c64 music - Green Beret by Martin Galway

[@Foppygames]

The longer you live you just realize that life does not get much better than playing c64 games in your youth.

[@myeffulgenthairyballssay9358]

It can get as good, but not much better. I agree, but don't tell the missus... lol.

[@HRage]

JOIN US

[@becomeanolive1637]

I totally agree, those were total golden years and memories with my brothers and friends are just priceless.

[@komemiute]

Jesus Christ, you're so right. +1

[@RafaelSanchezBcn]

AMEN. It's sad, but life doesn't taste so good anymore

[@alexvojacek]

How can a guy compose such an incredible music with such computer is beyond me. Martin was truly a gifted musician who made the Commodore 64 one of the most amazing computers to be had at that time.

[@leopold7562]

I can't disagree with you. I always preferred Rob Hubbard myself, as he always found some way to squeeze in percussion into his mix, where Martin didn't. But I can't deny, his ability to create a haunting sound from SID was hugely impressive.

[@Nordischsound]

@@leopold7562 A lot more is possible today with modern trackers like goat, I just did a C64 version of the StarCraft music, but guys like hubbard or daglish showed us the right way: kzbin.info/www/bejne/emWYnImQl7-Hhrs

[@madmarvelmultitasker2655]

And yet Martin Galway hated this music and even more so as the years went on. He says as much in ‘Commodore 64 Visual Compendium’.

[@losalfajoresok]

awesome song, I remembered that I recorded this one in front of my old 14" tv with a cassette recorder and my dog barking in the backyard LOL

[@LitoMike]

Never seen a 13 year old channel! (Cool) (00|

[@buzby303]

One of the best tunes created for the C64 👍🏻

[@Retrospective.]

i remember having a ZX Spectrum for 6 months, and loving it, and then going to a friends house and watching this loading, with the SID through the hi-fi. It was like at the start of back to the future, i was blown away by how amazing the SID chip was, and frankly, still is.

[@adroharv9213]

Certainly Martin Galway is in the top 3 for best C64 music composers. His style was very different and haunting in a way that others didnt do. I'd say his music holds up in a better way than most of Rob Hubbards stuff which in truth was a little inconsistent both from piece to piece but also during them. That's not to shit on how absurdly great his talent was of course. Both RH and MG were exceptionally good at proper pure melody lines in ways most didn't always manage. Special mention to the bloody marvelous main Shadowfire piece by Fred Gray which is astonishingly good. Rob Hubbard though I think tips his place as the best writer of music on the C64 for his Sanxion piece alone and so many catchy melodies but Martin Galway stuff is undoubtedly monumental. Martin Walker is criminally hardly mentioned it seems and although his stuff is not melodic so much, it is totally on another page and like Martin Galway his music will also never age. I'd personally say Rob Hubbard deserves to be placed first as the best composer on the C64 despite his frankly sometimes harsh and often inconsistent results ,Galway 2nd and Martin Walker 3rd. And lets not forget Paul Norman who's Aztec Challenge and Forbidden Forest music is also quite incredible

[@daibonehead]

Adro Harv If I could give your eloquent comment 20 thumbs up I would. Superb.

[@adroharv9213]

It must have been this great music that compelled my writing a wall of text. Great time back then though wasn't it. Cheers

[@perfectfutures]

Adro Harv I think this is one of the best short write ups of SID music yet! Personally I love Hubbard, especially for his intense versatility, but I’d agree that Galway made some of the most deeply moving classics, especially the title screen music here. Less tricks and more composition. Both are incredible musicians though and I’m happy to see their music live on this way.

[@stevelee372]

Matt Gray, Tim Follin, Ben Daglish, Dunn (Robocop) 👍

[@adroharv9213]

@@stevelee372 Ben Dalglish's Kettle main title piece I adore but that rarely gets mentioned. Truth is there was a wealth of very exceptional talent and we all have our favourites

[@valiantjoker4939]

Because the C64 still allowed us to use our imaginations while playing...and listening!

[@Victor-yt1mt]

De pequeño se me ponia la piel d gallina con esto mientras cargaba el casette.ahora de mayor me pasa lo mismo al escucharlo. Que tiempos mas buenos madre mia que bien me lo pasaba yo y mi hermano con el c64.

[@DingKong]

The SID was a very, very good piece of hardware. The best sound generator of the 8-BIT generation.

