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{{Infobox Composer
 
{{Infobox Composer
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| Name        = Barry Leitch
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| Name        = Barry John Leitch
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| Picture    = Barry_Leitch.jpg
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| Picture    = Barry_Leitch_-_02.jpg
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| Born        = April 27, 1970 (Age 42)
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| Born        = 1970-04-27
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| BirthPlace  = Strathaven, Scotland
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| BirthPlace  = Strathaven, Scotland
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| Nationality = Scottish
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| Nationality = Scottish
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| Flag        = Scotland
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| Flag        = Scotland
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| Alias01     = The Jackal
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| Aliases     = The Jackal, Imagitec Design Ltd
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| Alias02    = Imagitec Design Ltd
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| Website    = barryleitch.com
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| Website    = barryleitch.com
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| E-Mail      = barry@barryleitch.com
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| E-Mail      = barry@barryleitch.com
 
 
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}}
  
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'''''Barry Leitch''''' is a Scottish video game musician. He has composed music for numerous video game companies including [[Ocean Software]] and [[Atari Games]]. Barry has also composed music for a wide variety of video game consoles. His first composition was I.C.U.P.S. for the C64 and it was written when he was only 15 years old.
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'''''Barry Leitch''''' is a Scottish video game composer and sound designer. He was born in Strathaven, Scotland on April 27, 1970. He is probably best known for contributing the soundtrack to [[Top Gear (SNES)]].
  
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His first video game soundtrack was ICUPS for the C64 and it was written when he was only 15 years old. In 1988, he joined [[Imagitec Design]] as a music and sound designer. During this time, [[Gremlin Graphics]] would outsource sound for their NES games to Imagitec, meaning Barry would have to go to their office to do the music. During this time, he'd produce music and sound more quickly so he could leave their office. In 1992, Leitch left Imagitec for [[Ocean Software]]. He later left Ocean for [[Origin Systems]]. From 1994 to 1998, Leitch worked at [[Boss Game Studios]] as an audio director. Near the end of the 90's, Barry worked at the prolific game companies [[Midway Games]] and [[Atari Games]]. In September 2000, he worked at Fisher Price, designing music and sound for their toys.
  
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==Music Composition==
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Since February 2004, Barry operates '''Barry Leitch Audio Studios''', which specializes in audio for various media, including video games.
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===AMI===
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Barry used [[OctaMED]] and [[Noisetracker]].
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==Audio Development==
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Barry currently uses the tracker [[Renoise]].
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===Amiga===
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Leitch used [[OctaMED]] and [[Noisetracker]].
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===Commodore 64===
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Leitch initially both composed and arranged in [[Electrosound (C64)|Electrosound]]. When better but harder-to-use drivers came in 1988, he kept composing in Electrosound on one C64 while thinking of better instruments and chords, and typed the notes and thoughts in Turbo Assembler on another C64. By 1989, he replaced Electrosound by Amiga trackers and emulated some of the used samples (with varying success he feels). For [[Marauder (C64)|Marauder]], the target driver was Ariston, then his own until 1990 and finally [[Charles Deenen]]'s.
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For '''Weird Dreams''', he said the sound driver would have been programmed by [[Axel Brown]] if it's the same sound engine as [[Xenophobe (C64)]], but also thinks [[Dave Chiles]] and [[Adrian Waterhouse]] may have modified the driver. He had to write that game's soundtrack in [[assembly]].
  
 
===DOS===
 
===DOS===
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For Weird Dreams, Barry used [[AdLib Visual Composer]].
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For Weird Dreams, Leitch used [[AdLib Visual Composer]].
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===Game Boy===
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Leitch used a sound engine written by [[Richard Hutchison]].
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===Game Gear===
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Leitch wrote the music in [[ProTracker]]. The music was then converted to the Game Gear using [[Axel Brown]]'s sound driver and software.
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For Wheel of Fortune, he wrote the music in Z80 assembly using a sound driver by Richard Cowie.
  
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===GEN===
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===Genesis===
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For Wheel of Fortune, Barry used a sound engine by [[Rab Walker]]. The music was programmed in [[assembly]].
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For Wheel of Fortune, Leitch used a sound engine by [[Rab Walker]]. The music was programmed in [[assembly]].
  
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===N64===
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===Nintendo 64===
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Barry used [[Fasttracker II]].
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Leitch used [[Fasttracker II]].
  
