Vile Building Pop Mixing manic circus energy, show tune standard stock snippets and endearing 50s harmonies, Grant Kirkhope brings another mini-game to life. In this case it is none other than the one presented by… Read More »Inside The Score – Banjo-Kazooie – Mr. Vile’s Game
Bubblegloom Sounds Back to the deepest, now darkest wilds; this time thicker than ever. And that also means back to the very beginning since the enemies found here are the first character presented to us… Read More »Inside The Score – Banjo-Kazooie – Bubblegloop Swamp
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
Jiggies against the clock The good ol’ mini games within the games. How could they not be present? They seem to be an elemental constituent of various video game genres. And here we reach the… Read More »Inside The Score – Banjo-Kazooie – Bottles’ Puzzle Challenge
Mini Jaws it is a water level, alright. But Rare certainly does not want you to spend too much time exploring the ocean, enter a classic trope with an even more classic music accompaniment that… Read More »Inside The Score – Banjo-Kazooie – Snacker Attack
N’sanity beach Ahoy! Being based around a pirate adventure finally paid off in this vacation that comes early for the bear and the bird when they visit this tropical island that serves as the second… Read More »Inside The Score – Banjo-Kazooie – Treasure Trove Cove
Overt fairy tale The most difficult decision Grant Kirkhope had when it came to musicalizing this unambiguously good natured fairy godmother was a matter of choosing between the harp or the celesta (same goes for… Read More »Inside The Score – Banjo-Kazooie – Brentilda’s Theme
The importance of musicality for a banjo and a kazoo A new success, a new fanfare. And not any success but one of the great successes on the game since you are either actually getting… Read More »Inside The Score – Banjo-Kazooie – Musical Notes / Note Door Fanfare
Feeling kind of blue “The blues is a low-down, aching chill; if you ain’t never had ’em, honey, I hope you never will” Following on the steps of the other mascot platformers from Rareware, Grant… Read More »Inside The Score – Banjo-Kazooie – Lose Life / Game Over
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
Jinjo! Da Dun Din The fair folk of the Banjo-Kazooie series, the pixie-like creatures known as Jinjos (alongside their mean counterparts, the Minjos) cohabit this wonderland with the bear, the bird and the witch. Just… Read More »Inside The Score – Banjo-Kazooie – Collect Jinjo