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hqn
Registered: Mar 2005
Posts: 22 |
Recommendations for sad SIDs (tearjerkers)?
Hey everyone,
Getting stoked for X'2016 yet?
I am, and that made me think about the X music compos.
I can't remember who composed it, but a couple of X parties ago, someone entered with a tune that was just incredibly beautiful and so eye wateringly sad at the same time, but I can't remember which tune it was. It might as well have not been a compo entry now that I think of it...
And of course I could scour all the X music entries, but I'm also curious: what is your favorite sad, sad, SAD SID that makes you cry like a baby when the emotional wheels are coming off? |
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The Phantom
Registered: Jan 2004
Posts: 360 |
I won't be attending X (sadly), but in answer to your question, I would like to say there but 1 music/sid in the c64 world that brings the tears for me.
We can thank JCH for Chordian
I'm not sure why it makes me cry, but I do know it reminds me a lot of loss. The biggest loss in my life was my mother passing and I likely associated this sid to that pain. This sid is THE ONLY sid I ever coded a player for, to play on my Android phone. |
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Oswald
Registered: Apr 2002
Posts: 5094 |
http://hvsc.perff.dk/MUSICIANS/T/Top_Secret/Sex_Female.sid
http://hvsc.perff.dk/MUSICIANS/C/Cubehead/Relapse.sid
(relapse being one of those huge hidden gems, when it came out I've listened to it non stop for weeks) |
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TDJ
Registered: Dec 2001
Posts: 1879 |
I still get sentimental listening to Trap. |
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Cresh
Registered: Jan 2004
Posts: 354 |
Random file from http://asma.atari.org |
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wacek
Registered: Nov 2007
Posts: 513 |
Well, I always found the beginning of 'Crystals' by Cane as one of most emotional and moody SIDs ever, however it gets a bit more dynamic at places. Still, one of the best of all SIDs in my book.
http://hvsc.perff.dk/MUSICIANS/C/Cane/Crystals.sid
I am not known as an author of happy music myself ;) but I always went more dark than sad. However, two SID tracks that were created as an outlet for some sad emotions and in overall tone fit most into what you described would be 'Forgotten' and end track from 'Inside'.
http://hvsc.perff.dk/MUSICIANS/W/Wacek/Forgotten_short_version...
http://hvsc.perff.dk/MUSICIANS/W/Wacek/Inside_end.sid |
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hqn
Registered: Mar 2005
Posts: 22 |
Awesome replies so far. Yeah dark, moody and plain disturbing shit is what I like most. Keep 'em coming. |
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Oswald
Registered: Apr 2002
Posts: 5094 |
lets get to more mainstream composers:
http://hvsc.perff.dk/MUSICIANS/M/Mitch_and_Dane/Dane/True_Love_..
(one of my all time faves, dane is the master, sometimes all 3 channels playing their own song, still creating harmony, sometimes its like a duett, awesome awesome awesome)
http://hvsc.perff.dk/MUSICIANS/B/Bakewell_Dwayne/Freezing_12.sid
(its like a bachy sad toccata in the winter ) |
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CreaMD
Registered: Dec 2001
Posts: 3057 |
Quote: Random file from http://asma.atari.org
Not entirely true. X-Ray / Grayscale does not produce sad songs! But yeah, their 256 byte bass sound is horribly out of tune. |
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Burglar
Registered: Dec 2004
Posts: 1102 |
@harlequin: X-98 tune of course! |
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DRAX
Registered: Oct 2004
Posts: 225 |
Johannes Bjerregaard's Myth Demo has a melancholic touch imo.... Also his Thunderforce music and spacegame...
And Jeroen Tel's 2400 Ad and his Tomcat tune #1 |
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Stainless Steel
Registered: Mar 2003
Posts: 966 |
/MUSICIANS/M/Mitch_and_Dane/Dane/Chronicles.sid <3 |
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Steppe
Registered: Jan 2002
Posts: 1510 |
My tear-o-meter goes to 11 when listening to these:
http://hvsc.perff.dk/MUSICIANS/D/DRAX/Bombastic.sid
http://hvsc.perff.dk/MUSICIANS/D/DRAX/Break-up.sid
http://hvsc.perff.dk/MUSICIANS/D/DRAX/Star_Flake.sid
http://hvsc.perff.dk/MUSICIANS/L/Laxity/IAME.sid
http://hvsc.perff.dk/MUSICIANS/B/Blues_Muz/Beyond_the_Gates_of_..
http://hvsc.perff.dk/MUSICIANS/S/Scortia/Nebulas.sid |
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lft
Registered: Jul 2007
Posts: 369 |
Think Twice III by Red (Jeroen Kimmel).
