Topic: David Wise to Compose Soundtrack for Donkey Kong Country Returns: Tropical Freeze

[Crimm]

One of the Rare in-house composers responsible for the original Donkey Kong Country's soundtrack is returning to the simian series.

http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/34556

David Wise is returning to the Donkey Kong Country franchise as the composer for Donkey Kong Country Returns: Tropical Freeze. Formerly an in-house composer at Rare, Wise worked on titles such as Battletoads, Donkey Kong Country, and Diddy Kong Racing.

Nintendo announced Donkey Kong Country Returns: Tropical Freeze during their E3 Nintendo Direct earlier today. It is being developed by Retro Studios for release on Wii U November of this year.

[Retro Deckades]

This is amazing news! I would have been fine with more remixes, possibly from DKC 2 (Bramble Blast stage music, anyone?) but this is far more exciting! I hope he manages to make some modern DKC classics.

[Razorkid]

THE KING HAS RETURNED!!!


David Wise is a master of gaming soundtracks and is the main reason why the DKC trilogy has become so beloved to me.  This announcement is more of a megaton to me than the actual announcement of the game.

[Caterkiller]

This is really great news! Man I can't wait to hear his new stuff!

After all the developer directs, this E3 has turned out really good actually aside from more surprises.

[Khushrenada]

THE KING HAS RETURNED!!!


David Wise is a master of gaming soundtracks and is the main reason why the DKC trilogy has become so beloved to me.  This announcement is more of a megaton to me than the actual announcement of the game.

Agreed. I think this even trumps Dixie's return and anything else revealed about Tropical Freeze so far. There will be some big expectations to make a return to this franchise after all this time. Here's hoping he did because he has had a lot of great ideas to put forth and wanted a chance to get them out there.

[Mop it up]

I hope to hear a few remixes from DKC2 this time around.

[AnGer]

All right, you so sold me this game.

[Sundoulos]

That is great news.  Since the main enemy of the games are Vikings, I'm interested to hear what sort of theme music he uses this time around.