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{{Infobox album
{{Infobox album
| name      = RockRaiders EP
| name      = RockRaiders Music
| type      = EP
| type      = EP
| longtype  = and [[Wikipedia:Soundtrack album|soundtrack]]
| longtype  = and [[Wikipedia:Soundtrack album|soundtrack]]
| artist    = Temple Sound
| artist    = Marl Boonyer
| cover      = RockRaiders EP cover.jpg
| cover      = RockRaiders EP cover.jpg
| alt        = Current cover
| alt        = A photograph of a LEGO music box model
| released  = {{start date|2022|08|23|df=yes}}
| released  = {{start date|2022|08|23|df=yes}}
| recorded  = 1998<ref name="BC 22-08"/>
| recorded  = 1998
| genre      = [[Wikipedia:Electronic music|Electronic]]
| genre      = [[Wikipedia:Electronic music|Electronic]]
| length    = 9:35
| length    = 9:35
| producer  = Alan Boorman
| producer  = Alan Boorman
| next_title   = The Fractal Shoreline EP
| next_title = The Fractal Shoreline
| next_year   = 2022
| next_year = 2022
}}
}}


'''''RockRaiders EP''''' (originally titled '''''RockRaiders Music''''') is a [[Wikipedia:Soundtrack album|soundtrack]] [[Wikipedia:Extended play|extended play]] for the 1999 [[Wikipedia:Real-time strategy|real-time strategy]] video game ''[[LEGO Rock Raiders (video game)|LEGO Rock Raiders]]''. It features three tracks composed by Marl Boonyer that originally played in-game during missions. The EP was released digitally through Boonyer's [[Wikipedia:Bandcamp|Bandcamp]] "Temple Sound" on 23 August 2022; prior to this, the tracks were only available in low-quality in the game's files.
'''''RockRaiders Music''''' (also called '''''RockRaiders EP''''') is a 2022 [[Wikipedia:Soundtrack album|soundtrack]] [[Wikipedia:Extended play|extended play]] release for the 1999 [[Wikipedia:Real-time strategy|real-time strategy]] video game ''[[LEGO Rock Raiders (video game)|LEGO Rock Raiders]]''. It features three tracks composed by Marl Boonyer (credited in-game as Mark Boobyer) that originally played in-game during missions. The EP was released digitally through Boonyer's [[Wikipedia:Bandcamp|Bandcamp]] page "Temple Sound" on 23 August 2022; prior to this, only low-quality versions of the tracks were available in the game's [[Wikipedia:Compact disc|CD]] [[Wikipedia:Compact Disc Digital Audio|audio]].


== Background ==
== Production ==
Write some info here Please!!!
The three music tracks that play during missions in the Windows version of ''LEGO Rock Raiders'' were composed by British artist and musician Marl Boonyer in 1998.<ref name="Bandcamp 22-08-26"/> Each of the tracks were inspired by, and named after, one of the three cavern environments in the game: rock, ice, and lava; however, the tracks were unnamed on the game's [[Wikipedia:Compact disc|CD]].<ref name="Baraklava biomes"/> The tracks were produced by composer and [[Wikipedia:Sound design|sound designer]] [[Wikipedia:Wevie Stonder|Alan Boorman]].<ref name="Bandcamp 22-08-26"/><ref name="Wevie"/> The ''LEGO Rock Raiders'' credits thank Boonyer and Boorman for their "musical contribution"; Boonyer was credited as "Mark Boobyer".<ref name="credits: thanks"/> A separate "sound and music" section in the credits also names John Saull, Jon Harrison, and Joseph Harper;<ref name="credits: sound and music"/> these three were also credited in the [[LEGO Rock Raiders (PlayStation video game)|PlayStation game]],<ref name="credits: PSX music"/> which has the same menu music but uses different music during missions.


