Jonathan Dunn - RoboCop Title Theme (for Piano, C64)

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  • @GraziaPizzuto
    @GraziaPizzuto  Рік тому +38

    You can still suggest music for my 100th video until May 15th. I am looking for a calm, melancholic/nostalgic piece to play on the piano.
    You guys already have suggested a lot of great music in the comments section of my last video and my recent community post. I plan to play a number of your suggestions in the near future, not just the actual No 100.
    I will update you on this through a community post after the submission deadline.

    • @TrevorAWilliams
      @TrevorAWilliams Рік тому +1

      The Bard's Tale III intro theme

    • @Grafosgames
      @Grafosgames Рік тому +2

      PC
      -------------------------------------------
      Syberia - Valadilene Theme
      AMIGA
      --------------------------------------------
      Midnight Ressistance - Flood of Power (the Amiga version is quite melancholic compared to other platforms)
      X-Out (main, loader, level 1, level 2)
      Rodland Ending Credits
      Jim Power Level 3 (Mutant Forest)
      Leander (Loading music and/or Level 1)
      Deliverance
      C64
      ----------------------------------------------------
      Ramparts (main menu and/or ingame)
      Tetris
      Ocean Loader (take your pick, I prefer 5)

    • @tiivc
      @tiivc Рік тому +1

      Perhaps you would enjoy challenging something from Sakuraba Motoi's soundtrack to the second "Zan" strategy game on the X68000 16-bit home computer. It's a game about wars in Japan in the 15th century but the guy they hired was really into neo-Baroque western prog rock so they just went with it and my God did it ever work out. (ua-cam.com/video/8uIdRAOwxu4/v-deo.html)

    • @rosswildstar
      @rosswildstar Рік тому +2

      Jim Power Jungle level (3rd i believe )

    • @ps1cracktrohistorian
      @ps1cracktrohistorian Рік тому +1

      Thank you for giving us the opportunity to suggest a song 🙏 I'm not really certain how well it fits, but I have always loved the main theme from Coloris (Amiga) by Tor Gausen.

  • @thegame346
    @thegame346 9 місяців тому +75

    If you had told me in 1990 when I first played Robocop for the Game Boy that I would be listening to someone play the title theme from it on piano in 2024 I would have said you were nuts

    • @mbe102
      @mbe102 8 місяців тому +3

      Especially because the world was supposed to descend into madness, hell, and anarchy in Y2K lmao, here we are 24 years from that, still alive!

    • @koncorde
      @koncorde 5 місяців тому +3

      For some of us, we listened to this in 1 bit chip in the ZX Spectrum in 1987 and were amazed to hear it rebooted for the Game Boy.

    • @thevi_olin
      @thevi_olin 3 місяці тому

      Thanks for amazing performance! This music has always been one of my favorites and is etched in my memory. Watching this performance with the realization that there is still hope for humility!

  • @sonofvideo4696
    @sonofvideo4696 9 місяців тому +30

    As a child playing Robocop I always felt the theme music was sad, beautiful and deep. Something very special about it.

    • @iwanttocomplain
      @iwanttocomplain 4 місяці тому +1

      It does feel deep, like Yuzo Koshiro's 'Chinatown' for The Revenge of Shinobe.

    • @Graytail
      @Graytail 2 місяці тому

      And then someone remixed it with clown honks....

  • @StrongArmElijah
    @StrongArmElijah 11 місяців тому +35

    "They'll fix me, they fix everything."
    -Alex Murphy

  • @wcclark
    @wcclark Рік тому +42

    I've always considered this Murphy's Theme, as it's both hopeful yet wistfully sad.
    You really did it justice.

  • @batlin
    @batlin 6 місяців тому +13

    This tune totally blew me away when I first loaded the game on my C64 in the early 1990s. It was so good that I would load the game (around 5 minutes from tape!) just to listen to it, since I wasn't bothered actually playing.

    • @Graytail
      @Graytail 2 місяці тому +1

      Same for me on my Amstrad CPC464. Robocop, and Warhawk.

