2149 and Beyond is my tribute to the amazing talents that, throughout the 80s & 90s, pushed the Yamaha YM2149 sound chip to the limits. Featuring re-imagined classics from many of your favourite chip musicians, this album takes us into the realms of the YM2149 and Beyond.

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2149 and Beyond

Here is my version of Jochen Hippel's (aka Mad Max) fantastic introduction/menu music for The Seven Gates of Jambala.

The Seven Gates of Jambala was developed by Thalion Software and published by Grandslam Interactive in 1989. This was the first game developed by Thalion, and was a launch pad for the Atari ST demo group The Exceptions (Tex) and their venture into commercial games.

Originally created on the YM2149 sound chip for the Atari ST, this has to be one of my favorite introduction tunes. I've incorporated some of Jochen's original sounds into this tune as without them it just doesn't sound the same.

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The Seven Gates of Jambala

Here is my version of Jason C. Brooke's great music from Vixen.

Vixen was developed by Intelligent Design and published by Martech in August 1988. To be honest, it was pretty bad, with the music being the best bit about it!

Musically it is very similar to Sympathy for the Devil by The Rolling Stones - perhaps it is just coincidence?

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Vixen

My cover of the Xenon (In Game) music originally written by David Whittaker and released by The Bitmap Brothers. This version incorporates some of the original sounds that David produced using the Yamaha YM2149 sound chip used in the Atari ST.

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Xenon (In Game)

Welcome to the magical Enchanted Land! This is my remix version of the classic Jochen Hippel (aka Mad Max) intro music for the groundbreaking Atari ST game, Enchanted Land. It is created using lots of lovely 80s instruments and also features Jochen himself (see if you can spot him).

Enchanted Land broke all the rules of the Atari ST to give the best platformer experience ever created. It was written by Nic Thisell of the demo crew The Carebears (TCB) and published by Thalion in 1990.

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Enchanted Land (Intro)

My cover version of the title music to the game LED Storm written by Tim Follin and originally produced using the Yamaha YM2149 sound chip in the Atari ST.

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LED Storm

String Trio is a tune originally written by François Lionet (I think - need to confirm) and was tune 7 featured in the tunes.mbk music bank that was supplied with the STOS Basic programming language on the Atari ST.

It was used in the demo game Zoltar that was provided as an example of what STOS could do.

I was asked to create this version by Michael Keenleyside - thanks Mike, I had fun creating this!

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String Trio (Zoltar)

My versions of the Thalion opening music from the Atari ST. A fantastic piece of music written by Jochen Hippel (aka Mad Max)

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Thalion Introduction

This is my version of the Pipeworx music originally by Nic Alderton (aka Count Zero).

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Pipeworx

Here is my version of Jochen Hippel's (aka Mad Max) fantastic introduction music to the fantastic Wings of Death.

Wings of Death was developed and released on the Atari ST in 1990, and along with it's sequel Lethal Xcess was the best shoot 'em up ever developed on the ST.

The original track was created using Jochen's 4 channel tracker style system, and was the start of one of the best soundtracks on the ST that covered tracker, chip and digi-drum music.

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Wings of Death (Introduction)

Here is my version of the Viz: The Computer Game soundtrack. Originally written by Jeroen Tel, the ZX Spectrum and Atari ST version was converted by Tony Williams.

Viz: The Computer Game featured Johnny Fartpants, Biffa Bacon, and Buster Gonad competing in a series of races around the fictional town of Fulchester for some unnamed prize. The races are run in the park, Fulchester High Street, a building site, the beach and a nightclub. The race commentator is Roger Mellie, who provides irreverent chat throughout the game, and many of Viz's popular characters pop up to help or hinder the contestants.

Publisher: Virgin Interactive
Platform: C64, ZX Spectrum, Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, IBM PC
Released: 1991

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Viz: The Computer Game

Here is my version of Jochen Hippel's (aka Mad Max) fantastic level music for The Seven Gates of Jambala.

The Seven Gates of Jambala was developed by Thalion Software and published by Grandslam Interactive in 1989. This was the first game developed by Thalion, and was a launch pad for the Atari ST demo group The Exceptions (Tex) and their venture into commercial games.

