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Decades into his career,Grant Kirkhopeis still looking for new challenges.
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“That’s the best part of the job… because human beings interpret things, naturally.
They get louder and quieter, faster, slower, all that stuff that makes it sound organic.
When you sample everything, it can sound a bit sterile sometimes.”
“People think I’m a really big marimba fan,” Kirkhope says.
The Electric State, which Netflix spent more than $300 million on, wasn’t even remembered threeweekslater.
Limitations can lead to creative thinking, while unlimited opportunities can lead to malaise.
For Kirkhope, those limitations helped him hone a strong grasp of the fundamentals.
“Because all you had was a decent set of chords and a tune.”
Kirkhope knows a little something about memorable tunes.
This is the man whowrote the D.K.
Rap, after all.
You don’t remember a note of it.
As Kirkhope succinctly puts it, “human beings like melodies.”
ViaPlaytonic Games.
A memorable tune played during an impactful scene can imprint itself on your memory like nothing else.
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Big Hops' gameplay is way more emergent and systems-driven than most 3D platformers.
