UFO: Enemy Unknown - intro track guitar cover

[snaip]

This song just begs to be longer! Awesome!

[snaip]

This song just begs to be longer! Awesome!

[WatchRyder]

Damn what a moody look at the beginning! :D

[PharaChris]

Great cover, any chance for the tabs?

[ralliartswe]

Fucking awesome! The best cover of that song I've found yet. Running chills all over my body when I listen to it.

[Co19801003]

Another fine example of someone bashing their own video upon publishing while it is outstanding DESPITE the quality! Contrary to some others, I think your facial expressions are part of the experience and serve their purpose. Awesome!

The only thing is dislike is how short it is - drag it on, man, that intro rocks and so do you! :-)

[blackjacksim7]

great!

best game ever!

[SwedishTiger86]

Favorited. :) Good work man.

[b4rb4ruiv4]

Hey, that japanese dude with 2 guitars playing mario bros theme is a million times better that this looser.

Not to mention that you can actually recognize the song when the Japanese guy plays it.

[Peppo666]

Memories...

Great work dude!

[runforcoverfire]

Love it! I loved the game, even though it only worked half the time. Stupid DosBox problems.

[PlayingGilly]

@runforcoverfire what version of dosbox are you using? 0.74 works perfect for me

[musicduct]

I can tell by the look of you that you have just finished x-com. That equals no food for a week, no sunlight and no shaving :)

[skalisko]

great work! Damn good stuff.

[usvFI]

Rock on, dude!

[Kagonic]

Those expressions, man. :D Nice cover.

[MrUberguber]

Reminds me of some city night, streetlights glow in the distance, strange UFOs in the sky....GUNSHOTS!

[TheNachaos]

El mejor juego de la historia, mejor que starcraft 2

[SexyFoxylady1]

dude you got the tabs?

[SliceA1A]

When the game first came out I would air guitar during interception missions

[JackSpesim]

riariariar like it! and the act too :P

[kubuntuboy]

Two Words: Good Stuff :)

[Feyzzel]

Absolutely wonderful! :)

[videorecuts]

AWESOME! Epicly done sir!

[Rammkopf]

@Beale947 Actually I would happen to have them. E-mail address, please? :o)

[Barts706]

Nice!

[postcrossing1529235]

Dude, these happen to be the most reliable releases currently! The french govt recently opened up to public 300 written documents! Take a look at ufosecretXnet (replace X with . )

[angelomcm]

rocks

[MegaRekyyli]

Awesome job, loved your funny intro : D

[Moelgaard85]

What a looser, but still i admire your skills :)

[Rammkopf]

@Moelgaard85 Thank you! xD

[blade004]

@Moelgaard85 What makes him a looser, your opinion?

[Moelgaard85]

@blade004 Dont get me wrong, i like this vid and the dude.. but if you showed this to a girl and told her what he was playing etc., I think she would think the same :)

[Rammkopf]

@Moelgaard85 It's quite an interesting concept. Wonder how you'd know all that. lol

[Moelgaard85]

@Rammkopf Well... :)

[KnightlyRebel]

@Moelgaard85

a Loser? why? because he play X-COM?

[Moelgaard85]

@KnightlyRebel no it was meant as a joke.. i played all the x com series myself and love the whole concept :).. what i meant as looser is like, if I´m at a party, and put on a cd with the soundtrack from Diablo II :) Like that :)

[ufo8mycat]

Thank you, sir. Thank you.

[ikwillet]

Great cover!! If they're ever gonna do a remake of that awesome game, they should ask you for the music!!!!

[Rammkopf]

@ikwillet WOW! Am I really THAT good? lol Thanks, mate!

[ikwillet]

@Rammkopf you're welcome! btw, I read in another comment that you have made tabs of the song. Being a beginning guitar-player, this sound like a cool project to study for me. If you would be willing to share, that would be awesome :-)

[Rammkopf]

@ikwillet Anytime, friend. :) Just let me know which way to send the tab.

[Ovetganna]

@Rammkopf

hmm...

first of all I want to apologize for my bad english.

this is a great arrangement for an opening of a great game )

you're awesome!

and i'm sorry to bother you, but could you, please, share your tabs with me too?

thank you in advance.

[lliissrrtt]

@ikwillet Or a live-action movie - this should be the music playing in the trailer with an interceptor in hot pursuit of one of the early UFOs.

[ab12fred]

@ikwillet yeah, i totally agree.

[scristiisa]

How about releasing/creating tabs?

[Rammkopf]

@scristiisa Tabs have been created, of course. =) And are freely distributable. All I need is your e-mail address ...

