C64 music : Cybernoid by Jeroen Tel

[@JeroenTel]

Indeed it is a very very good recording, it sounds exactly how I composed it.

[@ncc2000]

❤

[@I0Ik]

i was just a little kid playing the game and listening this theme on repeat for ages.. thanks so much Jeroen! legendary..

[@bored_person]

Your name isn't verified.

[@DaveDaveTor]

Nice work.

[@LorenHelgeson]

@@bored_person It should be. That is his legit page.

[@gibbonduder182]

I used to annoy the HELL out of my dad by loading up the game then just leaving the menu on to play this at full blast on my little portable B&W TV.

[@JeroenTel]

+gibbonduder182 Wicked!

[@danaadalaide5648]

The best thing was if you played the game, the music didn't stop!

[@relikvija]

Hahahaha

[@JM-Ju]

I hear you!! "Orion" cracking group used in some of their intros...

[@mynameissara7467]

My god, I'm only 19 years old and somehow out of nowhere I remembered this song. ...And the game, and all the other C64 games I was playing when I was only 5 years old. My parents didn't have enough money to buy newer stuff so even if it was already 2005, I only got old consoles like the C64, NES and SNES. But I'm nowhere near sad about this, nor was I as a child! I love retro games and their music and it's sad people my age mostly don't even know anything before the 2000s. That said, I barely remember stuff from back then, especially about the C64 and its games. However this is the one thing that's stuck in my head and which gives me this weird nostalgia feeling where I feel like I'm 5 years old again even if I don't even remember what my life was like back then. It's like I only have like 10 brain cells left with information from this time and half of them are used to store this song. Thanks to Jeroen Tel, the uploader of this video, the creators of the C64 and its games, and to my parents

[@terrapin-yob]

Me too, I'm 21 and my first console was an Atari 2600.

[@BikeArea]

So kind of you to hold your parents in honor. 👍

[@prltqdf9]

C-64 is not a console.

[@mynameissara7467]

@@prltqdf9 Yeah I know, I'm born in 2000 so I didn't own the real thing back then. So yes I have to correct myself, however they later made something I think called C64DTV which you could connect directly to the TV (hence the name) and had lots of games preinstalled, so for that 5 year old me, it was basically a console!

[@thepickle116]

I was born in the same year as you were, but I wish I was born in 1970, like my parents were, to have experienced this kind of music back then. I only ever listened to C64 music on KZbin, but never on a real C64. However, because of my eagerness to want such a computer, one of my uncles gave his C64 to me for free. He thought it was really odd that someone over 30 years younger would be so obsessed with a computer that's heavily outdated. I think it's one of the best things I ever got as a gift!

[@amgonnafartinyaface]

Even to todays standards - this is excellent. He pushed that sid chip to its limits.

[@MonkeyForNothing]

+amgonnafartinyaface Bac in the day, Amiga versions of games looked way better than c64 but the game music was often better in the c64 versions thanx to some of these rare true SID wizards like Tel Jeroen, Rob Hubbard..

[@amgonnafartinyaface]

Don't get me wrong, the 4 channel stereo sound chip on the Amiga was awesome too. Games like Xenon II on the Amiga pushed computer game music to another level.

[@amgonnafartinyaface]

Well that's just a matter of opinion. Cos I think this AND Xenon II are excellent pieces of music for the time. You're just obviously hard to please.

[@amgonnafartinyaface]

Ok, fair enough. Peace ;-)

[@JeroenTel]

Thanks +amgonnafartinyaface !

[@chaide]

I melt at 3:34. Every single time. This song is incredible!

[@stynov83]

+chaide Same, the 3:34 8-bit killer of a bassline.

[@PaulCampbell74]

chaide Stunning!

[@Hayaliminiçine]

wonderful,wonderful song time,and start 4.37 again.

[@AlkisGR]

i listen to a lot 8/16bit music but i keep coming back to this... This has got to be the best music ever written for a video game! All done in a humble C64... It's like seeing a small 4 cylinder car competing in F1 and winning ! Jeroen is the best!

[@JeroenTel]

Haha, A small 4-cylinder car competing in F1 ... =D

[@LaurentVitalis]

I spent all my childhood summer vacations in France, leaving the C64 home in Canada. To cope with the withdrawal, I had cassette tapes full of SID music and a walkman.

[@rocznik83]

I was 8 years old and I couldn`t really play the game as it was too difficult, but I used to load it up the from a tape and sit in front of the TV listening to this incredible electronic music sucking in the experience. Computer games had a completely different dimension back then. Nothing can bring it back today.

[@seezee8442]

Jeroen, you are an absolute genius. This theme literally brings tears to my eyes in the breadth of its composition. An epic echo of childhood days spent on my friend's C64 and my CPC464.

