24: Grant Kirkhope on Building a Career as a Composer & The Drive To Keep Improving

Grant Kirkhope is an Ivor Novello and World Soundtrack Award winning Scottish composer who has created the soundtrack for video games that have sold in excess of 40 million copies. He's worked on titles such as "GoldenEye," "Banjo-Kazooie," "Viva Piñata," "Donkey Kong," "Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning," "Civilization: Beyond Earth," "Mario + Rabies Kingdom Battle," and many more. He also recently scored the feature film, "The King's Daughter," starring Pierce Brosnan and William Hurt, which won The People's Vote at The World Soundtrack Awards 2022. 

Grant Kirkhope: https://www.grantkirkhope.com/

 

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Mentioned in this episode: 

• Little Angels
• Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope
• Mario + Rabbits Sparks of Hope, "For the Galaxy" by Grant Kirkhope
• Babyface Ray, "Count Money" (feat BossMan Dlow)
• DK Rap 

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More conversations on artistic careers:  

• Andrew Ausseon on "Spellbinders" and What Video Games Teach Us About Storytelling (ep. 12)
• Haze Kim on Street Dance, Feeling Powerful On Stage, and Friends Who Help You Grow and Feel Safe (ep. 11)
• Mike Drucker on Stand-Up Comedy, Sharing First Drafts, and Embracing Kindness in Comedy (ep. 10)

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