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'''Grant Kirkhope''' (born 10 July 1962) is a British video game composer, film composer and voice actor who has worked on video games since 1995 and is known for his compositions for games by [[Rare]], like the [[wikipedia:Banjo-Kazooie (series)|''Banjo-Kazooie'' series]]. He has provided voice lines for [[Donkey Kong]] in a few games. | '''Grant Kirkhope''' (born 10 July 1962) is a British video game composer, film composer and voice actor who has worked on video games since 1995 and is known for his compositions for games by [[Rare Ltd.|Rare]], like the [[wikipedia:Banjo-Kazooie (series)|''Banjo-Kazooie'' series]]. He has provided voice lines for [[Donkey Kong]] in a few games. | ||
He is also known for writing the [[DK Rap]] featured in ''[[Donkey Kong 64]]'', which became famous as an [[List of references on the Internet#DK Rap|internet meme]]. The song went on to be arranged for the [[Super Smash Bros. (series)|''Super Smash Bros.'' series]] and ''[[Donkey Konga]]'', and was featured briefly in ''[[The Super Mario Bros. Movie]]''. Kirkhope initially showed excitement upon learning that the DK Rap was featured in the film,<ref>{{cite|language=en|author=Kirkhope, Grant|url=x.com/grantkirkhope/status/1641555322723774464?s=20|title=If you’d told me in ‘97, when I wrote the worst rap track in the history of rap tracks, that it would go on to be in a Mario Bros movie I’d would’ve burst with excitement! Long live the DK Rap! @Sethrogen|date=March 30, 2023|publisher=Twitter|accessdate=July 5, 2024}}</ref> but was disappointed after discovering that his name was not mentioned in the credits (which only mentioned the song and game titles).<ref>{{cite|date=April 4, 2023|language=en|author=Kirkhope, Grant|url=x.com/grantkirkhope/status/1643446092791705600?s=20|title=I was really looking forward to see my name in the credits for the DK Rap, but alas as expected it's not there ........ fml|publisher=Twitter|accessdate=July 5, 2024}}</ref> | He is also known for writing the [[DK Rap]] featured in ''[[Donkey Kong 64]]'', which became famous as an [[List of references on the Internet#DK Rap|internet meme]]. The song went on to be arranged for the [[Super Smash Bros. (series)|''Super Smash Bros.'' series]] and ''[[Donkey Konga]]'', and was featured briefly in ''[[The Super Mario Bros. Movie]]''. Kirkhope initially showed excitement upon learning that the DK Rap was featured in the film,<ref>{{cite|language=en|author=Kirkhope, Grant|url=x.com/grantkirkhope/status/1641555322723774464?s=20|title=If you’d told me in ‘97, when I wrote the worst rap track in the history of rap tracks, that it would go on to be in a Mario Bros movie I’d would’ve burst with excitement! Long live the DK Rap! @Sethrogen|date=March 30, 2023|publisher=Twitter|accessdate=July 5, 2024}}</ref> but was disappointed after discovering that his name was not mentioned in the credits (which only mentioned the song and game titles).<ref>{{cite|date=April 4, 2023|language=en|author=Kirkhope, Grant|url=x.com/grantkirkhope/status/1643446092791705600?s=20|title=I was really looking forward to see my name in the credits for the DK Rap, but alas as expected it's not there ........ fml|publisher=Twitter|accessdate=July 5, 2024}}</ref> | ||
