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Jeroen Tel 
Summary
Jeroen Godfried Tel (born 19 May 1972), also known as WAVE,[1] is a Dutch composer.[2][3][4] He is best known for numerous computer game tunes he wrote in the 1980s and early 1990s for the Commodore 64.[5] His most popular[6] compositions appear in the following Commodore 64 games: Combat Crazy, Cybernoid, Cybernoid II, Dan Dare 3, Eliminator, Hawkeye, Myth: History in the Making, Nighthunter, Robocop 3, Rubicon (title music), and Supremacy.[7]
Jeroen Tel | |
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 Jeroen Tel performing at "Back in Time Live" in 2008 | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Jeroen Godfried Tel |
| Born | 19 May 1972 Eindhoven, Netherlands |
| Genres | Videogame music Commodore 64 music 8-bit Electronic music Chiptunes Pixel Pop |
| Occupation(s) |
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Maniacs of Noise edit
Alongside Charles Deenen, who Tel met at computer meetings in Venlo, Netherlands, Tel is a founding member of the computer music group Maniacs of Noise,[8][9][10] a company devoted to composing music and designing sound effects for videogames since 1987.[11] He worked for several years at Funcom in Norway.[12] In addition to being a game musician, he has composed lots of modules in the context of demo scene.
Tess & Tel edit
In late 2014 Jeroen Tel joined forces with Swedish singer and songwriter Tess Fries and formed the Pixel Pop music group Tess & Tel. [13] [14] They first met at a Space Invaders concert in Odense, Denmark on October 4, 2013.
Tess & Tel discography edit
Tel Me More edit
In the summer of 2015, Tel launched a crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo[21] in order to produce a remix album (called 'Tel Me More') of his best C64 music.[22][23][24] Of the $38,911 (a nod to the amount of free memory bytes when starting up a Commodore 64) goal, $27,420 was reached by a total of 699 backers. On August 8, 2015, Tel gave an update on his Indiegogo page stating that this was sufficient to create the album and deliver all the promised perks. In posts on the campaign page, he claimed to still be working on completing the project as of February 2020.[25] However, in the beginning of February 2022, the project was marked as closed without any comment from Tel. In a June 2023 comment on SoundCloud, Tel stated his intention of getting the project "out of the way".[26]
Discography edit
Soundtracks by Jeroen Tel edit
The following are soundtracks composed by Tel.[27][28][29]
| Title | Publisher | Released | Platform | Credit | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A-TEAM, THE | Fox Digital Entertainment | 2010 | (Mobile Game) | Composer / Sound Designer | |
| Honey Switch Deluxe | Zylom | 2005 | (PC) | Composer / Sound Designer | |
| Fortuna Mahjongg Deluxe | Zylom | 2004 | (PC) | Composer / Sound Designer | |
| Geweldenaren van Ver (Short) | (No publisher) | 2004 | Micro movie | Composer / Sound Designer | |
| Alien Scum | Synergenix | 2002 | (Mobile Game) | Composer / Sound Designer | |
| Abyss, The | Synergenix | 2002 | (Mobile Game) | Composer / Sound Designer | |
| Hive, The | Synergenix | 2002 | (Mobile Game) | Composer / Sound Designer | |
| Minerman | Synergenix | 2002 | (Mobile Game) | Composer / Sound Designer | |
| Slot Machine | Synergenix | 2002 | (Mobile Game) | Composer / Sound Designer | |
