Added to rotation: 2007-08-29 23:52:30
Song last played: 2026-04-27 16:01:38
Song last requested: 2026-03-19 05:36:45
Artist last played: 2026-05-03 13:17:57
Number of plays: 619
Requests: 84
Votes: 192
Song length: 06:24

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OTHER REMIXES OF THE SAME SUBTUNE

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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:

prowler:
Very nice remix! One that captures that last ninja feeling!
kbg:
Good
omoroca:
As I already said: I love how this thing silently meanders and puts everything into a whole new context. Perfect listening pleasure! Beautiful! Added to my collection.
kjetiln:
I agree about removing the sid arpeggios, at least finish them off earlier. Anyway this is a great version of an awesome tune.
Dr-Duke:
Very nice idea, nicely done, sounds good. But this track should really go deeper with some more powerful effects
symbols:
Was monotonous (as is the orig track come to think of it), but those synths are soul touchin.!.
monty:
Feekzoid's version is still king (for me), but this one's very fresh sounding and enjoyable.
eliot:
The high frequencies are killing my ears… Not a bad attempt but not so good either.
condor:
Good one. But that SID chip sound is just a bit annoying. Still idea is excellent (:
LaLa:
Replace the SID arpeggios with chords, strings, whatever, and it'd sound a lot better. The idea is there, I like its ambience, I like the way the melody is done, but the rest is only so-so.
pricer:
Well chilled, totally relaxing. Out of time in places and should have ended at about 5 mins, but very nicely done.
Caboose:
Deflektor was way better, I have to say.😊
infamous:
Non offensive to the ears, that ambient noise goes right out of time half way through the tune though and gets right up my nose, apart from that… Good enough
Scyphe:
The lack of low end (bass) and the very sharp arpeggiated sound (like a knife in the ear) is pulling this down from being a really good remix.
pezz:
The melody is great and so well done, but after 3 minutes you're still waiting for it to go somewhere.
klosterkatten:
There has been so many Last Ninja attempts out there, its hard to give this one a good score.
rossa:
Good try
Waz:
A good effort, but it just misses something in its execution somehow - it doesn't sound Oriental enough and a bit too loose and wayward at times.
Skitz:
Another SID that has been done to death and this although good is not the best remix of the Daglish classic!