Nintendo released Donkey Kong Bananza for the Nintendo Switch in July 2025, and Nintendo Music has now published the full official soundtrack.
Initially teased with a special sneak peek timed to the game's launch, the complete collection comprises 229 tracks and runs approximately eight hours and 36 minutes, covering level themes, boss battles, fanfare cues and incidental music.
Soundtrack release details
Nintendo Music first offered listeners a preview of Donkey Kong Bananza music around the game's July 2025 release.
The subsequent full upload organizes every piece of in-game music—from the Title Theme and stage tracks such as "Ingot Isle" and "Lagoon Layer" to boss battles including "Peekabruiser Battle" and "King K.
Rool Battle." The set also includes character motifs (for Pauline and Void Kong), various challenge-course themes and even an item labeled "Nintendo Direct: Nintendo Switch 2 Trailer BGM" among the track names.
Tracklist highlights and scope
The OST spans standard level themes, 2D and 3D challenge course cues, boss introductions and multiple battle variants that accompany "Now’s Your Chance!" sequences.
Several tracks double as instrumental and vocal variations or reprise arrangements, reflecting the game's broad design scope and the production resources dedicated to audio across varied environments such as Freezer Layer, Forest Layer, Radiance Layer and the Planet Core finale.
Rewritten statement from the original coverage
Roberto Diaz, who covered the game at launch, characterized Donkey Kong Bananza as a welcome return to 3D Donkey Kong gameplay and identified the soundtrack as a standout element, singling out motifs like "Kong Bananza" for their catchiness and replay value.
Context and where to listen
Donkey Kong remains one of Nintendo’s longest-running franchises, and Donkey Kong Bananza continued that lineage on the Nintendo Switch platform in 2025.
Nintendo Music's full upload provides a comprehensive resource for fans, music supervisors and preservation-minded listeners who want the complete OST in one place.
Those interested in the music can find the published soundtrack through Nintendo Music’s official channels.
With 229 tracks and nearly nine hours of music, the Donkey Kong Bananza soundtrack represents one of the more extensive single-release game OSTs from Nintendo in 2025, documenting the audio architecture that supports the game's levels, characters and boss encounters.
Initially teased with a special sneak peek timed to the game's launch, the complete collection comprises 229 tracks and runs approximately eight hours and 36 minutes, covering level themes, boss battles, fanfare cues and incidental music.
Soundtrack release details
Nintendo Music first offered listeners a preview of Donkey Kong Bananza music around the game's July 2025 release.
The subsequent full upload organizes every piece of in-game music—from the Title Theme and stage tracks such as "Ingot Isle" and "Lagoon Layer" to boss battles including "Peekabruiser Battle" and "King K.
Rool Battle." The set also includes character motifs (for Pauline and Void Kong), various challenge-course themes and even an item labeled "Nintendo Direct: Nintendo Switch 2 Trailer BGM" among the track names.
Tracklist highlights and scope
The OST spans standard level themes, 2D and 3D challenge course cues, boss introductions and multiple battle variants that accompany "Now’s Your Chance!" sequences.
Several tracks double as instrumental and vocal variations or reprise arrangements, reflecting the game's broad design scope and the production resources dedicated to audio across varied environments such as Freezer Layer, Forest Layer, Radiance Layer and the Planet Core finale.
Rewritten statement from the original coverage
Roberto Diaz, who covered the game at launch, characterized Donkey Kong Bananza as a welcome return to 3D Donkey Kong gameplay and identified the soundtrack as a standout element, singling out motifs like "Kong Bananza" for their catchiness and replay value.
Context and where to listen
Donkey Kong remains one of Nintendo’s longest-running franchises, and Donkey Kong Bananza continued that lineage on the Nintendo Switch platform in 2025.
Nintendo Music's full upload provides a comprehensive resource for fans, music supervisors and preservation-minded listeners who want the complete OST in one place.
Those interested in the music can find the published soundtrack through Nintendo Music’s official channels.
With 229 tracks and nearly nine hours of music, the Donkey Kong Bananza soundtrack represents one of the more extensive single-release game OSTs from Nintendo in 2025, documenting the audio architecture that supports the game's levels, characters and boss encounters.
