Haha totally right man, this guy should be writing symphonies not using 4-bit DSP chips from the 80s! But good music doesn't care what medium it's on, this tune rocks even in 4bit!
@@DailyCorvid Tim Follin had difficulties with making music that wasn't from this erra. You can tell from his work on Ecco The Dolphin Defender Of The Future and how it's alot more one specific genre than multiple like his does with his older music. Fantastic learning curve he had nonetheless.
My mental image is of the wizard (Tim in his rave gear) with fireworks going off behind him like a mix of Mickey Mouse in Fantasia, and the light show in Fantasia.
He's basically the equivalent of that picture of the guy playing the flaming piano, but with the computer you'd see in the background of a Wendy Davis album.
Tim Follin makes it sound like there are many more channels than the NES could handle. Also, I've never seen anyone produce such amazing sounds in limited chips like the NES and Sega Genesis (listen to his Timetrax OST), even the SNES (listen to his Plok OST).
You should know what it was to play it back in the game. " _What is this game? Looks interesting._ " Later " _I CAN'T DECIDE IF THIS IS SHIT OR GREAT BUT IT'S FREAKING ME OUT! IT'S KINDA COOL!_ " ( _referring to the death sound, I owned this as a kid_ )
Director: Could you complete this, Tim? (0:00) Tim: Sure. Give me one day, sir. NEXT DAY: (0:08 plays) Director: *ARE YOU INSANE???* Tim: Like, yes, kinda. Didn't you like it? Director: *YOU'RE HIRED!!! DO WHATEVER YOU WANT!!*
Surprised no one has mentioned that this NTSC version is played at the wrong speed (too fast). I believe that the PAL version is played at the slower speed intended by the UK composer which gives the intro piece more gravity.
I'm pretty sure it's the other way around. I live in Europe and I grew up with the faster version. Was surprised when I watched let's plays and heard a slower soundtrack, I was never aware that versions could even change the speed of the music that drastically. Unless our cartridge came from the NTSC region, which was really improbable at that time. Now it's more common.
@@DUSKvsDAWN it wouldn't have run from the NTSC region anyway, that's all determined in your console so it matches what your TV is expecting. But, uh, the composer has actually commented on another upload of one of their soundtracks about this! He wrote the pieces to be heard at both speeds, so the PAL music is a bit slower and NTSC is a bit faster than he'd probably have intended, a speed between them would probably be the ideal intention.
@@DUSKvsDAWN No. The PAL version is the official/correct speed for Solstice, and other Software Creations titles. This has been confirmed numerous times. Follin and others also stated that British/PAL games were developed with PAL hardware, but not usually adjusted for American/Japanese machines. Former RARE staff have also explained this in regards to the US version of Battletoads been harder than they designed.
The music for this game is amazing; it stayed with me years after I had played the it. Unfortunately, the game was hard as fuck and I never really got anywhere with it.
I feel this is one of Tim Follin's most iconic and most memorable music and just rocked me when I put this cartridge in the NES. Less is more in 8-bit music.
@@Gfors85 Not only does Shadax scream like a tiny girl, but he melts like the Wicked Witch of the West when he dies! AND he dies instantly when he gets hurt!
0:00 title screen 2:56 intro theme 3:22 'doge'ne theme 7:11 you're winner (victory fanfare(did you get my refrense?) 7:23 end game theme (the end theme) tim follin is the god of chip tune songs.
That's Tim Follin! He's one of the best retro music composers. He's known for pushing sound chips to their absolute limit, and for making music that doesn't match its console lol. Tim's the best 🤟
The opening song stays with me to this day. As a little kid I could not get very far in this, but I would listen to the music and watch my mom play. I was 4... I love all these tracks.
It genuinely amazes me, the ways in which Tim Follin was able to push the NES' audio capabilities to the limit. His progressive rock OSTs are some of the best I've ever heard in a video game.
I remember this vividly from my youth and have always liked it. That bassline was crazy, especially since it's pretty much the ONLY nes title with such an effect. 11/10 Tim did things with this chip nobody else seemed to do.
I somehow managed to finish 100% the game without any cheat this year, I am 19 and I remember, when I was a kid, trying so hard to finish the game without ever going over 20%. This year I tried again and managed to learn by memory the whole map and locations, jumps and tricks. When I finally reached the end screen I was so happy and satisfied!!!
It's a great little game. You should also give Equinox on SNES a go if you haven't already. Another brilliant OST, more pixel-perfect isometric platforming and even some bosses thrown in for good measure!
Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaat!??¿¿¡?! There's a sequel? That's news to me!! I never finished this game either. Came very close! I was stoked when I found the last piece of staff but wasn't able to get it. I have the emulator and ROM I should finish it soon.
It's weird how long that opening title song is... I mean I only ever let it play for like 5 seconds before pressing start. And of course that main theme that runs the entire game ends up being pretty hypnotic after a few hours.
Sure, the music is amazing, but after about 3:30 I just feel trauma from the insane difficulty this game posed. Never finished it but we damn sure tried.
This was great. No doubt in my mind. (or what what is left of it. 8-bit system in stereo.) Put head sets on and listen to a masterful piece of music architecture in stereo. I dont hear this quality often but when i do I mean it. Headphones on.
So glad I asked my mum to buy this game just because i thought the cover art was cool as a kid. Still one of my all time favourite game soundtracks. Shame that there wasnt more tracks as bgm while actually playing the game, my least favourite track looped throughout the whole game.
It's a great game, except for the isometric view, yet is still enjoyable, full of secrets, the OST is superb. I finished it, simply great.Bad luck that Equinox didn't have anything to do with this.
Solstice is supposed to be isometric. It is part of an old British genre of isometric puzzle/platform games which began in the early 80's and died out in the early-mid 90's. The first game in this genre was Knight Lore for the ZX Spectrum.
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Haha totally right man, this guy should be writing symphonies not using 4-bit DSP chips from the 80s! But good music doesn't care what medium it's on, this tune rocks even in 4bit!
@Just Happy • 100 years ago 30 years ago I was 8 :D
@@DailyCorvid Tim Follin had difficulties with making music that wasn't from this erra. You can tell from his work on Ecco The Dolphin Defender Of The Future and how it's alot more one specific genre than multiple like his does with his older music.
Fantastic learning curve he had nonetheless.
@@Mr.SpicyIce Ecco had a good soundtrack, not quite Solstice but it was catchy and I liked it.
4:20 × *2x playback speed* = ______
That transition at 0:09 almost gives me a heart attack every single time, even if I know it’s coming
*0.5x playback speed* helps the first time. Then begin utilizing *2x*
@@raymontdabizach no that’s retarded
Can't think of a harder transition.
4:20 ÷ *0.5x playback speed* =____
My mental image is of the wizard (Tim in his rave gear) with fireworks going off behind him like a mix of Mickey Mouse in Fantasia, and the light show in Fantasia.
I love when you can immediately hear that Tim Follin is the composer
It's that feeling that what you actually have is an album that came with a game.
"I will make prog rock on an nes soundchip and there is nothing you can do to stop me" Tim Follin, probably
He's basically the equivalent of that picture of the guy playing the flaming piano, but with the computer you'd see in the background of a Wendy Davis album.
0:00-0:09 "Nothing to see here, just your typical NES intro mu-
BLAM!" (prog rock band bursts through wall)
it's funny because it's actually the intro to "The rememberance" - Yes
so it wasn't just a feeling i had? it straight up is that?
Prog rock band... The Wall...
My mind: PINK FLOYD
Im pretty sure ive heard Prog rock was one of follin's inspirations, most notably Yes.
特殊音源なし、3トラック＋ノイズのでこの音の厚み。変態だね。
0:00 Title Screen Theme
2:56 Introduction
3:21 Main BGM Theme
7:12 Game Over
7:23 Credit / Continue Screen
7:40 Ending
Tim Follin makes it sound like there are many more channels than the NES could handle. Also, I've never seen anyone produce such amazing sounds in limited chips like the NES and Sega Genesis (listen to his Timetrax OST), even the SNES (listen to his Plok OST).
Also Equinox (sequel to this) and Spider Man and X-Men in Arcade's Revenge for SNES and his Commodore Amiga productions as well
And the ZX spectrum!
He was able to make 1-bit music sound decent even. Truly a madman.
@@bensmith6518 Yeah his Agent X is incredible
His brother Geoff also knew what he was doing. Also,spooky music on games both Tim and Geoff was courtesy of the latter.
I could not start or continue a game until the ENTIRE THEME finished playing. EVERY TIME.
３０年も前の小学校の時にゲームしてたのを思い出しました。学校から帰ってきて、この音楽を聴くとホッとしてた自分がいました。懐かしい。
I had to google when this game came out..it really was 30 years ago!!! Very nostalgic!
Mention the composer! Tim Follin ! (the composer!) (These are probably some of the most mature songs ever to be composed on the NES ever).
I really miss Follin.
