David Wise (often also credited as Dave Wise or D. Wise) is a British video game [bad word]  He was one of the [bad word] at Rare, and his music appears in many Rare-developed titles. He started his career there in 1985 and was [bad word] s sole musician up until 1994. He is known for his atmospheric style of music, mixing natural environmental sounds with prominent melodic and percussive [bad word] 

His most famous work is that of the soundtracks for the Donkey Kong Country series of games, which are widely considered to be some of the best soundtracks to ever appear on the SNES. In addition to the percussive and ambient 'jungle' influences that serve as a thematic undercurrent for much of the series, the games feature a wide variety of different musical styles that are reflective of the various areas and environments they appear in. In the January 1996 issue of Electronic Gaming Monthly, Wise stated that his traveling experiences largely shaped the sound and mood of each Donkey Kong soundtrack, further saying that the music for Donkey Kong Country 2 [bad word] during what he called his "experimental Paris phase". More recently, he's done the soundtrack for the Game Boy Advance port of Donkey Kong Country 3.