8-Bit Symphony and Rob Hubbard - The One Show 11 September 2019

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  • @marciomaiajr
    @marciomaiajr 3 года назад +166

    "I think we should try to push the envelope a little bit". Yeah, a "little bit". He pushed the envelope so hard we are still listening to his tunes 30 years later.

    • @JeroenTel
      @JeroenTel 2 года назад +13

      Could not have phrased it better than that ! Working with the man on these projects was a childhood dream come true (C64 Orchestra).

    • @commodoresixfour7478
      @commodoresixfour7478 Год назад

      Dam right

    • @matthewarnold5531
      @matthewarnold5531 Год назад +5

      "Push the envelope" - a synthesizer enthusiast's in-joke 😂

    • @caeserromero3013
      @caeserromero3013 Год назад +4

      he didn't just push it, he addressed it, put a 1st class stamp on it and MAILED it 😂

    • @kloakovalimonada
      @kloakovalimonada 5 месяцев назад

      40 😂❤

  • @touldie573
    @touldie573 4 года назад +148

    Rob Hubbard is Music God for me. I'm still listening to his 8-bit music in 2020.

    • @magicstix0r
      @magicstix0r 3 года назад +3

      I'm happy for you and I'ma let you finish but Tim Follin is one of the best 8-bit composers of all time.

    • @supmattboy
      @supmattboy 3 года назад +3

      @@magicstix0r Chris Hulsbeck, Alberto Jose Gonzalez, Jeroen Tel, Matt Furniss, Jonathan Dunn...

    • @AmstradExin
      @AmstradExin 3 года назад +1

      still gives me the shivers

    • @JeroenTel
      @JeroenTel 2 года назад +1

      Never stop. Rob is a legend ! And a great person as well !

    • @SeaJay_Oceans
      @SeaJay_Oceans Год назад +1

      2023 8-Bit Music 4 Ever ! :-)

  • @gillesguyot6315
    @gillesguyot6315 11 месяцев назад +6

    Rob Hubbard is a king for C64's fans

  • @johnbyrd2402
    @johnbyrd2402 Год назад +8

    Rob is a really nice guy. I was privileged to meet him while he was at Electronic Arts.

  • @lucian2701
    @lucian2701 Год назад +4

    Mr Hubbard is, and will always be, an absolute legend.
    I just wish someone had told kate that the zipstik doesn't have a fire button on the top of the stick.

  • @justusbowman
    @justusbowman 3 года назад +49

    One thing I’ve noticed is people who don’t « get it » think the old music was bad due to it not sounding more like modern music. Many of us couldn’t disagree more. Systems like the C64 had great character, and working within limitations was part of the experience. Said restrictions revealed and developed very cunning artists.

    • @Music-tg5is
      @Music-tg5is 5 месяцев назад +2

      Exactly. Don't get me wrong, the full orchestral arrangement versions are a lovely companion. But you can't beat the original SID sound of these timeless classics.

  • @msulemanf
    @msulemanf 4 года назад +78

    Given the technical requirements and resource restraints of the time and the creativity he brought, Rob Hubbard is a bona fide genius.

    • @JustWasted3HoursHere
      @JustWasted3HoursHere Год назад +1

      I saw in a short interview with Rob once that he once was tasked with creating the music for some game (don't remember what it was), but they only had something like 128 bytes of available RAM for him to use! He took the job though and the publisher was happy with the results.

  • @caeserromero3013
    @caeserromero3013 Год назад +9

    Thanks for the music Rob 👍

  • @vegtersbaas
    @vegtersbaas 5 лет назад +40

    Rob Hubbard.. back in 1985 when i was 14 and heard Commando for the first time. I nearly fainted. Rob has achieved god-level with #easylab4kids :)

  • @steveyjinx1168
    @steveyjinx1168 3 года назад +23

    My favourite Rob Hubbard composition for the C64 is the music he created for the game 'Thrust'. Masterpiece!!

    • @LERobbo
      @LERobbo 3 года назад

      I'll stick with LightForce.

  • @ernopakarinen9361
    @ernopakarinen9361 3 года назад +19

    Rob is the man. I still listen his C64 masterpieces on SID emulators.

  • @mixchief
    @mixchief 4 года назад +30

    Rob Hubbard, Tim Follins, Jonathan Dunn, Ben Daglish, David Whittaker - in no particular order - are among my fave C64 game musicians. They all contributed with something extra special. Of course, I'm still not mentioning a ton of others who produced equally great material on the system. I think the sound of SID is going down as one of humankind's greatest achievements and something we should bring with us when we're heading for other planetary worlds out there. This is interstellar music - probably our only means of gaining acceptance by extraterrestial beings.

