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#6340: V. Kaufmann - Wizball ShapedSigns
Added to rotation: 2025-10-02 11:29:09
Song last played: 2026-04-17 09:22:38
Song last requested: 2002-01-01 00:00:01
Artist last played: 2026-04-21 23:50:32
Number of plays: 12
Requests: 0
Votes: 0
Song length: 08:38


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SID INFO
HVSC path: MUSICIANS/G/Galway_Martin/Wizball.sid
Title: Wizball
Composer: Martin Galway
Copyright: 1987 Ocean
Subtunes: 9
SID model: MOS6581

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SUBTUNE INFO
 
#1
 
  Comment: The opening bars of this tune are sampled by the group Console on their song "14 Zero Zero".
 
#3
 
  Comment: "I was working at the Sensible Software office at the time of the major music creation, but the title screen music never got finished. When I returned to Ocean I got on with some other things, all the time worrying about this unfinished tune. Finally I slapped something on the end of it. I knew I could never top the first part, that's what the problem was. In my mind the second part of the tune is pretty lame compared with the first part. But for some people it represents the mysterious, magical, unconventional aspect of 'Wizball' so it fits in some ways. But you can tell it's not really like the other music in the game, which was primarily developed when I was with the Sensi boys, basking in that Sensi VIBE." (MG) "I really worked on the sound design of the voices a lot. The music seems to "flow" and "breathe" unlike anything before it." (MG)
 
#4
 
  Comment: "Tune #5, the bonus screen tune, consists of several short riffs, and John Hare came up with the most musical ones on his bass guitar. I remember he would come up with the riffs, playing them over and over at full volume on his band's P.A. in their rented terraced house in Southend (not caring about what the neighbours thought!!!) - and while they went out to get me a "blow-out" burger at 3am, I would be transcribing it and enhancing it (a little)." (MG)
 
#6
 
  Comment: "I composed the high-score music at Ocean after returning from Southend. Played it on the synth keyboard there. It's one of the few compositions of mine that I can actually play a decent rendition of on the piano." (MG)
 
#7
 
  Comment: "Chris Yates wrote the game over riff on his electric guitar. They were pretty impressed by the translation when they came back with my blow-out." (MG)
 




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OVERALL REMIX64 VOTE:

Tomsk:
Oh aye - proper tidy this
omoroca:
At first I didn't like it when the grand piano sets in. But then it works so well together with that pathectic, extremely well-played guitar. Epic like Marillion! And then the quiet part with the arps! Like drifting thru space! 😍😍😍😍😍😍
hillsman:
2025 year has been lacking in terms of longer remixes - this is one of the few and seems to leading the field for ROTY.
NecroPolo:
Very impressive soundscape and production. Really liking the endpart.
O_chris_o:
OMG simply magic!
DHS:
I'm simply speechless.
LMan:
Wonderful. It gives me goosebumps. It's also a powerful reminder and enhancer of Galway's genius.
baztd:
Wow!! Outstanding!
Makke:
Jawdropping!
UnamusedClerk:
Prepare for goosebumps!
DMC:
Der Volker wieder! 😊 Nice one mate. Love how you share a tad of Shaped Signs with the remix community. Track is awesome. Hablefitz Maus. 😊
lomaxx:
Not even gonna think about why this is awesome. Will just listen to it again and close my eyes and be.
monty:
Excellent & fresh with some clever ideas! Personally, I would have loved if after the build-up in the second part the first part had been picked up again and somehow intertwined with it to make an epic track even more epic. I wonder if that had worked…
popnapp:
This is flawless brilliance! At first I was not sure, why the second part? Maybe better to end with the big arrangement in the middle? But it grows on me. What a masterpiece.
Glyn R. Brown:
Very impressive! πŸ˜‰
mikey:
This took me to some other place I was not expecting! Headphones are mandatory.
BeeZerk:
Flawless execution. I love the atmosphere, awakens good memories. Nice!!