The three tracks were composed in 1998 while LRR was still in development.<ref name="BC 22-08"/>
Although Boonyer's three music tracks were included with the game as [[Wikipedia:Compact Disc Digital Audio|Compact Disc Digital Audio]] (or ''Red Book'' audio), the in-game audio is noticeably low-quality.
The tracks appear to have been resampled to a quarter of their original [[Wikipedia:Sampling (signal processing)|sampling rate]] (from [[Wikipedia:44,100 Hz|44,100 Hz]] to 11,025 Hz) prior to being converted to CD audio – despite the conversion resampling them back to 44.1 kHz, saving no disc space while also not restoring the original audio quality.<ref name="Baraklava frequency"/> Certain sounds in the tracks were also edited further, particularly ones that were also used as in-game sound effects. Some later releases of the games eliminated the three music tracks entirely, leaving only the main menu and mission results screen music (which is stored in the game's <samp>Data</samp> folder).<ref name="Baraklava frequency"/><ref name="Baraklava IA desc"/>


Each of the three tracks Boonyer composed was inspired by and named after the three cavern types found in ''LEGO Rock Raiders'': Rock, Ice, and Lava.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://old.reddit.com/r/Rockraiders/comments/wv7ziy/the_original_rock_raiders_composers_just_shared/ilgrot2 |title=Also good info: The tracks have names! |author=Baraklava |date=23 August 2022 |website=[[Wikipedia:Reddit|Reddit]] |type=comment on post "The original Rock Raiders composers just shared the uncompressed PC tracks!" |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240421034503/https://old.reddit.com/r/Rockraiders/comments/wv7ziy/the_original_rock_raiders_composers_just_shared/ilgrot2 |archive-date=21 April 2024 |url-status=live}}</ref>
== Release ==
[[File:LRRSoundtrackB.png|thumb|Alternate cover art, created by developers of and used in ''Manic Miners'']]


== Release ==
In 2022 Alan Boorman was contacted regarding the ''LEGO Rock Raiders'' soundtrack; Boorman revealed that he still possessed the [[Wikipedia:Mastering (audio)|master tapes]] containing Marl Boonyer's tracks.<ref name="Baraklava IA desc"/> Boonyer later uploaded the high-quality original versions of the three tracks to [[Wikipedia:SoundCloud|SoundCloud]] on 22 August 2022, with plans for a proper release elsewhere.<ref name="Baraklava announcements"/> The following day, the three tracks were released on Boonyer's new [[Wikipedia:Bandcamp|Bandcamp]] page "Temple Sound" as an [[Wikipedia:Extended play|extended play]] titled ''RockRaiders Music'', priced at £4 GBP.<ref name="Bandcamp 22-08-26"/> In early September the EP received new [[Wikipedia:Album cover|cover art]] featuring a photograph of a LEGO [[Wikipedia:Music box|music box]] model built by Peter Carmichael; prior to this it had used the cover art from the PlayStation version of ''LEGO Rock Raiders'' as a placeholder.<ref name="Bandcamp 22-09-11"/><ref name="music box"/> Later in September the Bandcamp listing's title was changed to ''RockRaiders EP'', though the cover art kept the original ''RockRaiders Music'' name.<ref name="Bandcamp 22-09-21"/>
Although the three music tracks were included with the game as [[Wikipedia:Compact Disc Digital Audio|Compact Disc Digital Audio]] (or ''Red Book'' audio), the in-game audio is noticeably low-quality. The tracks appear to have been resampled to a quarter of their original [[Wikipedia:Sampling (signal processing)|sampling rate]] (from [[Wikipedia:44,100 Hz|44,100 Hz]] to 11,025 Hz) prior to being converted to CD audio (despite this process resampling them back to 44.1 kHz, saving no space).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://old.reddit.com/r/Rockraiders/comments/wv7ziy/the_original_rock_raiders_composers_just_shared/ilfqgnq/?context=3 |title=No one is sure what happened to the CD tracks given these master tracks, but it was at least resampled to 1/4th the original frequency... |author=Baraklava |date=23 August 2022 |website=[[Wikipedia:Reddit|Reddit]] |type=comment on post "The original Rock Raiders composers just shared the uncompressed PC tracks!" |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240421034528/https://old.reddit.com/r/Rockraiders/comments/wv7ziy/the_original_rock_raiders_composers_just_shared/ilfqgnq/?context=3 |archive-date=21 April 2024 |url-status=live}}</ref>