    • @1letteroff881
      @1letteroff881 3 года назад +7

      and Jeroen Tell!

    • @JeroenTel
      @JeroenTel 2 года назад +3

      That, in a way, is actually one of the most prolific things I've ever heard.
      Indeed, it puts music down to its very core without too many bells and whistles... I gotta think about this for a while. 🤓

    • @JeroenTel
      @JeroenTel 2 года назад +1

      @@1letteroff881 Thanks, 1 L less, 1letteroff indeed. 😆

    • @HJE1974
      @HJE1974 2 года назад +8

      Martin Galway anyone? He played the sid like a synth, he is still a legend!!!

    • @KaterMikesch666
      @KaterMikesch666 Год назад +1

      Absolutely the godfathers of PC-Music……Hubbard, Dalglish, Galway and a few others. I loved it in 1984….i love it today.

  • @doomniel
    @doomniel 4 года назад +14

    One of the best SID composers.. some say the best... thanks Rob!

  • @SheepOnMintSauce
    @SheepOnMintSauce 5 лет назад +48

    Someone should tell her, the fire buttons on that joystick are the big yellow buttons on the base. It's cruel to just let her spong out like that.

  • @robbiesz
    @robbiesz 3 года назад +9

    He should get the knighthood. I cant think of a better way to honor his accomplishments and gift to the world.

  • @undeadtotheend6420
    @undeadtotheend6420 3 года назад +6

    Rob Hubbard is a legend.

  • @PjD-pk1fg
    @PjD-pk1fg 3 года назад +10

    Thank you RUclips for putting this on my playlist.....Rob Hubbard is a legend!

  • @DCHurlford1
    @DCHurlford1 Год назад +2

    C64 Legend. Loved his main theme music for the space shoot-em-up Delta. Also memories of the ZZAP! 64 cover tape which featured his music for the game Sanxion.

  • @Nebulous6
    @Nebulous6 5 месяцев назад +1

    Thank heavens for composers like Rob Hubbard for taking the time and care to overhaul computer music. They could have just 'dialed it in' and taken the pay cheque but they took the time to put in the extra effort.

  • @Andyc18
    @Andyc18 Год назад +2

    The Road Rash soundtracks that he composed were incredible

  • @SeaJay_Oceans
    @SeaJay_Oceans Год назад +1

    So much amazing good music in computer games, from the VIC-20, C64, Ataris, Amigas, PCs and all the rest... true performances of wonderful tunes !

  • @pendulumdistinction2494
    @pendulumdistinction2494 2 месяца назад

    The elegance that comes from the symphony is just breathtaking.

  • @pendulumdistinction2494
    @pendulumdistinction2494 2 месяца назад

    Incredible! Inspiration beyond the obvious and beyond. Rob Hubbard is a Gift!

  • @Pugopugo
    @Pugopugo 4 месяца назад

    I am so happy Rob's and the other chip artists music lives on like this! I loved the music back in the 80:s and it has followed med through life since then. Whenever I listen to it it really brightens my day and I often have it in the background when I work.

  • @parksmush
    @parksmush 5 лет назад +11

    It was a fantastic night - and I got to meet Paul Norman..... Unforgettable.

    • @JeroenTel
      @JeroenTel 2 года назад

      @Stefan W. Scariest game (also because of the music) I ever played... 🕸

  • @kyorin6526
    @kyorin6526 3 года назад +6

    The music of the Spectrum and the C64 should not be lumped together in the same category!!!

  • @berniem.6965
    @berniem.6965 3 года назад +6

    Am I the only one who prefers the 8 bit version? Besides that, many of Hubbard's compositions were arranged like a typical rock band, not to mention his iconic lead sound that sounds very close to a distorted electric guitar. I would have preferred a band over an orchestra, but that's just my personal taste.
    While other sound guys (like Chris Hülsbeck) may have driven the SID even closer to its limits, Rob Hubbard's tunes were and to this day are my favorite ones in terms of musical quality. The Monty On The Run and Commando tunes still send shivers down my spine.

  • @tomiantenna7279
    @tomiantenna7279 3 года назад +5

    Kate handles that joystick like a pro.

  • @jaseyettridge4254
    @jaseyettridge4254 7 месяцев назад

    It’s staggering what they did with memory they had. I was one of those that got games purely because Rob was on it. Still listen to the tunes. Man is a genius in my book.

  • @graphicsociety1
    @graphicsociety1 3 года назад +4

    What an iconic era. Thank you for all amazing memories.

  • @MorrisseysMonkey
    @MorrisseysMonkey Год назад +1

    'Sanxion' theme was bloody marvelous.

