Ben Daglish (31 July 1966 – 1 October 2018) was an English composer and musician. Born in

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, his parents moved to

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when he was one year old. He was known for creating many soundtracks for home computer games during the 1980s, including such as ''

The Last Ninja ''The Last Ninja'' is an action-adventure game originally developed and published by System 3 in 1987 for the Commodore 64. It was converted to the Apple IIGS, MS-DOS, BBC Micro, and Acorn Electron in 1988, the Apple II in 1989, the Amiga, and ...

'', ''Trap'', ''

Krakout ''Krakout'' is a ''Breakout'' clone that was released for the ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC, BBC Micro, Commodore 64, Thomson computers and MSX platforms in 1987. One of the wave of enhanced '' Breakout'' variants to emerge in the wake of ''Arkanoi ...

'', and '' Deflektor''. Daglish teamed up with fellow C64 musician and prolific programmer

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, forming W.E.M.U.S.I.C., which stood for "We Make Use of Sound in Computers". Daglish had attended the same school as Crowther. Daglish mostly worked freelance but was employed by Gremlin Graphics for a couple of years.

Biography

Daglish lived in Derbyshire where he composed, played and performed in a number of UK bands, including Loscoe State Opera. He also regularly performed with violinist

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and the band SID80s at retro computer game events such as Back in Time Live and Retrovision. He had also performed with Commodore 64 revival band Press Play On Tape together with

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. He was a fan of the late

Ronnie Hazlehurst Ronald Hazlehurst (13 March 1928 – 1 October 2007) was an English composer and conductor who, having joined the BBC in 1961, became its Light Entertainment Musical Director. Hazlehurst composed the theme tunes for many well-known Britis ...

, a prolific composer for television. He died from complications from lung cancer on 1 October 2018.

Compositions

Amstrad CPC

* ''

Basil the Great Mouse Detective ''Basil the Great Mouse Detective'' is a Platform game, platform, Action-adventure game, action-adventure game designed by Bob Armour and published by Gremlin Graphics in 1987 for the Amstrad CPC, Atari 8-bit family, Atari 8-bit and Commodore 64 ...

'' * ''Dark Fusion'' (1988 – Gremlin Graphics Software) * ''Deflektor'' (1987 – Vortex Software) * ''H.A.T.E. – Hostile All Terrain Encounter'' (1989 – Vortex Software) * ''Mask'' (1987 – Gremlin Graphics Software) * ''Mask II'' (1988 – Gremlin Graphics Software) * ''Masters of the Universe (Les Maitres De L'Univers)'' (1987 – Gremlin Graphics Software) * ''North Star'' (1988 – Gremlin Graphics Software) * ''Skate Crazy'' (1988 – Gremlin Graphics Software) * ''Supercars'' (1990 – Gremlin Graphics Software) * ''Switch Blade'' (1990 – Gremlin Graphics Software) * ''Terramex Cosmic Relief : Prof. Renegade to the Rescue'' (1988 – Grandslam) * ''The Real Stunt Experts'' (1989 – Alternative Software) * ''Thing Bounces Back'' (1987 – Gremlin Graphics Software)

Atari ST

* ''3D Galax'' (1987) * ''

Action Fighter is an overhead vehicular combat game released by Sega for arcades in 1986. It was ported to the Master System the same year, and then to the Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum and IBM PC compatible computers. The player be ...

'' (1986) * ''Artura'' (1988) * '' Axel's Magic Hammer'' (1989) * ''

Blasteroids ''Blasteroids'' is the third official sequel to the 1979 multidirectional shooter video game, ''Asteroids''. It was developed by Atari Games and released in arcades in 1987. Unlike the previous games, ''Blasteroids'' uses raster graphics instead ...

'' (1989) * ''Butcher Hill'' (1989) * ''

California Games ''California Games'' is a 1987 sports video game originally released by Epyx for the Apple II and Commodore 64, and ported to other home computers and video game consoles. Branching from their '' Summer Games'' and ''Winter Games'' series, this ...

