Welcome to the incredible and unbelievable (?!) Xmas Chortles music section. Now at long last you can download and play every single piece of music which has been produced by assorted beings for the 'Xmas Chortles' legacy.
Quite a few people have churned out tracks which either feature samples and oddness from the tapes / movie or who have actually composed soundtracks for the film. All you have to do is read the blurbs below, click on the name of the track if you fancy hearing it or, go and do something less boring instead.
There are three main types of music in this section. Firstly, there's the good old Mp3's which can be played in anything that supports the Mp3 format (Winamp, Sonique etc). The Mp3's generally feature newer stuff that has been made including tracks composed for the second Xmas Chortles movie!!
Secondly, there's the .MOD files (made famous by the Amiga). You will need something like Winamp or ModPlug (or an Amiga!) to play these suckers. All the mods have been Zipped to conserve valuable webspace.
Finally there's a .SID file which can be played with SidPlay, PlaySID (on the Amiga) or even Winamp if you have the right plugin. Our thanks to FeekZoid for bringing the strange world of 'Xmas Chortles' to the Commodore 64!
Download, enjoy, and please note that the Xmas Chortles team accepts no responsibility for the loss of sanity when listening to these tunes ... !
Chortle Kombat.mp3 by Tonka (921k)
Funny.mp3 by Mat Recardo (285k)
Twin Peaks Chortles.mp3 by Kenz & Collett (333k)
*Blam!* Chortles Mix.mp3 by Kenz, Mez & Collett & Mat (1.85mb)
Shh...Chortles (CutDownMix).mp3 by Rich Morrish (3.27mb)
Xmas Chortles Ditty 2000.mp3 by FeekZoid (1.14mb)
Xmas Chortling.zip by FeekZoid (828k)
This Zip file actually contains two .mod files by FeekZoid. This tune was so big and featured so many samples it had to be split into two halves! The resulting tracks were used in the FeekZoid Syncro-Video that was featured in the Special Edition version of the first Xmas Chortles movie (which I'm rather proud of I might add!) There's some cunningly mixed in 2-Unlimited and Cappella stuff extracts in the first mod (and lots of harsh language, sorry!!) Brilliant stuff from the Zoider!!
Xmas Chortles.zip by Andy Roberts (510k)
This (in)famous tune was featured in an Amiga slideshow called 'Wossis Sh*t 2' (which contained lots of Chortles pix) and it was also used in the Special Edition version of the 'Xmas Chortles' film (in the 'Starring' section). There's lots of cool old Chortles samples in this one and it's a nice tune to boot ... "Oh, there's poo on the floor!" Chortle!
New Year Chortles.zip by Andy Roberts (510k)
Done in a similar style to the two FeekZoid 'Xmas Chortling' mods, this Zip file contains ANOTHER two huge mods packed with Chortles samples! This time it's Andy Roberts taking the helm of Protracker to bring you more shouting and swearing courtesy of the Chortles team. The samples in this track are taken from as-yet-unreleased audio material recorded on New Years Eve 1991! Both parts of this rave were joined together and used on footage featured AFTER the first Xmas Chortles movie.
Xmas Chortles 2 Intro Preview.zip by FeekZoid (517k)
FeekZoid arranged this incredible module for the opening titles of Xmas Chortles 2. Sadly, it was never used as FeekZoid was determined to do an upated version with his MIDI gear. It's an amazing track that would have fit the title sequence perfectly (if only he could have got around the problems with those 8-bit samples somehow) ... Download this track to hear FeekZoid doing a film-style soundtrack!!
Xmas Chortles (Rich Mix).zip by Rich Morrish (527k)
Here we have a clinically strange (but amusing nonetheless) track arranged by Rich Morrish. It features plenty of strange cartoon sound effects which seem to merge well with the assorted bizarre rantings from the Chortles crew. Rich has also incorporated some, er, 'unusual' renditions of various well-known tracks. "Battery warning that then you b*stard!"
You know my name (Mezmix).zip by Kenz (126k)
Mez decided to have a little sing on the third 'Chortles' audio tape and then Kenz decided to sample it all in and stick it all together. Why? Because he is clearly a loony. Now you can enjoy Mez's little song time and time again in Amiga mod-o-vision. "You know my naaammmmeeeee! OOOOwwwww!"
Now you can download EVERY tune from the Xmas Chortles game!!
Xmas Chortles (Game Intro).zip by FeekZoid (117k)
This was made for the intro sequence of the Xmas Chortles video game. It's a very nice film-style track (to match the film style intro) and it even features a cameo appearance from the 'Knucklebusters' music on the C64 (well, the bass-line anyway!). For technical reasons this wasn't used in the game but at least now you can get to hear it at last! Listen for the Shreeve-esque ending too!!
Xmas Chortles (BBC2 gag).zip by Mat Recardo (40k)
You hear this when you first load up the Xmas Chortles game. An authentic looking BBC2 logo fades in and the announcer says "This is BBC2, now XMAS CHORTLES!!!". Hehe!
Xmas Chortles (Game Title).zip by FeekZoid (117k)
I LOVE THIS TUNE!! Somehow, FeekZoid managed to take elements from his massive 'Xmas Chortling' mods and condense them into 147k!! He had to lose the daft Xmas Chortles audio samples to get this track to fit in the game but the end result is a very nice game title theme! I seem to remember that Mat had to fiddle with this track so it would play in Amos. This is the UNEDITED original version that FeekZoid submitted for the game.
Xmas Chortles (Game Jingle 1).zip by FeekZoid (2k!)
This SMALL and NOISY little track was used in the cutscenes in the games. A remixed and updated version of this track can also be downloaded from this section (Xmas Chortles Ditty 2000.mp3). It's sort of done in the style of the fine C64 musician Matt Gray I reckon.
Xmas Chortles (Game Jingle 2).zip by FeekZoid (2k!)
Here's another small mod by the Zoid. This one wasn't actually used in the game which is a good job ... Looking at the sample text it would seem that FeekZoid was not at all pleased with this tune! (But it's a rare and unreleased track so, er, there!)
Xmas Chortles (Ghostie).zip by Mat Recardo (22k)
This nice little tune is played as the 'ghost' of your dead character flies slowly towards the top of the screen (complete with flapping 'angel wings'!)
Xmas Chortles (Game Over).zip by Mat Recardo (23k)
A very brief GAME OVER jingle from Mat Here. There's a great piccy that is displayed when this tune is played, it's of a finger pointing at a little disembodied dolls hand we spotted on the beach of Weston-Super-Mare! Odd.
Xmas Chortles (Game Complete Tune).zip by FeekZoid (60k)
This is the lovely 'Shadow of the Beast' style track that FeekZoid composed for the Xmas Chortles GAME COMPLETE tune. Mat put together a lengthy film-style credits sequence for part of game end sequence and this track backed that perfectly. Nice!
Xmas Chortles (X-Rated SID Version).zip by FeekZoid (29k)
And for the final Chortles track we return to the halcyon days of the mighty Commodore 64! This .sid file is a 1 channel digi tune which FeekZoid produced for the Xmas Chortles Karaoke demo on the C64! (You will need a SID compatible player to play it). This has the dubious honour of being one of the only ever C64 digi tunes to feature SWEARING! I also believe this track was played ON AIR on a C64 radio show (it was mentioned on their playlist!!) Lumme!
What happens when SID takes
over your life?
Here's the proof that all is not well in the mental world of
SID...
Arkanoid by the Xmas Chortles Mob
Defender of the Crown by the Xmas Chortles Mob
F1
Simulator by the Xmas Chortles Mob
Fungus by the Xmas Chortles Mob
Ghosts 'n' Goblins by the Xmas Chortles Mob
Glider Rider by the Xmas Chortles Mob
Head Over Heels by the Xmas Chortles Mob
Human Race by the Xmas Chortles Mob
Hunter Patrol by the Xmas Chortles Mob
The comments at the start suggest that Matt and Kenz like this tune - or are they just being hugely sarcastic? You decide! The lads try to emulate the Dave Whittaker sounds for this track and fail miserably - although Matt makes up for this with his great "lyric!" Hehehe! There's a weird join in the middle of this Mpeg due to the fact that Matt went on about watching the footage while eating dinner which was just too exciting to be left in (?!)
Miami Vice by the Xmas Chortles Mob
Outrun by the Xmas Chortles Mob
Pacland by the Xmas Chortles Mob
Platoon by the Xmas Chortles Mob
Pro Skateboard Simulator by the Xmas Chortles Mob
Rambo
by the Xmas Chortles Mob
Spellbound by the Xmas Chortles Mob
Stormlord by the Xmas Chortles Mob
Thing on a Spring by the Xmas Chortles Mob
Thunderbolt by the Xmas Chortles Mob
Had enough?
Spectrum
Burning by the Xmas Chortles Mob
By now you should have lost the will to live... time to find a suicide booth!
Credits to Matt Walton,
Phil Walton and Jason "Kenz" Mackenzie
for the noisy C64 remixes sampled by Waz Pilkington!!
The SID is not enough!
Far too much musical tomfoolery for my liking!