Grant Kirkhope

Grant Kirkhope is a famous video game composer.

Biography
Grant Kirkhope is best known for writing the soundtrack for the Banjo-Kazooie series, as well as for GoldenEye 007, Donkey Kong 64, Perfect Dark, Grabbed by the Ghoulies, Viva Piñata, Viva Piñata: Trouble in Paradise, Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning, and CityVille 2. Kirkhope has always been talented in music; he had played guitars in various bands. He began working for Rare in 1995, until he resigned in 2008. He joined Big Huge Games, which was soon acquired by 38 Studios. After a finantial downturn, 38 Studios layed-off its entire staff, including Kirkhope. He has moved to Los Angeles, where he joined Spark Unlimited.

On Game Grumps
Grant has been mentioned many times by the Game Grumps, who are both fans of his work. In Mountain out of a Molehill, Jon mentions how Grant had seen his Nuts & Bolts video, and followed him on Twitter. In Bramble Ramble, Jon and Arin talk about how Grant had sent them a signed copy of Banjo-Kazooie, which had been sent to Grant from a fan, and then signed and sent to the Game Grumps by Grant, with a letter telling them to pass it along to the fan. At MAGFest 11, Arin says that they heard back from Grant and he apparently wanted them to sign the game before passing it along, while the Grumps had sent it back without signing it.

When asked if the Banjo Kazooie playthrough would be continued at MAGFest 11, Arin announces that they will be continuing the playthrough, and that they will have a special guest star for the finale: Grant Kirkhope. Grant confirmed that this is true via twitter.