Added to rotation: 2005-06-27 00:59:03
Song last played: 2026-04-18 15:40:02
Song last requested: 2018-04-23 18:22:26
Artist last played: 2026-04-25 08:21:09
Number of plays: 670
Requests: 52
Votes: 130
Song length: 03:13

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SID INFO
HVSC path: MUSICIANS/G/Galway_Martin/Parallax.sid
Title: Parallax
Composer: Martin Galway
Copyright: 1986 Ocean
Subtunes: 5
SID model: MOS6581

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STIL comment	Before starting on this game Galway bought Rendez-Vous (by Jean Michel Jarre). He listened to it daily. His CD player broke 2 weeks later and didn't get repaired for 2 months, during which time Martin worked on Parallax, without realizing that Rendez-Vous was unconsciously creeping into the music. He realized it only after he played the album again after the game was already shipped. "[Parallax] was 11 minutes long, certainly my longest at the time. I took my development gear home to work on it for a week or two. I just said to myself 'OK, it's going to be this mega-tune, so the intro has to be mega'. The intro took up two-thirds of the tune! I actually got bored with it, and stuck that silly melody on the end which doesn't really match. Going back I would have made it less melodic. I wanted to reflect the gigantic visual proportions represented by the parallax effect in the game so that's why it has an 'epic' feel."(MG)
SUBTUNE INFO
#1 - Rendez-Vous [from Rendez-Vous]
Artist:	Jean-Michel Jarre

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OVERALL REMIX64 VOTE:

maindrian:
Beautiful. The closeness of the recording and the slightly out of tune strings give it an intimate feeling, very fragile and lovely.
humorguy:
All I can say is YOU trying playing a guitar as good as this with a melody like Parallax!! Armchair strummers if you ask me!😊!
infamous:
Dude…
kwed:
Asked Tokafondo about this, and yes - the guitar section is indeed a live recording. Splendid stuff.
Tas:
LaLa, I disagree. This was made fror a spannish guitar! And only that!
the_jinx:
A verry fitting arangement of nice 'spanish' guitar sounds… Not my normal 'flavour' but a damn great performance.
Waz:
Now that the flute's gone from the last attempt Tokafondo made, it sounds much better. Lots of nice guitar and plenty of feel and emotion in them too. Sometimes the simplest ideas are the best if executed well, and this is one of them.
nettuno:
Is not a Segovia's song, but always not bad
LaLa:
Some soft background drums or drone would've helped here, but WOW! What great guitar playing!
Skitz:
I think Tokafondo is playing this entirely live and it is very clever! I wish I could play an instrument like that! STRUMMY STRUM-STRUM STRUM!
westerling:
It becomes very beautiful when the melody finally is played in two octaves. Simple and nice!
bizarro:
Very good idea. Good sound. But those little timing problems…
bitmage:
Just guitar - cool. 😀 Very, very nice idea. But there is also room for improvement (feature reauest 😉: Better recording quality and a perfectly tuned guitar (guitar sounds out-of tune on some strums)
_steve_:
A fine effort, but the out of tune strums really spoil it
devilhood:
Lovely attempt, the melody parts could have been a bit tighter, and your tuning is off in places (-) warped guitar neck? Well done regardless.
anaconda:
Good idea! Next time put in an aucustic bass and maybe a drum.
romeo_knight:
Would have been an orange one, if the performance (and tuning) would have been better
Mrcookie:
Pleeeeease redo it with a tuned guitar. It's really good,. … That is, at least, it could be.
eliot:
Some notes out of context… Kwed ears are somehow damaged 😊
omoroca:
Arrgh! Guitar completely out of tune! Very nice arrangement, but the awful execution ruins it for me.
vernest:
Maybe you should try to tune your guitar before recording next time. 😃 What is it with people and seventies style camp fire guitar here?