The Amiga's Greatest Musical Moments

Steve · 09 February 2003, 13:53

Well after being directed to Cody's threads about his top 50 musical moments in Amiga games...

http://eab.abime.net/search.php?s=&a...der=descending

...I've decided to start my own thread. However in this thread I want to know what you guys think is great Amiga music. Both games and demo's are allowed. I don't want to know everyone's top 50 just a select few of the very best Amiga music moments. The best or most mentioned musical moments will be turned into mp3's by me. They will then be upped to the zone on demand. I have already converted 2 Amiga games title music into mp3 format. One of my favourites is in the zone at the moment. The excellent intro tune to Cannon Fodder. The other tune is the fantastic intro to F1GP. Here are others I will probably be converting into mp3:

Liberation - Captive II (Title Music)
The Settlers (In Game)
Jaguar XJ220 (Thrash Pig Song)
Cannon Fodder 2 (Title Music)
Colonization (In Game)
Soccer Kid AGA (In Game + Title Music)
Ishar AGA (Title Music)

Amiga1992 · 09 February 2003, 15:53

Ooh,

Level 1-2 of Turrican 2. That music turns me on

Also the spaceship levels, very Gradius-ey music!

And the music in Abyss'demo "Extra Life" (by MUffler of coz!)

rattus · 09 February 2003, 16:27

Ghouls'n Ghosts - i'm always humming the music to level 2 and 3

and the track in Turrican 2 called "toxic metal" or something (sp?)....never got to the level but that tune is just sooooo cool!

all games should have a sound test option in my opinion- makes recording to minidisc easier

Djay · 09 February 2003, 16:43

the end tune to Dynablasters is pretty cool

Drake1009 · 09 February 2003, 16:46

I personally really really like the Pinball Illusions intro.

Dastardly · 09 February 2003, 19:44

GODS - Into the wonderful
Chaos Engine - Title Music

09 February 2003, 20:13

It has to be any of the tunes from Shadow of the Beast & also the intro from Sensi!!

Frog · 09 February 2003, 20:19

The music from the demo Joyride / PHENOMENA (Calypso by Tip ) always impressed me.

and a special mention to Third Dimension / CRYPTOBURNERS (Daisy Chain 2 by Rhesus Minus... i like the vocoder )

Steve · 09 February 2003, 20:44

Lots of music for me to checkout.

While I get round to that I have ripped the music from Pinball Illusions for Drake1009. I forgot about that most excellent intro music. That has been mp3'd but it's a little to large (3.5MB) to fit in the zone. If anyone is interested though I could always RAR it up into the zone.

RCK · 09 February 2003, 20:55

Quote:

Originally posted by Akira
Ooh,

Level 1-2 of Turrican 2. That music turns me on Also the spaceship levels, very Gradius-ey music!

And the music in Abyss'demo "Extra Life" (by MUffler of coz!)

I'm *totally* agree with you Akira !
You should try the 1-2 atarist version of T2 (aka "desert rocks"), a little better IMO (even more chippy)

Other excellents tracks from original CD are "bionic action" & "climb to survive".

Btw, did you know that Virgill was a new member of this board since a few days ?!
(he has done music for sanity demo: Interference, and much much more

)

BippyM · 09 February 2003, 21:03

Pinball Illusions (Intro & Title Music)
Xenon 2
Captive (Intro Music)
Turrican 2 (Title)
Z-Out (All)
Rainbow Islands (Fits the game)

Lots of others!

Amiga1992 · 09 February 2003, 21:26

Quote:

Originally posted by RCK
You should try the 1-2 atarist version of T2 (aka "desert rocks"), a little better IMO (even more chippy)

I heard it, but I still preffer the more "orchestrated" Amiga version. The ST version impressed me though, and I found it quite megacool for a chippy

Steve · 09 February 2003, 21:52

Quote:

Originally posted by bippym
Pinball Illusions (Intro & Title Music)

Both have been masterfully ripped and joined and are in the zone as I write this now. Comments are welcome.

RCK · 09 February 2003, 22:15

Quote:

Originally posted by Akira
I heard it, but I still preffer teh more "orchestrated" Amiga version. The ST version impressed me though, and I found it quite megacool for a chippy

Especially for 3-channel YM2149 synth !

Quote:

Originally posted by Steve
Both have been masterfully ripped and joined and are in the zone as I write this now. Comments are welcome.

