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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) |
Peter W:
It's sad to see that so many people aren't ready for drum n bass and knows how to appreciate it. This deserves top marks. Production values are great, mix is very good, Percussion and bass variations are awesome. THIS is a remix! Arkanoid foh sho!
LaLa:
Well, this is different! Very rhythm-heavy, high production value - I'm warming up to it despite my dislike of this genre in general.
XxDUSTYxX:
This one rocks! Well done!
vurtx:
Excellent work! Its nearly entirely original stuff, the arpeggio synths are superb and the dark ambient pads are great, the SiD sounds could be better but this is still quality.
NecroPolo:
Arkanoid blown to particles, re-assembled a different way. Interesting remix, no doubt. A little longer than it should be.
Boz:
Nicely laid-out drum'n'bass version of Arkanoid here. Has elements of the original but tries to stretch it in a different way.
Dan:
Brilliantly realised use of Arkanoid which is something you don't hear that often anymore
Ziphoid:
Nicely mixed and all, but not much connection to the original track, imho.
Waz:
Don't like this one bit. It's trying to be techno with just a few arpeggios from Arkanoid thrown in.