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Grant Kirkhope discusses his Banjo-Kazooie approach to Yooka-Laylee's soundtrack

by rawmeatcowboy
11 June 2015
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A portion of a DB interview with Grant Kirkhope...

DB: Listening to Jungle World and watching the gameplay footage on IGN, it has that feel of Banjo right away. Is there an aim to bring the unofficial ‘Banjo Threeie’ in 2015 but in a much bigger way, with regards to the musical themes and looks?

GK: When I wrote that piece I really wanted to capture that Banjo-Kazooie feel so I kind of compressed every Banjo-Kazooie-ism into 2 minutes of music! I think I’ll be looking over my shoulder to the music of the past games but also looking forward to introduce some new elements into the music. After all, we’re not making a retro game, this is a brand new game but in the style of the older games … if that makes any sense.

Full interview here