#64 - Grant Kirkhope Interview (Banjo Kazooie, Goldeneye, Donkey Kong, Nintendo, Rare, Film, L.A., Super Mario Movie etc.)

Grant Kirkhope is widely regarded as one of the greatest video game composers of all time for his work on such games as Banjo Kazooie, Donkey Kong 64, Goldeneye & Perfect Dark. He recently became the first western composer to work with Nintendo on Super Smash Bros Ultimate & Mario + Rabbids SOCIAL MEDIA Twitter - @grantkirkhope Instagram - @grantkirkhopecomposer Facebook - GrantKirkhopeComposer LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/grantkirk... Goldeneye OST https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1oL7V... Perfect Dark OST https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3jID... Banjo Kazooie OST https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQNAV... Donkey Kong 64 OST https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9hUx... Kingdoms Of Amalur Reckoning https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68VE8... Mario + Rabbids OST https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOGgI...   TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - Intro About Technical Issues 01:05 - Crazy Times/American Elections 01:32 - Green Card/How Long Grant Has Been In America 02:17 - Indie Films Grant Has Been Working 03:10 - Agents/Struggles Of Breaking Into The Film Industry 04:55 - Game Composers Looked Down Upon Compared To Film Composers 05:33 - Only Way To Get Film Composing Roles Is Through The Director/Fierce Competition For Film Composers 07:00 - Younger Directors Have Played Video Games So More Of A Chance Of Them Knowing Grant 08:26 - Films Not Having Memorable Tunes These Days/Games Now Having Music Cinematic Sequences 10:24 - Grant’s Process Of Composing 11:52 - Grant’s Work On Goldeneye 007/How He Composed For Goldeneye 007 14:41 - Grant Only Got Small Notes About Levels He Was Composing For 15:10 - Grant Got A Few Visuals For Banjo, Donkey Kong & Perfect Dark/Approach To Composing For Them 17:07 - Spiral Mountain/ Treasure Trove Cove/Mumbo’s Mountain 18:50 - Grant Didn’t Get Told Much To Rewrite Tunes At Rare 20:22 - Working With Nintendo For Smash Bros Banjo Arrangement/Banjo Kazooie Smash Bros Trailer 23:50 - Grant Is The First Western Composer To Work On Mario & Smash Bros 24:35 - Grant Has Better Communication With Nintendo Now 24:43 - Reece Thinks Grant Could Compose For Metroid Based On Perfect Dark OST 25:22 - To Be Employable You Have To Diversify As A Musician 26:09 - Working For A Company Vs Freelancing/Living In L.A. 28:05 - Grant Is Good With Money 28:55 - Grant Works Well Under Pressure/Grant Doesn’t Get Writers Block 31:05 - Grant Doesn’t Toss Away Work/Learning To Do What Your Told By Your Boss On Rewriting Tunes 33:30 - Employment Laws In UK Vs America 34:25 - Grants Friends Losing Jobs For Arguing With A Creative Director/Creative People Are Sensitive 35:45 - Genres Grant Is Not Good At Composing/How He Researches New Genres 37:10 - Instruments Grant Can Play/Working With Midi & Live Orchestras 40:05 - Donkey Kong 64 Rap 44:17 - Competitiveness With Dav