ReMix: Arkanoid '1999 (2000 Mix)'
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- Game: Arkanoid (Taito, 1986, C64)
- ReMixer(s): Chris Abbott
- Composer(s): Martin Galway
- Song(s):
- Posted: 2000-02-09, evaluated by djpretzel
Arkanoid was another classic that ate up quarters like no tomorrow and gave Taito some major attention. It apparently was also one of the first games to use samples in the soundtrack (sampled instruments, not voice!) This heavy-hitting industrial strength update of the commodore version's soundtrack was contributed by the incomparable Chris Abbot, who runs WWW.C64AUDIO.COM , where more such treasures are stored for your listening pleasure
Discussion: Latest 15 comments/reviews; view the Before I had even loaded up the song I was cringing, due to the
reputation the oldest songs on the site have, but as soon as it
started i was very pleasantly surprised. Shows what I know.
:P
Cool start up intro with some blippy glitchy percussion, and well-processed and panned synths filled out the soundfield pretty well and though it won't be winning any creativity awards anytime soon, I do have to admit I was jammin a bit to this one.
Great synths, pretty rockin beat, this is a really nice one.
- OA on February 14, 2008
Cool start up intro with some blippy glitchy percussion, and well-processed and panned synths filled out the soundfield pretty well and though it won't be winning any creativity awards anytime soon, I do have to admit I was jammin a bit to this one.
Great synths, pretty rockin beat, this is a really nice one.
- OA on February 14, 2008
The eighth song posted EVER still holds up to this day. Awesome
awesome.
- Jaybell on October 24, 2007
- Jaybell on October 24, 2007
wow this guy has skills... no sorry lets make that skillz with a
z.
Im seeing in 16 bit color again and its a beautiful thing!
Whats really cool about this track is that the panning of the tricked out sound effects makes it sound like a paddle hitting a ball and making it bounce all over the place like a really difficult level.
Really crisp clean sounds that give the feel of arcade simplicity that is very appropriate.
*busts out the SNES emulator and arkanoid rom*
- davidicus on October 9, 2007
Im seeing in 16 bit color again and its a beautiful thing!
Whats really cool about this track is that the panning of the tricked out sound effects makes it sound like a paddle hitting a ball and making it bounce all over the place like a really difficult level.
Really crisp clean sounds that give the feel of arcade simplicity that is very appropriate.
*busts out the SNES emulator and arkanoid rom*
- davidicus on October 9, 2007
Classic VG arrangement goodness, and an old favorite. Even just
from a historic sense, it's a must download.
- Liontamer on February 8, 2007
- Liontamer on February 8, 2007
Just like watkinzez said, it needed some expanding..
But otherwise it's fun electronica ,and a good solid reminder of the 80's golden gaming era.
- RimFrost the Tourianist on October 25, 2005
But otherwise it's fun electronica ,and a good solid reminder of the 80's golden gaming era.
- RimFrost the Tourianist on October 25, 2005
The soundscape at the start of the song works well- it feels full
and rich after the preceding beep intro. Problem is, the song is so
underdeveloped. At its current state the it just doesn't go
anywhere beyond the basic drum loop with a few variations. There
was some great ideas here that desperately need expanding.
- watkinzez on October 20, 2005
- watkinzez on October 20, 2005
More chirps!
Excellent beginning. Poor ending; too abrupt.
The pads are slick. I would have made the entirety more minor. The drums work really well with the ambience. It's a good track so, let's make it longer!
- meccaneer on October 9, 2005
Excellent beginning. Poor ending; too abrupt.
The pads are slick. I would have made the entirety more minor. The drums work really well with the ambience. It's a good track so, let's make it longer!
- meccaneer on October 9, 2005
This is the first remix I ever downloaded from this community, I
like it.
What scares me though is I actually heard this before I'd even heard of this community as the remix appears as a backing track to a trainer patch on a psx burn I have. So it was hauntingly familiar to me for a while, until I figured out where I'd heard it before.
10/10.
- atomflux on June 14, 2004
What scares me though is I actually heard this before I'd even heard of this community as the remix appears as a backing track to a trainer patch on a psx burn I have. So it was hauntingly familiar to me for a while, until I figured out where I'd heard it before.
10/10.
- atomflux on June 14, 2004
Well-done electronica song for being one of the first remixes
around, including an ambient section with vocal support. Nothing
too outstanding, however, and it ends up being a fairly mediocre
piece. Not on my regular playlist.
