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"Round 4 BGM"
"Round 4 BGM" in the arcade version of Donkey Kong Jr.
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Composed by:
Yukio Kaneoka
First appearance Donkey Kong Jr. (arcade) (1982)
Latest appearance Latest Appearance
Arrangement of
"Round 1 BGM" (Donkey Kong Jr.)
Arranged in
"Golden Temple" (Donkey Kong Country Returns)

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"Round 4 BGM"[1] is a recurring musical theme composed by Yukio Kaneoka for Donkey Kong Jr., where it plays in the game's fourth and final level. The theme is a loose arrangement of "Round 1 BGM" from the same game.

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Donkey Kong series[edit]

Donkey Kong Jr.[edit]

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The arcade version of Donkey Kong Jr. marks the first appearance of "Round 4 BGM". All arrangements of the theme done for ports of Donkey Kong Jr. are used for the same purpose as the original.

A slower arrangement of "Round 4 BGM" appears in the ColecoVision port of Donkey Kong Jr..

In the Family Computer port of Donkey Kong Jr., an arrangement of "Round 4 BGM", done in a higher key than the original, appears. The arrangement is reused in the Nintendo Entertainment System, Family Computer Disk System, and e-Reader ports.

An arrangement of "Round 4 BGM" appears in the Intellivision version of Donkey Kong Jr..

In the port of Donkey Kong Jr. for Atari 8-bit computers, a slower arrangement of "Round 4 BGM" appears.

The arrangement of "Round 4 BGM" in the Coleco Adam port of Donkey Kong Jr. is similar to the Colecovision version, but is done at a slower tempo.

The Atari 7800 port of Donkey Kong Jr. features an arrangement of "Round 4 BGM" done at a higher tempo with harsh chiptune instrumentation.

Icon of an audio speaker. Round 4 BGM - The arrangement heard in the Family Computer port of Donkey Kong Jr.
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Icon of an audio speaker. Round 4 BGM - The arrangement heard in the Atari 7800 port of Donkey Kong Jr.
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Donkey Kong Jr. Math[edit]

The arrangement from the Family Computer port of Donkey Kong Jr. is reused as the main theme for the game's calculate mode, now titled "Calculate BGM"[1].

Donkey Kong Country Returns / Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D / Donkey Kong Country Returns HD[edit]

In Donkey Kong Country Returns, the Nintendo 3DS port, Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D, and the Nintendo Switch port, Donkey Kong Country Returns HD, a medley arrangement of "Round 1 BGM", "Title BGM", and "Round 4 BGM" from Donkey Kong Jr. plays in the level Golden Temple.

Gallery[edit]

List of Super Mario appearances[edit]

Games[edit]

Work System Year Type Title Credits
Donkey Kong Jr. Arcade 1982 Original Yukio Kaneoka
ColecoVision 1983 Arrangement
Family Computer "Round 4 BGM"[1] Yukio Kaneoka
Intellivision
Atari 8-bit computers 1984
Coleco Adam
Nintendo Entertainment System 1986 Past Arrangement (Donkey Kong Jr., Family Computer) "Round 4 BGM" Yukio Kaneoka
Family Computer Disk System 1988
Atari 7800 Arrangement
e-Reader 2002 Past Arrangement (Donkey Kong Jr., Family Computer) "Round 4 BGM" Yukio Kaneoka
Donkey Kong Jr. Math Family Computer 1983 Original "Calculate BGM"[1]
Nintendo Entertainment System 1985
Donkey Kong Country Returns Wii 2010 Arrangement
Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D Nintendo 3DS 2013
Arcade Archives: Donkey Kong Jr. Nintendo Switch 2018 Original Yukio Kaneoka
Donkey Kong Country Returns HD 2025 Arrangement

Albums[edit]

Work Year Type Title Credits
Donkey Kong Jr. (Nintendo Music) 2025 Original "Round 4 BGM" Yukio Kaneoka
Donkey Kong Jr. Math (Nintendo Music) "Calculate BGM"

