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The music track "Tri-Fusion" composed by Dylan Beale for the SNES version of Wolverine: Adamantium Rage is considered by some to be one of the earliest songs in the grime music genre, predating "Crime" by Dizzee Rascal and "Year 2000" by Wiley by 6 years. At the time, Beale was a member of the jungle music duo Rude & Deadly and used his task to write music for the game "as an opportunity to try out a West Coast hip-hop sound, but the faster boss tracks were more influenced by jungle". Beale only had 200kb of sample space to work with due to the limitation of 16-bit game cartridges, resulting in a rough, digital sound comparable to early grime tracks. Describing his work, Beale said: "I basically sampled an orchestral stab and the bass, a hi-hat, snare, a few things like that, then I had to trim them down to minute sizes". In 2023, Beale released the game's soundtrack to purchase on Bandcamp as a digital download or vinyl double LP, alongside an extended version of "Tri-Fusion".
Interview with Beale about the track:
https://web.archive.org/web/20170411180513/http://www.sbtv.co.uk/read/features/grime-instrumental-1994/
Corroborating article:
https://www.factmag.com/2016/07/27/wolverine-adamantium-rage-first-grime-instrumental/
Game OST for purchase on Bandcamp:
https://sneakersocialclub.bandcamp.com/album/adamantium-rage-ost
https://web.archive.org/web/20170411180513/http://www.sbtv.co.uk/read/features/grime-instrumental-1994/
Corroborating article:
https://www.factmag.com/2016/07/27/wolverine-adamantium-rage-first-grime-instrumental/
Game OST for purchase on Bandcamp:
https://sneakersocialclub.bandcamp.com/album/adamantium-rage-ost
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