Tryptamine Twist - Nebulus (CPC Remix)

Nebulus was a well known game for both C64 and Amstrad CPC but the full original main tune was likely composed by Dave Rogers for the CPC. The C64 tune was not credited (hence no author name appears in the SID) and it was a rather dull conversion sorted out by the Commodore lead dev himself, so the fun, complete track hasn't received much love in the remix scene.

Here's a profile of composer Dave Rogers - gamefaqs.gamespot.com/games/credit/36495-dave-rogers

And an Amstrad longplay video that starts with the full original tune I worked with - youtu.be/Y0O0el74alQ

This is my first remix (or at least, the first one I share). I ran the original game to rescue a few in-game sound FX, and I obtained WAV outputs of the three channels in the main tune using the Amstrad CPC Musics Ultimate Compilation by Megachur/Paradox ( https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=11166 ). Some original segments were split and processed on Audacity, and others directly on Renoise, where I did the composition, effects (principally stereo work, reverbs, compressors, some phasers and distortion) and the final mix. Around 60% of processed original tune sounds were incorporated, along with several percussion, bass and synth instruments to make harmony and beat more complex, and a few library elements for transitions and atmosphere.

The original tune barely exceeds two minutes. Most of the additional minute in the remix happened just jamming, trying to develop a bit the fun-yet-relentless melody Rogers made for climbing those spinning towers against time.