peach-hime Kyūshutsu Dai Sakusen! Original Soundtrack (1986) • Super Mario Bros. (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (1993) • The Super Mario Bros. Movie (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (2023)
Game soundtracks Full releases 3D Hot Rally (1988) • DK Jamz (1994) • Super Donkey Kong Game Music CD Jungle Fantasy (1995) • Super Donkey Kong Original Sound Version (1995) • The Original Donkey Kong Country 2 Soundtrack (1995) • Super Mario: Yossy Island Original Sound Version (1995) • Super Mario RPG Original Sound Version (1996) • Super Donkey Kong 2: Dixie & Diddy Original Sound Version (1996) • Super Mario 64 Original Soundtrack (1996) • Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! Original Soundtrack (1996) • Super Donkey Kong 3: Mysterious Kremis Island Original Soundtrack (1997) • Mario Kart 64 Race Tracks (1997) • Mario Kart 64 Original Soundtrack (1997) • Game Boy Gallery Musics (1997) • Music to Pound the Ground to: Yoshi's Story Game Soundtrack (1997) • Yoshi Story Original Soundtrack (1998) • Love, Peace & Happiness: The Original Yoshi's Story Soundtrack (1998) • Diddy Kong Racing Original Soundtrack (1998) • Mario Tennis 64 Original Soundtrack (2000) • Mario Party 3 Original Soundtrack (2001) • Nintendo All-Star! Dairantō Smash Brothers Original Soundtrack (2001) • Paper Mario Game Music Soundtrack CD (2001) • Game Sound Museum: Super Mario Bros. 3 (2004) • Game Sound Museum: Super Mario Bros. (2004) • Game Sound Museum: Donkey Kong (2004) • Game Sound Museum: Donkey Kong Jr. (2004) • Game Sound Museum: Wrecking Crew (2004) • Game Sound Museum: Donkey Kong 3 (2004) • Game Sound Museum: Mario Bros. / Super Mario USA (2004) • Mario Basketball 3on3 Original Soundtrack (2006) • Super Mario Galaxy Original Soundtrack (2008) • Super Mario Galaxy 2 Original Soundtrack (2010) • Donkey Kong Returns Original Sound Track (2011) • Mario Kart Wii Platinum Soundtrack (2011) • Super Mario 3D World Original Soundtrack (2013) • Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U: A Smashing Soundtrack (2015) • Mario Kart 8 Original Soundtrack (2015) • Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle (Original Game Soundtrack) (2017) • Super Mario Odyssey Original Soundtrack (2018) • Super Mario Sunshine Original Soundtrack (2020) • Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope (Original Game Soundtrack) (2022) • Mario + Rabbids: Sparks of Hope – Post-Launch Compilation (Original Game Soundtrack) (2023) • Super Mario RPG Original Soundtrack (2025) • Super Mario RPG Original Sound Box (2025) • Super Mario RPG Original Sound Vinyl Box (2025)
Partial soundtracks Super Mario Bros. Original Soundtrack (1986) • Mario Kart 64: Greatest Hits Soundtrack (1997) • Diddy Kong Racing Soundtrack CD (1997) • Da Banana Bunch: The Original Donkey Kong 64 Soundtrack (1999) • Donkey Kong 64 Official Soundtrack / Soundtrack CD (1999) • Donkey Konga: The Hottest Hits (2004) • Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle: The Official Soundtrack (2017) • Super Mario Odyssey Sound Selection (2017)
Nintendo Music Super Mario Bros. (2024) • Dr. Mario (Game Boy) (2024) • Donkey Kong Country (2024) • Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island (2024) • Super Mario Galaxy (2024) • Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (2024) • Super Mario Odyssey (2024) • Super Mario Bros. Wonder (2024) • Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest (2024) • Super Mario 64 (2024) • Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! (2025) • Super Mario Kart (2025) • Super Mario World (2025) • Super Mario Bros. 2 (2025) • Super Mario Bros. 3 (2025) • Dr. Mario (NES) (2025) • Luigi's Mansion (2025) • Mario Kart 7 (2025) • Yoshi's