Nearly 23 years after the game's release, composer Marl Boonyer uploaded the high-quality original versions of the three tracks on Soundcloud on 22 August 2022.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://old.reddit.com/r/Rockraiders/comments/wv7ziy/the_original_rock_raiders_composers_just_shared |title=The original Rock Raiders composers just shared the uncompressed PC tracks! |author=Baraklava |date=22 August 2022 |website=[[Wikipedia:Reddit|Reddit]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220823022826/https://old.reddit.com/r/Rockraiders/comments/wv7ziy/the_original_rock_raiders_composers_just_shared |archive-date=23 August 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref> The following day, the [[Wikipedia:Extended play|extended play]] soundtrack ''RockRaiders Music'' was released on Boonyer's [[Wikipedia:Bandcamp|Bandcamp]] page "Temple Sound".<ref name="BC 22-08"/> It was originally priced at £4 GBP and used the [[Wikipedia:PAL|PAL]] [[Wikipedia:PlayStation (console)|PlayStation]] [[LEGO Rock Raiders (PlayStation video game)|''LEGO Rock Raiders'']] front cover as its album art.<ref name="BC 22-08"/> By September 2022 the soundtrack had been renamed to ''RockRaiders EP'' and received a new album cover featuring a LEGO music box built by Peter Carmichael.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://templesound.bandcamp.com/album/rockraiders-ep |title=RockRaiders EP by Temple Sound |first=Marl |last=Boonyer |date=23 August 2022 |website=[[Wikipedia:Bandcamp|Bandcamp]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220921004656/https://templesound.bandcamp.com/album/rockraiders-ep |archive-date=21 September 2022 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/pacific_brick/49733460576 |title=Lego Music Box |website=[[Wikipedia:Flickr|Flickr]] |first=Peter |last=Carmichael |date=April 4, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240421034555/https://www.flickr.com/photos/pacific_brick/49733460576 |archive-date=April 21, 2024 |url-status=live}}</ref> On 3 December 2022 the soundtrack's price was lowered to £3.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://templesound.bandcamp.com/album/rockraiders-ep |title=RockRaiders EP by Temple Sound |first=Marl |last=Boonyer |date=23 August 2022 |website=[[Wikipedia:Bandcamp|Bandcamp]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221209133102/https://templesound.bandcamp.com/album/rockraiders-ep |archive-date=9 December 2022 |url-status=dead}} The price has been lowered to £3 GBP from the previous archive in late November.</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240421053708im_/https://ringtailraider.neocities.org/WikiArchives/Temple%20Sound%20email%202022-12-02.png |title=Email from Temple Sound on Bandcamp |first=Marl |last=Boonyer |date=2022-12-03 |quote=Hi, Just to say my mini album is available at little cost. I was going to offer it pay what you want but I don't know how to set it up.  I just want to say thanks for your support.}} Screenshot from [[Wikipedia:ProtonMail|ProtonMail]].</ref> On 18 April 2023 the soundtrack was made free; Boonyer sent an email to all Temple Sound Bandcamp followers thanking them for their support "through a very tough period."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240421053721/https://ringtailraider.neocities.org/WikiArchives/Temple%20Sound%20email%202023-04-18.png |title=Email from Temple Sound on Bandcamp |first=Marl |last=Boonyer |date=2023-04-18 |quote=Hello everyone. Many thanks for your generosity. Helped me through a very tough period. All tracks are now free. marl}} Screenshot from [[Wikipedia:ProtonMail|ProtonMail]].</ref> By August 2023, however, it had returned to being priced.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://templesound.bandcamp.com/album/rockraiders-ep |title=RockRaiders EP by Temple Sound |first=Marl |last=Boonyer |date=23 August 2022 |website=[[Wikipedia:Bandcamp|Bandcamp]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230822220622/https://templesound.bandcamp.com/album/rockraiders-ep |archive-date=22 August 2023 |url-status=dead}} The price has been raised to £1.50 GBP from the previous archive in early June.</ref>
Boonyer lowered the EP's price to £3 in December 2022,<ref name="Bandcamp 22-12-09"/><ref name="Bandcamp email 2022-12-03"/> then made it available for [[Wikipedia:Pay what you want|no minimum price]] on 18 April 2023. Boonyer announced that the EP was free through an email sent to all Temple Sound Bandcamp followers that day, thanking them for their support during "a very tough period."<ref name="Bandcamp email 2023-04-18"/> In July 2023, however, the EP returned to being priced,<ref name="Bandcamp 2023-08-22"/> initially at £1.50 before being raised up to £5 in 2024.


