Anyone who grew up playing games on their PC in the 80’s in Japan knows the popular RPG from Falcom “Ys.” This great-sounding track composed by Yuzo Koshiro plays in the first field scene. (watch game)

Ys I Field Screenshot

Just copy the code below, paste into BeepComp by pressing “CTRL + V”, and press play. Enjoy! :)

/////////////////////////////////////////////////
// - Field Scene Music - from                  //
//    Ys I: Ancient Ys Vanished (Falcom, 1987) //
//                   "First Step Towards Wars" //
//                      Composer: Yuzo Koshiro //
//                       Album "Music from Ys" //
//                (c) Nihon Falcom Corporation //
/////////////////////////////////////////////////

@G
TEMPO=150
MASTERVOLUME=70
V1=7 V2=7 V3=4 VD=10
DELAYTIME=400
DELAYLEVEL=26

// channel 1 - Melody ///////////////////////////

@1

ATTACKTIME=0
PEAKLEVEL=95
PEAKTIME=70
DECAYTIME=40
SUSTAINLEVEL=40
RELEASETIME=80

LFO=ON
LFOWAIT=300
LFOSPEED=6
LFORANGE=20

L16O5

C~~~~~~~   ~~~~CDEbF G~~~~~~~ F~~~EbD~~
EbDC~~~~~  ~~~~CDEbF G~~~~~~~ F~~~EbD~~
Eb~C>C~~~~ ~~~~C~~~
D~~~~~~~   ~~~~~~~~  ~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~<

C~~~~~~~   ~~~~CDEbF G~~~~~~~ F~~~EbD~~
EbDC~~~~~  ~~~~CDEbF G~~~~~~~ F~~~EbD~~
C~~~~~~~   ~~~~C~~~  
D~~~~~~~ <G~~~>D~~~  C~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~
C~~~~~~~ Eb~F~GBb~~>

C~~~~~~~   ~~~~<Ab~Bb~>
C~~~~~~~   Eb~~~~~~~
D~~~~~<Bb~ ~~>C~<G~~~ ~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~
Ab~~~~~~~  ~~~~F~G~
Ab~~~~~~~  Bb~~~>C~~~<
Bb~~~~~Eb~ ~~~~F~G~   ~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~>

C~~~~~~~   ~~~~<Ab~Bb~>
C~~~~~~~   Eb~~~~~~~
D~~~~~<Bb~ ~~>C~<G~~~ ~~~~~~~~ >F~~~G~~~
Ab~~~~~~~  ~~~~F~G~   Ab~~~~~~~ Ab~G~~~Eb~
F~~~~~<Bb~ ~~~~~~B~   ~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~

O4
C~~~~~~~ Eb~F~GBb~~  C~~~~~~~ Eb~F~GBb~~>
C::C~~~~ ~~~~~~~~<   B::B~~~~ ~~~~~~~~>
G~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~ 

// channel 2 - bass /////////////////////////////

@2

ATTACKTIME=0
PEAKLEVEL=95
PEAKTIME=60
DECAYTIME=40
SUSTAINLEVEL=40
RELEASETIME=80

L16O2

C:CCC:CC C:CCC:CC Eb:EbEbEb:EbEb F:FFF:FF
C:CCC:CC C:CCC:CC Eb:EbEbEb:EbEb F:FFF:FF
Ab:AbAbAb:AbAb Ab:AbAbAb:AbAb
G:GGG:GG G:GGG:GG G:GGG:GG G:GGG:GG

C:CCC:CC C:CCC:CC Eb:EbEbEb:EbEb F:FFF:FF
C:CCC:CC C:CCC:CC Eb:EbEbEb:EbEb F:FFF:FF
Ab:AbAbAb:AbAb Ab:AbAbAb:AbAb
G:GGG:GG G:GGGEbD<Bb>
C:C:<Bb>C:: CCEb:D<Bb~~>
C:C:<Bb>C:: CCDDEbEbGG

Ab:AbAbAb:AbAb Ab:AbAbAb:AbAb
Ab:AbAbAb:AbAb Ab:AbAbAb:AbAb
G:GGG:GG G:GGG:GG
G:GGG:GG G:GGG:GG
F:FFF:FF F:FFF:FF
F:FFF:FF F:FFF:FF
Eb:EbEbEb:EbEb Eb:EbEbEb:EbF
G:GGG:GG G:GGG:GG

