Do you remember “Defender of the Crown”, a computer game of the 80s? If yes then I am sure that you will still remember the title music (composed by Jim Cuomo) played by a harpsichord-like sound of Amiga 500. I decided to orchestrate it for full orchestra and SATB Choir ( bellow you can read the lyrics i added) in honor of the hours I spend playing this game. Here it is:
Lyrics:
God save the King
Long live our noble King
God save the King
Long live our noble King
Update: Cinemaware post a link to my music in their facebook page. Read the post here.
Here is the original version of the music (title music ends at 0:46).
…and here is the new Digital Remastered Edition of the game featuring the same music.
Interesting links about “Defender of the Crown”
- Jim Cuomo – Composer of DoC music.
- “Defender of the Crown” – Wikipedia article.
- Defender of the Crown: Heroes Live Forever – Play an online version of the game.
- Cinemaware – Game Developer of DoC.
- VGMusic - Video Game Music Archive. A very useful resource for game music.
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Hi,
I really enjoyed listening to your orchestrated “Defender of the Crown” theme.
Greetings from Germany.
Gerry
Awesome stuff and great ideas. It is really impressive and I have to say I do not usually comment on other people’s blogs.
Regards,
Eva
Oh wow…!!!!