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{{Infobox Song | {{Infobox Song | ||
− | | Title = Flight of the Bumblebee | + | | Title = Flight of the Bumblebee |
− | | Composer = [[Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov]] | + | | Composer = [[Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov]] |
− | | Released = 1900 | + | | Released = 1900-11-03 |
}} | }} | ||
− | '''''Flight of the Bumblebee''''' is an orchestral interlude composed by [[Nikolai Rimsky- | + | '''''Flight of the Bumblebee''''' is an orchestral interlude composed by [[Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov]] and that is featured in his opera ''The Tale of Tsar Saltan''. The song is played at an incredible tempo making it a difficult tune to master. It is featured in several games because it has long since been in the public domain. |
+ | [[Tree Insects]] song got some sound from this classic tune. | ||
==Games== | ==Games== | ||
+ | ===Donkey Kong 3 (NES)=== | ||
+ | {{Infobox SubSong | ||
+ | | Platform = NES | ||
+ | | Game = Donkey Kong 3 (NES) | ||
+ | | Recording = | ||
+ | | Image = | ||
+ | | Arranger = {{Arranger|Hirokazu Tanaka}} | ||
+ | | Released = 1984-07-04 | ||
+ | | Length = | ||
+ | | Format = [[NSF]] | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | |||
+ | <br clear="all" /> | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===Buzz Off! (C64)=== | ||
+ | {{Infobox SubSong | ||
+ | | Platform = C64 | ||
+ | | Game = Buzz Off! (C64) | ||
+ | | Recording = | ||
+ | | Image = | ||
+ | | Arranger = {{Arranger|Unknown}} | ||
+ | | Released = 1984-??-?? | ||
+ | | Length = | ||
+ | | Format = [[SID]] | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | |||
+ | <br clear="all" /> | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===Road Runner (ARC)=== | ||
+ | {{Infobox SubSong | ||
+ | | Platform = ARC | ||
+ | | Game = Road Runner (ARC) | ||
+ | | Recording = | ||
+ | | Image = | ||
+ | | Arranger = {{Arranger|Hal Canon}} | ||
+ | | Released = 1985-??-?? | ||
+ | | Length = | ||
+ | | Format = [[UNK]] | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | |||
+ | <br clear="all" /> | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===Creative Music System (DOS)=== | ||
+ | {{Infobox SubSong | ||
+ | | Platform = DOS | ||
+ | | Game = Creative Music System (DOS) | ||
+ | | Recording = {{Recording|Philips|03 - Creative Music System - DOS - Flight of the Bumble Bee.ogg}} | ||
+ | | Image = Creative Music System - DOS - Flight of the Bumblebee.png | ||
+ | | Arranger = {{Arranger|Seng Kwong}} | ||
+ | | Released = 1987-08-?? | ||
+ | | Length = 1:15 | ||
+ | | Format = [[CMS]] | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | |||
+ | ''Flight of the Bumblebee'' is located on Song Disk 1 as Bee.cms. The file's metadata credits arrangement to [[Seng Kwong]]. The title in the metadata spells "bumblebee" as two words. The tune is played on the [[SAA1099]] chips in the [[Creative Music System]].<br clear="all" /> | ||
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+ | ===Parodius (MSX)=== | ||
+ | {{Infobox SubSong | ||
+ | | Platform = MSX | ||
+ | | Game = Parodius (MSX) | ||
+ | | Recording = | ||
+ | | Image = | ||
+ | | Arranger = {{Arranger|Unknown}} | ||
+ | | Released = 1988-??-?? | ||
+ | | Length = | ||
+ | | Format = [[KSS]] | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | |||
+ | <br clear="all" /> | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===Captain Comic: The Adventure (NES)=== | ||
+ | {{Infobox SubSong | ||
+ | | Platform = NES | ||
+ | | Game = Captain Comic: The Adventure (NES) | ||
+ | | Recording = | ||
+ | | Image = | ||
+ | | Arranger = {{Arranger|Judye Pistole}} | ||
+ | | Released = 1989-??-?? | ||
+ | | Length = | ||
+ | | Format = [[NSF]] | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | |||
+ | <br clear="all" /> | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===Road Runner (NES)=== | ||
+ | {{Infobox SubSong | ||
+ | | Platform = NES | ||
+ | | Game = Road Runner (NES) | ||
+ | | Recording = {{Recording|NES|02 - Road Runner - NES - Stage Theme 2.ogg}} | ||
+ | | Image = | ||
+ | | Arranger = {{Arranger|Gavan Anderson}}, {{Arranger|Tania Smith}} | ||
+ | | Released = 1989-??-?? | ||
+ | | Length = 0:20 | ||
+ | | BPM = 300 | ||
