Big Boss Blues

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"Big Boss Blues"
"Big Boss Blues" in Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!
The image for "Big Boss Blues" from Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! on Nintendo Music.
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Composed by:
Eveline Novakovic
First appearance Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! (1996)
Latest appearance Donkey Kong Bananza (2025)
Quoted by
"K. Rool, King of Rot Battle" (Donkey Kong Bananza)

"Big Boss Blues"[1][2] (formatted as "BIG BOSS BLUES" in Japanese soundtracks) is a musical theme composed by Eveline Novakovic for Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! Original Soundtrack, where it plays during the boss battles against Baron K. Roolenstein in the boss levels Kastle Kaos and Knautilus.

History[edit]

Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble![edit]

Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! marks the first appearance of "Big Boss Blues". It is also included in the official albums Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! Original Soundtrack, Donkey Kong Country Trilogy, and Super Donkey Kong 3: Mysterious Kremis Island Original Soundtrack.

"Big Boss Blues" does not return in the Game Boy Advance remake of Donkey Kong Country 3, as the theme that plays during all boss battles (sans Arich and Kroctopus) is instead an original composition.

Donkey Kong Land III[edit]

In Donkey Kong Land III, a chiptune arrangement of "Big Boss Blues" arranged by Eveline Novakovic plays during every boss battle in the game.

Icon of an audio speaker. Big Boss Blues - The arrangement heard in Donkey Kong Land III
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Donkey Kong Bananza[edit]

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Main article: K. Rool, King of Rot Battle

Donkey Kong Bananza features two arrangements of "Big Boss Blues".

A brief arrangement of "Big Boss Blues" is incorporated in the game's arrangement of "Gang-Plank Galleon" from Donkey Kong Country, which plays during the second phase of the boss battle against King K. Rool. It is titled "Banandium Root Tower" in the game's sound test.

Elements of "Big Boss Blues" are incorporated into the theme that plays during the third phase of the boss battle against King K. Rool. It is titled "K. Rool, King of Rot Battle" in the game's sound test.

List of Super Mario appearances[edit]

Games[edit]

Work System Year Type Title Credits
Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! Super Nintendo Entertainment System 1996 Original "Big Boss Blues"[2] Eveline Novakovic
Donkey Kong Land III Game Boy 1997 Arrangement Eveline Novakovic
Donkey Kong Bananza Nintendo Switch 2 2025 Arrangement "Banandium Root Tower"[3]
"K. Rool, King of Rot Battle"[3]

Albums[edit]

Work Year Type Title Credits
Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! Original Soundtrack 1996 Original "Big Boss Blues" Eveline Novakovic
Donkey Kong Country Trilogy 1996 Original "Big Boss Blues" Eveline Novakovic
Super Donkey Kong 3: Mysterious Kremis Island Original Soundtrack 1997 Original "BIG BOSS BLUES" Eveline Novakovic

Other media[edit]

Work Year Type Title Credits
Nintendo Music 2025[a] Original "Big Boss Blues" Eveline Novakovic
  1. ^ Added on January 6, 2025

