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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 |
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| '''''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 listed as '''''RockRaiders EP''''', is a [[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]]. |
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| == Background == | | == Info == |
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| The three tracks were composed in 1998 while LRR was still in development.<ref name="BC 22-08"/>
| | (from [[Wikipedia:44,100 Hz|{{formatnum:44100}} Hz]] to {{formatnum:11025}} Hz) |
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| 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>
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| == Release ==
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| 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>
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| 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>
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| 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>
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| == Track listing == | | == Track listing == |
| All tracks are composed by Marl Boonyer.
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| {{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}} |
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| == References == | | == References == |
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| <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>
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| == 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://www.marll.co.uk/ graphicexistence], Marl Boonyer's website
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| * [https://www.wevie.tv Wevie], Al Boorman's website
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| [[Category:2022 albums]] | | [[Category:2022 albums]] |
| [[Category:LEGO Rock Raiders]] | | [[Category:LEGO Rock Raiders]] |
| [[Category:LEGO video game soundtracks]] | | [[Category:LEGO video game soundtracks]] |
