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[Super Luigi!]

I found this article and thought some people here would like to read it. Basically, it's about David Wise's music and how he came to be as important to us as he is. I figured, since he composed music for all DKC's, I'd post the topic here.

http://www.computerandvideogames.com/36 ... avid-wise/

[Qyzbud]

Thanks for the link; it's a great insight into the mind of my favourite musician.

It's interesting how much buzz in particular has emerged from the following 'revelation':

"I wasn't sure which direction to take things in, so I put together a demonstration tape of three different possible styles for the jungle level. I played these to Tim Stamper, who asked me to take the breaks out between the three pieces. That's the jungle tune."

Everyone's reacting like this is new information, but Dave's own site features an interview from nearly two years ago where he shared that 'secret':

I actually first started producing compositions for Donkey Kong whilst I was still a freelance musician. I understood how important the Donkey Kong license was to Nintendo, so assumed my work would eventually be replaced by a Japanese composer. However, I was asked to produce three jungle demo tunes, which eventually were concatenated to become the DK Swing. I guess someone thought the music was suitable, as they offered me a full time position at Rare.

I must admit, I only came to know this recently myself (see this tweet), but it's amazing to see how much attention has been paid to recent re-mention of DK Island Swing's origin in the CVG article.

[Phyreburnz]

This article was amazing, thanks so much for sharing it! I never knew about the Re-Skewed DKC2 music. It's absolutely fantastic.

Actually, I was thinking about the music today, and how I really want to download it. I was even thinking back to my high school art teacher, and how he would play instrumental music during classes... I was thinking that when I'm done with school and I finally get a job as an art teacher, I would like to play Donkey Kong country music during some of my classes.

[Super Luigi!]

You're both welcome. Hopefully this article will lead us to more great discussion!