Only people that lived those early C64 days and had this game on their cassette or disk will ever understand the depth and power of this song. I tried explaining it to my wife and she looks at me like I am some crazy kid. In a way, I am, still am, at the age of 49. Those days were special.
You are not alone! This was magic! there was nothing better in any computer and this was to the level of the most expensive synthetisers. We were there when this happened.
I didn't have a 64...I had a speccy but my mate had one and the music blew me away. It was only later on I learned of the amazing music, of the 64 really though, through demos on the ST and Amiga. I loved all that music...and still do...at nearly 50 years of age! And this is an incredible tune!
Fully agree. Same as the Rambo loader, which I would play for hours on end, over an amplifier *much* to my mom's annoyance. Galway knew what he was doing.
@@michael1234252 Konami didn't compose this track. It was composed by Martin Galway for the Commodore 64 port. Konami's soundtrack for the arcade original is totally different.
We used to put this and many amazing others on at the computer shop I worked in on busy Saturdays whilst we sold the latest releases to excited customers. Too cool...
I just explained to my wife that I used to load this up and just sit at the title screen and listen. She didn't understand, but telling her brought me right back. God, what a masterful rendition of the original that I didn't know existed until a mere 10 years ago... and I'm 45.
When I tell my wife these stories and I play her a Hubbard or Galway tune she gives me this weird look, like if she thinks for a second "How the hell did I marry this total nuthead!" haha I love it!
Back in the day I used to sit and listen to this composition for what seemed like hours. Only later did I found out it was Jarre...and then I discovered a whole wealth of electronic music from both him and Vangelis. Just great, great music.
Jesus H - i've only just realised today this is Jarre! - and i played this game tons, and listen to his music weekly,! - man I am late to the party! - Wasn't bombjack Jarre music too?
Back then I used to load the game and just left it at the title screen in order to lsten to the music.Btw Martin Galway is not the composer, He just wrote / arranged it for the C64. It's a J.M. Jarre piece (Magnetic Fields Part IV).
I was a huge Jarre fan since I was maybe 7 years old. I remember buying this, getting it home (12years old by then) and I absolutely lost if when I heard the tune from Magnetic Fields. Truly amazing. Game was decent too - but that music - has to be up there with the best ever produced for the C64
As somebody who not only played C64 games but also was very active in the scene, this song will always bring back so many wonderful memories. Galway did Jarre honor with this stunning SID rendition of ‘Magnetic Fields 4’.
Der beste Sound auf dem SID Chip gebracht - Galway bringt die Stimmung rein mit nur 3 Stimmen einfach genial ! - so viel Einfühlungsvermögen , feinst eingepegelte Filter .... Top
I remember when I first discovered C64 emulation over 20 years ago, and got a DOS version of Sidplay (or whatever is was called then) on a CD. It used to play this tune when it loaded up and I always remembered it from a childhood game, but could never work out which one, so I would just load the player and listen to it over and over. One day years later I loaded the game Yie Ar Kung-Fu into an emulator and finally I had found the game that the tune was from, and memories came flooding back of watching the title screen as a kid, looping around to the hi-score table and back again, listening to the music. It really is amazing what music and sound can do, and the memories it can evoke. Best tune on C64. Like many others, I could listen to this all day 😃👍
Funny comments below. Well, the original arcade game was done by a Japanese company, that's right..... But the original composer is French, the guy who (amazingly) adapted it to C64 is from Northern Ireland, and the game was published by a British company called Ocean Software (who acquired Imagine).
great trivia knowledge! yes, I never knew this tune was based on a real song until much later in life :) like the international karate theme was based, somewhat on merry Christmas mr Lawrence.
Even more - the guy from Northern Ireland who adapted it now works on a project by a Canadian studio based in the USA sponsered by the whole world (star citizen) :D
I don't think I heard my first C64 song until sometime in the early 2000's. I got pretty into C64 music and the demoscene, and even made a few C64 songs of my own. But I was too young to ever experience this music firsthand and I've always regretted that. Must have been a very special time.
One of my absolute favorites. I listened to it in my youth on the original Breadbin CeVi and let it run over and over again just for the music to listen to.
The only C64 games I remember are the ones with amazing music, the music has lived with me forever. Just listening to this takes me straight back to being 13 in my tiny bedroom at my parents house and just listening to the music, not playing the games.
