Nitro Ball (Arcade) - Field 3: Ghost Town, composed by Hiroaki Yoshida, Akira Takemoto. A criminally short loop!  Also, this game looks WILD. A top-down run and gun with pinball elements? What were they on?

Lemmings (PC/DOS) - Beast II, composed by Tim Wright. This particular tune is originally from Shadow of the Beast II, but I (like many others) first heard it used in Lemmings. I grew up with this particular CD-ROM DOS version that was released in Canada. I’m not sure who’s responsible for doing the arrangements for this specific port. Lemmings provides a fascinating opportunity: because it was ported to so many consoles, you get to hear how the same compositions get handled when being arranged for different sound chips with wildly different capabilities. Might make for a good future RGA episode. 😉

Addams Family Values (SNES) - Sea of Cursed Trees, composed by Keith Tinman. Not my favourite Addams Family game by a long shot. I remember playing it for hours as a kid, but judging by gameplay videos on YouTube I probably only ever saw the first 10% of the game. The soundtrack oozes with atmosphere, though!

Dead of the Brain: Shiryou no Sakebi (PC-9801) - BGM 1, composed by Ryu Takami, Marina. There’s a few different versions of this tune (including a OPM version for the X68000 version) but I found myself gravitating to the slightly simpler OPN version for some reason.

Death Stalker (ZX Spectrum) - Title Screen, composed by David Whittaker.  Found this track randomly while digging through some horror and horror-adjacent game soundtracks in hopes of finding something suitable for a Dwelling of Duels entry.  I never ended up making anything, but I did find this cool cut. Not the most technically complex, but still a cool composition!

Conker's Bad Fur Day (N64) - Bats, composed by Robin Beanland. Conker’s Bad Fur Day has a great, varied soundtrack. There are a few tunes that would fit in here, but this piece in 6/4 has always been a favorite of mine.

Nosferatu (SNES) - Creature of the Night, composed by Masanao Akahori. “Synthwave before synthwave was a thing.” - @jollymetalhead in the Dwelling of Duels discord, October 2023

Devilish (Genesis) - Stage 7 - Prarie, composed by Hitoshi Sakimoto. Credit goes to Kev Ragone and Super Strikers for introducing this tune to me. Check out their cover of this tune here, it really highlights the Exorcist / Tubular Bells connections in this tune. https://dodarchive.dwellingofduels.net/23-08-HitoshiSakimoto/07-Super%20Strikers%2C%20Kev%20Ragone%2C%20Stemage%2C%20Dino%20Lionetti-Devilish-Prairie%20Hell%20Companion-DoD.mp3

Duck Tales (prototype) (NES) - Ghost House, composed by Hiroshige Tonomura. Bizarro world Duck Tales Transylvania. Composition wise I think I prefer the version in the final game, but this one certainly has more spooky musical tropes.

I have notifications turned off on most of my apps, so I didn't see this as soon as I could have. I'm so, so glad y'all are back!

Kappa

After a long hiatus, we're back! We don't have anything specific to announce or regular content on the way just yet, but stay tuned for more. RGA will resume in some capacity, with Jeffrey Roberts joining as a permanent member.

Intro-less version of this episode can be found here, and as always downloads are enabled to be able to listen outside of soundcloud:
https://soundcloud.com/retrogameaudio/halloween-mix-v-music-only/s-kMh08uYqa7Z

Steve, Patrick, and Jeff each picked 10 tracks, so we're doing the usual 30-tracks format, divided 3 ways this time instead of 2.

Patrick would like to thank Alex Menchi again for providing most of the Amiga rips used in this playlist; His archive has been incredibly helpful in discovering more Amiga tunes we weren't previously familiar with.

Tracklist:

1:39 Galactic Empire (Amiga) - Original Theme, composed by Frédéric Motte (Moby)
5:20 Otto's Ottifanten - Baby Bruno's Nightmare (GB) - Ghostphobia, composed by Alberto Jose González
8:09 SaGa Frontier (PS1) - Ancient Tomb of Sei, composed by Kenji Ito
10:09 Nitro Ball (Arcade) - Field 3: Ghost Town, composed by Hiroaki Yoshida; Akira Takemoto
11:18 Turrican 3 (Amiga) - Slimy Mutants & Alien Disaster, composed by Chris Hülsbeck
13:05 Advance Wars: Days of Ruin (3DS) - Madman's Reign - Greyfield, composed by Yoshito Hirano
15:13 Warlock (SNES) - Terror Awaits..., composed by Eric Swanson
16:54 Lemmings (PC/DOS) - Beast II, composed by Tim Wright
18:30 Awesome (Amiga) - Game Over, composed by Timothy Brian Wright & Lee Wright
20:37 Akumajou Densetsu (Famicom) - Overture, composed by Konami Kukeiha Club
22:50 Addams Family Values (SNES) - Sea of Cursed Trees, composed by Keith Tinman
25:32 T-Racer (Amiga) - Theme, composed by Pierpaolo Di Maio
29:49 Murders in Space (Amiga) - Murders in Space, composed by Stéphane Picq
31:49 Demon's Crest (SNES) - Beyond the Colosseum, composed by Toshihiko Horiyama
34:00 Garfield: Caught in the Act (PC) - Count Slobula's Castle, composed by Tristan Des Pres
35:38 Dead of the Brain: Shiryou no Sakebi (PC-9801) - BGM 1, composed by Ryu Takami; Marina
37:49 Death Stalker (ZX Spectrum) - Title Screen, composed by David Whittaker 
40:48 Wings of Death (Amiga ) - Title Theme, composed by Jochen Hippel
46:31 Xak: The Tower of Gazzel  (PC-9801) - Gazzel, composed by Tadahiro Nitta
48:56 Conker's Bad Fur Day (N64) - Bats, composed by Robin Beanland
52:20 Secret of Mana (SNES) - Ceremony, composed by Hiroki Kikuta
54:08 King's Valley 2 (MSX) - Demo Between Pyramids, composed by Kazuhiko Uehara, Kinuyo Yamashita, Masahiro Ikariko, Michiru Yamane, Motoaki Furukawa, Yasuhiko Manno
54:53 Duck Tales (prototype) (NES) - Ghost House, composed by Hiroshige Tonomura
56:31 Gauntlet III  (Atari ST) - Title Screen, composed by Tim Follin
58:44 Invasion from Beyond (PS1) - Track 9, composed by Jolyon Myers
61:12 Nosferatu (SNES) - Creature of the Night, composed by Masanao Akahori
62:38 VergeWorld: Icarus (Amiga) - Theme, composed by Szudizlav
65:16 Devilish (Genesis) - Stage 7 - Prarie , composed by Hitoshi Sakimoto
67:54 Ilusion of Gaia (SNES) - Threat of Dark Gaia, composed by Yasuhiro Kawasaki
71:01 Journey to Silius (NES) - Intro, composed by Naoki Kodaka

Episode 32: Halloween Mix V

The Coffee Zone

The Coffee Zone [VRC7]

This is one of my earliest tracks, inspired by a music I heard in the Karnov arcade at the time. I did this before coding my Compact Editor, so all was written directly into the music driver's source code.

It's made of small musical phrases interchanged and transposed to make the tune longer. Nothing really interesting, just an old curiosity : )

Russian (ZX Spectrum 128, 1989, unreleased)

Hawkeye is one of the first video game soundtracks I ever composed. The game itself was the first parallax full-screen platform game on the Commodore 64 created by the Boys Without Brains (BWB). This is the preview of the remake, which me and my brother are producing in my brother's music studio. Thanks for all the feedback, guys! We're going all the way in. Stay tuned on this one!

Cheers guys! Play it loud!

//Jeroen Tel (and Kees Tel)

Tel Me More

Hawkeye

Jeroen Tel - Hawkeye (Preview)

Made with Deflemask 12 - YM2612+SN76489
Mastered by:  NICKELPUNK ( https://nickelpunk.bandcamp.com/ )
BotB Rank:  61st/312

This year, I'm challenging myself to write and release 100 tracks. I've been busy writing tons of this year so far... this is the first in the whole series (hence the title!).  I've decided that I will complete this goal personally and but keep folks updated as I go - this will include both personal and commercial tracks too!  Right now, I'm up to about 22 - still a long ways to go!

1 Of 100 [Battle of the Bits - Winter Chip XIII]

First time using the genMDM. This is an original track I made to test out the YM2612 FM chip on the Sega Genesis.

I did not use the 2nd sound chip, the SN76489 PSG at all. There are 6 channels of audio. I used the 6 channels on the FM chip with no changes to patches mid song. 

I decided to keep the limitation of the 6 channels, but do some EQ and Compression to the tracks, as I was after a particular aesthetic. Sorry to all you purist Chiptune artists out there :-)

68-YM2612FM

Here's an MS-DOS rendition of G A H by Chromelodeon from The Final Recordings. This was the middle tune in my chipspace open mic set at MAGFest this year to celebrate Chromelodeon's reunion. Man, what a show that was. I had meant to post this online earlier but there was a small change I wanted to make and I didn't have access to my DOS rig until today. Please enjoy! And go see Chromelodeon if you ever get the chance!

G A H

A journey in music and inspiration. Something to really enjoy and cherish... Life empowering, love embracing.

I composed this song for my contributors to the now-infamous "Tel Me More"  project.

This song is also being made as a bonus track on the actual Commodore 64 in multi-speed.

Special thanks for the ongoing support from many of you: friends and family, but in particular:  Kees Tel (my brother), Irene Tel (my sister), Jan Cloin (my brother-in-law), my dear friends: Leon van Rooij, Dirk Sloos, Carl Ellement,  All the guys in Maniacs of Noise! <3, Traveller Keyz 2020!, Jorg van den Elsen, Tom Geevers, Roel Meulemeesters & last but not least, Dr.P & Mr. John! <3

And... in the up and foremost my daughter Janne and her pets: pet rats: Ietje, Wiesje, Bloempje & dog: Guusje & turtles: Roos & Ferdinand & the giant snail: Perkamentus. =D

The Journey continues!

The Open Soul

Jeroen Tel - The Open Soul (preview) (v22)

Tekst en Zang:  Jeroen Tel
Muziek en Arrangement:  Kees Tel

(C) 2020 K. Tel & J. Tel

Corona Corona

Laat Maar - Corona Corona

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