Hyperspace theme music (3DO version)

[@troyma6311]

The most underrated game in the history of space shooter games. Music, gameplay, humor, text, and ideas are all perfectly made and is by far my favourite game

[@chodetaculous]

Every single person that talks about this game loves it, I don't see how it is "underrated."

[@vilomaxus2463]

You should get out from your cave

[@SpathiCaptainFwiffo]

​@@chodetaculousbecause it never had a chance to take off, due to literally every popular game series being at its peak at the time

[@SuperWhygee]

So good. 20 years later, doesn't get old.

[@PeterHamiltonz]

25 years later, still doesn't get old

[@troyzika]

26 years later, still doesn’t get old

[@moffin25]

Still good.. 2022!

[@troyma6311]

still good 27 years later in 2022

[@devmag52]

30 years now and I agree

[@PartTimePirate]

Best Game AND Game Music ever made, seriously... i am 39 year old nerd, i know what i am talking about...

[@DrCrimson_]

16 year old, can confirm. Such a great game.

[@joonasfi]

Now you're 41 year old nerd :)

[@snakesonaplane114]

i still blast this music to work

[@mikachuman]

And hitting 45, how is it going mate? Greatest game. Kudos to Riku Nuottajärvi for many of my favorite tunes.

[@googleplusgivespeopleaids3218]

This has become my go-to song when there's one mile left to run and it's time to start running hard.

[@aranhallford3829]

hella late replay, but same

[@markm940]

I'd love to do Fran to this song.

[@KandiKlover]

Running into hyperspace lol

[@8Spikey]

When I swim long laps this music is playing in my head for the first half of what I plan on doing.

[@Fgway]

Listen real close and you'll find One Way or Another. It's sped up, shifted, synthed but it's there.

[@nixnightbird138]

Even though I'd played on PC at the time, I went out and bought a new 3DO when they came out in anticipation of the remix of this game. The 3DO was $700 at the time. The game came out months later. And it was SOooooooooo worth it!

[@Cecilbags]

Nix Nightbird thats fucking awesome! Thank you for that! If you still got the hardware, you should seriously make a video...

[@vitalik38815]

Kandi Klover they go around a 100$ nowadays

[@thedoubledeckerhat4416]

A new game is coming from the original creators. The name was announced 5 days ago as: Free Stars: Children of Infinity. Apparently its going ti be a midern and improved version taking olace after the end of the old version. Its been in the works a while, but its finally started to come together.

[@mrk45]

'Oh shit, oh shit, oh shit...' *alarm sounds* 'WE COME IN PEACE.' 'Nooooooo.'

[@SpathiCaptainFwiffo]

Oh yeah those one are re-*PRIORITY OVERRIDE: NEW BEHAVIOR DICTATED. BREAK TARGET INTO COMPONENT MATERIALS*

[@jorts_master69]

Me, who has made Fwiffo into a certified veteran of the conflict by this point: "Oh cool, free RU."

[@MrDibara]

​@@jorts_master69 FWIFFO! THE UNSUNG -if unwilling- HERO OF THE GALAXY! ✊️

[@jorts_master69]

@@MrDibara If a Star Control 2 movie or TV series were ever made, I'd want an arc for Fwiffo where he goes from trembling coward to courageous badass as he sees more and more combat

[@BenersantheBread]

@@jorts_master69 He'd never get brave he'd just keep accidentally succeeding

[@atanvardo5730]

This version of "Hyperspace" from the game "Star Control II" is from the 3DO port (1994) and is actually Burke Treischmann's remix of the original version composed by Riku Nuottajärvi for the MS-DOS game (1992).

[@OakwoIf]

that's why it sounds different, thanks!

[@danieldolz5091]

This song made hyperspace travel not boring at all.... I just loved to wonder around listening it and feeling the adventure.... such a good game...

[@FurrKnight]

for about 10 years This was my song on loop for all my 1+hr drives, I truly hope I can remember it in the afterlife to experience it in yet a new adventure!

