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| '''Jochen Hippel''' (* ] ] in ]) is a ] from ] in southwest ]. He played one of the most prominent roles in ] during the ] ] era, composing the music for 10's of games. He was also an experienced ] programmer and ported many of ]'s ] titles. | '''Jochen Hippel''' (* ] ]) is a ] from ] in southwest ]. He played one of the most prominent roles in ] during the ] ] era, composing the music for 10's of games. He was also an experienced ] programmer and ported many of ]'s ] titles. | ||
| Jochen's first computer music was a set of ] songs that he arranged in a ] style on his ]'s ]. | Jochen's first computer music was a set of ] songs that he arranged in a ] style on his ]'s ]. | ||
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Jochen Hippel (* 14. October 1971) is a musician from Kirchheimbolanden in southwest Germany. He played one of the most prominent roles in computer music during the 16-bit microcomputer era, composing the music for 10's of games. He was also an experienced Amiga programmer and ported many of Thalion Software's Atari ST titles.
Jochen's first computer music was a set of Christmas songs that he arranged in a rock style on his school's Commodore 64.
As a member of The Exceptions, using the handle Mad Max, he wrote most of the music for their demos including the B.I.G. Demo (Best In Galaxy). The demo was essentially a large collection of C64 tunes that he ported across to the Atari ST's inferior Yamaha YM2149 sound chip using his own driver to get the most out of it.
He worked as a freelance musician, doing music for many 16-bit games. He eventually joined Thalion Software and wrote music for them. His musical track for the game Amberstar is considered among his best works, and the game and Hippel's music acquired a small cult following.
He has released an album called Give it a Try.
Video Game Music
- 1987 - The Great Giana Sisters (Atari ST)
- 1988 - 5th Gear
- 1988 - Bad Cat (Atari ST)
- 1988 - Circus Attractions (Atari ST)
- 1988 - Dugger (Atari ST)
- 1988 - In Eighty Days around the world (Atari ST)
- 1988 - Jinks (Atari ST)
- 1988 - The Last Ninja (Atari ST)
- 1988 - Pablo and the Gold of Montezuma (Atari ST)
- 1988 - Quiz Master (Atari ST)
- 1988 - Spaceball (Atari ST)
- 1988 - To Be on Top (Atari ST)
- 1989 - Astaroth
- 1989 - Battle Valley
- 1989 - Chambers of Shaolin
- 1989 - Cybernoid II - The Revenge (Atari ST)
- 1989 - Grand Monster Slam
- 1989 - Leavin' Teramis
- 1989 - Rings of Medusa
- 1989 - Roll Out (Atari ST)
- 1989 - Stormlord(Atari ST)
- 1989 - Tom & Jerry (Atari ST)
- 1989 - Tom & Jerry: Hunting High And Low (Atari ST)
- 1989 - Warp
- 1989 - The Seven Gates of Jambala
- 1990 - A Prehistoric Tale
- 1990 - Atomino (Atari ST)
- 1990 - Crimetime
- 1990 - Curse of RA (Atari ST)
- 1990 - Dragonflight
- 1990 - Enchanted Land
- 1990 - Great Courts 2 (Atari ST)
- 1990 - Insects in Space (Atari ST)
- 1990 - Ninja Remix
- 1990 - Tower FRA
- 1990 - Transworld (Atari ST) possibly Amiga?
- 1990 - Turrican (Atari ST)
- 1990 - Wings of Death
- 1991 - Masterblazer (Atari ST)
- 1991 - Ghost Battle
- 1991 - Lethal Xcess
- 1991 - Monster Buisness
- 1991 - Rings of Medusa II : The return of Medusa
- 1991 - Tangram
- 1991 - Turrican II - The final fight (Atari ST)
- 1992 - Amberstar
- 1993 - Turrican 3 (Credits)
Games without an explicit platform noted next to them indicate Jochen did both the Commodore Amiga and Atari ST versions.