Index of sid/Gray_Fred/

All Fred's comments are denoted by (FG).

FileSTIL Commentary
A_New_Kind.sid   
Ah_Diddums.sid    From (0:41-0:45) it covers a famous children's "song".
Army_Moves.sid    Covers Colonel Bogey by Kenneth J. Alford
B_C_Bill.sid   
Batman_The_Caped_Crusader.sid    Original music with hints of the famous "Batman" TV series theme.
Bounces.sid   
Break_Thru.sid    Not a cover, but definitely inspired.
Dantes_Inferno.sid    "Dante's Inferno was a challenge. I only had 3K of memory and no interrupt time to use. I listened to Chopin's 'Dante' music but it was awful chromatic crap, so I used Bach, and played some tunes forward and again backwards to save memory." (FG)
Enigma_Force.sid    "I blindly played some chords on the keyboard, and thought 'that sounds kewl'". (FG)
Eye_of_Horus.sid   
Firefly.sid   
Fox_Fights_Back.sid    "Someone described it as pop goes the classics!" (FG)
Frankie_Goes_To_Hollywood.sid    "The only time I bothered using the filters. I really love the slow tune. I never got to meet the band. :o( " (FG) The original package came with a live recording of "Relax" on cassette.
G_U_T_Z.sid   
Giants_Revenge.sid    an Arab tune that was brought to Europe during the crusades and became popular during the french revolution, ever sinced spawned many songs, including "For He's a Jolly Good Fellow".
Highway_Encounter.sid    "I tried to get a feeling of changing gear in the intro by changing tempo suddenly." (FG)
Hunchback_the_Adventure.sid   
Hysteria.sid   
Implosion.sid   
Infodroid.sid   
Its_A_Knockout.sid    This anthem is traditional and possibly one of the most known national anthems in the world. Each verse was written at a different time, ranging from the 1740s to the present day.
Jack_and_the_Beanstalk.sid    an Arab tune that was brought to Europe during the crusades and became popular during the french revolution, ever sinced spawned many songs, including "For He's a Jolly Good Fellow".
Legend_Of_Kage.sid    Covers the arcade version by Hisayoshi Ogura (OGR/Zuntata).
Madballs.sid   
Mag_Max.sid    Covers the original arcade version.
Mario_Bros.sid    "Another that made me laugh. Mozart goes reggae, hahaha..." (FG)
Mermaid_Madness.sid    "The main character in the game was so fat, I decided to use ballet music. hehe " (FG)
Metabolis.sid   
Mission_AD.sid   
Mutants.sid    "I spent more time programming than composing, trying ideas. The bass line eventually ended up as the lead line. haha... I love the second Mutants tune, it's very hypnotic." (FG)
Mystery.sid   
N_O_M_A_D.sid   
Nodes_of_Yesod.sid   
Pedro.sid   
Ringwars.sid   
Roadrunner.sid    "More Tchaikovsky. Don't ya just love him?" (FG) Covers the arcade version by Hal Canon & Earl Vickers.
ShadowFire.sid   
Sled.sid   
Stairways.sid   
Starace.sid    a very close cover of his own tune.
Super_Soccer.sid    "The Everton theme was out then (ie: 'Here We Go' by Everton FC, recorded for their 1985 FA Cup Final appearance), hence the can can." (FG)
Transformers.sid    "Transformers was a nightmare. I couldn't get it right and was going to refuse to do it. They still used it. Yuk..." (FG)
Troll.sid   
West_Bank.sid    "I knew it was Scott Joplin, as soon as I heard it. I checked the key, so I went to the library, borrowed a book of Joplin stuff, looked at all the tunes in F major, and I found it. Ventura - music detective!!!" (FG)
World_Class_Rugby.sid   
Zone_Trooper.sid