^ Rare: Scribes (December 21, 2005) at Internet Archive.^ "David Wise Explains How He Got His Job on Tropical Freeze".^ "David Wise composing Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze".^ "Game Music :: Interview with David Wise (December 2010)".Archived from the original on 19 November 2009. ^ "MundoRare | David Wise, composer since 1985, leaves Rare (November 2009)".^ "Donkey Kong Country 3: Double the Trouble!".^ "Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest "Re-Skewed" OC ReMix".^ "OverClocked ReMix Presents 'Serious Monkey Business' ".^ Rare: The Tepid Seat – Rare Music Team (December 2004) Archived 6 December 2006 at the Wayback Machine.With Grant Kirkhope, Dan Murdoch and Matt Griffin With Beanland and Fischer ("Squeaky Pants") With Robin Beanland and Eveline Fischer ĭonkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong QuestĭKC 2 soundtrack converted to the Game Boy by Grant Kirkhope.ĭonkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!
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In December 2010 Wise created a personal studio called the 'David Wise Sound Studio'. On 14 November 2009, Wise announced his resignation from Rare, feeling as though the company has "changed a great deal" and there was no longer an opportunity to create music tracks that Rare is most known for. Wise also provided a saxophone solo for another remix, in addition to mixing and mastering the track. Much like his contribution to Serious Monkey Business, Wise later remixed his own composition, the GBA version of "Jungle Jitter", for an unofficial Donkey Kong Country 3 remix album titled Double the Trouble!, which was released on 1 December 2012. On 15 March 2010, Serious Monkey Business was released and Dave Wise's track, 'Re-Skewed', was featured as Track No. Grant Kirkhope and Robin Beanland also collaborated on this track, playing guitar and trumpet respectively. 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. He has also composed the soundtrack for the Game Boy Advance port of Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!.
In the January 1996 issue of Electronic Gaming Monthly, Wise stated that his travelling 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". 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. While working at Rare, Wise soon gained wide attention and acclaim for his work on the Donkey Kong Country game series. I'd written and programmed the music for the demonstration material. His career at 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. He played in a few bands during his youth, and was still active in a band as of 2004. 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.