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| {{Infobox person
| | Grant Kirkhope is a British video game music composer, who composed the music for many recent [[Rare]] games, including the Banjo series. He joined Rare in 1995, but resigned from Rare in July of 2008, to join [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Huge_Games| Big Huge Games]. |
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| |born = July 10, 1962
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| |occupation = Composer
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| '''Grant Kirkhope''' is a British video game and film composer who was employed by [[Rare Ltd.]] from 1995 to 2008. He worked on the soundtrack of many games such as ''[[mariowiki:Donkey Kong 64|Donkey Kong 64]]'', ''[[rarewiki:GoldenEye 007|GoldenEye 007]]'', ''[[rarewiki:Perfect Dark|Perfect Dark]]'', and ''[[rarewiki:Viva Piñata|Viva Piñata]]'', among multiple others.
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| Kirkhope also composed the music of ''[[Banjo-Kazooie]]'', ''[[Banjo-Tooie]]'' and ''[[Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts]]'', voicing many characters such as [[Mumbo Jumbo]], the [[Jinjo]]s, the [[Gruntling]]s, the [[Ripper]]s, the [[flower pot]]s, [[the Mighty Jinjonator]], [[Jamjars]] and [[King Jingaling]].
| | ==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) |
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| ==Games credited==
| | {{Wikipedia|Grant Kirkhope}} |
| *''[[Banjo-Kazooie]]'' - {{hover|Big Noise Maker|Composer/Voice actor}}
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| *''[[Banjo-Tooie]]'' - {{hover|The Banjo-Tooie Team|Composer/Voice actor}}
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| *''[[Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts]]'' - {{hover|Clanging and Banging|Composer/Voice actor}}
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| ==Trivia==
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| *A cut enemy designed for ''Banjo-Kazooie'', Kirky the Skunk, was named after Grant Kirkhope.<ref>[https://twitter.com/Ghoulyboy/status/631537301039005696 Gregg Mayles on Twitter: "@watkinzez @InTimsWorld @grantkirkhope well spotted! Mr. Kirky always had a certain aroma about him..." / Twitter] ([https://web.archive.org/web/20210609002416/https://twitter.com/Ghoulyboy/status/631537301039005696 archive.org])</ref>
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| ==External links==
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| * [http://grantkirkhope.com/ Website]
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| * [https://twitter.com/grantkirkhope Twitter account]
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| * [https://www.facebook.com/GrantKirkhopeComposer/ Facebook account]
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| * [https://www.linkedin.com/in/grantkirkhope Linkedin account]
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| * [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqGXr8Gf1eY8AsnLlKlgQYw YouTube account]
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| * [https://www.instagram.com/grantkirkhopecomposer/ Instagram account]
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| ==References==
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