“I don’t think they ever really liked DK 64 that much”.
If you cast your mind back to 2023 and the release of The Super Mario Bros. Movie, you may recall that composer extraordinaire Grant Kirkhope was rightfully bemused upon finding out that he didn’t get a credit at the end of the film, despite his ‘DK Rap’ playing a pretty prominent role in its contents. As it turns out, Nintendo did eventually provide an explanation for its exclusion, though it still doesn’t make a lot of sense.
In a recent interview with Eurogamer, the Donkey Kong 64 composer stated that he reached out to Nintendo for clarification on “why they didn’t just put my name on it” and was met by a policy with more than its fair share of caveats.
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