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Martin, Reyn and Sunday Service at The Church
6 years ago
General
Martin Galway made a name for himself writing music for computer games, way back in the heyday of the Commodore 64. Chances are if you played a game published by Ocean, you probably heard something Martin Galway wrote. And one of those games from Ocean was Wizball. A game about a wizard and his cat, going on a quest to collect colors and re-color the drab, greyscale world. It was challenging and had the best co-op, with one player controlling Wiz and the other controlling Cat. Because Wiz carries the weapons but only Cat can collect the color droplets... it's the best kind of co-op where you each truly depend on each other to advance.
Martin Galway wrote good tunes for Wizball, tunes that have stuck with me for decades now. The title theme especially... playful and bright with a soaring, soulful melody line before plunging down into strange, deep atmospheric shades.
So when I found myself searching for the tune online, just to get a little taste again... I was surprised to find Reyn Ouwehand, a multi-instrumentalist from the Netherlands, had done a cover of it. With a little hesitation, I clicked... after all, how could anyone really pay tribute to the original? But Reyn... Reyn kills it. It started a little differently than I expected, but when he got on the guitar and laid out those all too familiar opening notes, I won't lie: I got chills up and down my spine. Reyn pays homage to the original while still making it truly his own tune, and he absolutely crushes it.
And what could he possibly do for an encore? He takes Martin's high-score music from Wizball and spins it his own way, via an aging Eminent organ with dodgy buttons and a melodica. It's... just... perfect.
(By the way... how do you trigger your loop-box when you're using all four limbs at a drum kit? See if you can figure it out...)
Reyn crosses paths with Martin Galway again... taking the loader music from Green Beret and laying down his own blistering version of it. Awesome use of a Rhodes electric piano...
What else has Martin Galway done? Well, there's certainly a lot to be said for the music he wrote for the game based on Rambo: First Blood Part 2... those are more tunes that have stayed with me for decades. And for very good reason!
Martin Galway wrote good tunes for Wizball, tunes that have stuck with me for decades now. The title theme especially... playful and bright with a soaring, soulful melody line before plunging down into strange, deep atmospheric shades.
So when I found myself searching for the tune online, just to get a little taste again... I was surprised to find Reyn Ouwehand, a multi-instrumentalist from the Netherlands, had done a cover of it. With a little hesitation, I clicked... after all, how could anyone really pay tribute to the original? But Reyn... Reyn kills it. It started a little differently than I expected, but when he got on the guitar and laid out those all too familiar opening notes, I won't lie: I got chills up and down my spine. Reyn pays homage to the original while still making it truly his own tune, and he absolutely crushes it.
And what could he possibly do for an encore? He takes Martin's high-score music from Wizball and spins it his own way, via an aging Eminent organ with dodgy buttons and a melodica. It's... just... perfect.
(By the way... how do you trigger your loop-box when you're using all four limbs at a drum kit? See if you can figure it out...)
Reyn crosses paths with Martin Galway again... taking the loader music from Green Beret and laying down his own blistering version of it. Awesome use of a Rhodes electric piano...
What else has Martin Galway done? Well, there's certainly a lot to be said for the music he wrote for the game based on Rambo: First Blood Part 2... those are more tunes that have stayed with me for decades. And for very good reason!
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