Today I'm Having a GAS with Grant Kirkhope... Grant is an Ivor Novello and World Soundtrack Award winning Scottish composer who has created the soundtrack for video games that have sold in excess of 40 million copies. From “GoldenEye” to “Banjo-Kazooie”, “Viva Piñata” to “Donkey Kong”, “Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning” to “Civilization: Beyond Earth” and “Perfect Dark” to “Castle of Illusion starring Mickey Mouse”.

He’s worked on “Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle”, “Yooka Laylee”, “Dropzone”, “Ghostbusters”, and in 2020/21 “World of Warcraft: Shadowlands” and “Minecraft Dungeons”. He is also the composer of the infamous “Donkey Kong Rap” from the Nintendo video game “Donkey Kong 64”, which was featured in the recent “Super Mario Bros. movie”.

He has also scored the feature film “The King’s Daughter” starring Pierce Brosnan and William Hurt, which won The People’s Vote at The World Soundtrack Awards

Grant’s score for “Viva Piñata” was nominated by BAFTA in the Original Score category in its 2007 awards.

Grant is a graduate of the Royal Northern College of Music in the UK. He is an American citizen and lives in Agoura Hills with his wife and two children.

More about Grant Kirkhope here: https://www.grantkirkhope.com/

Having a GAS™ is the podcast that talks to the great and the good of the creative industries, and in particular finds out what makes great music for film, for TV, for advertising; for dancing to, for cooking to, f*cking to, and more...

GAS™ Music is a music production agency in Manchester, UK. We compose and produce original music, create awe inspiring sound design and have a fully integrated audio post-production studio. We also have a great record collection, and welcome any additions, recommendations or criticisms.

http://www.gasismusic.co.uk​​​

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Today I'm Having a GAS with Derrick McKenzie... Derrick may be best known for being the vibrant drummer of Jamiroquai, but he is also a well established DJ and Producer. Derrick's main styles are Disco, Nu Disco, Funk, Soulful House, Jackin House, Tech House, Old Skool, also 80's and 90's Soul with a focus on Disco Funk.

Find out more about Derrick McKenzie here: https://derrickmckenzie.com

Having a GAS™ is the podcast that talks to the great and the good of the creative industries, and in particular finds out what makes great music for film, for TV, for advertising; for dancing to, for cooking to, f*cking to, and more...

GAS™ Music is a music production agency in Manchester, UK. We compose and produce original music, create awe inspiring sound design and have a fully integrated audio post-production studio. We also have a great record collection, and welcome any additions, recommendations or criticisms.

http://www.gasismusic.co.uk

Today, advertising executive Rory Sutherland returns to the Having a GAS podcast!

Rory Sutherland is the Vice-Chairman of Ogilvy, author of Alchemy: The Surprising Power of Ideas That Don't Make Sense and the deliverer of TED Talks that have been viewed almost 7 million times. We are delighted to welcome Rory back onto the Having a GAS podcast.

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GAS Music: Gas Music, production and sound design | Gas Music (gasismusic.co.uk)

Timestamps

(00:00:00) Pre-Intro

(00:01:14) Introduction

(00:02:06) Guessing Super Bowl Commercials

(00:28:18) Comparing the Oppenheimer and Poor Things Soundtracks

(00:33:24) James Bond Soundtracks

(00:37:14) Rory Sutherland Interview