Ha lavorato per Rare dal 1985 al 2009 ed è particolarmente famoso per aver composto la maggior parte delle tracce dei videogiochi della serie Donkey Kong Country.
Il 30 ottobre 2009, Wise ha lasciato la Rare per lavorare come compositore e sound designer freelance. Nel dicembre del 2010 Wise ha fondato un suo studio personale, il 'David Wise Sound Studio'. Ha collaborato con Retro Studios e Nintendo realizzando la musica di Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze.
Videogiochi
R.C. Pro-Am (1988, NES) Wheel of Fortune (1988, NES) Jeopardy! (1988, NES) Anticipation (1988, NES) Marble Madness (1989, NES) World Games (1989, NES) WWF WrestleMania (1989, NES) Sesame Street 123 (1989, NES) John Elway's Quarterback (1989, NES) California Games (1989, NES) Taboo: The Sixth Sense (1989, NES) Sesame Street ABC (1989, NES) Hollywood Squares (1989, NES) Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1989, NES) Jordan vs. Bird: One on One (1989, NES) Cobra Triangle (1989, NES) Ironsword: Wizards & Warriors II (1989, NES) Wheel of Fortune Junior Edition (1989, NES) Jeopardy! Junior Edition (1989, NES) Silent Service (1989, NES) Double Dare (1990, NES) Wheel of Fortune Family Edition (1990, NES) Jeopardy! 25th Anniversary Edition (1990, NES) The Amazing Spider-Man (1990, Game Boy) Captain Skyhawk (1990, NES) Pin*Bot (1990, NES) Snake Rattle 'n' Roll (1990, NES) Wizards & Warriors Chapter X: The Fortress of Fear (1990, Game Boy) NARC (1990, NES) A Nightmare on Elm Street (1990, NES) Super Glove Ball (1990, NES) Cabal (1990, NES) Time Lord (1990, NES) Arch Rivals (1990, NES) WWF WrestleMania Challenge (1990, NES) Solar Jetman: Hunt for the Golden Warpship (1990, NES) Digger T. Rock (1991, NES) WWF Superstars (1991, Game Boy) Battletoads (1991, NES) Battletoads (1991, Game Boy) Beetlejuice (1991, NES) Super R.C. Pro-Am (1991, Game Boy) High Speed (1991, NES) Sneaky Snakes (1991, Game Boy) Sesame Street ABC & 123 (1991, NES) Wizards & Warriors III (1992, NES) Beetlejuice (1992, Game Boy) Danny Sullivan's Indy Heat (1992, NES) R.C. Pro-Am II (1992, NES) Championship Pro-Am (1992, Mega Drive) Battletoads (1993, Mega Drive, Game Gear) Battletoads & Double Dragon (1993, NES, Mega Drive, SNES, Game Boy) Battletoads in Battlemaniacs (1993, SNES) Battletoads in Ragnarok's World (1993, Game Boy) X The Ball (1993, Arcade) Snake Rattle 'n' Roll (1993, Mega Drive) Monster Max (1994, Game Boy) Battletoads (1994, Arcade) Donkey Kong Country (SNES) (1994, con Robin Beanland e Eveline Fischer) Donkey Kong Land (1995, Game Boy) (con Graeme Norgate) Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest (1995, SNES) Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! (1996, SNES) (con Eveline Fischer) Diddy Kong Racing (1997, N64) Donkey Kong Country (2000, GBC) Star Fox Adventures (2002, GCN) It's Mr. Pants (2004, GBA) (con Robin Beanland e Eveline Fischer) Donkey Kong Country 3 (2005, GBA) Diddy Kong Racing DS (2007, DS) Viva Piñata: Pocket Paradise (2008, DS) War World (2008, Xbox 360) Sorcery! (2013, iOS) Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze (2014, Wii U) Tengami (2014, iOS/Wii U) Star Drift (2015, iOS) Star Ghost (2016, Wii U/Switch) Snake Pass (2017, PC/PS4/Xbox One/Switch) Yooka-Laylee (2017, PC/PS4/Xbox One/Switch) (con Grant Kirkhope e Steve Burke) Tamarin (2019, PC/PS4) Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze (2018, Switch) Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair (2019, PC/PS4/Xbox One/Switch) (con Grant Kirkhope, Dan Murdoch e Matt Griffin)
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Categoria:Compositori di musiche per videogiochi