| U R A Hero |
| Composer |
Bobby Prince |
| Released |
1992-05-05 |
| Title Origin |
File Name |
| Loops |
Yes |
|
U R A Hero (short for You Are a Hero) is a fanfare from the Wolfenstein 3D series. It was composed by Bobby Prince using Sequencer Plus Gold.
Composition
The song is in the key of C minor, plays at approximately 96 beats per minute, and plays in the 4/4 time signature. The lead instrument is a trumpet that mostly plays intervals of the scale of the current chord. In the background are some horns that play the current chord of the song (Cm F Cm Gm Cm F E♭ Cm/F Fdim/G B(♭5)/G Cm). A tuba serves the song's bassline, which plays in quarter notes in fifth intervals, most of the time. Every two measures (or sooner), a faint trumpet can be heard glissing down. The song is also accompanied by a military-style snare and bass drum combo.
Games
Wolfenstein 3D (DOS)
U R A Hero is played after the successful completion of an episode in Wolfenstein 3D (DOS).
The song is track 25 in the AudioT.WL6 file. It's title in the IMF meta tag is "URAHERO".
Spear of Destiny (DOS)
U R A Hero is played after the game is completed, since Spear of Destiny doesn't have an "episodic" structure.
The song is track 7 in the AudioT.SOD file. Its title in the IMF meta data is "URAHERO".
Wolfenstein 3D (SNES)
Unlike the DOS games where you hear U R A Hero upon completing an episode or mission, in the SNES game, the song plays at the beginning of the game during the mission briefing. It is the best-quality version of the song, as it uses instrument samples as opposed to FM synthesis. However, the SNES version of the song is missing instruments; the glissing trumpet, bass/kick drum, and most of the snare drum rhythms. It also plays approximately 5 BPM faster than the original. The tuba is replaced by an acoustic bass and the backing horns replaced by an organ. These instruments were sampled from an Ensoniq SQ-1.
The song was arranged by Bobby Prince, and converted into Rebecca Heineman's sound driver
Wolfenstein 3D (GBA)
Wolfenstein 3D (AST)
Voxelstein 3D (W32)
Wolfenstein 3D (WEB)
Wolfenstein 3D (GEN)
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