Topic: Retro Studios Turns Down Former Rare Composer

Here's something i thought i'd share with you guys

http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/30880?

all I want is killer instinct and a new banjo kazooie!

Boo! Grant Kirkhope deserves more work, he's awesome.

Does Retro Studios really need him though? The music in Retro games are awesome, Kenji Yamamoto is doing a wonderful job with Minako Hamano and Masaru Tajima as it is.

Grant Kirkhope however DOES need to be somewhere, he's awesome, and I only just realised he composed Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning

I might go out of my way to listen to that soundtrack too (which I haven't done for a game I haven't already played since before putting the soundtracks on youtube was even remotely a thing)

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Retro is working on some big project, that's what we know, This guy did epic music from Goldeneye, Banjo & Kazooie, and maybe even Donkey Kong Country, so you would think they would say yes because of his experiences...
It's too bad his life was ruined from the layoff from Big Huge Games

Do remember the rest of my quote did indicate that Retro has Kenji Yamamoto, the guy who's been composing epic Metroid soundtracks since Super Metroid, I'd personally like it if Grant was picked up by BioWare or Bethesda TBH.

Than get a SNES, N64, or a Gameboy and either the KI cart for SNES or Gameboy or KI Gold for N64. Either that or by an arcade machine. Thats the only way you are going to get it.

I would hope that he would be one of the guys going to the new big huge ga.es after tbeh were saved by epic.

@Sony_70: If the guy's looking for a job, I'm guessing not... which sucks

At this rate, "ENOUGH THREADS ABOUT RARE!" is bound to become a meme.

Must... Resist... Turning... On... Computer... To... Make... Bad... Image...

Hope they consider him for the future. His music is wonderful.

The BANJO KAZOOIE composer? Retro, you made a mistake.

Hmmm... I beg to differ. Yes, the Banjo Kazooie soundtrack is great and I have TONS of nostalgia for it (even own the disc), but I don't know if he can hold a candle to Kenji Yamamoto in this fight.

HAVE YOU EVER HEARD THE PHENDRANA DRIFTS MUSIC???????

Retro Studios is doing a great job as it is, they clearly don't need another composer.
Hope he gets himself a nice job elsewhere though.

I second the Bethesda suggestion, cause I'd like to hear more than 20 compositions in my 200+ hour video game. Of course I'd also like to see Bethesda get some Quality Assurance, but that will never happen either.

maybe i dont want those...theres also download on the computer but it wont be the same

Speaking of former Rare composers, has David Wise had any work lately?

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He did some increasingly less relevent work for Rare until leaving in 2009 and now he has his own studio where he does...I dunno.

also, immediate recommendation on that Kingdoms of Amalur soundtrack. It's pretty amazing.