Wow i've never heard this before, the guy that did this was on another planet, how did he create such a complicated beautiful tune with no processing power
I like this version more than Jarre's, which I find sound a little overdressed with effects (personal opinion). And for the rest memories, about showing off to friends who had an MSX computer that only could emit simple beeps.
i wonder if jean michele jarre has heard this and what he thinks? i think he would love it actually. i also had this game for my c64 back in 1989 and loved it but could never complete it. always got stuck on tonfa man.
He did hear it. And he loved it. Here's what he told me in an interview I did with him. I asked if he knew about Magnetic Fields II being used in the C64 version of Bomb Jack: " I really loved it. Because I know a few other guys used other tracks from Magnetic Fields and made these low-fi minimalist 8 bit cover versions of my music. I really adored them!"
Magnetic Fields Part IV from Jean Michel Jarre is the original. I found it through other posts of this C64 track after years of trying to find it. I like and appreciate the original, but in some ways I prefer this version. That's probably because it's indelibly etched into my brain. What they were able to do with those 64k of RAM boggles my mind.
Some songs are better covered in a synthesizer. It wouldn't sound right on a piano. Most of Martin Galway's compositions/arrangements wouldn't work outside of a computer, except maybe a synthesizer.
While Yie Ar Kung-Fu is a Japanese arcade game, the C64 port was composed by Martin Galway in the UK. Britain had plenty of great game composers in the '80s and '90s, e.g. Rob Hubbard, Martin Galway, David Wise, etc. But UK game composers fell by the wayside by the 2000s.
what i find so weird, i am from the msx not the c64. the c64 has a better sound chip then the msx (with scc). but sometimes i find the tunes on the msx better than on the c64. even when there is a less soundchip in use. weird.
![Jarre/Galway - Yie Ar Kung-Fu (C64) [Title Music]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/oDoGYlAzT7w/mqdefault.jpg)
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![Rob Hubbard - Nemesis the Warlock [C64]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/kdzfOXkZrY0/mqdefault.jpg)
Only people that lived those early C64 days and had this game on their cassette or disk will ever understand the depth and power of this song.
I tried explaining it to my wife and she looks at me like I am some crazy kid. In a way, I am, still am, at the age of 49. Those days were special.
You are not alone! This was magic! there was nothing better in any computer and this was to the level of the most expensive synthetisers. We were there when this happened.
👍
I didn't have a 64...I had a speccy but my mate had one and the music blew me away. It was only later on I learned of the amazing music, of the 64 really though, through demos on the ST and Amiga. I loved all that music...and still do...at nearly 50 years of age!
And this is an incredible tune!
Still amazes me at the age of 49.
Fully agree.
Same as the Rambo loader, which I would play for hours on end, over an amplifier *much* to my mom's annoyance.
Galway knew what he was doing.
The melody for this is actually Jean-Michel Jarre's "Magnetic Fields 4"
...right. And a damn brilliant translation to the C-64. 8 People were born after the 80´s...
I honestly like this version better, it gets right through you...
Actually Konomi stole it since JMJ's Magnetic Fields album came out in 81 and Yie Ar Kung Fu came out in 84.
Tbh I think most people knew that back when it was released - and still loved it,.
@@michael1234252 Konami didn't compose this track. It was composed by Martin Galway for the Commodore 64 port. Konami's soundtrack for the arcade original is totally different.
We used to put this and many amazing others on at the computer shop I worked in on busy Saturdays whilst we sold the latest releases to excited customers. Too cool...
incredible music back then, and now.
I just explained to my wife that I used to load this up and just sit at the title screen and listen. She didn't understand, but telling her brought me right back. God, what a masterful rendition of the original that I didn't know existed until a mere 10 years ago... and I'm 45.
When I tell my wife these stories and I play her a Hubbard or Galway tune she gives me this weird look, like if she thinks for a second "How the hell did I marry this total nuthead!" haha I love it!
Don’t dare to tell my wife but I think she knows! 😅
I agree. And the intro to Bombjack, wow! Time traveling.
My wife gets annoyed of the SID tunes but it doesn’t matter 😀
Magnetic fields by Jean Michel Jarre! Wonder if it was licensed!?
Familiarity with this music confirms that I lived in the true golden era of gaming.
Back in the day I used to sit and listen to this composition for what seemed like hours.
Only later did I found out it was Jarre...and then I discovered a whole wealth of electronic music from both him and Vangelis. Just great, great music.
Yep! Same here!
i did the very same thing. i loaded the game, run it and enjoy the tune and also... years later i found out it was JMJ too. :D
How many of us did the same all over the world.. Oh my Lord.. :)
Jesus H - i've only just realised today this is Jarre! - and i played this game tons, and listen to his music weekly,! - man I am late to the party! - Wasn't bombjack Jarre music too?
