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David Wise (often also credited as Dave Wise or D. Wise) is a British video game music composer. He is one of the in-house composers at Rare, and his music appears in many Rare-developed titles. He started his career there in 1985 and was the company's sole musician up until 1994. He is known for his atmospheric style of music, mixing natural environmental sounds with prominent melodic and percussive accompaniment.

His most famous work is that of the soundtracks for the Donkey Kong Country series of games, which are widely considered to be some of the best soundtracks to ever appear on the SNES. In addition to the percussive and ambient 'jungle' influences that serve as a thematic undercurrent for much of the series, the games feature a wide variety of different musical styles that are reflective of the various areas and environments they appear in. For the January 1996 issue of Electronic Gaming Monthly, Wise stated that his traveling experiences largely shaped the sound and mood of each Donkey Kong soundtrack, further saying that the music for Donkey Kong Country 2 was composed during what he called his "experimental Paris phase". More recently, he's done the soundtrack for the Game Boy Advance port of Donkey Kong Country 3.

Wise has said that he has had a wide range of musical influences, though the first instrument he learned to play was the piano, before later learning the trumpet, and then learning to play drums during adolescence. He played in a few bands during his youth, and was still active in a band as of 2004. His career working for Rare began when he happened to meet its two founders, as he explained in response to a question posted on its company website: "I was working in a music shop demonstrating a Yamaha CX5 Music Computer to a couple of people, Tim & Chris Stamper. I'd written and programmed the music for the demonstration material. They offered me a job."[1]

Video game credits

(Please note: Although very few games prior to 1993 had credits, it is a known factVorlage:Fact that David Wise was the only musician at Rare from 1985 to 1994, which effectively covers all of their NES and early SNES titles. Some very few games, such as Double Dare, did credit him.)

1987

1988

1989

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1991

1992

1993

  • Battletoads (Mega Drive, Game Gear)
  • Battletoads & Double Dragon (NES, SNES, Mega Drive, Game Boy)
  • Battletoads in Ragnarok's World (Game Boy)
  • Battletoads in Battlemaniacs (SNES)
  • X The Ball (Arcade)
  • Snake Rattle‘N’ Roll (Mega Drive)

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See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Rareware.com: The Tepid Seat – Rare Music Team (December 2004)
  2. ↑ Rareware.com: Scribes – December 21, 2005 at Internet Archive ["Robin did Funky's Fugue, Eveline did Simian Segue, Candy's Love Song, Voices of the Temple, Forest Frenzy, Tree Top Rock, Northern Hemispheres and Ice Cave Chant, and the rest was the doing of Mr. Wise."]
  3. ↑ Rareware.com: Scribes – February 9, 2006 at Internet Archive ["…everything is by Eveline except for Dixie Beat, Crazy Calypso, Wrinkly's Save Cave, Get Fit A-Go-Go, Wrinkly 64, Brothers Bear and Bonus Time (along with Bonus Win and Bonus Lose), which were by Dave."]

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