Ab:AbAbAb:AbAb Ab:AbAbAb:AbAb
Ab:AbAbAb:AbAb Ab:AbAbAb:AbAb
G:GGG:GG G:GGG:GG
G:GGG:GG G:GGG:GG
F:FFF:FF F:FFF:FF
Db:DbDbDb:DbDb Db:DbDbDb:DbDb<
Bb:BbBbBb:BbBb Bb:BbBbBb:BbBb 
G:GGG:GG G:GGG:GG>

C:C:<Bb>C:: EbEbF:GBb~~
C:C:<Bb>C:: EbEbF:GBb~~>
Ab::Ab~~~~  ~~~~~~~~
G::G~~G~    G~G~G~G~
G~G~G~G~    G~G~GBb~~   

// channel 3 - Embelishment /////////////////////

@3

ATTACKTIME=0
PEAKLEVEL=95
PEAKTIME=70
DECAYTIME=40
SUSTAINLEVEL=40
RELEASETIME=80

LFO=ON
LFOWAIT=300
LFOSPEED=6
LFORANGE=20

L16O4

GCCG~~~~    ~~~~~~~~ Bb~~~~~~~ A~~~F~~~
GCCG~~~~    ~~~~~~~~ Bb~~~~~~~ A~~~F~~~
AbEbCEb~~~~ ~~~~F~~~
G~DG~~~~ B~GB~~~~    >D~<B>D~~~~ G~DG~~~~<

GCCG~~~~    ~~~~~~~~  Bb~~~~~~~ A~~~F~~~
GCCG~~~~    ~~~~~~~~  Bb~~~~~~~ A~~~F~~~
Eb~~~~~~~   Ab~~~>C~~~<
Bb~~~~~~~   G~~~D<Bb~~>
C~~~~~~~    Eb~F~GBb~~ >C~~~~~~~ C~D~EbG~~<

Ab~~~~~Eb~    ~~~~C~~~    ~~~~Eb~~~  Ab~~~>C~~~<
G~Bb~>D~G~    ~~D~<Bb~~~  G~Bb~>D~G~ ~~D~<Bb~G~
F~~~C~F~      ~~~~Ab~Bb~> C~~~~~~~  F~~~~~~~
Eb~<Bb~G~>Eb~ <Bb~G~>Eb~<Bb~>
D~<B~G~>D~    <B ~G~>D~<B~

Ab~~~~~Eb~    ~~~~C~~~    ~~~~Eb~~~  Ab~~~>C~~~<
G~Bb~>D~G~    ~~D~<Bb~~~  G~Bb~>D~G~ ~~D~<Bb~G~
F~~~~~>F~     ~~~~~~~~<   F~~~~~>F~  ~~~~Eb~C~
D~~~~~F~      ~~~~~~G~    ~~>D~Eb~D~ F~Eb~D~Eb~

O5
C<GEb>C<GEbCEb> C<GEb>C<GEbCEb>
C<GEb>C<GEbCEb> C<GEb>C<GEbCEb>
>Eb::Eb~~<CC    EbEbAbAb>CCEbEb
D::D~~<<BB>     DDGGBB>DD<
GD<BG>GD<BG>    GD<BG>GD<BG

// Drum Channel /////////////////////////////////

@D

L16

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K::K ::HH S::: ::K:
K::K ::HH S::h hHK:
K::K ::HH S::: ::K:
K::K ::HH S::h hHK:
K::K ::HK sSKK SK[SS]S

K::K ::HH S::: ::K:
K::K ::HH S::h hHK:
K::K ::HH S::: ::K:
K::K ::HH S::h hHK:
K::K ::HH S::: ::K:
K::K ::HH S::h hHK:
K:K: SK:: KHK: KhhS K:K: SK:S KhHk KSS[SS]

K:HH S::k K:HH S::k
K:HH S::k K:HH SHK:
K:HH S::k K:HH S::k
K:HH S::k K:HH SHK:

K:HH S::k K:HH S::k
K:HH S::k K:HH SHK:
K:HH S::k K:HH S::k
KhSh S:Ks SsSs sSK:

K:HH S::k K:HH S::k
K:HH S::k K:HH SHK:
K:HH S::k K:HH S::k
K:HH S::k K:HH SHK:

K:HH S::k K:HH S::k
K:HH S::k K:HH SHK:
K:HH S::k K:HH S::k
K:HK sSKK KsSs SssS

K:K: SK:: K:K: SKHH
K:K: SK:: K:Kh sS[SS]S
K::K :::: ::HH [HH]HHH
K::K :::: :[HH]KK sSKK
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