Golden Axe (C64) Title Theme

[@JeroenTel]

I clearly remember the night I produced this soundtrack. What an inspiring night it was. Thanks for uploading it! :-)

[@MarcoLizza]

Jeroen Tel​ years ago I read in the STIL notes for this game you converted the whole game soundtrack during a single night. That's impressive. I guess you've somewhat streamlined the working flow by the time, but you still managed to do an impressive job in a very quick time. Out of cuoriosity, which was the most difficult/challenging C64 you've done?

[@SteveFusionX]

Jeroen Tel Good job Jeroen

[@RadoslavMitrov]

Dude, you're a wizzard!

[@dlfrsilver]

+Jeroen Tel : Hi Jeroen :) You got the arcade board in order to reproduce the musics on the c64 ? cheers !

[@Erik-vp5bm]

+Marco Lizza Good job indeed, but "the whole game soundtrack" is somewhat limited on C64, so it's not the whole thing. :)

[@losalfajoresok]

Some heroes don't need a cape. Just a C64, and Jeroen Tel is one of them.

[@piotrkozka9151]

But they do need a tape to record their masterpieces.

[@JeroenTel]

Hahaha! =D Kinda true about the "just a C64" in the heydays! (Seriously, I had no other way to truly create what I had in mind with sequencers or anything, so we created our own)... so much fun and apparently unique at the time! =)

[@JeroenTel]

Haha... thanks! =)

[@losalfajoresok]

@@JeroenTel thanks from the bottom of my heart Jeroen, your music really changed our lives in many ways!

[@JeroenTel]

@@losalfajoresok That is a lot of credit, but if I did, I'm only grateful. I know what it's like to be inspired by others. =)

[@cbmeeks]

I've listened to this at least 20 times this week. A pure work of art.

[@hannibalsolo4409]

2020, can confirm still rocks. One of the alltime greats.

[@pigpenpete]

I honestly think i was spoiled as a kid, it wasn't until i really got into my late teens that i actually started listening to "normal" music. After all, I had all this great music on my C64 and my Amiga, who needed commercial music? Thanks Jeroen :)

[@chobs03]

This version is insanely awesome. Wow what a discovery.

[@JeroenTel]

Thank you!

[@dangi12012]

You did C64 programming with the age of 16. This means you are over 50 now. LOL

[@JeroenTel]

No, I'm 47 now. =D

[@CiociariaStorica]

@@JeroenTel '72 😉👍🏻

[@renrezcrypto6155]

@@CiociariaStorica 193

[@keironhiggspoet]

the added intro gives this rendition of the track so much more pop. kudos Jeroen, this is a masterpiece among many of his compositions with the SID chip

[@shinkazama3959]

This version mesmerizes me, it has no right to sound to this good & sounds better than it's Arcade / Mega Drive counterparts, still blown away by what I'm listening to.....

[@797gaming]

OMG! Jeroen Tel is a musical genius!!! Best version of Wilderness I've heard!

[@JeroenTel]

+ViableNutria7972 : Thank you!

[@797gaming]

Jeroen Tel You're welcome!!

[@pfarabee]

When I think of C64 music, this is always the track that enters my mind. This song is more iconic to me than even the Commando theme. Definitely my favorite C64 song of all.

[@JeroenTel]

Thanks, man! :-)

[@JeroenTel]

I think it'snot right to compare those tracks, Commando is absolutely epic music. But I appreciate the sentiment! :-)

[@AdeonWriter]

Wow better than the Genesis version theme for sure

[@RadoslavMitrov]

better even than the arcade in my opinion..

[@unnamedlivingskeleton9767]

Agreed

[@kimmosakko7283]

Still gets me goosebumps! It so clearly brings me back to the end of eighties. Thanks Jeroen for this too!

[@TheExperienceYT]

Jeroen Tel you are a literal maniac of noise, every song i've heard you composed is perfection.

[@luigimelis8465]

oh my jeroen tel....the only and one....one the most and greatest musicians for the c64 beast machine....thank buddy!!!!!!

[@genkal]

Death Adder disliked this video.