[grillanys]

Rock on! Good stuff

[Przeciwko]

Nice video Rammkopf, bring good memories, to this day I'm playing UFO: Enemy Unknown. One of the best game ever done.

[IamZachis]

lol squire stopped watching after i saw that piece of shit

[Rammkopf]

@IamZachis Lousy comment, mate. You should know better than throwing stones at a guitar whose name you can't even spell. Judging by your comment, you obviously don't know enough about guitars anyway. Kinda fits with your occupation as described in your profile. xD

Cheers!

[Przeciwko]

@IamZachis Fender Squier ain't bad guitar, especially for beginners, unless you are some elitist moron.

[DrHojo123]

0:17 to 0:23 BEHOLD MY POWER!!!!

jk anyway awsome cover

[SascIHI]

Great, would you pls tell the tabs? :D

[Sleepdancer87]

Haha sure brings back memories. Man, I gotta learn playing guitar soon, before I know it i'm 50 and my dick don't work.

[Turkisshh2]

FRIGGIN EPIC

[harpolman]

holy crap that is some epic metal! Love the game and love this piece of art!

[apina667]

Blew my fuckin mind away!

[marcolk83]

Sei un genio!!! Porca troia! Davvero!!!!!

Sto video finisce direttamente nei miei preferiti!!!!

Assolutamente geniale!!!!

[BosPus]

haha :) very nice man, very nice indeed

[SAMagic]

Absolutely fantastic.

[Rammkopf]

Thanks Earl, I'm glad you liked it! ^^ Even though I do look like a snapperhead. LOL

[SAMagic]

"Your ass is on my platter, snapperhead!"

[Rammkopf]

"Crap!" xD

[latextanja]

Could you make an MP3 of this for us fans to download? That would be awesome! I would love to hear this while driving in my car :)

[Rammkopf]

There's a lot of things I want to record, but right now I'm a bit over my head and all I've got is plain ideas. :o) Waiting for better times when I will be able to actually redo some of the old stuff and record some new as well.

[pmendes99]

@Rammkopf Seconding that record request, great cover

Also, seconding the request for a longer 3 minute version. It's just too much awesome for a single minute!

[Rammkopf]

You guys are really gonna make me do it, aren't ya? xD Being not much of a composer, I will see what I can do. :o)

[pmendes99]

@Rammkopf Sweet!! You don't have to go much further than doing the same as in the vid but into a microphone... but... for 3 minutes ;D (if it were only as simple!)

Good luck and have fun!

[kubalibre77]

yeah!!! that rocked

[latextanja]

That is absolutely awesome!

The best interpretation of the UFO Defense Theme I've ever heard. And the only one (I personally thinks) superior to the origianl theme. And by the way, the combination of the hairstyle and beard is your best :)

[huntercd]

can you make an extended version of the Xcom intro music? would really like that. something like 3 minutes would be cool. i like what you did. you could repeat the high (combat) segment of the song after the break that leads to the end segment.

the song would be the normal music, but at the break after the high segment you replay the high again or even a third time.

or you can do it like this. play the whole song and after you finish you play the high segment again.

just a suggestion.

5 star

[Nihoggr]

This is fucking sweet! Extremely nice to have a cover of this in YouTube, thanks for uploading!

[Rammkopf]

I'm really happy to see more positive comments on this video, despite the awful quality. Thank you all! :o)

[44sunsets]

@Rammkopf You should definitely record a full version and release it via MP3 or similar. Agreed with the others, your cover of the X-COM intro is by far the best I've heard on the Web.

[SirAthanasius]

Great work mate. I loved it!

[Lightstormer]

DUDE! You get 5/5 stars just for covering the X-com intro!!!!!

F*king awesome!

[MasterJal1]

Damn this is great.

Ever play on releasing tabs? >:)

[Rammkopf]

Glad you dig it.

Sure I do, PM me an e-mail address and tabs are gonna be headed your way before you can count to 1.3866237. ;o)

[Sorrigan]

Awesome dude.

[HotaruZoku]

0:00 New Title -

"Game Face"

[Rammkopf]

Huh?! LOL

[HotaruZoku]

If you looked any more -dead- serious you'd be a Zombie.

Now that's focus.

[Rammkopf]

ROFL

[k4l4suPP]

I still haven't posted a comment, wow. This track is nothing less than awesome. I have been thinking of making a piano cover myself :D.

Only thing that needs improving is your acting skills =P. Otherwise, the video is awesome. 5/5

[k4l4suPP]

Another question. How do you make the backing track? A program or synth?

[Rammkopf]

Umm ... I make a MIDI instrumental inside Guitar Pro, then export it outta there and import it right smack into CuBase SX. Then I render it in CuBase and export it into MP3 or WAV.