[@24rs46]

My first audio card and first computer speakers.

[@MetalCanyon]

I think I -still- prefer the MOD music of the DOS version, but this one is still awesome. How can anyone possibly dislike this? So catchy, it just screams "Woo, we're in space and travelling to distant stars to explore!!"

[@KandiKlover]

Yeah I really love the original version. Those snare and bass drum hits just sound so much more powerful and intens.

[@josephoberlander]

I used to as well, but the 3DO version was recorded in the same studios a year later, on pretty much the same hardware. The original composer said that this song was a close recreation of the original studio tapes. Which were certainly used as a reference point. Here's the problem: 1992. Sound hardware was limited to Sound Blaster and similar sound cards. This meant a 2 channel at most 8 bit DAC with 11-16 voices. So you had to ocsillate rapidly to approximate chords and FM synth waveforms. It's also why old digitized voices of the era are such junk. The studios used 16 bit synths and professional equipment. Typically 3-4 synths, for certain a Roland D50, and a Roland R8 drum machine at the same time. The 3DO had a 16 bit sound chip with 8 channels and could capture about half of what was being played, and also had CD audio as a backup if required. The intro, btw, is 4ths minmicking the Star Trek intro, then diverging off in the opposite direction downwards. Its why its so chatchy. If you want to recreate this, set your synth to fm synth/saw lead mixed with synth choir. It creates that nice shimmery outer space sound. So if you want to play the game closer to the original music, select the 3DO music. I personally hate the 3DO voices, though - I leave those off.

[@garrethandersonkodyat9391]

I remember playing this when i was a kid in 2010s the nostalgia

[@darthcloakedguy9726]

Who else is here in 2024+ celebrating the coming of Free Stars: Children of Infinity?

[@Edarnon_Brodie]

Waiting August 2025, if they not lied

[@evilwillhunting]

This game was a masterpiece. The gameplay, the story, the quirky humor, the music... it was just awesome across the board. And the melee mode was just the icing on the strippers tits

[@unity20000]

best game ever.

[@sindobrandnew]

Agree.

[@aurex8937]

Icing on the strippers' tits just sums it up PERFECTLY.

[@drunkensailor112]

this game was everything no man's sky claimed to be but wasn't

[@FlukasMcDoogle]

YES!!

[@christianloper9483]

lol. That's 60 bucks I'm never getting back. This, on the other hand, is played biennially.

[@Cecilbags]

Awesome!

[@HayTatsuko]

I play it once every couple of years, but that's only because I have way too many other games distracting me, and I like to wait long enough for my memories of UQM to fade so that it seems more fresh to me -- though there are MANY moments that are simply unforgettable.

[@notstardream]

Sad how a 1992 game beats ALOT of 2016-2020 games

[@TheSnorkyShow]

This looks acutely freaking good. I would definitely play this....

[@Edarnon_Brodie]

So play!

[@axel4196]

Yes! Try it! It's fun as hell and the music is fantastic!

[@albertcheung9563]

I've been playing this song on my car lately. Because of it, all the ships- I mean cars around me look more like Mycon Podships. This song really fires you up! It would be great if, after developing the first FTL drive, that ship plays this on its intercom... This game expresses the spirit and adventure/wonder of space travel without some grimdark or depressing elements.

[@PerilousPangolin]

I played SC2 before I had a car, but years later when I was able to play this while driving on the open highway I was so happy.

[@spongeintheshoe]

Definitely one for the mixtape.

[@noicebrewery]

I like to think that in hyperspace the crew just has this playing and is grooving the hell out

[@MinecraftOnlyMinecra]

WE COME IN PEACE !

[@Lykoloo]

PRIORITY OVERRIDE: BREAK TARGET INTO COMPONENT MOLECULES

[@ParodyAccount_]

+ᅚᅚ FUCK THEM lol

[@Lexyvil]

Wecomwecomwecomwecome in Peace!

