# Jeroen Tel From Video Game Music Preservation Foundation Wiki Jump to: navigation, search | Jeroen Godfried Tel | | | Born | 1972-05-19 | Birth Place | Eindhoven, Netherlands | Nationality | Dutch | Aliases | Maniacs of Noise, The Sonic Circle, J.Tel | Website | maniacsofnoise.nl Jeroen Tel is a Dutch composer, and is known to be one of the best Commodore 64 musicians, co-founded Maniacs of Noise with Charles Deenen in 1987, a company that continues to produce audio for games to this day. Jeroen started writing music for games when he was only 16. Jeroen continues to write music for his Commodore 64 to this day. Jeroen appreciates his fans' support over the years. Jeroen's video game music career began in 1987 when he worked for Hewson Consultants. There, he wrote the music and sound for most of their Commodore 64 games until he left in July 1990. in January 1988, he started working for Probe Software and composing music for the NES, Sega Master System, and other home consoles. He remained there until July 1993. Then, he worked for Funcom from 1994 to 1996. In 2004, Jeroen started working for Backbone Entertainment until 2009. Tel is currently a music and sound composer for The Visionaire Group, and continues to compose music for games to this day. He even still runs Maniacs of Noise, which has grown in popularity. ## Contents - 1 Music Development - 1.1 Robocop 3 - 1.2 Commodore 64 - 1.3 Genesis - 1.4 SNES - 2 Gameography - 3 Picture Gallery - 4 Links ## Music Development For most of the early consoles Tel worked on (Commodore 64, Nintendo Entertainment System, Game Boy, etc.), Jeroen programmed his own sound drivers in the assembly language of the respective consoles (mainly Z80 and 6502.) He would write the music in assembly utilizing hexadecimal values for note frequencies, lengths, and various effects. ### Robocop 3 Contrary to popular belief, Tel stated that he actually did the NES version of Robocop 3 one night at Probe's headquarters in 1991, and later did the Commodore 64 version. ### Commodore 64 Tel talked about what it was like to write music on the Commodore 64 in an interview with Rob Hubbard (see below). Translated from Dutch: “ You could only use three channels, which isn't a lot. If you would compose one chord, you run out of channels. So you have to be creative. By quickly switching between three notes on one channel, you saved two channels. For example: you would have a bassline and a drum both on one channel. That way you saved up some space, and a drum both on one channel... And so you left room for a melody. And then you also tried to put in some extra rhythm parts of fill-ins. So, you really had to be creative.„ ### Genesis On NBA Hang Time, Tel used GEMS. ### SNES On Winter Gold and unreleased port of Pocahontas, Tel used Software Creations' sound driver by Mike Webb and Paul Tonge. On NBA Hang Time, Tel used SLICK/Audio from Bitmasters. ## Gameography | Released | Title | Sample | Notes | 1988-??-?? | Alloyrun (C64) | | | 1988-??-?? | Aspar GP Master (C64) | | | 1988-??-?? | Battle Valley (C64) | | | 1988-??-?? | Cybernoid: The Fighting Machine (AST) | | | 1988-??-?? | Cybernoid: The Fighting Machine (C64) | | | 1988-??-?? | Cybernoid II: The Revenge (C64) | | | 1988-??-?? | Eliminator (C64) | | | 1988-??-?? | Hawkeye (C64) | | | 1988-??-?? | Savage (C64) | | | 1988-??-?? | Starball (C64) | | | 1989-??-?? | After Burner NTSC (C64) | | Arranged Hiroshi Kawaguchi's music | 1989-??-?? | Cybernoid II: The Revenge (AST) | | Music arranged by Jochen Hippel. | 1989-??-?? | Gaplus (C64) | | | 1989-??-?? | Grand Prix Master (C64) | | | 1989-??-?? | Myth (C64) | | | 1989-??-?? | Onslaught (AMI) | | | 1989-??-?? | Savage (AMI) | | Arranged by Kevin Collier | 1989-??-?? | Stormlord (C64) | | Title Music | 1989-??-?? | Tintin on the Moon (C64) | | | 1989-??-?? | Tomcat (C64) | | | 1989-??-?? | Turbo OutRun (C64) | | | 1990-??-?? | Dan Dare III: The Escape (C64) | | | 1990-??-?? | Golden Axe (C64) | | Arranged Dolphin / Y.T's music | 1990-??-?? | Inve$t (C64) | | | 1990-??-?? | Iron Lord (C64) | | | 1990-??-?? | Navy Moves (C64) | | | 1990-??-?? | Poseidon: Planet Eleven (C64) | | | 1990-??-?? | Supremacy (AMI) (Overlord) | | | 1990-??