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Composer David Wise recalls how he found out people were really enjoying his work on Donkey Kong Country
A portion of a VGmpire interview with composer David Wise...
Q: In 1994~1997, the internet was a quieter place and getting feedback on work was a much slower process. When did you first get a sense that fans were really digging your SNES DKC work, and did it surprise you at all?
DW: It was an engineer at Rare called Jens Restemeier, who now works at Playtonic, who made me aware of OC Remix – and their first Donkey Kong Country Remix album. It wasn’t until this time that I realised the music from the series was quite popular. And yes, I was very surprised.