Someday by Trident (Adam Dunkels). |
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Cresh
Registered: Jan 2004
Posts: 354 |
The Recovery |
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4mat
Registered: May 2010
Posts: 66 |
Tristesse by Drax. |
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Zyron
Registered: Jan 2002
Posts: 2381 |
Flight Path 737 |
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Isildur
Registered: Sep 2006
Posts: 275 |
Deek - Infinity
Deek - Crimson
And one more from Deek called "It's Over" released on Delux Driver 5.0 but it's missing on HVSC! I have it on my PC. |
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DKT
Registered: Aug 2004
Posts: 99 |
http://hvsc.perff.dk/MUSICIANS/Z/Zyron/Ambient_Whale.sid |
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Cresh
Registered: Jan 2004
Posts: 354 |
Quote: Deek - Infinity
Deek - Crimson
And one more from Deek called "It's Over" released on Delux Driver 5.0 but it's missing on HVSC! I have it on my PC.
Do you mean Deek's - It's Over ? |
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Oswald
Registered: Apr 2002
Posts: 5094 |
Quote: Do you mean Deek's - It's Over ?
love this one, altho for me it feels like the end of a crime movie (crime lord main character just shot down - scrolling credits)
and while we're at zyron: http://hvsc.perff.dk/MUSICIANS/Z/Zyron/Party_93.sid
and then there's the one whose title I always forget. found it: http://hvsc.perff.dk/MUSICIANS/N/Nordic_Beat/Smooth_Dimension.s.. |
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TheRyk
Registered: Mar 2009
Posts: 2249 |
http://hvsc.perff.dk/MUSICIANS/P/Prosonix/Pettersen_Ole_Marius/.. |
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Zyron
Registered: Jan 2002
Posts: 2381 |
Among my own tunes I think I'd go for Gleeful... |
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Wisdom
Registered: Dec 2001
Posts: 90 |
Some of the songs that have a sad feeling to them I like:
http://hvsc.perff.dk/MUSICIANS/B/Baldwin_Neil/Snowflakes_in_Sum..
http://hvsc.perff.dk/MUSICIANS/B/Bjerregaard_Johannes/Sweet.sid
http://hvsc.perff.dk/MUSICIANS/B/Blues_Muz/Beyond_the_Gates_of_..
http://hvsc.perff.dk/MUSICIANS/D/Danko_Tomas/Yes_Comment.sid
http://hvsc.perff.dk/MUSICIANS/D/DRAX/Gone.sid
http://hvsc.perff.dk/MUSICIANS/L/Laxity/Wisdom.sid
http://hvsc.perff.dk/MUSICIANS/O/Ouwehand_Reyn/Last_Ninja_3.sid (tune 4)
http://hvsc.perff.dk/MUSICIANS/S/Scarzix/Galactix_V2_0.sid
http://hvsc.perff.dk/MUSICIANS/T/Tjelta_Geir/Lazy_Fast.sid
http://hvsc.perff.dk/MUSICIANS/Z/Zardax/Eldorado_part_4.sid |
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Killsquad
Account closed
Registered: Jun 2005
Posts: 17 |
Fawn of Creation by OMP
Soldier of Fortune by Toni Hilpinen |
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DRAX
Registered: Oct 2004
Posts: 225 |
Ala Gal fra Charles Deenen |
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iAN CooG
Registered: May 2002
Posts: 3198 |
Quote: Deek - Infinity
Deek - Crimson
And one more from Deek called "It's Over" released on Delux Driver 5.0 but it's missing on HVSC! I have it on my PC.
Bugjam sent me the file, it's actually /MUSICIANS/D/Deek/Get_the_Witness.sid and you probably have a Deluxe driver 5.0 with other tunes injected different than the one here: Delux Driver V5.0 |
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Rastah Bar
Account closed
Registered: Oct 2012
Posts: 336 |
Battle Ships |
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Fred
Registered: Feb 2003
Posts: 285 |
I can recommend these:
http://hvsc.perff.dk/MUSICIANS/T/Thierolf_Peter/Mirror_of_Soul...
http://hvsc.perff.dk/MUSICIANS/R/Red_Kimmel_Jeroen/Think_Twice_..
http://hvsc.perff.dk/MUSICIANS/T/Tonal_Teapot/Ubiks_Musik.sid
http://hvsc.perff.dk/MUSICIANS/D/Daglish_Ben/Trap.sid
http://hvsc.perff.dk/MUSICIANS/G/Galway_Martin/Terra_Cresta.sid tune #1, especially at 1:57
http://hvsc.perff.dk/MUSICIANS/H/Hubbard_Rob/Human_Race.sid tune #4
http://hvsc.perff.dk/MUSICIANS/D/DRAX/Galway_er.sid
http://hvsc.perff.dk/MUSICIANS/B/Blues_Muz/Gallefoss_Glenn/Vici.. |
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Flex
Registered: Feb 2002
Posts: 111 |
Sadly Fading
Can't believe nobody already mentioned it. |
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psych
Registered: Aug 2004
Posts: 141 |
Quote: Sadly Fading
Can't believe nobody already mentioned it.
