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#2651: littlepicasso - Last Ninja Sanctum
Added to rotation: 2006-05-19 14:55:16
Song last played: 2026-04-18 16:56:36
Song last requested: 2012-03-16 09:54:41
Artist last played: 2026-04-18 16:56:36
Number of plays: 598
Requests: 7
Votes: 119
Song length: 05:45


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SID INFO
HVSC path: MUSICIANS/D/Daglish_Ben/Last_Ninja.sid
Title: The Last Ninja
Composer: Ben Daglish & Anthony Lees
Copyright: 1987 System 3
Subtunes: 11
SID model: MOS6581

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STIL comment"I got the phone call from Mark [Cale] asking me to write some level tunes - I wrote the music, went down there [to System 3] to meet Archer Maclean (? I think it was Arch that put the driver in.....), got offered Mark Cale's slightly-dodgy-import-status left-hand-drive BMW, said "no thanks, I'll have the cash please" and that was that." (BD) Q: How was Anthony Lees to work with? A: "Only met the guy once - on that one day - he said 'hi' - I said 'hi' - that was about it." (BD) The titles of the individual tunes found below are based on as they appear in the game.
 
SUBTUNE INFO
 
#1 - The Wilderness (loader)
 
  Author: Anthony Lees
 
#2 - Palace Gardens (loader)
 
  Author: Anthony Lees
  Comment: "I did six tunes for LN, the first of which was the one involving the creepy jungle music (....which was and still is my favourite) - the inspiration is hard to nail down, but it was probably the film 'Apocalypse Now' - very dense, troubled and scary moods were evoked." (Anthony Lees)
 
#3 - The Wastelands (loader)
 
  Author: Ben Daglish
 
#4 - The Palace (loader)
 
  Author: Anthony Lees
 
#5 - The Inner Sanctum (loader)
 
  Author: Anthony Lees
  Comment: Interesting comment in this binary: "DONE BY ANTHONY LEES FOR SYSTEM 3 ON 5/4/87...EAT YER HEART OUT GALWAY!".
 
#6 - The Wastelands
 
  Author: Ben Daglish
 
#7 - The Wilderness
 
  Author: Ben Daglish
 
#8 - Palace Gardens
 
  Author: Ben Daglish
 
#9 - The Dungeons
 
  Author: Anthony Lees
 
#10 - The Palace
 
  Comment: Although the tune is credited to Anthony Lees since 2001 in HVSC, the music player of this tune is by Ben Daglish. Ben doesn't remember making this tune and also he has no idea how the tune ended up being in his player if it was made by Anthony Lees. It could be that the music was credited to Anthony Lees because Anthony claimed to have made 6 tunes for the game while actually 5 are made in his player. Since Anthony passed away, we can't verify it anymore and it will be a mystery who of the two actually made the tune.
 
#11 - The Dungeons (loader)
 
  Author: Ben Daglish
  Comment: This is also the tune for "The Inner Sanctum".
 




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OVERALL REMIX64 VOTE:

condor:
I give it very good since I relly like the idea, and I just love that starting 'ha! ' voice 😊
LaLa:
Nice flute sample, but its effect sound too artificial. The remix is repetitive and thus, boring. Some nice ideas, but overall, nothing special, no emotions, no feeling.
Makke:
I can see what littlepicasso is trying to do, but it doesn't quite get there. Nice effort none the less.
LMan:
The note slides sound artificial and wrong sometimes. The arrangement lacks a little dynamics and atmosphere. Potential is there, though!
Dan:
Doesnt really convey any atmosphere and needs beefing up a fair whack
LPChip:
This tune drags on and on. It has good ideas, but it just wants me to turn it off before the song ends.:(
eliot:
Some wrong notes, some dynamics missing…
prowler:
Nice effort but don't make it all the way. Check out the previous remixes.
infamous:
Been done before, been done better sorry… Keep at it though dont let us old cynic's get you down its a learning process 😊
Ziphoid:
I don't know if I'm getting spoiled with good orchestral stuff or if this is just boring. I do _not_ like the sliding flute, though.
Waz:
The idea's there, the execution just doesn't cut it. Sorry.
Skitz:
As an orchestral version which must have realism at all cost this is several lacking - the slides really do. Maybe ask Glyn or Markus Schneider for pointers 😊
omoroca:
When an arranger remixes Last Ninja, this is like saying: I know there are about 1,000, 000 remixes out there already, but mine is something special! This one begins very promising, but the wrong chords at 3:21 completely spoil it for me.