Music used in A8 Games

[+therealbountybob]

So we're playing Preppie! (& Preppie II!) in the HSC and yesterday I go to the local music shop with young master Gwobby so he can check out an electric-mandalin; yes the youth of today and no they hadn't heard of it either.

 

Anyway across the shop there's another random youngster trying out the violins, and in a very surreal moment I thought "hang on I know that tune", although not all the notes were necessarily in the right order, and he's only playing the Preppie! theme tune

I was going to ask him to play the theme from Preppie! II but I feared rapid expulsion from the shop

 

So that got me thinking: what is that piece of music called and what other famous (classical or modern) tunes have been used in Atari 8-bit games

[Rybags]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQAn0SGDf0M&p=C9F90CB80FCB0ACE&playnext=1&index=33

 

Plenty of games used public domain songs, in fact most of the Synapse games used old/classic songs.

[+therealbountybob]

Nice

 

This might be the original source

 

Ok what about some others:

Gyruss

Rescue on Fractalus

Spy's Demise has loads of songs

Zone X - I think has a spot of classic rock maybe 'Yes'

[+MrFish]

So that got me thinking: what is that piece of music called and what other famous (classical or modern) tunes have been used in Atari 8-bit games

 

is the the more memorable version of the song for me. I probably wouldn't know the tune otherwise. Edited September 19, 2010 by MrFish

[+skr]

Nice

 

This might be the original source

 

Ok what about some others:

Gyruss

Rescue on Fractalus

Spy's Demise has loads of songs

Zone X - I think has a spot of classic rock maybe 'Yes'

 

Gyruss is simple: It´s "Toccata and Fugue in D minor", probably by J.S. Bach: http://tinyurl.com/5gr9su

[Fres]

Spy's Demise has more than one song? The one I remember is Hungarian Dance 5 by Brahms.

 

Mountain King uses In the Hall of the Mountain King by Gried, and I think the game Henri uses a classical tune. Can't remember, tho, and haven't played it in ages.

[Fres]

Spy's Demise has more than one song? The one I remember is Hungarian Dance 5 by Brahms.

 

Mountain King uses In the Hall of the Mountain King by Grieg, and I think the game Henri uses a classical tune. Can't remember, tho, and haven't played it in ages.

[Divya16]

So that got me thinking: what is that piece of music called and what other famous (classical or modern) tunes have been used in Atari 8-bit games

 

is the the more memorable version of the song for me. I probably wouldn't know the tune otherwise.

 

That guy chasing the rabbit does have a rough voice; can you translate what he's singing?

[+MrFish]

So that got me thinking: what is that piece of music called and what other famous (classical or modern) tunes have been used in Atari 8-bit games

 

is the the more memorable version of the song for me. I probably wouldn't know the tune otherwise.

 

That guy chasing the rabbit does have a rough voice; can you translate what he's singing?

 

If I'm not mistaken, it's a rendition of Howlin' Wolf's

[Heaven/TQA]

what about Ranbow Walker?

 

 

What about Schloss Schreckenstein intro?

 

What about Axis Komputerkunst intro?

[Heaven/TQA]

Nutcracker by Tchaikovsky. see comments on Bristles

 

[Marius]

And how appropriate... in Hover Bovver: (English) Country Gardens.

 

It is really funny they used a song named 'Country Gardens' in a game where you have to mow the lawn

 

Hehe.

M.

[R6502A]

On the Atari XL/XE computers, the Self Test program's Audio-Visual test section played first 6 notes of the Promenade from Pictures at an Exhibition by Russian composer Modest Mussorgsky through each of the computer's sound channels.

[Fox-1 / mnx]

http://atariki.krap.pl/index.php/Ciekawostki

[+skr]

On the Atari XL/XE computers, the Self Test program's Audio-Visual test section played first 6 notes of the Promenade from Pictures at an Exhibition by Russian composer Modest Mussorgsky through each of the computer's sound channels.

 

That´s cool. Found that music on Wiki: http://tiny.cc/yp3mk

Edited September 20, 2010 by skr

[+therealbountybob]

Still need to identify Preppie! II

Spy's Demise does have multiple tunes, just leave the guy standing still and it'll play them all

 

Another one that has a good tune is Pooyan...

[Divya16]

Still need to identify Preppie! II

Spy's Demise does have multiple tunes, just leave the guy standing still and it'll play them all

 

Another one that has a good tune is Pooyan...

 

Preppie II has more originality. Preppie I looks like rip-off of the game play and music from other games or musicians. Preppie I would have been better with that savage singing in that bugs bunny video link given earlier.