Here's a little something for you Rareware music fans by Apx at 2:21 AM EDT on September 11, 2005
Awhile back there was a chance for Rareware fans to submit questions for the Rareware musicians on how they go about and create the music that everyone here enjoys. And the results are here in this three page article: http://www.rareware.com/extra/tepidseat/music/index.html
enjoy ;)
highlights by hcs at 1:48 PM EDT on September 13, 2005
While I very much recommend reading through the whole interview, here are some funny little bits:
Q: "...DK64 was spoiled with the cheesy cartoonish music of Mr. Kirkhope..."
Grant: I'm just going outside to jump in the pond.
Q: When voices were used in Conker's Bad Fur Day, was it the music team that was responsible for the work on that, or a different team like the sound effects people?
Robin: Music team? Yes, I suppose, if you count one person as a team...
Q: Nobuo Uematsu (Square-Enix) and Koji Kondo (Nintendo) are regarded highly as the two greatest composers in video game music. What are your thoughts on that?
Dave C: Muhammad Ali and Joe Louis are highly regarded as the two greatest boxers of all time. What are your thoughts on that?
Q: 1a) How on earth did you guys do the Boss Music for Banjo-Tooie?
Grant: 1a) Erm? I sat in a darkened room and waited for a blinding light of inspiration to descend from the heavens? not really. I like to write big melodramatic tunes that are a bit tongue-in-cheek and Bosses are always a good opportunity to do this.
Q: do you ever get the urge to just do something really wacky? For example, inserting "BLART!" in the middle of a boss track for no apparent reason?
Steve: I get all kinds of urges, some are even musical. ... There is a boss tune that (very subtly weaved into the mix) contains phrases such as "We want pizza, pizza, pizza!".
Dave C: I do this kind of thing all the time. Then the lead designer hears it and says, "It's great Dave, but could you take out the bit where it goes 'BLART!'?" Bloody philistine!
Also look out for a question from our good friend Fishonthecarpet.