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning Note(s) Ref.
Japanese BIG BOSS BLUES - [1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Nintendo Music
  2. ^ a b Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! Original Soundtrack
  3. ^ a b Donkey Kong Bananza sound test
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Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! (SNES) / Donkey Kong Country 3 (GBA)
Characters Protagonists Dixie Kong • Kiddy Kong • Funky Kong • Wrinkly Kong • Swanky Kong • Cranky Kong
Prisoners Banana Birds • Banana Queen • Donkey Kong • Diddy Kong • Candy Konga • Lanky Konga • Tiny Konga • Chunky Konga
Animal Friends Ellie • Enguarde • Parry • Squawks • Squitter • Quawks
Brothers Bear Bachelora • Baffle • Barnacle • Barter • Bazaar • Bazooka • Benny • Björn • Blizzard • Blue • Blunder • Boomer • Bramble • Brash
Bosses Belcha • Arich • Squirt • KAOS • Bleak • Barbos • Kroctopusa • Baron K. Roolenstein
Enemies Bazuka • Bazza • Booty Bird • Bounty Bass • Bristles • Buzz • Gleamin' Bream • Karbine • Killer bees • Klasp • Knik-Knak • Knocka • Kobble • Koco • Koin • Koindozer • Kopter • Krackaa • Kremling (boater)a • Krimp • Kroc • Krumple • Kuchuka • Kuff 'n' Klout • Lemguin • Lurchin • Minkey • Missile shell • Nibbla • Nid • Re-Koil • Skidda • Sneek • Swoopy
Items Banana • Banana Bunch • Bowling ball • Bear coin • Bonus Coin • Box of chocolatesa • Cog • DK Coin • Extra-Life Balloon (red · green · blue) • Flupperius Petallus Pongus • Green banana • K-O-N-G Letters • Mirror • No.6 wrench • Patch • Present • Rosea • Shell • Ski • Star
Objects Animal Barrel • Animal crate • Auto-Fire Barrel • Barrel • Barrel Shield • Bonus Barrel • Boo Barrel • Booster Barrel • Bubbling cauldron • Chairlift • Crate • DK Barrel • Fuel Drum • Handle • Ignition Barrel • Invincibility Barrel • Level Flag • Metal door • Minea • Propellerpack • Ripsaw • Rock • Rocket • Star Barrel • Steel Barrel • Switch Barrel • TNT Barrel • Toboggan • Tracker Barrel • Trapdoor • Tumbling barrel • Warp Barrel • Waterfall • Wheel
Levels Lake Orangatanga Lakeside Limbo • Doorstop Dash • Tidal Trouble • Skidda's Row • Murky Mill • Belcha's Barn
Kremwood Forest Barrel Shield Bust-Up • Riverside Race • Squeals on Wheels • Springin' Spiders • Bobbing Barrel Brawl • Arich's Ambush
Cotton Top Cove Bazza's Blockade • Rocket Barrel Ride • Kreeping Klasps • Tracker Barrel Trek • Fish Food Frenzy • Squirt's Showdown
Mekanos Fire-Ball Frenzy • Demolition Drain-Pipe • Ripsaw Rage • Blazing Bazukas • Low-G Labyrinth • Kaos Karnage
K3 Krevice Kreepers • Tearaway Toboggan • Barrel Drop Bounce • Krack Shot Kroc • Lemguin Lunge • Bleak's House
Razor Ridge Buzzer Barrage • Kong-Fused Cliffs • Floodlit Fish • Pot Hole Panic • Ropey Rumpus • Barbos's Barrierb • Kroctopus Krusha
Pacificaa Dingy Drain-Pipea • Stormy Seasa • Sunken Sprucea • Cliffside Blasta • Ripcurl Reefa • Surf's Upa • Barbos's Barrier
Kaos Kore Konveyor Rope Klash • Creepy Caverns • Lightning Lookout • Koindozer Klamber • Poisonous Pipeline • Kastle Kaos
Krematoa Stampede Sprint • Criss Kross Cliffs • Tyrant Twin Tussle • Swoopy Salvo • Rocket Rush • Knautilus
Music "Fanfare" • "Crazy Calypso" • "Northern Kremisphere" • "Hangin' at Funky’s" • "Get Fit A-Go-Go" • "Brothers Bear" • "Sub-Map Shuffle" • "Swanky's Sideshow" • "Cranky’s Showdown" • "Showdown Win" • "Showdown Lose" • "Bonus Time" • "Bonus Win" • "Bonus Lose" • "Stilt Village" • "Mill Fever" • "Jangle Bells" • "Frosty Frolics" • "Treetop Tumble" • "Enchanted Riverbank" • "Hot Pursuit" • "Water World" • "Cascade Capers" • "Nuts and Bolts" • "Pokey Pipes" • "Rockface Rumble" • "Jungle Jitter" • "Cavern Caprice" • "Rocket Run" • "Boss Boogie" • "Crystal Chasm" • "Krematoa Koncerto" • "Big Boss Blues" • "Mama Bird" • "Chase" • "Baddies on Parade" • "Game Over"
Promotional content Ask Uncle Tusk • Barrel-Blastapalooza • Cold Crossword Challenge • Donkey Kong Country 3 Challenge • Nsider • Rare - Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie's Double Trouble • Super Donkey Kong 3 (Petit Maze)
