![]() |
![]() |
#1 | |
Missile Command Champion
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Germany
Age: 52
Posts: 12,479
|
The Turrican Soundtrack Anthology Project
Quote:
![]() LINK |
|
![]() |
![]() |
#2 |
Registered User
Join Date: May 2001
Location: ?
Posts: 19,665
|
"Newly arranged" is usually a bad idea, replacing the good old instruments that work well with modern stuff that usually just feels wrong, but if someone can do it, it's Chris.
|
![]() |
![]() |
#3 |
Zone Friend
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Kent
Age: 51
Posts: 1,092
|
hmm yeah i'd have to agree with that, samples running on Amiga have a certain tighter sound for obvious reasons and remixes never sound as good. I'd argue Chris Huelsbecks own redone versions suffered just a tad but they were still very welcome and handled well
People often seem to think that great songs from the past from older tech would benefit but a good example of how this just isn't the case is the gb Testris song- it wouldn't sound half as neat if a whole orchestra was behind it Mr Huelsbeck's best work i think was when he worked so much with theme and chord- Turrican etc. It was less about arpeggio and better for it i personally think. It's harder work of course and i guess that's why he doesn't craft this way these days. Deep down though i'm sure he knows it's where his pure talent lies and it must be nice to revisit these pieces once more. And i'm not saying he hasn't produced some fine modern day stuff, just a shame he doesn't embrace in the art of melody writing quite so much anymore, for he's god like at it |
![]() |
![]() |
#4 |
Registered User
Join Date: May 2001
Location: ?
Posts: 19,665
|
THere were worse and better cases. Rob Hubbard's re-arranged C64 music always sounded tremendously poor, noting the importance of the SID's timbre in Hubbard's compositions.
I wouldn't say the issue would be the Amiga's way of replaying a sample, rather than they usually take the tune and use NEW instruments for them. For example, if the Amiga tune had a DX100 bass sound, they might go and replace it for something totally different, like a Nord Modular bassline. A friend of mine is taking his old Amiga tunes and replacing all the samples with better, higher quality versions of themselves, wherever possible. He went and resampled as much as he could. The result is fantastic and doesn't loose the characteristics that made the original what it is. |
![]() |
![]() |
#5 |
cheeky scoundrel
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Spijkenisse/Netherlands
Age: 43
Posts: 7,113
|
I've heard plenty of instances where it was done properly. The only thing you have to let go is that you compare the new work to the original; different age, different instrumentation - they are basically new tunes, not a "remake" of older stuff.
Best example yet IMO is the Final Fantasy: Advent Children soundtrack. That was done with real care and it paid off - even the tunes that are full metal / orchestra songs are spectacular, while woefully different from the in-game originals. Notice the IMO in there btw ![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#6 |
Puttymoon inhabitant
|
|
![]() |
![]() |
#7 |
I want an A1000
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Athens
Posts: 743
|
His Turrican CD was almost a disappointment for me, with a bad track selection, too. The intense melodies that Chris produced came out of the hardware restrictions, squeezing his great talent to the max. Almost every remix I've heard, including his own, sounds flat and uninspired. Orchestra versions are nice, but have nothing to do with the originals.
He mentions nearly all Turrican tracks will be remixed and that's good, but after so many years, I'm not optimistic. I hope he plays Turrican a lot again before recording. I'll definitively back the project, wishing him good luck! The Turrican soundtrack is a legend. |
![]() |
![]() |
#8 |
Retro Nuts
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: London/UK
Age: 53
Posts: 1,256
|
I love the Turrican soundtrack,I like it better than the game itself..
![]() Last edited by spannernick; 20 April 2012 at 14:22. |
![]() |
![]() |
#9 |
Linux snob
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Monkey Island
Posts: 997
|
This could be awesome. I just don't see where the orchestra comes in yet.
[ Show youtube player ] |
![]() |
![]() |
#10 |
Missile Command Champion
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Germany
Age: 52
Posts: 12,479
|
The orchester music would be bonus stuff.
|
![]() |
![]() |
#11 | |
Missile Command Champion
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Germany
Age: 52
Posts: 12,479
|
Quote:
LINK |
|
![]() |
![]() |
#12 |
Registered User
Join Date: May 2001
Location: ?
Posts: 19,665
|
Sounds like I will stick to my TFMX files.
|
![]() |
![]() |
#13 | |
Competition Moderator
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Germany
Posts: 4,756
|
Quote:
Awesome, every Turrican track remixed by the master himself - a dream will come true. ![]() |
|
![]() |
![]() |
#14 |
cheeky scoundrel
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Spijkenisse/Netherlands
Age: 43
Posts: 7,113
|
Kickstarter is really strange to me. Wasteland 2 was already at several million, more than three times than what was "asked". It seems so unnatural that the targets are met so easily when you think how people keep their wallets locked in most other cases.
Of course not much has actually come out of the kickstarter things yet, but I see good hope for both the Turrican soundtrack and Wasteland 2 (a game I anticipate more than I did Legend of Grimrock). |
![]() |
![]() |
#15 |
Missile Command Champion
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Germany
Age: 52
Posts: 12,479
|
Well, at the moment only well known game/music maker legends asks for money. Would be probably different if complete unknown people ask for that kind of funding for a project.
|
![]() |
![]() |
#16 |
cheeky scoundrel
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Spijkenisse/Netherlands
Age: 43
Posts: 7,113
|
If I would do it, I certainly wouldn't get a dime.
I guess people can see through the money to what is really asked - not to back a project, but to back a project which would otherwise not see the light of day in the form that the developer intends. Wasteland 2 would probably not be in classic Wasteland style, but first person... I think what it boils down to is that I underestimate the number of brothers and sisters we actually have in the world; true gamers who see the beauty in classic gameplay. |
![]() |
![]() |
#17 |
Missile Command Champion
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Germany
Age: 52
Posts: 12,479
|
That's true. And Shadowrun would be another boring shooter, insteed of a fine oldschool RPG. Kickstarter works for such "from freaks for freaks" projects, beyond that i have doubts.
|
![]() |
![]() |
#18 |
cheeky scoundrel
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Spijkenisse/Netherlands
Age: 43
Posts: 7,113
|
|
![]() |
![]() |
#19 |
Registered Whdload user
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Finland
Age: 49
Posts: 532
|
Turrican Soundtrack Anthology by Chris Huelsbeck @ Kickstarter!
|
![]() |
![]() |
#20 |
Registered User
Join Date: May 2001
Location: ?
Posts: 19,665
|
Well i don't think this compilation will be any good, butif I had some cash now I'd donate, just to support one of my favourite composers and influences.
It's a good, tangible way to 'give back' for all the good work in the past. |
![]() |
Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests) | |
Thread Tools | |
![]() |
||||
Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
Turrican Anthology | TheBoss | GCA.Work in Progress | 14 | 19 August 2015 10:10 |
WTB: Turrican Soundtrack | BlueAchenar | MarketPlace | 5 | 22 May 2011 03:16 |
Turrican soundtrack translation request | wanderer | Retrogaming General Discussion | 6 | 18 November 2005 12:33 |
Soundtrack of Turrican I and II? | spajdr | request.Modules | 6 | 17 May 2004 18:44 |
New Turrican project | Kodoichi | Nostalgia & memories | 5 | 26 October 2002 18:55 |
|
|