 
===NES===
 
===NES===
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Barry composed the songs on MODTracker for the Commodore Amiga. Then, he would rewrite the music in MS-DOS using a driver created by an unknown programmer named "Mule the Top Lad".
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Leitch composed the songs on MODTracker for the Commodore Amiga. Then, he would rewrite the music in MS-DOS using a driver created by an unknown programmer named "Mule the Top Lad".
  
 
===SNES===
 
===SNES===
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Barry used [[MEdit]]. The program was coded by [[Leslie Long]] and was meant to resemble OctaMED, the tracker that [[Ocean Software]] used for their Commodore Amiga music. MEdit was also used for MS-DOS games as well.
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For the games Leitch did for Imagitec, Leitch wrote the music in [[assembly]], using Imagitec's variant of [[Nintendo]]'s [[Kankichi-kun]] sound driver.
  
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During the development of Top Gear, Barry was given instrument samples from [[Kemco]], which were probably Korg M1 instrument samples. According to composer [[Hiroyuki Masuno]], samples were given to Kemco by Sony, the creators of the sound chip of the SNES (SPC700).
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During the development of Top Gear, Leitch was given instrument samples from [[Kemco]], which were probably Korg M1 instrument samples. According to composer [[Hiroyuki Masuno]], samples were given to Kemco by Sony, the creators of the sound chip of the SNES (SPC700).
  
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When he worked at Ocean Software, he used [[MEdit]]. The program was coded by [[Leslie Long]] and was meant to resemble OctaMED, the tracker that Ocean Software used for their Commodore Amiga music. MEdit was also used for MS-DOS games as well.
  
 
==Gameography==
 
==Gameography==
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All of these games have been verified to have been composed by Barry via his website: http://barryleitch.com
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All of these games have been verified to have been composed by Leitch via his website: http://barryleitch.com
  
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| 1988-??-??
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| [[The President Is Missing (AMI)]]
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|  
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|  
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| 1988-??-??
 
| 1988-??-??
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| [[The President is Missing (AMI)]]
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| [[The President Is Missing (AST)]]
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|  
 
|  
 
|-
 
|-
 
| 1988-??-??
 
| 1988-??-??
 
| [[Silk Worm (AMI)]]
 
| [[Silk Worm (AMI)]]
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|
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|
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|-
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| 1988-??-??
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| [[Silk Worm (AST)]]
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|
 
|  
 
|  
 
|-
 
|-
 
| 1988-??-??
 
| 1988-??-??
 
| [[Ultima V (AMI)]]
 
| [[Ultima V (AMI)]]
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|  
 
|  
 
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| 1989-??-??
 
| 1989-??-??
 
| [[Airborne Ranger (AMI)]]
 
| [[Airborne Ranger (AMI)]]
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| 1989-??-??
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| [[Airborne Ranger (AST)]]
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|  
 
|  
 
|-
 
|-
 
| 1989-??-??
 
| 1989-??-??
 
| [[DNA Warrior (AMI)]]
 
| [[DNA Warrior (AMI)]]
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|-
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| 1989-??-??
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| [[Fiendish Freddy's Big Top O' Fun (CPC)]]
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|
 
|  
 
|  
 
|-
 
|-
 
| 1989-??-??
 
| 1989-??-??
 
| [[Gemini Wing (AMI)]]
 
| [[Gemini Wing (AMI)]]
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|
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|
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|-
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| 1989-??-??
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| [[Gemini Wing (AST)]]
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|
 
|  
 
|  
 
|-
 
|-
 
| 1989-??-??
 
| 1989-??-??
 
| [[Gemini Wing (ZXS)]]
 
| [[Gemini Wing (ZXS)]]
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|
 
|  
 
|  
 
|-
 
|-
 
| 1989-??-??
 
| 1989-??-??
 
| [[Gilbert: Escape from Drill (AMI)]]
 
| [[Gilbert: Escape from Drill (AMI)]]
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|
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|
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|-
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| 1989-??-??
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| [[Gilbert: Escape from Drill (AST)]]
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|
 
|  
 
|  
 
|-
 
|-
 
| 1989-??-??
 
| 1989-??-??
 
| [[MicroProse Soccer (AMI)]]
 
| [[MicroProse Soccer (AMI)]]
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|
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|
 +
|-
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| 1989-??-??
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| [[MicroProse Soccer (AST)]]
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|
 
|  
 
|  
 
|-
 
|-
 
| 1989-??-??
 
| 1989-??-??
 
| [[MicroProse Soccer (ZXS)]]
 
| [[MicroProse Soccer (ZXS)]]
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|
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|
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|-
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| 1989-??-??
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| [[Rock 'n Roll (AST)]]
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|
 
|  
 
|  
 
|-
 
|-
 
| 1989-??-??
 