[@VRShow]

It does indeed SeeZee, well said friend :)

[@stroszekFailure]

This is...seriously epic and timeless, like some GREAT band. I can dance to this in a deep trance of goosebumps. So inspirational and uplifting. A million thanks, Jeroen Tel.

[@Star-Blink]

Played Cybernoid I and II. Most of the time, only the Soundtrack was running. Sooo cool. And I hear them from time to time nowadays. Good old times ...

[@reset1974]

This is one of my top 5 best c64 music. Love it. I remberer it since i heard the first time.

[@JM-Ju]

Iconic.... I remember listening to this tune over and over again.. finally found it

[@VonLehis]

Even today i still remember this and other great SID-melodies with warmth... 😊

[@speedsterh]

I remember hearing this tune for the first time on my C64, I was 13-14 years old. I didn't suspect (by a long shot) that its composer was about my age (still amazed by this fact to this day). He was probably 12 when he composed Noisy Pillars (god damm it, 12 !!!!) Long live Jeroen Tel and his children

[@MatusFinchus]

This is a slice of epicness. Will listen to it again and again for the rest of my life. Perfect composition and utilisation of the soundset available. Could not have been done better. An inspiration... :-)

[@JeroenTel]

(Humbled me). :O

[@CountZero78]

@@JeroenTel I have a really odd question, but it has been bugging me for years: Have you ever been to a Ladytron gig?

[@JeroenTel]

I have not... and with that said, I have this odd feeling I should've. =)

[@CountZero78]

@@JeroenTel that's OK. It was a long shot. Prior to the gig I spoke to a guy with the same first name as you and he looked a little like you too, and since then I had this awful feeling that it was you. But obviously I know it wasn't you now. Phew! Would have made some sense if it was as Ladytron are an electronic act with a early track called 'commodore rock'.

[@pedrodagr8172]

cybernoid 1- 2, wizball, warhawk, turrican, and my favorate Phantoms of the Asteroid... had most of those games listed on the playlist. CLASSIC STUFF!

[@tongey1]

Amazing work Jeroen Tel. I still listen to your music now. (Born in '73!)

[@JeroenTel]

+tontey1: Thanks! I was born in 1972... ;-)

[@DaveDaveTor]

I came to ground in 1981 and I used to be a kid when loaded this game for the 1st time, in 1987. Once back home from school, I used to spend too much time with C64 and these games.

[@ozgurkarter4368]

'75 here. :)

[@DMM669]

I used to record these songs (also Cybernoid 2, Turbo Outrun etc) on a cassette to bring it along my holiday on my walkman when i couldn't play the c64 .. genius stuff .. \m/

[@plok77]

Jeroen Tel sure could make the SID sing...

[@JeroenTel]

Could? :-) ... Thanks +Paul Marfleet! :-)

[@3622Dave]

And still can I guess!! ;)

[@JeroenTel]

***** That's not in the planning (yet). Most will be game soundtracks, but I am still open (and counting) the bonus track suggestions, so I take yours into account too. :-)

[@JeroenTel]

David Craddock I like to think so. ;-)

[@allan.n.7227]

sing it could.... and like an angel

[@MotionRideVideos]

This brings back memories. :) ...Not that distant, since I played on my C64 yesterday. ;)

[@Deetronic]

Perfect song!!! I remembered this song - I loved it sooo much! I think C64 make me love electronic music :) Btw, I am trying to find music from Savage 1, C64 game. If someone can find it, plz let me know! :)

[@stynov83]

I just can't stop listening to this particular tune. This must be one of the greatest combinations in one wholeness.I mean if I want to listen to "the" c-64 tune loud, this is it. (Not saying that, let's say, robocop 3 or Cybernoid 2 wouldn't play loud, but this is it.)

[@JeroenTel]

Thank you +stynow83 !

[@speedsterh]

Very well said, and I share your opinion on this tune: the most-C64esque of all time

[@dieselmanmike]

I will never forget my friend bringing his C64 into school in the 80's and him loading this and Cybernoid 2, I was and still am blown away by this music. Simply brilliant !

[@JeroenTel]

+Diesel man mike : Thanks! Really nice to hear these stories! :-)

[@duskbringer7]

The amount of times I made my dog sit in my lap and dance to this... for half an hour while staring into those flashing bars and tightening the screws in my datasette. You kids just stab at a screen. Whatever.

[@MIDNITENOWHERE]

This game rulez at those times. Class '80, still remembering the song and the moves along the levels when I used to be a kid.

[@FernandoPerez-ng7jn]

Wow, what memories, I truly think this game had the best music score ever together with The Last Ninja.

[@blazeelvirafirehoof7844]

this music is epic as fuck, then you plug in dolby headphones and get blown away again.