  • @deuone
    @deuone Рік тому +43

    "Dehumanize yourself and face to bloodshed"

    • @Angrtard
      @Angrtard Рік тому +4

      THAT'S where this is from! Holy shit, I was wondering where this reminded me from.
      I'll always think about which flavor of Doritos came first. 😌

    • @mosaton
      @mosaton 3 місяці тому +3

      ​@@AngrtardRanch or Cool Ranch?

  • @slowbro1337
    @slowbro1337 8 місяців тому +17

    The composer for the track didn't have to go so hard, but they did, and I'm grateful. You played it very well.

    • @homerghost
      @homerghost 8 місяців тому +2

      This is a masterpiece. On the more up-tempo end of the "better than it had any business being" spectrum is the NES title theme for Pictionary (Tim Follin in that case). Damn it's a banger.

  • @w4lsh
    @w4lsh Рік тому +13

    Great tune that was also used in Ariston's UK (possibly elsewhere?) TV advert & I 'm pretty sure Ocean reused it on a Gameboy game.

    • @Yorda68
      @Yorda68 Рік тому +7

      The Ocean-Version from Jonathan Dunn is the original. Ariston reused the Game-Boy version for their TV advert!

    • @supmattboy
      @supmattboy Рік тому +1

      @Yorda68 plus Jonathan Dunn didn't get any credit for this :x

    • @rafaellima83
      @rafaellima83 Рік тому +4

      @@supmattboy I heard Jonathan Dunn couldn't do nothing about it because the music belonged to Ocean or something and they didn't care, and that he wanted to jump from his apartment window everytime he saw the advert on TV.
      I really love how videogame music is now a respected media, but back then people were ok with stealing it without any regard to the people behind this work.... i.e. David Whittaker's "Stardust" from Lazy Jones.

    • @medes5597
      @medes5597 10 місяців тому

      Other way around.

    • @EdgyNumber1
      @EdgyNumber1 8 місяців тому

      Dunn created it for the computers for Ocean, the tune was ported to the Gameboy, and it was this version that Ariston used.

  • @idkwmytuni
    @idkwmytuni 3 місяці тому +5

    My heart hurts listening to this in the best way.
    I used to listen to the original while I was going through probably the hardest time in my life and hearing it rendered like this strikes me very much
    Thank you

    • @junctiontime
      @junctiontime Місяць тому

      Well said, I second the sentiment

  • @markwrightrf
    @markwrightrf 10 місяців тому +5

    The original composer this piece was sadly Dunn over.. and on.. and on.. and Ariston. This is so beautiful I want it played at my funeral - the essence of hope

    • @roboticbaboon3125
      @roboticbaboon3125 9 місяців тому +1

      It can only be played at the funerals of people who are recycled as robocops. So if you're into that... :)

  • @dapperchap572
    @dapperchap572 Рік тому +14

    And on
    And on
    And on
    And on
    And Ariston

  • @roboticbaboon3125
    @roboticbaboon3125 9 місяців тому +10

    Hold up a flame for Jonathan Duuuuuunnn!

  • @jauladeardillla
    @jauladeardillla Рік тому +8

    Great rendition of one the best C64 themes

  • @rafaellima83
    @rafaellima83 Рік тому +14

    Oh my god, thank you for accepting my suggestion :)
    I'm amazed how you managed to transpose the song to piano, still kept the heart of the melody and made an awesome rendition of it.
    I always thought this was one of the most beautiful songs to appear in a game.
    Thank you for this !

    • @GraziaPizzuto
      @GraziaPizzuto  Рік тому +7

      With pleasure, Rafael, I liked this music immediately!

  • @JohnnyWednesday
    @JohnnyWednesday 6 місяців тому +4

    Old C64 child here - forgotten and worn out but this song still makes me smile. Your version is beautiful, thanks.

  • @retrodave79
    @retrodave79 Рік тому +4

    This theme always brings tears to my eyes, I dunno if its because brings memories from my childhood or because is just beautiful.

    • @wildmanbeyond
      @wildmanbeyond 27 днів тому

      If you look at the movie itself despite the over the top stuff, In Away it is a tragic story.

