Commodore Remix

I've just noticed a distinct similarity between the yellow magic ochestra's
" computer games " 12" vinyl (yes im sad.. but i loved these guys in my youth heh).. and ben daglish's sid tune for way of the tiger.

they both share the same mainline and apart from the far more oriental feel that ben gives his version its near enough 1:1.. do ya reckon this was a cover of the original by YMO? and if thats the case what fate does glyns remix of it have?.. im hazzarding a guess that the mainline used is some ancient oriental tune anyway that anyone can use aslong as they commit hari kari on the nearest chicken after writing it or something.. but still i thought id at LEAST bring the awesome YMO to everyones attention.. the japanese jean michelle jarre's of their day.. still about it seems too, remixing things like the heart of asia and their own tune from back in 1979 "technopolis" which btw is bloody excellent.

anyone else heard of YMO?... or am i alone in my love for the strange lil men?

1) Already done two ringtones of Rydeen (and covered it on CD on Back in Time 2).
2) Martin Galway covered the same tune in Yie-Ar Kung Fu 2, and they are indeed both covers.

Chris

ok cool.. now im interested lol.

how does that work?

did you have to pay any royalties to ymo when a profit had been made on the cover's on bit?, or did the original publishers of the games?.. do ymo even know or at least their publishers whoever the heck they were lol.

or maybe theres a HUGE great big loop hole in the royalties scheme when things are technically not released in this country and only came over via import?.

> did you have to pay any royalties to ymo when a profit had been
> made on the cover's on bit
I had to pay royalties when the CDs were pressed, and they got passed on to YMO.

Chris

ahh cool.. thanks chris i was just wondering i bet secretely in their little dojo somewere in deepest ancient japan where they have the biggest coy carp you'll EVER see they recieved the cheque and toasted saki to "the white devil" hehe.

any idea if the publishers of way of the tiger or yei ar had to pay anything either or is that lost in the annums of time?.. sorry to keep asking questions.. just interested ^^ feel free to slap me and tell me to shut up and get back in my box lol.

I severely doubt that royalties were paid

Chris

Both those tunes fall into the early era of music on the C64, when covers were quite common (particularly in classical terms) and royalties were not paid... Good example is Chiller, which covered Thriller, and was then changed, or Theatre Europe which DID pay royalties for using Give Peace a Chance...