Score - C64 medley (Barbarian, IK, Monty on the run and more) by NorrlandsOperan symphony orchestra

[@Noobshire]

That's how Barbarian sounded to us back then anyway. :D

[@193819441974]

Absolutly. Like graphics were "hoooo haaaaa" "look the head roll" etc. It's like soup. Bad as young, good with no teeth x)

[@jdmresearch]

Funny comment. But I'd argue that Barbarian was and is an amazing piece of music in its own right (regardless of this amazing performance). It's an incredibly complex piece. Here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aaWam6eNgKeWhNk

[@petros_adamopoulos]

Absolutely, in my head it was arranged in the style of Conan's OST :).

[@karl-heinznapp2874]

You nailed it!

[@DBenX]

I am gobsmacked. To hear Mounty on the Run played by an real orchestra is just amazing!!!

[@RoyalKnightVIII]

Monty deserves it after what he went thru!

[@iestyndavies7287]

Was that the Canadian version of Monty?

[@MrKarlyboy]

Incredible compositions by British computer composers, Rob Hubbard (Monty and IK+) and also Richard Joseph (Barbarian). It shows how far ahead they were at the time. I would loved to have seen a Martin Gallway tune in there too.

[@anttiruonala2041]

That monty on the run version is just amazing! I live how emotional and narrative it becomes here. Please, let there be more new classical music with such feel and pace of adventure! I would love to sit through such concert and buy the lp.

[@RingoBuns]

My god Monty on the run was astounding

[@CP200S]

Every time I hear Barbarian's theme I have to get off my throne and kneel with my sword praying for Crom to help me dealing with memories from that bad sex with the witch...

[@trydowave]

Shame Richard Joseph wasn't with us to hear Barbarian played by a live orchestra.

[@chrisabbott6012]

Imagine a whole C64 orchestral concert....

[@martingibbons2488]

Well you know how that ended haha!

[@c64audio]

@@martingibbons2488 There will be more :)

[@losalfajoresok]

The Barbarian song causes me goosebumps every time. Love it!!!

[@andrewsmail8307]

Monty on the run music is one of my all time favourites, ace bit of music :) Nice to see it in orchestra form, thanks.

[@bredbeddledehautdesert4561]

Omg they did it, and 10 years ago!

[@MachineguncrewProd]

I would kill for an orchestral version of Panther.

[@Dynamitarian]

TRIVIA: Conan the Barbarian, Conan the Destroyer..Probably the best and most complete movie soundtrack ever written!.. Basil Poledouris the "unknown" MEGA-Composer... Give respect to the mind behind Conan Legendary Music....

[@grarghov1]

Poledouris was indeed an underrated genial composer of Hollywood, however for "Conan" he only picked up the good ol' swords-and-sandals movies vibe. Just check on this: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mnLTeoCgp9NljMk Actually Miklós Rózsa did have a huge influence on Poledouris :)

[@tucobenedictopacificojuanm4084]

Absoloutly great!

[@jamesb4263]

3 beautiful channels ❤

[@alexandrialibrary8152]

Superb

[@perfectfutures]

Shadowfire sounds so amazing here, it really belongs in a orchestral score. Not to mention Monty and all the other great themes here!

[@Helvetinpartatera]

Barbarian theme should be the theme for the new Conan-movie.

[@tivulandia]

agree

[@Dynamitarian]

Barbarian game theme is "ripped" from CONAN movie.. Do your research.

[@scottythedawg]

care to elaborate?

[@1978sjt]

Listen to the Soundtrack from the 80's Conan movies, composed by Basil Poledouris.

[@harryhoudini714]

@@Dynamitarian its not "ripped" as much as "inspired" by the Conan Soundtrack. However, it is clearly based on it. Listen to Soundtrack of "Conan the Destroyer" (the second movie) called "Elite Guard Attacks", around 1:30 you can basically hear part of the Barbarian Theme nearly one to one. Still, they did not just copy but "enhance" it, so this indeed could and should be used for a new Conan Movie, that I hope will never exist (especially if you look what kind of gender bullshit is going on in todays Hollywood)

[@PeterJohnson76]

In this score, the karate tune is not from IK+ as listed, but rather from international karate, an earlier game. Although IK+ was on the c64 and Amiga, international karate was only on the c64. I also read the melody in the international karate song done by rob Hubbard was was ripped off from Ryuichi Sakamoto , who wrote a film score merry Christmas mr Lawrence, which if you listen to has an identical melody. The song was composed around the same time the game was made. On the other hand the ik+ music was done by Dave Lowe and not a rip off..

[@petterlindgren]

Thanks, I've now updated the title and description! If I remeber correctly, the IK+ tune on the Amiga is a bit similar to the International Karate tune on the C64.

[@c64audio]

Petter Lindgren IK+ on the Amiga was an enhanced port from Rob Hubbard's C64 version by Dave Lowe. While he enhanced the sound, he did not compose it.