Following ''RockRaiders EP'', Boonyer has so far released two other works on Bandcamp: ''The Fractal Shorline EP'', an eight-track extended play released on 28 August 2022,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://templesound.bandcamp.com/album/the-fractal-shoreline-ep |title=The Fractal Shoreline EP by Temple Sound |first=Marl |last=Boonyer |date=28 August 2022 |website=[[Wikipedia:Bandcamp|Bandcamp]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240420221531/https://templesound.bandcamp.com/album/the-fractal-shoreline-ep |archive-date=20 April 2024 |url-status=live}}</ref> and "infant narcotic", a single track released on 18 April 2023.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://templesound.bandcamp.com/track/infant-narcotic |title=infant narcotic by Temple Sound |first=Marl |last=Boonyer |date=18 April 2023 |website=[[Wikipedia:Bandcamp|Bandcamp]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240420221509/https://templesound.bandcamp.com/track/infant-narcotic |archive-date=20 April 2024 |url-status=live}}</ref>
Following ''RockRaiders'', Boonyer released two other works on Bandcamp: ''The Fractal Shorline'', an eight-track EP released on 28 August 2022,<ref name="Bandcamp Fractal"/> and "infant narcotic", a single track released on 18 April 2023.<ref name="Bandcamp infant"/> The three ''RockRaiders'' tracks were later featured in the 2023 fan game ''[[Manic Miners]]'', remastered to suppress certain sound effects like the versions used in ''LEGO Rock Raiders''.<ref name="Baraklava IA desc"/>


== Track listing ==
== Track listing ==
All tracks are composed by Marl Boonyer.
{{track listing
{{track listing
|title1   = Rock
| all_music = Marl Boonyer.
|length1 = 3:03
| title1 = Rock
|title2   = Ice
| length1 = 3:03
|length2 = 3:26
| title2 = Ice
|title3   = Lava
| length2 = 3:26
|length3 = 3:05
| title3 = Lava
|total_length = 9:35}}
| length3 = 3:05
| total_length = 9:35}}


== References ==
== References ==
{{reflist|refs=
{{reflist|refs=
<ref name="BC 22-08">Boonyer, Marl (23 August 2022). [http://web.archive.org/web/20220826092304/https://templesound.bandcamp.com/album/rockraiders-music "RockRaiders Music by Temple Sound"]. [[Wikipedia:Bandcamp|Bandcamp]]. "Composed and produced in 1998 by Marl Boonyer & Alan Boorman". Archived from the original on 26 August 2022.</ref>
<ref name="Baraklava announcements">{{cite web |url=https://ringtailraider.neocities.org/WikiArchives/Baraklava-Discord-20220822 |title=Today we have some HUGE news about music. |author=Baraklava |date=22 August 2022 |type=[[Wikipedia:Discord (software)|Discord]] message |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250210082004/https://ringtailraider.neocities.org/WikiArchives/Baraklava-Discord-20220822 |archive-date=10 February 2025}}</ref>
 
