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Tetris [Mariko's Tale] (Encore64 V2) - arranged by Barry LeitchReview by Hendrik74, 24/02/2026 I recall playing Tetris for the first time, it was in the basement of a friend's place, without any sunlight the place became whatever we played on the C64. Add a brown worn-out couch, the smell of chips and Cola stains all over the desk and you get the picture. While watching one of my friends play I wondered that no one seemed to take notice of the soundtrack, which was quite strange and different from your average C64 tune, only rivaled by the Parallax intro. And boy, was it long or cleverly looping? It must be, why would anyone compose a track that ran longer than anyone could keep the bricks from piling up to the top, which inevitably meant falling back to the menu screen and the score resetting to start? Well, it wasn't like that, it played on, until finally it faded and started over.That is the charm of remixes, they bring back not only the music, but the memories. And the answer to what the original composer might have heard when creating this, on whatever equipment or only the mind, before converting it into what the SID and skill allowed. This remix has it all, the stomping drums, the original-sounding synth kicking in at just the right moment (at 3:00), the orchestral grandeur (starting with the middle part at minute 11, with a lead string that is a nod to Game of Thrones?) and lots of interesting choices, like the hand-pan sounds, the door-bellintermezzo at 9:43 and finally the unexpected 90 second, dreamlike extro, which makes one want to start the track all over again, just like the original did, back in 1988. |
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