  • @hai.1820
    @hai.1820 11 месяцев назад +2

    Commando was his epitome, I suppose. And the game itself was actually beatable, unlike most other C64 games that wasted my childhood in frustration... 🙃

  • @JustWasted3HoursHere
    @JustWasted3HoursHere 5 лет назад +23

    I hope they also covered several other great C64 (and other system) composers. Martin Galway's Rambo High Score music is a work of art, as is Ben Daglish's Last Ninja soundtrack.

    • @PaulEMoz
      @PaulEMoz  5 лет назад +6

      Well, not in this piece but it focused on Rob for a reason. Galway and Daglish's music featured heavily in the actual concert, though.

    • @JustWasted3HoursHere
      @JustWasted3HoursHere 5 лет назад +4

      @@PaulEMoz That's good to hear because there is plenty of talent in that arena. Heck, even now the demo scene is alive and well and SID music has progressed even more. Of course, these guys have had 37 years to reverse engineer and perfect it!

    • @JamesW81
      @JamesW81 3 года назад +3

      @@JustWasted3HoursHere I was at the concert and they played an absolutely beautiful tribute to Ben.

    • @JustWasted3HoursHere
      @JustWasted3HoursHere 3 года назад

      @@JamesW81 Nice.

    • @duffman18
      @duffman18 3 года назад +1

      And don't forget Tim Follin

  • @wadz668
    @wadz668 Год назад

    My kid has Reason for making music on his computer and one of the demo songs was a remake of the Commando music by Rob Hubbard and it was AMAZING!

  • @garethdodds
    @garethdodds 2 года назад +1

    Rob Hubbard is an absolute 8 bit music legend.

  • @philsbbs
    @philsbbs 3 года назад +1

    He was a legend and still is to me.

  • @peterbaunsgaard7083
    @peterbaunsgaard7083 3 года назад +12

    Rob Hubbard and Martin Galway are the king of C64 music.

  • @thatguywiththemitsu9696
    @thatguywiththemitsu9696 Год назад +2

    Rob Hubbard and Jeron Tell - gods of 8bit music

    • @jcdenton4911
      @jcdenton4911 9 месяцев назад

      Too bad Jeroen turned out to be a robbing prick that stole over $27,000 :(

  • @paulspencer6477
    @paulspencer6477 5 лет назад +8

    I was there! A great night with some excellent music!

    • @trydowave
      @trydowave 4 года назад

      so was i :)

    • @davedogge2280
      @davedogge2280 3 года назад

      It's one of those once in a lifetime things. I saw Ennio Morricone at Hammersmith some years ago (introduced by Jonathan Ross of all people) and it was an incredible night.... now no longer possible to see.

  • @5HlNOBI
    @5HlNOBI 4 года назад +3

    Legend! Master! TY!

  • @LogrusUK
    @LogrusUK 5 лет назад +5

    Such a shame this wasn't on time! Wonderful memories and WELL DONE for getting the latest KS funded!

  • @HerveSACUTO
    @HerveSACUTO 3 года назад +1

    I hear all your tunes so much long long long after c64 live

  • @inphanta
    @inphanta 5 лет назад +9

    I was there! Sadly, I couldn't stick around to chat to people at the end, but it was a great night. :)

  • @ugugugthe2nd.732
    @ugugugthe2nd.732 4 года назад +1

    Excellent

  • @colinthomson7518
    @colinthomson7518 Год назад +2

    what a legend, I still prefer the old Sid Chip Sound.

  • @MilMike
    @MilMike 2 года назад +1

    I remember playing commando as a kid on my C64.. like 30 years ago.
    This music today popped up in my head randomly and I knew the name. The brain is strange. xD

  • @wadeslea
    @wadeslea 3 года назад +2

    Genius of songwriting

  • @videogamebookreviews
    @videogamebookreviews 4 года назад +2

    A funny bit is the bewildered look on Mark Strong's face at the end, as though he has no idea what he's applauding.

  • @ooSicknesSoo
    @ooSicknesSoo 4 года назад +1

    Legend

  • @GettingItDone
    @GettingItDone Год назад

    Outstanding!

  • @dominickeefe2454
    @dominickeefe2454 3 месяца назад

    Astounding

  • @cubbybeech9250
    @cubbybeech9250 Год назад

    Brilliant!

  • @retrohead
    @retrohead 4 года назад +3

    This is amazing ❤️

  • @Radiiiiiiiii
    @Radiiiiiiiii Год назад

    Wish a kinda thing like this would happen again, so would go

  • @----.__
    @----.__ Год назад

    Rob Hubbard and Martin Galway. The two pillars of 80's gaming for many.

