Archived from the original on 9 January 2016. 'Today's the day I started at Rare in 1995' (Tweet) – via Twitter. 'Game Music :: Interview with Grant Kirkhope (May 2010)'. 'From GoldenEye To Yooka-Laylee: Grant Kirkhope Reflects On His Career'. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (NS) has taken the top spot on the French charts in week 53, 2020, according to SELL It looks better, plays better, the soundtrack remains an utter joy and the inclusion of a fully-featured and fiendishly fun Battle Mode is the cherry on top Hit the road with the definitive version of Mario Kart 8 and play anytime, anywhere.

Kirkhope was also involved in casting the voice actors for the Viva Piñata cartoon. Donkey Kong 2: March of the Minisīarkbark, Cocoadile, Elephanilla, Rashberry Mumbo Jumbo, Jamjars, King Jingaling, Jinjo, Klungo With Neal Acree, David Arkenstone, Jason Hayes, Glenn Stafford and Jake Lefkowitz 'Spiral Mountain' arrangement, with various others. With David Wise, Dan Murdoch and Matt Griffin With Geoff Knorr, Michael Curran and Griffin Cohen Remake of the original game's soundtrack by Shigenori Kamiya, along with original compositions Work Games YearĬonversion of David Wise's Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest soundtrack Civilization: Beyond Earth – Rising Tide was also nominated for Best Score: Video Game at the Cue Awards 2016.

He was nominated in the 2016 ASCAP Composer’s Choice Awards for his work on Civilization: Beyond Earth – Rising Tide and was also nominated for Best Original Score for a Video Game or Interactive Media 2016 from the International Film Music Critics Association for the same score. Civilization: Beyond Earth also won Best Score: Video Game at the Cue Awards 2015. Kirkhope was nominated in the 2015 ASCAP Composer’s Choice Awards for his work on “Civilization: Beyond Earth” and also won the Best Original Score for a Video Game or Interactive Media 2015 from the International Film Music Critics Association for the same score. Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning was nominated for Best Score for a Video Game or Interactive Media by the International Film Music Critics Association and in the Cue Awards 2012 for Best Overall Score, Best Video Game Score and Grant was also nominated for Best Break Out Composer.

Kirkhope's score for Viva Piñata was nominated by BAFTA in the Original Score category in its 2007 awards. Kirkhope is a BAFTA, ASCAP and IFMCA-nominated composer who has created the soundtrack for various video games. Kirkhope joined Rare in October 1995, he played for two bands called Syar and Maineeaxe where he played the guitar and already knew Robin Beanland, another Rare composer. Kirkhope also spent many years as part of 'the Big Bad Horns' which were part of UK rock band Little Angels. Kirkhope played in various bands after leaving the Royal Northern College of Music, including Zoot and the Roots along with the saxophonist Snake Davis. Kirkhope was brought up in Knaresborough, North Yorkshire from the age of five, and attended King James's School. Kirkhope taught himself to play guitar at age 11 and is classically trained in the trumpet. Kirkhope's father was an avid music fan and exposed him to early influences such as Frank Sinatra and Glenn Miller. Kirkhope was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, where his mother worked as a music hall dancer.

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