| 1989-??-??
 
| [[Rock 'n Roll (ZXS)]]
 
| [[Rock 'n Roll (ZXS)]]
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|
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|
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|-
 +
| 1989-??-??
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| [[Silkworm (AST)]]
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|
 
|  
 
|  
 
|-
 
|-
 
| 1989-??-??
 
| 1989-??-??
 
| [[Silkworm (ZXS)]]
 
| [[Silkworm (ZXS)]]
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|
 
|  
 
|  
 
|-
 
|-
 
| 1989-??-??
 
| 1989-??-??
 
| [[Starglider 2 (ZXS)]]
 
| [[Starglider 2 (ZXS)]]
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|
 
|  
 
|  
 
|-
 
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| [[Weird Dreams (DOS)]]
 
| [[Weird Dreams (DOS)]]
 
| {{Song-Box|101_-_Weird_Dreams_-_DOS_-_WDTITLE.ogg}}
 
| {{Song-Box|101_-_Weird_Dreams_-_DOS_-_WDTITLE.ogg}}
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|
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|-
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| 1989-??-??
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| [[Xenophobe (AST)]]
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|
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|
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|-
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| 1989-??-??
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| [[Xenophobe (C64)]]
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|
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|
 
|-
 
|-
 
| 1989-??-??
 
| 1989-??-??
 
| [[Xenophobe (ZXS)]]
 
| [[Xenophobe (ZXS)]]
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|
 
|  
 
|  
 
|-
 
|-
 
| 1989-??-??
 
| 1989-??-??
 
| [[Back to the Future Part III (CPC)]]
 
| [[Back to the Future Part III (CPC)]]
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|
 
|  
 
|  
 
|-
 
|-
 
| 1990-??-??
 
| 1990-??-??
 
| [[Combo Racer (AMI)]]
 
| [[Combo Racer (AMI)]]
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|
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|
 +
|-
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| 1990-??-??
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| [[Combo Racer (AST)]]
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|
 +
|
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|-
 +
| 1990-??-??
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| [[Fiendish Freddy's Big Top O' Fun (C64)]]
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|
 
|  
 
|  
 
|-
 
|-
 
| 1990-??-??
 
| 1990-??-??
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| [[Fiendish Freddy's Big Top o'Fun (ZXS)]]
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| [[Fiendish Freddy's Big Top O' Fun (ZXS)]]
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|
 
|  
 
|  
 
|-
 
|-
 
| 1990-??-??
 
| 1990-??-??
 
| [[Impossamole (AMI)]]
 
| [[Impossamole (AMI)]]
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|
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
| 1990-??-??
 +
| [[Impossamole (AST)]]
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|
 
|  
 
|  
 
|-
 
|-
 
| 1990-??-??
 
| 1990-??-??
 
| [[Prophecy I: The Viking Child (AMI)]]
 
| [[Prophecy I: The Viking Child (AMI)]]
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|
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|
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|-
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| 1990-??-??
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| [[Prophecy I: The Viking Child (AST)]]
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|
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|
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|-
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| 1990-??-??
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| [[Prophecy I: The Viking Child (DOS)]]
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|
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|
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|-
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| 1990-??-??
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| [[Supremacy (DOS)]]
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|
 
|  
 
|  
 
|-
 
|-
 
| 1990-??-??
 
| 1990-??-??
 
| [[Treasure Trap (AMI)]]
 
| [[Treasure Trap (AMI)]]
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|
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
| 1990-??-??
 +
| [[Treasure Trap (AST)]]
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|
 
|  
 
|  
 
|-
 
|-
 
| 1990-??-??
 
| 1990-??-??
 
| [[Weird Dreams (C64)]]
 
| [[Weird Dreams (C64)]]
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| {{Song-Box|01 - Weird Dreams - C64 - Title Screen.ogg}}
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|
 +
|-
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| 1990-??-??
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| [[Xiphos (AST)]]
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|
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
| 1990-??-??
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| [[Xiphos (DOS)]]
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|
 
|  
 
|  
 
|-
 
|-
 
| 1991-??-??
 
| 1991-??-??
 
| [[American Gladiators (AMI)]]
 
| [[American Gladiators (AMI)]]
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|
 
|  
 
|  
 
|-
 
|-
 
| 1991-??-??
 
| 1991-??-??
 
