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Ah yes, a true softer song. This year’s May Madness has had a lot of rather laid-back songs (Rainbow Road Wii… Fly to Live… Meridian Dance to an extent), but now we’re laying all the way back with this one from DKC2.

Mining Melancholy was previously featured in the SNES Medley from 2015, which coincidentally is also where our medley remix from last year’s May Madness (Ridley’s Theme) came from. It’s feels pretty similar to Stickerbush Symphony, another song I previously did a softer remix of. DKC songs just seem to be made for softer styles.

I made sure to include a million different anvil and metal hits for this once, since I feel they are the most important part of the original. I also did something odd and let the bass play the melody at 1:27. In the original, it’s sort of this low choir sounding thing, so I thought a lower instrument should take over that section.

I think I’ve ended up liking this song more than Stickerbush, to be honest. 😮