+ | | Format = [[NSF]] | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | |||
+ | ''Flight of the Bumblebee'' plays during the second round. According to Gavan, because of his going on tour, he had Tania Smith finish up the arrangement, though she was not yet an employee of Beam Software at the time. Gavan also explained that they had originally done the whole song, but due to space constraints on the cartridge, they had to cut down the track. | ||
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+ | The song plays at 300 BPM, a tempo that, according to Gavan, was set by the programmers. Gavan and Tania wrote the music in [[Music Macro Language]] using [[Neil Brennan]]'s version of [[Beam Software]]'s [[NYNTH (NES Driver)|NYNTH sound driver]]. Though the game was developed in Australia, a country that uses the PAL format, it plays in the same key as the original song, so Gavan and Tania probably did the arrangement with NTSC consoles in mind. Its internal name is '''BEE.T'''.<br clear="all" /> | ||
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+ | ===Exterminator (C64)=== | ||
+ | {{Infobox SubSong | ||
+ | | Platform = C64 | ||
+ | | Game = Exterminator (C64) | ||
+ | | Recording = | ||
+ | | Image = | ||
+ | | Arranger = | ||
+ | | Released = 1990 | ||
+ | | Length = | ||
+ | | BPM = | ||
+ | | Format = | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | |||
+ | Some percussions along with the simplified version of ''Flight of the Bumblebee'' is the main theme of the game. | ||
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+ | <br clear="all" /> | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===Parodius (NES)=== | ||
+ | {{Infobox SubSong | ||
+ | | Platform = NES | ||
+ | | Game = Parodius (NES) | ||
+ | | Recording = | ||
+ | | Image = | ||
+ | | Arranger = {{Arranger|Hiroshi Takeyasu}}, {{Arranger|Tomoya Tomita}} | ||
+ | | Released = 1990-11-30 | ||
+ | | Length = | ||
+ | | Format = [[NSF]] | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | |||
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− | | | + | ===Tiny Toon Adventures (NES)=== |
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− | | | + | | Platform = NES |
− | | | + | | Game = Tiny Toon Adventures (NES) |
− | | | + | | Recording = |
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+ | | Arranger = {{Arranger|Jun Funahashi}}, {{Arranger|Masae Nakashima}}, {{Arranger|Satoko Minami}} | ||
+ | | Released = 1991-12-20 | ||
+ | | Length = | ||
+ | | Format = [[NSF]] | ||
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===Ultima VII: The Black Gate (DOS)=== | ===Ultima VII: The Black Gate (DOS)=== | ||
− | + | {{Infobox SubSong | |
+ | | Platform = DOS | ||
+ | | Game = Ultima VII: The Black Gate (DOS) | ||
+ | | Recording = {{Recording|Roland|132 - Ultima 7 - DOS - Flight of the Bumblebee.ogg}}{{Recording|OPL2|232 - Ultima 7 - DOS - Flight of the Bumblebee.ogg}} | ||
+ | | Image = Ultima 7 - DOS - Bee Cave.png | ||
+ | | Arranger = {{Arranger|Dana Glover}} | ||
+ | | Released = 1992-04-16 | ||
+ | | Length = 1:22.88 | ||
+ | | BPM = 170 | ||
+ | | Format = [[MIDI]] | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | |||
+ | In [[Ultima VII: The Black Gate (DOS)]], ''Flight of the Bumblebee'' is played in the Bee Cave where giant bees have made their hive. In the game, you must harvest their honey for a quest, and the game offers multiple ways to deal with the bees. Interestingly, the song ends with silence, and then a few odd notes. | ||
+ | This song is track 54 in the game's data files.<br clear="all" /> | ||
===Aero the Acro-Bat (SNES)=== | ===Aero the Acro-Bat (SNES)=== | ||
− | + | {{Infobox SubSong | |
+ | | Platform = SNES | ||
+ | | Game = Aero the Acro-Bat (SNES) | ||
+ | | Recording = | ||
+ | | Image = | ||
+ | | Arranger = {{Arranger|Darren Mitchell}} | ||
+ | | Released = 1993-10-?? | ||
+ | | Length = | ||
+ | | Format = [[SPC]] | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | Played when you fight the bosses at the circus and the funpark.<br clear="all" /> | ||
===Aero the Acro-Bat (GEN)=== | ===Aero the Acro-Bat (GEN)=== | ||
− | + | {{Infobox SubSong | |
+ | | Platform = GEN | ||
+ | | Game = Aero the Acro-Bat (GEN) | ||
+ | | Recording = | ||
+ | | Image = | ||
+ | | Arranger = {{Arranger|Darren Mitchell}} | ||
+ | | Released = 1993-??-?? | ||
+ | | Length = 1:31 | ||
