Reckless celebration Do the Mumbo! For his debut as a singer, which is a role he will fulfill even more broadly in the sequel, Mumbo (voiced by Grant Kirkhope himself) treats our heroes and their… Read More »Inside The Score – Banjo-Kazooie – Mumbo’s Barbeque
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
Nasty Club Time to get to the seedy underbelly of society. Or at least the underbelly of a literal whale accompanied with the continued emphasis of the cabaret aspects; but this time with the sultriness… Read More »Inside The Score – Banjo-Kazooie – Inside Clanker
Doom-Pah Nobody does nastiness quite like Rareware. This is how not even Mario, who ironically is an actual plumber, dares to put up with the level of filthiness that the poor bear and bird have… Read More »Inside The Score – Banjo-Kazooie – Clanker’s Cavern
Echoes of a previous theme The troops are marching, marching to the rhythm of the blues, a very creepy blues indeed. One of the few remaining vestiges of the original musical direction for the game,… Read More »Inside The Score – Banjo-Kazooie – Inside Ticker’s Tower
A musical transition into the proper mood The bleakness wraps the characters both visually and musically. Leaving subtlety aside, the super villain’s lair, which is usually located at the end of the world, is here… Read More »Inside The Score – Banjo-Kazooie – Bridge to Gruntilda’s Lair
Decadence at its finest Our trope of drunken, evil clowns is back playing their wacky cabaret music in some back alley in order to complete the trilogy of decayed, grungy industrial complex levels in the… Read More »Inside The Score – Banjo-Tooie – Grunty Industries