'' (1989) * ''Captain America - Defies the Doom Tube'' (1988) * ''

Chase H.Q. is a vehicular combat racing game, originally released as an arcade video game by Taito in 1988. It is sometimes seen as a spiritual successor to Taito's earlier '' Full Throttle''. The player assumes the role of a police officer named Tony Gib ...

'' (1989) * ''Chubby Gristle'' (1988) * ''

Continental Circus ''Continental Circus'' is a Racing video game, racing Sim racing, simulation arcade game, created and manufactured by Taito Corporation, Taito in 1987 in video gaming, 1987. In 1989 in video gaming, 1989, ports for the Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ...

'' (1989) * ''Cosmic Relief'' (1987) * '' Dark Fusion'' (1988) * '' Deflektor'' (1988) * ''

Dynamite Düx ''Dynamite Düx'' is a beat 'em up video game developed by Sega AM2 and released by Sega for arcades in 1988. Produced by Yu Suzuki and with music composed by Hiroshi Kawaguchi, the game uses the Sega System 16 arcade board, the same board used ...

'' (1988) * '' FoFT - Federation of Free Traders'' (1989) * ''Footballer of the Year 2'' (1989) * ''Gary Lineker's Hot Shots'' * ''Greg Norman's Ultimate Golf'' (1990) * ''H.A.T.E. – Hostile All Terrain Encounter'' (1989) * ''

Hot Rod Hot rods are typically American cars that might be old, classic, or modern and that have been rebuilt or modified with large engines optimised for speed and acceleration. One definition is: "a car that's been stripped down, souped up and made ...

'' (1990) * ''John Lowe's Ultimate Darts'' (1989) * ''

Kingmaker A kingmaker is a person or group that has great influence on a royal or political succession, without themselves being a viable candidate. Kingmakers may use political, monetary, religious and military means to influence the succession. Origina ...

'' (1993) * ''

Legends of Valour ''Legends of Valour'' is a role-playing video game developed by Synthetic Dimensions and released by U.S. Gold and Strategic Simulations in 1992 for the Amiga, Atari ST and MS-DOS, with the additional FM Towns and PC-98 versions in 1993-1994 i ...

'' (1993) * ''

Lotus Esprit Turbo Challenge The ''Lotus'' series consists of three racing computer games based around the Lotus brand: ''Lotus Esprit Turbo Challenge'', ''Lotus Turbo Challenge 2'', and ''Lotus III: The Ultimate Challenge''. Published between 1990 and 1992 by Gremlin Gra ...

'' (1990) * ''

Masters of the Universe ''Masters of the Universe'' (sometimes referred to as the ''He-Man'' or ''She-Ra'' series) is a sword and planet-themed media franchise created by Mattel. The main premise revolves around the conflict between He-Man (the alter ego of Prince Ada ...

'' (1988) * '' Mickey Mouse: The Computer Game'' (1988) * ''

Monty Python's Flying Circus ''Monty Python's Flying Circus'' (also known as simply ''Monty Python'') is a British surreal sketch comedy series created by and starring Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Michael Palin and Terry Gilliam, who became known ...

'' (1990) * ''Motor Massacre'' (1988) * ''Motörhead'' (1992) * ''North Star'' (1988) * ''

Pac-Mania is a Oblique_projection #Cavalier_projection, cavalier perspective maze game that was developed and released by Namco for arcade game, arcades in 1987. In the game, the player controls Pac-Man (character), Pac-Man as he must eat all of the dot ...

'' (1989) * ''Passing Shot'' (1988) * ''Prison'' (1989) * '' Rick Dangerous'' (1989) * ''

Rick Dangerous 2 ''Rick Dangerous 2'' is a platform game developed by Core Design for the Amiga, Atari ST, Amstrad CPC, ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64, and MS-DOS. It was released in 1990 and published by Micro Style as a sequel to ''Rick Dangerous''. Plot At the e ...