| Suske en Wiske: De Tijdtemmers | Infogrames | 2001 | (Game Boy Color) | Composer / Sound Designer | |
| ASML ESD Clean Training | 2001 | (Website) | |||
| Big Brother: The Game | SoftMACHINE Publishing International BV | 2000 | (PC) | Composer / Sound Designer | |
| Casino | 1999 | (PC) | Composer / Sound Designer | ||
| Crimson's Mystery | (No publisher) | 1999 | (Game Boy Color) | Composer | Unreleased. |
| FACT | 1999 | (PC) | |||
| Football Manager | 1999 | (PC) | Composer / Sound Designer | ||
| Christmas Crisis | 1995 | (CD-i) | |||
| Family Games II: Junkfood Jive | 1995 | (CD-i) | |||
| Flippo House | 1995 | (CDS) | Composer / Artist | ||
| Disney's Beauty and the Beast | Hudson Soft | 1994 | (NES) | Composer / Sound Designer | |
| Alien III | LJN, Ltd. | 1993 | (NES) | Composer / Sound Designer | |
| Bram Stoker Dracula | Sony Imagesoft | 1993 | (Game Boy) | Composer / Sound Designer | |
| Bram Stoker Dracula | Sony Imagesoft | 1993 | (Master System) (NES) | Composer / Sound Designer | |
| California Games II | SEGA | 1993 | (Master System) (Game Gear) | Composer / Sound Designer | |
| Flash, The | 1993 | (Master System) (Game Gear) | Composer / Sound Designer | ||
| Lemmings | Psygnosis | 1993 | (C64) | Composer / Sound Designer | |
| Overlord | Virgin Interactive | 1993 | (NES) | Composer / Sound Designer | |
| The A-Team (video game) | 1992 | (Game Gear) (Master System) | Composer / Sound Designer | Unreleased. | |
| Agony | Psygnosis | 1992 | (Amiga) | Composer | |
| Fruit Fantasies | 1992 | (Amiga) | Composer | ||
| Facts of Life | Witan | 1992 | (PC) Demo | Composer | |
| Robocop 3 | Ocean Software Ltd. (C64) and Ocean of America, Inc. (NES) | 1992 | (C64) (NES) | Composer / Sound Designer | |
| Outrun Europe | SEGA Corporation, U.S. Gold Ltd. | 1991 | (C64) | Composer / Sound Designer | |
| Rubicon | 21st Century Entertainment Ltd. | 1991 | (C64) | Composer | |
| Smash TV | Acclaim Entertainment, Inc. | 1991 | (C64) | Composer / Sound Designer | |
| Supremacy | Virgin Interactive | 1991 | (C64) | Composer / Sound Designer | |
| VIZ the Game | Virgin Interactive | 1991 | (Amiga) (C64) | ||
| Back to the Future III | Image Works | 1991 | (C64) | Co-composer with Charles Deenen | |
| Bad Blood | ORIGIN Systems, Inc. | 1991 | (C64) | ||
| Dan Dare III: The Escape | Virgin Interactive | 1990 | (C64) | ||
| Golden Axe (video game) | Virgin Mastertronic | 1990 | (C64) | ||
| Hot Rod | Activision, Inc. | 1990 | (C64) | ||
| Inve$t | Starbyte Software | 1990 | (C64) | ||
| Turbo Outrun (Best Music ECTS Award) | SEGA | 1990 | (C64) | Best Music ECTS Award | |
| Supremacy | Virgin Interactive | 1990 | (Amiga) | Composer / Sound Designer | |
| Deliverance: Stormlord II | Hewson Consultants | 1990 | (C64) | ||
| Poseidon: Planet Eleven | Hi-Tec Software Ltd. | 1990 | (C64) | ||
| Iron Lord | Ubi Soft Entertainment Software | 1990 for C64 and 1989 for Amiga | (Amiga) (C64) | ||
| Afterburner (USA version) | SEGA | 1989 | (C64) | ||
| Drag race 2000 | 1989 | (Arcade cabinet) | |||
| Dynamix | Virgin Mastertronic | 1989 | (C64) | ||
| F14 Tomcat | Dynamix | 1989 | (C64) | ||
| Myth: History in the Making | System 3 Software Ltd. | 1989 | (C64) | ||
| Stormlord | Hewson Consultants | 1989 | (C64) (Amiga) | ||
| Tintin on the Moon | Infogrames Europe SA | 1989 | (C64) | ||
| 2400 A.D. | ORIGIN Systems, Inc. | 1988 | (C64) | Unreleased. | |
| Alloyrun | Starlight Software | 1988 | (C64) | ||
