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.

@sadukar_7th_legion

2 жыл бұрын

Love your comment, I still listen to it now. Classic. XxX

@tonytuckwell2325

Жыл бұрын

People of Culture, we meet again. And we remember the first time the loading lines gave way to this... And we could not believe what we were hearing! A locked moment in time.

@timburdsey

7 ай бұрын

@@tonytuckwell2325Beautifully put, Tony. So true. A masterpiece.

bro the old 8 bit songs, man they are filled with too much pure and innocent memories, when I listen to them, I just get teleported to a different time period, where I can live my childhood again

@shawnferguson5121

Жыл бұрын

Totally with you on that one ! Luv this

This was what persuaded me to switch from my Spectrum to the C64. Not the game, but this tune! It was then and, for me, still is the very best of what we were treated to as a Commie owner. This was the only game I never used my Freeze Frame to port to floppy disc, because that would've been sacrilege. I know the gaming PC I have now is a squillion times better and more powerful than my old C64, but I always get the feeling that the hardware is coasting, like it's not being asked to do anything complicated and, frankly, it doesn't inspire me like these old boxes from back in the day. I marvel at how programmers could squeeze so much out of 64k and how composers like Rob Hubbard and Martin Galway could get SID to do so much more than it was ever intended to do.

@radioretrogames6148

6 жыл бұрын

leopold005 well said, i completely agree

@bitchlasagna4720

5 жыл бұрын

what a fuckin waist dont get a new computer just because one sounds better kids

@echoxxxx

5 жыл бұрын

Yes. So much. People used to do incredible things with hardware, now it's all high level.

@leopold7562

5 жыл бұрын

@@bitchlasagna4720 Fifteen year old me apologises for being so shallow. I shall travel back to 1986 and give myself a slap.

@noop9k

5 жыл бұрын

ZX Spectrum version of this tune was also quite decent

How on earth he made the chip sing so well is beyond all reasoning. The guy is an utter genius and should be acknowledged.

You should put the name of the artist, Rob Hubbard, in the description and/or title...

@cyba

6 жыл бұрын

Agreed. The guy is a genius.

@Sr19769p

5 жыл бұрын

Was this a Rob Hubbard one? If so, up there w/Auf Weidersein Monty, IK+ and Commando; used to put those games on as a kid just to listen to the music

@dailyraillive1492

3 жыл бұрын

Rob Hubbard.

Going on 30 years later, and this track still sends shivers down my spine. Love it!

@prowokator

Жыл бұрын

Man there used to be a video with this music and clips from the last starfighter movie cut into it. It was so good. Looks like I was asking about that video 14 years ago in the comments.. Just trying my luck for a reply from an another oldie..

@shawnferguson5121

4 ай бұрын

I'm with you on that one And I'm 54

Rob Hubbard. Just awesome.

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

One of the very best c64 themes of all time

Used to pause the tape just to listen to this tune loop...one of Mr Hubbard's best from his cupboard.

PLATYPUS 2ND LEVEL!!!

@afronic1239

8 жыл бұрын

OH HELL YEAH!!

@adhitamaprasetya4220

5 жыл бұрын

Hated Area 8 / 2-3, those damned mine shrapnels >_

@RetroDawn

4 жыл бұрын

Are you saying they used this tune in it?

@RichardM-kv4uu

2 жыл бұрын

@@RetroDawn They butchered it.

One of Rob Hubbard's finest tunes

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

Great memories of this. I taught myself to play it on the piano.

Agreed, SID only makes sense for me in mono. Love this track, the guitar solo part gives me goosebumps every time.

@timburdsey

7 ай бұрын

Agreed. And I love that mad breakdown in the middle that sounds like something RDJ would have come up with his heyday.

I grew up with an Amiga 500 (a couple of years after they stopped making games for it) and I am eternally grateful.....but this is incredible.

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

@aVerySillyBilly

3 жыл бұрын

spot on!

There are many, many wonderful C64 tunes made by Rob Hubbard, Martin Galway, Ben Daglish et all, but this one of Rob Hubbard's is a real masterpiece! I used to press stop on the tape loader to listen to it in entirety rather then letting the game load ;o)

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

I can't imagine the game living up to this masterpiece.

@leopold7562

6 жыл бұрын

It was a pretty good game, a bit hard, but definitely playable. But no, it didn't.

My fave c64 music

God tier work by RH.

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

Still the best tune ever!

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

Music maestro! Three tracks of audio and such a soundscape! Emotional overload too, fuckin' heavy

Godlike! Still makes me feel like I just heard music for the first time, never stop loving this. x

Thanks you so much for uploading this!

Thank you. Still coming back. x

I still love listening to this ... its just amazing

SUPER Rob Hubbard

A master of the SID chip and fantastic composer

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

platypus brought me here

Rob 'Thee God' Hubbard, how many of us grew up with his music? I hope he understands how much he meant to us. x

The privelidge of time. Good on you Mr Na... x

Can anyone else claim such originallity? I keep coming back, it's a masterpice, no doubt. x

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)

To be honest Enjoyed loader music much more than the game back in the day. Actually do know too

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.

Once the 'cyber load' boot sequence was out the way this entire track took just 10.5 seconds to load from the 1530 tape deck.... when the face stopped flashing momentarily, this would run on its own ready for the rest of the game to load in the background....we used to take the tape out at that point and not bother loading the rest of the game 😂

Still THE best game music ever. Rob Hubbard, God bless you!!

@Ziplock9000

Жыл бұрын

and to think this was just the loading music!

