Kiwi Talkz #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