GMC #8 - Chicago’s 30 by FranSX

This Game Music Cover Challenge triggers people we've not heard of so often to contribute with their creative skills. MRC user FranSX decided after one forum post about one year ago to make his second contribution to be a special one. This is one of the reasons of this challenge, to get people to be creative and share that with the world.

FranSX made a complete manually played cover of Topo MSX1 game Soft's Chicago’s 30. His fingers stroke the keys of a Korg Trinity. This fine 1995 machine was connected to his Edirol FA-101 external sound card. In Ubuntu 12.04 based Linux distro DreamStudio he used the audio tool MixBus to record and finalize all his hard hand work.

Will we reach at least ten Game Music Covers by the end of the month? It's up to you, the musically active MSXians.

Relevant link: Chicago’s 30 by FranSX

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Commentaires (11)

Par Sander

Founder (1872)

09-02-2014, 20:34

Nice tune! Also like the transition to psg version at the end.

Par Jorito

Mr. Ambassadors (1802)

09-02-2014, 21:10

I don't know the original game or music, but I like this tune. It has a nice 30s vibe to it, sounds quite swinging Good job!

Par Latok

msx guru (3959)

09-02-2014, 23:42

It might be a good arrangement, thumbs up for that, but I can't listen to it more than once. I pulled through the whole 2:45 minutes only because Sander mentioned some PSG sounds at the end Not my cup of tea.

Par MäSäXi

Paragon (1884)

10-02-2014, 10:30

I liked this a lot! Thank you FranSX! It really sounded it was recorded in the 1930s! Sure, I can hear that it was made using synthesizer, but it was close enough to imagine these as real instruments. I bought this game in the eighties, so this gave me a nice feeling for that reason too!

It was a nice idea to include original msx psg style to the end fading, that sounded really good, it was just like the ending in some good movie.

Please make more arrangements from european games! Thank you for not choosing Auf Wiedersehen Monty or Mask 3 or any other most loved most well known msx "hit song", but selecting a nice tune from not so well rated game.

Thank you! I will listen this arrangement in the future too!

Par Sander

Founder (1872)

10-02-2014, 23:49

We should give bonus points for people who don't use well known tunes for arrangements

Par [WYZ]

Champion (451)

11-02-2014, 00:09

Well done my friend! Nice Gominolarrangement!

Par MäSäXi

Paragon (1884)

11-02-2014, 10:52

Sander wrote:

We should give bonus points for people who don't use well known tunes for arrangements

Totally agree!

There´s nothing wrong with it, if someone wants to make another version of some well known computer/video game tune, but personally I don´t want to hear how 32nd arrangement of MSX Salamander third stage tune may sound like...

But sure, go ahead if you want to make 33rd arrangement of any game tune. If it makes you happy, do it. But others, please try to sometimes think of some not previously used tune.

Par fransx

Supporter (14)

11-02-2014, 13:37

Thanks for your comments. I have more Topo Soft's games covers on Youtube. These are 'Moonsound Maiden' and you can listen it and view the source code ;-)

I've never used a tracker before, so sorry if the songs are not good arrangements:

Titanic
Stardust
Colt36

Par anonymous

incognito ergo sum (116)

11-02-2014, 19:00

Titanic and Stardust I do like, thx