Sanxion Commodore 64 Loader Tune

[phoxxlotekk]

Stereo, mono, quadrophony-- the sound of SID is just A*W*E*S*O*M*E, no matter what! ;-)

Cheers,

Phoxx.



[Alianger]

I could swear I've heard the :20 melody in some other game.

[eon789]

@Alianger Every played the game Platypus? it's used in the second stage.



[Shwaggetyshfifty]

Y NO DUBSTEP REMIX???

[Chikyeungtinsi]

Theres just something about 8bit music  :)

[TeamRocketReviews]

I have this on my iPod.

[firestorm4th]

remember the time when i used to love watching it load starting with the dark screen followed by the sudden music, then the image starts filling in slowly from side to side starting from the top line, then slowly moving downwards to reveal the ship and eventually the title, the music went perfectly with this image and it still sends shivers down my spine at the age of 31 :D

[icykooldragon]

awesome man good old times are Perfect

thanks to these people we have the best computers now

[chrismuctf]

so good

[FeNsTa]

yeh excellent mag and good times :)

[ethicalcompanies]

Bloody amazing, if the C64 had been stereo and a bit more bass it would have been even more awesome

[markowe]

Just awesome what he did with the SID. Man, what strange emotions listening to this stuff... Rob was like some kind of DEITY to us C64 kids, he really was... Monty on the Run is the best though :D (runs for cover)

[Adropacrich2]

Rob Hubbard's best piece

[Sadukar7thLegion]

Heh heh, I just put this on at my house, playing the decks, they bloody loved it! *lol*

Classic, right up there with Monty and the Last Ninja!

I'll try them next! *lol*

[acidgecko72]

Awesome Awesome Awesome, can't stop listening to this track, once a day at the very minimum!!! :D :D :D :D

[Sadukar7thLegion]

What ever happened to Thalamus? They were amazing, then they disappeared.

[elvirtnt]

@Sadukar7thLegion

"Eidos Interactive snapped up many Thalamus rights"

Wikipedia

[Sadukar7thLegion]

Be honest, how many of us C64 reloaded this game just to hear this song?

[Mang0tang00]

@Sadukar7thLegion ME! ;-) - and hammered the zzap64 tape to death too.. Rob Hubbard, absolute genius.

[Zer0kbps]

this is one of the games i blame for my obesity, during the load time I often cosume many a treat

[FeNsTa]

sweeeeeet tune.. remember there being a studio recorded version on a tape given away with a magazine. other side of tape was pyjamara or somethin......

[HelmDeVegas]

@FeNsTa it was on the front cover of ZZAP 64 ... ahhh awesome days

[TheBlackSpider82]

2:50 onwards is 100% made of pure win!! Awesome tune! :)

[ntt688]

wow

[markzilla6969]

amazing, takes me back to my kempston wiggling days!

[rnrbishop]

@markzilla6969 Spectrum HERETIC! C64 all the way!

[Akhiloth]

..Holy shit.

[Jarren202]

How many c64 tracks would you feel comfortable playing in a modern dj set?

Not many.

This is one of them. Outstanding.

[vv2304]

@Jarren202

Check out skytopia's top C64 tunes and you will find out that there are quite a many of superb quality tracks. The technology itself doesn't matter, the music does. I always prefer those high quality sids to the dull, imaginationless sets of 98% of DJ's today.

[Jarren202]

@vv2304 Oh I totally agree, technology does not make good music; people do!

Thanks for the tip!

[tomatoto64]

rob hubbard is like tim follin but the difference is that he's still composing :D

[HardWarUK]

So good it's the theme used for the Classic Game Room which is all about retro CONSOLE games!!!!!! Never seen a C64 review on that site ever - but he uses this tune as his theme!

[RazzWasThere]

Holy shit, this was in Seiklus.

[MrJonnyboy73]

The loader to this was better than the game.... wow the music is ace

[MrJonnyboy73]

The loader to this was better than the game.... wow 

[Rosskoid]

Has anyone got this on mp3 ? Please link if you can mucho gracias ta much tres merci and all that.

[Rosskoid]

Has anyone got this on mp3 ? Please link if you can mucho gracias ta much tres vous plais and all that.

[Rosskoid]

There is a God Forgot how f-ing cool the loading tunes for Thalamus games were enjoy.

[pjcnet]

Another classic C64 track on the SID sound chip that was well WELL ahead of it day since the C64 was first produced in 1982!

[neilandlyns]

Just get a c64 and get a copy of turbo assembler which is what we all use to make demos on the 64. Just make sure you put in a check for a keypress to jump back to the assembler incase of any errors. And you can get robs Music player somewhere and stick it into turbo assembler and compile.

[OysterLava]

I like SID music in simulated stereo, with on channel slightly delayed. But do it wrong and it doesn't work!

[jarq72]

the best part from 2.50, I missed that times.. my mother bought me this game

[LeeCarl1974]

Whoah...brought some memories back that did. Rob Hubbard was amazing (probably still is). I once had a recording of this direct from the synths...(before it was run through the SID chip)...I think it was on a freebie cassette stuck on the front of a ZZAP64 magazine.

[makaras]

1:20 to 1:28 :-)

[wmsang]

Haha awesome - best computer game music ever; gives me goosebumps

[memyselfandeye3]

This tune really gets me going, beautifully crafted and executed score for a gr8 game, love the synth and drums combo, really gives me the blood-rush! :)

[shaurz]

So this is where Matt Barton (blacklily8) gets his intro tune ;-)

[RetroSpectreUK]

A master of the SID chip and fantastic composer

[MrRauliv]

@RetroSpectreUK

[MrJonnyboy73]

The c64 was way ahead of its time.......... graphics and sound.......

[r8qt7]

der führer grüsst

[tsunchoo]

oh this is really cool.

