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David Wise

English video game composer

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Also known as Dave Wise

Born: September 13, 1967
Birthplace: Leicester
Citizenship: United Kingdom
Occupation: composer
, musician
Languages spoken, written or signed: English

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David Wise is a British video game music composer and musician. He was a composer at Rare from 1985 to 2009, and he was the company's sole musician up until 1994. He has gained a dedicated 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.

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Battletoads(1991)
Digger T. Rock(1990)
WWF WrestleMania Challenge(1990)
A Nightmare on Elm Street(1990)
Time Lord(1990)
Solar Jetman(1990)
The Amazing Spider-Man(1990)
Snake Rattle 'n' Roll(1990)
Captain Skyhawk(1990)
Super Glove Ball(1990)
Pin Bot(1990)
Wizards & Warriors X: The Fortress of Fear(1990)
Ironsword: Wizards & Warriors II(1989)
Who Framed Roger Rabbit(1989)
Cobra Triangle(1989)
Taboo: The Sixth Sense(1989)
WWF WrestleMania(1989)
Anticipation(1988)
R.C. Pro-Am(1988)
Cabal(1988)
Wizards & Warriors(1987)
Slalom(1987)
John Elway's Quarterback(1987)

Performed

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DDK Jamz1995 · album by Robin Beanland

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Sex or gender: male
Given name: David
Family name: Wise
Website: davidwise.co.uk language: English
Different from: David Wise
Genre: chiptune
Start of work period: 1985
Social media followers: 31,050(February 9, 2023) x (twitter) numeric user id: 19190254
29,760(February 26, 2022) x (twitter) numeric user id: 19190254
26,398(April 27, 2021) x (twitter) numeric user id: 19190254

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