The entire original soundtrack to Banjo-Kazooie is now on sale via Bandcamp. Interested buyers are able to name their own prices, and yes, those prices can include "free" if you want.
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The soundtrack to the popular Nintendo 64 game was posted in its entirety by original composer Grant Kirkhope, a former Rare composer who also worked on the soundtracks of GoldenEye 007 and Donkey Kong 64. Kirkhope is still working in video game music today, having recently worked with veteran Civ composer Geoff Knorr on the music for Sid Meier's Civilization: Beyond Earth.
The Banjo-Kazooie soundtrack is posted to Kirkhope's personal Bandcamp page. Titled "Banjo-Kazooie: Everything and the Kitchen Sink," the album contains what looks to be every element of the game's soundtrack. Not only does it contain world themes, but it also contains three- and four-second fanfare tracks for when the player wins a race or completes a task in the game.
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Kirkhope had previously posted a Banjo-Kazooie soundtrack album on his Bandcamp page, but it was a simple version with only 17 songs, a far cry away from the 164 tracks included in the "Kitchen Sink" edition. Kirkhope's Bandcamp page also includes a couple of other game soundtracks that he was in charge of back at Rare. Banjo-Tooie, Perfect Dark and Donkey Kong 64 all have soundtracks posted under the same "name your price" business model. And yes, that last soundtrack does include the DK Rap.
The download is available as both MP3 and FLAC files, and buyers who actually contribute money can stream the album via the Bandcamp app.