@Jim Leonard : He's around and alive!
But not composing game music, sadly.
Jim Leonard He's currently working on a kickstarter-game called "Contradiction". ;)
Legend mentioning a Legend :O
0:00 "eh whatever, this is just another shitty nes soundtrack"
0:09 *"WOAH WHAT THE FUCK, MY MIND"*
lol
Haha I know right? My eyebrows hit the roof!
I've literally seen this commented 10 times Usually use 0:08 tho, not this 0:09 crap
I did that because I'm a hack and a fraud
you could say it's OVER 9 SECOOOONDS hahaha okay i'll see myself out now
You should know what it was to play it back in the game.
" _What is this game? Looks interesting._ "
Later " _I CAN'T DECIDE IF THIS IS SHIT OR GREAT BUT IT'S FREAKING ME OUT! IT'S KINDA COOL!_ "
( _referring to the death sound, I owned this as a kid_ )
Director: Could you complete this, Tim? (0:00)
Tim: Sure. Give me one day, sir.
NEXT DAY:
(0:08 plays)
Director: *ARE YOU INSANE???*
Tim: Like, yes, kinda. Didn't you like it?
Director: *YOU'RE HIRED!!! DO WHATEVER YOU WANT!!*
Achievement unlocked!
Fast forward to 1993/94:
Tim: *why* *I* *had* *to* *work* *here* *:(*
*2x playback speed* is humbling, in an awkward way...
Tim Follin, the man, the myth, the Legend.
i love how at first you're like oh what a nice little effect on those first few notes and then it KICKS you in the NUTS
WOW
Wow, just WOW. This is the best NES soundtrack I've ever heard
睡魔
You obviously haven't played Ninja Gaiden.
This very Power Metal like in the vein of Germany's Gamma Ray and Helloween.
Thank Tim follins for that
nesに近いものなら「the gurimoire alice」とかもいいですよ
Surprised no one has mentioned that this NTSC version is played at the wrong speed (too fast). I believe that the PAL version is played at the slower speed intended by the UK composer which gives the intro piece more gravity.
I'm pretty sure it's the other way around. I live in Europe and I grew up with the faster version. Was surprised when I watched let's plays and heard a slower soundtrack, I was never aware that versions could even change the speed of the music that drastically. Unless our cartridge came from the NTSC region, which was really improbable at that time. Now it's more common.
@@DUSKvsDAWN it wouldn't have run from the NTSC region anyway, that's all determined in your console so it matches what your TV is expecting.
But, uh, the composer has actually commented on another upload of one of their soundtracks about this! He wrote the pieces to be heard at both speeds, so the PAL music is a bit slower and NTSC is a bit faster than he'd probably have intended, a speed between them would probably be the ideal intention.
Is the slower one uploaded anywhere
Try *0.5x playback speed*
@@DUSKvsDAWN No. The PAL version is the official/correct speed for Solstice, and other Software Creations titles. This has been confirmed numerous times. Follin and others also stated that British/PAL games were developed with PAL hardware, but not usually adjusted for American/Japanese machines. Former RARE staff have also explained this in regards to the US version of Battletoads been harder than they designed.
The music for this game is amazing; it stayed with me years after I had played the it. Unfortunately, the game was hard as fuck and I never really got anywhere with it.
I feel this is one of Tim Follin's most iconic and most memorable music and just rocked me when I put this cartridge in the NES. Less is more in 8-bit music.
ダークソウルやるとなぜかこれを思い出す
あの頃意味わからなくて母さんにやってもらってたな
そういや詰まって母さんがいらついて攻略法を電話で聞いてたの思い出した😂😂😂
The box art has this super buff magician, and then there's this cartoon character for the intro screen...
Graphics were good enough so boxart had to real grab u
...and then you get to play with this blue blob with a hat that screams like a tiny girl.
@@Gfors85 Not only does Shadax scream like a tiny girl, but he melts like the Wicked Witch of the West when he dies!
AND he dies instantly when he gets hurt!
@@melissawickersham9912 its games like these that trained us to "motherf*cking tigers" according to AVGN.
0:00 title screen
2:56 intro theme
3:22 'doge'ne theme
7:11 you're winner (victory fanfare(did you get my refrense?)
7:23 end game theme (the end theme)
tim follin is the god of chip tune songs.
+Sandi Lorenz "You're winner"? Big Rigs over the road racing?
+alienspacebat yes.
Sandi Lorenz By the way, the intro theme is from 2:56 to 3:22 and only then does the dungeon theme start.
oh. I'll update that.