[doctorbubble]

Fantastic composition by Hubbard that even Jean Michel Jarre would be proud off.

[theredweaselboy]

The Music on the b side of the cassette was 'Thalamusic' it was a free tape with Zzap64.

[ItalianTiger955i]

great memories!!! but the loading time was too long (because the tune should be heard from the player)

[The8bitGuy1]

I remember this one time when I tried to load this, the tape didnt load properly and the music came out all weird, if I can find the recording I did of it I'll put it up here on YT.

[odraconiandevil79]

Brilliant C64 electronic music. Still sounds good today.

[darkhelmit1234]

best c64 music by a mile , i remember reloading it time after time just to listen to it....lol

[papalaz4444244]

The "Guitar solo" bit is astounding. It make the hairs stand up on the back of my neck.

[meathead919]

This is easily one of the top 3 best C64 SID songs ever composed. In this track, Rob Hubbard tortures the 6581 like no one has ever done before, at times going over the limits. I keep listening to this song every once in a while over the last 20 years and get goosebumps each and every time.

[iloveesr]

this was one of those games where u really didn't mind that much it u get a tape loading error at the end...

u get to hear the great music again :D

[Hardmandez]

It's a shame gaming music doesn't have as much impact these days as back in the day. How often do you rember the music more than the game or the music made the game.

[the1marauder2]

I think it's because the gaming music today is pretty well like any other music. Big orchestral scores. The gaming music of old had that very distinctive chiptunes character. There were a lot of old C64 and Amiga games that I'd fire up just to listen to the music. Comic Bakery and Druid come to mind as well as Sanxion of course.

[marsiozo]

talkin' bout Amiga game music....Venus the Flytrap is amongst the highest ranks for me ....

c64: rock 'n roll (the game)--also very sweet music...

[quadturbo4]

@the1marauder2 : Those are some excellent observations. I agree completely.

[barath4545]

@Hardmandez Aye. Last time I felt a soundtrack OWN a presentation was the fr08 from 2000, even if that gfx was fairly good too. But not computer games in a long time.

[soomething]

I really liked the arrangement of Prokofiev's Romeo and Juliet when playing the game.

[nonnufan]

Really, this should be the loader from a real C64, including the glowing Thalamus logo and the screen drawing.

[Simon0]

type into youtube

"Thalamus - Sanxion [Cyberload]" to get vid you want.

[MaxPepsi69]

The bit from 1.18 to 2.19 - is there anyhting cooler?!

[traxdata2k]

damn, my favourite little bit of any c64 game music ever. Couldn't agree more.

[anthonyc3po]

was this game a star wars rip off? whats with the tie-fighter in the background? by the way fucking top tune!

[Toastertron]

This is still one of the best gaming memories I have. Epic tune. Rob Hubbard made that thing sing. Current composers could learn a thing or two from this.

[koskorax]

Will the REAL 6581 please STAND UP

[maroon2k]

Exactly, has nobody recorded this from a real c64 or a SidStation?

[leerees]

I have the actual sanxion music file and have played it from an emulator, I made a trance remix that samples the original sanxion tune,  sadly my heart drive crashed and I lost my remix, gutted.

[Bursinsky]

One of the best C 64 songs ever! Thanks for uploading in that quality!

[thomashwang123]

i love the mega master analogic sound

omg good old times....

[madmomentsgo]

great track.

[Anto1]

Rob Hubbard was/is an absolute genius. 3 channels...come on.....a legend

[dokabernd]

No!! New Computer has a Synthersizer on Bord!!!

[jimreaper]

Love the C64 and its music - I'd love to know what version of Sidplay you have because mine sucks!! (And I have not searched/scoured the net for a modern one- EVER!! lol! My bad!)

Anyhoo, gdreyband - did you ever hear this very same track played on the archimedes system? Or maybe they badged it as the fairlight? I think it was released on a B-Side of a cassette from a gaming magazine, i.e demo's on side a, but Sanxion tune on side b!!

[gdreyband]

No, I've never heard it. But I'd be curious to see if you could find it. There's a user on here named Zeusgb that posts tons of Atari ST demoscene videos. His videos get some negative comments from C64 lovers, but there's some really cool stuff. He has an Atari ST demo with the sanxion loader on it.

As for what player I use, that would be the XMPlay SID player which I think is called SIDPlay. Hope that helps!

[kanabal]

@jimreaper i remember a sanxion version on a tape from Zzap64. Was awesome

[lurkerrekrul]

This must be the music everyone means when they say that Sanxion had great music because I always thought the in-game music sucked.

[nostalgiacreep]

you are right, the in game music was really shit compared to this tune which is totally epic :)

i'd love to upload a guitar cover of this but i can't play well enough to do the snappy melody justice

[Sadukar7thLegion]

I totally agree with cosine303, there were and still are a lot of gifted people out there, but I also have to admit, Rob does it for me. He made tunes that will be forever in my heart, right beside my youth. x

[cosine303]

don't forget Galway and many more.. that's the thing though people go on about Hubbard a lot of the time, yet know little of others work.. which is a pity. Do I think anyone is the #1 sid maker? nope.. but I feel some of the people are sometimes not as rated highly.

[GovanRear]

Awesome, awesome song.

[alternativejoe]

I'm currently doing a Mario Paint Composer version of this, just got the epic synth solo in the middle to finish and it's done lol links asap

[alternativejoe]

Posted it as a video response, enjoy :P

[prowokator]

nice tune indeed! cheers. I wonder what happened to that remix some guy did with clips from "The Last Starfighter" movie..?

[buncho888]

Does anyone have a link to the theme from Thrust? Can someone please upload it? It's my favourite Rob Hubbard tune :)

[doktorrainbow]

One of the best tunes out there? Long live Rob Hubbard!