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David Wise is a British 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 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.
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David Wise | |
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| Also known as | Dave Wise |
| Born | Coalville, England, United Kingdom |
| Genres | Video game music |
| Occupation(s) | Composer, musician |
| Instrument(s) | Synthesizer, piano, saxophone |
| Years active | 1985–present |
| Labels | Brave Wave Productions |
| Website | davidwise |
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 the 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."[1]
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.[2][3] 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.[4] Wise also provided a saxophone solo for another remix, in addition to mixing and mastering the track.
On 14 November 2009, Wise announced his resignation from Rare, feeling as though the company has "changed a great deal" and there was no longer an opportunity to create music tracks that Rare is most known for.[5] In December 2010 Wise created a personal studio called the 'David Wise Sound Studio'.[6] In June 2013, it was announced that he would be composing for Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze, after receiving a call from Retro Studios president Michael Kelbaugh, who previously worked at Rare.[7][8] Wise also composed for Yooka-Laylee along with Kirkhope and Steve Burke.[9]
Works
| Year | Title | Notes |
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| 1987 | Slalom | |
| Wizards & Warriors | ||
| 1988 | R.C. Pro-Am | |
| Wheel of Fortune | ||
| Jeopardy! | ||
| Anticipation | ||
| 1989 | Marble Madness | |
| World Games | ||
| WWF WrestleMania | ||
| Zelda | ||
| John Elway's Quarterback | ||
| California Games | ||
| Taboo: The Sixth Sense | ||
| Sesame Street ABC | ||
| Hollywood Squares | ||
| Who Framed Roger Rabbit | ||
| Jordan vs. Bird: One on One | ||
| Cobra Triangle | ||
| Ironsword: Wizards & Warriors II | ||
| Wheel of Fortune Junior Edition | ||
| Jeopardy! Junior Edition | ||
| Silent Service | ||
| 1990 | Double Dare | |
| Wheel of Fortune Family Edition | ||
| Jeopardy! 25th Anniversary Edition | ||
| Captain Skyhawk | ||
| Digger T. Rock | ||
| Pin*Bot | ||
| Snake Rattle 'n' Roll | ||
| NARC | ||
| A Nightmare on Elm Street | ||
| Super Glove Ball | ||
| Cabal | ||
| Time Lord | ||
| Arch Rivals | ||
| WWF WrestleMania Challenge | ||
| Solar Jetman: Hunt for the Golden Warpship | ||
| The Amazing Spider-Man | ||
| Wizards & Warriors Chapter X: The Fortress of Fear | ||
| Super Off Road | ||
| 1991 | ||
| Sesame Street ABC & 123 | ||
| Nintendo Campus Challenge 1991 | ||
| Battletoads (Game Boy) | ||
| Super R.C. Pro-Am | ||
| Sneaky Snakes | ||
| WWF Superstars | ||
| Battletoads | ||
| Beetlejuice | ||
| High Speed | ||
| 1992 | Wizards & Warriors III | |
| Danny Sullivan's Indy Heat | ||
| R.C. Pro-Am II | ||
| Championship Pro-Am | ||
| 1993 | Battletoads & Double Dragon | |
| Battletoads in Battlemaniacs | ||
| X The Ball | ||
| 1994 | Battletoads Arcade | |
| Monster Max | ||
| Donkey Kong Country | With Robin Beanland and Eveline Fischer[10] | |
| 1995 | Donkey Kong Land | With Graeme Norgate |
| Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest | ||
| 1996 | Donkey Kong Land 2 | DKC 2 soundtrack converted to the Game Boy by Grant Kirkhope. |
| Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! | With Fischer.[11] Wrote new soundtrack for 2005 GBA port. | |
| 1997 | Diddy Kong Racing | |
| 1999 | Mickey's Racing Adventure | |
| Donkey Kong Country (GBC version) | With Beanland and Fischer | |
| 2001 | Super Smash Bros. Melee | Original Game Staff |
| 2002 | Star Fox Adventures | With Ben Cullum. |
| 2004 | It's Mr. Pants | With Beanland and Fischer ("Squeaky Pants") |
| 2007 | Diddy Kong Racing DS | |
| 2008 | Viva Piñata: Pocket Paradise | |
| War World | Xbox 360 version | |
| Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts | The Rare Family | |
| 2012 | Abobo's Big Adventure | |
| 2013 | Sorcery! | |
| 2014 | Tengami[12] | |
| Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze | With Kenji Yamamoto | |
