Grant Kirkhope

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Grant Kirkhope

Grant Kirkhope is a former music composer for Rare. He was the primary music composer for the Banjo-Kazooie series, also providing the voice of Mumbo Jumbo in the series.

Grant Kirkhope announced in July 2008 that he would be leaving Rare, and Friday July 18, 2008 marked Grant's final day at the company. His final soundtrack before leaving was that of Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts. He is currently employed at Big Huge Games as an audio director.

On March 17, 2009, it was announced that Big Huge Games was in danger of being closed,^[1] however it was later announced on May 27, 2009 that Big Huge Games had finally been bought by 38 Studios, saving it from closure.^[2]

1 Composing Techniques
- 1.1 Trivia
2 Soundtracks
3 External Links
4 References

Composing Techniques

In general, but most notably in the Banjo-Kazooie Series, Kirkhope tried to write his music into a corner, then find an unorthodox way of getting back to the melody. As an augmented fourth is the biggest interval from any note, a recurring C natural to F sharp pattern occurs commonly throughout his Banjo-Kazooie music.

Trivia

The Springtime version of the Click Clock Wood theme from Banjo-Kazooie was the first piece of music he wrote for the series.^[1]
Nabnut's squirrel theme was written in less than ten minutes.
Grant wrote 107 tunes for the unfinished Project Dream.^[1]