Story (2025) • New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe (2025) • Mario Kart 64 (2025) • Donkey Kong (2025) • Donkey Kong Jr. (2025) • Mario Bros. (2025) • Donkey Kong Jr. Math (2025) • Pinball (2025) • Golf (2025) • Donkey Kong 3 (2025) • Wrecking Crew (2025) • Mario Paint (2025) • Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker (2025) • Super Mario Galaxy 2 (2025) • Special Release: Donkey Kong Bananza (2025) • Princess Peach: Showtime! (2025) • Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (GameCube) (2025) • Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) (2025) • New Super Mario Bros. (2025)
Compilation albums Famicom Music (1986) • Famicom Records (1986) • Famicom Music Vol.2 (1987) • Game Boy Graffiti (1990) • Super Mario World (1991) • Nintendo Super Famicom Game Music (1992) • Super Famicom Magazine Vol.5 Special Supplement (1992) • Toutes les musiques de l'émission Micro Kid's (1992) • Play it Loud! Original Soundtrack Volume 1 (1996) • Donkey Kong Country Trilogy (1996) • Nintendo 64 COOL CUTS (1996) • Nintendo 64 Original Soundtrack Greatest Hits (1996) • Las mejores bandas sonoras de Nintendo 64 (1997) • Nintendo 64 Trilogy (1997) • Nintendo Sound Adventures (1998) • TRIBUTE to NINTENDO (1998) • N64Y2K Millennium Trax (1999) • Nintendo Sound Selection Vol.1: Healing Music (2003) • Famicom 20th Anniversary Original Sound Tracks Vol.1 (2004) • Famicom Sound History Series: Mario the Music (2004) • Disk System Selection Iitokodori CD SIDE A (2004) • Nintendo Sound Selection Vol.2: Loud Music (2004) • Happy! Mario 20th - Super Mario Sound Collection (2005) • Nintendo Sound Selection Vol.3: B-Side Music (2005) • Mario & Luigi RPG: Sound Selection (2009) • Super Mario History 1985-2010 (2010) • The Year of Luigi Sound Selection (2013) • Nintendo FAMICOM MUSIC (2013) • Nintendo Sound Selection: Endings & Credits (2015) • The 30th Anniversary Super Mario Bros. Music (2015)
Musical arrangements Donkey Kong Goes Home (1983) • Mario no Daibōken (1986) • Mario no Daibōken/GO GO Mario!! (1986) • Sound Mario Bros. (1986) • Super Mario Bros.: Mario Syndrome (1986) • TOY MUSIC ~Dancing Super Mario Brothers~ (1988) • Fantasic World of Super Mario Bros. 3 (1988) • Super Mario Bros. 3 ~ Akihabara Electric Circus (1988) • Super Mario Land (1989) • Super Mario Bros. 1, 2, 3, Hop! Step! Jump! (1989) • Famicom Graffiti: Nintendo Cartridge Edition (1990) • Famicom Graffiti: Nintendo Disk Card Edition (1990) • Super Mario Bros. Special (1990) • Game Music Graffiti - Nintendo Complete Works Collection (1990) • FAMICOM MUSIC: BEST SELECTION (1992) • Super Mario Compact Disco (1993) • Tanoshii Beyer Heiyou Super Mario World Complete Music Collection (1993) • Tanoshii Beyer Heiyou Nintendo Super Famicom Game Music (1993) • Super Donkey Kong Game Music CD Jungle Fantasy (1995) • Mario Kart 64 on Club Circuit (1997) • Donkey Kong - Ashita ni Nattara... (2000) • Super Smash Bros. Melee: Smashing...Live! (2003) • Mario & Zelda Big Band Live CD (2003) • Mario Sports CD: Mario Tennis GC & Mario Golf Family Tour The Best (2004) • TONGARI KIDS I (2005) • SUPER MARIO BROS. 25th Anniversary Special Sound Track PRESS START Edition (2010) • memória! / The Very Best of Yoko Shimomura (2014) • Super Mario Compact Disco: The iOS Release (2016) • Super Mario Compact Disco – 35th Anniversary Edition (2020) • Rare Treats: DONKEY KONG 64 Revisited (2024)
Non–Super Mario music Super Mario Bros.: Favorite Mushroom Party Hits!!! (1989) • Fivelandia 8 (1990) • White Knuckle Scorin' (1991) • Go Ape! (1994) • Club Nintendo Hits (1995) • Donkey Kong Hits (1995) • Super Mario Dance (1997) • Dessins Animés - Le Disque D'Or - Vol. 13 (1998)
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