I was today years old. :)
Back then I used to load the game and just left it at the title screen in order to lsten to the music.Btw Martin Galway is not the composer, He just wrote / arranged it for the C64. It's a J.M. Jarre piece (Magnetic Fields Part IV).
I was a huge Jarre fan since I was maybe 7 years old. I remember buying this, getting it home (12years old by then) and I absolutely lost if when I heard the tune from Magnetic Fields. Truly amazing. Game was decent too - but that music - has to be up there with the best ever produced for the C64
if I feel bad I listen this masterpiece and all nostalgic feelings appear and I start to be happy....
oh fuck me almost at tears for this ....so much memories
As somebody who not only played C64 games but also was very active in the scene, this song will always bring back so many wonderful memories.
Galway did Jarre honor with this stunning SID rendition of ‘Magnetic Fields 4’.
A classic. I remember my dad liking this tune when I played the game on C64 back in the '80s. He even tried making up words to it.
It's around 35 years ago when I was playing this game. Still remember / love the music :)
Agreed! Seeing the title screen and listening to the tune gives me chills, all these years later.
Der beste Sound auf dem SID Chip gebracht - Galway bringt die Stimmung rein mit nur 3 Stimmen einfach genial ! - so viel Einfühlungsvermögen , feinst eingepegelte Filter .... Top
Like of you used to load this and just listen. You know you did.
super Sid tune! I used to listen to this for hours back in the day.
I remember when I first discovered C64 emulation over 20 years ago, and got a DOS version of Sidplay (or whatever is was called then) on a CD. It used to play this tune when it loaded up and I always remembered it from a childhood game, but could never work out which one, so I would just load the player and listen to it over and over. One day years later I loaded the game Yie Ar Kung-Fu into an emulator and finally I had found the game that the tune was from, and memories came flooding back of watching the title screen as a kid, looping around to the hi-score table and back again, listening to the music.
It really is amazing what music and sound can do, and the memories it can evoke. Best tune on C64. Like many others, I could listen to this all day 😃👍
That first note opened the floodgates of nostalgia...
If there is a Heaven, I hope it will be filled with SID music...
Martin Galway said he put this into an Oriental fighting game because he heard it on "Concerts in China".
Funny comments below. Well, the original arcade game was done by a Japanese company, that's right..... But the original composer is French, the guy who (amazingly) adapted it to C64 is from Northern Ireland, and the game was published by a British company called Ocean Software (who acquired Imagine).
great trivia knowledge!
yes, I never knew this tune was based on a real song until much later in life :)
like the international karate theme was based, somewhat on merry Christmas mr Lawrence.
Even more - the guy from Northern Ireland who adapted it now works on a project by a Canadian studio based in the USA sponsered by the whole world (star citizen) :D
Magnetic Fields Part IV from Jean Michel JARRE ;-)
I don't think I heard my first C64 song until sometime in the early 2000's. I got pretty into C64 music and the demoscene, and even made a few C64 songs of my own. But I was too young to ever experience this music firsthand and I've always regretted that. Must have been a very special time.
I had this game back in '80's!! Memories...
I still have this game in 2010s... :D Gonna be with me as long as I walk this Earth. Just like C64 computer.
The only time I saw this game was at a crappy Supermercado entrance in the 80s. The speaker didn't really work right.
Thanks for this.
I just sold my c64 minutes ago and the first game I fired up to test the machine was this game. Brings back so many memories!
No words can fully convey the power of thes tunes. The SID and the GREAT talent of the musicians made history.
Way back then, I used to leave this playing on the title screen and let it loop, enjoying the music on my breadbox C64
Like Nixon could only go to China, Galway could only go to Jarre. Remember this my children...
Cracked by Mr.Z :)
tears, i summon you, bring forth the "watery eyes"
martin galway is one of the best. seriously, this soundscape, on a c64, in the 80s... beats every other version, on par with the original.
Programmers: we need a fun theme song for our kung fu game
Composer: ::produces music that elevates your soul::
wow.what a tune back in the day.C64 rocks.Im 50 now.........sweet.......Imagine had most best games....How time flies........
One of my absolute favorites. I listened to it in my youth on the original Breadbin CeVi and let it run over and over again just for the music to listen to.
This game brings back fond memories when I was a kids the music was cool 😎
Martin, that music is still a big masterpiece I still enjoy listening.......
Początek pamiętam do dziś ❤❤❤
If there is real magic in this world it was when Martin Galway typed in this code.
