David Wise moves on from Rare

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Onyxmeth said:

makingmusic476 said:

Onyxmeth said:

I wonder what Rare is working on that wouldn't allow him to do his thing. It's not like Rare hasn't been creating games over the last few years that could benefit from god soundtracks. Perfect Dark Zero, Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts and Bolts, both Viva Pinatas, and Kameo are on paper as good a game as any from Rare to get dynamic soundtracks from him.

Well, we know they're behind Avatars, which don't require anything in the way of a soundtrack, and all we know for the future is that Rare is 100% behind Natal.

It must be this then, because Rare over the last few years have still given ample opportunities for composers to do their thing. I can't imagine that none of Rare's projects ask for a soundtrack though. Looking at his workload over the last few years, I think he's leaving simply because Rare isn't using him much any longer. His last four projects were handheld games, and two of them are just him picking up where he left off in games he already composed the soundtrack for. Not really a big loss for Rare if they weren't using him anyways.

Agreed.

I hope wherever he ends up, his talents are exercised to their full extent.  He was one hell of an ear for music.   I'd love to be in his line of work one day.