Favorite Commodore 64 Music

[NeoVenom]

In my opinion, Commodore 64 games had the best music out of all my systems. Like to me, they had a unique sound to it.

I have a couple (in no particular order)

Last Ninja 1 & 2
Nemesis the Warlock
Main Frame
Zak McKracken and the Alienminders
Maniac Mansion
Draconus
Commando
IK + (which I thought was International Karate )
Grand Monster Slam

and a bunch of others.

[diskoboy]

The intro screen for Adventure Construction Set!

[jajaja]

Druid II is pretty cool

[Neil Koch]

The one that springs to mind for me is the one for Aliens, specifically the tune on the dropship level. I was really disappointed when I got the Apple II version and it didn't have any music.

Skate or Die had pretty cool tracks too.

[tom]

some cool british music on c-64 (gotta give it to them, brits made some nice computer music)

Savage (game totally sucked though)
Delta
Armalyte
Last Ninja series
Crazy Comets
Game Over
Wizball
many more

System 3 and Thamalus usually had decent music overall

German stuff wasn't bad either, especially the Chris Hulsback (Rainbow Arts) music

Stateside, EA (Bards Tale) and Activision (for example Tas Times) usually had some good tunes.

Of course, the XL had some serious cool tunes too, eg the Gary Gilbertson stuff, EA, Activision, Mindscape. Even the brits managed to get some excellent tunes out of the XL (Gremlin Graphics, System 3, Tynesoft, English Software, Domark)

[GillianSeed]

Ultima IV: Quest of the Avatar

[staxx]

Ironic that you ask that question and I am listening to C64 Back in Time Remix album I would say some of my favourite tunes are:

Last Ninja
Thing on a Spring
Sanxion
Monty on the Run
Uridium
Crazy Comets
Ghost n Goblins
Skips Clumsy Colin

[Sanriostar]

Human Race
Rambo 2
Spy vs Spy 1
'ya know, basically anything that Ron Hubbard's touched.

[le geek]

My favorites from three of the best composers

Lazy Jones (David Whittaker)
Times of Lore (Martin Galway) &
Turbo Outrun (Maniacs of Noise)


Cheers,
Ben

[kaedesdisciple]

Hubbard & Galway FTW

My faves would have to include:
Auf Weidersehn Monty (excuse the spelling if I got it wrong)
Last Ninja series (2 being the best IMO)
Rambo First Blood
Friday the 13th
GI Joe (yes I know it loops like every 15 seconds)
Yie Ar Kung Fu
Aliens

I know there are more I just can't think of them now. I always have a sidplayer at the ready in case I want to hear some C64 tunes. I'm such a dork.

I know that the thread was about music, but I loved the sound in Beach Head II also. Hearing the Allies scream MEDIC! never gets old.

[Gentlegamer]

Last Ninja and G.I. Joe!

[mregashu]

Kaedesdesciple -"Hey! Don't Shoot Me!" Can't tell you how often that guy got shot just to hear those words.

I like:
Ghettoblaster
California Games
Micro League Wrestling
Yie Ar Kung-Fu
The Obligatory Last Ninja mention...

Anybody else ever notice that in the original Summer Games and Winter Games, they don't have the real Soviet national anthem? Was there a reason other than Cold War paranoia?

"Get that music out of there! Think of the children! Now we have to all watch Rocky IV again!"