I got the reference lol
すごいなー、カセットにチップとか内蔵じゃないですよね？PSGがこんな気持ちい音になるとはー
That's Tim Follin! He's one of the best retro music composers. He's known for pushing sound chips to their absolute limit, and for making music that doesn't match its console lol. Tim's the best 🤟
I agree, it's great! I don't know the original, but I also like the Silver Surfer BGM.
@@garix77what about Pictionary NES
The opening song stays with me to this day. As a little kid I could not get very far in this, but I would listen to the music and watch my mom play. I was 4...
I love all these tracks.
0:01: Title Xadx
2:57: Stage Select
3:21: Stage Theme
7:23: All Clear, Continue, and End Credits
7:40: Ending
7:12: Stage Failed
Tim Follin is a legend.
Tim Follin did a great job with this soundtrack. I love that it has a prog rock style. Amazing. Simply amazing!
It genuinely amazes me, the ways in which Tim Follin was able to push the NES' audio capabilities to the limit. His progressive rock OSTs are some of the best I've ever heard in a video game.
*chuckles*
“So you want to take my potions by force, eh? Traveller...
I AM TOO STRONG FOR YOU”
POTION SELLER. I REQUIRE YOUR STRONGEST POTIONS!
Tim & Geoff Follin can make any Audio Chip talk, and the nes is absolutely no exception.
This song portrays how you feel when you actually beat the game (after 15 years of giving up -.-)
「とんでもねぇ迷宮に迷いこんじまったぜ、だが悪くねぇなぁ」
って気分にさせてくれる。
I remember this vividly from my youth and have always liked it. That bassline was crazy, especially since it's pretty much the ONLY nes title with such an effect. 11/10 Tim did things with this chip nobody else seemed to do.
Solstice, Ninja Gaiden 1 & 2 and an obscure classic called Isolated Warrior are among my all-time favorite NES sound tracks
I had no idea anything this awesome had ever been composed on the NES... I had to learn about Tim Follin at some point.
This brings back such fond memories. I was totally blown away the first time I heard the main theme.
IT WAS JUST SOLSTICE TIM!!!
未だにみんゲーランキングに入るあたりほんと凄いよなあ
私のGAYRANKINGはとても強いです。
I somehow managed to finish 100% the game without any cheat this year, I am 19 and I remember, when I was a kid, trying so hard to finish the game without ever going over 20%. This year I tried again and managed to learn by memory the whole map and locations, jumps and tricks. When I finally reached the end screen I was so happy and satisfied!!!
Do you recommend the game? I would like to get it.
I recommend it with save states if your going to play it. Pixel perfect platforming on a NES in an isometric view.
yeah lol xD so much handicap ffrom the angle and pixel perfect accuracy
It's a great little game. You should also give Equinox on SNES a go if you haven't already. Another brilliant OST, more pixel-perfect isometric platforming and even some bosses thrown in for good measure!
3:22 to 3:42
stuck in my head for twelve hours at work...
hahahaha yeah I had that stuck in my head before
Literally been stuck in my head for 20 years 😂
@@fergalkavanagh6999 You aint the only one . Played it as a kid if i ever read solstice i hear that exact sound.
Tyvm for all your hard (cough) fun work!!!!! ❤️🤗❤️🤗❤️🤗❤️🤗❤️
I would love to hear Glass Hammer cover this in full-blown symphonic prog rock style. :-)
Completed this game twice. Excellent one.
Blows me away how he coded for the crash and ride cymbals
THE BEST NES soundtrack EVER MADE
I was humming this music for the better part of the day today lol
Great music. Great game. Great challenge. Great replay value even after completion.
This game had kick ass music, but damn did it drive me insane. I never could finish it...or the sequel on the SNES.
Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaat!??¿¿¡?! There's a sequel? That's news to me!! I never finished this game either. Came very close! I was stoked when I found the last piece of staff but wasn't able to get it. I have the emulator and ROM I should finish it soon.
+pursuing222 Yes. It was called "Equinox", exclusively on SNES. It was not nearly as good as the original.
wow I will still have to check it out anyway
hmmm.... watching a playthrough on youtube. yeah it doesn't look as good lol
SNES sequel had more bugs ;-)
Though using those bugs is only way to beat these wizard level games O_o
Game tells you it's wizard in the first 10 seconds :-)
Hipster chiptune composers: beep boop this is what NES music sounded like , lol.
