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David Wise (often also credited as Dave Wise) is a British video game music composer. He is one of the in-house composers at Rare, and his music appears in most of the Rare-developed titles. He started his career at Rare 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 and setting it to a tune.
Undoubtedly his most famous work is the soundtrack for Donkey Kong Country series of games, widely considered to be some of the best soundtracks to ever appear on SNES. Aside of the usual jolly “jungle” themes that fit to Donkey Kong’s style in general, these games have a quite wide variety of different musical styles in different areas of the game. More recently, he’s done the soundtrack for the Game Boy Advance port of Donkey Kong Country 3, and is working on a mystery Xbox 360 title.
Video game credits
(Please note: Although very few games prior to 1993 had credits, it is a known 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
* Slalom (NES)
1988
* R.C. Pro-Am (NES)
* Wheel of Fortune (NES)
* Jeopardy! (NES)
* Anticipation (NES)
1989
* Marble Madness (NES)
* World Games (NES)
* WWF Wrestlemania (NES)
Undoubtedly his most famous work is the soundtrack for Donkey Kong Country series of games, widely considered to be some of the best soundtracks to ever appear on SNES. Aside of the usual jolly “jungle” themes that fit to Donkey Kong’s style in general, these games have a quite wide variety of different musical styles in different areas of the game. More recently, he’s done the soundtrack for the Game Boy Advance port of Donkey Kong Country 3, and is working on a mystery Xbox 360 title.
Video game credits
(Please note: Although very few games prior to 1993 had credits, it is a known 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
* Slalom (NES)
1988
* R.C. Pro-Am (NES)
* Wheel of Fortune (NES)
* Jeopardy! (NES)
* Anticipation (NES)
1989
* Marble Madness (NES)
* World Games (NES)
* WWF Wrestlemania (NES)
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DEATHINFIREX wrote:
Well okay, but it's still not his best. Everything this guy has made is pure gold.
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Killed-By-Death wrote:
It's a shame Mining Melancholy never appeared on the OST album
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lujoad wrote:
Forest Interlude is so cool
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BorisJackson wrote:
Stickerbrush is easily the best of Wise's work
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Abroxas wrote:
It's all about being underrated.
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DarkGerudo wrote:
it's certainly NOT overrated :)
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DEATHINFIREX wrote:
Stickerbrush symphony is sadly overrated. Pick any of the other top tracks at all, beats sticker easily.
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UltimateOwnageX wrote:
What a sad day that it is with him leaving Rare. Someone better get this guy a new job, and fast - he's one of the gaming industries best composers. What he pulled off on Donkey Kong Country 2 on the SNES's limited hardware was nothing short of pure genius. The man certainly has genuine talent.
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MetalMagi wrote:
Musical genius.
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Deezer509 wrote:
Stickerbrush Symphony
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polarbear_ wrote:
Agreed with AircraftCarrier and hehahi.
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AircraftCarrier wrote:
Best Soundtracks ever!!!!!
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hehahi wrote:
this man is a genious
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JeckelHyde wrote:
Hmm, his face reminds me now of donkey kong. Look at his mouth
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quedateaki wrote:
Creo que esta musica es lo mejor del mundo..!! :D Me encanta.. :D
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Seiryuuken wrote:
JeckelHyde: I recommend you to check these links for information, http://vgmdb.net/album/1516 (DKC Trilogy 3CD set, info can be found from the bottom), http://vgmdb.net/album/470 (DKC3 OST, Info at the bottom).
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Seiryuuken wrote:
Jesus Christ... David's work on Donkey Kong Country 2 - Diddy's Kong Quest is majestic and impressive. Potentially the only one platform based game series on SNES I love to play all again and I do enjoy the music as hell. Mixtures between nature and music makes me to wonder how in the heck something like this can be done in 16-bit world.
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RabidOne wrote:
Mining Melancholy, huh? I never knew. Thanks! And yeah, I remembered that Life in the Mines was DKC.
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Baraqijal wrote:
@RabidOne: It's neither of those. The correct title for the track from the level Kannon's Klaim is "Mining Melancholy", and "Life in the Mines" is from the first game in the DKC series. I think that it is very unfortunate that "Mining Melancholy" was left out of the DKC2 soundtrack. I've always wondered why that was as it really is an amazing track.
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RabidOne wrote:
DKC2 is my favorite video game album of all time, no lie. Also probably my favorite game of all time. Now, someone help me. Is the track for "Kannon's Klaim" called that, or "Life in the Mines"?
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