+ | | Format = [[UNK]] | ||
+ | }} | ||
− | === | + | Played when you fight the bosses at the circus and the funpark.<br clear="all" /> |
− | + | ||
+ | ===DX-Ball (W32)=== | ||
+ | {{Infobox SubSong | ||
+ | | Platform = W32 | ||
+ | | Game = DX-Ball (W32) | ||
+ | | Recording = {{Recording|MIDI|04 - DX-Ball - W32 - Flight of the Bumblebee.ogg}} | ||
+ | | Image = | ||
+ | | Arranger = {{Arranger|Romeo Music International}} | ||
+ | | Released = 1996-??-?? | ||
+ | | Length = 1:17 | ||
+ | | Format = [[MDS]] | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | |||
+ | <br clear="all" /> | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===Crash Twinsanity (PS2)=== | ||
+ | {{Infobox SubSong | ||
+ | | Platform = PS2 | ||
+ | | Game = Crash Twinsanity (PS2) | ||
+ | | Recording = | ||
+ | | Image = | ||
+ | | Arranger = {{Arranger|Spiralmouth}} | ||
+ | | Released = 2009-04-28 | ||
+ | | Length = 1:17 | ||
+ | | Format = [[PSF]] | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | |||
+ | <br clear="all" /> | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===Crash Twinsanity (XBOX)=== | ||
+ | {{Infobox SubSong | ||
+ | | Platform = XBOX | ||
+ | | Game = Crash Twinsanity (XBOX) | ||
+ | | Recording = | ||
+ | | Image = | ||
+ | | Arranger = {{Arranger|Spiralmouth}} | ||
+ | | Released = 2009-04-28 | ||
+ | | Length = | ||
+ | | Format = [[UNK]] | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | |||
+ | <br clear="all" /> | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===DX-Ball (WEB)=== | ||
+ | {{Infobox SubSong | ||
+ | | Platform = WEB | ||
+ | | Game = DX-Ball (WEB) | ||
+ | | Recording = {{Recording|PCM|03 - DX-Ball - WEB - Flight of the Bumblebee.ogg}} | ||
+ | | Image = | ||
+ | | Arranger = {{Arranger|Romeo Music International}} | ||
+ | | Released = 2012-??-?? | ||
+ | | Length = 1:17 | ||
+ | | Format = [[MP3]] | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | <br clear="all" /> | ||
==Links== | ==Links== | ||
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flight_of_the_Bumblebee en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flight_of_the_Bumblebee] - Wikipedia. | * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flight_of_the_Bumblebee en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flight_of_the_Bumblebee] - Wikipedia. | ||
+ | * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYAJopwEYv8 youtube.com/watch?v=aYAJopwEYv8] - A professional recording. | ||
− | [[Category:Non-Videogame Songs]] | + | [[Category: Non-Videogame Songs]] |
− | [[Category:Missing Screenshot]] | + | [[Category: Public Domain Songs]] |
+ | [[Category: Missing Screenshot]] |
Revision as of 06:15, 12 January 2021
Flight of the Bumblebee | ||||
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Flight of the Bumblebee is an orchestral interlude composed by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov and that is featured in his opera The Tale of Tsar Saltan. The song is played at an incredible tempo making it a difficult tune to master. It is featured in several games because it has long since been in the public domain.
Tree Insects song got some sound from this classic tune.
Contents
- 1 Games
- 1.1 Donkey Kong 3 (NES)
- 1.2 Buzz Off! (C64)
- 1.3 Road Runner (ARC)
- 1.4 Creative Music System (DOS)
- 1.5 Parodius (MSX)
- 1.6 Captain Comic: The Adventure (NES)
- 1.7 Road Runner (NES)
- 1.8 Exterminator (C64)
- 1.9 Parodius (NES)
- 1.10 Tiny Toon Adventures (NES)
- 1.11 Ultima VII: The Black Gate (DOS)
- 1.12 Aero the Acro-Bat (SNES)
- 1.13 Aero the Acro-Bat (GEN)
- 1.14 DX-Ball (W32)
- 1.15 Crash Twinsanity (PS2)
- 1.16 Crash Twinsanity (XBOX)
- 1.17 DX-Ball (WEB)
- 2 Links
Games
Donkey Kong 3 (NES)
Donkey Kong 3 (NES) | ||||||
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Buzz Off! (C64)
Buzz Off! (C64) | ||||||
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Road Runner (ARC)
Road Runner (ARC) | ||||||
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Creative Music System (DOS)
Creative Music System (DOS) | ||||||||
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Flight of the Bumblebee is located on Song Disk 1 as Bee.cms. The file's metadata credits arrangement to Seng Kwong. The title in the metadata spells "bumblebee" as two words. The tune is played on the SAA1099 chips in the Creative Music System.
