DK Rap composer on track’s inclusion in Donkey Kong Bananza, surprised people like it now

DK Rap will be featured in Donkey Kong Bananza, and Grant Kirkhope – who composed the track – has now commented on its inclusion.

The upcoming Nintendo Switch game will feature tons of different music with many classic tunes set to return. Fans were happy to see that towards the end of yesterday’s Nintendo Direct presentation, the DK Rap was confirmed.

Kirkhope is actually surprised that DK Rap is getting love these days. When it was originally featured in Donkey Kong 64, there was “backlash” towards the track.

Kirkhope told Eurogamer about the DK Rap in Donkey Kong Bananza:

“Well, what can I say, the worst rap track in the history of rap tracks seems to be back again! It’s so bizarre that people seem to like it now considering the backlash that I got when DK64 first came out, nobody seemed to get the joke except me… haha… I’ve only had to wait 25 years for that to happen! Actually I think that little kids got the joke but the cool teenagers didn’t!”

My tombstone will read, ‘Here lies the body of Grant Kirkhope, he wrote the DK Rap and the Goldeneye Pause Music’… Nothing else will matter!!”

Nintendo seems to know that it has an impressive soundtrack for Donkey Kong Bananza on its hands, and that will actually be a part of the gameplay. It’s possible to obtain discs from enemies and listen to them at any time while resting at a Getaway.

This was just one of many details shared during yesterday’s Nintendo Direct. You can find a helpful rundown of everything covered here.