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Message: 4008

Author: andrewbroad

Date: 17/03/2004

Subject: The music (Re: Request for help on a nostalgia trip)

 

wetstraater wrote:

>
> Just a question on background music: the JSW version I've got
> from the page you recommended has "If I were a rich man" as the
> accompanying tune. It mentions that the original had something by
> Grieg.

The original Manic Miner has Grieg's "In the Hall of the Mountain-
King" as the in-game tune (Manic Miner 4 Special Edition has a more
faithful version of this tune).

The original Jet Set Willy has "If I Were a Rich Man" as the in-game
tune, but Matthew Smith was obliged to change it to "In the Hall of
the Mountain-King" for copyright reasons.


> Mine for the C64 was accompanied by Bach - something that
> contributed massively to the wonderful Gothic atmosphere of the
> game.

Gothic, eh? You should play Adban De Corcy's games! :-) I plan to
use Evanescence's "My Immortal" as a JSW title-screen tune one day.


> What's the definitive soundtrack to JSW?

Title-screen tune: Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata
In-game tune: "If I Were a Rich Man"

--
Dr. Andrew Broad
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http://www.geocities.com/andrewbroad/spectrum/
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