#64 - Grant Kirkhope Interview (Banjo Kazooie, Goldeneye, Donkey Kong, Nintendo, Rare, Film, L.A., Super Mario Movie etc.)

Grant Kirkhope is widely regarded as one of the greatest video
game composers of all time for his work on such games as Banjo
Kazooie, Donkey Kong 64, Goldeneye & Perfect Dark. He
recently became the first western composer to work with Nintendo
on Super Smash Bros Ultimate & Mario + Rabbids


SOCIAL MEDIA


Twitter - @grantkirkhope


Instagram - @grantkirkhopecomposer


Facebook - GrantKirkhopeComposer


LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/grantkirk...


Goldeneye OST https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1oL7V...


Perfect Dark OST https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3jID...


Banjo Kazooie OST https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQNAV...


Donkey Kong 64 OST https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9hUx...


Kingdoms Of Amalur Reckoning
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68VE8...


Mario + Rabbids OST https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOGgI...


 


TIMESTAMPS


00:00 - Intro About Technical Issues


01:05 - Crazy Times/American Elections


01:32 - Green Card/How Long Grant Has Been In America


02:17 - Indie Films Grant Has Been Working


03:10 - Agents/Struggles Of Breaking Into The Film Industry


04:55 - Game Composers Looked Down Upon Compared To Film
Composers


05:33 - Only Way To Get Film Composing Roles Is Through The
Director/Fierce Competition For Film Composers


07:00 - Younger Directors Have Played Video Games So More Of A
Chance Of Them Knowing Grant


08:26 - Films Not Having Memorable Tunes These Days/Games Now
Having Music Cinematic Sequences


10:24 - Grant’s Process Of Composing


11:52 - Grant’s Work On Goldeneye 007/How He Composed For
Goldeneye 007


14:41 - Grant Only Got Small Notes About Levels He Was Composing
For


15:10 - Grant Got A Few Visuals For Banjo, Donkey Kong &
Perfect Dark/Approach To Composing For Them


17:07 - Spiral Mountain/ Treasure Trove Cove/Mumbo’s Mountain


18:50 - Grant Didn’t Get Told Much To Rewrite Tunes At Rare


20:22 - Working With Nintendo For Smash Bros Banjo
Arrangement/Banjo Kazooie Smash Bros Trailer


23:50 - Grant Is The First Western Composer To Work On Mario
& Smash Bros


24:35 - Grant Has Better Communication With Nintendo Now


24:43 - Reece Thinks Grant Could Compose For Metroid Based On
Perfect Dark OST


25:22 - To Be Employable You Have To Diversify As A Musician


26:09 - Working For A Company Vs Freelancing/Living In L.A.


28:05 - Grant Is Good With Money


28:55 - Grant Works Well Under Pressure/Grant Doesn’t Get Writers
Block


31:05 - Grant Doesn’t Toss Away Work/Learning To Do What Your
Told By Your Boss On Rewriting Tunes


33:30 - Employment Laws In UK Vs America


34:25 - Grants Friends Losing Jobs For Arguing With A Creative
Director/Creative People Are Sensitive


35:45 - Genres Grant Is Not Good At Composing/How He Researches
New Genres


37:10 - Instruments Grant Can Play/Working With Midi & Live
Orchestras


40:05 - Donkey Kong 64 Rap


44:17 - Competitiveness With Dav