I spent hours -- really, hours -- listening to this back in the 80s. And I don't mean it as in playing at different times; hours as in keeping it in a loop. And as you know the song was before the game even started. At the time I didn't know this was JM Jarre's song, but when I listened to the original, I was a bit disappointed because it didn't have the mood this beautiful piece had. In one word: M-A-S-T-E-R-P-I-E-CE.
This and many others filled my own childhood. I can't tell you how many times I booted a game just to listen to that music. I don't know exactly why, but this track always brings a tear to my eye, as though the buzzy majesty is a dirge for the 64 itself.
Martin Galway was such a master of the SID! I always loved this piece at the start of Yie Ar Kung Fu (at NTSC speed; setting playback to 1.2x speed is the sound I'm used to). One day when scrolling through the shortwave radio band I found it playing on a Japanese radio station (either the original or a cover) and was absolutely enchanted. My most favorite segment of it is what begins at 5:09 through 6:51. It's almost like that center channel is singing, and it brings a tear to the eye.
I've always preferred this arrangement to Jarre's original. It just feels bigger, grander. Of course credit must go to Jarre for having composed it in the first place.
Totally agreed mate. Although hearing it first on C64 probably made me prejudiced. The SID chip is such a unique sound though and Galway was genius in how he used it. Wizball!!
this was my intro to jean-michel jarre for me. i love the original 1978 too (which i heard later), but i still love martin galway's incredible 1985 version just as much as the original.
It's no surprise this was the first game song I ever remixed. It's entranced me since 1988. I had no idea when I remixed it that it itself was a remix of a Jean-Michel Jarre song. I remixed a remix 😂
Ive seen god, listening to this. Its a world beyond beep and all that trash, only possible with a sid chip with its capeabilities and a genius like martin galway! You may call me fool - Ive had tuo run some shops back in the 80s, 90s. And Ive had a playlist to run in every of them, all the time playing for customers, for the public, and one of maybe 5000 songs has been a rip of this. And in some moments Ive seen people, musicians, that did not care about computing - standing there and listening... Greatest thing has been a teacher at the music school in westphalia, that asked to be called back, he wanted to know what equipment to use to get a sound like that, and how many synthesizers have to be mixed together to get this straight... And if today I hear those tunes, I hardly can imagine how to get this done... Martin galway is a name in the business, but this theme beats it all! Thank you!
The tune is beautiful, especially this SID arrangement, but I have to say...it doesn't exactly say "kung fu" to me. Especially once you start the game and it plays the arcade jingles. But then, that kind of thing was always happening with C64 games.
Kinda like the title music in Skate Wars. It's such an upbeat happy tune, it really doesn't sound like "futuristic battle to the death for audience entertainment" .
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I spent hours -- really, hours -- listening to this back in the 80s. And I don't mean it as in playing at different times; hours as in keeping it in a loop. And as you know the song was before the game even started. At the time I didn't know this was JM Jarre's song, but when I listened to the original, I was a bit disappointed because it didn't have the mood this beautiful piece had. In one word: M-A-S-T-E-R-P-I-E-CE.
I feel the same way about a Jarre track but in my case it's Zoolook. And that's also Rob Hubbard and not Martin Galway but I know what you mean.
@@weepingscorpion8739 True too!
This and many others filled my own childhood. I can't tell you how many times I booted a game just to listen to that music. I don't know exactly why, but this track always brings a tear to my eye, as though the buzzy majesty is a dirge for the 64 itself.
@@devikwolf same here!
It just 'rocks' more, hard to tell why, maybe it's a bit faster?
The sounds are harder for sure!
Martin Galway for President...
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Martin Galway was such a master of the SID! I always loved this piece at the start of Yie Ar Kung Fu (at NTSC speed; setting playback to 1.2x speed is the sound I'm used to). One day when scrolling through the shortwave radio band I found it playing on a Japanese radio station (either the original or a cover) and was absolutely enchanted. My most favorite segment of it is what begins at 5:09 through 6:51. It's almost like that center channel is singing, and it brings a tear to the eye.
Big agree on that time stamp. Magnificently gorgeous. Galway is one of the absolute legends of the system.
Martin Galway's C64 music is still very much alive today as it did back then.... Awesome cover for Jarre's classic!
I've always preferred this arrangement to Jarre's original. It just feels bigger, grander. Of course credit must go to Jarre for having composed it in the first place.
Agreed. Just a different mood overall. Such a great tune.
Totally agreed mate. Although hearing it first on C64 probably made me prejudiced. The SID chip is such a unique sound though and Galway was genius in how he used it. Wizball!!
Absolutely, it stands on it's own.
This arrangement is the worst i have ever heard. How awful ! The beauty, magic and elegance of the butchered JMJ original...
@@bnm0883 maybe you are no c64 kid then?
good to bring back good childhood memories, I borrowed my brothers C64 and have played this game several times
literrally, this opening bass square waves.. gets me every time! I come here at 2:50 am to listen to this. Goosebumps every time.
Same here, i even get tears in my eyes when i listen to this.
Both the music and the game itself are true pieces of art!
Awesome!
This SID baseline sounds really dark!
this was my intro to jean-michel jarre for me. i love the original 1978 too (which i heard later), but i still love martin galway's incredible 1985 version just as much as the original.
i feel like I've fallen into a rabbit hole of "chiptune" and I love it
It's no surprise this was the first game song I ever remixed. It's entranced me since 1988. I had no idea when I remixed it that it itself was a remix of a Jean-Michel Jarre song. I remixed a remix 😂
Remix-ception. :)
Nothing like a C64 grunting.
Masterpiece
Ive seen god, listening to this. Its a world beyond beep and all that trash, only possible with a sid chip with its capeabilities and a genius like martin galway! You may call me fool - Ive had tuo run some shops back in the 80s, 90s. And Ive had a playlist to run in every of them, all the time playing for customers, for the public, and one of maybe 5000 songs has been a rip of this. And in some moments Ive seen people, musicians, that did not care about computing - standing there and listening... Greatest thing has been a teacher at the music school in westphalia, that asked to be called back, he wanted to know what equipment to use to get a sound like that, and how many synthesizers have to be mixed together to get this straight... And if today I hear those tunes, I hardly can imagine how to get this done... Martin galway is a name in the business, but this theme beats it all! Thank you!
If someone were to put 4th Rendez-Vous on a Commodore 64, I would die a happy person.
There are several of them in the High Voltage SID Collection: www.hvsc.c64.org/search (search for Rendez).
@@xpmck You are a truly welcome human being.
The tune is beautiful, especially this SID arrangement, but I have to say...it doesn't exactly say "kung fu" to me. Especially once you start the game and it plays the arcade jingles. But then, that kind of thing was always happening with C64 games.
Kinda like the title music in Skate Wars. It's such an upbeat happy tune, it really doesn't sound like "futuristic battle to the death for audience entertainment" .