Grant Kirkhope - Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle Grant Kirkhope is a BAFTA nominated composer who has created the soundtracks to video games that have sold in excess of 30 million copies including "Ghostbusters”, “GoldenEye 007," “Banjo-Kazooie”, “Perfect Dark.” “Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning.” “Sid Meier’s Civilization: Beyond Earth” and “Viva Piñata." One of his most recent projects has been for the hit video game, “Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle” Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle follows the most iconic video game character, Mario, and the irreverent Rabbids, on an unexpected journey to save the Mushroom Kingdom, in a new turn-based combat adventure. Developed by Ubisoft Milan and Ubisoft Paris,* Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle features Mario, Princess Peach, Yoshi, Luigi and four Rabbid heroes taking on combat, puzzles and exploration across four iconic worlds. Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle takes full advantage of the play anywhere, anytime ability of the Nintendo Switch, with battles playable on-the-go or at home. The video game was released on August 29, 2017. In this episode, Grant Kirkhope shares his story on how he was brought on the game not knowing it was a Mario based game. He also compares and contrasts his midi mock ups with the final recording with live orchestra of the games title theme and his new theme for Bowzer. ANNOTATED TRACKS 07:14 - Track - “Peach's Castle” Midi / live 12:39 - Track - “Bowser's Theme (Boss Battle)" Midi / live OTHER TRACKS 00:00 - Track 10 - "Hoppers" 03:14 - Track 16 - "Tower Tweeter" 17:40 - Track 10 - "Hoppers" SOUNDTRACK The original scoundtrack to MARIO + RABBIDS KINGDOM BATTLE was released digitally in August 2017 and can be purchased at Amazon.com or iTunes, and can be streamed on Spotify. MORE ABOUT THE COMPOSER You can hear find out more and hear more music at GRANT KIRKHOPE'S official site http://grantkirkhope.com You can follow GRANT KIRKHOPE on Twitter at @grantkirkhope ABOUT THE ANNOTATOR Produced by Christopher Coleman (@ccoleman) and you can  Find more episodes at THEANNOTATOR.NET or you can subscribe via iTunes, Stitcher Radio or wherever you find quality podcasts. FOLLOW US Twitter @audioannotator Facebook @TheAnnotator Email theannotatorpodcast@gmail.com SUBSCRIBE iTunes Stitcher Radio Google Play Podcasts RSS Feed