Grant Kirkhope

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Grant Kirkhope
Grant Kirkhope - 1.jpg
Born July 10, 1962 (Age 52)
Birth Place Edinburgh, Scotland
Nationality English   UK.svg
Website grantkirkhope.com

Grant Kirkhope is an English musician who is known for his outstanding work at Rare. He started working on video game music in October 1995 when he joined Rare. While working there, he scored the music to a great deal of their popular games, including the Banjo series, GoldenEye 007, and Perfect Dark. In August 2008, Grant left Rare and went on to be the audio director at Big Huge Games until May 2012. He currently serves as a composer for all sorts of media at Kirkcophony and Robotoki.

Music Development

N64

Grant said this about his N64 music for GoldenEye 007:

Added samples to the N64 dev kit. Triggered them via a sequencer and wrote the tunes. Most instrument samples came from a Roland JV1080.

Gameography

Released Title Sample Notes
1996-??-?? Killer Instinct 2 (ARC) Live Guitar and Trumpet
1996-09-?? Donkey Kong Land 2 (GB) (ドンキーコングランド)
1996-11-25 Killer Instinct Gold (N64) Guitar and Midi Guita
1997-02-28 Blast Corps (N64) (ブラストドーザー) Live Guitar
1997-08-25 GoldenEye 007 (N64) (ゴールデンアイ007) With Graeme Norgate.
1998-05-31 Banjo-Kazooie (N64) (バンジョーとカズーイの大冒険)
1999-10-31 Donkey Kong 64 (N64) (ドンキーコング64)
2000-05-22 Perfect Dark (N64) (パーフェクトダーク) With Graeme Norgate.
2000-11-19 Banjo-Tooie (N64) (バンジョーとカズーイの大冒険2)
2002-09-23 Star Fox Adventures (GC) (スターフォックスアドベンチャー) Additional Musician with Robin Beanland, Jamie Hughes, and Steven Burke.
2003-06-06 Donkey Kong Country (GBA) (スーパードンキーコング) Vocals with Ben Cullum and Chris Sutherland.
2003-10-21 Grabbed By The Ghoulies (XBOX) (グーリーズ)
2004-06-25 Donkey Kong Country 2 (GBA) (スーパードンキーコング2) Vocals with Eveline Novakovic, Chris Peil, and Chris Sutherland.
2005-06-21 Conker: Live & Reloaded (XBOX) (コンカー) Live Performance with various others.
2006-11-09 Viva Piñata (X360) (あつまれ!ピニャータ)
2007-11-06 Viva Piñata (W32)
2008-09-02 Viva Piñata: Trouble in Paradise (X360) (あつまれ!ピニャータ2:ガーデンの大ぴんち) With Jamie Hughes.
2008-11-12 Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts (X360) (バンジョーとカズーイの大冒険 ガレージ大作戦) With various others.
2008-12-03 Banjo-Kazooie (X360) (バンジョーとカズーイの大冒険)
2010-03-17 Perfect Dark (X360)
2012-02-07 Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning (X360) (キングダムズ オブ アマラー:レコニング) Audio Director
2012-12-07 Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning (W64) Audio Director
2013-09-04 Disney Castle of Illusion starring Mickey Mouse (W64) Additional Audio Composer and Arranger
2013-09-04 Disney Castle of Illusion starring Mickey Mouse (X360) Composer and Arranger
2014-03-18 Yaiba: Ninja Gaiden Z (X360)
2014-03-21 Yaiba: Ninja Gaiden Z (W64)
2014-06-18 Castle of Illusion (AND) Additional Audio Composer and Arranger
2014-10-23 Sid Meier's Civilization: Beyond Earth (W64) Additional Music with Michael Curran.
2015-10-09 Sid Meier's Civilization: Beyond Earth - Rising Tide (W64) Additional Music
2016-07-12 Ghostbusters (W64)
2017-04-11 Yooka-Laylee (PS4) With Steven Burke and David Wise.
2017-08-29 Mario + Rabbids: Kingdom Battle (SW) (マリオ+ラビッツ キングダムバトル)
2017-10-05 A Hat in Time (W64) Guest Composer with various others.
2018-12-07 Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (SW) (大乱闘スマッシュブラザーズ SPECIAL) DLC Music Arrangement with Yuji Masubuchi, Mitsuhiro Kitadani, and Toby Fox.
2019-10-08 Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair (W64) With Matthew Griffin, Daniel Murdoch, and David Wise.

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