I got one, why do you post mp3 of those MODS ??!!
(it's only bandwidth waste for those songs, who are not remixed)

originals Mods are available at the Mods Jukebox
21 [>] Pinball Dreams - Intro 5 min 24 159 ko Blaizer Olof Gustafsson
22 [>] Pinball Fantasie - Intro 5 min 24 164 ko Blaizer Olof Gustafsson
23 [>] Pinball Fantasie - Menu 2 min 23 39 ko Blaizer Olof Gustafsson
24 [>] Pinball Illusion - Intro 4 min 21 225 ko Blaizer Olof Gustafsson
25 [>] Pinball Illusion - Menu 2 min 39 80 ko Blaizer Olof Gustafsson

Drake1009 · 09 February 2003, 22:17

I found my version on exotica.

Did you join them yourself? And if so, does that mean the annoying loop thing is gone? I've noticed the version I have doesn't play quite right with winamp or kjofol, it never gets really into the song but loops back to the start.

Dastardly · 09 February 2003, 22:21

Quote:

Originally posted by Zeewolf
It has to be any of the tunes from Shadow of the Beast & also the intro from Sensi!!

OOoooo yeah! SOTB tunes are my all time fave!

09 February 2003, 23:02

Some of my personal favorites in no particular order:

Cannon Fodder - When waiting for a mission to start, kicks in with the helicopter scene.
Liberation - Intro music, when animation is playing
Superfrog - I love the music to this game, probably all the music, for the different themed worlds and the intro. The music really adds to the atmosphere of the different level types.
Settlers - Not much I can say to describe it, just the background music.
Ruff n Tumble - I'm not sure if it ever changes but the title and first world music.
Chaos Engine - Again first world music, haven't got to the 3rd and 4th (haven't tried)
UFO: Enemy Unknown - Especially the interceptor music, but I'm judging by the PC version

Steve · 09 February 2003, 23:38

Quote:

Originally posted by Drake1009
Did you join them yourself? And if so, does that mean the annoying loop thing is gone? I've noticed the version I have doesn't play quite right with winamp or kjofol, it never gets really into the song but loops back to the start.

Yes I edited it together myself. It seems perfect to me. Try it and find out.

RCK: MP3 is better than mod for me and lots of others. You can't listen to mods from a CD or on the move via an mp3 player. However I will stop uploading them if they are eating to much bandwidth.

Amiga1992 · 10 February 2003, 03:03

Quote:

Originally posted by Steve
MP3 is better than mod for me and lots of others.

I hope you recorded these from REAL Amiga sound output, at least. My iBook plays MODs on the move

Shatterhand · 10 February 2003, 04:11

Cannon Fodder - Not only the game is great, musically it's also amazing too. The intro song is classic, and the music that plays while your soldiers are joining your army while you stare at the mountain with the dead soldiers is as good as the title screen one, and the loading mission tune is very good.

Apidya - While Turrican may have the better music, I think Apidya has the best soundtrack in any amiga game. The way each world has it's own theme, remixed in each level of the world is just genious, and the tunes are just excellent.

Battle Squadron - I rank this game with the best overall sound on amiga. The title music is great, the in-game music is FANTASTIC, and the sound-effects are just top-notch.

Jim Power - World 1 has one of the finest tunes ever written on an amiga. Other tunes are great.

Benefactor - title screen tune is great, and fits it perfectly. Also, each world has it's own tune, and each tune fits the world perfectly too.

And then of course there's the Turrican trilogy, but I think there's no need to mention it

There are some scener's songs I like, but I don't remember their names..... Lizardking's Theme by Lizardking is great.

09 February 2003, 13:53	#1
Steve I Identify as an Ewok Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: North Lincolnshire Age: 45 Posts: 2,356	The Amiga's Greatest Musical Moments Well after being directed to Cody's threads about his top 50 musical moments in Amiga games... http://eab.abime.net/search.php?s=&a...der=descending ...I've decided to start my own thread. However in this thread I want to know what you guys think is great Amiga music. Both games and demo's are allowed. I don't want to know everyone's top 50 just a select few of the very best Amiga music moments. The best or most mentioned musical moments will be turned into mp3's by me. They will then be upped to the zone on demand. I have already converted 2 Amiga games title music into mp3 format. One of my favourites is in the zone at the moment. The excellent intro tune to Cannon Fodder. The other tune is the fantastic intro to F1GP. Here are others I will probably be converting into mp3: Liberation - Captive II (Title Music) The Settlers (In Game) Jaguar XJ220 (Thrash Pig Song) Cannon Fodder 2 (Title Music) Colonization (In Game) Soccer Kid AGA (In Game + Title Music) Ishar AGA (Title Music)

09 February 2003, 20:44	#9
Steve I Identify as an Ewok Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: North Lincolnshire Age: 45 Posts: 2,356	Cool Lots of music for me to checkout. While I get round to that I have ripped the music from Pinball Illusions for Drake1009. I forgot about that most excellent intro music. That has been mp3'd but it's a little to large (3.5MB) to fit in the zone. If anyone is interested though I could always RAR it up into the zone.