[@LitoMike]

What about S.I.D-Dou (Amiga SID)

[@gus6183]

Ensoniq

[@OllyKilo]

@@LitoMike Amiga was 16-BIT

[@samiraperi467]

@@LitoMike "Amiga SID"? What? Amiga's sound was a part of Paula's functionality and it was purely digital, not a mix of analog and digital like SID. Nobody ever called it "SID Duo".

[@samiraperi467]

@@OllyKilo False. Amiga's sound had four 8-bit digital channels (two L, two R) with volume controls, that could be made to emulate 14-bit sound by modulating the channels with the volume controls. Thing is though, that 14-bit emulation was all in software and required a significant chunk of the CPU, while the native 8-bit sound was able to use DMA, decreasing required CPU time hugely. As for the architecture of the CPU, it wasn't pure 16-bit. It had a 32-bit instruction set, with 16-bit data buses.

[@jmac79ers]

So many good memories playing games on the c64 with my brothers before we had an nes. Green beret is one of many that come to mind, cheers to all fellow c64 fans past present and future

[@jerryperez5300]

This song started my path to the computer science PhD...

[@analogmoz]

The 8-bit generation was filled with a small pool of amazing musicians. Many were European and on Commodore. But Yoko Kanno and June Chiki Chikuma added a hell of a lot of nuanced music. A rare time to be alive.

[@alexanderperez8286]

"Cracked by The Dynamic Duo" !

[@Harkhoost]

Alexander Perez csdb.dk/group/?id=1267

[@taffelost]

I remember me and my dad were on a vacation. We went to a computer store and picked up this game. The rest of the vacation wasn't the same as I only wanted to go home and play it.

[@kussss]

Epic! Wonderful memories and feelings come back...thank you!

[@m1serfreed477]

The maestro no doubt, the beginning of the main title tune just knocks your socks off 4:13 to 4:36 , a true timeless nostalgic roller coaster, The King of c64 music

[@poshpaul55]

if you stop the game before it loaded you got an extra bit of music

[@mmqbln]

Listen at 6:00... EPIC! MG was really a sound wizard at that time. I also like Rob Hubbard, but MG did more cool stuff with filters (although it sounds different dependig on SID hardware).

[@lukeafterluke]

yeah that sound at 6:00 is incredible.

[@jakubkrcma]

The music playing during the title screen is my favorite, together with AMAZING stuff like Driller etc. The atmosphere... Today's kids just probably cannot imagine what atmosphere games used to have back then... It was just pure magic. Breathtaking... Most stuff on the market today is just cheap and shallow by comparison.

[@Then00bhunt3r]

Rip Konami

[@maxv9740]

Waiting for a game was sweet with a music like this... I still keep my C64 next to my gaming desktop.

[@Fensta]

really nice music. the "reyn vs martin galway" version is a brilliant tribute.... superb

[@analogmoz]

Underrated comment.

[@hellsong23]

Zzap sizzler! Right there.

[@stuge2589]

Very old feels from a previous life... highly hypnotic.

[@Kojain]

This does sound good for being on the C64! Amazing work!

[@Blazer1988]

Man this was so good.

[@valllhalla]

love it! those were the days..

[@manicminer3830]

Hmmm makes me do a bit of a cry listening to this. Oh the hours spent on this game.

[@Simon0]

+Manic Miner its not that bad.

[@sidder74]

No, I really like the game but I thought it was pretty difficult. Perhaps that was what he meant.

[@Simon0]

game extremely difficult! i agree with you there.

[@Pinman1973]

I had that same feeling as a kid. It is kind of a sad tune but very very good

[@jarq72]

last time i heard this song was like 18 years ago. im still remember it very well NICE!!

[@UncleT-wo2ny]

I remember this tune like it was yesterday. Omg!!!

[@jesuszafra]

I have the shorty intro sequence "Rescue the captives" 7:25 (with the alarm included) in ma brain forever! Awesome! The whole sountrack is amazingly superb too :D

[@duodua4130]

Back in a day when credits were initials. Awesome music M G.

[@adrock0801]

4:12 Cruncher @work! One of the C64 top tunes for sure.

[@Halligen1972]

Underrated intro music - by martin "sid master" galway.

[@DJKeltech]

one of my all time favorite c64 games

[@whity2xlc]

I remember it. Damn, long time ago... Great Tune !!!

[@superviewer]

I never came passed the second level but loved the loader and intro music enough not to care ;)

[@browsertab]

THEY DIED WITH THEIR BERETS ON.

[@oannes9543]

De lo mejor!!!, para llorar!

