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{{Infobox Song
 | Title       = Theme
 | Composer    = {{Composer|David Whittaker}}
 | Released    = 1988-1?-??
 | TitleOrigin = Game Location
}}

'''''Theme''''' is an eerie song in the 8-bit home computer game [[Death Stalker]].

It plays over the menus, high scores (unless [[High Score - Death Stalker|freshly grown]]), gameplay, and ending (the latter two at 73% volume).

==Composition==
Both arrangements are in 3/4 and loop twice in different keys.

[[David Whittaker]] most likely typed into his driver's source code on an [[Einstein]] (a computer with the same CPU and audio chip as below platforms).

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==Games==
===Death Stalker (CPC)===
{{Infobox SubSong
 | Platform   = CPC
 | Game       = Death Stalker (CPC)
 | Recording  = {{Recording|AY|01 - Death Stalker - CPC - Theme.ogg}}
 | Image      = Death Stalker - CPC - Main Menu.png
 | Arranger   = {{Arranger|David Whittaker}}
 | Programmer = [[David Whittaker]]
 | Released   = 1988-1?-??
 | Length     = 2:49.95
 | BPM        = 82
 | Format     = [[AY]]
 | Loops      = Yes
}}

Unlike [[#Death Stalker (ZXS)|the other arrangement]], [[Amstrad CPC#Music and Sound|this one is in stereo]].

The vibrato is fast, sounding trembling. Judging from a code comparison, this is a combined limit of the hardware's slow clock and Whittaker's simple driver.

To record one loop plus 10 seconds, the game was loaded in WinAPE Version 2.0 Beta 2. In the AY rip, it is track 1.<br clear="all" />

===Death Stalker (ZXS)===
{{Infobox SubSong
 | Platform   = ZXS
 | Game       = Death Stalker (ZXS)
 | Recording  = {{Recording|AY|01 - Death Stalker - ZXS - Theme.ogg}}
 | Image      = Death Stalker - ZXS - Main Menu.png
 | Arranger   = {{Arranger|David Whittaker}}
 | Programmer = [[David Whittaker]]
 | Released   = 1989-01-??
 | Length     = 2:49.61
 | BPM        = 82
 | Format     = [[AY]]
 | Loops      = Yes
}}

As usual, Whittaker's Spectrum 128K driver is tuned two semitones too low.

The vibrato is slow, sounding dreamy. Judging from a code comparison, this is intended.

To record one loop plus 10 seconds at constant tempo, the game was loaded in Fuse 1.6.0 with '''Spectrum 128K'''. In the AY rip, it is track 1.<br clear="all" />

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