'' (1990) * '' Road Raider'' (1988) * ''Saint & Greavsie'' (1989) * '' Skidz'' (1990) * ''

Super Cars ''Super Cars'' is a top-view racing game from Gremlin Interactive, who later produced the Lotus series of games. Stylistically, the game is influenced by ''Super Sprint''. There are endless tracks at each of the 4 difficulty levels, which can b ...

'' (1989) * ''Super Scramble Simulator'' (1989) * ''

Switchblade A switchblade (aka switch knife, automatic knife, pushbutton knife, ejector knife, flick knife, Stiletto, flick blade, or spring knife (Sprenger,Benson, Ragnar (1989). ''Switchblade: The Ace of Blades''. Paladin Press. pp. 1–14. . The sw ...

'' (1989) * ''Terramex'' (1987) * ''

The Flintstones ''The Flintstones'' is an American animated sitcom produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions. The series takes place in a romanticized Stone Age setting and follows the activities of the titular family, the Flintstones, and their next-door neighb ...

'' (1988) * ''The Munsters'' (1988) * ''The Running Man'' (1989) * ''Thunderbirds'' (1989) * ''Wizard Warz'' (1987) * ''

Xybots ''Xybots'' is a 1987 in video gaming, 1987 third-person shooter arcade game by Atari Games. In ''Xybots'', up to two players control "Major Rock Hardy" and "Captain Ace Gunn", who must travel through a 3D maze and fight against a series of robots ...

'' (1989)

Commodore 64

* ''

720° ''720°'' is a skateboarding video game released in arcades by Atari Games in 1986, in which the player controls a skateboarder skating around a middle-class neighborhood. By doing jumps and tricks, the player can eventually acquire enough point ...

'' * ''Ark Pandora'' * ''Alternative World Games'' * ''Artura'' * ''

Auf Wiedersehen Monty ''Auf Wiedersehen Monty'' (German for "Goodbye Monty") is a computer game for the ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64, Amstrad CPC, MSX and Commodore 16. Released in 1987, it is the fourth game in the ''Monty Mole'' series. It was written by Peter Harrap ...

'' (with

) * ''Avenger'' * ''

'' * ''Biggles'' * ''

'' * ''Blood Brothers'' * ''Blood Valley'' * ''Bobby Bearing'' * ''Bulldog'' * ''

Bombo Bombo may refer to: Music * ''Bombo'' (musical), a 1921 Broadway production starring Al Jolson * "Bombo" (song), by Norwegian singer Adelén *Bombo criollo or just bombo, a family of Latin American drums *Bombo legüero, an Argentine drum *An 18th ...

'' * ''Challenge of the Gobots'' * ''Chubby Gristle'' * ''Cobra'' (arrangement of the unused movie theme "Skyline" by

Sylvester Levay Sylvester Levay (originally Lévay Szilveszter, Serbian language, Serbian: Силвестер Леваи, ''Silvester Levai'') is a Hungarian people, Hungarian recording artist and composer, born in Yugoslavia (now Serbia). Life and career Levay ...

) * ''Dark Fusion'' * ''

Death Wish 3 ''Death Wish 3'' is a 1985 American action thriller film directed and edited by Michael Winner. It is the third film and the last to be directed by Winner in the ''Death Wish'' film series. It stars Charles Bronson as the vigilante killer Paul Ke ...

'' (1987) * ''Defenders of the Earth'' * '' Deflektor'' * ''Dogfight 2187'' * '' Firelord'' (1986) * ''Footballer of the Year'' * ''Footballer of the Year 2'' * '' Future Knight'' * ''Future Knight II'' * ''Gary Lineker's Hot Shot'' * ''Gary Lineker's Super Skills'' * '' Gauntlet'' and ''

Gauntlet II ''Gauntlet II'' is a 1986 arcade game produced by Atari Games that serves as the immediate sequel to the original '' Gauntlet'', which was released the previous year. Like its predecessor, ''Gauntlet II'' is a fantasy-themed top down dungeon ...