[generalzod4life]

This is so dope i even downloaded it and converted it to MP3! I CHALLENGE You Rammkopf to thrash out a version of the Xcom 'Interceptor' Theme!!!

[Rammkopf]

Gruntz reporting - challenge accepted, general Zod. :)

[crusader666]

Been watching this so many times, i'm surprised i never left You a comment. Well, here goes: great job dude, totally awesome! i love the guitar effect you have.;)

[Rammkopf]

Thanks man! :o) I'm really glad you liked it.

[m14g]

hes mind controlled bij Ethels (Dont know if thats right)

[Rammkopf]

Ethereals. :o) Yeah, it's actually that I'm collecting cosmic powers. LOL

[CrazyJohnnyboy]

Haha very nice! I remember it's the same music as when you're intercepting a UFO and I used to leave the interceptor in a standoff just so I could listen to the music.

[Rammkopf]

Well, the interceptor engagement has a variation of this track. And that theme is actually covered by Fnotte, who added it as a video response here. Check it out, if you haven't already. It's a VERY nice cover. ;o)

[m14g]

have you played the game

[Rammkopf]

Hundreds of times, yes.

[Jerry25]

Man that was awesome!!

5 stars :)

[generalzod4life]

Phuking AWESOME!!!

[Rammkopf]

Greetings, general Zod. :) How are the Bitmap Bros doin nowadays, eh? :P

[warwickswinger]

Anyone else find they keep coming back watching this??

Short and very entertaining - just what YouTube vids should be :D

Superb!

[jarod2828]

Damn cool.

[truthrj]

That is quite possibly the greatest thing I have ever seen in my entire life. XD

[ricsip]

you must have had a very poor childhood ;)

[falkerhard]

WOAAAAAAHHH FREAKIN GOOD!!

[Rammkopf]

Sounds like another happy viewer. :o)

[WyldMooN00]

Very, very cool!

[Rammkopf]

Thank, friend. I'm really glad you liked it. :)

[remaslex]

Can I have some tabs of your version:P?

[Rammkopf]

WOW! I haven't looked in here for a whole eternity! LOL

Yeah, you can. Send me your e-mail address in a PM, I'll attach the tab and send it your way. :) Sorry for the REALLY late response.

[joyman2000]

WOW! Bravo tio!! mp3 YA!! dale !!!

(GREAT PLEASE MP3 NOW!)

[00bean00]

That was too short! Excellent.

John Broomhall is amazing, by the way.

[Dokuczankurde]

This really needs an mp3.

[coyoterunner]

Okay, now this is the most awesome thing I have seen all day.

[GenesisScholar]

That was fucking AWESOME.

[Rammkopf]

Thank you! I tried. :)

[Gebek593]

Maybe cause of poses. ;p I beat her!

[Rammkopf]

Yeah, I was really wondering what to do before the guitar part comes along. So, acting stupid is way better than just standing there looking empty. lol

[Gebek593]

Mommy said youre fucked in head. I beat her.

[Rammkopf]

She did?! LOL Why?

[zmelkoow]

5 stars...awesome!

[Rammkopf]

Why, thank you! :)

[whazupp]

Yeah! Awesome rendering! Brings back memories of one of the greatest comp games of all time. You wouldn't happen to be a Dune 2 fan would you? It has a particular background music midi that's just waiting to be 'metalized' :-)

[Rammkopf]

Actually I am a fan of "Dune 2" and you, Sir, read my mind. ;)

[ifank]

You, sir, deserve a freaking metal for that.

[Rammkopf]

Hah-hah-hah-hah! LOL I already have meTal in my blood! \m/ ;)

Thanks, buddy!

[ifank]

I meant medal....metal shaped in the form of a medal...gah! Damn spelling errors. NP dude :)

[Rammkopf]

Chill, buddy. I got it the first time. :) Just used your minor typo to say what's in my blood. Be good. ;)

[Serastroph]

This is epic!

You gotta love that game ^__^

Nice work, the intro is awesome, and so is your cover!

[varaperkele]

This is some great stuff, could you actually write full lenght song based on the intro? Would be cool

[Rammkopf]

What do you mean "full length song"?

[varaperkele]

3-4 minutes long song based on this melody. Specially after the intro part, from 0.30 onwards. You could always repeat it in winamp but it's kinda lame. As a skilled musician like yourself could write a song and play it for us.

