arrangers: []
catalog: N/A
categories:
- Game
category: Game
classification: Original Soundtrack
composers: []
covers: []
discs:
- disc_length: '13:40'
  name: Disc 1
  tracks:
  - names:
      English: Acid Killer
    track_length: '1:39'
  - names:
      English: Badbusters
    track_length: '1:46'
  - names:
      English: Mc Mix 1
    track_length: '2:06'
  - names:
      English: Mc Mix 2
    track_length: '2:57'
  - names:
      English: Mr. Acid
    track_length: '1:42'
  - names:
      English: New Bit 2
    track_length: '1:59'
  - names:
      English: Relax
    track_length: '1:12'
  - names:
      English: Incordiomusic
    track_length: 0:19
distributor: &id001
  link: org/965
  names:
    en: Bandcamp
    ja: Bandcamp
    ja-latn: Bandcamp
  role: retailer
link: album/143403
lyricists: []
media_format: Digital
meta:
  added_date: 2024-10-12T06:03
  edited_date: 2024-10-12T06:03
  fetched_date: 2026-01-16T11:45
  ttl: 86400
  visitors: 397
name: Acid Killer - ZX Spectrum OST
names:
  en: Acid Killer - ZX Spectrum OST
  ja: Acid Killer - ZX Spectrum OST
  ja-latn: Acid Killer - ZX Spectrum OST
notes: 'Acid Killer was the second game I did graphics and music for in 1989, while
  working at New Frontier. Unfortunately, the game was never released and I thought
  it was completely lost, but recently I found the source code on a very old 5.25
  disk I had stored since then, and managed to bring it back to life.

  The music you hear here is some of the first I ever made for a game, or anything
  else for that matter. It was written just a few months after I started messing around
  with a program named Music Box for the ZX Spectrum, and that''s when I discovered
  that I was able to make music thanks to it.

  At that time, while I was learning to make music on my own, I used to recreate the
  music I heard on the radio, and 3 of the songs in this game are exactly that, versions
  of songs from the time adapted to the ZX Spectrum, which was a good way to learn.

  In particular, the game''s main menu tune is based on a song called Tanzen, by Tragic
  Error. The style of that music was called "New Beat", and I ended up calling my
  song "New Bit 2".

  The tunes Mc Mix 1 and Mx Mix 2 were inspired by the megamix albums of the time,
  and contained a succession of several songs that I liked, like some by the group
  Azul y Negro and Mecano, or others that I thought would be funny, like Ravel''s
  Bolero or La Cucaracha.

  The rest of the tunes are completely original, but I must especially mention "Incordiomusic",
  which sounded at the beginning of the game in a very ugly menu, poorly made on purpose,
  before the real menu.

  If I remember correctly, it''s one of the first experiments I did with music on
  the computer, and since it was so horrible, it fitted the fake menu perfectly.

  The music has been recorded directly from the game and my ZX Spectrum +2, so it''s
  as authentic as it can be.

  If you like this album and want to contribute in some way, you can buy my other
  album. ;-)

  Cheers!'
organizations:
- &id002
  names:
    en: Joe McAlby
    ja: Joe McAlby
    ja-latn: Joe McAlby
  role: publisher
- *id001
performers: []
picture_full: https://media.vgm.io/albums/30/143403/143403-50e75b0070c6.png
picture_small: https://medium-media.vgm.io/albums/30/143403/143403-50e75b0070c6.png
picture_thumb: https://thumb-media.vgm.io/albums/30/143403/143403-50e75b0070c6.png
platforms:
- Sinclair ZX Spectrum
products:
- names:
    en: Acid Killer
publish_format: Commercial
publisher: *id002
related: []
release_date: '2024-02-03'
release_events: []
release_price:
  price: Name Your Price
reprints: []
stores:
- link: http://mcalby.bandcamp.com/album/acid-killer-zx-spectrum-ost
  name: Bandcamp
vgmdb_link: https://vgmdb.net/album/143403?perpage=99999
votes: 0