[@JeroenTel]

I'm gonna hunt him down and Golden Axe him! :-D

[@drkamilz]

And two friggin' skeletons with him.

[@afxfighter6502]

He is gonna be part of the "myth" if you know what i mean.

[@RedTsarOldChannel-INACTIVE]

@@afxfighter6502 I got that lmao

[@TamasKalman]

beats any other version 100x, including the arcade. i couldn't believe the sound engineering behind it when i heard it at the first time as a kid, and it's still amazing after many decades.

[@JeroenTel]

What a kind compliment! Did the whole conversion in 1 night, (believe it or not). But with full dedication! (I had to go to school the next day after that night and I fell asleep in my chair in school). =D

[@umitanonymous3400]

@@JeroenTel Absolute Motivation and Inspration. Thank You for the Best work, let thr decent work Flow, Sir Tel.

[@trydowave]

@@JeroenTel Amazing job. You must of been tired after that, Did your school work suffer?

[@JeroenTel]

@@trydowave What school work? (Big grin)... haha. ;-D

[@Merkkari]

C64 is the best version of this by far.

[@Krauser78]

I had forgotten this music. I played this game 35 years ago. The best ever

[@LiverpoolVasco]

Still Listening In 2019 Best Version By Far Well Done Jeroen Masterpiece

[@JeroenTel]

Thanks, Neil!

[@thepeller210]

that is the way C64 music should be done! Fantastic job

[@ExtremeWreck]

Golden Axe, but it's a 90s alternative rock masterpiece. Nuff said.

[@Xifihas]

Jeroen Tel knew he couldn't reproduce the Arcade sound so he used what the SID chip could do to make make a unique sound.

[@markhopwood6928]

Love the contrapuntal effect in the second section of this. Definitely one of the best SIDs ever.

[@JeroenTel]

+Mark Hopwood Thank you, sir!

[@michalzimniak]

You are the best C64 music composer ever, thanks

[@JeroenTel]

My sincere thanks for that, again!

[@markhopwood6928]

Jeroen, do you play classical piano? I just wondered, as you seem to have such a good feel for integrating the different parts in the music, like in this and the Stormlord main theme.

[@JeroenTel]

I play the piano, but not classical necessarily. My classical music "observation" / training came mainly from the fact my father, who had a choir practice at our home every week since I was age 0. They sang so many classical songs from so many ages. At age 5/6 I had them all in my head (all 4 parts of them, bass, tenor, soprano, etc.) musically and phonetically. Quite an experience. On top of that my mother had a brilliant musical taste for music, so she played lots of classical music (Beethoven, Mozart, Vivaldi, but also Leonard Cohen, the Beatles, Simon and Garfunkel and so many more fantastic songs (harmonically and melodically correct) from many artist and band. She taught me how to play the Recorder (flute). On top of THAT my father was totally into some artists like Keith Jarrett (in my humble opinion a piano genius) and also adapted to new artists as they came along. He also was a piano teacher (at home). (We always had that piano since I was 0)... Music was just always there! Of course I listened to the radio for my "teenager favorites, mostly electronic first sample based electronic stuff from the early 80-ies"... It's too much too mention. My grandfather was a conductor of a (big) choir too and was one of the first to play the piano at "silent movies" in the late 1920's and 1930's. My uncle (and godfather) was a music teacher (and he is a brilliant pianist / composer!). All my other uncles and aunt from the Tel side of the family also play piano / compose. It was mandatory to take piano lessons for them. ;-) The list goes back even further, generations. I hope that answers your question. ;-) My sister, my brother and I I've just been blessed with a very musical background. Thanks for taking the interest! :-)

[@doktawhawee9870]

Jeroen Tel casually making the greatest song ever

[@bluebull399]

listen to 0:50 - 0:58. That's some swinging demostyle beats right there and you can only pull it off on a c64. It's a signature sound and if you try it on a different sound chip it just don't have the same impact. The earth shattering bass, the snare drum, the way the bassline and the synth is arranged, it's just perfection. Do a remix with a 4 to the floor drum kick and start it off with just a drum and the synth riff, oh man.

[@KinaQuinquina]

One of my favorite tunes on the old C64. Back in the day played more on my C64 then on my NES. Nothing comes close to good 8-bit music. Jeroen Tel, geweldige prestatie! Componisten als jij op de C64 hebben van de computer mijn favoriet gemaakt. De C64 zal altijd een plaats in mijn hart dankzij jou en andere.

[@richardcsebak8404]

YEEEEEAAAAAHHHHH! C64 era still rocks and will live forever!

[@Krisztian5HUN]

úgy bizony 👏

[@ALbertoDoriguzzi]

Still listening to it, still super cool.

[@travisnakahira7320]

I saw a KZbin video use a little bit of this song, HOLY SHIT IT SLAPS SO HARD

[@wrightyi23]

The mix from Death Adder to the Wilderness is absolute perfection...

[@davidbird1166]

The C64 - and of course Mr T - work beautifully together to make a sound that fits this game better than the arcade original!!

[@rkrim2008]

ow ! it's the first time i hear this !! with the C64 synth it has another feel :)

[@mvoproject]

Wonderful music work! It`s just composed by Jereon Tel with a closed eyes, without description =)) His style I`ll know even on the Mars! Great arrangement as always! (even if I never played C64 and never seen this game when I was a child).

[@JeroenTel]

Thank you Vladimir. This is such a nice compliment! I would buy you a beer just for that. ;-)

[@julienbraudel7109]

He did not compose it, it is a cover from the original arcade composed by You Takada. Always credit correctly who did what.

[@mvoproject]

​@@julienbraudel7109Okay, he's not the original composer. But he did THIS arrangement and expanded the original composition for the better. And since in those times there were special programmes (MML-like or trackers) and not instruments as we have today (DAW, VST, etc.), it turns out that Jereon rearranged everything, and in fact composed it. Ok, produced it - as he said in his comments here.

[@RK-fy9zx]

Absolutely outstanding.

[@rickholdenmusic]

One of the best game tracks ever! Jeroen is legendary!

[@xDaXAFImoshmonkey]

Love it! Wish the arcade and Genesis version was like this

[@KiiiiingOfPaaain]

Absolutely the best version of the Golden Axe theme and my favourite SID ever (after the Last Ninja 2 soundtrack). :)

[@jartsa3878]

Omg this sounds soooo nice even though it is the year 2019

[@JeroenTel]

TY! =)

[@EAprima]

I lost the plot when I first heard this at around 8yrs old. I loved it so much !! Definitely the best version of the game. lol! Story time - I was in a music class at school and we had the opportunity to create our own song using the piano. When the teacher asked me to play something I tried to play this song using only my right hand. The teacher didn't say anything other then that was nice. Of course, she wanted me to come off and give the opportunity to another child. Haha! Goes to show how much I LOVED Golden Axe back then and my love heightened when I purchased the game on my Atari ST (Tyrus Flare's lovely thighs...) and at the arcades. Gosh, what a game! Dammit that the series dropped so hard.

[@Buzzjugs]

How can any game be worthy of such a mind blowing tune?

[@skuder491]

I never played this version of the game - in fact, I never played an C64 - , but that music made my mind imagine some spectacular scenes... I can assure that's, by far, the best version of this theme.

[@JeroenTel]

(bows)

[@yauckt]

Music is Epic. Game sucks.

[@19822andy]

The game is dog shit. The music is the only excuse to load it up to be honest.

[@ikonhero]

I played this on PC, but it seems the c64 music sounds way better!

[@chrisl1297]

Flipping 8bit genius!

[@JeroenTel]

TY!

[@MarcGameplays]

This music rocks!

[@ekarasakal]

better than original.

[@marianoatari4456]

impresionante aguante c64 siempre en mi corazón! desde Argentina mis saludos!

[@nawletorre7136]

pero tu apellido es atari como puede ser ja

[@omoterengue]

that sound from C64 !!!!!! so perfect !!

[@D4RKBRU73]

This song always brings tears to my eyes Q.Q

[@annoyingkid1993]

Amazing from a forgotten era 😢

[@marianoatari4456]

Que melodía que me lleva a esos años que todo era felicidad ! C64 me hiciste muy feliz!

[@nawletorre7136]

uff mañanas tardes y noches de felicidad ❤💪

[@losalfajoresok]

es innombrable la cantidad de horas que jugué en mi C64, pocas cosas me dieron tanta felicidad en la vida!!

[@dr.ignacioglez.9677]

I LOVE C64 👍🥂🎩

[@smxx49]

Very nice version.

[@wimwiddershins]

Made that SID chip sing. :)

[@dmf13]

composer:You Takada. Version: Joroen Tel

[@coifry8402]

Reminds me of joel's stream today

[@richardcsebak8404]

Absolutely epic!

[@richardcsebak8404]

A super ,awesome song!Brings back great memories.In my opinion some C64 songs are better,than todays pc game songs.

[@swordsman3003]

Best version I found on KZbin

[@agpxnet]

Nothing to do, Jeroen Tel is Over The Top.

[@ruzgartoprak9183]

LEGEND !

[@maxbrandt6]

Damn fine chip tune!

[@richardcsebak8404]

Best c64 song,alongside Last Ninja

[@lordevyl8317]

And Wizball

[@Oblithian]

the extra tones remind me of Cosmic Spacehead.

[@Sh-hg8kf]

why do all the bald guys create the best music (Looking at you , David Wise and Tel)

[@emils7749]

The SID’s Power!!! 😃👍

[@stevenfield7999]

Game was shit, only bought it because of this. Thanks Jeroen.

[@betulaobscura]

Great tune!

[@loveydove3115]

This is great! =D

[@spaceknight074]

Great theme

[@thedarkdragon735]

play in 240p for true c64 emulation

[@Phenom98]

Dan Elliott Well, the video, but not the audio

[@btkltd7654]

Do trumny mi to zaaplikujcie!!!

[@giramondogira]

simply epic

[@hoisemusic]

I love it :)

[@DUBOUT005]

Does anyone know where i can buy this or download it or whatever?

[@caseyjones8949]

Awesome games hidden in a tape

[@McKottfars]

Good old SOASC :)

[@64Abstract]

woah Jeroen! the RM break before the arps at 0:50 is very awesome! btw how do you swap the filtered instrument and the non-filtered instrument without still being filtered?

[@metehanakduygu2183]

yeaaahhhh

[@johnbarnaul4959]

Great! 5****

[@mandosmanta]

The c64 port of GoldenAxe sucks, but the music is even better than the Arcade

[@namcojr]

Such an epic music for such a crap version of an awesome game.

[@filosofoaprendiz8543]

goooodd

[@SkyTHF]

crossover sega

[@peterbilt3385]

Tried this game on my recently acquired 64, it was a d64 rom and the this music seems tp play at half this speed. Also tried it on an emulator and it's just as slow. Is this a sped up version?

[@cheetahman91]

This was recorded off a PAL model. Are you using a NTSC model? That may be why the speed is different. Weird.

[@peterbilt3385]

@cheetahman91 mine is a UK pal c64 breadbin model. I thought there was something wrong with it, but it was the same on the VICE emulator on pc. I have tried downloading the d64 rom from other rom websites and it's the same!

[@earx23]

Good track that totally doesn't fit with the game :D

[@diegoflame2305]

ha it say virgin at the bottom lol

[@AlexOjideagu2]

Virgin is a huge British company. Haven't you heard of them before? Owned by Richard Branson. They have an airline, trains, Cable TV, Broadband, games, space travel, music etc

[@asdsasdergrg]

biz şu anda bir oyunn bölümünü 4 dakkada bitiiyoruz o zamanlar 5 dakka bir oyun yüklenemiyordu

[@asdsasdergrg]

4 dakkalık müziğin sonunu dinleyebilmek iin 3.50 saniye beklemişiz

[@ScOopeTwo]

im the player je sir, sie hören jetzt mich ,on off was sir, jes sir, sie drücken den knopf, team worke, sir, jes sir, sie drücken denbutton, seir, jes sir, wo sind die moneten sir,? CRU; DOC:CSA:OMT.

[@ScOopeTwo]

wie gigneg dir dinosaurier unetre durch metah expolsion. ende gut, alles gut. level 2.2