Title - Gauntlet (NES)

Title

Composer Hal Canon Arranger Unknown Released 1987-01-03 Length 0:32 Format Game Gauntlet (NES) Title Origin Game Location Loops Yes

This page is for the Gauntlet (NES) song, for more titles see Title.

Gauntlet's Title theme plays at the opening screen of the game. It is very reminiscent of Baroque era organ music. The tune is an excerpt of Stages 1.

This song was rearranged for Gauntlet II (ZXS).

Guitar Tabs

Tabbed by fr3rdsky
1 Guitar for Classical performance. 

Standard Tuning EADBGe

|-0-12-10-8----8----------------------------------|
|-----------12---12-10-8--------------------------|
|------------------------11-9-8-9-8-9-9-8-9-------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-0-------------------------0---------------------|

|----7-5-7--------8-7-8---------5-3-5--------7-5-7--------3-2-3--------5-3-5--------2-0-2----|
|-5---------8------------10--7---------7--8---------8--5---------5--6---------6--4---------0-|
|-5---------5--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------7-------------4---------4--5------------2---------2--3------------1-----------|
|-7---------7----------------5---------5---------------3---------3---------------2-----------|
|--------------8--------------------------7-------------------------5------------------------|

|---12-10-8--------------------------------|
|-----------12-10-8------------------------|
|-------------------11---9-----------------|
|--------------------------12-10-9---------|
|----------------------------------12-10-9-|
|-0----------------------0-----------------|

2nd part

|----7-5--7----------8-7--8-----|----5-3--5---------7-5--7-----|-----3-2--3--5-----5-3--5----|
|------------8---------------10-|------------7--------------8--|---------------------------6-|
|--------------------5----------|-------------------4----------|-----0-------------5---------|
|----4----5-------7-------7-----|----2----4------5-------5-----|----------2-----3-------3----|
|-7----------7------------------|-5----------5-----------------|--3----------3---------------|
|-------------------------------|------------------------------|-----------------------------|

|----2-0--2---4---0------------|
|-----------------0------------|
|-------------4----------------|
|-1-------2--------------------|
|-2-------------------------6--|
|-----------------0---7--9-----|

3rd part

|---7----7---7---7------8-7--8-----|---5---5---5---5------7-5-7----|---3---3---3---3-----5-3-5----|
|-----10---8---7----------------10-|-----8---7---5---------------8-|-----7---5---3--------------6-|
|-------------------9--------------|------------------7------------|------------------5-----------|
|-------------------7--------7-----|------------------5-------5----|------------------3------3----|
|-7--------7-----------------------|-5-------5---------------------|-3-------3--------------------|
|----------------------------------|-------------------------------|------------------------------|

Ending

|-0-12-10-8----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------12-10-8--------------------------------------------|
|-------------------11---9-------------------------------------|
|--------------------------12-10-9-----------------------------|
|----------------------------------12-10-9---8-9-8-9-8-9-8-9---|
|-0----------------------0-------------------0-----------------|

Games

The PlayChoice-10 version of the game is the same as the NES version, so it features this identical song.

Links

• youtube.com/watch?v=WdAjpLppR7g - Acoustic version by wibblemusic.
• youtube.com/watch?v=tYCqOT1BDxc - Played on synthesizer by Gregory Davis.