Parodius (MSX)
Parodius (MSX) | ||||||
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Captain Comic: The Adventure (NES)
Captain Comic: The Adventure (NES) | ||||||
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Road Runner (NES)
Road Runner (NES) | ||||||||||
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Flight of the Bumblebee plays during the second round. According to Gavan, because of his going on tour, he had Tania Smith finish up the arrangement, though she was not yet an employee of Beam Software at the time. Gavan also explained that they had originally done the whole song, but due to space constraints on the cartridge, they had to cut down the track.
The song plays at 300 BPM, a tempo that, according to Gavan, was set by the programmers. Gavan and Tania wrote the music in Music Macro Language using Neil Brennan's version of Beam Software's NYNTH sound driver. Though the game was developed in Australia, a country that uses the PAL format, it plays in the same key as the original song, so Gavan and Tania probably did the arrangement with NTSC consoles in mind. Its internal name is BEE.T.
Exterminator (C64)
Exterminator (C64) | ||
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Some percussions along with the simplified version of Flight of the Bumblebee is the main theme of the game.
Parodius (NES)
Parodius (NES) | ||||||
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Tiny Toon Adventures (NES)
Tiny Toon Adventures (NES) | ||||||
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Ultima VII: The Black Gate (DOS)
Ultima VII: The Black Gate (DOS) | ||||||||||
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In Ultima VII: The Black Gate (DOS), Flight of the Bumblebee is played in the Bee Cave where giant bees have made their hive. In the game, you must harvest their honey for a quest, and the game offers multiple ways to deal with the bees. Interestingly, the song ends with silence, and then a few odd notes.
This song is track 54 in the game's data files.
Aero the Acro-Bat (SNES)
Aero the Acro-Bat (SNES) | ||||||
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Played when you fight the bosses at the circus and the funpark.
Aero the Acro-Bat (GEN)
Aero the Acro-Bat (GEN) | ||||||||
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Played when you fight the bosses at the circus and the funpark.
DX-Ball (W32)
DX-Ball (W32) | ||||||||
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Crash Twinsanity (PS2)
Crash Twinsanity (PS2) | ||||||||
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Crash Twinsanity (XBOX)
Crash Twinsanity (XBOX) | ||||||
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DX-Ball (WEB)
DX-Ball (WEB) | ||||||||
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Links
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flight_of_the_Bumblebee - Wikipedia.
- youtube.com/watch?v=aYAJopwEYv8 - A professional recording.
- Songs
- Missing Screenshot
- Songs Arranged By Hirokazu Tanaka
- Donkey Kong 3 (NES)
- Songs Arranged By Unknown
- Buzz Off! (C64)
- Songs Arranged By Hal Canon
- Road Runner (ARC)
- Songs With Philips Output
- Songs Arranged By Seng Kwong
- Creative Music System (DOS)
- Parodius (MSX)
- Songs Arranged By Judye Pistole
- Captain Comic: The Adventure (NES)
- Songs With NES Output
- Songs Arranged By Gavan Anderson
- Songs Arranged By Tania Smith
- Road Runner (NES)
- Exterminator (C64)
- Songs Arranged By Hiroshi Takeyasu
- Songs Arranged By Tomoya Tomita
- Parodius (NES)
- Songs Arranged By Jun Funahashi
- Songs Arranged By Masae Nakashima
- Songs Arranged By Satoko Minami
- Tiny Toon Adventures (NES)
- Songs With Roland Output
- Songs With OPL2 Output
- Songs Arranged By Dana Glover
- Ultima VII: The Black Gate (DOS)
- Songs Arranged By Darren Mitchell
- Aero the Acro-Bat (SNES)
- Aero the Acro-Bat (GEN)
- Songs With MIDI Output
- Songs Arranged By Romeo Music International
- DX-Ball (W32)
- Songs Arranged By Spiralmouth
- Crash Twinsanity (PS2)
- Crash Twinsanity (XBOX)
- Songs With PCM Output
- DX-Ball (WEB)
- Non-Videogame Songs
- Public Domain Songs