Crimson Twilight Recordings

I've spent some time recording the C64 music 'suite' that I wrote for an in-production and upcoming C64 CRPG called "Crimson Twilight", to be released by Arkanix Labs.

The music was written in and exported from GoatTracker v2.71 in .sid format, transferred to, played on and recorded using a real C64c with 8580 SID connected to a Dolby amp (with NR) in 'music' mode then input into a PC using gold leads.  The audio was captured using Audacity, with some noise reduction applied, the sound 'amplified' slightly due to lowish recording level and fade out added.

These recordings are the 8580 SID versions.  Versions for the 6581 iterations of the SID chip have also been written and will be recorded shortly.

The music track titles describe what the track will be used for in the game. All the tracks fade in the recordings fade after one play-through, but in the actual game they will loop continuously.

The music playlist should appear below, but if not can be accessed on SoundCloud here.

3D Galax Recording

A couple of days ago, C64CD released 'F15 D'Gamma Clone', an intro that featured a SID tune by me.  Information about the intro can be found here...

I wrote the music using a PC based tool called Goattracker.  The SID has been recorded using an 8580 SID equipped C64c, run through my Dolby amp.

The tune was started towards the end of 2018 after news of the death of Ben Daglish and was originally intended to be part of a tribute to him, but was unfortunately not completed. It has been finished recently for the above mentioned intro and is respectfully dedicated to his memory and legacy.

I've uploaded a recording to my SoundCloud account; listen to the tune's below. If the player does not appear, hear it on it's SoundCloud page here...

Gamerz Xtreme Theme Recording

A few days ago, Cosine released 'Gamerz Xtreme Intro 2', a C64 intro featuring music by me.  Information about the intro can be found here...

I wrote the music using a PC based tool called Goattracker.  The SID music from the intro has been recorded using a 8580 SID equipped C64c, run through my Dolby amp.

I've uploaded a recording to my SoundCloud account.  Listen to the music below; if the player does not appear, hear it on it's SoundCloud page here...

Unused Shmup Tunes Recording

Yesterday, Cosine released 'Unused Shmup Tunes',  a C64 one file demo music selector featuring code, graphics and music by me.  Information about the collection can be found here...

I wrote the music using a PC based tool called Goattracker.  The SID music from the demo has been recorded using a 8580 SID equipped C64c, run through my Dolby amp.

I've uploaded a recording to my SoundCloud account.  Listen to the music below; if the player does not appear, hear it on it's SoundCloud page here...

Doctor Who Theme Recording

A few days ago, Arkanix Labs released 'PETSCII Doctors,  a new C64 PETSCII graphic collection featuring code and music by me.  Information about the collection can be found here...

I wrote the rendition of the Doctor Who theme music using a PC based tool called Goattracker.  The SID music from the graphic collection has been recorded using a 8580 SID equipped C64c, run through my Dolby amp.

I've uploaded a recording to my SoundCloud account.  Listen to the music below; if the player does not appear, hear it on it's SoundCloud page here...

Super Galax-I-Birds Recording

A few days ago, C64CD released 'Super Galax-I-Birds', a new C64 gallery blaster featuring code, graphics and music by yours truly!  Information about the game can be found here...

I wrote the music using a PC based tool called Goattracker.  The SID music from the game has been recorded using a 8580 SID equipped C64c, run through my Dolby amp.

I've uploaded a recording to my SoundCloud account which includes the title track, a 'get ready' style hit, the in-game tune and another short 'game over' style blast.  Listen to the music below; if the player does not appear, hear it on it's SoundCloud page here...

Stardust Music Recording

Yesterday, Arkanix Labs released 'Stardust Music', my new C64 8580 SID music collection.  Information about the collection can be found here...

I wrote the music using a PC based tool called Goattracker.  The SID's have been recorded using a 8580 SID equipped C64c, run through my Dolby amp.

I've just uploaded a recording to my SoundCloud account; listen to the tune's below. If the player does not appear, hear it on it's SoundCloud page here...

Sgrechian Recording

Yesterday, Cosine released 'Level One', an entry into the 'Crack Intro Creation Competition 2018' on CSDb.  The intro features a new C64 8580 SID tune called 'Y Sgrechian o Jarre' which I wrote a couple of years ago.  Information about the  C64 intro and compo can be found here...

