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More proof that the collective of artists and music fans at OverClocked ReMix are amazing: the site is currently featuring interviews with David Wise, Christopher Tin & Steffan Andrews, all composers working in the game industry. Even if the names don’t sound familiar to you, their music probably does - David Wise put together the phenomenal Donkey Kong Country soundtracks, Tin’s credits include Civilization IV and Andrews wrote the music for FaceBreaker.

As a tremendous fan of the DKC soundtracks, I was blown away hearing Wise’s experiences creating the music. It’s interesting to note how much of a team effort (among artists and programmers) it was - and completely understandable, given how evocative and atmospheric the “feel” of the game turned out. From the article: 

From a personal point of view, the Donkey Kong Country SNES soundtracks were so involved, I just don’t think the quality would have been achievable without the support of the programmers who also helped to make those soundtracks possible. Whilst as musicians, we take a lot of the credit, what we achieved was, and still is, very much a team effort.

Since I was in middle school at the time, I never knew much about the game’s production, and I still, to this day, enjoy listening to the soundtrack. It’s unbelievably cool to hear about it’s genesis.

The newer pieces feature Tin and Andrews, the latter of whom actually started out as a remixer at the site and later went pro. Its fascinating stuff all around, and each are easy, fun reads. If you have even the slightest interest in game music, you owe it to yourself to give them a go.

Read [OC ReMix David Wise] Read [OC ReMix Christopher Tin] Read [OC ReMix Steffan Andrews]