Girl in the Tower
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"Girl in the Tower" is a song from the soundtrack
of the computer game King's Quest VI. Mark Seibert
wrote the song in 1992. The song is a love ballad
between two of the game's principal characters, Prince Alexander and Princess Cassima. Accordingly, the song elaborates upon Seibert's "Princess Cassima's Theme" from the King's Quest V soundtrack. "Girl in the Tower" was digitally recorded, with Ron Delarm on guitar and Bob Bergthold and Debbie Seibert performing vocals. The vocal version of the track plays only in the CD-rom version of King's Quest VI, although even this was remarkable in 1992.
When King's Quest VI was first released on floppy disc, a pamphlet was included with the game listing various radio stations to which the song had been sent. Buyers were encouraged to call in and request that the song be played, but this campaign was unsuccessful.
According to Quest Studios, Mark Seibert comments about the single:
In Space Quest VI, when Roger gives a "morphin"-spiked donut
to one of the shuttlebay security guards, the guard transforms into several strange characters including Michigan J Frog and Roberta Williams
playing Girl in the Tower on piano.
Soundtrack
A soundtrack can be recorded music accompanying and synchronized to the images of a motion picture, book, television program or video game; a commercially released soundtrack album of music as featured in the soundtrack of a film or TV show; or the physical area of a film that contains the...
of the computer game King's Quest VI. Mark Seibert
Mark Seibert
Mark Seibert is an American musician, composer and producer best known for his work on various video games from Sierra Entertainment.-Biography:...
wrote the song in 1992. The song is a love ballad
Ballad
A ballad is a form of verse, often a narrative set to music. Ballads were particularly characteristic of British and Irish popular poetry and song from the later medieval period until the 19th century and used extensively across Europe and later the Americas, Australia and North Africa. Many...
between two of the game's principal characters, Prince Alexander and Princess Cassima. Accordingly, the song elaborates upon Seibert's "Princess Cassima's Theme" from the King's Quest V soundtrack. "Girl in the Tower" was digitally recorded, with Ron Delarm on guitar and Bob Bergthold and Debbie Seibert performing vocals. The vocal version of the track plays only in the CD-rom version of King's Quest VI, although even this was remarkable in 1992.
When King's Quest VI was first released on floppy disc, a pamphlet was included with the game listing various radio stations to which the song had been sent. Buyers were encouraged to call in and request that the song be played, but this campaign was unsuccessful.
According to Quest Studios, Mark Seibert comments about the single:
"'Girl In The Tower' was an idea I came up with when I found out that 'King's Quest VI' was going to be a love story between Alexander and Cassima. I thought this would be a perfect opportunity to write a top 40 type love ballad to be sung as a duet. As I explored the possibilities, I found some of the motifs from the original Cassima theme worked well in this style."
In Space Quest VI, when Roger gives a "morphin"-spiked donut
DONUT
DONUT was an experiment at Fermilab dedicated to the search for tau neutrino interactions. Even though the detector operated only during a few months in the summer of 1997, it was largely successful. By detecting the tau neutrino, it confirmed the existence of the last lepton predicted by the...
to one of the shuttlebay security guards, the guard transforms into several strange characters including Michigan J Frog and Roberta Williams
Roberta Williams
Roberta Williams is an American video game designer. She is most famous for her pioneering work in graphical adventure games, particularly the King's Quest series.-Career:...
playing Girl in the Tower on piano.
External links
- Sierra Soundtrack Collection with option for MP3 download of "Princess Cassima" and Girl in the Tower
- King's Quest VI entry in Gamespot's Greatest Games of All Time