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Banjo Kazooie Spiritual successor revealed on this month's EDGE

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Alpende

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I never played the Banjo games but from what I've seen they look fun to play. I hope this is as well, a good platformer is always welcome.
 
Cramoss

Cramoss

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James Scott said:
Grant kirkhope, David Wise, and Steve Burke are all composing for the game according to POOP
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-qoiowzfKc&feature=youtu.be
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Nzyme32

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-MD- said:
So has anyone talked about this recently? Pretty sure Grant made these tunes for this game before it was canned the first time.

http://grantkirkhope.bandcamp.com/album/the-game-that-never-was-and-never-happened
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It was talked about quite a while back, and everyone jumped to the conclusion it was Banjo 3 even though Grant made it clear it wasn't.

Almost certain you are right, and that it was for the previous version of this project, which certainly has been created to have that banjo vibe with the choice of instrumentation. However, I get the impression that this may also be a bit different, particularly considering the new composers on board.
 
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-MD-

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From Playtonic's website.

They are the music men

Since Playtonic’s official “coming out” last week , there’s been a brass band-load of speculation around who will weave musical fabric for our debut game – and pretty much all of it was accurate.

To be fair, that’s mostly thanks to our own relentless teasing on social media (oh, we do love a tease), which in particular caused the messiah-like Twitter status of a certain former-Rare composer to come crashing down on our doors, like a violent mob demanding steel drum melodies and catchy A cappella tunes.

But you can put down your shovels now, because today we can officially confirm that one Grant Kirkhope, legendary composer of Banjo-Kazooie, Viva Piñata and more, has agreed to make music for our first game. And what’s more, he’s agreed to do it for a regular wage of Yorkshire Teabags, which we’ll ship directly to his bleak, Tetley-free sound suite in rainy California (we may have hidden this detail in the small print).

But wait, there’s more! As charitable types, we don’t like to see any of our former noise makers go without work, and so we’ve managed to convince David Wise, equally legendary composer of 20-years-worth of Rare games including the Donkey Kong Country series, to contribute tunage to our first game. And all for a bumper box of Werther’s Originals.

Pulling it all together is the esteemed sound man Steve Burke, best known for his magical score for Kameo: Elements of Power and all manner of sound effects , voices and fart noises for Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts ‘n Bolts. Sadly, Steve insists on being paid in real currency.

Phew. How’s that for an announcement? For all you Tweeters, you can follow Playtonic’s music men at @grantkirkhope, @ David_Wise and @SteveBurkeMusic. Tell ‘em we sent you, but don’t mention the minimum wage.
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Shiggy

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-MD- said:
So has anyone talked about this recently? Pretty sure Grant made these tunes for this game before it was canned the first time.

http://grantkirkhope.bandcamp.com/album/the-game-that-never-was-and-never-happened
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That's kind of old. I've had that on my PC for several years now, From what I remember, it was produced while he was at Rare.


Almost certain you are right, and that it was for the previous version of this project, which certainly has been created to have that banjo vibe with the choice of instrumentation. However, I get the impression that this may also be a bit different, particularly considering the new composers on board.
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I doubt they were planning this in 2008/2009. Yup, I have those three tunes since then, just checked the dates on my PC.
 
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Hero of Legend

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Nzyme32 said:
It was talked about quite a while back, and everyone jumped to the conclusion it was Banjo 3 even though Grant made it clear it wasn't.

Almost certain you are right, and that it was for the previous version of this project, which certainly has been created to have that banjo vibe with the choice of instrumentation. However, I get the impression that this may also be a bit different, particularly considering the new composers on board.
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Not to mention a lot of the crew was still at Rare and only left last year like Steve Mayles and Chris Sutherland.

Shiggy said:
That's kind of old. I've had that on my PC for several years now, From what I remember, it was produced while he was at Rare.




I doubt they were planning this in 2008/2009. Yup, I have those three tunes since then, just checked the dates on my PC.
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Yeah he even says:

from The game that never was and never happened!, track released 08 August 2009
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NakedCosmonaut

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-MD- said:
Seriously impressive, I'd be down with this if it was official.

Do more with different characters if you get bored again!
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I didn't want to be 'that guy' and bump a thread with my own stuff but I might do a few other characters later. I suppose there's not much to talk about anyway until they release actual artwork.

Ramenman said:
damn cool !
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Salty Hippo said:
Fantastic. I don't think they'll ever rip-off Banjo's colors and backpack, but this looks really good.
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Kyleripman said:
I'd play the shit out of this game. Nice touch with the yellow overalls and backpack as a throwback to BK. I also like the bomber jacket.
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StoppedInTracks said:
That's amazing. Is this your job? Very impressive.
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maxcriden said:
Seriously! Amazing artwork.
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The Lamonster said:
Wow! You rock. Go work for Rare lol
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Lijik said:
Id play a game with these characters, your designs are great!
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Thanks, I appreciate all this. I am an illustrator, yeah, but I don't work in anything related to video games, just children's books and such.
 
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