The Composer Behind Donkey Kong 64 & Banjoo-Kazooie W/ Grant Kirkhope - Y2KNostalgiK

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Todays Guest - One of the worlds most legendary Video game composers Grant Kirkhope! If you grew up playing games during the era of the Nintendo 64 then chances are you have heard many soundtracks composed by Grant Kirkhope. Donkey Kong 64, Banjo-Kazooie, 007 Golden Eye and many others were all amazing titles where Grant was the man behind designing and developing the soundtracks. Through the world of sound Grant helped bring these amazing games to life by creating unique soundtracks that really give each world, character, game, and item the personality and character that we remember.

During the interview with Grant we talk about the history and story behind the iconic Donkey Kong Rap that dropped some mad bars at the start of the game. We then talk to Grant about some of his experiences as a composer on some of Rare's largest titles from the Nintendo 64 era as well as some of his most recent projects like composing Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle for Nintendo Switch. We end the interview of by learning about how Grant became a composer and his journey to where he is now and end off with some Name That Soundtrack Trivia where we put Grant to the test on naming some of the soundtracks he has created from past games!

To learn more about Grant Kirkhope and get in contact with him check out his socials and website:

Grant's Website - https://www.grantkirkhope.com/

Grant's Twitter - https://twitter.com/grantkirkhope?lang=en

Grant's Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/grantkirkhopecomposer

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