Galway produced a nice phat sound on the C64
When a cover starts to lead a life of its own.....
Beautiful....
I was is my teens Martin Galway still always loved him
There's an ok game that came with this music disk.
The only C64 games I remember are the ones with amazing music, the music has lived with me forever. Just listening to this takes me straight back to being 13 in my tiny bedroom at my parents house and just listening to the music, not playing the games.
this is so awsome nostalgia
killer song💪
Wow i've never heard this before, the guy that did this was on another planet, how did he create such a complicated beautiful tune with no processing power
Good old times 🤤👌🏻
I like this version more than Jarre's, which I find sound a little overdressed with effects (personal opinion). And for the rest memories, about showing off to friends who had an MSX computer that only could emit simple beeps.
Simple beeps? The later ROM cartridges by Konami (Nemesis 2, Salamander etc) came with a SCC custom sound chip which was way more advanced.
It's actually a cover of the Concerts in China version, and not the original. Galway did an excellent job on it.
Reminds me days - tears in rain.
Awesome.
A Legendary classic game tune from Martin Galway. Also, i finished this game once. 🐈😺👍🐾
i wonder if jean michele jarre has heard this and what he thinks?
i think he would love it actually.
i also had this game for my c64 back in 1989 and loved it but could never complete it. always got stuck on tonfa man.
Me too for a while - I think the trick was to back off as he struck and then run in and pelt him.
Happy times, and what a tune.
He did hear it. And he loved it. Here's what he told me in an interview I did with him. I asked if he knew about Magnetic Fields II being used in the C64 version of Bomb Jack: " I really loved it. Because I know a few other guys used other tracks from Magnetic Fields and made these low-fi minimalist 8 bit cover versions of my music. I really adored them!"
@@hogne Glad he didn't contemplate taking legal action!
Amazing song!
Holy shit, Jean Michel Jarre worked on a game OST???
LOL! Martin Galway just covered it. :) but did so awesomely.
you mean arranged by Martin Galway. :) composed by Jean Michel Jarre. :)
Cool! Magnetic fields 4
My chilhood is back in my room :)
love
One, two, well done.
A lot of c64 composers ripped off music! Was easy to get away with it back then!
Composed by Jean-Michel Jarre.. Not Martin Galway..
The best! No, not 'one of' ... simply, the best!
Good tune indeed, but I prefer Nemesis the Warlock by Rob Hubbard...
Ah yes, the song that I remixed that turned out itself to be a remix, and I never knew until after the fact. 😂
Wouldnt mind knowing the title of the Jean Michel Jarre original version. Anyway pure class memories ;)
Magnetic Fields Part IV from Jean Michel Jarre is the original. I found it through other posts of this C64 track after years of trying to find it. I like and appreciate the original, but in some ways I prefer this version. That's probably because it's indelibly etched into my brain. What they were able to do with those 64k of RAM boggles my mind.
Ah, here you go: ua-cam.com/video/6la2_NptyaE/v-deo.html
well... composed by jean michel jarre ;)
The description is wrong. Composed by Jean Michel Jarre, remixed by Martin Galway.
Can not find any piano cover of this version of Yie Ar Kung Fu Main Theme SO SAD :( no Guitar player No nothing ... WHY?
The original is Jean Michel Jarre, Magnetic Fields 4 I think.
Some songs are better covered in a synthesizer. It wouldn't sound right on a piano.
Most of Martin Galway's compositions/arrangements wouldn't work outside of a computer, except maybe a synthesizer.
Mi perdevo in questo brano....
one two well done?
The arrangement of Galway is superior than Jarre's original.
@@LarsTragel-zh7ei Silence idiot.
No.
All these Japanese composers are extremely talented
Scrotum Leech Martin Galway who made this cover is actually from Belfast.
The japanese composers ruled the NES, but the best C64 composers seemed to be from the UK
@@Prizm44 Apart from Jeroen Tel, Reyn Ouwehand and all the others :)
While Yie Ar Kung-Fu is a Japanese arcade game, the C64 port was composed by Martin Galway in the UK. Britain had plenty of great game composers in the '80s and '90s, e.g. Rob Hubbard, Martin Galway, David Wise, etc. But UK game composers fell by the wayside by the 2000s.
He is from Northern Ireland, and as far as I am aware is still part of the UK@@stefanw.6867
what i find so weird, i am from the msx not the c64. the c64 has a better sound chip then the msx (with scc). but sometimes i find the tunes on the msx better than on the c64. even when there is a less soundchip in use. weird.