Grant Kirkhope



Grant Kirkhope is a British video game music composer, who composed much of the music for many Rare games, including the Banjo-Kazooie series. He joined Rare in 1995, but resigned from Rare in July of 2008, to join Big Huge Games. He is currently working on audio design for Big Huges' new game, Project Mercury.

Known Video Game Works

 * Donkey Kong Land 2 (1996)
 * GoldenEye 007 (with Graeme Norgate) (1997)
 * Banjo-Kazooie (1998)
 * Donkey Kong 64 (1999)
 * Banjo-Tooie (2000)
 * Perfect Dark (with David Clynick) (2000)
 * Grabbed by the Ghoulies (2003)
 * Viva Piñata (2006)
 * Viva Piñata: Trouble in Paradise (2008)
 * Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts (with Robin Beanland) (2008)

Albums
Some of his music has been released on albums for the games he has worked on:


 * Banjo-Kazooie: The Soundtrack
 * Banjo-Tooie: CD Soundtrack