David Wise ( composer ) - wikipedia David Wise ( composer ) This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification. Please help by adding reliable sources. Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately, especially if potentially libelous or harmful. ( February 2014 ) David Wise Also known as Dave Wise ( 1967 - 09 - 13 ) 13 September 1967 ( age 50 ) Origin Leicestershire, England Genres Video game music Occupation ( s ) Composer, musician Instruments Synthesizer, piano, saxophone Years active 1985 -- present Associated acts Robin Beanland Eveline Fischer Grant Kirkhope Graeme Norgate Steve Burke Website davidwise.co.uk David Wise is an English video game music composer and musician. He was a composer at Rare from 1985 to 2009, and was the company 's sole musician up until 1994. He has gained a cult following for his work on various games, particularly Nintendo 's Donkey Kong Country series. Wise is known for his atmospheric style of music, mixing natural environmental sounds with prominent melodic and percussive accompaniment. Contents 1 Career and influences 2 Works 3 References 4 External links Career and influences Wise has said that he has had a wide range of musical influences, though the first instrument he learned to play was the piano, before later learning the trumpet, and then learning to play drums during adolescence. He played in a few bands during his youth, and was still active in a band as of 2004. His career at Rare began when he happened to meet its two founders, as he explained in response to a question posted on its company website : `` I was working in a music shop demonstrating a Yamaha CX5 Music Computer to a couple of people, Tim & Chris Stamper. I 'd written and programmed the music for the demonstration material. They offered me a job. '' While working at Rare, Wise soon gained wide attention and acclaim for his work on the Donkey Kong Country game series. In addition to the percussive and ambient ' jungle ' influences that serve as a thematic undercurrent for much of the series, the games feature a wide variety of different musical styles that are reflective of the various areas and environments they appear in. In the January 1996 issue of Electronic Gaming Monthly, Wise stated that his travelling experiences largely shaped the sound and mood of each Donkey Kong soundtrack, further saying that the music for Donkey Kong Country 2 : Diddy 's Kong Quest was composed during what he called his `` experimental Paris phase ''. He has also composed the soundtrack for the Game Boy Advance port of Donkey Kong Country 3 : Dixie Kong 's Double Trouble !. In late October 2009, it was announced by the OverClocked ReMix community that Wise was remixing a track for Serious Monkey Business, an unofficial Donkey Kong Country 2 remix album. Grant Kirkhope and Robin Beanland also collaborated on this track, playing guitar and trumpet respectively. On 15 March 2010, Serious Monkey Business was released and Dave Wise 's track, ' Re-Skewed ', was featured as Track No. 33. Much like his contribution to Serious Monkey Business, Wise later remixed his own composition, the GBA version of `` Jungle Jitter '', for an unofficial Donkey Kong Country 3 remix album titled Double the Trouble !, which was released on 1 December 2012. Wise also provided a saxophone solo for another remix, in addition to mixing and mastering the track. On 30 October 2009, Wise announced his resignation from Rare and his intention to work as a freelance composer / sound designer. In December 2010 Wise created a personal studio called the ' David Wise Sound Studio '. In June 2013 it was announced that after eleven years without composing for a major console title, Wise would be returning to the series that made him famous with Donkey Kong Country : Tropical Freeze. For the game company Playtonic Games, Wise 's name is listed under the staff members list as a `` Music Man '' and composed for their game, Yooka - Laylee, along with Kirkhope and Steve Burke. Works Title Year System Notes Slalom NES Wizards & Warriors NES R.C. Pro-Am 1988 NES Wheel of Fortune 1988 NES Jeopardy ! 1988 NES Anticipation 1988 NES Marble Madness 1989 NES World Games 1989 NES WWF WrestleMania 1989 NES Sesame Street 123 1989 NES John Elway 's Quarterback 1989 NES California Games 1989 NES Taboo : The Sixth Sense 1989 NES Sesame Street ABC 1989 NES Hollywood Squares 1989 NES Who Framed Roger Rabbit 1989 NES Jordan vs. Bird : One on One 1989 NES Cobra Triangle 1989 NES Ironsword : Wizards & Warriors II 1989 NES Wheel of Fortune Junior Edition 1989 NES Jeopardy ! Junior Edition 1989 NES Silent Service 1989 NES Double Dare 1990 NES Wheel of Fortune Family Edition 1990 NES Jeopardy ! 