Which Nintendo 64 Donkey Kong game has a soundtrack composed by Grant Kirkhope?

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Which Nintendo 64 Donkey Kong game has a soundtrack composed by Grant Kirkhope? Donkey Kong 64 has a soundtrack composed by Grant Kirkhope.

Released in 1999, Donkey Kong 64 was developed by Rare for the Nintendo 64. Kirkhope composed the game’s music, continuing his close association with Rare after work on titles such as GoldenEye 007 and Banjo-Kazooie. The soundtrack helped give the game a distinctive orchestral and electronic style suited to its large 3D worlds.

One especially famous piece is the “DK Rap,” heard during the introduction. Kirkhope composed its melody, while Rare designer George Andreas wrote and performed much of the vocal material with Chris Sutherland. The song was intended partly as a joke, although its unusual style became one of the game’s most remembered features.

Banjo-Kazooie is a tempting wrong answer because Kirkhope also composed its soundtrack, but it is not a Donkey Kong game. Diddy Kong Racing was another Rare Nintendo 64 title, yet its music was composed by David Wise, Eveline Fischer, and Robin Beanland rather than Kirkhope alone.

Source: Wikipedia · fact-checked Sept. 2026

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