<ref name="Baraklava biomes">{{cite web |url=https://old.reddit.com/r/Rockraiders/comments/wv7ziy/the_original_rock_raiders_composers_just_shared/ilgrot2 |title=Also good info: The tracks have names! |author=Baraklava |date=23 August 2022 |website=[[Wikipedia:Reddit|Reddit]] |type=comment on r/RockRaiders post "The original Rock Raiders composers just shared the uncompressed PC tracks!" |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240421034503/https://old.reddit.com/r/Rockraiders/comments/wv7ziy/the_original_rock_raiders_composers_just_shared/ilgrot2 |archive-date=21 April 2024 |url-status=live}}</ref>
 
<ref name="Baraklava frequency">{{cite web |url=https://old.reddit.com/r/Rockraiders/comments/wv7ziy/the_original_rock_raiders_composers_just_shared/ilfqgnq/?context=3 |title=No one is sure what happened to the CD tracks given these master tracks, but it was at least resampled to 1/4th the original frequency... |author=Baraklava |date=23 August 2022 |website=[[Wikipedia:Reddit|Reddit]] |type=comment on r/RockRaiders post "The original Rock Raiders composers just shared the uncompressed PC tracks!" |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240421034528/https://old.reddit.com/r/Rockraiders/comments/wv7ziy/the_original_rock_raiders_composers_just_shared/ilfqgnq/?context=3 |archive-date=21 April 2024 |url-status=live}}</ref>
 
<ref name="Baraklava IA desc">{{cite web |url=https://archive.org/details/lego-rock-raiders-pc-ost |title= LEGO Rock Raiders [PC] High-quality soundtrack OST |type=Item description |author=Baraklava |date=7 November 2023 |via=Internet Archive |access-date=9 February 2025}}</ref>
 
<ref name="credits: PSX music">{{cite video game |title=LEGO Rock Raiders |developer=[[Data Design Interactive]] |publisher=[[LEGO Media International]] |date=December 1999 |platform=PlayStation |version=PAL |scene=Credits |language=English |quote=Music & Sound Effects – Joseph Harper, Jon Harrison, John Saull}}</ref>
 
<ref name="credits: sound and music">{{cite video game |title=LEGO Rock Raiders |developer=[[Data Design Interactive]] |publisher=[[LEGO Media International]] |date=November 1999 |platform=Windows |scene=Credits |language=English |quote=Sound And Music – John Saull, Jon Harrison, Joseph Harper}}</ref>
 
<ref name="credits: thanks">{{cite video game |title=LEGO Rock Raiders |developer=[[Data Design Interactive]] |publisher=[[LEGO Media International]] |date=November 1999 |platform=Windows |scene=Credits |language=English |quote=Additional Thanks – ... Thanks also to Mark Boobyer and Alan Boorman for their musical contribution.}}</ref>
 
<ref name="music box">{{cite web |url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/pacific_brick/49733460576 |title=Lego Music Box |website=[[Wikipedia:Flickr|Flickr]] |first=Peter |last=Carmichael |date=April 4, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240421034555/https://www.flickr.com/photos/pacific_brick/49733460576 |archive-date=April 21, 2024 |url-status=live}}</ref>
 
<ref name="Wevie">{{cite web |url=http://www.wevie.tv/info/ |title=who |website=Wevie |first=Al |last=Boorman |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120218091123/http://www.wevie.tv/info/ |archive-date=18 February 2012}}</ref>
 
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<ref name="Bandcamp 22-08-26">{{cite web |url=https://templesound.bandcamp.com/album/rockraiders-music |first=Marl |last=Boonyer |date=23 August 2022 |title=RockRaiders Music by Temple Sound |via=Bandcamp |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20220826092304/https://templesound.bandcamp.com/album/rockraiders-music |archive-date=26 August 2022 |quote=Composed and produced in 1998 by Marl Boonyer & Alan Boorman}}</ref>
 