[Rammkopf]

LOL I'm not all THAT skilled (as it shows in my other vids). I am preparing better, enhanced versions of my game OST covers though, this one included. ;) So you'll be free to comment again, as I'm thinking of removing the lame old videos then. XD

[KBX]

I grew up with xcom and still play it... I always loved the music... any chance of a download? I really don't trust the rippers

[Rammkopf]

Thank you all for the good words! :)

KBX, regarding your question - download of what? I have the original intro track, I've ripped it into MP3 using a good MIDI synth, so it sounds really nice, unlike any cheap OPLx sound card would. xD What's wrong with the rippers? If you mean downloading my sorry excuse for a cover - no, I'm afraid I haven't uploaded it anywhere else but here.

[KBX]

Never mind, I got lazy and just used a ripper... So I made a really long movie based on X-Com with the game "The Movies"

Oh, have you heard of Cydonia's Fall? It's a remake under construction

[Rammkopf]

Think I've heard of the remake, but haven't really looked into it. I've been dreaming of seeing some actual remakes of old DOS games brought to Windows. So we wouldn't need to emulate their natural environment anymore AND get up-to-date graphics and audio. It's OK if they don't touch the gameplay. ;)

[KBX]

Dos games were always awesome...then again, I was little... and I love to play old stuff. Well, how about apocalypse? I've been playing that recently...

[Rammkopf]

I tried playing that - it's complicated in a stupid way, it sucks as a concept and I never really got involved in it. :)

[KBX]

Yeah I never liked it much either, but I just decided to play it.

[Rammkopf]

So we're on the same page there. xD

[KBX]

Almost beat it... although I had to cheat lol

Oh, you can get X-Com online now, or on Steam for like $5

[dreadpiratedan]

you win at life :)

[negroriginal]

Jimmy Hendrix himself used Mind Probe to lead your hands to play this track - is it true? Because truth is out there! It has to be!

[panzarw]

sned me the tabs !!!!!!

my friend just loves it, he will even go and buy a guitar and learn how to play only for this song!

[3L24]

ya jam on brother

[weemenhooliganz]

YOUR A WANKER

[Rammkopf]

Reason behind that conclusion of yours?

[ironkinghelmet]

He's an idiot.

This is really magnificent. I always envy people like you who can make magic with their fingertips!

[ironkinghelmet]

The idiot being the guy calling you a wanker. Sorry. I meant to post that under his little "comment".

[DrAmazing]

Any chance you could post tabs for this? I'd love to learn to play it.

[Rammkopf]

Post them where?! lol

[evalicious66]

Wow this is fantastic. Excellent job, great taste in music style and video games shown here! =D

[RedUncle]

totally radical!! great job!! awesome game, and awesome cover!

[outcry27]

KICK.  ASS.

[illegalusername]

The complete X-Com collection is up on Steam for 15 bucks.

I'll be rocking out and blasting some saucers out of the sky for a while.

[wildmikeman]

oh my fucking god that is the best thing on this site! Thanks for bringing back some great memories!

[Gebek593]

Holy shit i must get it on MP3.

[88DeutscherSoldat88]

just Godlike :D

great work, really awesome

[Rammkopf]

Thank you very much! :o)

[Errcisphat]

Nice job! Good song man!

[Satai80]

Great job!

[negroriginal]

You are the proof that Mind Probe works :D

Thnx for posting!

[Timpanderos]

awesome! gief tabs plx! :D

[caekisalie]

this is the Heavy Metal version of my childhood memories.

this is made of pure awesome

[Rammkopf]

Thanks everyone for the comments and rating! :) The new version of this cover is still in the "workshop", but I will record and post it eventually.

[nemisisbeta]

I love the part at 0:54 its just awesome!!

and great cover.

[Aviolys]

Nice video! Nice job! :) 5*

[Appleball]

I was genuinely surprised how well it played out. Nice job, dude!

[P4D3LL05]

Awesome!!!

[Taloc111]

im still trying to get it but i saw my cousin start the game up when i entered the room and i was up there watching for 2 days and i just loved the U.F.O raids

[samotnick]

Great job, i play that game on my 486. One of first strategy i ever played.

[ericcarlsson]

Cool, wonder what it wold sound like if a hole band played it?

[Johnny4112]

Very good! I don't think ive heard this one before..

[richielaceyone]

HAHA, this is awesome!

ufo enemy unknown is the best pc game ever as far as im concerned

[Gebek593]

Yea, datz righd man.

[Gebek593]

Dear God, dumb cousin again. Sorry for that crap.

[yhx1000000]

xcom tunes are cool

[BeigeNinja]

very cool man.

[Rammkopf]

Thank you, Gebek593! lol I played it with love. And beer. And will make a better version as soon as I get my hands on some equipment (and my brother). ;o) Also, I'm arranging more game soundtracks. Names are kept secret, though. ^^