(1962-07-10) July 10, 1962 (age 61) Edinburgh, Scotland
Occupation(s)
Composer, voice actor
Years active
1995–present
Website
www.grantkirkhope.com
Musical artist
Grant Kirkhope (born July 10, 1962) is a Scottish composer and voice actor for video games and film. Some of his notable works include GoldenEye 007, Banjo-Kazooie, Donkey Kong 64, and Perfect Dark, among many others. He has won an Ivor Novello Award for Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope and a World Soundtrack Award for The King's Daughter as well as being nominated for various BAFTA, ASCAP, and IFMCA awards.
GrantKirkhope (born July 10, 1962) is a Scottish composer and voice actor for video games and film. Some of his notable works include GoldenEye 007, Banjo-Kazooie...
Originally conceived by Rare designer George Andreas and composed by GrantKirkhope, Andreas co-wrote and performed the lyrics, with Rare staffers joining...
composed by GrantKirkhope, who replaced Norgate after his departure. Writing sci-fi music was a new and enjoyable experience for Kirkhope, as he had mainly...
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2012. Retrieved December 17, 2016. Kirkhope, Grant. "Donkey Kong 64 Video Game Music Compositions". GrantKirkhope. Archived from the original on September...
Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope, along with composers Yoko Shimomura and GrantKirkhope. “The three talents were tactically deployed across the score by audio...
On January 15, 2008, THQ acquired the developer. On July 30, 2008, GrantKirkhope joined the Big Huge Games team as an audio director. He had previously...
Boy and The Binding of Isaac. He co-composed Desktop Dungeons with GrantKirkhope and composed the entirety of the Crypt of the Necrodancer soundtrack...
Killer Instinct 2 is a 2.5D fighting game developed by Rare, published by Nintendo and manufactured by Midway for arcades in 1996 as a sequel to Killer...
founders, Price assumed the role of studio head. They were joined by GrantKirkhope and Steven Hurst. The first game the company worked on was codenamed...
which consisted of many former Rare staff members, including composer GrantKirkhope. Yooka and Laylee, the game's animal protagonists, serve as direct stand-ins...
Bad Horns" ("Big" Dave Kemp on saxophone, Frank Mizen on trombone and GrantKirkhope on trumpet) had become synonymous with the 'Angels' sound over the years...
composed by Pascal Michael Stiefel, with several guest composers such as GrantKirkhope contributing additional tracks to the game. A port of the game for Nintendo's...
of the game was primarily composed by David Clynick, who worked with GrantKirkhope on the original Nintendo 64 game's score. New York-based group MorissonPoe...