| Donkey Downfall | Original music | |
| 2015 | Rare Replay | Special thanks |
| Star Drift[13] | ||
| 2016 | Star Ghost | |
| 2017 | Snake Pass[14] | |
| Yooka-Laylee | With Grant Kirkhope and Steve Burke[15] | |
| 2018 | Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 | Additional vocal arranging |
| 2019 | Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair | With Grant Kirkhope, Dan Murdoch and Matt Griffin[16] |
| 2020 | Battletoads | Original music, special thanks |
| Tamarin[17] | With Graeme Norgate | |
| 2021 | Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart | Nashville Session Orchestra conductor |
References
- Rare: The Tepid Seat – Rare Music Team (December 2004) Archived 6 December 2006 at the Wayback Machine
- "OverClocked ReMix Presents 'Serious Monkey Business'". dkc2.ocremix.org. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
- "Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest "Re-Skewed" OC ReMix". Retrieved 16 May 2020 – via ocremix.org.
- "Donkey Kong Country 3: Double the Trouble!". OC ReMix. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
- "MundoRare | David Wise, composer since 1985, leaves Rare (November 2009)". Archived from the original on 19 November 2009. Retrieved 1 December 2009.
- "Game Music :: Interview with David Wise (December 2010)". www.squareenixmusic.com. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
- "David Wise composing Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze". Destructoid. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
- "David Wise Explains How He Got His Job on Tropical Freeze". Gamnesia. 6 March 2014. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
- "The Team So Far..." Playtonic Games. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
- 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."
- 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."
- "Tengami Soundtrack". nyamyam. Archived from the original on 26 March 2015. Retrieved 9 May 2015.
- "Former Retro Studios Developer Opens Squarehead Studios". IGN. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
- Wise, David (16 February 2017). "Music of Snake Pass with David Wise". Twitch. Retrieved 20 February 2017.
- admin (March 2020). "Yooka-Laylee and Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair Soundtracks Released". Playtonic Games. Archived from the original on 11 August 2020. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
- "NEW GAME: Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair". Playtonic Games. Archived from the original on 7 June 2019. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
- "Tamarin conjures Jet Force Gemini vibes and features music by David Wise". Destructoid. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
External links
- Official website
- David Wise discography at MusicBrainz
- Profile at MobyGames
- David Wise at IMDb
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[de] David Wise (Komponist)
David Wise ist ein Komponist, bekannt für sein Schaffen beim Videospiele-Entwickler Rare an der Donkey-Kong-Country-Reihe. Er verließ das Unternehmen 2009.- [en] David Wise (composer)
[es] David Wise (compositor)
David Wise (Leicestershire, 13 de septiembre de 1967) es un compositor británico de música para videojuegos. En su juventud aprendió a tocar el piano, la trompeta y el bajo. Después cuando trabajaba en una tienda en 1985, David escribió y programó música en un Yamaha CX5. Dos hermanos llegaron y quedaron muy impresionados con sus habilidades, sus nombres eran Tim y Chris Stamper, fundadores de Rare (Rareware) y le ofrecieron a David un trabajo como programador de audio en su compañía y ahí fue donde todo comenzó.[ru] Уайз, Дэвид (композитор)
Дэвид Уайз (англ. David Wise; род. 1967) — английский композитор для компьютерных игр. Его композиции встречаются во многих играх производителя компьютерных игр Rare. Наиболее значимыми работами являются музыкальные композиции из серии Donkey Kong Country для SNES и Battletoads.Другой контент может иметь иную лицензию. Перед использованием материалов сайта WikiSort.org внимательно изучите правила лицензирования конкретных элементов наполнения сайта.
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