  • @MrMaxeemum
    @MrMaxeemum Год назад

    I was one of those who would buy the game just for the music and not bother playing the game, I would recorded them to tape so I could listen to them out and about on my Walkman. Rob was definitely the best.

  • @gordonhoughton3095
    @gordonhoughton3095 4 года назад +4

    I was one of the people who bought a game for Robs music.

    • @marksims3904
      @marksims3904 3 года назад

      THE Gordon Houghton? Editor of the behemoth that is ZZAP! 64?

    • @gordonhoughton3095
      @gordonhoughton3095 3 года назад

      @@marksims3904 No not that one, I was nearly famous :)

  • @naveedchoudhry2557
    @naveedchoudhry2557 4 года назад +6

    too many legs on that IC for a SID chip, its the process 6502, VIC-II or one of the multiplexors.

    • @fmichlick
      @fmichlick 4 года назад

      Came here to say the same. That was not a SID.

    • @talideon
      @talideon 2 года назад +1

      Let's just be thankful it wasn't a SID she was holding: they're getting rarer by the day, after all, and we don't need any more dead ones...

  • @neil2905
    @neil2905 5 лет назад +7

    love desert strike on the mega drive.

  • @valalex2223
    @valalex2223 3 года назад

    Excellent!

  • @huggybeats
    @huggybeats 2 года назад

    Legend!

  • @1letteroff881
    @1letteroff881 3 года назад

    Bravo Rob.. Bravo !

  • @nawletorre7136
    @nawletorre7136 Год назад

    Genious 💪

  • @commodoresixfour7478
    @commodoresixfour7478 Год назад +1

    There's actually 4 tracks. It's just that the 4th track produces static and can be controlled by volume.

  • @daveweeks4748
    @daveweeks4748 3 года назад +1

    Nice to see at 2:44 Chris Abbot's T-shirt 'Code of the Ninja' (making me think of The Last Ninja:) Cheers for uploading the clip.

  • @Metzok
    @Metzok 2 месяца назад

    Nice! Would be cool to hear the three separate tracks for Commando :)

  • @geoffreyjohnstone5465
    @geoffreyjohnstone5465 Год назад +1

    C64 At The Proms.......make it happen

    • @c64audio
      @c64audio Год назад

      You have no idea how much I have lobbied for this, but they decided to orchestra Tim Follin's "Chronos" instead.

  • @earthwalker007
    @earthwalker007 10 месяцев назад

    Rob is The Goat ❤

  • @DarthScorpion
    @DarthScorpion Год назад +2

    A bit basic???? get real its still better than most stuff today.

    • @XtreeM_FaiL
      @XtreeM_FaiL Год назад

      That's the thing. It wasn't BASIC. ;)

  • @CottonInDerTube
    @CottonInDerTube 3 года назад +1

    For those who wonder: 2:15 --search for "Commando Hiscore"

  • @EricAllenJett
    @EricAllenJett 3 года назад

    A gaming legend...!

  • @quazi.shahin
    @quazi.shahin 3 года назад

    the hubbard is so nice - great sharing👍

  • @davedogge2280
    @davedogge2280 4 года назад +3

    No.1 C64 Sid chip musician. Kentilla is my favourite. UPDATE: OMG they mentioned it 2:25. There were a few odd private club DJ gigs with retro 8-bit music, that Emily Booth from "Bits" on channel 4 went to one down in London I think with her brother. I think Jeff Minter 'may' have been there, dunno if that's true.

    • @ameldancalippo6912
      @ameldancalippo6912 4 года назад

      Kentilla such a underated unknown gem!

    • @c64audio
      @c64audio Год назад +1

      Back in Time Live 2002 in Gossips, Soho, which I arranged...

  • @bufordmaddogtannen
    @bufordmaddogtannen 3 года назад +3

    "[...]brought games in our living rooms and bedrooms"
    Pretends to play and pathetically rubs the knob pretending it's a fire button when fire buttons are on the base. 😐

  • @cintulator2
    @cintulator2 Год назад

    The hero of my childhood

  • @fattomandeibu
    @fattomandeibu 9 месяцев назад

    One thing this missed, IMO, isn't even really the quality of the music that does it, but it's how it fits the atmosphere of what's going on in game. It was vital in these days of low resolution, low colour depth graphics to have something to help set the tone and get your imagination in gear, which helped turn those basic images on screen turn into, in Commando for instance, a battlefield, rather than a big brown screen with smatterings of greenery and/or roads.

  • @snoojie
    @snoojie 3 года назад +2

    Is that Crazy Comets at 0:44?

