Triple fugue #1

When Frédéric Chopin wrote his rather melancholic prelude in C minor, he did not know that years later, a computer game called Ghosts And Goblins would carry the chord progression of the first few bars of that very prelude into the hearts and minds of a whole new generation.

Likewise, Mark Cooksey, when creating the C64 version of the in-game music of Ghosts And Goblins, did not know that three particular melodies appearing in that piece, namely:

would, again years later, form the subjects of my first triple fugue. As a homage to Chopin, then, tacked on to the beginning of my opus, you'll find the original prelude. And of course, being the prelude of it, this theme also appears in a couple of places in the fugue itself.

Here it is:

• Linus Akesson - Prelude And Triple Fugue No 1 (MP3, 4.7 MB)