I wrote the music for the intro using a PC based tool called Goattracker.  The SID has been recorded using a 8580 SID C64c run through my Dolby amp.

I've just uploaded a recording to my SoundCloud account; listen to the SID tune below. If the player does not appear, hear it on it's SoundCloud page here...

Paranoimia March Recording

Yesterday, Arkanix Labs released 'Paranoimia March', a new C64 8580 SID.  Information about the SID can be found here...

I wrote the music using a PC based tool called Goattracker.  The SID has been recorded using a 8580 SID equipped C64c, run through my Dolby amp.

I've uploaded the recording to my SoundCloud account; listen to the SID tune below. If the player does not appear below, hear it on it's SoundCloud page here...

Loopit-C64-Ever Recording

Yesterday, Arkanix Labs released 'Loopit-C64-Ever', my new C64 8580 SID.  Information about the SID can be found here...

I wrote the music using a PC based tool called Goattracker.  The SID has been recorded using a 8580 SID equipped C64c, run through my Dolby amp.

I've just uploaded a recording to my SoundCloud account; listen to the SID tune below. If the player does not appear, hear it on it's SoundCloud page here...

Crack or Die! Recording

Back at the beginning of 2015, Arkanix Labs released a music collection called 'Sid Doing Paula', that contained my covers of some of my favourite Amiga modules written in Goattracker

Part of that collection was a SID called 'Crack or Die' by Jugi/Complex.  I've recorded the tune from my 8580 SID equipped C64c connected to my Dolby amp and uploaded it to my SoundCloud account.

If the player doesn't appear below, hear the music on my SoundCloud page here...

Bas Braster Recording

Yesterday, Cosine released 'Oldest Style', an entry into the 'Crack Intro Creation Competition 2018' on CSDb.  The intro features a new C64 8580 SID tune called 'Bas Braster' written by yours truly.  Information about the intro and compo can be found here...

I wrote the music for the intro using a PC based tool called Goattracker.  The SID has been recorded using a 8580 SID C64c run through my Dolby amp.

I've just uploaded a recording to my SoundCloud account; listen to the SID tune below. If the player does not appear, hear it on it's SoundCloud page here...

Tubularween Recording

Yesterday, Cosine released my 'Old School Demo III', a simple Halloween demo coded in response to a challenge on the DBF Interactive forum.  Information about the demo can be found here...

I composed the music for the demo and it's called 'Tubularween' for the riff from Tubular Bells that features before the track goes off on it's own merry way.  It's an original 4 channel module using samples from disk images of the old Amiga ST-XX sample disk packs, along with some 8bit quality samples I ripped from famous horror film scenes.  I attempted to make the track sound like it could have been from an Amiga demo circa 1988.

I've just uploaded the music to my SoundCloud account; if you want to hear it in a music tracker you can follow the link to the demo above and in the .zip file you'll find the 'mod' in ProTracker format.

If the player doesn't appear below, you can hear the music on my SoundCloud page here...

Bat-Tro Recording

Back in 2017, Cosine released a small demo called MD201703 - The Bat-Tro.  Information about and a download for the release can be found here...

I wrote the music for the demo using a PC based tool called Goattracker.  It is a cover of the level 1 music 'Gotham City Street' from the 1990 SEGA Megadrive game 'Batman'.  The SID has been recorded using a 8580 SID C64c run through my Dolby amp.

Listen to the SID tune below; if the player does not appear, hear it on my SoundCloud page here...

Pellucid Effluvium Recording

Back in 2016, Cosine released a part for 'Crackers' Demo 5', the Crackers' Demo series of multi-part demos containing parts by various groups in the Commodore Plus/4 scene.  Information about and a download for the release can be found here...

I wrote the music for the demo using a PC based tool called Knaecketraecker, which is currently incomplete and thus possesses many 'unique quirks and challenges' to complement the challenges of the TED chip itself. I don't have a Plus/4, so this was played from within the tracker tool itself and recorded after passing through a Dolby amp.

