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#433: FTC - Parallax - Subtune 4
Added to rotation: 2004-03-16 22:44:25
Song last played: 2026-04-19 22:07:24
Song last requested: 2025-11-28 09:00:20
Artist last played: 2026-04-30 00:47:40
Number of plays: 774
Requests: 44
Votes: 116
Song length: 04:02


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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 commentBefore 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:

madrigal:
Gorgeously personalised version with very nice addtions. Love it
omoroca:
Innovative style! Very different from other remixes of this subtune! Added to my collection.