Names in other languages[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d Nintendo Music
Links to related articles
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Donkey Kong Jr.
Characters Donkey Kong Jr. • Donkey Kong • Mario
Enemies Bird • Drop* • Egg • Nitpicker • Snapjaw • Spark
Items Fruit • Key
Objects Chain • Jump Board • Pole • Vine
Rounds Vine Scene • Jump Board Scene • Mario's Hideout • Chain Scene
Music "Title BGM"
Other Donkey Kong Classics • Donkey Kong, Donkey Kong Junior, Mario Bros. • Donkey Kong Jr. (board game) • Donkey Kong Jr. + Jr. Sansū Lesson • Donkey Kong Junior (cereal) • Donkey Kong Junior (playing cards) • Gallery • Game Sound Museum: Donkey Kong Jr. • Multimedia • Nintendo Music (soundtrack) • Pre-release and unused content • Staff
Adaptations Donkey Kong Junior (coloring/activity books) • Saturday Supercade
* Only appears in the Coleco Adam version
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Donkey Kong Jr. Math
Characters Donkey Kong • Donkey Kong Jr. • Junior (II) • Nitpicker (large) • Nitpicker (small)
Items and objects Apple • Chain • Number • Question mark • Symbol
Music "Title BGM" • "Game Start" • "Calculate BGM" • "Player Down" • "Exercise BGM" • "Correct Answer" • "Give Up" • "Game Over"
Other Donkey Kong Jr. + Jr. Sansū Lesson • Gallery • Math jungle • Nintendo Music (soundtrack)
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Donkey Kong Country Returns / Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D / Donkey Kong Country Returns HD
Characters Playable Donkey Kong • Diddy Kong • Dixie Kongc
Supporting Cranky Kong • Rambi • Squawks • Super Kong • Tutorial Pig • Whale • Wigglevine
Bosses Mugly (Krazy Kalimba) • Scurvy Crew (The Maraca Gang) • Stu (Gong Oh) • Mole Miner Max/Mole Train (Banjo Bottom) • Mangoruby (Wacky Pipes) • Thugly (Xylobone) • Colonel Pluck (Cordian) • Tiki Tong
Other Elephant • Giraffe • Zebra
Enemies and obstacles Tiki Tak Tribe Fireball • Flaming Tiki Buzz • Giga Goro Ball • Screaming Pillar • Screaming Pillar (big) • Tiki Boing • Tiki Bomber • Tiki Buzz • Tiki Doom • Tiki Goon • Tiki Pilot • Tiki Pop • Tiki Seeker • Tiki Tank • Tiki Tong Tower • Tiki Torch • Tiki Tork • Tiki Zing • Tiki Zing (big) • Tiki Zing (Foggy Fumes)
Other Ack • AckStack • Ape-Eating Plant • Awk • Big Squeekly • Bonehead Jed • Bopapodamus • Bowling bird • BuckBomb • BuckBot • Buzzbite • Cageberry • Char-Char • Chomp • Chū Komorin • Electrasquid • Electroid • Fireball • Firebite • Frogoon • Giant Chomp • Giga Rangwi • Green Chomp • Hopgoon • Hothead Jed • Humzee • Jellybob • Kowalee • Leaping flame • Mimic • Mole Guard • Mole Miner • Muncher • Pinchly • Rawk • Ready-Bots (Pogobot · Pyrobot) • Rentamaguma • Robobee • Shooting Chomp • Skellirex • Skittler • Skittler Pillar • Skullyrex • Snaggles • Snippys • Squeekly • Squiddicus • Squidly • Stilts • Toothberry • Wiggle • Yellow Snaggles