<ref name="Bandcamp 22-09-11">{{cite web |url=https://templesound.bandcamp.com/album/rockraiders-music?from=hp&action=buy |title=RockRaiders Music by Temple Sound |via=Bandcamp |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20220911184925/https://templesound.bandcamp.com/album/rockraiders-music?from=hp&action=buy |archive-date=11 September 2022}}</ref>
 
<ref name="Bandcamp 22-09-21">{{cite web |url=https://templesound.bandcamp.com/album/rockraiders-ep |title=RockRaiders EP by Temple Sound |via=Bandcamp |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220921004656/https://templesound.bandcamp.com/album/rockraiders-ep |archive-date=21 September 2022}}</ref>
 
<ref name="Bandcamp 22-12-09">{{cite web |url=https://templesound.bandcamp.com/album/rockraiders-ep |title=RockRaiders EP by Temple Sound |via=Bandcamp |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221209133102/https://templesound.bandcamp.com/album/rockraiders-ep |archive-date=9 December 2022}}</ref>
 
<ref name="Bandcamp 2023-08-22">{{cite web |url=https://templesound.bandcamp.com/album/rockraiders-ep |title=RockRaiders EP by Temple Sound |via=Bandcamp |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230822220622/https://templesound.bandcamp.com/album/rockraiders-ep |archive-date=22 August 2023 |quote=dateModified":"08 Jul 2023 17:52:25 GMT}}</ref>
 
<ref name="Bandcamp email 2022-12-03">{{cite web |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240421053708im_/https://ringtailraider.neocities.org/WikiArchives/Temple%20Sound%20email%202022-12-02.png |title=New message from Temple Sound |type=Email from Temple Sound on Bandcamp |first=Marl |last=Boonyer |date=3 December 2022 |quote=Hi, Just to say my mini album is available at little cost. I was going to offer it pay what you want but I don't know how to set it up.  I just want to say thanks for your support |via=[[Wikipedia:ProtonMail|ProtonMail]]}}</ref>
<ref name="Bandcamp email 2023-04-18">{{cite web |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240421053721/https://ringtailraider.neocities.org/WikiArchives/Temple%20Sound%20email%202023-04-18.png |title=New message from Temple Sound |type=Email from Temple Sound on Bandcamp |first=Marl |last=Boonyer |date=2023-04-18 |quote=Hello everyone. Many thanks for your generosity. Helped me through a very tough period. All tracks are now free. marl |via=[[Wikipedia:ProtonMail|ProtonMail]]}}</ref>
 
<ref name="Bandcamp Fractal">{{cite web |url=https://templesound.bandcamp.com/album/the-fractal-shoreline-ep |title=The Fractal Shoreline EP by Temple Sound |first=Marl |last=Boonyer |date=28 August 2022 |via=Bandcamp |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240420221531/https://templesound.bandcamp.com/album/the-fractal-shoreline-ep |archive-date=20 April 2024 |url-status=live}}</ref>
 
<ref name="Bandcamp infant">{{cite web |url=https://templesound.bandcamp.com/track/infant-narcotic |title=infant narcotic by Temple Sound |first=Marl |last=Boonyer |date=18 April 2023 |via=Bandcamp |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240420221509/https://templesound.bandcamp.com/track/infant-narcotic |archive-date=20 April 2024 |url-status=live}}</ref>
}}
}}


== External links ==
== External links ==
* [https://templesound.bandcamp.com/album/rockraiders-ep ''RockRaiders EP''] at [[Wikipedia:Bandcamp|Bandcamp]]
* [https://templesound.bandcamp.com/album/rockraiders-ep ''RockRaiders EP''] at [[Wikipedia:Bandcamp|Bandcamp]]
* [https://soundcloud.com/micronude/sets/rockraiders-music ''RockRaiders Music'' EP] at [[Wikipedia:SoundCloud|SoundCloud]]
* [https://www.marll.co.uk/ graphicexistence], Marl Boonyer's website
* [https://www.marll.co.uk/ graphicexistence], Marl Boonyer's website
* [https://www.wevie.tv Wevie], Al Boorman's website
* [https://www.wevie.tv/ Wevie], Al Boorman's website
 