| Aspar GP Master | Dinamic Software | 1988 | (C64) | ||
| Battle Valley | Rack-It | 1988 | (C64) | ||
| Combat Crazy A.K.A. War Bringer | Silverbird (software label) | 1988 | (C64) | ||
| Cybernoid: The Fighting Machine | Hewson Consultants | 1987 | (C64) | ||
| Cybernoid II: The Revenge | Hewson Consultants | 1988 | (C64) | ||
| Eliminator | Hewson Consultants | 1988 | (C64) | ||
| Gaplus | Mastertronic | 1988 | (C64) | ||
| G.I. Hero | 1988 | (C64) | Unreleased. | ||
| Ice Age | Firebird Software | 1988 | (C64) | ||
| Navy Moves | Dinamic Software | 1988 | (C64) | ||
| Savage | Firebird Software | 1988 | (C64) | ||
| Scout | Mastertronic | 1988 | (C64) | ||
| Hawkeye | Thalamus Ltd. | 1987 | (C64) | ||
| BeachKing Stunt Racer | (PS2) (PC) | ||||
| Brabant Stad (Promo) | |||||
| David Bravo (Cartoon) | |||||
| Deadly Skies | (PlayStation) | ||||
| DLO Research | (Television program) | ||||
| Don Horn | (PC) | ||||
| EA Sports | (JAKKS TV Game) | ||||
| Empire | (FM) | ||||
| ETV Leader | (RL) | ||||
| Gold Rush Deluxe | (PC) | ||||
| Gordon's Cinderella | (PC) | ||||
| House of Cards 2 Deluxe | |||||
| Hypnosis 1995 | (PC) Demo | ||||
| Janssen en Janssen | (CDS) | ||||
| Johny Walker Moorhuhn Jagd | (PC) | ||||
| Jule Shuffle (Online Game) | |||||
| Just Kidding | (CD) | ||||
| Knoop in je Zakdoek 1994, 95, 96, 97 | (Television program) | ||||
| Lethal Weapon III | (Master System) | ||||
| Logitech Puzzle Game | (PC) Demo | ||||
| Mercury | (Slot machine) | ||||
| Moorhuhn | (PC) | ||||
| Moorhuhn 2 | (PC) | ||||
| Mortal Kombat | (JAKKS TV Game) | ||||
| Motors | (PC) | ||||
| Nanuk | (PC) | ||||
| NBA Hangtime | (Sega Genesis) (Super NES) | ||||
| Nicktoons Basketball | (PC) | ||||
| Nighthunter | (C64) | ||||
| Nintendo Starwing | (Television commercial) | ||||
| NNCDROM | CD-ROM | Business Presentation | |||
| North and South | 1991 | (C64) | |||
| No-TV Visual Music No.2 | (DVD) | ||||
| No Nonsense Consultancy | (Website) | ||||
| Original Video Game Sound Effects | (CD) | ||||
| Outrun 2 | (C64) | ||||
| Pocahontas | (Super NES) | ||||
| Poodle-e-razor | (PC) | ||||
| Power Play | (Television program) | ||||
| Raffzahn | (PC) | ||||
| Rhino Rumble | (PC) (Game Boy Color) | ||||
| RTL France | Television (Station identification) | ||||
| R-Xerox | (Television commercial) | ||||
| Ruflo Easyfloor | (Animation) | ||||
| Space Ranger | (PC) | Sound FX only | |||
| Spark Media Arts Festival | (Animation) | ||||
| Starwing | (Television commercial) (RC) | ||||
| Stork Aerospace F35 JSF | (3d animation) | ||||
| Super Monaco GP | 1991 | (C64) | |||
| Supercash | (Amiga) | ||||
| Suske en Wiske - De Roekeloze Ruimtereis | |||||
| Suske en Wiske - Het Geheim van de Farao | |||||
| Synthetic | (AD) | ||||
| Techno Cop | 1992 | (NES) | |||
| Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | (Amiga) (C64) | ||||
| TELEAC | (TV) Television (Station identification) (TVT) (RP) | ||||
| Tetris 94 | (C64) | ||||
| The Video Game Soundmakers | (CD) | ||||
| TMax | (Pocket PC) | ||||
| Trivia Ultimate Challenge | (C64) | ||||
| Video Game Soundmakers, The | (CD) | ||||
| Vivid Video | (CD) | ||||
| Warlocked | Nintendo | 2000 | (Game Boy Color) | Music and Sound FX | |
| W.A.R. | (PC) | ||||
| Winter Gold | (Super NES) | ||||
| Z-Mess-House | (CDS) | ||||
| ZYLOM Music Logo | |||||
| ZZPLANET | (Animation) |
References edit
- ^ "Jeroen Tel discography". RateYourMusic.
