Title - Bomberman (PC-E) (Sharp X68000 Rearrangement)

Title theme from the original PC-Engine Bomberman game.
Original composer: Jun Chikima
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Well, I finally stopped being lazy and am now writing actual descriptions for these, instead of:
"I spent 7 hours waiting for all of these tracks to be exported from Furnace, then being rendered in Corrscope, so I don't really feel like writing my usual long-winded description, right now. I'll do it later (probably)."
This was a nice first theme. Short and sweet.
You may've noticed that this theme has some percussion in it (well, duh, Mr. Gabagool...). Okay, but I'm sure you lot have noticed that I had a particular aversion to using FM instruments as percussion, always relegating it to a sample channel and/or noise channel. Well, not with this OST! With the singular (and not very powerful) sample channel of the Sharp X68000, I'd have to finally let up on using FM channels only for melodies.
And well? I actually've come to really appreciate the certain drum-y sounds that FM synthesis can pull off. : )
That's not to diss the OKI MSM6258 (the sample chip's name). It's a very interesting sample channel, where it can divide its clock rate over 512, 768, or 1024 to give a sample three distinct sounds. (I think I may be oversimplifying a bit, here) One thing to note is that samples are, by default, played back at 15625 Hz, and no higher. They'll sound weird if you play a sample back that has a different rate. Fortunately, samples can just be resampled in Furnace.
Since those last 3 paragraphs were more so general thoughts I had making the whole thing, I won't really be talking about anything technical with the later descriptions, as that would be pretty redundant. (and boring)
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As for my thoughts on the track itself, the official Sharp X68K version, and my own version?
It's a great title theme. Very fun and has nice, punchy sounds on the PC-E/TG-16. The original X68K version sounds a little... iffy? I have this strange problem with the instrument usage of most of the original X68K OST.
My biggest gripe is when certain sequences of notes are different when compared to the PC-Engine version, which isn't too often, or even a big deal in and of itself (I even use wrong notes, intentionally, sometimes!) but some of the differences in notes (and even rhythms) just sound so strange, y'know? But that barely even affects the Title theme in particular, so I'll shut up about it until it inevitably comes up, again.
Usually, I lean more on what the PC-Engine version of a particular theme goes about things, but sometimes I go way more in on the Sharp X68K version, because it did something I liked better (or was just easier to audibly discern certain notes :P). With this theme, I completely relied on the PC-Engine version.
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Made with Furnace Tracker (audio) and Corrscope (video) : )
Sharp X68000 (Yamaha YM2151 (OPM) @ 4MHz + OKI MSM6258 @ 8MHz)
Base Tempo: 150
Speeds: 6/6
Virtual Tempo: 230/150 (230 BPM)
Tuning (A-4): 440
Here Furnace, btw:
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And here Corrscope, btw:
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Nice rearrangement of the Sharp X68000 soundtrack!😄🤩😎👌