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Latest revision as of 11:37, 11 February 2025

RockRaiders Music
A photograph of a LEGO music box model
EP and soundtrack by
Marl Boonyer
Released23 August 2022 (2022-08-23)
Recorded1998
GenreElectronic
Length9:35
ProducerAlan Boorman
Marl Boonyer chronology
RockRaiders Music
(2022) 		The Fractal Shoreline
(2022)

RockRaiders Music (also called RockRaiders EP) is a 2022 soundtrack extended play release for the 1999 real-time strategy video game LEGO Rock Raiders. It features three tracks composed by Marl Boonyer (credited in-game as Mark Boobyer) that originally played in-game during missions. The EP was released digitally through Boonyer's Bandcamp page "Temple Sound" on 23 August 2022; prior to this, only low-quality versions of the tracks were available in the game's CD audio.

Production

The three music tracks that play during missions in the Windows version of LEGO Rock Raiders were composed by British artist and musician Marl Boonyer in 1998.[1] Each of the tracks were inspired by, and named after, one of the three cavern environments in the game: rock, ice, and lava; however, the tracks were unnamed on the game's CD.[2] The tracks were produced by composer and sound designer Alan Boorman.[1][3] The LEGO Rock Raiders credits thank Boonyer and Boorman for their "musical contribution"; Boonyer was credited as "Mark Boobyer".[4] A separate "sound and music" section in the credits also names John Saull, Jon Harrison, and Joseph Harper;[5] these three were also credited in the PlayStation game,[6] which has the same menu music but uses different music during missions.

Although Boonyer's three music tracks were included with the game as Compact Disc Digital Audio (or Red Book audio), the in-game audio is noticeably low-quality. The tracks appear to have been resampled to a quarter of their original sampling rate (from 44,100 Hz to 11,025 Hz) prior to being converted to CD audio – despite the conversion resampling them back to 44.1 kHz, saving no disc space while also not restoring the original audio quality.[7] Certain sounds in the tracks were also edited further, particularly ones that were also used as in-game sound effects. Some later releases of the games eliminated the three music tracks entirely, leaving only the main menu and mission results screen music (which is stored in the game's Data folder).[7][8]

Release

Alternate cover art, created by developers of and used in Manic Miners

In 2022 Alan Boorman was contacted regarding the LEGO Rock Raiders soundtrack; Boorman revealed that he still possessed the master tapes containing Marl Boonyer's tracks.[8] Boonyer later uploaded the high-quality original versions of the three tracks to SoundCloud on 22 August 2022, with plans for a proper release elsewhere.[9] The following day, the three tracks were released on Boonyer's new Bandcamp page "Temple Sound" as an extended play titled RockRaiders Music, priced at £4 GBP.[1] In early September the EP received new cover art featuring a photograph of a LEGO music box model built by Peter Carmichael; prior to this it had used the cover art from the PlayStation version of LEGO Rock Raiders as a placeholder.[10][11] Later in September the Bandcamp listing's title was changed to RockRaiders EP, though the cover art kept the original RockRaiders Music name.[12]

Boonyer lowered the EP's price to £3 in December 2022,[13][14] then made it available for no minimum price on 18 April 2023. Boonyer announced that the EP was free through an email sent to all Temple Sound Bandcamp followers that day, thanking them for their support during "a very tough period."[15] In July 2023, however, the EP returned to being priced,[16] initially at £1.50 before being raised up to £5 in 2024.

