Grant Kirkhope
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Grant Kirkhope is a British composer and musician best known for creating iconic soundtracks for classic video games such as Banjo-Kazooie, GoldenEye 007, and the Donkey Kong series.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Grant Kirkhope canonical | 7 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3558281 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Grant Kirkhope Context triple: [Donkey Kong, voiceActor, Grant Kirkhope]
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A.
Rupert Gregson-Williams
Rupert Gregson-Williams is a British film and television composer known for scoring major Hollywood productions such as "Wonder Woman," "Aquaman," and "The Crown."
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B.
Bear McCreary
Bear McCreary is an American composer best known for his dynamic and thematic scores for television series such as Battlestar Galactica, The Walking Dead, and Outlander, as well as films and video games.
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C.
Harry Gregson-Williams
Harry Gregson-Williams is a British composer best known for his film and video game scores, including work on the "Shrek" series, "The Chronicles of Narnia," and the "Metal Gear Solid" franchise.
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D.
Clint Mansell
Clint Mansell is a British composer best known for his atmospheric and often haunting film scores, including work on movies like Requiem for a Dream, The Fountain, and Black Swan.
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E.
Christophe Beck
Christophe Beck is a Canadian composer best known for his film and television scores, including work on projects like "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and various major Hollywood films.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Grant Kirkhope Target entity description: Grant Kirkhope is a British composer and musician best known for creating iconic soundtracks for classic video games such as Banjo-Kazooie, GoldenEye 007, and the Donkey Kong series.
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A.
Rupert Gregson-Williams
Rupert Gregson-Williams is a British film and television composer known for scoring major Hollywood productions such as "Wonder Woman," "Aquaman," and "The Crown."
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B.
Bear McCreary
Bear McCreary is an American composer best known for his dynamic and thematic scores for television series such as Battlestar Galactica, The Walking Dead, and Outlander, as well as films and video games.
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C.
Harry Gregson-Williams
Harry Gregson-Williams is a British composer best known for his film and video game scores, including work on the "Shrek" series, "The Chronicles of Narnia," and the "Metal Gear Solid" franchise.
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D.
Clint Mansell
Clint Mansell is a British composer best known for his atmospheric and often haunting film scores, including work on movies like Requiem for a Dream, The Fountain, and Black Swan.
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E.
Christophe Beck
Christophe Beck is a Canadian composer best known for his film and television scores, including work on projects like "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and various major Hollywood films.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film composer
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human ⓘ musician ⓘ video game composer ⓘ |
| basedIn |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
|
| countryOfCitizenship |
England
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United Kingdom ⓘ |
| employer |
Playtonic Games
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Rare (company) ⓘ |
| familyName | Kirkhope ⓘ |
| genre |
orchestral music
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soundtrack ⓘ video game music ⓘ |
| givenName | Grant ⓘ |
| instrument |
guitar
ⓘ
trumpet ⓘ |
| knownFor |
composing music for Banjo-Kazooie
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composing music for Donkey Kong 64 ⓘ composing music for GoldenEye 007 ⓘ composing music for Rare video games ⓘ melodic and thematic video game soundtracks ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| name | Grant Kirkhope ⓘ |
| nationality | British ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Banjo-Kazooie (soundtrack)
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linked to:
Banjo-Kazooie
Banjo-Tooie (soundtrack) ⓘ
linked to:
Banjo-Tooie
Civilization VI main theme "Sogno di Volare" ⓘ Donkey Kong 64 (soundtrack) ⓘ
linked to:
Donkey Kong 64
GoldenEye 007 (Nintendo 64 soundtrack) ⓘ
linked to:
GoldenEye 007
Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning (soundtrack) ⓘ Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle (soundtrack) ⓘ Perfect Dark (soundtrack) ⓘ
linked to:
Perfect Dark
Viva Piñata (soundtrack) ⓘ Yooka-Laylee (soundtrack) ⓘ |
| occupation |
composer
ⓘ
film score composer ⓘ musician ⓘ video game composer ⓘ |
| workedOn |
Banjo-Kazooie
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Banjo-Tooie ⓘ Civilization VI ⓘ
linked to:
Sid Meier's Civilization VI
Donkey Kong 64 ⓘ GoldenEye 007 (Nintendo 64) ⓘ
linked to:
GoldenEye 007
Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning ⓘ Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle ⓘ
linked to:
Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle (cameo)
Perfect Dark ⓘ Viva Piñata ⓘ
linked to:
Viva Piñata series
Yooka-Laylee ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Grant Kirkhope Description of subject: Grant Kirkhope is a British composer and musician best known for creating iconic soundtracks for classic video games such as Banjo-Kazooie, GoldenEye 007, and the Donkey Kong series.
Referenced by (7)
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