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09 February 2003, 15:53	#2
Amiga1992 Registered User Join Date: May 2001 Location: ? Posts: 19,645	Ooh, Level 1-2 of Turrican 2. That music turns me on Also the spaceship levels, very Gradius-ey music! And the music in Abyss'demo "Extra Life" (by MUffler of coz!)

09 February 2003, 16:27	#3
rattus Registered User Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Australia Posts: 328	Ghouls'n Ghosts - i'm always humming the music to level 2 and 3 and the track in Turrican 2 called "toxic metal" or something (sp?)....never got to the level but that tune is just sooooo cool! all games should have a sound test option in my opinion- makes recording to minidisc easier

09 February 2003, 16:43	#4
Djay 95th User Join Date: May 2001 Location: Brighton/UK Age: 48 Posts: 3,120	the end tune to Dynablasters is pretty cool

09 February 2003, 16:46	#5
Drake1009 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Denmark Posts: 2,284	I personally really really like the Pinball Illusions intro.

09 February 2003, 19:44	#6
Dastardly Into the Wonderful Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: England Age: 49 Posts: 2,335	GODS - Into the wonderful Chaos Engine - Title Music

09 February 2003, 20:13	#7
Zeewolf Posts: n/a	It has to be any of the tunes from Shadow of the Beast & also the intro from Sensi!!

09 February 2003, 20:19	#8
Frog Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: France Posts: 1,385	The music from the demo Joyride / PHENOMENA (Calypso by Tip ) always impressed me. and a special mention to Third Dimension / CRYPTOBURNERS (Daisy Chain 2 by Rhesus Minus... i like the vocoder )

09 February 2003, 21:03	#11
BippyM Global Moderator Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Derby, UK Age: 48 Posts: 9,355	Pinball Illusions (Intro & Title Music) Xenon 2 Captive (Intro Music) Turrican 2 (Title) Z-Out (All) Rainbow Islands (Fits the game) Lots of others!

09 February 2003, 22:17	#15
Drake1009 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Denmark Posts: 2,284	I found my version on exotica. Did you join them yourself? And if so, does that mean the annoying loop thing is gone? I've noticed the version I have doesn't play quite right with winamp or kjofol, it never gets really into the song but loops back to the start.

09 February 2003, 23:02	#17
NytroX86 Posts: n/a	Some of my personal favorites in no particular order: Cannon Fodder - When waiting for a mission to start, kicks in with the helicopter scene. Liberation - Intro music, when animation is playing Superfrog - I love the music to this game, probably all the music, for the different themed worlds and the intro. The music really adds to the atmosphere of the different level types. Settlers - Not much I can say to describe it, just the background music. Ruff n Tumble - I'm not sure if it ever changes but the title and first world music. Chaos Engine - Again first world music, haven't got to the 3rd and 4th (haven't tried) UFO: Enemy Unknown - Especially the interceptor music, but I'm judging by the PC version

10 February 2003, 04:11	#20
Shatterhand Warhasneverbeensomuchfun Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Rio de Janeiro / Brazil Age: 41 Posts: 3,450	Cannon Fodder - Not only the game is great, musically it's also amazing too. The intro song is classic, and the music that plays while your soldiers are joining your army while you stare at the mountain with the dead soldiers is as good as the title screen one, and the loading mission tune is very good. Apidya - While Turrican may have the better music, I think Apidya has the best soundtrack in any amiga game. The way each world has it's own theme, remixed in each level of the world is just genious, and the tunes are just excellent. Battle Squadron - I rank this game with the best overall sound on amiga. The title music is great, the in-game music is FANTASTIC, and the sound-effects are just top-notch. Jim Power - World 1 has one of the finest tunes ever written on an amiga. Other tunes are great. Benefactor - title screen tune is great, and fits it perfectly. Also, each world has it's own tune, and each tune fits the world perfectly too. And then of course there's the Turrican trilogy, but I think there's no need to mention it There are some scener's songs I like, but I don't remember their names..... Lizardking's Theme by Lizardking is great.

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