Barbarian Theme [C64] (by Richard Joseph)

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  • @MarkxUK1
    @MarkxUK1 7 років тому +35

    One of the most impressive things about this track is the way it gives the impression of more than three voices playing simultaneously. I really like "gladiatorial" sounding bits as well.

    • @earx23
      @earx23 6 років тому +6

      exactly. it sounds orchestral. not just using arpeggio but cleverly swapping patterns in and out.

    • @nawletorre7136
      @nawletorre7136 6 місяців тому

      2 intruments per channel + 1 samples

  • @Hammer2k11
    @Hammer2k11 4 роки тому +12

    Soon 46 and I loved this game as teen.

  • @the_real_michal
    @the_real_michal 11 років тому +28

    A true classic that will never fail to please and chill. Thank you, Richard Joseph!

  • @barbariansteve
    @barbariansteve 12 років тому +23

    This tune is still fantastic after all these years

    • @HJE1974
      @HJE1974 7 місяців тому +3

      ...and it is still today!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @GamerMayCryChannel
    @GamerMayCryChannel 7 років тому +54

    39 and I'm here.

    • @Armalyte78
      @Armalyte78 7 років тому +1

      Hey, me too!

    • @masterdoan
      @masterdoan 6 років тому +1

      33 ur welcome

    • @fenriz218
      @fenriz218 5 років тому +2

      And now you're 41... need a hand, crossing the street already?

    • @jimmypk1353
      @jimmypk1353 5 років тому +1

      41 ;-)

    • @jimmypk1353
      @jimmypk1353 5 років тому +1

      Dammit Chris! You beat me to it 😡

  • @RMJ1984
    @RMJ1984 10 років тому +21

    Even today, how many fighting games exist can you chop people's head off like this and watch the body fall down.
    It just never gets freaking old. Wouldn't mind a HD remastering of this game.

    • @RMJ1984
      @RMJ1984 10 років тому +4

      Yeah, its freaking awesome.

    • @princesscarl1656
      @princesscarl1656 8 років тому +6

      Mortal Kombat is a huge fan of it. But I'd say this really needs a deep redo too, regardless, Influenced Prince of Persia and kickstarted the fighting game.

  • @jakubkrcma
    @jakubkrcma 6 років тому +17

    This is just SO massive... This can never be forgotten...

  • @wr0ngel
    @wr0ngel Рік тому +4

    49 in 24 still here for Barbarian.

  • @losalfajoresok
    @losalfajoresok 11 років тому +17

    Still giving me the chills when I hear it after so many years!! THANKSSS!!!

  • @Befffy
    @Befffy Рік тому +7

    Mortal Kombat has a lot of props to give to this game.

  • @mrsparkle001
    @mrsparkle001 5 років тому +3

    Outta fuckin nowhere today at work this game's music started playing in my head and wouldn't stop

  • @CrazyGaming-ig6qq
    @CrazyGaming-ig6qq 5 років тому +8

    I love this track, been loving it since I was 7. Seriously it's super awesome and great for all of it's 6½ minutes.

  • @Bajker4ever
    @Bajker4ever 4 роки тому +25

    2:15 immediate goosebumps :D

    • @LiViro1
      @LiViro1 3 роки тому +3

      Yes! I'm ready to chop the head of anything! :-D

    • @AllanSavolainen
      @AllanSavolainen 6 місяців тому

      Yes but it sounded different and then remembered that I used to play this with C64 using different SID chip than this recording

    • @Agatosh
      @Agatosh 4 місяці тому

      Immediately felt the urge to walk backwards, spamming the button!

  • @guidospiga9784
    @guidospiga9784 4 роки тому +12

    I so loved this soundtrack, one of the best on c64 if not the best. Damn, it looks like it was yesterday but it's really not XD

    • @HJE1974
      @HJE1974 8 місяців тому

      defender of the crown, even a masterpiece by richard 🙂

  • @ArttuTheCat
    @ArttuTheCat Рік тому +10

    I'm 40 years old and i'm still here in 2023,
    listening to this legendary Commodore 64 game soundtrack 🎵🎶 😼🤘🕹️.
    I had BARBARIAN for my Commodore 64 as a tape version in a compilation called
    WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS.
    I believe, i still have this game for my
    Amiga 500.
    Retrospective greetings from
    Vantaa, Finland 🇫🇮 😺👍🕹️.

