Title and in game music in text adventures

[Denny]

Besides Kentilla on the C64 by Rob Hubbard, can you name any other text/graphical adventures which have a title track or in game music?

[Strident]

Relatively few, thankfully.

It tends to be ones from the labels more known for arcade or action titles; The Neverending Story by Ocean, for example.

Fred Gray did the music for both that and Hunchback; but I think Hunchback's music was limited to the initial title screen/load.

[Both comments refer to the ZX Spectrum versions.]

[Exemptus]

The Heroes of Karn on C64, of course, but you already knew that. Also Eric the Unready qualifies, despite being a hybrid. We have also Sorcery! (all four parts), the 1986 Dracula by CRL, Tass Times in Tonetown, CYPHER, Leadlight Gamma, and Vlad the Impaler at least. The oldest example I can think of is the Apple II version of Lucifer's Realm, from 1981.

If we include free / IF scene ones, there are quite a few: The Art of Fugue comes to mind, as well as According to Cain, Cannery Vale, Exhibition, the extended version of Andromeda Apocalypse, and many others.

Personally I'd rather not have music or make it optional, unless it serves a purpose as part of the the game mechanics (rather a modern thing).

[Alastair]

Pimania had a "free hit single" [*] on the B side of the cassette.

[*] Also labelled "free appalling hypnotic disco theme music!"

[Alex]

Miss Marple for the c64 with the original tune from the Miss Marple movies with Margeret Rutherford from the sixties. Mystery Voyage c64 (title music, sound effects and speech), De Sekte c64 (plays music each time you advance).

[Exemptus]

Also The Crystals of Carus. now that we're talking about the C64.

[Templar]

The Pawn from Magnetic Scrolls has a nice intro music and a hi-res resolution picture (the poster actually that comes with the game). That's on the Amiga.