Mars, the Bringer of War

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Mars, the Bringer of War
Composer Gustav Holst
Released 1918-09-29

Mars, the Bringer of War is the first movement of Gustav Holst's The Planets.

Games

Commander Keen V: The Armageddon Machine (DOS)

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Commander Keen V: The Armageddon Machine (DOS)
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Arranger Bobby Prince
Released 1991-12-15
Length 1:01
Format IMF
Loops Yes

Mars, the Bringer of War is played in the level, Quantum Explosion Dynamo. Bobby Prince arranged the song in Sequencer Plus Gold and then converted it down to IMF format to be played on the OPL2 chip. Bobby Prince had this to say about the song:

This was specially requested by Tom Hall. It was a challenge to do this piece with only 9 notes on at any one time :-)

Bobby Prince confirmed that his arrangement is also titled Mars, the Bringer of War.

The song The Ultimate Challenge from Wolfenstein 3D (DOS) is similar to this song.

Outpost (W32)

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Outpost (W32)
Arranger Unknown
Released 1994-??-??
Length 7:28
Format MIDI

Sierra used a MIDI version of this song for the introductory sequence of the game.

Return Fire (W32)

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Return Fire (W32)
Arranger Unknown
Released 1995-??-??
Length 7:09
Format CD


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