At time of writing, this is my first (and so far only) TED tune, until I'm brave enough to venture into Knaecketraecker territory again.  As for the track title 'Pellucid Effluvium'... look it up... ;)

Listen to the TED tune below; if the player does not appear, hear it on my SoundCloud page here...

Sporting Chance Recording

Here is a recording of my Atari 8bit POKEY cover of "Sporting Chance" by Odie/Cosine, the music which has been used for all of the C64 versions of the puzzle game 'Blok Copy' apart from the PETSCII version.

The Atari 8bit version of 'Blok Copy' was released by Cosine in 2018 as a contribution to the 'New Years Disk' collection arranged on the AtariAge forum.  Information about and a download for the game and music can be found here.  The music was written in RASTER Music Tracker.

If the player doesn't appear below, hear the music on my SoundCloud page here...

Mutations Recording

Back in 2014, I remixed/covered one of my favourite C64 tunes Mutants by Fred Gray, which was then released by Arkanix Labs in a C64 demo called 'Mutations'.

This 'from scratch' remix featured a complete rearrangement of the whole tune, addition of drums and the use of heavily filtered bass, in an attempt to produce a more 'chilled' and mellow version of the original tune.

Also on the demo disk was a note file that featured my cover of the music from the SEGA arcade game 'Space Harrier'.  The 1980's C64 conversion of the arcade featured a great version of the arcade tune by Mark Cooksey, using his 'trademark' sounds. However, it didn't sound very authentic to the original and varied slightly in arrangement. My version attempted to sound closer to the arcade tune in sound and arrangement.

Fast forward 4 years and having recently hooked up my 8580 SID equipped C64c to my Dolby amp, I've recorded the SID tunes and uploaded them to SoundCloud.  Listen to them below.

If the players don't appear below, hear the music on my SoundCloud page.  The Mutations track is here and the Space Harrier cover is here.

 

Matkamies Recording

Back at the beginning of 2015, Arkanix Labs released a music collection called 'Sid Doing Paula', that contained my covers of some of my favourite Amiga modules.

Part of that collection was a SID called Matkamies by Heatbeat/Carillon and having recently hooked up my 8580 SID equipped C64c to my Dolby amp, I've recorded the SID tune and uploaded it to my SoundCloud account.

As a bonus, I've also uploaded an Atari 8bit POKEY version of the same tune.  At time of writing, it has not yet been used in any productions.  It was written at the back end of 2017 after T.M.R requested some POKEY music for an Atari 8bit Cosine game, namely 'Blok Copy'.  I had to learn a new application for writing for POKEY, as well as the nuances of the chip itself and out of that learning came the requested music, as well as this 'conversion' of my original Matkamies SID.

The SID version was written in Goattracker and the POKEY written in RASTER Music Tracker.  The original Amiga version can be found on YouTube - just search for 'Amiga Matkamies'.

If the players don't appear below, hear the music on my SoundCloud page.  The C64 8580 SID track is here and the Atari POKEY cover is here.

Beast Tribute Music

A few months ago, Cosine released my Psygnosis tribute demo called Beast Tribute - 'Old School Demo 2'.  You can download the demo here...

I composed the music for the demo.  It's an original 4 channel mod using samples I ripped from the original music in the Amiga game 'Shadow of the Beast', so credit for the samples should go to David Whittaker.  I attempted to make my track sound like it could have been in the original game.

I've finally gotten round to uploading the music to my SoundCloud account, although if you want to hear it in a music tracker you can follow the link to the demo above and in the .zip file you'll find the 'mod' in ProTracker format.

If the player doesn't appear below, you can hear the music on my SoundCloud page here...

Fletch Theme Recording

Back in 2016, Cosine released a C64 demo called MD201605, part of a monthly demo series, for which I provided the music.  Information about the demo and a link to download it is in a blog post here...

As with the recent 'Lost in Time' recording, having hooked up my 8580 SID equipped C64c to my Dolby amp, I've recorded the SID tune and uploaded it to my SoundCloud account.

The music was written in Goattracker and is a cover of the theme tune from the film 'Fletch', by Harold Faltermeyer.

Listen to my SID cover below; if the SoundCloud player doesn't appear, you can hear the recording by following this link here...