25th Anniversary Edition 1990 NES The Amazing Spider - Man 1990 Game Boy Captain Skyhawk 1990 NES Digger T. Rock 1990 NES Pin * Bot 1990 NES Snake Rattle ' n ' Roll 1990 NES, Sega Genesis Wizards & Warriors Chapter X : The Fortress of Fear 1990 Game Boy NARC 1990 NES A Nightmare on Elm Street 1990 NES Super Glove Ball 1990 NES Cabal 1990 NES Time Lord 1990 NES Arch Rivals 1990 NES WWF WrestleMania Challenge 1990 NES Solar Jetman : Hunt for the Golden Warpship 1990 NES WWF Superstars 1991 Game Boy Battletoads 1991 NES, Game Boy, Sega Genesis, Game Gear Beetlejuice 1991 NES, Game Boy Super R.C. Pro-Am 1991 Game Boy High Speed 1991 NES Sneaky Snakes 1991 Game Boy Sesame Street ABC & 123 1991 NES Wizards & Warriors III 1992 NES Danny Sullivan 's Indy Heat 1992 NES R.C. Pro-Am II 1992 NES Championship Pro-Am 1992 Sega Genesis Battletoads & Double Dragon 1993 NES, Sega Genesis, SNES, Game Boy Battletoads in Battlemaniacs 1993 SNES Battletoads in Ragnarok 's World 1993 Game Boy X The Ball 1993 Arcade Monster Max 1994 Game Boy Battletoads 1994 Arcade Donkey Kong Country 1994 SNES with Robin Beanland and Eveline Fischer Donkey Kong Land 1995 Game Boy with Graeme Norgate Donkey Kong Country 2 : Diddy 's Kong Quest 1995 SNES Donkey Kong Country 3 : Dixie Kong 's Double Trouble ! SNES with Fischer Diddy Kong Racing N64 Donkey Kong Country 2000 GBC Star Fox Adventures 2002 GCN It 's Mr. Pants GBA with Beanland and Fischer Donkey Kong Country 3 2005 GBA New soundtrack made for port Diddy Kong Racing DS 2007 Nintendo DS Viva Piñata : Pocket Paradise 2008 Nintendo DS War World 2008 Xbox 360 Sorcery ! 2013 iOS Donkey Kong Country : Tropical Freeze 2014 Wii U, Nintendo Switch with various others Tengami 2014 iOS, Wii U, PC, Mac Star Drift 2015 iOS Star Ghost 2016 Wii U, Nintendo Switch Snake Pass 2017 Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch Yooka - Laylee 2017 PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Microsoft Windows, OS X, Linux, Nintendo Switch with Grant Kirkhope and Steve Burke References Jump up ^ Rare : The Tepid Seat -- Rare Music Team ( December 2004 ) Archived 6 December 2006 at the Wayback Machine. Jump up ^ OverClocked ReMix Presents ' Serious Monkey Business ' ( March 2010 ) Jump up ^ ReMix : Donkey Kong Country 2 : Diddy 's Kong Quest ' Re-Skewed ' -- OverClocked ReMix Jump up ^ Donkey Kong Country 3 : Double the Trouble ! OC ReMix Jump up ^ MundoRare David Wise, composer since 1985, leaves Rare ( November 2009 ) Jump up ^ http://www.squareenixmusic.com/features/interviews/davidwise.shtml Jump up ^ The Team So Far... Jump up ^ Greening, Chris. `` David Wise Interview : Revisiting Donkey Kong Country ''. Video Game Music Online. Retrieved 22 August 2015. Jump up ^ Rare : Scribes ( December 21, 2005 ) at Internet Archive `` Robin did Funky 's Fugue, Eveline did Simian Segue, Candy 's Love Song, Voices of the Temple, Forest Frenzy, Tree Top Rock, Northern Hemispheres and Ice Cave Chant, and the rest was the doing of Mr. Wise. '' Jump up ^ Rare : Scribes ( February 9, 2006 ) at Internet Archive ``... everything is by Eveline except for Dixie Beat, Crazy Calypso, Wrinkly 's Save Cave, Get Fit A-Go - Go, Wrinkly 64, Brothers Bear and Bonus Time ( along with Bonus Win and Bonus Lose ), which were by Dave. '' Jump up ^ `` Tengami Soundtrack ''. nyamyam. Retrieved 9 May 2015. Jump up ^ `` Former Retro Studios Developer Opens Squarehead Studios ''. IGN. Retrieved 15 August 2015. Jump up ^ Wise, David ( 16 February 2017 ). `` Music of Snake Pass with David Wise ''. Twitch.tv. Retrieved 20 February 2017. External links Official website David Wise discography at MusicBrainz Profile at MobyGames David Wise on IMDb MusicBrainz : ae29aae4 - abfb - 4609 - 8f54 - 417b1f4d64cc Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=David_Wise_(composer)&oldid=841828430 '' Categories : 1967 births British composers British male composers Freelance musicians Living people People from Leicestershire Rare ( company ) people Video game composers Hidden categories : Webarchive template wayback links EngvarB from August 2014 Use dmy dates from August 2014 BLP articles lacking sources from February 2014 All BLP articles lacking sources Articles with hCards Pages using Template : Infobox musical artist with unknown parameters MusicBrainz artist same as Wikidata Articles with MusicBrainz artist links Wikipedia articles with MusicBrainz identifiers Talk Contents About Wikipedia Deutsch Español Français Italiano Nederlands 日本 語 Português Русский Svenska Edit links This page was last edited on 18 May 2018, at 10 : 08. 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Question: who made the music for donkey kong country
Answer: David Wise