David Wise

David Wise Biography

David Wise is a famous Composer, who was born on September 13, 1967 in 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.

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.”

David Wise Net Worth & Salary

David Wise is one of the richest Composer. David Wise is also listed in famous people born on September 13 & Richest celebrities born in United Kingdom. According to our analysis based on Forbes, IMDb, Wikipedia & online resource, David Wise net worth is approximately $1.5 Million.

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His parents were big fans of classical music.

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.

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!.

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1. David Wise was born on September 13, 1967 in United Kingdom.
2. celebrates birthday on September 13.
3. become famous for being Composer.
4. David Wise shoe size 4 (US) & dress size 8 (US).