Freddi Fish and the Case of the Missing Kelp Seeds Remastered Soundtrack

by The Fat Man and Team Fat

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Φοίνιξ I was playing Freddi Fish before I could read or type (much less understand an operating system) and "Daytime on the Beach" immediately transported me back 25 years. I never realized that Freddi Fish had dub elements in it but that's what I hear in "Detectives". I was thinking about just picking out most of the expanded tracks but it ended up being cheaper to just buy the whole album. Thank you for the memories in this release, George. I can tell you enjoyed making this. Favorite track: Daytime on the Beach.

popmasterbgm What I find amazing about this soundtrack is that I have yet to find caribbean or calypso music that carries the same relaxing mood or mysterious atmosphere that Freddi Fish music has. I find it an incredibly mature soundtrack, probably even the most mature of the whole Humongous lot, despite the series being intended for such young kids. Favorite track: Help / Marimba / Head.

jammingdevice Of all the music I worked with George to recover, this was what I was most excited (and unlikely) to hear. It's so completely George, and acts as a great prequel to his soundtrack for Zoo. Who else would have thought to score a kid's adventure game about a brave little fish trying to save her friends like this? Favorite track: Detectives (Expanded).

griscuit One of Team Fat's best. The tropical vibe fits the underwater setting perfectly, and the melodies are insanely memorable.

What makes this soundtrack especially impressive is that it uses this tropical motif without ever feeling overly saccharine or bubbly. It has an undercurrent of mystery and suspense that creates a really effective atmosphere quite unlike any of the other HE titles. Favorite track: Spooky Bongo Pirate #1 (Unused).

retrodude94 I helped document unused content for this game YEARS ago for tcrf.net and finally hearing all these tracks, even the ones that didn't make the final cut, is a wonderful nostalgia trip. Favorite track: We Need Your Help (Alternate).

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1.	Mr. Two Notes 02:19		buy track
2.	Spooky Help 02:07		buy track
3.	Spooky Help (Expanded) 04:18		buy track
4.	Detectives #1 00:56		buy track
5.	Daytime on the Beach 01:09		buy track
6.	Help (Unused) 03:23		buy track
7.	Fiddle #1 00:17		buy track
8.	Fiddle #2 00:05		buy track
9.	Fiddle #3 00:07		buy track
10.	Bongo #1 (Unused) 01:10		buy track
11.	Bongo #2 (Unused) 01:02		buy track
12.	Bongo #2 (Alternate) 01:12		buy track
13.	Bongo #3 00:58		buy track
14.	Bling Cha-Cha 00:52		buy track
15.	Bling Cha-Cha #5 (Unused) 01:31		buy track
16.	Slow Percussion (Unused) 01:42		buy track
17.	Dog Beat (Unused) 00:47		buy track
18.	Perc 01 and 02 (Unused) 03:10		buy track
19.	Mambo 01:20		buy track
20.	We Need Your Help (Expanded) 01:28		buy track
21.	Help / Marimba / Head 02:14		buy track
22.	Help / Marimba / Head (Expanded) 05:54		buy track
23.	Cool Itch 01:25		buy track
24.	Bongo Cha-Cha 00:59		buy track
25.	Reggae Help #2 01:02		buy track
26.	Reggae Help (Expanded) 06:08		buy track
27.	Bongo #4 01:18		buy track
28.	Bongo #4 w/Vocals (Unused) 01:18		buy track
29.	Bongo #4 (Expanded) 05:35		buy track
30.	Bling Cha-Cha #6 (Unused) 04:57		buy track
31.	Cha-Cha Perc 01:26		buy track
32.	Detectives #3 01:53		buy track
33.	Detectives (Expanded) 09:04		buy track
34.	Freddi and Clyde 00:14		buy track
35.	Freddi & Clyde & Marimba (Unused) 00:47		buy track
36.	Stupid Fish 01:32		buy track
37.	Low Boings (Unused) 00:38	info	buy track
38.	Stealer 02:09		buy track
39.	Itchy & Scratchy (Unused) 00:54	info	buy track
40.	Itchy Lite (Unused) 01:15	info	buy track
41.	We're Itchy & Scratchy 01:33		buy track
42.	Dixie Drums 01:17		buy track
43.	Dixie Door (Unused) 00:52		buy track
44.	Grooved Dixie (Unused) 01:08		buy track
45.	Dark Cave 00:57		buy track
46.	Argh #1 (Unused) 00:39	info	buy track
47.	Argh #2 (Unused) 00:39	info	buy track
48.	Dark Harp (Unused) 01:00		buy track
49.	Spooky Bongo Pirate #1 (Unused) 02:43		buy track
50.	Spooky Bongo Pirate #2 (Unused) 01:50		buy track
51.	Two Darn Long 02:16		buy track
52.	We Need Your Help (Alternate) 00:43	lyrics	buy track
Freddi, we need your help please We need to find the missing kelp seeds
53.	Lights in the Mist (Unused) 01:42	info	buy track

