David Wise

Quick Facts

Full Name	David Wise
Occupation	Composer
Date Of Birth	Sep 13, 1967(1967-09-13)
Age	57
Birthplace	England
Country	United Kingdom
Birth City	England
Horoscope	Virgo

David Wise Biography

David Wise is one of the most popular and richest Composer who was born on September 13, 1967 in England, England, United Kingdom. Composer best known as the house composer for the video game company Rare from 1985 to 2009. He is known for his iconic scores for games like Donkey Kong Country.

He and Street Fighter II composer Yoko Shimomura have been two of video gaming’s most famous composers.

While working at Rare, Wise soon gained wide attention and acclaim for his work on the Donkey Kong Country game series. In addition to the percussive and ambient ‘jungle’ influences that serve as a thematic undercurrent for much of the series, the games feature a wide variety of different musical styles that are reflective of the various areas and environments they appear in. In the January 1996 issue of Electronic Gaming Monthly, Wise stated that his travelling experiences largely shaped the sound and mood of each Donkey Kong soundtrack, further saying that the music for Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy’s Kong Quest was composed during what he called his “experimental Paris phase”. He has also composed the soundtrack for the Game Boy Advance port of Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong’s Double Trouble!.

Wise has said that he has had a wide range of musical influences, though the first instrument he learned to play was the piano, before later learning the trumpet, and then learning to play drums during adolescence. He played in a few bands during his youth, and was still active in a band as of 2004. His career at Rare began when he happened to meet its two founders, as he explained in response to a question posted on its company website: “I was working in a music shop demonstrating a Yamaha CX5 Music Computer to a couple of people, Tim & Chris Stamper. I’d written and programmed the music for the demonstration material. They offered me a job.”

His parents were big fans of classical music.

David Wise Net Worth

David Wise is one of the richest Composer from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, David Wise 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He learned to play the piano, drums, and trumpet as a young man before pursuing a composing career.

He resigned from Rare to create his own personal studio called the David Wise Sound Studio in 2009.

David Wise (Born 13 September 1967) is an English video game music composer and musician. He was a composer at Rare from 1985 to 2009, and was the company’s sole musician up until 1994. He has gained a cult following for his work on various games, particularly Nintendo’s Donkey Kong Country series. Wise is known for his atmospheric style of music, mixing natural environmental sounds with prominent melodic and percussive accompaniment.

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Facts & Trivia

David Ranked on the list of most popular Composer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. David Wise celebrates birthday on September 13 of every year.

Who made the music for Donkey Kong?

David Wise , the legendary composer behind Donkey Kong Country 2’s music, had a knack for contorting the primitive Super Nintendo sound chip into exotic shapes. “Stickerbrush Symphony” was his opus; a dreamy, forlorn, new-age ballad unlike anything we typically heard in console mascot games.

How many gold medals does David Wise have?

5 Things You Didn’t Know About David Wise David is a two-time Olympic Gold medalist.

Did David Wise qualify for the Olympics?

First Olympics since massive crash And while it was no picnic to qualify for the Beijing Games, Wise – the only man to ever win Olympic gold in freeski halfpipe since its debut in Sochi in 2014 – has developed a new “sense of gratefulness” for “normal things”.

Where does Dave Wise live?

A two-time Olympic gold medalist and father of two daughters, freestyle skier David Wise calls his hometown of Reno, Nevada “the best place in the world.” Wise shares what makes his family farm so special. Stay informed about local news and weather.

Why does dkc3 GBA have a different soundtrack?

So I recently learned that part of the reason the GBA soundtrack was changed in Donkey Kong Country 3 is because one of the songs caused the Game Boy to literally catch on fire.