  • @merman1974
    @merman1974 22 дні тому +2

    Superb and melancholy

  • @IamNotANumber
    @IamNotANumber Рік тому +5

    Love this! Beautiful version. It's got a Twin Peaks vibe to it.

    • @Debbie-qs2xo
      @Debbie-qs2xo 3 місяці тому

      Wow youre right. I didnt notice but it does..

  • @baifomet6425
    @baifomet6425 4 місяці тому +6

    This should have been Robocop Rouge City end credits music.

  • @manganoid7426
    @manganoid7426 14 днів тому

    When I heard this first on C64 back in the days I was just mesmerized by the song. Couldn't wait to start the game but couldn't stop the song either :D Glad to see a great cover of this wonderful song :D

  • @slowbro1337
    @slowbro1337 8 місяців тому +6

    Sounds a little like Anamanaguchi's Another Winter. Both it and the Robocop theme are tracks that have an air of melancholy, some brightness, and that hop some day those clouds part and the sun can shine again.

    • @JayJay-lb5wq
      @JayJay-lb5wq 3 місяці тому

      I thought I was the only one who thought that! Haha, definitely same vibes

  • @feniksphoenix8026
    @feniksphoenix8026 Рік тому +2

    Thank you for letting me enjoy this beautiful music on Christmas Day, and giving me a trip back to my childhood. Love it.

  • @eccentricviews
    @eccentricviews Рік тому +3

    I haven’t cried in many years but you almost just made me!

  • @residentelect
    @residentelect Рік тому +6

    Waiting for a C64 cassette to load was always frustrating, but this piece of music made the wait to play Robocop actually quite special.
    Grazie mille @GraziaPizzuto ❤

  • @lochmarnegoat9812
    @lochmarnegoat9812 Рік тому +4

    This is absolutely one of my favourites!

  • @mattbland2380
    @mattbland2380 13 днів тому

    Always loved this tune. Lovely.

  • @Wishes4Sum
    @Wishes4Sum 10 місяців тому +2

    Such a great version of the Song! Well done

  • @roartjrhom4932
    @roartjrhom4932 23 дні тому +1

    Goosebumps here we come! 😂❤❤

  • @gazzalawson
    @gazzalawson 7 днів тому

    Beautiful! Well done! Took me back to my childhood and playing videos games with friends

  • @Jayzgame
    @Jayzgame 8 місяців тому +4

    There is literally everything on youtube. Amazing

  • @dohmarau
    @dohmarau Рік тому +4

    Bella!

  • @watchreadplayretro
    @watchreadplayretro Рік тому +2

    So many of us used to load these up on our Commodores (and other machines) back in the day not just to play, but to listen to the music. Load up to the titlescreen or in some cases stop the tape loading between levels (some level loading music faded out as the level finished loading). This on C64 (and Spectrum too!), was on another level, and your playing raises it even highter. Thanks so much!

  • @kafkaesque6459
    @kafkaesque6459 8 місяців тому +3

    Love it. This theme was also used in a different game, Space Station 13, to great effect.

  • @tonylovell3589
    @tonylovell3589 Рік тому +1

    Does life ever reach anything more beautiful than this?

  • @RetroGamingMusicCom
    @RetroGamingMusicCom Рік тому +7

    Beautiful rendition! Keep up the good work! 🎉

  • @jaybeemods
    @jaybeemods Рік тому +6

    Amazing! What incredible talent! :)

  • @GamerGeezer
    @GamerGeezer 5 місяців тому +2

    Awestruck. You've played a childhood memory beautifully and made it so deep I cant classify. Thank you :) You truly are talented! Bellissimo!

  • @Simonskilamb
    @Simonskilamb 2 місяці тому +1

    Absolutely fantastic rendition. Brava!!!

  • @PayneToTheMax
    @PayneToTheMax Місяць тому

    So beautiful 😭 Thank you, Ms. Pizzuto

  • @tiivc
    @tiivc Рік тому +5

    It's so cool that you are going through and doing these because I'm listening to much of the same canon you draw from lately, to the point where I recognized this song and got excited about you covering it even though I've never even emulated this game let alone owned a C64. It really is a great song, and I'm loving your interpretation, so thank you.