    • @emils7749
      @emils7749 5 місяців тому +1

      Mee too! I’m 47! 😄

  • @ghostmedic171TV
    @ghostmedic171TV 10 років тому +19

    In the world of gaming OSTs - it'd be too easy to start listing off the most widely appreciated ones. Mario/Zleda/Halo - all with good reason.
    But if I think of a single system's "discography" - with all it's composers - and most of all, the ability to still provoke an emotional response after all these years? I always start here - with the SID
    Forever a classic - RIP Richard Joseph

  • @koftipen
    @koftipen 6 місяців тому +1

    This 8 bits view and this sound bring me over the clouds and remind me my happiest era of my life which is impossible to taste again.

  • @Commodore4life
    @Commodore4life 9 років тому +19

    One of the rare examples, where 144p Quality is actually BETTER.

    • @Alianger
      @Alianger 8 років тому +2

      That would just make it muffled and flat sounding

  • @DamienCaineNZ
    @DamienCaineNZ 13 років тому +8

    Composer: Richard Joseph & Basil Poledouris (uncredited...)

  • @discgolf5557
    @discgolf5557 4 роки тому +4

    This is music to my ears.

  • @losalfajoresok
    @losalfajoresok 6 місяців тому +1

    Mongol General: Conan! What is best in life?
    Conan: To cut the head of your enemies, see them driven before you, and to hear the awesome tune of Barbarian in the C64
    Mongol General: That is good! That is good.

  • @Hawthorne-Studios
    @Hawthorne-Studios 3 роки тому +2

    5:30!
    That fade, shimmering warble!

  • @tomaskuchta1000
    @tomaskuchta1000 2 роки тому +1

    I play Elden Ring nowadays and this would suit perfectly some boss fights

  • @put_istine
    @put_istine 8 років тому +4

    Incredible music.

  • @escobari
    @escobari 5 років тому

    chopping of those heads and then see goblin pick them up was probably most biggest awe of my life

  • @sandormiglecz1186
    @sandormiglecz1186 4 роки тому +4

    Masterpiece.

  • @jdmresearch
    @jdmresearch 2 роки тому +3

    A super complex piece of music by any standard....

  • @richardwhitehead6966
    @richardwhitehead6966 9 років тому +10

    This music, along with the music for the first level of The Last Ninja, are probably the two greatest examples of what the c64 sound chip was capable of.
    If only more games these days could get such atmospheric tracks on a limited budget and technical limitations.

    • @Erik-vp5bm
      @Erik-vp5bm Рік тому

      I agree, but I must also point out the SECOND level in Last Ninja, which is also a masterpiece.

    • @richardwhitehead6966
      @richardwhitehead6966 11 місяців тому

      ​@@Erik-vp5bmI agree with you. I think I would also add in Last Ninja 2 central park, Driller, Monty on the run and Auf Wiedersen Monty to the mix

  • @snakeplissken1933
    @snakeplissken1933 3 роки тому +2

    A 3 octav masterpiece.

  • @pinballmonk115
    @pinballmonk115 10 років тому +3

    one of my favorite games ever!!! thanks for the upload, music always ruled!

  • @earx23
    @earx23 8 років тому +5

    amazing conversion of the conan the barbarian soundtrack

    • @Hawthorne-Studios
      @Hawthorne-Studios 3 роки тому

      Yeah!
      I'm glad I'm not the only one to have noticed that! :)

  • @ilkkapaananen-jl2xq
    @ilkkapaananen-jl2xq 7 місяців тому +1

    Heads off... So good so far... 👍

  • @WexMajor82
    @WexMajor82 Рік тому +1

    I've never beaten the wizard at the end, because nothing prepares you to his pattern of attack.