-?? | Supremacy (AST) (Overlord) | | | 1990-??-?? | Supremacy (C64) (Overlord) | | | 1990-??-?? | Supremacy (DOS) (Overlord) | | Arranged by David Whittaker. | 1990-??-?? | Turrican (C64) | | Sample driver. | 1991-??-?? | Back to the Future Part III (C64) | | With Charles Deenen | 1991-??-?? | Back to the Future Part III (DOS) | | With Charles Deenen | 1991-??-?? | Mega Phoenix (C64) | | | 1991-??-?? | North & South (C64) | | Arranged Charles Callet's music | 1991-??-?? | OutRun Europa (C64) | | | 1991-??-?? | Rubicon (C64) | | With Reyn Ouwehand. | 1991-??-?? | Smash T.V. (C64) | | | 1991-??-?? | Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles: The Coin-Op! (C64) | | | 1991-??-?? | Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles: The Coin-Op! (AMI) | | | 1991-??-?? | Viz (C64) | | | 1992-??-?? | Agony (AMI) | | | 1992-??-?? | Lemmings (C64) | | | 1992-??-?? | RoboCop 3 (C64) | | | 1992-08-?? | RoboCop 3 (NES) | | | 1993-??-?? | Bram Stoker's Dracula (GG) | | | 1993-??-?? | Bram Stoker's Dracula (SMS) | | | 1993-??-?? | California Games II (SMS) | | | 1993-??-?? | Mortal Kombat (GB) | | Sound Driver | 1993-??-?? | Mortal Kombat (GG) | | Sound Driver | 1993-??-?? | Mortal Kombat (SMS) | | Sound Driver | 1993-??-?? | T2: The Arcade Game (GG) (T２：ザ・アーケードゲーム) | | Sound Driver | 1993-??-?? | T2: The Arcade Game (SMS) | | Sound Driver | 1993-??-?? | The Flash (SMS) | | | 1993-01-?? | Overlord (NES) | | | 1993-03-?? | Alien 3 (NES) | | | 1993-09-?? | Bram Stoker's Dracula (GB) | | | 1993-09-?? | Bram Stoker's Dracula (NES) | | | 1993-12-?? | Desert Speedtrap Starring Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote (GG) | | Sound Driver | 1994-??-?? | Beauty and the Beast (NES) | | Arranged Alan Menken's music. | 1994-??-?? | Desert Speedtrap Starring Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote (SMS) | | Sound Driver | 1994-??-?? | Spider-Man and the X-Men in Arcade's Revenge (GG) | | Sound Driver | 1996-11-?? | NBA Hang Time (SNES) | | Arranged Jonathan Hey and Kevin Quinn's music | 1996-11-28 | Winter Gold (SNES) | | | 1996-??-?? | NBA Hang Time (GEN) | | Arranged Jonathan Hey and Kevin Quinn's music | 1997-??-?? | Rhino Rumble (DOS) | | | 2000-07-24 | Warlocked (GBC) | | | 2000-11-18 | Suske en Wiske: De Roekeloze Ruimtereis (W32) | | | 2000-11-18 | Suske en Wiske: Het Geheim van de Farao (W32) | | | 2001-??-?? | Suske en Wiske: De Tijdtemmers (GBC) (Bob et Bobette: Les Dompteurs du Temps) | | | 2002-03-28 | Rhino Rumble (GBC) | | | 2004-11-15 | BreakQuest (W32) | | | 2004-??-?? | EA Sports (TV) | | | 2004-??-?? | Mortal Kombat (TV) | | | 2004-??-?? | Spider-Man (TV) | | | 2005-02-28 | Across (W32) | | | 2005-??-?? | Fantastic Four (TV) | | | 2006-08-30 | Time Pilot (XBLA) | | | 2006-11-08 | Contra (XBLA) | | | 2007-04-18 | Gyruss (XBLA) | | | 2007-05-23 | Rush'n Attack (XBLA) | | | Unreleased | Nighthunter (C64) | | | Unreleased | The A-Team (SMS) | | | Unreleased | Lethal Weapon 3 (SMS) | | | Unreleased | Technocop (NES) | | | Unreleased | Pocahontas (SNES) | | | Unreleased | Crimson's Mystery (GBC) | | | Unreleased | Hard Truck (GBC) | | | Unreleased | Katharsis (GBC) | | | Unreleased | Jet Force Jemini (GBC) | | ## Picture Gallery - 64'er 3/91. - 1996. Unknown source. - Unknown source. - Unknown source. ## Links - maniacsofnoise.nl - Official. - youtube.com/user/freejaytea - YouTube. - facebook.com/jeroen.tel - Facebook. - twitter.com/maniacsofnoise - Twitter. - csdb.dk/release/?id=7810 - C64 Disk Interview from March 28, 1990. - csdb.dk/release/?id=95430 - Interview from circa September 1990. - atlantis-prophecy.org/recollection/?load=interviews&id_interview=89 - Interview from August 1994. - csdb.dk/release/?id=2547 - C64 Disk Interview from November 21, 1994. - zakalwe.fi/~shd/texts/imr/c10tel.htm - Interview from 1996. - sidmusic.org/sid/jtel.html - Interviews from Commodore Zone, June 1997 and 64'er 3/91 (translated from German). - gamesart.de/gamesart-interview-jeroen-tel/ - Interview from July 27, 2015. - youtube.com/watch?v=45W1YfAtwEQ - Video Interview with Rob Hubbard. - youtube.com/watch?v=mfapRvJgOXg - Video Interview (In Dutch). - youtube.com/watch?v=AdTANxS-LHg - Video Interview (In Dutch). 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