| [[Back to the Future Part III (AMI)]]
 
| [[Back to the Future Part III (AMI)]]
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|
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
| 1991-??-??
 +
| [[Back to the Future Part III (AST)]]
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|
 
|  
 
|  
 
|-
 
|-
 
| 1991-??-??
 
| 1991-??-??
 
| [[Back to the Future Part III (DOS)]]
 
| [[Back to the Future Part III (DOS)]]
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|
 
|  
 
|  
 
|-
 
|-
 
| 1991-??-??
 
| 1991-??-??
 
| [[Back to the Future Part III (ZXS)]]
 
| [[Back to the Future Part III (ZXS)]]
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|
 
|  
 
|  
 
|-
 
|-
 
| 1991-??-??
 
| 1991-??-??
 
| [[Gadget Twins (AMI)]]
 
| [[Gadget Twins (AMI)]]
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|
 
|  
 
|  
 
|-
 
|-
 
| 1991-??-??
 
| 1991-??-??
 
| [[Hero Quest (AMI)]]
 
| [[Hero Quest (AMI)]]
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|
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
| 1991-??-??
 +
| [[Hero Quest (AST)]]
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
| 1991-??-??
 +
| [[Hero Quest (DOS)]]
 +
|
 
|  
 
|  
 
|-
 
|-
 
| 1991-??-??
 
| 1991-??-??
 
| [[Hero Quest (ZXS)]]
 
| [[Hero Quest (ZXS)]]
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
| 1991-??-??
 +
| [[Impossamole (TG16)]]
 +
|
 
|  
 
|  
 
|-
 
|-
 
| 1991-??-??
 
| 1991-??-??
 
| [[Lotus Turbo Challenge 2 (AMI)]]
 
| [[Lotus Turbo Challenge 2 (AMI)]]
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
| 1991-??-??
 +
| [[Lotus Turbo Challenge 2 (AST)]]
 +
|
 
|  
 
|  
 
|-
 
|-
 
| 1991-??-??
 
| 1991-??-??
 
| [[Pegasus (AMI)]]
 
| [[Pegasus (AMI)]]
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
| 1991-??-??
 +
| [[Pegasus (AST)]]
 +
|
 
|  
 
|  
 
|-
 
|-
 
| 1991-??-??
 
| 1991-??-??
 
| [[Stratego (AMI)]]
 
| [[Stratego (AMI)]]
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
| 1991-??-??
 +
| [[Stratego (AST)]]
 +
|
 
|  
 
|  
 
|-
 
|-
 
| 1991-??-??
 
| 1991-??-??
 
| [[Super Cars II (AMI)]]
 
| [[Super Cars II (AMI)]]
 +
|
 
| In-Game
 
| In-Game
 
|-
 
|-
 
| 1991-??-??
 
| 1991-??-??
 
| [[Suspicious Cargo (AMI)]]
 
| [[Suspicious Cargo (AMI)]]
 +
|
 
|  
 
|  
 
|-
 
|-
 
| 1991-??-??
 
| 1991-??-??
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| [[Switchblade (AMI)]]
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| [[Switchblade 2 (AMI)]]
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
| 1991-??-??
 +
| [[Switchblade 2 (AST)]]
 +
|
 
|  
 
|  
 
|-
 
|-
 
| 1991-??-??
 
| 1991-??-??
 
| [[Utopia: The Creation of a Nation (AMI)]]
 
| [[Utopia: The Creation of a Nation (AMI)]]
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|
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|
 +
|-
 +
| 1991-??-??
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| [[Utopia: The Creation of a Nation (AST)]]
 +
|
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|
 +
|-
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| 1991-??-??
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| [[Utopia: The Creation of a Nation (DOS)]]
 +
|
 
|  
 
|  
 
|-
 
|-
 
| 1991-??-??
 
| 1991-??-??
 
| [[Zone Warrior (AMI)]]
 
| [[Zone Warrior (AMI)]]
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|
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
| 1991-??-??
 +
| [[Zone Warrior (AST)]]
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|
 
|  
 
|  
 
|-
 
|-
 
| 1991-02-??
 
| 1991-02-??
 
| [[Super Cars (NES)]]
 
| [[Super Cars (NES)]]
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|
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|
 +
|-
 +
| 1992-05-14
 +
| [[The Humans (GEN)]]
 +
|
 
|  
 
|  
 
|-
 
|-
 
| 1992-??-??
 
| 1992-??-??
 
| [[The Addams Family: Pugsley's Scavenger Hunt (NES)]]
 
| [[The Addams Family: Pugsley's Scavenger Hunt (NES)]]
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|
 
|  
 
|  
 
|-
 
|-
 
| 1992-??-??
 