- ^ "Polderpioniers: Jeroen Tel and the rise of game music (Dutch)". YouTube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-12.
- ^ "Hints & Tips for Videogame Pioneers". Vintageisthenewold.com. April 21, 2015.
- ^ Hewson, Andrew (May 9, 2016). Hints & Tips for Videogame Pioneers. Lulu.com. p. 145. ISBN 9781844991365 – via Google Books.
- ^ "[CSDb] - Jeroen Tel/Maniacs of Noise". Commodore 64 Scene Database.
- ^ Droege, Joerg. "Video Interview with Jeroen Tel". Scene World Magazine. Retrieved 2015-04-25.
- ^ "GamesArt Interview Jeroen Tel". GamesArt.de. 27 July 2015.
- ^ "Maniacs of Noise - Music Composers, Sound Designers". Mon.home.xs4all.nl. Archived from the original on 2020-06-01. Retrieved 2020-04-08.
- ^ "Interview with Jeroen Tel". Sidmusic.org.
- ^ "Charles Deenan, Interplay". Next Generation. No. 3. Imagine Media. March 1995. p. 52.
- ^ "[CSDb] - Maniacs of Noise (Netherlands)". Commodore 64 Scene Database.
- ^ "Jeroen Tel - interview at Assembly 2012 (English version)". YouTube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-12.
- ^ "Tess & Tel - interview by Scene World Podcast (2015)". YouTube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-12.
- ^ "Tess & Tel (Official)". SoundCloud.com.
- ^ Link to music video: Buy the Sky
- ^ Link to song: Battle Valley
- ^ Link to music video: Spank Me Hard & Call Me Susan
- ^ Link to song: Anywhere
- ^ Link to music video: Dream Just Dream
- ^ Link to song: Complex
- ^ "Jeroen Tel - Tel Me More *C64 game music remakes*". Indiegogo.com.
- ^ "Jeroen Tel --- Tel Me More --- IndieGogo Pitch". YouTube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-12.
- ^ "C64-Soundtrack-Pionier Jeroen Tel arbeitet an einem Remake-Album". Wired (Germany). 24 July 2015. Retrieved 24 April 2017.
- ^ "C64-Soundtrack-Pionier Jeroen Tel arbeitet an neuem Remake-Album". Gamesbusiness.de. Retrieved 24 April 2017.
- ^ "The Journey continues with an Open Soul". Indiegogo. 22 February 2020. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
- ^ Tel, Jeroen (28 June 2023). "Stream Jeroen Tel - The Open Soul (preview) (v22) by Maniacs of Noise". SoundCloud. Retrieved 26 November 2023.
- ^ "Maniacs of Noise - Music Composers, Sound Designers". mon.home.xs4all.nl. Archived from the original on 2020-06-01. Retrieved 2020-04-08.
- ^ "GB64.COM - C64 Games, Database, Music, Emulation, Frontends, Reviews and Articles". Gb64.com.
- ^ "Lemon64.com - all about Commodore 64". Lemon64.com.
External links edit
- Tess & Tel on Youtube
- Jeroen Tel on SoundCloud
- Maniacs of Noise Website.
- Jeroen Tel on Amiga Music Preservation
- GamesArt.de Interview.
- Artist profile at OverClocked ReMix
- Indiegogo 'Tel Me More' campaign by Jeroen Tel
- Jeroen Tel - Artist profile at Discogs
- Jeroen Tel - Artist profile at VGMdb
- Jeroen Tel - Biography at IMDb