GoldenEye Music Uncompressed: Frigate

Link to the original site: www.grantkirkh...
To quote Grant Kirkhope from an e-mail I sent him: "Yeah, the tunes I put up were the first pieces I wrote for GoldenEye. They're versions I did before I had to compress them all and re-sample and loop the instruments to get them into the tiny memory space that the N64 had."

[@Roman8707]

Damnit, now I wish Grant Kirkhope would remaster the full Goldeneye soundtrack, and release it how he intended it to sound. This is so much better!

[@NotChukkov]

Just listen to the Goldeneye Source soundtrack, as close as you're gonna get!

[@Roman8707]

I'd prefer the original N64 soundtrack. The Source soundtrack sounds too fanmade-y and has no substance.

[@Roman8707]

Maybe if they hired the same people that did the Streets of Rage Version 5 soundtrack to do it, it'd probably be much better.

[@nythepremier]

Grant just said this was his favorite track

[@danielspoon1234]

@@nythepremier gotta say frigat silo dam and subterranean caverns stand out muchly to me

[@jorrellds6520]

I can hear all the gunfight sound effects vividly in my head, while this plays.

[@AHHHHHHHHHHHHl]

And the grunts

[@JKStormz]

OHMSS 00 Agent: James Bond Mission 4: Monte Carlo Part i: Frigate PRIMARY OBJECTIVES: a. Rescue hostages b. Disarm bridge bomb c. Disarm engine room bomb d. Plant tracking bug on helicopter BACKGROUND: A demonstration of the Pirate stealth helicopter by the French military has been unexpectedly postponed. Official channels insist that nothing is wrong but unofficially MI6 has been asked to help salvage a very tricky hostage situation on board the frigate La Fayette. It seems that the Janus crime syndicate will stop at nothing in its attempt to hijack the helicopter. M BRIEFING: This is the best chance we've had in years to get a lead on Janus. The French are prepared to play along with an entrapment scenario. We need you to place a tracker on the Pirate so that we can trace its movements after Janus steals it. This must go smoothly, 007. If the press gets a sniff of this, we'll all have egg on our faces. Q BRANCH: The French have kindly given us the technical details of the Pirate so I've have managed to convert this tracker bug into quite a cleaver little chap. It's undetectable and it locks out all weapon firing commands. Janus is also threatening to blow up the ship. They are most likely to have placed explosives on the bridge and in the engine room. Take care, 007, and be curtain to use the bomb defuser correctly. MONEYPENNY: Xenia Onatopp, one of Janus' main operatives, may be on board the La Fayette. They say she's has thighs of steel, James. Just be sure to stay out of there grasp. START

[@euden]

This music was just epic when playing the game, got you right into the mood for kicking ass!

[@joshuawisniewski738]

God damn this track kicks so much ass! That power in the guitar when it kicks off gets me hyped. This version is so cool to hear the clarity of the synths chiming!

[@xeninterloper]

Sweet god 1:07 up till the song loops sounds so damn awesome

[@VampirusX1]

Sounds amazing on a theater system with good bass :3 *nods to the beat*

[@ghostproxy11]

Wish we could hear Aztec or Caverns

[@VampirusX1]

@@ghostproxy11 That sounds amazing, too.

[@chrisl1878]

You're driving at night in a strange neighborhood. But you feel calm and cool just like James Bond

[@marocel]

This sounds incredible! Thanks for posting!

[@antonbarkland2194]

Phenomenal! What a game...

[@3dk4yProductionz]

that reply made my day

[@bluedragonfire4960]

My favourite mission in the game.

[@MrPoeGhost]

Wow this sounds really good.

[@maddestmike5791]

I listened to this while making my own 3D gun model in Maya. XD

[@SpongeNobSquareThong]

God I loved frigate

[@RJARRRPCGP]

Warning: The link above will cause the server to give HTTP error code 404, I think, because the web site got renovated, but you should find the music there.

[@GoreTorn16]

Good stuff!