| 1992-??-??
 
| [[Frankenstein (AMI)]]
 
| [[Frankenstein (AMI)]]
 +
|
 
|  
 
|  
 
|-
 
|-
 
| 1992-??-??
 
| 1992-??-??
 
| [[Harlequin (AMI)]]
 
| [[Harlequin (AMI)]]
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|
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
| 1992-??-??
 +
| [[Harlequin (AST)]]
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|
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
| 1992-??-??
 +
| [[Robocop 3 (DOS)]]
 +
|
 
|  
 
|  
 
|-
 
|-
 
| 1992-??-??
 
| 1992-??-??
 
| [[The Humans (AMI)]]
 
| [[The Humans (AMI)]]
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
| 1992-??-??
 +
| [[The Humans (DOS)]]
 +
|
 
|  
 
|  
 
|-
 
|-
 
| 1992-??-??
 
| 1992-??-??
 
| [[Lethal Weapon (AMI)]]
 
| [[Lethal Weapon (AMI)]]
 +
|
 
|  
 
|  
 
|-
 
|-
 
| 1992-??-??
 
| 1992-??-??
 
| [[The Shoe People (ZXS)]]
 
| [[The Shoe People (ZXS)]]
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|
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
| 1992-??-??
 +
| [[Space Crusade (AMI)]]
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|-
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| 1992-??-??
 +
| [[Space Crusade (AST)]]
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|
 
|  
 
|  
 
|-
 
|-
 
| 1992-??-??
 
| 1992-??-??
−
| [[Space Crusade (ZXS)]]
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| [[Space Crusade (DOS)]]
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|
 
|  
 
|  
 
|-
 
|-
 
| 1992-??-??
 
| 1992-??-??
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| [[Space Crusade: The Ultimate Encounter (AMI)]]
+
| [[Space Crusade (ZXS)]]
 +
|
 
|  
 
|  
 
|-
 
|-
 
| 1992-??-??
 
| 1992-??-??
 
| [[Universal Monsters (AMI)]]
 
| [[Universal Monsters (AMI)]]
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|
 
|  
 
|  
 
|-
 
|-
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| [[Wheel of Fortune (GEN)]]
 
| [[Wheel of Fortune (GEN)]]
 
| {{Song-Box|01_-_Wheel_of_Fortune_-_GEN_-_Title.ogg}}
 
| {{Song-Box|01_-_Wheel_of_Fortune_-_GEN_-_Title.ogg}}
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|
 
|-
 
|-
 
| 1992-??-??
 
| 1992-??-??
 
| [[Wheel of Fortune (GG)]]
 
| [[Wheel of Fortune (GG)]]
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|
 
|  
 
|  
 
|-
 
|-
 
| 1992-01-??
 
| 1992-01-??
 
| [[Wheel of Fortune: Featuring Vanna White (NES)]]
 
| [[Wheel of Fortune: Featuring Vanna White (NES)]]
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|
 
|  
 
|  
 
|-  
 
|-  
 
| 1992-03-27
 
| 1992-03-27
 
| [[Top Gear (SNES)]]
 
| [[Top Gear (SNES)]]
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|
 
|  
 
|  
 
|-
 
|-
 
| 1992-07-??
 
| 1992-07-??
 
| [[Greg Norman's Golf Power (NES)]]
 
| [[Greg Norman's Golf Power (NES)]]
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|
 
|  
 
|  
 
|-
 
|-
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| [[Kick Off (NES)]]
 
| [[Kick Off (NES)]]
 
| {{Song-Box|01_-_Kick_Off_-_NES_-_Main_Menu.ogg}}
 
| {{Song-Box|01_-_Kick_Off_-_NES_-_Main_Menu.ogg}}
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|
 
|-
 
|-
 
| 1992-08-13
 
| 1992-08-13
 
| [[Gadget Twins (GEN)]]
 
| [[Gadget Twins (GEN)]]
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|  
 
|  
 
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| [[Wheel of Fortune (SNES)]]
 
| [[Wheel of Fortune (SNES)]]
 
| {{Song-Box|01 - Wheel of Fortune - SNES - Title.ogg}}
 
| {{Song-Box|01 - Wheel of Fortune - SNES - Title.ogg}}
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|
 
|-
 
|-
 
| 1992-12-??
 
| 1992-12-??
 
| [[Lethal Weapon (SNES)]]
 
| [[Lethal Weapon (SNES)]]
 
| {{Song-Box|01_-_Lethal_Weapon_-_SNES_-_Title_Screen.ogg}}
 
| {{Song-Box|01_-_Lethal_Weapon_-_SNES_-_Title_Screen.ogg}}
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|
 
|-
 
|-
 
| 1993-??-??
 
