Music #3
Description
The Nücomer C64 disk-zine needs some SID music -- I can't music to save my life, I am tone-deaf and utterly incapable of composing songs -- ergo I must beg for help 🙏
I do have a clear design direction for the magazine, so I know what it is I'm trying to capture with music:
The overarching theme is "PSX Menu Music".
What does that mean? It means jazz-fusion; it means "lounge-music", it means experimental industrial percussion; it means '90s demo-disc euro-beat; it means smooth "nu-wave" electro-synth; it means "RIIIIIIIIIDGE RACER"; it means days when you had played enough of a game you just left the PlayStation running on the title screen to listen to the sweet soundtrack and intro FMV in a loop. But most of all, it means [usually short] background music that is always welcome, can repeat for an hour on end and not get tiring.
Here's a list of direct influences on the inspiration I'm looking for:
Gran Turismo 1 & 2's jazz-inspired menu music:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UyZ1Nj282hU&list=PLO4jlmGoc6uCoKkt2UsCt1h9kRhptsfQ7
Gran Turismo 1 Menu Soundtrack - Home [EUR/USA]
Colin McRae Rally 2.0's cool industrial minimalism:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAWCDava7FQ
Ridge Racer Type 4; easily one of the best soundtracks for any game, ever
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBWKwbjj020&list=PL6PHQCxAqpJTLqJjrDXhr_rXx0ta5rv4M
Need For Speed... Metal Gear Solid... the number of outstanding PSX titles with outstanding menu music could easily reach 100 titles.
Somehow, I need some, very, very generous composers to distil this vast panoply of sound into SID music suitable for the C64.
The Specs
- Standard ".SID" files such as would be on HVSC; I want the flexibility to allow multiple people to contribute music, without being tied to a specific player
- Start address is $1000 (as 90% of SIDs use)
- Size limit is 12 KB
Contact me:
- Reply to this thread if you have a GitHub account, or
- @KrocCamen on twitter
- [email protected]