[@pseudogenesis]

Hey, Chameleon Twist 2 was the fucking bomb. :p

[@jasonboyar3538]

DUN DUNNNNNNNNNNNN DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

[@GoreTorn16]

Hell yes!

[@lloyd9710]

The only thing that was missing from this level was flashbangs

[@jakescartoons6045]

So this is what Goldeneye would have sounded like if it was on Playstation and SEGA Saturn.

[@yuvraj01]

Yeah but not looking half as good as the N64...with shaky polygons included

[@jakescartoons6045]

@@yuvraj01 Actually, the SEGA Saturn is capable of perspective-correct texture mapping. The only thing it lacks compared to the N64 is the trilinear texture filtering.

[@yuvraj01]

@@jakescartoons6045 yeah but outside of Japan in 1997 Saturn wasn't a viable platform

[@jakescartoons6045]

@@yuvraj01 I don't think the region has anything to do with the hardware capabilities.

[@AlphaZeroX96]

Wait, the music in the game was compressed?

[@MoldyPond]

I mean, all game music is compressed, but this is back when it was much more highly compressed, in this case going from PC software exporting to CD quality MIDI, but the N64 is completely incapable of doing that so they had to squish it all down to work properly ;)

[@AlphaZeroX96]

Interesting. The original music is still very awesome though. :)

[@Dream_Spark]

Is this the work of AI? Genuinely curious here.

[@MoldyPond]

Nope, these were originally uploaded around 12-13 years ago to Grant Kirkhope's (the game's composer) website to show how these sounded before being compressed for the N64 👍

[@Dream_Spark]

@@MoldyPond god bless.

[@GenderlessFurry_They-Them]

Fun Fact: On some emulators, the water is green

[@gregliam]

holy shit this version sounds sounds so much less cheap Lol

[@FaustVandrake]

Is his hand, holding the gun ;)

[@lemonbreadsf3828]

how cool would it be if they remade this game Crash Bandicoot N-Sane Trilogy style?

[@UserName-tv1sy]

Closest thing we’ll ever have is the Xbox unreleased version

[@liquidsnake6879]

This really makes you curse nintendo for going with cartridges damn. What a stupid decision to make, i'm always stunned at the 32bit generation and how SEGA and Nintendo both fucked it all up and just gifted the market to Sony lol

[@Charlyfromthenuclearcity]

Well, here "compressed" means "reducing space" I guess. Not very accurate, but well, not that important either. ;)

[@pkness5220]

slime told me to come here

[@TheClassyAlien]

Same

[@SirSlush_]

@mario1136 A MEN

[@whybother929]

can you send me this music uncompressed somehow? maybe a zip file?

[@davidjatt3251]

they were better off when they were compressed.

[@420mario8]

90s were the best imo. My fave sports team was great, music was great, video games were the bomb, the world was less of a politically correct world. Now My sports team is trash, Music isn't as good, video games are predictable, and don't get me started on our world today.

[@FIDEL_CASHFLOW_]

Just...stop. These rose tinted nostalgia glasses everyone has for the 90s are cringey and make you sound like a gigantic idiot.

[@ninjanugget9092]

Kinda sounds like a Splatoon song

[@empire0]

You were boss if you had this game and a Rumble Pak.

[@Apprentice_of_the_Leonine]

You know, they were originally planning to implement a reload mechanic into the game that had you remove and re-insert the Rumble Pak, like switching magazines in a gun.

[@patrickm4281]

+doctor345678 what happened to it?

[@Apprentice_of_the_Leonine]

Patrick M Too much of a hassle to program, I guess. Either that, or they thought people would accidentally break their controllers or Rumble Paks.

[@patrickm4281]

doctor345678 not to mention that it does chews up power from batteries more than than a sponge does with water

[@WarpWorld7]

+empire I had a tremor pak! It was a memory card/rumble pak. Wasn't necessary for this game, just stating that I'm better than everyone for having this 3rd party piece of crap.

[@thevoice421]

when you found the Phantom and that 50 round mag...

[@thehumanstunlock7588]

gun was so damn broken OP in multiplayer.

[@TymphaRedbreaduwuowo]

axel william i always chose cougar magnum

[@justarandomsovietofficerwi2023]

PP7 and DD44

[@ceemichaels1877]

Never knew they had it in Multiplayer too!

[@ceemichaels1877]

Johnny Lawrence oh yeah? Imma look it up!

[@winlover37]

This game really is something else. I haven't played this game in quite some time, but here I am searching for the OST while drunk. No matter how much time passes, GoldenEye will always be legendary.

[@hanakun]

Timeless classic :D I remember playing this when I was 11... Now, I´m about to be 33 and this music still sounds so fresh. Thank you for uploading such quality file :)

[@ocpofficialrep7026]

Just turned 30 2 days ago. This was my dang ole childhood.

[@carlosmanueI]

Never thought Goldeneye's OST would bring me so much joy as an adult.

[@endoplasmicreticulum8357]

WE CARE A LOT!

[@zunar1]

He officially said it in a video of gamegrumps that it was the main influence of this track.

[@akumati86]

Alexandre Halme ?

[@hoilst]

@@akumati86 "We Care A Lot" by Faith No More.

[@akumati86]

@@hoilst Thanks

[@Chonson]

About the wars you're having gee that looks like fun!

[@adenforst230]

I didn`t think this song could get any better, yet here it is. Damn, this soundtrack is really timeless.

[@Euclidiuss]

Soundtrack? I thought it was just one song remixed several times. TERRIBLE GAME DESIGN.

[@Dash120z]

@@Euclidiuss lay off the crack, everything about this game is a masterpiece whether you like it or not.

[@Euclidiuss]

@@Dash120z The game isn't good on the N64. It's better on Emulators.

[@theonewhoknows2]

@@Euclidiussit’s a great game. N64 in its infancy.

[@MoldyPond]

It stands the test of time only if you grew up with it. But let it be said that no matter what my recent opinions of it might be, I'm still raising my future kids on my N64 before they even touch a new console.

[@mintmag8748]

Good man. THis was 7 years ago; so how did it turn out.

[@negativefreeroll5089]

I love the n64, couldn’t imagine my life without it.

[@RicardoRos]

lol yes how was it

[@elecman748]

9 years later, how it ended?

[@fromthefire4176]

Good way to avoid them potentially not being able to enjoy the good old games, not appreciating how far performance has developed and how far they’ll continue to advance, but also not realizing not getting the lesson that high performance doesn’t mean good gameplay ideas old games used to be fun, games today are stagnant ideas with flashy graphics most of the budget got wasted on, there’s no hope for things to change if nobody remembers it wasn’t always like this and can be different, so this is a commendable endeavor

[@funnycar4000]

They had to have awesome music back then bc none of the characters could talk lol

[@TymphaRedbreaduwuowo]

funny, 3 years later they could

[@lecapitaine1017]

That's actually pretty much true. For the longest time, game music had to be built around hardware limitations. From the NES up until around the N64, being catchy as hell was the only way *not* to be an ear-splitting mess.

[@guy4717]

This game was in 97, half-life, a game somewhat known for its voice acting came out in 98

[@liquidsnake6879]

and because there was a lot of great music all around them, this was based on a Faith No More track, nowadays you got nothing of that caliber on the radio

[@TheDemonHobo]

Shout out to Grant Kirkhope and Duran Duran

[@xYOLOSWAG420x]

Don't forget about Faith No More!

[@1300l]

xYOLOSWAG420x Very true, the bass reminds me of We care A Lot

[@Mrster]

1300l That's the song he directly mentioned was an influence as well.

[@1300l]

Mrster I know :P

[@mangkyou]

license to kill - gladys knight

[@MrColonsay]

parts of this version of this song remind me of Metroid Prime

[@rockrenegade]

I love this level so much that I got permission from Grant Kirkhope for me band to record a metal version of it and release it as a bonus track on our second album. Based on my correspondence with him, he seems really nice and he loved our version!

[@econwatson]

Link?

[@rockrenegade]

@@econwatson Didn't see this, sorry! soundcloud.com/fragmentametal/get-to-the-frigate-007

[@carlosmanueI]

Link?

[@rockrenegade]

@@carlosmanueI m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/nZ_Oi4OIqcd3mtE&pp=ygUcRnJhZ21lbnRhIGdldCB0byB0aGUgZnJpZ2F0ZQ%3D%3D

[@Deangelo21530]

Best 007 ever made!

[@Soundole]

Thanks for posting this, it's fascinating!

[@gang6009]

holy shit dude this hit me like a train

[@RJARRRPCGP]

This game reminds me of 1999 and 1998, (albeit it was made in 1997) because that's when I played Goldeneye in single-player-mission mode the most. It wouldn't surprise me if I played it the most in 1999. I remember playing Goldeneye in 1999 virtually every day! When I lived in southern New Hampshire, in Greenfield. I played some of Goldeneye in 1997, in multi-player mode. I think it was on a rented Nintendo 64! ;)

[@tawogtrailers]

Fun fact, the opening riff is from the title song for Goldfinger

[@redpractition]

gooooold... fiiingaaahhh

[@metalxheart9052]

If Nintendo used CD ROMs instead of cartridges, this would have been reality. The N64 was a great console, but cartridges were obsolete and limited the consoles true potential.

[@adamnesmejanow5432]

This is how I heard it as a kid. But this is NOT how I heard it as a kid. This slaps. Mind blown.

[@commissareisenzahn857]

I do like call of duty (Hurr durr liking it means you're not a real gamer: NO. Hating a popular, good game because the internet says it's cool makes YOU the fake gamer) but they really shouldn't have made the new goldeneye a call of duty rip-off. As should all other game makers. We're good for call of duty games. they're called call of duty games. We don't need any more.

[@jakamneziak]

roman8707 - copyright issues mean that a full release is highly unlikely. Pity as I am with you, a full version of this games OST uncompressed? *starts rubbing hands like a maniac*

[@lloyd9710]

This game came out 23 years ago I feel old I remember going to the shop and buying it

[@jehutyv0]

The face... I CAN'T UN-SEE THE FACE!

[@quetzahl8304]

*hand and face

[@treezles]

Doogie McPhearson I THOUGHT I WAS THE ONLY ONE

[@livinglie5598]

thats his finger.

[@atlev]

Doogie McPhearson what face?

[@KillThad]

Atlev Look at his mouth. Then look at the hand holding the gun.

[@MoldyPond]

@kurly420 Well... I got these from Grant Kirkhope's website, which probably means that all the uncompressed music he has there is only the music he composed. So that means if that's the case, then the Facility music was composed by either Graeme Norgate or Robin Beanland.

[@KentaObscuro]

1:05 2:36

[@GT95_302]

Thought I was Steven Seagal in the movie Under Siege when playing this stage.

[@orwellianson]

Can we download this as a complete soundtrack???

[@furiousfinch1587]

Very Transformers.

[@StupidMarioBros1Fan]

It's not that, Nintendo cancelled the game because they were afraid that everyone would by the XBLA version and not the Wii version, look it up Nintendo, Rare, and Activision (who had the Bond License at the tiem) all agreed to make the game, just Nintendo cancelled because they were afraid of no one buying the Wii copy plus the XBox Live Arcade version was going to be the better one anyways.

[@TheNukaColaQuantum]

So much bass. My headphones shake.

[@StupidMarioBros1Fan]

If they do remake it I'd want it to get on Wii U and XBLA, like how it was going to be on Wii and XBLA but was cancelled by Nintendo since they knew the Wii wouldn't come to par with the XBLA version. It'd get a lot of Wii U sells if it was on it for a year before being released on XBLA, exactly like they did with Reloaded.

[@KylejaPY]

why is James bonds mouth so big on the cover

[@JohnDoe-tm9wz]

The name's Bond...James Bond

[@RaikiriBeats]

Masterpiece

[@mrroboto5785]

Add to it the crappy decision to cancel it, Microsoft was going to allow Rare to release it's classic lineup of games on the virtual console, so like Banjo, Perfect Dark and probably Conker's Bad Fur Day, DKC doesn't count as it is a Nintendo owned character.

[@CineMasochist]

I swear this track goes harder than any other video game tune. holy shit!

[@ChrisXCXCX]

Coolest game ever

[@Dawntana]

I just picture myself shooting a rope across a valley. Then crawling along the rope, hundreds of feet above the rocky rivers below.

[@codered713]

Back when you could settle beefs with 2 Player Slappers Only mode. I can still here that 60's comic sound effect ✋

[@MoldyPond]

@whybother929 Just go to grantkirkhope . com to download 'em.

[@InflameAlchemy]

Bond from license to kill gone bad

[@ajdynamo6866]

I like it but it takes out the part the was supposed to play at 1:05. Other than top notch!

[@MoldyPond]

He didn't do the music for it, so that's a big nope.avi

[@benabrams4498]

Thanks for the upload. Brings back sweet memories :) N64 had some well made games.

[@nicholaskroeplin81]

I need Dam uncompressed

[@MoldyPond]

Hey don't get me wrong, I still love GoldenEye, but it's really not the masterpiece everyone thinks it is. For years I always agreed that Ocarina of Time was the best Zelda game/best game ever made, but then I eventually rediscovered Majora's Mask and realized that OoT isn't really as perfect as I thought. All you need is an outside perspective to notice that not everything you grew up playing was great. Take Chameleon Twist 2 for example. It's terrible, but I always thought it was great.

[@graynolehammersmith8149]

I would tend to agree, but on a emulator with Keyboard and Mouse Goldeneye still rocks fucking ass.

[@Mordecai02]

@@graynolehammersmith8149 Sure, you say that now, but just wait 'til you play _Perfect Dark_ on that setup...

[@lachlank.8270]

1:06 when u find klobb and start blastin

[@kurly420]

no uncompressed facility?

[@mintmag8748]

more I want all of them

[@carlosmanueI]

This slaps

[@SabotSender]

Anything is possible still!

[@Designandrew]

This is FUCKING FIRE

[@AlterMannCam]

Dem orchestral hits

[@tzgzz9245]

where did you get these tracks? and why aren't all the levels included in your playlist?

[@lachlank.8270]

Not all the levels music were premade, Grant K had to remix 6 or 7 down to lower bitrates + samples to fit into N64 memory, much of soundtraxk was composed later with memory constraint in mind. Idk where he found the files but Grant or someone else ex-Rare may have posted them on twitter

[@joshuaandras5467]

This shit bumps

[@foztheman]

YES !

[@foureljordi1590]

brillant

[@MukaMoko]

GOLD FINGAAAAAA Sounds very similar

[@aaron_aj_knight_95]

I bet it would sound like this if it was a PS1 game.

[@MoldyPond]

But it also would've been a terrible game if they did that

[@aaron_aj_knight_95]

MoldyPond Not really, higher CD quality music and uncompressed.

[@aaron_aj_knight_95]

Big Box the Second Yeah, the graphics may not look as great as the N64 version, but it would have better controls, and better sounding music.

[@xer0335]

This sounds fairly close to the original

[@xer0335]

Yes I understand this is how it was meant to sound. I was basically saying this one ended up not changing too drastically when you compare it to the 64 version.

[@redpractition]

This is the original.

[@rushnerd]

I will gladly take uncompressed game music from the 90's over flashy hollywood orchestras for todays AAA titles.

[@MoldyPond]

K first of all, Rare had nothing to do with it not re-releasing. It was the movie to game rights that people were trying to acquire and figure out who the hell actually owned them. In the end, Activision bought them, and that's why the new GoldenEye game exists. Second, looking back at it, GoldenEye really isn't that good of a shooter. It hasn't aged well at all. The only reason everyone still considers it so good is that they haven't taken off their nostalgiavision goggles yet.

[@Normal_Norman]

I never had any interest in playing GoldenEye but dayum does this sound good!