David Wise

David Wise (born September 13, 1967) is a British composer known for his composition on Rareware productions such as  and Donkey Kong Country. He composed the majority of the soundtrack of Donkey Kong Country and the entire Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest score, but had a limited involvement with Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!, which was instead mostly composed by fellow Rareware employee Eveline Fischer. He later composed an all-new soundtrack for the Game Boy Advance version of the game. After last working on a Donkey Kong Country game in 2005, he returned to the series to compose the soundtrack for Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze. He currently runs his own independent sound studio.

Games credited

 * Donkey Kong Country
 * Donkey Kong Land
 * Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest
 * Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! (with Eveline Novakovic; composed the tracks "Dixie Beat", "Crazy Calypso", "Wrinkly's Save Cave", "Get Fit A-Go-Go", "Wrinkly 64", "Brothers Bear", "Bonus Time", "Bonus Win" and "Bonus Lose". )
 * Diddy Kong Racing
 * Super Smash Bros. Melee (credited as "Original Game Staff")
 * Donkey Kong Country 3 (Game Boy Advance version)
 * Diddy Kong Racing DS
 * Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze