Oliver Klaewer
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Oliver Klaewer is a German former computer game composer.
He mainly composed for Holger Gehrmann's companies Golden Games and reLINE Software in his hometown of Hanover, Lower Saxony. He placed a classified ad in ASM 4/87 and also composed for Kingsoft, EAS Software and Starbyte Software, all in North Rhine-Westphalia.
It is unclear whether to spell Klaewer with the umlaut "ä", as he always spells it with its substitution "ae", even on paragraphs where he does use umlauts.
Contents
Music Development
Amiga
Commodore 64
Klaewer got a Commodore 64 for Christmas 1983 and created three music drivers in 1986, 1988 and 1992, first using Turbo Ass and later Macro-Ass.
Due to the lack of an editor, all compositions were recorded note by note as text in the assemblers mentioned.
He loved how the SID chip encouraged finding an own sound and what is important in composition and arrangement. He found the ADSR a bit unstable, samples too loud, and Soundmonitor (C64) too slow.
His biggest favorite and obvious inspiration are Rob Hubbard, especially W.A.R (C64), followed by Knucklebusters (C64), some songs by Jeroen Tel, and among his own, Title - Zero Gravity.
Oliver returned to the C64 in 2023 and immediately celebrated his comeback with the SID-track "Full-Size Oompa Oompa", which can be heard on Soundcloud, streaming services and of course CSDB.dk.
Windows 32
Klaewer used MIDI.
Gameography
| Released | Title | Sample | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1986-??-?? | Floating Point Action (C64) | ||
| 1986-??-?? | Tronic (C64) | ||
| 1987-09-?? | K.A.O.S. (C64) | ||
| 1988-08-?? | Emerald Mine II (C64) | ||
| 1988-0?-?? | Maniax (C64) | ||
| 1988-??-?? | Emerald Mine (C64) | ||
| 1988-??-?? | Emerald Mine II (AMI) | ||
| 1988-??-?? | Maniax (AMI) | ||
| 1988-??-?? | Zero Gravity (C64) | ||
| 1989-0?-?? | Ringside (C64) | Sound Effects. | |
| 1992-0?-?? | Soul Crystal (C64) | Composed by Chris Link. | |
| 1999-??-?? | Biing! 2: Sonne, Strand und heiße Nächte (W32) |
Picture Gallery
Remix64 Interview.
Links
- mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,209452/ - MobyGames.
- remix64.com/interviews/interview-oliver-klaewer.html - Interview from October 25, 2001.