Meanwhile, real NES music:
When she learns you meant 10 inches, not centimeters
The fakeout at the start is one of the coolest thing I've ever heard
I'm so glad i held on to this game :)
It's weird how long that opening title song is... I mean I only ever let it play for like 5 seconds before pressing start. And of course that main theme that runs the entire game ends up being pretty hypnotic after a few hours.
Absolute fire, slamming the sound chip for all its worth! Arcane beats!
oh wow. didn't realize this game had more than one banger
My jaw literally dropped when I heard the tonal shift at the begining...
GREAT!!!
PS.: With headphones, I can notice the extra chorus added. It makes it sound somewhat richer.
4:20 ÷ *0.5x playback speed* =_____
Sure, the music is amazing, but after about 3:30 I just feel trauma from the insane difficulty this game posed. Never finished it but we damn sure tried.
Try *2x playback speed* once....then *0.5x*
It's a very British game. There were tons of isometric adventures much like this one for Great Britain's most popular home computer, the ZX Spectrum.
Que recuerdos 😢😢fue uno de los mejores juego de mi infancia
This was great. No doubt in my mind. (or what what is left of it. 8-bit system in stereo.) Put head sets on and listen to a masterful piece of music architecture in stereo. I dont hear this quality often but when i do I mean it. Headphones on.
you can enable this stereo sound (called fake stereo) in the mesen retroarch core, if you want to play any nes games with it.
God came down from heaven and composed:
amazing game and soundtrack
This always sounded like a heavy metal soundtrack. Inspired at least.
recommended to me on the winter solstice
Absolutely shreds.
So glad I asked my mum to buy this game just because i thought the cover art was cool as a kid. Still one of my all time favourite game soundtracks. Shame that there wasnt more tracks as bgm while actually playing the game, my least favourite track looped throughout the whole game.
Great game of the NES console!
Suuuper!!
Roundabout+wonderous story
It sounds like the band Yes. You can hear those Rick Wakeman keyboard flourishes.
Power Metal on the NES. What more could you ask for
*2x playback speed* ....lol
"Power Metal"
No.
i feel like a wizard
Tim Follin, genius.
凄すぎる！プログレですね！
*0.5x*
結局未だにクリアできない謎多き激ムズゲームです…
gold
Tim is in the title screen
Tim... Tim... TIIIIIIIIM!!!! You're a fuckin' GENI-ARSE mate!!
wow like wow this is rad!!!! wow!!
still slaps
3:21 マークドナールド♪マークドナールド♪
4:09 This sounds like it was meant to be folk, or folk metal
ock.
Tim Follin God
Gametime brought me here
音のスプレーという比喩がピッタリやね
hermoso
It's a great game, except for the isometric view, yet is still enjoyable, full of secrets, the OST is superb. I finished it, simply great.Bad luck that Equinox didn't have anything to do with this.
Really? I thought the isometric view was great to work with!
@@davidandcookie7648 It is indeed, is an extra challenge but is a tad difficult to master it
Solstice is supposed to be isometric. It is part of an old British genre of isometric puzzle/platform games which began in the early 80's and died out in the early-mid 90's. The first game in this genre was Knight Lore for the ZX Spectrum.
@@klaymodopostoffice9885 Excelent, is not that I don't like it, is just that adds some difficult to it. Thanks for the info.
@@FranciscoMartinez-ot7wi That's alright. These games were designed to be difficult. Very much a style of the past.
How did you get such stereo effect?
you can enable it on the mesen retroarch core. May be another way to do it.
Felt Like I Was Listening To A Flash Gordon Track
The part from 0:09 to 0:25 is definitely ripped off from YES.
sounds like something on a demoscene for the C64 or the amiga.
Sandi Lorenz So true, I am surprised there is no SPECIAL CHIPS!
the composers (i beleive him name is tim follin) made tons of music for amiga and c64 back then :)
was very well versed in that kinda sound
oh man, i made tons of typos there lol.
+Sandi Lorenz | Mr SID has uploaded a SID version here: csdb.dk/release/?id=94434 (third download option in the list)
Un clasico en cartuchos de 8 bits
If Yes composed NES soundtracks... or is it Kansas... great stuff.
i'd say yes more, but only for the intro, the jingle is taken straight from the remembering/high the memory(10:32, roughly)
This is what progressive rock sounds like in the 8bit universe.
You should hear the OC Remix version, which actually did turn it into prog rock.
Jesus christ when the beat drops you better have the volume at a safe number lol
Sr. Wilson
Ele tava certo. Essa deve ser mesmo a melhor música do NES. É boa demais!
Flash back
Çok az bilinen bir müzik ama çok da efsane bir müzik