Over the past couple of weeks I've been learning about orchestration and the different elements of the orchestra and how they interact. I thought this tune would be a good starting point to see how I get on. Originally created on the YM2149 sound chip for the Atari ST, The Seven Gates of Jambala is one of my favorite sound tracks.

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21/11/2022

The Seven Gates of Jambala (Level Theme)

In the years after the loss of the Space Police, space became home to roving bands of pirates who lay in wait for the unwary pilot. Survival relied on a fast ship and powerful weapons. The pilots who survived became known as “Free Traders.”

Soon, the best of the pilots began to hire themselves out as escorts to ships owned by rich merchants looking to make vast amounts of money from this anarchy.

To counteract this threat, the pirates grouped together and attacked in force.
Many pilots died trying to fight off large pirate forces. So, they grouped together, and in one huge battle, killed most of the pirates. So, that today, piracy is only a small problem. The group of pilots were known as.. “The Federation of Free Traders.”

Here is my version of Federation of Free Traders (FOFT) composed by the late great Ben Daglish.

Federation of Free Traders is a space trading video game released in 1989 for the Atari ST and Amiga. It was similar in scope to Elite, involving space simulation and exploration tilted towards trading. The player is tasked with exploring and discovering the billions of procedurally generated galaxies and planets. The game was developed and published by Gremlin Interactive.

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19/03/2023

Federation of Free Traders

Here is my version of I, Ball composed by Wally Beben for the Atari ST and published under the budget Silverbird range in 1987. This track is mainly using the ARP 2600 for instrumentation, however there are just some parts of this great tune that cannot be replaced from the original square wave of the YM2149 chip. I have recreated these sounds using a retro chip synthesizer in Reason 12.5.

"I, Ball can best be described as a vertically-scrolling assault game, although the usual assault craft has been replaced by a spherical character with one eye - hence the title" - ST Action

Programmed by : Glyn Kendall
Graphics : Tahir Rashid
Design : Timothy Closs
Music : Wally Beben

This remix forms part of my upcoming album "2149 and Beyond", which is a collection of remixes of my favourite Atari ST YM2149 tracks. You can find more information about it on my BandCamp site, and purchase the album or individual tracks.

https://neilhalliday.bandcamp.com/album/2149-and-beyond

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I, Ball

Here is my version of "Axis Chemicals" music from level 1 of Batman - The Movie released by Ocean Software in 1989. The music on the Atari ST was credited to Jonathan Dunn, whereas the ZX Spectrum version was by Matthew Cannon.

Publisher: Ocean Software
Game Design: Dawn Drake and Mike Lamb
Programming: Mike Lamb, Allan Shortt, and John O'Brien
Graphics: John Palmer, Dawn Drake, and William Harbison
Music: Matthew Cannon and Jonathan Dunn
Platform: All major 8 and 16-bit machines
Released: 1989

This remix forms part of my upcoming album "2149 and Beyond", which is a collection of remixes of my favourite Atari ST YM2149 tracks. You can find more information about it on my BandCamp site and purchase the album or individual tracks.

https://neilhalliday.bandcamp.com/album/2149-and-beyond

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Batman - The Movie (Level 01 - Axis Chemicals)

Batman - The Movie (Axis Chemicals)

Here is my version of the introduction music from A Prehistoric Tale, released by Thalion Software in 1990. This game was developed by the Atari ST democrew, The Lost Boys (TLB).

Publisher: Thalion Software
Game Design: Richard Karsmakers [Cronos], Tim Moss [Manikin] and David Moss [Spaz]
Programming: Stefan Posthuma [Digital Insanity], Klaus Schmitt [Duke], Steffen Fischer [New Mode], Marc Rosocha, Richard Karsmakers, George Kesseler, Fabian Hammer [Oxygene], Chris Jungen and Tim Moss [Manikin]
Graphics: Karsten Koeper, Günter Schmitz, Erik Simon [ES], David Moss [Spaz] and Monika Krawinkel
Music: Jochen Hippel [Mad Max]
Platform: Atari ST & Commodore Amiga
Released: 1990

This remix forms part of my upcoming album "2149 and Beyond", which is a collection of remixes of my favourite Atari ST YM2149 tracks. You can find more information about it on my BandCamp site and purchase the album or individual tracks.

https://neilhalliday.bandcamp.com/album/2149-and-beyond

2149 and Beyond

Neil Halliday