[@puffythedestroyer8878]

Lexyvil priority override; New behavior dictated: must break target into component materials

[@aurex8937]

"We come in peace!" "Hi, probe... we are called, uhm "Component Materials" and we are already broken." "Bye!" "Uhm, bye."

[@Jake_Lake]

The 3do version of the game was awsome!

[@neutrinoelusive3392]

best game of all time

[@childsong9076]

old but very gold

[@Lexyvil]

Without this song, I wouldn't be as addicted to this game as I am today.

[@yukoneggie]

God damn I love this game, I grew up with some of the best stuff.

[@moccalou]

The heck is a 3DO? *looks it up* A game system from 1993 played music THAT epically? O____o

[@Senzorei]

Jem, that was mentioned in the game, though I cannot recall. *checking wiki*. The most striking feature of HyperSpace is the different properties electromagnetic radiation has within it; HyperSpace's different physical constants cause the speed of light to be much greater than the speed of light in TrueSpace (possibly more than 4,000 times greater). Observers in HyperSpace thus perceive electromagnetic radiation as "red-shifted", as the increased speed of propagation of light waves causes their wavelengths to become longer. *continued ramble* I thought it might've been due to the background microwave radiation shifting into the visible light spectrum, but I wasn't sure.

[@velocityraptor2890]

cool

[@spongeintheshoe]

Imagine if the Gems from Steven Universe existed in the Star Control universe. How would HyperSpace's laws affect their bodies?

[@tehdawson]

It would only be redshifted if you were moving away. Otherwise, all the light would be blueshifted, with wavelengths getting shorter relative to how you are perceiving it. And yes, the cosmic microwave background radiation (CMBR) would be brought into the red side of visible spectrum, also due to blueshift.

[@shinvitya]

Toys for Bob have announced the sequel to SC2, the Ghosts of the Precursors.

[@PouchMaster]

Sucks that they`ve just gotten started on it.

[@freedomforthepeople342]

James Fraser better Late than never. I thank god that they are finally doing it. I have never been hyped to game so much.

[@lowkeyobsessedngl]

its been 2 years and no word on any update. i hear they've settled the dispute with Origin and both are now moving forward with their particular projects, which means twice the Star Control!

[@hansbrackhaus8017]

An excellent remix, hitting it just right between improvement and overdoing/overcompensating it.

[@Haispawner]

This music is fitting for any space travel scene in any media ever be it video games, cartoons, comic books or novels.

[@Videoneer]

Ever notice how eerily similar this hyperspace song is to the theme song of Futurama? Give it a listen, especially when the bells kick in.

[@ilmarihiltunen2779]

Thanks! Your comment made me remember thinking the same thing way back in the days.

[@SwitchyWitch_]

This is what future sounded like in 1994. And it still sounds like it.

[@heavytrike]

ah this is the one i remembered. it's so good.

[@Lexyvil]

My favourite version of Hyperspace.

[@mwatkins0590]

got a 3DO yesterday, never played any games for it before (other than NFS, Road Rash, and some of the ports on other consoles). This game seems neat as hell so far. This song immediately reminded me of Joy Division's "Love Will Tear Us Apart".

[@YanLipavsky]

Soundtrack of my life :) WE COME IN PEACE !

[@dynamiz77]

HyperSpace! I remember playing this game as a kid - THE MOST EPIC SPACE EXPLORATION GAME EVAR!

[@nickeyteoh]

Listening to this is not only nostalgic. It feels like your mind is transported to some outer space.

[@puffythedestroyer8878]

Probably one of the best overland scores I’ve heard in gaming.

[@togafighter6812]

I definitely miss it. Fwiffo was the best.

[@troyma6311]

One of the best games especially for the time

[@HayTatsuko]

I love the original PC version of this a bit more, but this one is pretty sweet, too! an admission: before getting the .MOD of this piece, I often sat in Hyperspace when no black blips were about just so I could enjoy this wonderful, adventuresome tune.

[@fausto80]

best computer music ever made! gives me shiversss

[@dynamicwolf]

Wow, this just takes me back in a flash. This theme is so epic. I love it.