| 1993-??-??
 
| [[European Champions (AMI)]]
 
| [[European Champions (AMI)]]
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|  
 
|  
 
|-
 
|-
 
| 1993-??-??
 
| 1993-??-??
 
| [[Lothar Matthäus (AMI)]]
 
| [[Lothar Matthäus (AMI)]]
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|
 
|  
 
|  
 
|-
 
|-
 
| 1993-04-??
 
| 1993-04-??
 
| [[American Gladiators (SNES)]]
 
| [[American Gladiators (SNES)]]
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|
 
|  
 
|  
 
|-
 
|-
 
| 1994-??-??
 
| 1994-??-??
 
| [[The Humans (CD32)]]
 
| [[The Humans (CD32)]]
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|
 
|  
 
|  
 
|-
 
|-
 
| 1994-08-??
 
| 1994-08-??
 
| [[Eek! the Cat (SNES)]]
 
| [[Eek! the Cat (SNES)]]
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|
 
|  
 
|  
 
|-
 
|-
 
| 1995-07-28
 
| 1995-07-28
 
| [[Ultima: The Savage Empire (SFC)]]
 
| [[Ultima: The Savage Empire (SFC)]]
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|
 
|  
 
|  
 
|-
 
|-
 
| Unreleased
 
| Unreleased
 
| Gadget Twins (SNES)
 
| Gadget Twins (SNES)
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|
 
|  
 
|  
 
|-
 
|-
 
| Unreleased
 
| Unreleased
 
| Kick Off 2 (GB)
 
| Kick Off 2 (GB)
 +
|
 
|  
 
|  
 
|-
 
|-
 
| Unreleased
 
| Unreleased
 
| Kick Off 2 (NES)
 
| Kick Off 2 (NES)
 +
|
 
|  
 
|  
 
|-
 
|-
 
| Unreleased
 
| Unreleased
 
| Wing Commander 2 (SNES)
 
| Wing Commander 2 (SNES)
 +
|
 
|  
 
|  
 
|}
 
|}
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==Image Gallery==
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<gallery>
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Barry Leitch.jpg|Unknown source.
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Barry_Leitch_-_02.jpg|Linkedin.
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</gallery>
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==Aliases==
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In Wheel of Fortune: Starring Vanna White for the NES, as well as Fiendish Freddy's Big Top O' Fun, he is credited as Imagitec Design, the name of his employer. This was because the developers, [[GameTek]], had no audio staff, and instead outsourced sound to [[Imagitec]]'s UK division.
  
 
==Links==
 
==Links==
 
* [http://www.barryleitch.com barryleitch.com] - Official.
 
* [http://www.barryleitch.com barryleitch.com] - Official.
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* [https://www.facebook.com/BarryLeitch] - Facebook.
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* [https://www.linkedin.com/in/barryleitch/ linkedin.com/in/barryleitch/] - Linkedin.
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* [https://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,6258/ mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,6258/] - MobyGames.
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* [https://www.facebook.com/BarryLeitch facebook.com/BarryLeitch] - Facebook.
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* [http://zakalwe.fi/~shd/texts/imr/c116jack.htm zakalwe.fi/~shd/texts/imr/c116jack.htm] - Interview from circa April 18, 1996.
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* [https://www.remix64.com/interviews/interview-barry-leitch.html remix64.com/interviews/interview-barry-leitch.html] - Interview from April 19, 2001.
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* [http://www.c64.com/interviews/leitch.html c64.com/interviews/leitch.html] - Interview from November 27, 2003.
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* [http://www.c64.com/scene_display_interview.php?interview=161 c64.com/scene_display_interview.php?interview=161] - Interview from February 8, 2005.
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* [https://www.retrovideogamer.co.uk/rvg-interviews-barry-leitch/ retrovideogamer.co.uk/rvg-interviews-barry-leitch/] - Interview from April 20, 2019.
  
 
[[Category: Composers]]
 
[[Category: Composers]]
 
[[Category: Foley Artists]]
 
[[Category: Foley Artists]]
 
[[Category: Sound Programmers]]
 
[[Category: Sound Programmers]]

Revision as of 06:19, 3 November 2020

Barry John Leitch
Barry Leitch - 02.jpg
Born 1970-04-27
Birth Place Strathaven, Scotland
Nationality Scottish   Scotland.svg
Aliases The Jackal, Imagitec Design Ltd
Website barryleitch.com

Barry Leitch is a Scottish video game composer and sound designer. He was born in Strathaven, Scotland on April 27, 1970. He is probably best known for contributing the soundtrack to Top Gear (SNES).