  • @imjustsaiyan7450
    @imjustsaiyan7450 8 місяців тому +2

    "Hey Jonathan, we need a track for this Robocop game on the Gameboy, doesn't have to be anything special, just some crunchy actiony whatever, you know the deal...
    ....holy shi-"

  • @sethgallagher6042
    @sethgallagher6042 Рік тому

    Been like almost a decade since I've found this song and I'm still listening to it... Such a beautiful composition. Many a tear has been shed to this song. It's so much more then just video game music. This is on David Wise levels of composition.

  • @JulioVelezR
    @JulioVelezR 9 місяців тому +1

    No importa cuántas veces la escuche, la sigo amando. Jonathan Dunn un genio, y tu Grazia una virtuosa por tan hermosa versión. GRACIAS.

  • @supmattboy
    @supmattboy Рік тому +5

    Excellent cover! I love this theme, it's so emotional.
    By the way, here is my suggestion for a nostalgic piano cover : "Asterix & Obelix (SNES) - London " by Alberto Jose Gonzalez.

  • @colinthomson7518
    @colinthomson7518 Рік тому +4

    I have to sub to you, so talented and playing my favourite game tracks.

  • @AA-ou9yd
    @AA-ou9yd 2 місяці тому

    This is... beautiful.

  • @WildMatsu
    @WildMatsu 10 місяців тому +4

    Now this is a woman who knows that cool ranch came before ranch!

  • @skullscandle
    @skullscandle Рік тому +4

    Just listening the third time in a row to this little masterpiece. 😊 This song was actually new for me and if I would have not read the title, then my last guess would have been RoboCop. Thanks so much for this beautiful piano cover version. 😊 I enjoyed it.
    Maybe you should consider releasing an album on physical media, like CD with some nice artwork. I would definitely buy one.
    Kind regards
    Roy

    • @GraziaPizzuto
      @GraziaPizzuto  Рік тому

      Thank you so much for your kind words, Roy! Unfortunately realeasing an album is complicated...

  • @EdwardRobson-n5u
    @EdwardRobson-n5u 3 місяці тому +2

    very pleasant

  • @Mkrmnxn
    @Mkrmnxn Рік тому +2

    Best version of this song

  • @carminone
    @carminone Рік тому +3

    💜

  • @uutarn
    @uutarn Місяць тому +1

    Beautiful mate. :-)

  • @tomaskonvicka4135
    @tomaskonvicka4135 Рік тому +7

    It's beautiful:) Who would have thought it was from RoboCop? That song would probably be better suited for Pride and Prejudice:)

    • @rafaellima83
      @rafaellima83 Рік тому +6

      Yeah, always found curious how Jonathan Dunn made such a beautiful, deep, emotional composition for a game about killing hundreds of people, heh.
      He has some great , great works, but I think this is his masterpiece.

    • @KarlXII1718
      @KarlXII1718 Рік тому +1

      @@rafaellima83 Personally I think his Platoon theme and subtemes are his best works.

    • @KM-hv1jg
      @KM-hv1jg 8 місяців тому +1

      Someone once said it’s Murphy’s theme. 😢

  • @homerghost
    @homerghost 8 місяців тому

    Wow. Best rendition I've ever heard, bravo!

  • @epstone
    @epstone Рік тому +1

    Absolutely amazing! That was a pleasure to listen to! ❤

  • @joseluiselvirad
    @joseluiselvirad Рік тому

    Another excellent song as well as another magnificent interpretation, I liked it a lot, congratulations and thanks for sharing your music and talent. Greetings from Madrid and see you soon Grazia, like 82

  • @commodoreclub
    @commodoreclub Рік тому

    Grazie mille Grazia.. per questa splendida interpretazione.

