Robin Beanland
Robin Beanland is a British composer of video game music, composing music for numerous Rare titles, such as the Killer Instinct franchise, Conker's Bad Fur Day (which he also co-wrote the screenplay with Chris Seavor), and many others. Prior to joining Rare, Beanland composed music for TV and films. The only current game that he continues to produce music for is Sea of Thieves.
Robin Beanland
- Name
- Robin Beanland
- Occupation
- Composer
- Born
- 1968
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Robin Beanland is a British composer of video game music, composing music for numerous Rare titles, such as the Killer Instinct franchise, Conker's Bad Fur Day (which he also co-wrote the screenplay with Chris Seavor), and many others. Prior to joining Rare, Beanland composed music for TV and films. The only current game that he continues to produce music for is Sea of Thieves.
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• Name — Robin Beanland • Occupation — Composer
Video game music credits
Video game music credits
• Year — Title — Notes • 1994 — Donkey Kong Country — With Eveline Fischer and David Wise • Killer Instinct — With Graeme Norgate • 1996 — Killer Instinct 2/Gold • 1997 — GoldenEye 007 — With Norgate and Grant Kirkhope • 1999 — Conker's Pocket Tales — With Fischer • Jet Force Gemini — With Norgate and Alistair Lindsay • Donkey Kong 64 — Support team • Donkey Kong Country (GBC Version) — Donkey Kong Country Game Boy Color Team • 2000 — Perfect Dark — Staff ("Trent's Henchmen") • 2001 — Conker's Bad Fur Day — Also co-wrote the game's script with Chris Seavor • 2002 — Star Fox Adventures — Performed various instruments • 2003 — Donkey Kong Country (GBA version) — With Jamie Hughes • 2004 — Sabre Wulf • It's Mr. Pants — With Fischer and Wise • 2005 — Banjo-Pilot — With Hughes • Conker: Live & Reloaded • Kameo — Sound effects and character voices. • 2006 — Viva Piñata • 2008 — Viva Piñata: Pocket Paradise — Rare Family • Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts — With Kirkhope and Dave Clynick • 2010 — Kinect Sports — With Dave Clynick • Sonic & SEGA All-Stars Racing — Special thanks • I Wanna Be the Boshy — Uses music from Killer Instinct • 2011 — Kinect Sports: Season Two • 2012 — Kinect PlayFit • Fable Heroes — With Steve Burke • 2013 — Killer Instinct — Original themes, special thanks • 2014 — Kinect Sports Rivals • 2015 — Rare Replay — With Richard Aitken • 2018 — Sea of Thieves — With Chloe Kwok • Super Smash Bros. Ultimate — Original game supervisor (Banjo & Kazooie DLC) • 2020 — Battletoads — Special thanks • Cancelled — Everwild
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1968
Robin Beanland was born on 27 August 1968.
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- “Robin Beanland”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q7352246: Robin Beanland
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Awards
• Year — Title — Recipient — Result • 2001 — British Academy of Film and Television Arts award — Conker's Bad Fur Day — Win • 2019 — Ivor Novello Award for Best Original Video Game Score for — Sea of Thieves — Win
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- 1.Robin Beanland on Findmypast. Search.findmypast.co.uk.
- 2.VGM Rush's Beanland profile.
- 3.Rare: Scribes (December 21, 2005) at Internet Archive "Robin did Funky's Fugue, Eveline did Simian Segue, Candy's Love Song, Voices of the Temple, Forest Frenzy, Tree Top Rock, Northern Hemispheres and Ice Cave Chant, and the rest was the doing of Mr. Wise."
- 4.Here's the run down of who wrote what on Goldeneye better source. 1618323893894381568. February 2024.
- 5.BAFTA Awards - Interactive Sound in 2001. BAFTA Awards.
- 6.Winners Announced for The Ivors 2019. The Ivors Academy. 23 May 2019.
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