His first video game soundtrack was ICUPS for the C64 and it was written when he was only 15 years old. In 1988, he joined Imagitec Design as a music and sound designer. During this time, Gremlin Graphics would outsource sound for their NES games to Imagitec, meaning Barry would have to go to their office to do the music. During this time, he'd produce music and sound more quickly so he could leave their office. In 1992, Leitch left Imagitec for Ocean Software. He later left Ocean for Origin Systems. From 1994 to 1998, Leitch worked at Boss Game Studios as an audio director. Near the end of the 90's, Barry worked at the prolific game companies Midway Games and Atari Games. In September 2000, he worked at Fisher Price, designing music and sound for their toys.

Since February 2004, Barry operates Barry Leitch Audio Studios, which specializes in audio for various media, including video games.

Audio Development

Barry currently uses the tracker Renoise.

Amiga

Leitch used OctaMED and Noisetracker.

Commodore 64

Leitch initially both composed and arranged in Electrosound. When better but harder-to-use drivers came in 1988, he kept composing in Electrosound on one C64 while thinking of better instruments and chords, and typed the notes and thoughts in Turbo Assembler on another C64. By 1989, he replaced Electrosound by Amiga trackers and emulated some of the used samples (with varying success he feels). For Marauder, the target driver was Ariston, then his own until 1990 and finally Charles Deenen's.

For Weird Dreams, he said the sound driver would have been programmed by Axel Brown if it's the same sound engine as Xenophobe (C64), but also thinks Dave Chiles and Adrian Waterhouse may have modified the driver. He had to write that game's soundtrack in assembly.

DOS

For Weird Dreams, Leitch used AdLib Visual Composer.

Game Boy

Leitch used a sound engine written by Richard Hutchison.

Game Gear

Leitch wrote the music in ProTracker. The music was then converted to the Game Gear using Axel Brown's sound driver and software.

For Wheel of Fortune, he wrote the music in Z80 assembly using a sound driver by Richard Cowie.

Genesis

For Wheel of Fortune, Leitch used a sound engine by Rab Walker. The music was programmed in assembly.

Nintendo 64

Leitch used Fasttracker II.

NES

Leitch composed the songs on MODTracker for the Commodore Amiga. Then, he would rewrite the music in MS-DOS using a driver created by an unknown programmer named "Mule the Top Lad".

SNES

For the games Leitch did for Imagitec, Leitch wrote the music in assembly, using Imagitec's variant of Nintendo's Kankichi-kun sound driver.

During the development of Top Gear, Leitch was given instrument samples from Kemco, which were probably Korg M1 instrument samples. According to composer Hiroyuki Masuno, samples were given to Kemco by Sony, the creators of the sound chip of the SNES (SPC700).

When he worked at Ocean Software, he used MEdit. The program was coded by Leslie Long and was meant to resemble OctaMED, the tracker that Ocean Software used for their Commodore Amiga music. MEdit was also used for MS-DOS games as well.

Gameography

All of these games have been verified to have been composed by Leitch via his website: http://barryleitch.com

