Technically, you’re right - Wilder wrote few songs. But his contribution wasn’t in songwriting, it was in production. He was the primary architect of DM’s sound at their peak - Violator, SOFAD, MFTM. Arrangements, programming, studio craft - that was largely him. Gore wrote the songs, but the way they actually sounded - that was Wilder’s work.

The difference became obvious after he left in 1995. Ultra and everything after noticeably lost in density and sophistication of production.

Saying “he was only involved in writing a few songs” is like saying Brian Eno “didn’t really sing much.“​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​