The C64 was and is just an amazing machine and the SID chip and Rob Hubbard were such a phenomenal pairing!!! Long live the 80s and the tech it spawned!!!

Rob Hubbard and his music was keeping us play just to listen to his great soundtracks and also inspired me along with Jean Michel Jarre to electroninc music......Great memories!!!

Me and you both bud, I couldn't put it any better, kudos. x

Oh God this song is so catchy! I love it!

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.

@elvirtnt Thanks mate, didn't know that, was nice to let me know, I apprecaite it. x

Best C64 tune. I now realise that it was this type of music that got me into deep house music.

I am a little bit out of this era of gaming, so I can't speak of nostalgia; but I'll totally reload the game just to listen this over and over!

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

awesome man good old times are Perfect thanks to these people we have the best computers now

Still sounds mint today

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.

Platypus!!!

This music is epic! Rob Hubbard music is epic! I came here from Platypus actually, level 2!

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

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

Awesome, awesome song.

Ironman's favorite C64 loader tune

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

Not everyone was gifted in the 80's. I just cherished the fact I got a c64, and not an Oric, MSX, TI99, Dragon, Amstrad, Spectrum or other.... That's why I have a love of this music, this Ocean loader, to see gaming machines evolve from a pong to shadow of the beast, something that I'll tell my grand children, again and again, and again, and... lol xx

@6581punk

5 жыл бұрын

MSX had very few decent games in the UK and Europe. Better served in Japan. In the UK it just got quick and dirty spectrum ports.

Rob Hubbard and Chris Hülsbeck made History in the 80's.

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!

Very good ! good memories !

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

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

Rob at it's finest!

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......

fan of this track ))

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

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

Was at one of his lectures, he is a God, and he doesn't even know it, Rob, as I said, just admit the gift you gave the world.

oh this is really cool.

YES, and pressed stop on the tape so it wouldnt end... many many times :)

@smif7t3

4 жыл бұрын

Me too! :)

truly the best piece Rob Hubbard has done. It belongs in a museum probably. Quite possibly the most exceptional middle section of any music as well. Stunning and I bet even Rob wonders how he managed it. Shame about the god awful practice of remixes

@adroharv9213

7 жыл бұрын

I think a lot of people probably do. If I'm honest I prefer One man and his droid to this in terms of catchiness and actually listening to it more often. Rob Hubbard wrote some very melodic stuff but I think Sanxion was his best for theme and how he structures it together.Not very keen at all on Monty on the run either for the most or Crazy Comets and sequel but I think people associate it's technical wizardry more when deciding what they figure best.

@adroharv9213

7 жыл бұрын

I guess it just depends. It's an unusual structure for sure and I could certainly pick fault with it myself but generally I like it. I'd very much argue that Rob Hubbard despite the deserving credit he gets did write mostly pieces that were not entirely consistent anyway. The first piece from The Human Race for example is very good up to a point and Knucklebusters main game tune is stunning early on and then fairly awful for much after. I really quite enjoy his stuff and probably rate around 10 or so of his tunes up there as faves but this aspect is never mentioned. Other musicians at the time that wrote on the C64 also

@adroharv9213

7 жыл бұрын

yes I would agree his understanding like a lot of greats is probably his own which is why nobody ever sounded that way. He did a lot for people like myself because I always saw his music at the time as the bar. Went on to listen to others too of course which were very likely spurred on by his work as well. And yes music is certainly very interesting when you start coupling it in ways outside of where it originally came from

@benjamind.halford3987

7 жыл бұрын

I think it's a beautifully made piece of music. The middle section is emotionally powerful, a perfect counter to the medium of bleepy nasal chiptune. I had a ZX Spectrum in those days but I think as a kid this tune would have torn my heart out. I can't choose a favourite. Nemesis the Warlock is superb, as is Zoids, Thrust, in addition to the one's you've already mentioned. Really, the guy was top of the game, every tracks a banger!

@benjamind.halford3987

7 жыл бұрын

People forget the music he did for Kentilla too... never gets boring!

God bless Rob, God Bless Platypus.

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

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

Platypus 1 level 2 theme

yeh excellent mag and good times :)

I honestly have no idea how Rob Hubbard came up with this - its fantastic and lasted the test of time. I get hairs on my neck rising when I hear it even now... the game was rubbish though.

Woah it's the song CGR uses. Had no idea it came from this.

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

ALL HALE ROB HUBBARD ! Thank You MASTER !

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!!

I loved that tune back in the days. I grew up and,guess what,I still love it!!! BTW there is a cool remix on 'Remix Kwed org' called 'Sanxion Loader (Acoustic)'.... Just two guitars and some rain that's all. Love that one too.

@leopold7562

6 жыл бұрын

Same here. On Zzap! 64, they gave away a cover cassette which had Rob Hubbard playing this on a Fairlight. Beautiful piece of work, but then who expected any less of him?

One of my all time favorite tunes. Never even played the game. Ever.

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

Remarkable !!!!!! thx ;-)

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*

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

a quite difficult game as I recall

@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.

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

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

Rob Hubbard's best piece

Platypus!!!!!!!

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

Robb Hubbard, the music genius of the commodore 64, how the hell did he managed to program this outstanding tune in basic

@leopold7562

6 жыл бұрын

Not even in BASIC, mate. Have you ever seen C64 BASIC? It's crap! Programming the SID chip required two commands: PEEK and POKE. After that, it was a shit load of memory addresses and registers. It was more akin to machine language than anything.