- Durinthal on December 15, 2003
- Durinthal on December 15, 2003
A good mix from Chris Abbot. Not the kind of ReMix you would find
yourself jumping out of your chair and dancing to, but an enjoyable
listen and an overall well done techno/electronic piece.
The zooming sound in the background fitted well with the other, less flowing instruments, which even included (or perhaps just sounded like) some of the tones from the original game. The more ambient bit after 1:06 sounded great and added a nice change to an otherwise sound-rich mix. The voice added that extra touch of ambience. The instruments fading back in was well done, the ending sounded okay, but nothing special.
There was some indefinable quality about the first half of this ReMix that didn't sound so great. Perhaps it was just a bit too muhc c64 chirpiness carrying over, or perhaps Chris Abbot is just better suited to a slower kind of beat. Regardless, this ReMix is well worth the listen, if not for the nice beats then for its historical significance as the first ReMix posted on the site.
- CXI on December 31, 2002
The zooming sound in the background fitted well with the other, less flowing instruments, which even included (or perhaps just sounded like) some of the tones from the original game. The more ambient bit after 1:06 sounded great and added a nice change to an otherwise sound-rich mix. The voice added that extra touch of ambience. The instruments fading back in was well done, the ending sounded okay, but nothing special.
There was some indefinable quality about the first half of this ReMix that didn't sound so great. Perhaps it was just a bit too muhc c64 chirpiness carrying over, or perhaps Chris Abbot is just better suited to a slower kind of beat. Regardless, this ReMix is well worth the listen, if not for the nice beats then for its historical significance as the first ReMix posted on the site.
- CXI on December 31, 2002
Too bland for my tastes. This song seems to just float along
heading nowhere. Nothing particularly wrong with it. I just feel a
song has to really head somewhere to be worth listening to.
- Kamikaze Noodle on December 31, 2002
- Kamikaze Noodle on December 31, 2002
The first ReMix on Overclocked (But not the first I heard) this is
very solid. It's a very good techno piece with a lot of cool synth
sounds. The sort that sound kinda like squeezing water but with the
consistancy of toothpaste through a small bottleneck with no other
hole to let the air out. At the very start it sounds almost as if
something is "powering up" and then introduces a catchy beat and
all sorts of cool sounds as mentioned above. A bit furthur and
there's some kind of scratchy (As in scratching record type
scratchy) things but with the electronic sounds. If you like
Techno, you can't go too wrong with this.
Subjective simulating-electronic-sounds-with-a-bottle-and-rubber-hose whilst-simultaneously-bopping-head-O-Meter: 8.7/10
- JamPaladin on July 2, 2002
Subjective simulating-electronic-sounds-with-a-bottle-and-rubber-hose whilst-simultaneously-bopping-head-O-Meter: 8.7/10
- JamPaladin on July 2, 2002
Ya i really dug this one, it keeps very true to the original and is
exactly what I imagined it would sound like if made now a days. Yet
another amazingly solid techno song on this website, with that
crazy synth in the background among others made me really enjoy
this song. As Joe said, if you like C64 or especially Arknoid
music, then check this one out. I give it a 10/10
- krispy on June 10, 2002
- krispy on June 10, 2002
Arkanoid '1999 (2000 Mix)'
Ahh, the first ReMix here at OverClocked! Suprisingly it's not by DJP, but by Chris Abbott (that name sure sounds familiar for some reason). Of course it only APPEARS to be the first ReMix because the original tunes were posted alphabetically on the same date. This is an arrangement from the Commodore 64 version of Arkanoid. Commodore 64 games often had original music that was nothing like their arcade counterparts. Encoded at 112 kbps, it does exhibit a few digital artifacts, but overall it is pleasant sounding and worth a listen. Techno-ish in nature, it holds your interest. Recommended, especially for C64 fans!
- Joe Redifer on May 7, 2002
Ahh, the first ReMix here at OverClocked! Suprisingly it's not by DJP, but by Chris Abbott (that name sure sounds familiar for some reason). Of course it only APPEARS to be the first ReMix because the original tunes were posted alphabetically on the same date. This is an arrangement from the Commodore 64 version of Arkanoid. Commodore 64 games often had original music that was nothing like their arcade counterparts. Encoded at 112 kbps, it does exhibit a few digital artifacts, but overall it is pleasant sounding and worth a listen. Techno-ish in nature, it holds your interest. Recommended, especially for C64 fans!
- Joe Redifer on May 7, 2002
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