Music in the original Bard's Tale was composed by Lawrence Holland, and adapted for multiple operating systems and hardware. These songs, after hours, days, weeks of endless barding through the streets and dungeons of Skara Brae, have been drilled into our heads, never to be forgotten.

Below are various recordings, covers, and recreations of the original themes, and musical pieces inspired by Bard's Tale. Enjoy!

(audio recordings made with the help of Goldwave)

DOS / PC

Game Music

MIDI format:

1. The Archer's Tune   (3922b) 2. Spellsong (5137b) 3. Sanctuary Score (3146b) 4. Melee March (3762b) 6. Rhyme of Duotime (3240b) 7. Watchwood Melody (5651b) Thanks to Lina for adapting the originals into MIDI

Commodore 64

Game Music

Raw SID format: (Play with Sidplay2)		Full set of 7 songs   (2330b)
Adapted MP3 format:		1. The Archer's Tune   (155.6KB) 2. Spellsong (219.1KB) 4. Sanctuary Score (0.7MB) 3. Rhyme of Duotime (215KB)

Bard Song Recreations by PiecesOf8Bit

Archer's Tune v1 (click to load Soundcloud player)Archer's Tune - Commodore 64 (click to load Soundcloud player)Spellsong v1 (click to load Soundcloud player)Spellsong - Commodore 64 (click to load Soundcloud player)Sanctuary Score v1 (click to load Soundcloud player)Sanctuary Score - C64 (click to load Soundcloud player)Melee March (click to load Soundcloud player)Zanduvar Carack (click to load Soundcloud player)Rhyme of Duotime (click to load Soundcloud player)Rhyme of Duotime - C64 (click to load Soundcloud player)Watchwood Melody (click to load Soundcloud player)
PiecesOf8Bit's Full Bard's Tale Songs Playlist

	BT2 Rhyme of Duotime, from Bardstale.com (source unknown)	(2237b)
	BT2 Watchwood Melody, from Bardstale.com (source unknown)	(1429b)