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- From: jls1@ukc.ac.uk (J.L.Sanchez)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
- Subject: Re: Best C64 Game Soundtrack
- Date: Mon, 11 Mar 96 14:49:58 GMT
- Organization: University of Kent at Canterbury, UK.
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- In article <4h8uaq$s6r@guysmiley.blarg.net> future@blarg.net (Tim Gerchmez) writes:
- >On Fri, 01 Mar 1996 21:07:50 GMT, fknight@earthlink.net (Craig J
- >Matthews) wrote:
- >
- >Yes, that's a good one... I also have always liked the Exodus: Ultima
- >3 soundtrack... very simple but well-composed music.
- >
-
- Oh Yes, how could I forget?! The music by Kenneth Williams to the
- Ultima III and IV games absolutely made it for me. The atmosphere they
- generated was superb. When Ultima V came out and there was no music for the
- 64 I was heart broken... it was almost enough to make me want to buy a
- C-128 : just to hear the music!! Sigh....................................
-
- I would go down into Dungeons just to hear those spooky 'melodies', and
- fight scenes were just brilliant!
-
- None of the recent, 'better', Ultimas on the PC have spent as much time on
- the music as their older Commodore counterparts, and I can't help but
- feel that something is missing... so much for progress.
-
- Juan
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