Things just got serious This is it. This is the moment when the game is telling us things are about to get real. You can smell the danger in the air, as if Gruntilda is… Read More »Inside The Score – Banjo-Kazooie – Top of the Lair
False parade Here we are, tackling “the end” credits of the game. That does not amount to much when we are dealing with a game that likes to subvert expectations. Is a game show trivia… Read More »Inside The Score – Banjo-Kazooie – End Credits
Damsel undistress The rescue party has arrived. The heroes just had to surmount getting the star prize in a game show as opposed to slaying a dragon on top of a volcano in order to… Read More »Inside The Score – Banjo-Kazooie – Tooty is Rescued
A test of fire Finally, the high stakes and mighty lava world have arriv….wait, why is there a poster featuring Banjo and Kazooie? What is Tooty doing on a podium? Why are there spectators booing… Read More »Inside The Score – Banjo-Kazooie – Grunty’s Furnace Fun
Skipping though the woods Indeed, another cute animal skipping through the woods, another skipping song required, cut from the same cute cloth as Nabnut’s Theme; this one is even more skipping though due to the… Read More »Inside The Score – Banjo-Kazooie – Gnawty’s House
Nuts ‘n’ Bolts Nabnut’s Theme serves as a little time capsule of how Banjo-Kazooie sounded originally; innocent, earnest cartoon music appropriate for cute anthropomorphic animals, as if the squirrel is skipping, moving about in short,… Read More »Inside The Score – Banjo-Kazooie – Nabnut’s House
The second Four Seasons Just like Vivaldi many years before him, Grant Kirkhope has been given the opportunity to express in musical form the natural environments brought forward by the dynamic changing of the temperate… Read More »Inside The Score – Banjo-Kazooie – Click Clock Wood
Coordinated workforce A-hoy! Time for taking downtime at the seven seas. Because even though this is an industrial cargo boat stationed at bay, the sailing spirit is still very much alive inside the dormitories and… Read More »Inside The Score – Banjo-Kazooie – Rusty Bucket Bay (Inside)
Industrial seamen Welcome aboard the HMS Gruntilda, a place that confronts us directly with the consequences of taking industrial might to extremes that antagonize the environment. Because at the end of the day, Banjo-Kazooie is… Read More »Inside The Score – Banjo-Kazooie – Rusty Bucket Bay
Haunted requiem The service is about to begin. Because just like the snow level brought to us the possibility of celebrating Christmas, the haunted level allows for all the kinds of locations where you can… Read More »Inside The Score – Banjo-Kazooie – Mad Monster Mansion (Variations)
Playfully sinister origin This is it, this is where it is at. Not only the spirits of the dead are roaming this place but the spirit of the entire franchise was also found here in… Read More »Inside The Score – Banjo-Kazooie – Mad Monster Mansion
Real life energizer cue It is Super Banjo time. Cub power, activate! Just like Mario has its star power up with is own theme alongside its variations of it included with the hats from the… Read More »Inside The Score – Banjo-Kazooie – Power-up