Yooka-Laylee hit Kickstarter back in May and raised £2,000,000 and, while it's not expected for another year-or-so, acclaimed composer Grant Kirkhope has released a sample of the soundtrack via IGN.

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Grant Kirkhope Reveals A Sneak Peek at Yooka-Laylee's Soundtrack

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Banjo-Kazooie's spiritual successor Yooka-Laylee hit Kickstarter back in May and raised £2,000,000 and, while it's not expected for another year-or-so, acclaimed composer Grant Kirkhope has released a sample of the soundtrack via IGN.

The piece, which you can view below, is titled World 1 and gives off a slight Caribbean feel according to IGN. Kirkhope responded saying, "Erm...it’s only the first bit that sounds that way maybe, the rest of the music is skewed towards each area that it fades to like in the original Banjo-Kazooie, and I think that Caribbean feel that you’re hearing might be because I’m using the marimba for the main melody at the start. I used the marimba because it features so heavily in both the BK games."

In terms of direction from the developer, Kirkhope "asked Gavin (Price) for a brief description of the different areas that [he] had to write variations for, but that was about it." He continued, "I think any composer worth their salt can get a pretty good idea in their head before they even start writing music when they get a description of the thing they’re writing for."

"For example if someone says it’s a frozen ice mountain I’d be thinking about pizzicato strings, celeste and glockenspiel before I’d even written a note. Or if it was a lush green forest I’d be thinking about using nice warm winds like bassoons and clarinets. Writing music is all about using your imagination, the images tell the story but it’s the music that lets you know how to feel."

Yooka-Laylee is expected to arrive on PC, Linux, and Mac next October while console versions are slated for a vague 2016 release date at the moment.

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