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The Lamentable Later Life of Lemmings

155 points · 33 comments · zdw

  1. thedrexster · · focus · HN ↗
    Man, the soundtrack of the original Lemmings is indelibly etched into my brain -- cheery MIDI tracks of everything from classical music to folk tunes.
    1. danwills · · focus · HN ↗
      Same here! However a friend had an Amiga and the music there was sample-based like a demoscene 'tracker' (but in a proprietary format), so it also had that lovely sample-based aspect ;) I still listen to extracted/covered versions of some of those to this day!
      1. danwills · · focus · HN ↗
        I just learned that one can get the mods here (lemmings 2 actually even used a real tracker called OctaMED!):

        <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.camanis.net&#x2F;lemmings&#x2F;music.php" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.camanis.net&#x2F;lemmings&#x2F;music.php

        Such a classic sound! Reminds me of the similarly brilliant Star Control II soundtrack (which was also tracker music)!

    2. jachee · · focus · HN ↗
      The musical number I recall best was a medley mash-up of the Bridal Chorus and the Funeral March.

      Apparently it’s called “Twang” or “Tenlem” depending on the port. I had the DOS version: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;youtu.be&#x2F;Z2zN6ljRNnU?t=3523" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;youtu.be&#x2F;Z2zN6ljRNnU?t=3523 (timestamped)

      1. Dwedit · · focus · HN ↗
        &quot;Ten Green Bottles&quot; is the base of that song.
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