Podcast: Tribute to Psygnosis, Part 2

Episode #158 - Tribute to Psygnosis, Part 2: Racing on top of the PSone

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Hello and welcome to part 2 of our journey through the beautiful sound universe of Psygnosis games. We're moving on and crossing the timeline when the boys and girls from Liverpool switched from Amiga to console gaming, especially the PlayStation. For example, they created WipEout, the first new media sensation which made video games interesting to a broader audience.

This episode includes tunes from games which brought Psygnosis fame after their Amiga era has ended and before they lost their name to become Sony Studio Liverpool.

Information about the unreleased music included here:
Assault Rigs 2: I did write some music for the sequel but the game eventually was dropped. (Stuart Duffield)

Damij - Shoki: The track 'Shoki' was from a 3D fighting game called 'Damij' (it was almost completed, but was dropped and ended up not being released). The track has some background noise - it was recorded using 8-track tape and hasn't been remastered at all. (Stuart Duffield)

Drakan: Here are some unused tunes from Drakan and Drakan 2 which I got kicked off a few months into it… (Barry Leitch)

BitFellas - there's some owlsome music in the air.

Mixing by Vincenzo, logo #158 by KF, compiled by Bobic

Track List:
01. (1994) No Escape - Ventura (Tim Wright)
02. (1994) No Escape - Goodbye (Tim Wright)
03. (1994) Novastorm - Level 1 - Stage 1 (Rik Ede)
04. (1994) Novastorm - Level 1 - Stage 3 (Rik Ede)
05. (1994) Novastorm - Level 1 - Stage 4 (Rik Ede)
06. (1994) Novastorm - Level 3 - Stage 1 (Rik Ede)
07. (1994) Novastorm - Credits Only (Rik Ede)
08. (1995) Wipeout - Intro (Tim Wright)
09. (1995) Wipeout - Cairodrome (Tim Wright)
10. (1995) Wipeout - Cold Comfort (Tim Wright)
11. (1995) Wipeout - Messij (Tim Wright)
12. (1996) Formula 1 - Chain Reaction (Mike Clarke & Stuart Ellis)
13. (1996) Krazy Ivan - 24 Poles (Tim Wright)
14. (1996) Krazy Ivan - Quirke (Tim Wright)
15. (1996) Wipeout 2097 PC - CoLD SToRAGE - Gods Gift (Tim Wright)
16. (1996) Wipeout 2097 PC - CoLD SToRAGE - Hakapik Murder (Tim Wright)
17. (1996) Wipeout 2097 PS1 - CoLD SToRAGE - Canada (Tim Wright)
18. (1997) Alpha Storm - Player (Stuart Duffield)
19. (1997) Codename Tenka - Reapers Knell (Tim Wright)
20. (1997) Colony Wars - 07 (Tim Wright)
21. (1997) Colony Wars - 09 (Tim Wright)
22. (1997) G-Police - Combat Music 01 (Stuart Duffield)
23. (1997) G-Police - Combat Music 04 (Stuart Duffield)
24. (1997) G-Police - Patrol 03 (Stuart Duffield)
25. (1997) Shipwreckers - Caribbean 02 (Stuart Duffield)
26. (1997) Shipwreckers - Ice 01 (Stuart Duffield)
27. (1998) Formula 1 '98 - Main Menu Theme (Mike Clarke)
28. (1999) Drakan - Order of the Flame - Gui (Barry Leitch)
29. (1999) Formula 1 '99 - Menu race music 2 (Mike Clarke)
30. (1999) Tellurian Defence - Cosmos (Tim Wright)
31. (Unreleased) Assault Rigs 2 - 02 (Stuart Duffield)
32. (Unreleased) Damij - Shoki (Stuart Duffield)
33. (Unreleased) Drakan 2 - Arctic (Unfinished) (Barry Leitch)
34. (Unreleased) Drakan 2 - Desert (Final Mix) (Barry Leitch)
35. (Unreleased) Drakan 2 - Town (Unfinished) (Barry Leitch)
36. (Unused) Drakan - Order of the Flame - Rise (Barry Leitch)
Total playing time: 1:59:43

We say thank you to the following musicians, who made this episode possible: Tim Wright (CoLD SToRAGE), Barry Leitch, Stuart Duffield, Rik Ede and Mike Clarke.

Submitted by Bobic