[@nawletorre7136]

This synthesizer is immortal thanks jeroen =D

[@artiyee]

This piece demonstrates the Amazing Powers of the SID-Chip. My favourite C64 sid.

[@hansdegroot652]

First song in 2024 that made me feel happy. What a master piece

[@stynov83]

Keep coming back.. Playing it loud with some good bass, a goddamn eargasm.

[@JeroenTel]

Thanks, man!

[@willrobinson7599]

Sounds fantastic . Just shows amazing tune and 30 year layer still as good.jeroen u are a legend

[@VRShow]

Jeroen Tel and a handful of other C64 Sid musicians seemed so far ahead of anything else coming out in the 80s music wise. What a magical time to have been around for. Jeroen is probably my favourite of the bunch though as not only are the songs technical they have a lot of soul in them just awesome.

[@JeroenTel]

Thanks, VR! =)

[@MonkeyForNothing]

Epic stuff from the wizkid Tel Jeroen. He was the god damn Mozart of the 80s C64 music!

[@abacab54321]

Absolutely godly... I used to load this game just to listen to the music. Regularly. Daily.

[@Eliminaattori]

Music is pure gold! And this comment section is one of the most positive because of it!

[@mannyowlstein8144]

DAMN IT ALL. I WANT THE FUTURE PROMISED IN 1980'S VIDEO GAME COVERS

[@Petars24]

Me too!

[@inphanta]

@freejaytea: No problem at all. It's a pleasure to be hosting your stuff. Legendary compositions, mate. Thanks for the memories, and the inspiration. :)

[@douglassimoes6687]

Jeroen Tel slapped that SID chip into shape. Great stuff.

[@eleanorburns8686]

Thank you for posting this. :) I am building a classic SID playlist to take to work, and it would never be complete without this... x

[@inphanta]

You're very welcome!

[@crosboid]

This is such a fucking ace tune!!! I've been searching for this music for two decades now!! I love all the crazy lead synth arpeggio runs..

[@grinreaperdutchphil]

"but the sound quality wasn't very good, so I set out to rectify that with this video. :)" 1000 times thank you!

[@lunzueta78]

I didn't play to this game at the time, so no nostalgia involved to say that the music is TOTALLY AMAZING

[@skuder491]

Damn ... Jeroen Tel is really a music genious. How can you listen to this harmonious symphony and not feel it affecting your soul? God bless the Commodore composers - especially Tel - for giving us these real masterpieces that even transcend the existence.

[@JeroenTel]

[@leeroberts6441]

Love this music..the game was pretty hard :) brilliant tune.

[@Poodleinacan]

I'm pretty glad I bought that game today without knowing what it was (for NES, though..... ). Looks like I'm gonna get some nice music. .... and I learned about this game.

[@MatusFinchus]

Oh how many childhood memories would not exist if you hadn't written these tunes. :0)

[@rockoffinnishgold7598]

Amazing what SID and Tel can do. Thanks!

[@MonkeyForNothing]

+Rock of Finnish Gold And remember, he was a 16 year old kid when he did this...

[@yahushaking4367]

back to my happy childhood.

[@davidjthorne1733]

Came back for another listen. Still as mind-blowing as the first time I heard it. Still can't master it on guitar...

[@Terbie36]

There's never too much Jeroen Tel music.

[@adroharv9213]

Stunning piece in places- mostly early on though. This and Cybernoid 2 being Jeroen Tel's best work by quite some way I'd say. Like most of his work it's not consistently brilliant throughout but it's still some fine work

[@3622Dave]

The Zzap! 64 tape demo of Cybernoid 2 had this amazing music playing during the loading sequence. If you stopped the tape during loading you could hear the entire track. On top of that, after the demo loaded you got to listen to the full Cybernoid 2 track. It was amazing back in the day!!

[@JeroenTel]

I didn't even know that! Nice touch! :-)

[@dieselmanmike]

David Craddock yes ! I remember thinking that this music must continue, so I stopped the tape and continued the amazing music !! Great days.

[@semirecumbentoneYT]

Probably the best EVER soundtrack on the Commodore 64

[@TamasKalman]

excellent quality + JT signature sounds

[@butch405]

Great 8-Bit-Tune. God I love it

[@stephanschmidt2334]

A lost art.

[@MrDazydude]

the bass part is the best: da dadada da dadada dadada dadada da dadada... will use it courtesy if i am allowed. Jeroen, one of the greatest composers ever! Come in touch with me when there are issues. Got many FM Synths around, and some analog stuff too. but for the bassline, will simply load it into me s3000 and loop it.