Miscellaneous Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! Original Soundtrack • Donkey Kong Country Trilogy • Gallery • Glitches • Multimedia • Nintendo Music (soundtrack) • Pre-release and unused content • Quotes • Sound test (GBA) • Staff • Super Donkey Kong 3: Mysterious Kremis Island Original Soundtrack
a Exclusive to the Game Boy Advance version
b Barbos's Barrier was moved to Pacifica in the Game Boy Advance version
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Donkey Kong Land III
Characters Bear • Dixie Kong • Kiddy Kong • Wrinkly Kong
Animal Friends Ellie • Enguarde • Squawks • Squitter
Bosses Arich • Barbos • Bleak • KAOS • Baron K. Roolenstein
Enemies Bazuka • Bazza • Booty Bird • Bounty Bass • Bristles • Buzz • Karbine • Klasp • Knocka • Kobble • Koco • Kopter • Krimp • Krumple • Kuchuka • Lemguin • Lurchin • Minky • Nid • Niknak • Rekoil • Skidda • Sneek
Levels Cape Codswallop Red Wharf • Seabed Shanty • Ford Knocks • Total Rekoil • Koco Channel • Liftshaft Lottery • Barbos Bastion
Primate Plains Coral Quarrel • Minky Mischief • Jetty Jitters • Black Ice Blitz • Riverbank Riot • Miller Instinct • Bleak Magic
Blackforest Plateau Rocketeer Rally • Vertigo Verge • Polar Pitfalls • Surface Tension • Tundra Blunda • Redwood Rampage • Arich Attack
Great Ape Lakes Jungle Jeopardy • Footloose Falls • Deep Reef Grief • Karbine Kaos • Simian Shimmy • Rockface Chase • Krazy Kaos
Tin Can Valley Tropical Tightropes • Clifftop Critters • Rickety Rapids • Bazuka Bombard • Ugly Ducting • Stalagmite Frights • K Rool Duel
Lost World Whiplash Dash • Kuchuka Karnage • Haunted Hollows • Rainforest Rumble • Barrel Boulevard • Ghoulish Grotto • K Rools Last Stand
Barrels Animal Barrel • Barrel • Barrel Cannon • Blast Barrel • Bonus Barrel • DK Barrel • Iron Barrel • Rotatable Barrel • Star Barrel • Warp Barrel
Other items and objects Banana • Banana Bunch • Bear coin • Bonus Coin • Extra Life Balloon • KONG Letters • End of Level Flag • Propellerpack • Star • Toboggan
Miscellaneous Ask Uncle Tusk • Cards • Gallery • Glitches • Multimedia • Nsider • Pre-release and unused Content • Quotes • Staff
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Donkey Kong Bananza
Playable characters Donkey Kong • Pauline (Odd Rock)
Allies Fractones Architectone • Banandiumtonea • Bloomintone • Chiptone • Collectone • Constructone • Exploritone • Fragment • Fragmentone • Glamtone • Groovetones • Growtone • Hiddentone • Iron Jailer • Quiztone • Securitone • Seekertone • Smashintone • Stufftone • Styletone • Trustytone
Elders Elephant Elder • Kong Elder • Ostrich Elder • Snake Elder • Zebra Elder
Others Cranky Kong • Diddy Kong • Dixie Kong • Eel Family (Eelevator · Li'l Eelevator · Eeling · Great Harmoneel) • Elephant • Elephant Shopkeep • Monkey Shopkeep • New Donker • Ostrich • Ostrich Shopkeep • Prospector Monkey • Quawksa • Rambi • Salvager Monkey • Snake • Snake Shopkeep • Squawksa • Singing Blusterwing • Zebra • Zebra Shopkeep
Enemies Void Company Antickoid • Batteroid • Buzzoid • Crockoid • Glitzoid • Gloominoid • Illuminoid • Molevoloid • Muckoid • Munchoid • Peekaboopoid • Rolluskoid • Squeeloid • Stompoid • Trailfinoid • Trapantuloid • Wallopoid • VoidCo Bongo Blaster • VoidCo Spike-Ball Spitter
Kremling Krew Army • K. Wallopoid • Kaboom • Klaptrap • Kritter • Necky • Zinger
Bosses Abracajabya • Grumpy Kong (King Crockoid) • Inflammonite • King K. Rool (K. Rool, King of Rot) • Muckety-Muck • Mad Mixer • Peekabruiser • Poppy Kong • Sinister Blusterwing • Stompenclomper • Void Kong
Cameo appearances Banana Bird • Candy Konga • Chunky Konga • Clappera • Enguarde • Expressoa • Ghastly Kinga • Glimmer • Gnawty • KAOS • Lanky Kong • Lord Fredrika • Lurchin • Ninja Konga • Professor Chops • Rattlya • Squitter • Tiny Konga • Tucksa • Winky • Wrinkly Konga
Obstacles Fiery rain • Flaming barrel • Iron Ball • Lightning • Poison plant • Poison water • Ring of fire • Spiky Ball • Tornado
Bananzas Kong Bananza • Zebra Bananza • Ostrich Bananza • Elephant Bananza • Snake Bananza