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This album, The Fat Man and Team Fat are in no way affiliated with or endorsed by Humongous Entertainment, Tommo Inc. or Billionsoft Ltd.

Buy the game on Steam, the Humble Store, or on mobile: humongous.com/games/freddi-fish-and-the-missing-kelp-seeds/

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For Freddi, George created several long (in the case of "Detectives," the opus of the album, 9+ minutes) suites that they could then cut up and use mere portions for in the randomized pool of background score throughout the game. It was an innovative way to create an experience as comfortably dark and groovy as the deep sea itself.

We would never have gotten this one without the tireless help of Justin E. Kovar, doing our labor for us remotely at the UT Austin Videogame Archive. If you like hearing this music, you owe it to him—and to George for setting up such an awesome archive in the first place.

–Tim the Curator

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I hadn't heard this music since I wrote it, and you know what? From the "two-note samba" to "Freddi, we need your help please," I like the whimsy, I like the tropical-meets-mystery tone, I like the pacing, and I regret nothing. It feels good to my heart, it brings back happy times with good friends. I really hope it makes you smile, too. That will be the best. (The ghost ship music may still be scary to your inner child, so listen with appropriate caution.)

–George "The Fat Man" Sanger

P.S. Thanks, Tim. As many of you have figured out, this is Tim the Curator's project even more than it is mine. Per the UT Austin Videogame Archive, that was my good friend Bill Bottorff's idea, and it never would have happened without his perseverance, intelligence, and irrepressible personality. Thanks for so much, Bill.

---And Hey One More Thing---

We get asked a lot why the MIDI tracks are in mono.

Quick explanation if you're wondering: the MIDI tracks are all in mono because that's all that's survived in the archives. Other studio tracks are in mono because they match the instrumentation heard in the game. Buckle up, because this is complex:

When we went to produce new stereo versions of the studio tracks using the surviving stems, the steel drum MIDI soundfont that was used in the game on the keyboard had been lost, and all we had was a standard keyboard sound instead. (All we had was a digital recording, not a MIDI master file.) As a result, producing a new stereo version using these stems meant they would not match the sound heard in the game: the iconic steel drum associated strongly with the sound of Freddi Fish.

HOWEVER. We also had the final mono versions that were shipped to Humongous. They were high bitrate, but not stereo. Given that these were mostly cuts out of much larger suites, we included both: the mono, game-accurate versions you'd recognize, as well as much longer "expanded" suites that sound a little different and were mixed from the ground up.

I hope this answer is interesting, and that you're enjoying the album!

–Tim the Curator

credits

released April 2, 2021

All compositions ℗ 1994 Fat Manor Publishing, BMI. All recordings courtesy of The Fat Man. Freddi Fish and the Case of the Missing Kelp Seeds is © & ™ Billion Soft (Hong Kong) Limited. Humongous Entertainment, the Freddi Fish character and all affiliated characters and indicia are trademarks of Billion Soft (Hong Kong) Limited.

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Curated by Tim Knox
New mixing by George Sanger
Recovered by Justin Kovar at the UT Austin Video Game Archive (Dolph Briscoe Center for American History)
Cover art by the incomparable Sophie Morse
www.sophiemorse.com
Product and layout design by Tim Knox

Music by The Fat Man and Team Fat
Featuring:
Keyboard: Floyd Domino
Steel: John Ely
Bass: Sarah Brown
Drums: David Sanger
Guitar: The Fat Man
All MIDI tracks composed and produced by George Sanger, The Fat Man

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Internationally known as The Fat Man, George Alistair Sanger’s influence is hard to overestimate. Through his work, his writings, the founding of think-tanks, organizations and communities—but mainly his music—this “legendary game audio guru’s” fingerprints are all over much of what it means today to create game audio or listen to a game. ... more

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