David Wise (composer)

David Wise (composer)
For other people named David Wise, see David Wise (disambiguation).
David Wise
Also known as D. Wise, Dave Wise
Born 1967 (age 43-44)[1]
Origin England Leicestershire, England[1]
Genres Various
Occupations Musician
Composer
Instruments Synthesizer
Personal computer
Years active 1985–present
Associated acts Robin Beanland
Eveline Fischer
Ben Cullum
Grant Kirkhope
Graeme Norgate
Steve Burke
Website http://davidwise.co.uk/

David Wise (often also credited as Dave Wise or D. Wise) is a British video game music composer. He was 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. In 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: Diddy's Kong Quest 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: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!.

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."[2]

In late October 2009, it was announced by the OverClocked ReMix community that Wise was remixing a track for Serious Monkey Business, an unofficial Donkey Kong Country 2 remix album. Grant Kirkhope and Robin Beanland also collaborated on this track, playing guitar and trumpet, respectively.[3][4] On March 15, 2010, Serious Monkey Business was released and Dave Wise's track, 'Re-Skewed', is track #33 on the album.

Much like he contributed to Serious Monkey Business, Wise will be remixing his own composition, the GBA version of "Jungle Jitter", for an unofficial Donkey Kong Country 3 remix album titled Double the Trouble. The album is tackling both the SNES and GBA soundtracks of the game, the latter which Wise himself composed specifically for the GBA port.

On October 30, 2009, Wise announced his resignation from Rare. He will continue working as a freelance composer/sound designer.[5]

As of December 2010, Wise has a new personal studio called 'David Wise Sound Studio' which was mentioned by him in a recent interview.[6]

Contents

Video game credits

1987

  • Slalom (NES)
  • Wizards & Warriors (NES)

1988

1989

1990

1991

1992

1993

1994

1995

1996

1997

2000

2002

2004

2005

2007

  • Diddy Kong Racing DS (DS)

2008

  • Viva Piñata: Pocket Paradise (DS)
  • War World (Xbox 360)

See also

Notes

  1. ^ a b Based on information obtained from Find My Past UK.
  2. ^ Rare: The Tepid Seat - Rare Music Team (December 2004)
  3. ^ OverClocked ReMix Presents 'Serious Monkey Business' (March 2010)
  4. ^ ReMix: Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest 'Re-Skewed' - OverClocked ReMix
  5. ^ MundoRare | David Wise, composer since 1985, leaves Rare (November 2009)
  6. ^ http://www.squareenixmusic.com/features/interviews/davidwise.shtml
  7. ^ Rare: 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."
  8. ^ Rare: 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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