Music

The Sound of the Scene

SID music composed specifically for cracktros - a catalogue grouped by cracking group. All tracks are held in the High Voltage SID Collection (HVSC) and can be played in DeepSID. Click any track to open it in DeepSID, or use the player controls below.

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  1. 01 Ikari Intro Ikari
  2. 02 Ikari ++ Intro Ikari
  3. 03 Plus / Triad Theme Plus / Triad
  4. 04 Fairlightz Theme Fairlight
  5. 05 Dominators Demo Tune Dominators

C64 SID music via jsSID — sourced from HVSC.

Fairlight

Fairlight Intro Tune 1 Fairlight (FLT) - circa 1987 1 SUBTUNE
Fairlight Multi-Intro SID Fairlight (FLT) - circa 1988 3 SUBTUNES

Subtunes:

Triad

Triad Cracktro Theme Triad - circa 1987 1 SUBTUNE
Triad Scroller Tune Triad - circa 1988 2 SUBTUNES

Subtunes:

JCH / Vibrants (Cracktro Music)

JCH Cracktro Composition 1 JCH (Johan Christoffersen / Vibrants) 4 SUBTUNES

Subtunes:

JCH Cracktro Composition 2 JCH (Johan Christoffersen / Vibrants) 2 SUBTUNES

1001 Crew

1001 Crew Intro Music 1001 Crew - circa 1984 1 SUBTUNE
MOS 6581 SID chip close-up - the hardware that all tracks in this catalogue were composed for
The MOS 6581 SID chip inside every Commodore 64. Every track in this catalogue was composed for its three voices, four waveforms, and analogue filter - a hardware palette that demanded precise technical knowledge to exploit.

All tracks above link to DeepSID for in-browser playback. DeepSID uses WebAssembly to emulate the SID chip with cycle-exact accuracy in a web browser - no plugin or emulator required. For the full HVSC catalogue with 55,000+ tracks, browse directly at hvsc.c64.org.

See also: the Videos page includes a curated 100-track SID music compilation for direct listening.

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