Released Title Sample Notes
1988-??-?? The President Is Missing (AMI)
1988-??-?? The President Is Missing (AST)
1988-??-?? Silk Worm (AMI)
1988-??-?? Silk Worm (AST)
1988-??-?? Ultima V (AMI)
1989-??-?? Airborne Ranger (AMI)
1989-??-?? Airborne Ranger (AST)
1989-??-?? DNA Warrior (AMI)
1989-??-?? Fiendish Freddy's Big Top O' Fun (CPC)
1989-??-?? Gemini Wing (AMI)
1989-??-?? Gemini Wing (AST)
1989-??-?? Gemini Wing (ZXS)
1989-??-?? Gilbert: Escape from Drill (AMI)
1989-??-?? Gilbert: Escape from Drill (AST)
1989-??-?? MicroProse Soccer (AMI)
1989-??-?? MicroProse Soccer (AST)
1989-??-?? MicroProse Soccer (ZXS)
1989-??-?? Rock 'n Roll (AST)
1989-??-?? Rock 'n Roll (ZXS)
1989-??-?? Silkworm (AST)
1989-??-?? Silkworm (ZXS)
1989-??-?? Starglider 2 (ZXS)
1989-??-?? Weird Dreams (DOS)
1989-??-?? Xenophobe (AST)
1989-??-?? Xenophobe (C64)
1989-??-?? Xenophobe (ZXS)
1989-??-?? Back to the Future Part III (CPC)
1990-??-?? Combo Racer (AMI)
1990-??-?? Combo Racer (AST)
1990-??-?? Fiendish Freddy's Big Top O' Fun (C64)
1990-??-?? Fiendish Freddy's Big Top O' Fun (ZXS)
1990-??-?? Impossamole (AMI)
1990-??-?? Impossamole (AST)
1990-??-?? Prophecy I: The Viking Child (AMI)
1990-??-?? Prophecy I: The Viking Child (AST)
1990-??-?? Prophecy I: The Viking Child (DOS)
1990-??-?? Supremacy (DOS)
1990-??-?? Treasure Trap (AMI)
1990-??-?? Treasure Trap (AST)
1990-??-?? Weird Dreams (C64)
1990-??-?? Xiphos (AST)
1990-??-?? Xiphos (DOS)
1991-??-?? American Gladiators (AMI)
1991-??-?? Back to the Future Part III (AMI)
1991-??-?? Back to the Future Part III (AST)
1991-??-?? Back to the Future Part III (DOS)
1991-??-?? Back to the Future Part III (ZXS)
1991-??-?? Gadget Twins (AMI)
1991-??-?? Hero Quest (AMI)
1991-??-?? Hero Quest (AST)
1991-??-?? Hero Quest (DOS)
1991-??-?? Hero Quest (ZXS)
1991-??-?? Impossamole (TG16)
1991-??-?? Lotus Turbo Challenge 2 (AMI)
1991-??-?? Lotus Turbo Challenge 2 (AST)
1991-??-?? Pegasus (AMI)
1991-??-?? Pegasus (AST)
1991-??-?? Stratego (AMI)
1991-??-?? Stratego (AST)
1991-??-?? Super Cars II (AMI) In-Game
1991-??-?? Suspicious Cargo (AMI)
1991-??-?? Switchblade 2 (AMI)
1991-??-?? Switchblade 2 (AST)
1991-??-?? Utopia: The Creation of a Nation (AMI)
1991-??-?? Utopia: The Creation of a Nation (AST)
1991-??-?? Utopia: The Creation of a Nation (DOS)
1991-??-?? Zone Warrior (AMI)
1991-??-?? Zone Warrior (AST)
1991-02-?? Super Cars (NES)
1992-05-14 The Humans (GEN)
1992-??-?? The Addams Family: Pugsley's Scavenger Hunt (NES)
1992-??-?? Frankenstein (AMI)
1992-??-?? Harlequin (AMI)
1992-??-?? Harlequin (AST)
1992-??-?? Robocop 3 (DOS)
1992-??-?? The Humans (AMI)
1992-??-?? The Humans (DOS)
1992-??-?? Lethal Weapon (AMI)
1992-??-?? The Shoe People (ZXS)
1992-??-?? Space Crusade (AMI)
1992-??-?? Space Crusade (AST)
1992-??-?? Space Crusade (DOS)
1992-??-?? Space Crusade (ZXS)
1992-??-?? Universal Monsters (AMI)
1992-??-?? Wheel of Fortune (GEN)
1992-??-?? Wheel of Fortune (GG)
1992-01-?? Wheel of Fortune: Featuring Vanna White (NES)
1992-03-27 Top Gear (SNES)
1992-07-?? Greg Norman's Golf Power (NES)
1992-07-22 Kick Off (NES)
1992-08-13 Gadget Twins (GEN)
1992-09-?? Wheel of Fortune (SNES)
1992-12-?? Lethal Weapon (SNES)
1993-??-?? European Champions (AMI)
1993-??-?? Lothar Matthäus (AMI)
1993-04-?? American Gladiators (SNES)
1994-??-?? The Humans (CD32)
1994-08-?? Eek! the Cat (SNES)
1995-07-28 Ultima: The Savage Empire (SFC)
Unreleased Gadget Twins (SNES)
Unreleased Kick Off 2 (GB)
Unreleased Kick Off 2 (NES)
Unreleased Wing Commander 2 (SNES)

Image Gallery

  • Unknown source.

  • Linkedin.

Aliases

In Wheel of Fortune: Starring Vanna White for the NES, as well as Fiendish Freddy's Big Top O' Fun, he is credited as Imagitec Design, the name of his employer. This was because the developers, GameTek, had no audio staff, and instead outsourced sound to Imagitec's UK division.

Links

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