Flex, you know what's good :) |
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lemming
Registered: Oct 2009
Posts: 44 |
Green Beret Loader by Galway |
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Ksubi
Account closed
Registered: Nov 2007
Posts: 87 |
G-Force by Jeremy Hall |
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Stainless Steel
Registered: Mar 2003
Posts: 966 |
Obviously :
/MUSICIANS/D/Dunn_Jonathan/RoboCop.sid
and ..
/MUSICIANS/B/Baldwin_Neil/Demonic-Part_1.sid |
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Ninja
Registered: Jan 2002
Posts: 411 |
This SID lives up to its name very much IMO - Pain Remains by Taxim. |
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Oswald
Registered: Apr 2002
Posts: 5094 |
Quote: This SID lives up to its name very much IMO - Pain Remains by Taxim.
+1 |
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hollowman
Registered: Dec 2001
Posts: 474 |
http://hvsc.perff.dk/MUSICIANS/Z/Zyron/HZ_Light_Party.sid |
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Oswald
Registered: Apr 2002
Posts: 5094 |
if there's a perfect sid these two nails it.
http://hvsc.perff.dk/MUSICIANS/B/Blues_Muz/Endelia.sid
http://hvsc.perff.dk/MUSICIANS/S/Steel/Mazemania_Mix.sid |
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TheRyk
Registered: Mar 2009
Posts: 2249 |
http://hvsc.perff.dk/MUSICIANS/M/Mitch_and_Dane/Dane/Departure_..
http://hvsc.perff.dk/MUSICIANS/P/Peacemaker/Artphosis-The_End.s..
http://hvsc.perff.dk/MUSICIANS/P/Peacemaker/Aases_Death.sid
http://hvsc.perff.dk/MUSICIANS/P/Peacemaker/Delight_with_Doubts..
and much more of the stuff by Peacemaker |
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Ksubi
Account closed
Registered: Nov 2007
Posts: 87 |
Waveform (we miss you) by Tomas Danko |
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Yodelking
Registered: Apr 2002
Posts: 189 |
/C64Music/GAMES/A-F/Eye.sid |
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Style
Registered: Jun 2004
Posts: 498 |
Im sure someone has already listed it, but what was that demo with the sad tune and the star wars scrolling as the end part? Origo demo maybe?
To the Bat64! |
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Style
Registered: Jun 2004
Posts: 498 |
Yeh, endpart to Eldorado/Origo. Tune by Zardax. |
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deizi
Account closed
Registered: May 2003
Posts: 95 |
what, nobody mentioned Wally Beben's Moonlight Sonata? :o |
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Danko
Registered: Nov 2002
Posts: 19 |
Quote: Waveform (we miss you) by Tomas Danko
Indeed.
I was hanging out on IRC on a regular basis with Waveform. Then he disappeared. I later found out he had terminal cancer.
This crushed me to no end. At work I started playing these harmonies on a keyboard (I owned a music store at the time) and it evolved into a song.
I wanted him to hear the track to support him in his struggle. Memory eludes me but I do believe he got the word I was making a SID for him and he liked that.
He never got to hear the final version. I was completely crushed over this for quite some time.
Emulation won't give this track a fair chance, I'm kicking the shit out of old school analog synthesis knowledge and using very slow filter and ringmodulation etc to slowly move through harmonics matching the octaves in sync with the patterns so that the song opens up slowly. This is lost in translation on any emulator.
/Danko
Ps. Hmm, maybe this text would be nice in HVSC STIL? |
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ready.
Registered: Feb 2003
Posts: 441 |
For sure it'd fit in STIL, Thomas! Thanks for sharing this sad story.