'' * ''Greg Norman's Ultimate Golf'' * '' Hades Nebula'' * ''Harvey Headbanger'' * ''

He-Man and the Masters of the Universe ''He-Man and the Masters of the Universe'' is an American animated television series produced by Filmation based on Mattel's toy line ''Masters of the Universe''. The show, often referred to as simply ''He-Man'', was one of the most popular anima ...

'' * ''Heroes of the Lance'' * ''Jack the Nipper'' * ''Jack the Nipper II'' * ''Kettle'' * ''Killer-Ring'' * ''

'' * ''L.O.C.O.'' * ''Mask III – Venom Strikes Back'' * ''Mickey Mouse'' * ''Mountie Mick's Death Ride'' * ''Munsters'' * ''Northstar'' * ''Olli and Lissa'' * ''Pac-Mania'' * ''Percy the Potty Pigeon'' * ''Potty Pidgeon'' (Death tune only) * ''Pub Games'' * ''Re-Bounder'' * ''Real Stunt Experts'' * ''Return of the Mutant Camels'' * ''Skate Crazy'' * ''SkateRock'' * ''Super Cars'' * ''Supersports'' * ''Switchblade'' * ''TechnoCop'' * ''They Stole a Million'' * ''Thing Bounces Back'' * ''Terramex'' * ''The Flintstones'' * ''

'' (with Anthony Lees) * ''Trap'' * ''Vikings'' * ''Way of the Tiger'' * ''William Wobbler'' * ''Wizard Warz'' * ''Zarjaz'' Source: The High Voltage SID Collection

Amiga

* ''Artura'' (1989) * ''Chubby Gristle'' (1988) * ''Deflektor'' (1988) * '' Federation of Free Traders'' (1989) * ''

'' (1988, re-arrangement of arcade game tunes) * ''

'' (1989) * ''

Corporation A corporation is an organization—usually a group of people or a company—authorized by the state to act as a single entity (a legal entity recognized by private and public law "born out of statute"; a legal person in legal context) and r ...

'' (1990) *Super Cars (1990)

ZX Spectrum

* ''Artura'' (1989) * ''Auf Wiedersehen Monty'' (1987) * ''Avenger'' (1986) * ''Blasteroids'' (1987) * ''Blood Brothers'' (1988) * ''Blood Valley'' (1987) * '' Butcher Hill'' (1989) * ''Challenge of the Gobots'' (1987) * ''Chubby Gristle'' (1988) * ''Dark Fusion'' (1988) * ''Death Wish 3'' (1987) * ''Deflektor'' (1988) * ''The Flintstones'' (1988) * ''Footballer of the Year'' (1987) * ''Future Knight'' (1987) * ''Gary Lineker's Hot Shots'' (1988) * ''Gary Lineker's Super Skills'' (1988) * ''Gauntlet 2'' (1988) * ''H.A.T.E. – Hostile All Terrain Encounter'' (1989) * ''Jack the Nipper 2: in Coconut Capers'' (1987) * ''Krakout'' (1987) * ''Mask 1'', ''Mask 2'' (1988) * ''MASK III: Venom Strikes Back'' (1988) * ''Masters of the Universe'' (1987) * ''Mickey Mouse'' (1988) * ''Moley Christmas'' (1987) * ''Motor Massacre'' (1989) * ''Mountie Mick's Death Ride'' * ''North Star'' (1988) * ''Pacmania'' (1988) * ''The Real Stunt Experts'' * ''Skate Crazy'' (1988) * ''Super Scramble Simulator'' (1989) * ''Super Sports'' * ''Switchblade'' (1991) * ''Techno Cop'' (1988) * ''Terramex'' (1988) * ''Thing Bounces Back'' (1987) * ''Trap (128k)'' (1985) * ''Wizard Wars''

References

External links

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