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Proper Rareware Soundtracks Upcoming by wolupgm6 at 1:26 AM EDT on May 28, 2014
Complete soundtracks for Banjo Kazooie, Banjo Tooie and Donkey Kong 64 will be available for download / listen in the very near future via Grant Kirkhope's bandcamp. The track lists will almost be as complete as the USF sets (minus a lot of the sfx-related tracks, but still including many of the fanfares from the game) along with all of the dynamic variations and cutscene music. None of the tracks have the first note cut off as apparent in the Banjo Tooie / Donkey Kong 64 USF sets. All tracks are full length. It took a bit of work, but just having the final product makes it *very* worthwhile.

I sent Grant copies of the soundtracks last night and he said it was okay for me to tell some people about the impending release, but also to note that it could take some time as there are 461 tracks to sort through in total! :D

I hope you guys enjoy this news as much as I did!

Banjo Kazooie Preview
Banjo Tooie Preview
Donkey Kong 64 Preview

edited 1:35 AM EDT May 28, 2014
by TheUltimateKoopa at 6:36 AM EDT on May 28, 2014
Awesome. I might use them to update and even upload new brstms.
by (!!!!!) at 7:43 PM EDT on May 28, 2014
Wow! So these are all the original masters of the songs or rom ripped like the Banjo Kazooie BETAs soundtrack?

Now someone get Dave Wise to release the DKC3 GBA masters. :p
by hcs at 8:51 PM EDT on May 28, 2014
Great! I'm a bit confused about the details but very excited.
by ChillyBilly at 4:54 AM EDT on May 29, 2014
That's awesome news! Really looking forward to this!
by wolupgm6 at 9:48 AM EDT on May 29, 2014
As far as details go, the original masters seem to no longer exist. Grant only had the released soundtracks and even those seem to play the console versions of the tracks.

I compiled the soundtracks partially from USF rips, partially from my own personal rips and in some cases had to get the individual instruments out of the rom and recreate certain sections of the songs (I think that was only required a couple of times in Donkey Kong 64 in tracks like the K. Rool Duel, but don't quote me on that as I did them all together in the span of about 36 hours and didn't sleep much).

He thanked me and said he'd upload them to his Bandcamp so everyone can get them, but that it'd take a decent bit of time. As of the time I'm posting this, they're not up yet.

I do still have a copy of the tracks too just in case too. These are just minute details for those curious. All credit goes to Grant for composing and writing them (and soon to be releasing them). Never met someone who was so kind to their fans before.
by hcs at 6:02 PM EDT on May 29, 2014
Ah, I see, sounds like a lot of work on your part, props if it passes the Kirkhope test, and to someone42 and Josh W. for the USF rips!
by wolupgm6 at 7:12 PM EDT on October 7, 2014
I just thought I'd post a little update and let everyone know that the first of the three has been released on the Bandcamp link above.
by Despair at 7:57 AM EDT on October 10, 2014
>>and in some cases had to get the individual instruments out of the rom and recreate certain sections of the songs (I think that was only required a couple of times in Donkey Kong 64 in tracks like the K. Rool Duel

But why?
by Tanookirby at 8:16 PM EDT on October 10, 2014
Did you check the times for each USF file? Some of them may not be timed correctly. Banjo-Kazooie's Bubblegloop Swamp Interiors was one looping tune that was incorrectly set to fade out after the first go-around. I noticed that when creating a soundtrack of my own.

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