  • @richiet7933
    @richiet7933 Рік тому +3

    Remember this from the C64 in the 80s. Seems like only yesterday. Listening to it again now, I hear a strong undertone of "Without You" by Harry Nilsson in it - I wonder if this influenced JD in writing this?

  • @superbritbros.5793
    @superbritbros.5793 9 місяців тому +1

    Amazing cover

  • @SandroMassarani
    @SandroMassarani 7 місяців тому

    Wonderful rendition!

  • @danielfrohm7055
    @danielfrohm7055 5 місяців тому

    Beautifully done, Grazia. Bravo!

  • @rufflazy2366
    @rufflazy2366 2 місяці тому

    Very beautiful thank you! 🎹🤖

  • @MrJoeSmart
    @MrJoeSmart 7 місяців тому

    Awesome work!! Great interpretation! Beautiful piano work!

  • @meep3491
    @meep3491 Рік тому

    this is exactly what I was looking for, it sounds amazing :)

  • @nerdz0ne
    @nerdz0ne Рік тому

    amazing, all on point 99,9% dont stop

  • @CanadianReset
    @CanadianReset 2 місяці тому +1

    That's so fucking good.

  • @jegougouTV
    @jegougouTV Рік тому

    Another great cover thanks a lot 😊

  • @GuruMediator
    @GuruMediator Рік тому

    Great choice and a great take on a personal favourite 🙂

  • @Fuminsho
    @Fuminsho 9 місяців тому

    Incredible work.

  • @ianjk73
    @ianjk73 Рік тому +1

    This is so so very good - one of my favourite C64 tunes. Would love to hear you play the C64 Zamzara theme tune (Charles Deenan from Maniacs of Noise).

  • @croolis
    @croolis Рік тому +1

    Superb :)

  • @RetrodudeG
    @RetrodudeG 5 місяців тому

    That was offically outstanding work! ❤

  • @disasterincarnate
    @disasterincarnate Рік тому

    amazing as always.

  • @clarsclaudia9714
    @clarsclaudia9714 8 місяців тому

    thank you, you made my day very happy

  • @narcisound1970
    @narcisound1970 Рік тому

    Very beautiful. Grazie!!

  • @KarlXII1718
    @KarlXII1718 Рік тому +4

    Very unusual song theme that seldom appears online.

    • @wun1gee
      @wun1gee 4 місяці тому +1

      And when it does it's usually related to Space Station 13.

  • @cat29242
    @cat29242 Рік тому

    just amazing ;)

  • @rolfingerbier
    @rolfingerbier 11 місяців тому

    Wundervoll. Danke!

  • @juanelpito
    @juanelpito 8 місяців тому

    ❤ nostalgia me invade😢

  • @rosswildstar
    @rosswildstar Рік тому

    bellissima, la più bella di Jonathan Dnnn, e la suoni benissimo !

  • @gonzaloNMF
    @gonzaloNMF 6 місяців тому +1

    Bliss

  • @TrevorAWilliams
    @TrevorAWilliams Рік тому

    Love this!

  • @jimoking4864
    @jimoking4864 9 місяців тому +1

    Nice

  • @GirolamoReadyToPlay
    @GirolamoReadyToPlay Рік тому +1

    top Grazia!

  • @andysmallz407
    @andysmallz407 3 місяці тому +1

    Play this at my funeral or don’t bother burying me at all.

  • @giuseppepizzuto6237
    @giuseppepizzuto6237 Рік тому +1

    Bravissima

  • @noptrix4273
    @noptrix4273 Рік тому +1

    Dieser Kanal verdient einfach so viel mehr Aufmerksamkeit! ❤👾👾👾
    Ich persönlich würde mich sehr freuen irgendwann mal eine Grazia Pizzuto Version zu hören von Tracks aus Spielen wie "The 7th Saga, Lufia oder Lufia2" aber dies ist keine Aufforderung viel mehr ein stilles Gebet oder heimlicher Wunsch ;)

  • @assuntapizzutorubino9191
    @assuntapizzutorubino9191 Рік тому

    Bravissima ❤

  • @EdwardianTeaChest
    @EdwardianTeaChest Рік тому

    You absolutely nailed it! :)
    If you're taking requests, can I suggest Jonathan Dunn's Robocop 2 title music on the C64?