Terrain types Apple • Bacon • Bananaa • Banandium Melon • Banandium Mush (Pure Banandium) • Boom Rock • Bread • Bright Ore • Cheese (Grated · Melty) • Concrete (Spiked) • Crumbly Crust • Crystal • Dirt • Fractonium • Glow Stone • Grass • Ice • Iron (Electrified · Melted · Slippery) • Ketchup • Lava • Lettuce • Liftoff Ore • Meat • Melon (Green Rind · White Rind) • Metal • Muck • Mud • Neptunite (Slippery) • Orange • Organic Matter • Pear • Potato • Pure Gold • Rubber (Fragile) • Salt • Sand • Shade Cloud • Shade Ore • Shifty Stone • Snow (Fresh) • Spikes • Strawberry • Switcheroo Goo • Stone • Thorns • Trash • Water (Freezing) • Wood
Items and objects Banandium Gems Ingot Isle Cave-In • Lagoon Layer • Hilltop Layer • Canyon Layer • The Divide • Freezer Layer • Forest Layer • The Junction • Resort Layer • Tempest Layer • Landfill Layer • Racing Layer • Radiance Layer • Groove Layer • Feast Layer • Forbidden Layer • Planet Core
Other Ancient Record • Apple (Giant · Juice) • Bakudan • Balloon • Banana Burger • Banandium (Chip · Gem Map · Melon · Root) • Barrel Cannon • Beach ball • Bed • Blast Barrel • Boom Bomb • Bopper Switch • Bridge Seed • Burger Switch • Chunk • Closet • Crate • Crumbly Road • Disc • DJ booth • Egg Bomb • Fossil • Fossil Map • Geyser • Gold • Golden root • Hand mark • Hot spring • Ice maker • Key • KONG Letters • Lift platform • Melon Juice • Mine Cart • Music source • Pay-Dirt Piledriver • Pile of bananaa • Poster • Red Balloon • Rope • Seismic Splitter • Shifty Platform • Shokudai • Shuffle Stone • Small animal • Snake switch • Statuea • Surfboarda • Swap Harp • Synthetic Sun • Terravoider • Throw zone • Tire • Treasure chest • Tuning fork • Updraft fan • Void Kong's seals • Void Stake • Warp Barrela • Warp Gong • Watermelon • Zip line
Moves and abilities Brake Blast • Charge Dash • Charge Jump • Charge Punch • Charge Slap • Chunk Jump • Dive Punch • Flutter • Glare • Glide • Hand Slap • High-five • Inhale • Jump • Jump Burst • Make music • Meteor Punch • Pick up • Punch • Shout • Spin Jump • Spin Shot • Spin Slam • Tear off • Turf Surf / Surf Surf • Trunk Chunk
Locations Layers DK Islanda • Ingot Isle Cave-In • Lagoon Layer • Hilltop Layer • Canyon Layer • The Divide • Freezer Layer • Forest Layer • The Junction • Resort Layer • Tempest Layer • Landfill Layer • Racing Layer • Radiance Layer • Groove Layer • Feast Layer • Forbidden Layer • Planet Core
Others All-You-Can-Eat Tower • Battle Challenge • Banana hoarda • Bonus Stage • Challenge Course • Chip Exchange • DK's Tree House • Fossil Museum • Gangplank Galleona • Getaway • Ingot Isle • New Donk City • Sinkhole • Stuff Shop • Style Shop • Underground World
Music "Title Theme" • "DK Artist" • "Hilltop Layer: Fractone Village" • "Freezer Layer: Chocolava Lake" • "Racing Layer: Rambi Rumble" • "Banandium Root Tower" • "New Donk City" • "Kong Bananza" • "Zebra Bananza" • "Ostrich Bananza" • "Elephant Bananza" • "Snake Bananza" • "K. Rool, King of Rot Battle" • "Getaway" • "Closet" • "Challenge Course #1" • "Challenge Course #2" • "Challenge Course #3" • "Challenge Course #4" • "Challenge Course #5" • "Breaking Through (Heart of Gold)"
Emerald Rusha Emerald Chip • Emerald geyser • Emerald lump • Emerald ore • Emerald Perk • Emerald root • Void Goal • Emerald Rush events (Chip Fever · So Strong It's Funny · Dig the Beat · Freeze Break · Ostrich Riches · Unyielding Strength · Rattlin' Snake Bananza)
Miscellaneous All-Mine Remote • Ask the Developer • Lists of names in other languages (Banandium Gems · Clothing · Fossils · Music List · Terrains) • Bananergy • Bananza ceremony • Bananza Lesson (Kong Elder's Hall · Zebra Elder's Hall · Ostrich Elder's Hall · Elephant Elder's Hall · Snake Elder's Hall) • Bananza Rehearsal (Kong Elder's Rehearsal Hall · Zebra Elder's Rehearsal Hall · Ostrich Elder's Rehearsal Hall · Elephant Elder's Rehearsal Hall · Snake Elder's Rehearsal Hall) • DK Artist • Donkey Kong Bananza: DK Island & Emerald Rush • Fossil names in other languages • Gallery • Inviseaux • Loading screen tips • Mind-Bender Mask • Nintendo Music (Special Release) • Photo Mode • Propellerpack • Quotes (Pauline Getaway dialogue) • Rambi Rumble • Skill Point • Smashin' Stats • Sound test • Squawkie-Talkiea • The ABCs of DK! • Staff • VoidCo IntelliSense Specs
a Exclusive to the DK Island & Emerald Rush DLC
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