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| STIL comment | This is the very first published tune on the C64 that used samples. "Q: How did you get involved with using sampled sounds? MG: I figured out how samples were played by hacking into someone else's code... OK, I admit it... It was a drum synthesizer package called Digidrums, actually, so you could still say I was the first to include samples in a piece of music. [...] Never would I claim to have invented that technique, I just got it published first. In fact, I couldn't really figure out where they got the sample data, just that they were wiggling the volume register, so I tried to make up my own drum sample sounds in realtime - which is the flatulence stuff that shipped in 'Arkanoid'. [...] After the project was in the shops I gained access to some real drum samples, and I slid those into my own custom version of the tune. The one that's in the shops is kind of a collage of farts & burps, don't you think? [...] Later I was able to acquire some proper drum samples and by 'Game Over' it got quite sophisticated." (MG) |
| SUBTUNE INFO | |
| #1 - Cobra (Title) [from the Spectrum game] | |
| Artist: | Martin Galway |
| Comment: | "I'm glad you spotted 'Cobra' on the Spectrum, whose tune I was in love with and HAD to use somewhere else...! I figured no-one would complain if I used it a year later [for Arkanoid] on the C64." (MG) |
| #2 - Hiscore [from the arcade game Arkanoid] | |
| Artist: | Hisayoshi Ogura (OGR/Zuntata) |
| #3 - Intro [from the arcade game Arkanoid] | |
| Artist: | Hisayoshi Ogura (OGR/Zuntata) |
| #4 - Level Start [from the arcade game Arkanoid] | |
| Artist: | Hisayoshi Ogura (OGR/Zuntata) |
| #5 - Boss Level Start [from the arcade game Arkanoid] | |
| Artist: | Hisayoshi Ogura (OGR/Zuntata) |
| #6 - Game Over [from the arcade game Arkanoid] | |
| Artist: | Hisayoshi Ogura (OGR/Zuntata) |
| #7 - Extra Life [from the arcade game Arkanoid] | |
| Artist: | Hisayoshi Ogura (OGR/Zuntata) |
Cubud:
What lovely sounds! Very well done!
infamous:
A nice little orchestra type tune, its nicely approached even though you can tell its a bit laboured… But still its a good idea and id be a hypocrite if I marked it down for sounding artificial
LaLa:
Very nice classical remix. The piano sounds stiff, it could use some dymanics. The brass and the string sounds painfully synthy. But a great effort at something different.
chilli_uk:
Very difficult for a piano piece and some wrong notes - but think you have made a fresh approach to a tune that has been killed - im impressed over the approach - well done - cant wait for more
Waz:
Very nice and different version of the Arkanoid game complete theme, and builds very nicely to something special. Excellent job all round.
prowler:
Great idea, but could been made better
PsiTron:
Good concept. Poor samples. The piano in particular is flat and lacking depth. Even a bit of reverb and EQ would have helped immensely. But I do like the concept and overall remix.
WarrenMill:
Nah… This version is far too slow for me. Takes the spirit out of the original tune and the nostalgia value goes way down the drain, imho.
omoroca:
Not bad, but the instruments sound a little cheap! And why is it called Classic? Did you mean Classical? There's nothing classic about this remix.
pj:
I'm not very impressed but nice effort though.
kjetiln:
Bad piano playing. Sounds very stiff and artificial. Thin arrangement. BUT, good idea and I love the brass sound. Though, all in all this is a boring and weak tune.