Objects Items Banana • Banana Bunch • Banana Coin • Banana Juice • Banana Mirror • Crash Guardb • Green Balloonb • Hanging vine • Heart • Heart Boost • K-O-N-G Letters • Map Key • Puzzle Piece • Rare Orb • Red Balloon
Barrels Barrel Cannon • Blast Barrel • DK Barrel • Regular Barrel • Slot Machine Barrel
Miscellaneous Bag • Container • Green surface • Rambi Crate • Red and blue blocks • Tire • Mole Train • Spiked shaft (Jagged Jewels)b • Spiked shaft (Tiki Tong Terror) • Trapdoor • Tar pit
Vehicles Mine Cart • Rocket Barrel
Moves Barrel Jet • Barrel Roll (Cartwheel Attack) • Blow • Charge • Cling • Crouch • Grab • Ground Pound (Popgun Pound) • Jump • Kong Roll • Peanut Popgun • Run • Helicopter Spinc
Levels Jungle 1-1: Jungle Hijinxs • 1-2: King of Cling • 1-3: Tree Top Bop • 1-4: Sunset Shore • 1-5: Canopy Cannons • 1-6: Crazy Cart • 1-K: Platform Panic • 1-B: Mugly's Mound
Beach 2-1: Poppin' Planks • 2-2: Sloppy Sands • 2-3: Peaceful Pier • 2-4: Cannon Cluster • 2-5: Stormy Shore • 2-6: Blowhole Bound • 2-7: Tidal Terror • 2-K: Tumblin' Temple • 2-B: Pinchin' Pirates
Ruins 3-1: Wonky Waterway • 3-2: Button Bash • 3-3: Mast Blast • 3-4: Damp Dungeon • 3-5: Itty Bitty Biters • 3-6: Temple Topple • 3-K: Shifty Smashers • 3-B: Ruined Roost
Cave 4-1: Rickety Rails • 4-2: Grip 'n' Trip • 4-3: Bombs Away • 4-4: Mole Patrol • 4-5: Crowded Cavern • 4-K: Jagged Jewels • 4-B: The Mole Train
Forest 5-1: Vine Valley • 5-2: Clingy Swingy • 5-3: Flutter Flyaway • 5-4: Tippin' Totems • 5-5: Longshot Launch • 5-6: Springy Spores • 5-7: Wigglevine Wonders • 5-8: Muncher Marathon • 5-K: Blast & Bounce • 5-B: Mangoruby Run
Cliff 6-1: Sticky Situation • 6-2: Prehistoric Path • 6-3: Weighty Way • 6-4: Boulder Roller • 6-5: Precarious Plateau • 6-6: Crumble Canyon • 6-7: Tippy Shippy • 6-8: Clifftop Climb • 6-K: Perilous Passage • 6-B: Thugly's Highrise
Factory 7-1: Foggy Fumes • 7-2: Slammin' Steel • 7-3: Handy Hazards • 7-4: Gear Getaway • 7-5: Cog Jog • 7-6: Switcheroo • 7-7: Music Madness • 7-R: Lift-off Launch • 7-K: Treacherous Track • 7-B: Feather Fiend
Volcano 8-1: Furious Fire • 8-2: Hot Rocket • 8-3: Roasting Rails • 8-4: Smokey Peak • 8-5: Bobbing Basalt • 8-6: Moving Melters • 8-7: Red Red Rising • 8-K: Five Monkey Trial • 8-B: Tiki Tong Terror
Cloudb 9-1: Crushin' Columnsb • 9-2: Gushin' Geysersb • 9-3: Spiky Surpriseb • 9-4: Mischievous Molesb • 9-5: Topsy Turvyb • 9-6: Tar Ball Fallb • 9-7: Robo Factoryb • 9-8: Lavawheel Volcanob • 9-1a/9-9b: Golden Temple
Music "Jungle Hijinxs" • "Mine Menace"
Further info Donkey Kong Country Returns HD Valentine's Day Cards • Donkey Kong Returns Original Sound Track • Extras (image names in other languages) • Gallery (3D · HD) • Iwata Asks • "Nintendo 3DS - Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D Surprise" • Staff (3D · HD)
c Appears in Donkey Kong Country Returns HD, introduced in version 1.1.0
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