  • @garurumon9758
    @garurumon9758 8 років тому +1

    Awesome and cool, this, rambo theme and delta in-game music are my faves from the good old c64 days.Still have all my old comps, the memories! :)

  • @samanthapatrick4345
    @samanthapatrick4345 4 роки тому +1

    I loved to play this game on the side that gives the background where you have to save the princess I only managed to do it once, I'm surprised no one's tried to remake the game original soundtrack and all

  • @JaimeLynBarbarian
    @JaimeLynBarbarian Рік тому

    Richard Joseph I wish I wasn't born too late, you were the man & will always be ❤

  • @mitrooper
    @mitrooper 10 років тому +11

    A shame that no one yet has attempted to do this theme with a live orchestra.

    • @gersiu2
      @gersiu2 9 років тому

      mitrooper there's something close done by Asterion - Barbarian (Anvil of Death)

    • @egregius9314
      @egregius9314 7 років тому

      Right now, the top suggestion I get from youtube is an orchestral version of a medley including this :)
      Oh, the the times, they have changed.

    • @namgnay
      @namgnay 5 років тому +1

      A couple of years late, but I found this one: ua-cam.com/video/7XpERLDlM1A/v-deo.html from 2017. Good stuff

    • @nialltracey2599
      @nialltracey2599 4 роки тому

      It, like the game, is essentially ripped off from the Arnold Schwarzenegger Conan movies.

    • @Hawthorne-Studios
      @Hawthorne-Studios 3 роки тому

      They have!
      ua-cam.com/video/7IEqsHHbKkw/v-deo.html

  • @Intiom
    @Intiom 15 років тому +1

    Thanks for posting this, brings back the memories.

  • @IamtheAlienator
    @IamtheAlienator 13 років тому +4

    2 people got headchopped in Lvl 1!

  • @cosmicninja8901
    @cosmicninja8901 Місяць тому +1

    soon 52 and I love this game

  • @yukoon
    @yukoon Рік тому

    coudl listen to an endless loop of this one and the last ninja, so epic

  • @vlefteris
    @vlefteris 13 років тому +4

    Who the fuck disliked that? I loved this game. And the fact that you could do a fatality aka decapitation while playing and not in the end!! :D

  • @TommyCurrell
    @TommyCurrell 9 років тому +20

    02:15 it really kicks in :D I will chop heads and get the girl >:@

  • @ryhn31
    @ryhn31 15 років тому +2

    R.I.P richard joseph.

  • @emils7749
    @emils7749 5 років тому +1

    one of the best Sid tunes ever......

  • @jmmb92
    @jmmb92 9 років тому +5

    Marco Sfogli done a great cover of this song on his second album.

    • @losalfajoresok
      @losalfajoresok 7 років тому

      I just listened, it is amazing! thanks!

  • @YvesPignolo
    @YvesPignolo 13 років тому +3

    As an old user of the Amstrad CPC, it's always frustrating to notice that C64 most of the time had better versions! There is a part in this music that didn't even exist on CPC...

    • @Hawthorne-Studios
      @Hawthorne-Studios 3 роки тому

      @@LarsTragel-zh7ei Yeah that richness of color was something else.

  • @RMJ1984
    @RMJ1984 13 років тому +2

    Nostalgic and Brutal.

  • @nawletorre7136
    @nawletorre7136 10 місяців тому +1

    just a great musician with a great home synthesizer
    They could have achieved this

  • @kurtosiattila152
    @kurtosiattila152 5 років тому +2

    real masterpiece!

  • @19800327tomi
    @19800327tomi 12 років тому +2

    Szerettem ezt a játékot.. C64.. King

  • @MadHatter015
    @MadHatter015 2 місяці тому +1

    Considering this, Monty on the Run, and The Last Ninja 2 , the commodore 64 had some jams.

  • @ObsoleteGamercom
    @ObsoleteGamercom 3 роки тому +1

    The ultimate c64 theme

  • @falazarte
    @falazarte 5 років тому +5

    5:22 sounded very different depending of the SID chip you got.