  • @johnriley2975
    @johnriley2975 2 года назад +1

    Master of magic, inspired by Larry fast and a piece from the album Synergy, although Rob took the music to new heights imo.

  • @WistrelChianti
    @WistrelChianti 2 года назад

    "I thought that we should try to push the **envelope** a bit" (very good very good!)

  • @LeonTrimble
    @LeonTrimble 3 года назад +4

    Shame they didn’t get rob himself to arrange the score but great to see so much appreciation for the man.

    • @c64audio
      @c64audio Год назад

      Rob arranged half the scores in the concert!

  • @markwrightrf
    @markwrightrf 2 года назад

    I thought I'd dreamt this.

  • @Joliie
    @Joliie 3 года назад +1

    0:28 why? just why?

  • @cejaybee
    @cejaybee 2 года назад

    Ended up here after trying to listen to Another Millennial on a National FM Radio Programme tell everyone that Super Mario was the beginning of Computer Music..

  • @PanoramicGreen
    @PanoramicGreen 8 месяцев назад

    His Skate or Die 2 soundtrack stunned my 5 year old self

  • @twofour8127
    @twofour8127 5 лет назад +19

    Rob Hub baaahhrd? S.I.D. chip? They didn't do much research did they?

    • @JustWasted3HoursHere
      @JustWasted3HoursHere 5 лет назад +2

      Yep. It's like when non-Star Wars fans say "tee eye ee fighter" (TIE Fighter). Drives me nuts.

    • @straightouttacronton
      @straightouttacronton 4 года назад +2

      The One Show. The Number Two Show more like. 💩

  • @HerveSACUTO
    @HerveSACUTO 3 года назад +2

    The unlike is due to people they never have c64 😅😅😅😅❤️❤️❤️❤️

  • @jssonstevens59
    @jssonstevens59 Год назад

    Hie dare they mention the Spectrum linking it to the SID. The SID in the C64 was ahead of its time. Even the ST struggled to beat it.

  • @c0smiq
    @c0smiq 3 года назад +4

    Respect to the orchestral piece and all who put effort into it, but I still prefer Rob's originals.

  • @HighwayStar71
    @HighwayStar71 2 года назад

    I'm just guessing that he must have done the music for Bomb Jack and The Last V8.

  • @backacheache
    @backacheache 7 месяцев назад

    The idea of combining three simple tracks together to make a more complex tune is something still relevant as its what Ed Sheeran does with his loop pedal

  • @CIRCLEOFTONE
    @CIRCLEOFTONE 2 года назад

    Rob if you are reading this you were a huge influence on my musical ability.

  • @A-small-amount-of-peas
    @A-small-amount-of-peas 4 месяца назад

    And people say theres no way Hull should have got UK City of Culture 2017. This is my Exhibit A on why it deserved it

  • @top11advancedtactics34
    @top11advancedtactics34 9 месяцев назад

    People have very few heroes. This man is one of the real heroes of 40+ yo guys. And will be after his death.

  • @607
    @607 3 года назад +2

    Lol, what a sad ending!
    Good reportage, though!

  • @maricallo6143
    @maricallo6143 Год назад

    What game score is at 01:51 ? I can't remember. Commando?

  • @FIDELOROZCO
    @FIDELOROZCO 3 года назад +1

    I need the link to the complete 8-Bit Symphony! Somebody knows it?

  • @zro_dfects
    @zro_dfects Месяц назад

    0:21 Oh no she didn't' "Sounds a bit basic", excuse me woman, Commodore had the best catchy melodies of all time, still unmatched today, hardly anything is catchy these days, today's rubbish is less than basic, back then it was purely professional, I think because once Commodore was over, you can't beat or match what was already perfect, so they gave up trying. One thing for sure it's awesome to see Commodore official "Commodore" that is, has made a return, just goes to show, you can't kill Commodore, I welcome Commodore with open arms.
    Hey Rob, it's Zro, your homie, love your work as always, never stop creating, have a good one buddy.

  • @zed351
    @zed351 3 года назад

    I used to enjoy the C64 loader music more than the game. It would first load a space invaders type mini-game with music while the main game loaded. Remember this was tape loading so it took a l-o-n-g time to load.
    Edit: Found it, it was called Invade-a-load!

  • @blindazabat9527
    @blindazabat9527 5 лет назад +3

    Mobile phones in the 80s? Not the mobiles as we all know them... Bricks attached to a suitcase, yes...

  • @EXITMUSIC2011
    @EXITMUSIC2011 Год назад

    I asked for a photo at back in time and he said no!

    • @NEStalgia
      @NEStalgia Год назад

      Did you ask to take a photo with him?