Another sad tune: Rainy Night by DaFunk Rainy Night |
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Stinsen
Registered: Feb 2012
Posts: 76 |
I think this really hits the spot http://csdb.dk/sid/?id=48459, evokes so much feeling (for me at least). |
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Adam
Registered: Jul 2009
Posts: 323 |
http://hvsc.perff.dk/GAMES/G-L/Glider_Pilot.sid |
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Mr.Ammo
Account closed
Registered: Oct 2002
Posts: 228 |
Eventhough it is a Deep Purple cover, I find this one quite powerful: Soldier of Fortune |
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Zyron
Registered: Jan 2002
Posts: 2381 |
Definitely. And since we're right now at covers made by Death Sector musicians; this Ozzy cover by TBB springs to mind: You're No Different to Me |
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Stinsen
Registered: Feb 2012
Posts: 76 |
Great thread this, so many hidden gems. :) |
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Oswald
Registered: Apr 2002
Posts: 5094 |
shorty and oldie, but goldie:
Flight Path 737 |
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Erhan
Registered: Feb 2005
Posts: 17 |
Dark Side 4:50 -
Knucklebusters subtune 1
Deep
Dutch Breeze: Soft and Wet
Depressed |
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Stinsen
Registered: Feb 2012
Posts: 76 |
Anglia Spirit |
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Jammer
Registered: Nov 2002
Posts: 1336 |
http://hvsc.perff.dk/MUSICIANS/E/Ed/Home.sid
http://hvsc.perff.dk/MUSICIANS/E/Ed/It_Radiates.sid
http://hvsc.perff.dk/MUSICIANS/E/Ed/Last_Aproach.sid
http://hvsc.perff.dk/MUSICIANS/E/Ed/Sadpano.sid (everything that sounds like Boards Of Canada squeezes my tears out)
http://hvsc.perff.dk/MUSICIANS/Z/Zabutom/Disappear.sid
http://hvsc.perff.dk/MUSICIANS/Z/Zabutom/Everything_is_a_Sympto..
http://hvsc.perff.dk/MUSICIANS/Z/Zabutom/Sad_Pillow_Cyber_Proph..
http://hvsc.perff.dk/MUSICIANS/B/Blues_Muz/Nordboe_Kjell/A_New_.. #1 mainly
http://hvsc.perff.dk/MUSICIANS/B/Blues_Muz/Nordboe_Kjell/Destin..
http://hvsc.perff.dk/MUSICIANS/B/Blues_Muz/Nordboe_Kjell/Died.s..
http://hvsc.perff.dk/MUSICIANS/B/Blues_Muz/Nordboe_Kjell/Final_..
http://hvsc.perff.dk/MUSICIANS/B/Blues_Muz/Nordboe_Kjell/Genuin..
http://hvsc.perff.dk/MUSICIANS/B/Blues_Muz/Nordboe_Kjell/Ghost_..
http://hvsc.perff.dk/MUSICIANS/B/Blues_Muz/Nordboe_Kjell/Help_I..
http://hvsc.perff.dk/MUSICIANS/B/Blues_Muz/Nordboe_Kjell/Is_Lov..
http://hvsc.perff.dk/MUSICIANS/B/Blues_Muz/Nordboe_Kjell/Kick.s..
http://hvsc.perff.dk/MUSICIANS/B/Blues_Muz/Nordboe_Kjell/Lookin..
http://hvsc.perff.dk/MUSICIANS/B/Blues_Muz/Nordboe_Kjell/More_T..
http://hvsc.perff.dk/MUSICIANS/B/Blues_Muz/Nordboe_Kjell/Never_..
http://hvsc.perff.dk/MUSICIANS/B/Blues_Muz/Nordboe_Kjell/Please..
http://hvsc.perff.dk/MUSICIANS/B/Blues_Muz/Nordboe_Kjell/Promis..
http://hvsc.perff.dk/MUSICIANS/B/Blues_Muz/Nordboe_Kjell/Rope_o..
http://hvsc.perff.dk/MUSICIANS/B/Blues_Muz/Nordboe_Kjell/Still_..
http://hvsc.perff.dk/MUSICIANS/B/Blues_Muz/Nordboe_Kjell/Surrou..
http://hvsc.perff.dk/MUSICIANS/B/Blues_Muz/Nordboe_Kjell/Trust_.. |
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Peacemaker
Registered: Sep 2004
Posts: 275 |
thanks TheRyk =) |
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Danzig
Registered: Jun 2002
Posts: 440 |
one of my favourites... 25 years old :)
On a Rainy Day |
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DKT
Registered: Aug 2004
Posts: 99 |
Slynehead by The Syndrom is great: Slynehead |
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Matt
Registered: Apr 2002
Posts: 598 |
Staggerin' Home by Rayden! |
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mstram
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Posts: 112 |
Caer Aisling by Asterion doesn't necessarily make me cry, but it's a gorgeous piece |
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Rastah Bar
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Posts: 336 |
Onionjam |
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Dya
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The first and last track off of the unreleased game Deadlock with soundtrack from Reyn Oewehand are very emotional. Amazing songs and great little ost.
http://hvsc.perff.dk/MUSICIANS/O/Ouwehand_Reyn/Deadlock.sid |
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lft
Registered: Jul 2007
Posts: 369 |
Shameless plug: Slaepwerigne |