  • @richr1917
    @richr1917 5 років тому +1

    This game was sold with a poster of gorgeous page 3 girl Maria Whittaker in a skimpy bikini. I have to wonder, thinking back, how many parents bought 'little Timmy' this game thinking it was all innocent fun, without realising how their kids actually wanted the poster more than the game itself ;)

  • @stephenprior8662
    @stephenprior8662 11 років тому +6

    quality

  • @masterdoan
    @masterdoan 6 років тому +1

    childhood.

  • @colinthomson7518
    @colinthomson7518 Рік тому

    great theme tune

  • @Simon0
    @Simon0 Рік тому

    Damn game music has no right being this good

  • @grimgolf79
    @grimgolf79 3 місяці тому +1

    Oh yeah I remember...

  • @ansiaaa
    @ansiaaa 3 роки тому +4

    2:13 is VEEEERY "similar" to the Conan movie soundtrack

  • @oldy27
    @oldy27 2 роки тому

    Immortal Tune

  • @ianh452
    @ianh452 Рік тому +1

    Rad theme

  • @Kuschel_K
    @Kuschel_K Рік тому +1

    Wow, this is lit :O

  • @bredbeddledehautdesert4561
    @bredbeddledehautdesert4561 2 роки тому +1

    Always open with the head chop on the second guy (green shirt above), 100% success rate. I could toy with the last black shirt guy but f@&% me I never got close to the wizard.

  • @rahpathy9410
    @rahpathy9410 8 місяців тому +1

    Its 2am and i had to learn the notes at 3:48 on bass.

  • @axecalibore
    @axecalibore 13 років тому +2

    This music is pretty spiffy considering how primitive computers were then.

  • @CloneShockTrooper
    @CloneShockTrooper Рік тому

    Back when I was a kid playing this, my thoughts playing this game were Conan.

  • @tetsujin_144
    @tetsujin_144 3 роки тому +1

    There's beheading in this game! Quick, someone create the ESRB!

  • @tsz7924
    @tsz7924 5 років тому +1

    I listened a lot.. ;)

    • @tsz7924
      @tsz7924 5 років тому

      head clipping .. the best!

  • @fenriz218
    @fenriz218 5 років тому +1

    Heard that kids nowadays play some game called Mortal Combat 11, or something. Anybody know how many floppies I'd need to make a copy?

  • @apinakapinastorba
    @apinakapinastorba 9 років тому

    Bad ass game

  • @cujo9
    @cujo9 14 років тому

    is there sounds in this track in parts where it sounds like its skipping a bit or is it just me ?
    its good quality , it just sounds like its skipping in some parts

  • @skadi2411
    @skadi2411 6 років тому

    0:12 Headbang !

  • @grofnula
    @grofnula 9 років тому

    yesss :D

  • @PeyserCommodore
    @PeyserCommodore  15 років тому

    No prob! :)

  • @blop1738
    @blop1738 7 років тому +1

    2:20

  • @dsmyify
    @dsmyify 4 роки тому

    Your dad bought you this game for the hot Valkyrie on the cover.

  • @fcycles
    @fcycles 7 років тому

    I miss a sidplayer with mixer settings...

  • @xenomorph1078
    @xenomorph1078 6 років тому

    3:49 💀

  • @vlefteris
    @vlefteris 13 років тому

    @amstrad79b Haha! Yeah! Seems so!

  • @Alianger
    @Alianger 12 років тому

    reminds me of gabber, lol

  • @amstrad79b
    @amstrad79b 13 років тому

    @vlefteris Crom approves this Barbarian Theme! ροφλ!

  • @dr.goldenbru.s.a8884
    @dr.goldenbru.s.a8884 5 років тому

    😒 ded

  • @Vaderhead
    @Vaderhead Рік тому

    Ich bin die Glaubenskrieger von Tod und mein Herz ist Hart wie die Stahl bring ich, mein Köpf Konnektivität mit deinem, durch alle Menschen und Hexen, Magie es gibt kein Mächt, mein Svärd Knick Knack Fleischer Schnitt auß dein Leben.