[@hespora]

Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence is *very* similar to International Karate, yes, but it most definitely is not identical. The similarity is almost uncanny, but then again, that is to be expected. They're both working in a pentatonic scale, where you just don't have all that much choice. But seeing as the rhythm is close to identical as well, I'd be very surprised if Hubbard hadn't at least heard the tune before composing IK. I bet every composer has done stuff that is inspired up to even copied from somewhere else *WITHOUT THEM REALIZING* that at the time. I know I do. Still surprises me though. I've seen an interview with Hubbard, where he explicitly said he came up with the tune himself. And as he wasn't ashamed to admit he stole stuff (Delta was a rip-off of Philipp Glass's Koyaanisqatsi score, and he said so himself in interviews), it just surprises me that, if both tunes were "borrowed", why would he admit that for one, but not the other?

[@nlk77]

Beautiful, very nice

[@disembodiedspirits]

Thanks! Can't get a much better remark than that. We'll be back in Umeå, promise (I'm the producer of Score if that wasn't clear).

[@RealMadMantiz]

Thanks a lot! I really appreciate it. I never played the game but must have heard the tune "by accident" sometime when browsing through some random sid tunes. The concert was fantastic, I went there actually only for the C64 medley because I do not know a lot of modern games, but everything else was impressive too even if I did not have any reference to most of it besides the NES songs. Had I known it was this good, I would have got tickets for both the friday and saturday performance.

[@mdjcsmith]

3:03 Used the pre-battle riff from Yie Ar Kung-Fu before the International Karate bit! Very clever! Works well!

[@mnunesvsc]

monty on the run is the best, like command high score too

[@harrybassett9433]

Wow! Monty sounds incredible - as it did it 1985

[@cronos42]

That was amazing

[@StRoRo]

It just goes to show good the music composed on these humble 8bit computers really is. Change the sawtooth and square waves to orchestra intruments and it wouldn't sound out of place on a film musical score.

[@trydowave]

Really enjoyed this. Thanks for sharing.

[@Jacob_The_Buse]

BRAVO!

[@vrod2144]

I'm crying

[@Popebug]

This feels like the way MotR is supposed to be played.

[@lucabedogni1486]

Monty❤

[@disembodiedspirits]

RealMadMantiz: it is the main theme from Dragonworld, graphical text adventure by Telarium Software.

[@SelfIndulgentGamer]

Shame this hasn't been recorded in a studio :)

[@SelfIndulgentGamer]

look at me from four years ago :D

[@boeani]

I knew it sounds familiar :-) Thanks!

[@IanWitham]

The lengths some people will go to to emulate a SID chip

[@Carlo_S1]

Barbarian was a velated Conan the Barbarian game

[@lockonnow4259]

That Fanfare the first 34 Sce of the Barbarian music is the great of the music it is the Fighter walk in to Colosseum and get ready for the fight

[@peter7811]

Shadowfire 4:23 - amazing....

[@topdecker1334]

The Barbarian part sounds very epic to me! It would better placed in a movie or a well honored videogame of this time like Warcraft, the Witcher or Dragon Age... maybe Lord of the Rings (Dwarfen War theme per example)

[@RealMadMantiz]

I was at this concert and loved it. I never got the name of the tune beginning 1:39 , anyone know what it is? I have a strong memory I actually played this game, it was presented at the concert as the music from a text adventure, but I am not so sure.

[@WhatKateyDid]

AMAAAAAZING! :D \o/

[@長嶺その]

すげえなぁ！

[@MrKarlyboy]

All from British composers who were way ahead of their time.

[@RealMadMantiz]

It's from Shadowfire :)

[@ulmeulme]

bra grabbar o tjejer :)

[@DazManCat]

Awesome. Gotta love the IK+ bit …. Well I would if it was IK+ its actually IK ….still good though.

[@Noone-of-your-Business]

Great arrangement and great performance. It's a shame that the recording is so crappy.

[@Sparky1002]

as Barbarian was majorly influenced of Basil Poledouris the creater of the Conan the barbarian sound track, International Karate was actually the Theme from a Movie called Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence kzbin.info/www/bejne/gneckGyDj96EfdE

[@myjunkarea5808]

Is the binding from Barbarian to IK, Yie-Ar Kung Fu's get ready score? I may totally be mistaken.

[@ruzgartoprak9183]

3:15 looks like a silkroadonline jangan theme

[@StormRider49010]

Nice! What's the song after Barbarian at 1:39????? :-O

[@brpierce]

The theme from "Dragonworld," by Trillium Games.

[@horrigen79]

spomienky na stare cast / memories at old times

[@boeani]

What's the name of the game starting 4:23? The tune sounds familiar but I can't remember the name.

[@Aranathe]

Dunno if you read it yet, according to some peeps here, it's "Shadowfire". :)

[@ianh452]

Real Monties. LOL

[@toughguyver1376]

Barbarian sounds like Conan

[@CharlotteSimmons1]

I think the choice of instruments at 0:38 is wrong. It should have been brutal drums instead of some weak melodic showoff.