Donkey Kong Country Composer Leaves Rare

British video game music composer David Wise, famous for his compositions in Donkey Kong Country, has left Rare.

Wise worked at Rare since 1985, composing all of the company's tracks up until 1994 - a whole slew of NES titles including Marble Madness, Double Dare and Wizards & Warriors. Arguably his most famous work is the Donkey Kong series Rare worked on, from Donkey Kong Country to Diddy Kong Racing.

At the end of October he left the company, explaining on his Facebook that the studio's direction has changed so much that there's a lack of opportunity.

I think the business of Rare has changed a great deal, and at the moment there is just not the opportunity to create the soundtracks that Rare were fortunately very famous for.

Thanks to NeoGAF.

What do you think of Rare and David Wise's music? Are you a fan? Do you agree/disagree with his comments?