[@seneryy]

So this game is basically 30 years old now?

[@troyma6311]

32 years old now! it got a small graphics enhancement but other than that its a classic 90s game

[@william.i.herman]

The long trip combined with this song and the blips on the radar screen really make you feel like your on a long journy moving really, really fast.

[@darksidealice]

Those drums ❤

[@typhusthenewbie1561]

took me a while to get that the video was looped, didn't pay attention to the time and coordinates. mid 7th, it loops back to mid 4th.

[@aceofhearts573]

When the first astronauts head to Mars they better be playing this the entire way!!!

[@Videoneer]

1 person ran out of fuel and is stranded in the middle of Sylandro space.

[@TheNecropolis20]

@MazzaTheFirst i would like for you to make a 10 minute version of this song. this song is my jam dude. i just gotta have more cow bell!

[@TheNecropolis20]

its been years , its now the year 2020.. i got my 10 minute version, but not of 3do version still not made vidio yet.

[@somerandomgamer8504]

@@TheNecropolis20 dedication-

[@dynamicwolf]

Nostalgic?....OH YES. Kick ass music?...double check. Great game?...challenging enough and lots of fun. Watching this makes for a sublime video experience. Here’s throwing kudos to MazzaTheFirst for this amazing reminiscent 185 seconds. Traversing the cosmos in style does not yield more glory!

[@Lexyvil]

I'm still waiitng for this game's revival. Hope they remake this game exactly the same as it is and re-release it.

[@derzerby]

Hope he got to the green interdimensional portal before it closes

[@Natureworld1986]

this song is just amazing !!! Good old times :-)

[@deios]

Even tho I love the original just a tad better... This one works too. Brings back those times when tomorrow was not just another day not to look forward to

[@TheGuardDuck]

@Lexyvil You DO know its open source freeware, right? Look it up, Its now called the Ur-Quan Masters.

[@theeltea]

Arguably better. Both soundtracks are excellent. The original tracker soundtrack has this vintage scene flair to it. :)))

[@Onefuturist]

@MazzaTheFirst I'm using Ur-Quan Masters, PC version

[@Brackynews]

Hmm, this is the first place I have ever, ever seen Burke credited specifically with the remix to this theme. I know he was working at Crystal Dynamics, and his site simply lists music/voice credits. Any other source that confirms he worked alone? If so, I'm pegging him next to Simon Viklund. ;)

[@Onefuturist]

Alright thanks xD I haven't really had the need to create UQM videos yet, but maybe I will in the future. ;D

[@marcelmussard5822]

J'ai mis plus de 2 ans pour finir ce jeu en 1995 ! je notais toutes les planètes que je visitais sur un cahier ! ( 3DO Panasonic FZ1 )

[@bulletkin3748]

my friend: *DUBSTEP* me: * breathe in * *THIS SONG* "I'm superior."

[@Fibster911]

Yea! Billion AU Away!

[@Brackynews]

I also ask because it blows me away that OCRemix does not have Burke in their database for any credits whatsoever, only an empty name page. That's the kind of info black hole that drives me mad.

[@Cecilbags]

This is so badass, i just smashed my head through a wall

[@Yerflua]

Try driving your car to work with this on the iPod. Makes you feel like you're driving a Ferrari.

[@jaysonlok4825]

Nostalgic!

[@24rs46]

Music of the living stars. Fuel? Full tanks! Course? To the edge of the Universe! Да!

[@1776Sledge]

Why does this sound similar to the music in the movie Toyz?

[@Negostrike]

Damn it's 2012 and NASA still haven't discovered hyperspace travel.

[@Onefuturist]

Hey I've got a question about recording with Fraps! When I have Fraps on, and open UQM, Fraps doesn't even recognize UQM to be a game and therefore can't record it - what should I do to make it record it?

[@EMPPT]

@RET80 Yes they sure are the bast- *Priority over-ride. New behavior dictated. Must break target into component materials.*

[@Poodleinacan]

From Star Control, to Mass Effect....yea, there are ressemblences.

