Flight of the Bumblebee

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Flight of the Bumblebee
Composer Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Released 1900-11-03

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.

Games

Donkey Kong 3 (NES)

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Donkey Kong 3 (NES)
Arranger Hirokazu Tanaka
Released 1984-07-04
Format NSF


Buzz Off! (C64)

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Buzz Off! (C64)
Arranger Unknown
Released 1984-??-??
Format SID


Road Runner (ARC)

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Road Runner (ARC)
Arranger Hal Canon
Released 1985-??-??
Format UNK


Creative Music System (DOS)

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Creative Music System (DOS)
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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.

Parodius (MSX)

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Parodius (MSX)
Arranger Unknown
Released 1988-??-??
Format KSS


Captain Comic: The Adventure (NES)

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Captain Comic: The Adventure (NES)
Arranger Judye Pistole
Released 1989-??-??
Format NSF


Road Runner (NES)

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Road Runner (NES)
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Arranger Gavan Anderson
Released 1989-??-??
Length 0:20
Format NSF

Flight of the Bumblebee is the music for round 2. Gavin Anderson used the file name Bee.T for the music file.

Parodius (NES)

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Parodius (NES)
Arranger Hiroshi Takeyasu, Tomoya Tomita
Released 1990-11-30
Format NSF


Tiny Toon Adventures (NES)

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Tiny Toon Adventures (NES)
Arranger Jun Funahashi, Masae Nakashima, Satoko Minami
Released 1991-12-20
Format NSF


Ultima VII: The Black Gate (DOS)

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Ultima VII: The Black Gate (DOS)
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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.

Aero the Acro-Bat (SNES)

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Aero the Acro-Bat (SNES)
Arranger Darren Mitchell
Released 1993-10-??
Format SPC

Played when you fight the bosses at the circus and the funpark.

Aero the Acro-Bat (GEN)

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Aero the Acro-Bat (GEN)
Arranger Darren Mitchell
Released 1993-??-??
Length 1:31
Format UNK

Played when you fight the bosses at the circus and the funpark.

DX-Ball (W32)

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DX-Ball (W32)
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Arranger Romeo Music International
Released 1996-??-??
Length 1:17
Format MDS


Crash Twinsanity (PS2)

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Crash Twinsanity (PS2)
Arranger Spiralmouth
Released 2009-04-28
Length 1:17
Format PSF


Crash Twinsanity (XBOX)

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Crash Twinsanity (XBOX)
Arranger Spiralmouth
Released 2009-04-28
Format UNK


DX-Ball (WEB)

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DX-Ball (WEB)
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Arranger Romeo Music International
Released 2012-??-??
Length 1:17
Format MP3


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