вЂњI knew it would be music that had to loop, so I tried to make the in-game music pretty lengthy. вЂњThe in-game music (the main track) was something I worked out on a synthesizer over a longer period of time, so it was very much a cut-and-paste of various recordings IвЂ™d made until I had appealing melodies and musical parts that fitted together, then composing them in a tracker for the SID-chip. Trevor wanted something in a medieval/atmospheric style and he mentioned Master of Magic by Rob Hubbard as a reference. вЂњBack in the fall of 2011, I started working with Trevor and Georg (and) we communicated through text files in a shared Dropbox folder, if you can believe it. The music is by Mikkel Hastrup, who is вЂњvery humbledвЂќ by the fact that there is an audience who would love to hear it on vinyl. The intense, hypnotic tones of the first Soulless game soundtrack a beast in search of its stolen soul within an esoteric temple. вЂњThe environments on the album art are based on actual game environments, the cover and back being the final stage of Soulless II and the gatefold art being the temple from Soulless.вЂќ вЂњI designed and did the artwork for the actual games so I knew exactly how the characters should look,вЂќ Trevor explains. He also likes to design retro games, including Soulless and its brand new sequel Soulless II: Armour Of Gods, to be released this year by Psytronik. The release package comes with new artwork by Trevor, an artist in the sci-fi, fantasy and horror realms. Listening to this music really catapults you into a different world, and thatвЂ™s what good music does in my opinion: it makes you forget youвЂ™re actually listening to it!вЂќ вЂњThe Soulless OST has this genuine 8-bit vibe with вЂ™80s and even new wave influences, which I love a lot. We love vinyl records and 8-bit music, so why not combine both?вЂќ

вЂњWe released the soundtrack for the game Hessian last year, and now aim to release the Soulless soundtrack on double vinyl and CD. And you can do sound and music experiments with a song that as a Commodore 64 owner, like you probably are, you should know very well.вЂњWith Chiptune Records, we aim to release music from C64 games released by Psytronik Software,вЂќ says label owner and synthwave musician Koen De Brabander. sng that I have provided may be just a simple starting point to support your inspiration. You can change bassline and drums to your taste. This is more or less the same sound used on вЂњocean_loader_4вЂќ version. That is because we must have a fixed pulse width for drums, which is set to вЂњ800вЂќ.ДЄs you can see from instrument B parameters, the sound that is played in the intro of the song is a sawtooth waveform with a very deep vibrato. I just couldnвЂ™t create a single вЂњplinвЂќ instrument and use the вЂњ9вЂќ command on tracks to change its pulse widht dinamically. Each вЂњplinвЂќ has its own pulse width parameter. Please note that I have used more вЂњplinвЂќ instruments. I combined the вЂњplinвЂќ instruments with drums. This fast playing bassline has a nice melody and it istantly grows on your mind.ДЄrrangements on tracks 04, 05 and 06 are inspired from the вЂњocean_loader_5вЂќ version. The bassline on track 02 is two semitones lower than the bassline on track 01, and the bassline on track 03 is four semitones lower than track 01 bassline. Basslines on track 02 and 03 are actually this bassline again but played in other keys. The heart of this song is a very catchy bass line.

PleaseВ note that the song is 2x, so set up Goattracker speed mode parameter accordingly. If my ears are still right, notes should be OK and you may use them for live playing.ДЄs a personal touch, I added drums at the beginning. Also, if you play an instrument and you like this song, notes are easily available on the Goattracker. This cover is very simple, but I have decided to release it because I think it may be useful for beginners. Just one note can change a melody very much. It was OK from a musical point of view, but it was just different from the original. There was a wrong note on the main theme. Today I worked on the tune in order to get it fixed a bit. Screenshot of the loading sequence of the Ocean game вЂњCabalвЂќ. My cover has features from both versions. This tune is so famous because it was used on many Ocean games. The first one (Ocean_Loader_4 on HVSC) was the original version, while the second one (Ocean_Loader_5 on HVSC) was the remix. It covers (or attempts to) a song that every Commodore 64 owner should remember: the famous Ocean loader music by Jonathan Dunn. I think I had been working on it ten years ago. Despite being very simple, I was glad to listen to it after so many time. Today I had a look at my old Goattracker worktunes and an interesting cover came out.

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