[@KingsWorld2015]

*This game was so fucking hard to clock, but I remember when the C64 magazine came out, I think it was called Horizon. They had the cheat codes for this game and others including impossible mission. I went out and got the mag, cheated on this game and seen the ending! LOL*

[@ladeluff_]

this was the game i put in alot of hours in 1985 :)

[@calfriedman6981]

I heard this in the background at the MADE in Oakland and I was surprised at how good this music was for a random Commodore 65 game!

[@sublucky74]

64

[@gakigook]

sweet sweet music, I was clearly on to something when I used to turn this up on my commodore monitor TM, high quality shiii!

[@KGMDMusic]

Just class.

[@analogmoz]

Class or die.

[@rbmk1000]

Martin Galway 8) Kuusnepa on kingi, ei siitä mihinkään pääse

[@philipneilan1446]

I finished this game a few times

[@arvizturotukorfurogep6235]

Love the part thats start off around 2:20 with that "80s action movie guitar sound" or what to name it (this recording doesn't really do justice with the emulated sound filter). I can imagine some after-climax movie montage to it.

[@Deimosthegreat]

Jogeir Liljedahl did a pretty nice remix of the loader on Amiga. Check out "Galway is god" the second part is the loader.

[@analogmoz]

And look up Mordi's response to Jogeir Liljedhal!

[@allanfreyborg]

Masterpiece 👌

[@gus6183]

5:29 - 6:18 no words

[@antihumor2231]

0:03 4:13

[@fredel]

6:00 pure eargasm

[@LitoMike]

4:13-7:25

[@stooart2008]

Amazing!

[@SendyTheEndless]

4:12 NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!

[@marcusbrookes7723]

Best game Music ever

[@mingepotato]

@Flexipop76 ..and just as fantastic before and after!

[@mehere3013]

kids today will never know ow great music

[@theshadows6161]

The music was the best and i would load the game just to listen to it

[@Oracle_X]

TheShadows Incredible!!!... Me too! Which just goes to show that this music was really good and still causes frenzy and emotion today. 30 years later I can finally get back it... The dream becomes reality. A special big thank at einokeino303 for this on-line publishing. I like... I like

[@cs512tr]

+TheShadows best for me was slap fight. tape gave issues 3/5 times but when it worked it was worth it

[@gall0n]

love it

[@DonatoGN]

❤❤❤

[@sockcutter]

Is it just me or does the music seem to run slower than I'm used to? I must have had a PAL crack of this game running on my NTSC c64.

[@brutusmuerto]

2019!!

[@jakubkrcma]

EPIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@katfi5h]

And people wonder why electronic music is so popular. Everybody had a commodore!

[@glandhound]

So many C64 fans seems to be finnish.

[@Juissimies84]

If i´m correct that most C64 fans come from Finland, Germany and Sweden :).

[@kraum73]

and Norway :)

[@FireheadLazzo]

I get so frustrated with games that have long load times. Game designers in the 80s knew how to keep gamers from turning off the machine. Of only more game music today was good enough to just sit back and listen for 30 mins.

[@ali69922]

5.30 is my fav part like going out to war music patriot like :)

[@zzzz17650]

gallway rocks

[@bsdetector6908]

4:16

[@Flexipop76]

Fantastic from 5:30 !

[@gezzaf6912]

no mobile phones no Internet we had Ocean Martin Galway Rob Hubbard Sid chip ruled

[@Marius-vw9hp]

What is it about this music that makes it so good? Please comment! I want to hear peoples opinion.

[@darkduo197]

This is a classic tune! Matt Gray (Last Ninja 2) will remake it if the £75K stretch goal is reached in his Kickstarter campaign: www.kickstarter.com/projects/1289191009/reformation-c64-track-remakes-by-matt-gray-last-ni

[@TheRetroEngine]

Who's watching in 2022??

[@ladeluff_]

Galway IS 8-bit GOD. period.

[@elrincondelukas]

I Suscribe yourChannel

[@MorrisseysMonkey]

Galway Vs Hubbard who would win?

[@1xWertzui]

Doesn't matter, because everyone would die in the battle and no one would live to see who the winner is! :D

[@EivindFalken]

The universe would just explode

[@ladeluff_]

lol. As i was saying. Galway IS GOD

[@somebose7395]

Commando eats green beret for breakfast...music wise. But gb better game

[@marcinl4396]

vendetta haha

[@Spengler76]

Das ist nicht der C64 Titel, das ist vom Amiga...der C64 ist weiiiiiiiitttt besser

[@thomassauer27.75]

U have to listen to this on the real thing... !! This recording sucks....