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Video Game: Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle
Composer: Grant Kirkhope
Game Developer: Ubisoft Milan/Paris
Publisher: Ubisoft
Record Label: Ubisoft Music
Release Date: August 29, 2017
Tracklist
1. Two Worlds Collide (0:47) 2. The Adventure Begins (1:38) 3. Grand Opening (1:20) 4. Sunny Side Up (1:19) 5. Ziggies! (2:59) 6. A Towering View (0:29) 7. The Waterfall Puzzle (2:11) 8. Ancient Gardens (2:59) 9. Through the Lawns (1:07) 10. Hoppers! (2:59) 11. Mystic Battle (2:52) 12. Mystic Journey (1:39) 13. Mid Boss Mayhem (2:37) 14. At the Tower’s Feet (0:46) 15. Huggers! (2:21) 16. Tower Teeter (2:28) 17. Tower’s Puzzle (1:10) 18. Tower Trouble (2:09) 19. Rabbid Kong Rumpus (1:54) 20. Rabbid Kong Rumble (1:49) 21. A Song of Ice and Desert (2:50) 22. In the Heat of the Battle (4:27) 23. Hot Start, Cold Finish (4:18) 24. Cold Start, Hot Finish (4:19) 25. In the Cold of Battle (4:13) 26. Icicle Golem Freeze (1:41) 27. Icicle Golem Fracas (1:42) 28. Icicle Golem Finale (1:41) 29. Abbey Ruins (4:01) 30. Spooky Skirmish (2:41) 31. Spooky Village (1:52) 32. The Swamp Battle (4:05) 33. Lost in the Swamp (3:08) 34. Combat in the Cemetery (2:47) 35. A Stroll in the Cemetery (2:40) 36. The Phantom of the Bwahpera, Act 1 (1:32) 37. Phantom’s Phenomena (1:02) 38. Phantom’s Crescendo (1:04) 39. The Phantom of the Bwahpera, Act 3 (1:06) 40. Phantom’s Phortissimo (1:09) 41. Into the Pit (2:33) 42. Fahrenheit Forge (3:16) 43. Exploring the Mine (2:25) 44. Heart of Darkness (2:43) 45. Steamed up in the Factory (2:24) 46. Bwa Enemies! (3:57) 47. Beware Bowser’s Base (2:42) 48. The Lave Forge (3:19) 49. Bowser Begins (1:59) 50. Bowser Returns (1:57) 51. Bowser Bow Out (2:02)
INTERVIEW
SELECT SCENES
Intro
Phantom of the Bwaahpera
COMPOSER NOTES
Ubisoft contacted me in November of 2014 and said they had a game that they thought I might be a good fit for and would I be interested? Of course I said yes and we got the ball rolling. I was told that the game was called “Rabbids Kingdom Battle” and that the team would like to meet me in Paris to discuss the next steps.
I flew over in April of 2015 and was escorted to the very back of the studio through some hefty security doors which I thought was a little strange for a Rabbids game. I met with Davide Soliani in a side room and he then proceeded to show me the game. When he turned on the TV I saw Mario standing there and thought perhaps they had been playing a Mario game while they were waiting for me, then when he picked up the controller he started to move Mario, I said … erm …. What’s this, he said it’s a Mario game, didn’t anyone tell you?
That’s when the fear set in!
How on Earth was I going to compose music for a Mario game and try to follow in the footsteps of Koji Kondo! Davide said that I sat for about an hour very pale faced and he thought I didn’t like the game …….. I later told him that it was pure panic!
Needless to say it’s been a fantastic project to work on, I loved every minute of it!