[@akersmc]

I rented a Tesla Model 3 performance the other day and played this the first time I gunned it onto the highway

[@RetroAmateur1989]

Doesn't that sound like Joy Division's love will tear us apart?

[@SolariusScorch]

I guess there are some common points.

[@markm940]

I actually hear a lot of old Front 242 in it.

[@davidclayton1670]

where's he travelling?

[@theeltea]

Isn't that just amazing?

[@HalfRightFaceProductions]

My childhood

[@Quadrohedron]

Ehhhhh it's not the original track, guys. This one's good too, but haven't you heard the version from the first version?

[@christianloper9483]

The version published on the PC was stripped so that it would fit on the floppy disk. Is that what you are talking about? This is the 3DO version, which was left at the full bitrate because it was on CD.

[@starshade7826]

I wonder if the chaos demons occasionally play this music to put the space marines off guard in Warhammer40K universe...

[@SyntheNeko]

1 person jumped into hyperspace without enough fuel and got owned by the melnorme price gougers.

[@Wolfsheim23]

Actually this track has been killing me trying to remember what the 80s song it comes from. It's like a Kraftwork Song or something. I'll come back and post it when I finally remember it.

[@jacobroming4768]

Joel C Still no luck remembering?

[@unity20000]

yeah dont spend too much effort - these soundtracks were created by the community. game's developers posted requests on bulletin boards. people from around the world sent tracks.

[@Onefuturist]

Heh =P yes I'm alive and my love for SC II is too! I'll see if I'll figure out what kind of a video I'd make sometime! When I have time. I'm pretty busy with exams now. SC II poop O.O?!

[@Yosemited]

THIS IS THE CATCHIEST MUSIC IVE EVER HEARD ITS AWESOME

[@Poodleinacan]

@Yerflua I'll try that... But while driving to school.

[@Wampaa]

@melosebrainuhoh I know! Makes me dance in my chair.

[@DHTHORNE]

Early rift Reminds me of Joy Division "Love will tear us apart"

[@GODofTimewaste2]

"bloody" I see what u did there :3

[@jemlaey3766]

Yeah i don't get why hyperspace is red

[@stripedhyenuh]

Love this track, reminds me of just going around exploring planets and stuff without a care in the world... then the game kindly informed me there was a stupid time limit on the story when it was already too late, and the game was unbeatable. Took awhile for game designers to figure out how to do nonlinear sandbox games well, and this is a great historical example of a badly failed attempt at one.

[@GlobstersMessenger]

I mean, the game seemed pretty clear from the start, that you were working on borrowed time. I mean, maybe if you weren't paying attention or you expected something different, but the game never gives you any reason to think you're not on a time limit, almost all the other resources in the game are limited.

[@ИванПетров-с3я2ч]

ВЕСЧЬ ! Кто играл и понял смысл, ставим ЛАЙК !

[@annoingdog5349]

SPAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACE

[@frankishrebellion9479]

here from ATM3

[@KaizoGC161]

Who else came after Yogscast

[@starshade7826]

Zefram Cochrane won't invent warp drive til 2063 buddy. ;D

[@davidclayton1670]

Jinjo.

[@leileilol]

Star Control Futurama

[@Marius011]

Wow... I don't like this version of the hyperspace music as much as the original. The beginning sounds like a low-key mutant distortion of the original hyperspace music. Man, I played the original Star Control 2 on the PC, and that game's hyperspace music became one my favorite songs of all time, it is much more space-themed than this and makes much better traveling music. Then again I grew up in the early 90s. In any case, have fun traversing the stars! SC2 is awesome, play the Ur-Quan Masters.

[@patrickcummins79]

goood, get shit done music..

[@everybody.hates.kyndal]

The 3do version is way worse than the regular in my opinion

[@troyma6311]

they both have their greats 3DO has more modernity and higher quality sounds with more instruments while the original was very nostalgic and simply good