[@JeroenTel]

Dank je wel naamgenoot! :-) Ik blijf het grappig vinden dat ik dit componeerde toen ik een tienertje was... :-)

[@JeroenTel]

A Commodore 64 with assembly programming... :-)

[@Badeend]

Ik had iets van 1100 games op de c64. Maar deze blijft altijd hangen. Geweldige muziek voor die tijd. Grtz Jeroen ;-)

[@andrzejkrzeminski3270]

man,you and maniacs of noise are GODS BABY! i still love you, you made it when what you saw on tv was elvis presley....not that i dont like the fucker...but i love c64, made the best part of my life,love its tunes....

[@Plizi]

Awesome music, worth uploading thousand times.

[@aivansama9]

I love this

[@neilhopkinson12]

This tune is awesome.

[@Gordholm]

One of the best shoot em up titles love the sound

[@mongolianrico1943]

Big Respect on Jeoen Tel mindblowing Music for me as a 2000er Kid

[@stooart2008]

that is effin brill!

[@marksims68]

INCREDIBLE piece of music.

[@rodolfolinone]

il commodore 64 resterà per sempre un mito !!!

[@ferminpereztesta2023]

1:39 to 1:47 PURE PERFECTION

[@Pedrock4444]

This is inspiring dude!

[@Razmatazuk]

Great tune happy memories!

[@DaveDaveTor]

Remember the times I used to PLAY this game, in 1988. I liked this music at first time I've heard it at seven Years old. If MY C64 could connect to The Web (www) intl. network, I would write an exhaustive overview about this game and this song, in those times. OF course, unknown future either just for Sci-Fi until 1995. Yet I had to wait 1999 the first time I connected MYSELF to the global network, with Windows 95 OSR2 (x86, 32bit, FAT32, USB Support). I used to be eighteen Year old in 1999.

[@JeroenTel]

Somehow all my old comments have been removed because I renamed myself from "freejaytea" to my own name... :-( Anyway, thanks for uploading this track! :-)

[@kodoyama]

The original ZX Spectrum version of the game is the best, but man the music in the C64 version is amazing.

[@bitmagine]

I'm working in a Metroidvania-like based in "Cybernoid", called "Exonoid (Ceccovania)". It's my tribute to Raffaele Cecco. For Windows, Linux, Android and Browser. Gameplay and menu videos in bitmagine Studio's KZbin channel (also videos of most of my games and projects).

[@xiushobird8732]

nice fuckin' bassline!

[@vesah9681]

This is still brilliant, no need for remixes!

[@drunterdruber3232]

great tune of one of the best composers ever like all members of MON (drax, Laxity, charles deenen etc) and Vibrants ,,,,

[@MrDazydude]

i talk about the bass part at 3.35

[@vapourmile]

I'm sorry the music fades out before it wraps. Why not just let it play right through? Other than this, it's the best quality upload of this tune I have found on KZbin. Please, do a complete cover of it!

[@yeraysantanaaday6827]

It sounds like amiga, i think that commodore was the best music computer of thouse times...but I have an spectrum now days still working with all the keys working and a good collection of games most of them still loading. Is like oro en paño...

[@inphanta]

The Amiga had a very different kind of sound. This is C64/SID through and through.

[@MicheleIVI]

At 5:06 I get the shivers, everytime...

[@adroharv9213]

0.00 - 3.50 is genius

[@rayadhd]

from 1.32 epic piece of video game music history

[@ArhelgerProductions]

2:00 to 3:04 is the best part.

[@jussivalter]

And those little arpeggions that comes after that (two times)

[@tekanorbi]

etalon great music.!!!

[@montygill2835]

Cool track.

[@measured.kadence]

The game is hard as fuck for me, but this song has always been in my heart

[@inphanta]

@trafficone2008: I didn't make this. It's a SID tune from a Commodore 64 game. I just uploaded it here.

[@GouganeBarra-u4t]

This is REALLY good ( well, the first three and a half minutes are ! ), and Cybernoid 2 is perhaps even better. Oh, maybe not.

[@inphanta]

@trafficone2008: Obviously I created the video which accompanies the track, yes.

[@terrapin-yob]

Damn

[@inphanta]

@andygoth111: Blame Windows Movie Maker. For some reason, it sometimes adds extra minutes of silence to the ends of some of my videos. I didn't even realise it'd done it with this one as well until you pointed it out.

[@welkflingers]

Very cool.....as is Cybernoid 2

[@DeevDaRabbit]

Speed it up to 1.25 and it will sound like the plug n play c64's Cybernoid.

[@jackcimino8822]

The Wii Virtual Console version of Cybernoid is also faster than the original.

[@adroharv9213]

Jeroen Tel really should try writing to this standard more. He's exceptionally talented at what he does but his approach here to theme is more developed compared to his later stuff

[@OperationPhantom]

...netjes allemaal gekocht natuurlijk ;)

[@slideraver9551]

Super masterlek! !PowerMeyer