Following RockRaiders, Boonyer released two other works on Bandcamp: The Fractal Shorline, an eight-track EP released on 28 August 2022,[17] and "infant narcotic", a single track released on 18 April 2023.[18] The three RockRaiders tracks were later featured in the 2023 fan game Manic Miners, remastered to suppress certain sound effects like the versions used in LEGO Rock Raiders.[8]

Track listing

All music is composed by Marl Boonyer.

No.TitleLength
1."Rock"3:03
2."Ice"3:26
3."Lava"3:05
Total length:9:35

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Boonyer, Marl (23 August 2022). "RockRaiders Music by Temple Sound". Archived from the original on 26 August 2022 – via Bandcamp. Composed and produced in 1998 by Marl Boonyer & Alan Boorman
  2. ↑ Baraklava (23 August 2022). "Also good info: The tracks have names!". Reddit (comment on r/RockRaiders post "The original Rock Raiders composers just shared the uncompressed PC tracks!"). Archived from the original on 21 April 2024.
  3. ↑ Boorman, Al. "who". Wevie. Archived from the original on 18 February 2012.
  4. ↑ Data Design Interactive (November 1999). LEGO Rock Raiders (Windows). LEGO Media International. Scene: Credits. Additional Thanks – ... Thanks also to Mark Boobyer and Alan Boorman for their musical contribution.
  5. ↑ Data Design Interactive (November 1999). LEGO Rock Raiders (Windows). LEGO Media International. Scene: Credits. Sound And Music – John Saull, Jon Harrison, Joseph Harper
  6. ↑ Data Design Interactive (December 1999). LEGO Rock Raiders (PlayStation) (PAL ed.). LEGO Media International. Scene: Credits. Music & Sound Effects – Joseph Harper, Jon Harrison, John Saull
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Baraklava (23 August 2022). "No one is sure what happened to the CD tracks given these master tracks, but it was at least resampled to 1/4th the original frequency..." Reddit (comment on r/RockRaiders post "The original Rock Raiders composers just shared the uncompressed PC tracks!"). Archived from the original on 21 April 2024.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Baraklava (7 November 2023). "LEGO Rock Raiders [PC] High-quality soundtrack OST" (Item description). Retrieved 9 February 2025 – via Internet Archive.
  9. ↑ Baraklava (22 August 2022). "Today we have some HUGE news about music" (Discord message). Archived from the original on 10 February 2025.
  10. ↑ "RockRaiders Music by Temple Sound". Archived from the original on 11 September 2022 – via Bandcamp.
  11. ↑ Carmichael, Peter (April 4, 2020). "Lego Music Box". Flickr. Archived from the original on April 21, 2024.
  12. ↑ "RockRaiders EP by Temple Sound". Archived from the original on 21 September 2022 – via Bandcamp.
  13. ↑ "RockRaiders EP by Temple Sound". Archived from the original on 9 December 2022 – via Bandcamp.
  14. ↑ Boonyer, Marl (3 December 2022). "New message from Temple Sound" (Email from Temple Sound on Bandcamp) – via ProtonMail. Hi, Just to say my mini album is available at little cost. I was going to offer it pay what you want but I don't know how to set it up. I just want to say thanks for your support
  15. ↑ Boonyer, Marl (2023-04-18). "New message from Temple Sound" (Email from Temple Sound on Bandcamp) – via ProtonMail. Hello everyone. Many thanks for your generosity. Helped me through a very tough period. All tracks are now free. marl
  16. ↑ "RockRaiders EP by Temple Sound". Archived from the original on 22 August 2023 – via Bandcamp. dateModified":"08 Jul 2023 17:52:25 GMT
  17. ↑ Boonyer, Marl (28 August 2022). "The Fractal Shoreline EP by Temple Sound". Archived from the original on 20 April 2024 – via Bandcamp.
  18. ↑ Boonyer, Marl (18 April 2023). "infant narcotic by Temple Sound". Archived from the original on 20 April 2024 – via Bandcamp.

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