  • @PBGellie
    @PBGellie 12 днів тому

    Where can I find bug pics

  • @artwilson4320
    @artwilson4320 10 місяців тому +1

    Невероятно круто!!!

  • @wun1gee
    @wun1gee 4 місяці тому

    In space, nobody can hear you honk.

  • @iwanttocomplain
    @iwanttocomplain 4 місяці тому

    This is actually such an advanced piece of music, technically, but it's so deceptively simple and childlike when in Game Boy form. The Spectrum version is, conversely, quite moody.
    This could easily be put to a full orchestra. The timings and time signatures change quite whimsically.
    If you're looking for ideas, I would love to hear your arrangement of Chinatown by Yuzo Koshiro. The original track is 2 minutes 30 seconds, but there is a 7 minute "Expanded & Enhanced" version by MaestroDraven yt channel and a 4 minute version.
    I would recommend listening to the Mega Drive version.

    • @GraziaPizzuto
      @GraziaPizzuto  4 місяці тому +1

      Thanks, so you mean this version: ua-cam.com/video/KFJv6fEFZDQ/v-deo.htmlsi=8sNMKLRzPfH7EcFn

    • @iwanttocomplain
      @iwanttocomplain 4 місяці тому +1

      @@GraziaPizzuto yes that's it. That is a cover. The original is probably a more coherent piece, with Koshiro using the sound chip very deftly with carefully mixed channels and use of the fm synthesizer chip.

    • @iwanttocomplain
      @iwanttocomplain 4 місяці тому

      @@GraziaPizzuto this is the original chip 4 minutes version. ua-cam.com/video/P5OCfGgEtqk/v-deo.html
      It's a much brighter and clearer sound.
      I put no thought into how this could be turned into a solo piano piece but if you think it could be done, I feel the composition is quite emotional!

    • @iwanttocomplain
      @iwanttocomplain 4 місяці тому

      Yes that is the track. Sorry I should have left a link.
      Here is the 4 minute version on the original chip hardware. ua-cam.com/video/P5OCfGgEtqk/v-deo.html
      It's clearer and brighter as composer, Koshiro had good knowledge of the fm hardware.
      I couldn't say how it would be best to set the music to a solo piano but if you think it could be done...
      It's a highly emotional piece I think. I reminds me of longing for home and close family.

    • @iwanttocomplain
      @iwanttocomplain 4 місяці тому

      The bassline is syncopated with the melody so this would be like playing Bach or something.
      I might be tempted to use big chords in place of the lead melody with sustain pedal and hammer out the bassline with one finger.
      It's like alot of these melodies are arpeggios programmed in not suited for playing by hand.

  • @Abrimaal
    @Abrimaal Рік тому

    I would love to hear piano versions of The Untouchables game music.

  • @EdgyNumber1
    @EdgyNumber1 8 місяців тому

    I wonder what Jonathan Dunn's inspiration was for this tune. Very unusual for an action game.

    • @Azeertyc
      @Azeertyc 7 місяців тому

      A break up...

  • @RatGuy-qb2ng
    @RatGuy-qb2ng 6 місяців тому +1

    Remember kids, cool ranch came first. And the jani is probably a nukie.

  • @lewiscal537
    @lewiscal537 6 місяців тому

    Agony from Amiga Game

  • @marcel-toing
    @marcel-toing 5 місяців тому +3

    Oh yeah I forgot to tell you I've always loved you

    • @neliz2k
      @neliz2k 5 місяців тому

      are you going to reply this under every Robocop rendition? And who are you loving? the creator? Jonathan Dunn? ME? I NEED LOVE TOO!

    • @solame4983
      @solame4983 4 місяці тому

      I love you 😘

    • @hankboris21
      @hankboris21 4 місяці тому

      @@neliz2k quote from cboyardee's Dilbert 3 video which uses this song

  • @eva091
    @eva091 10 місяців тому +1

    Ranch, or Cool Ranch