The Demoscenic Route - A C64 & Amiga Remix Album.
Oh look - it's another remix album!
This time, I'm happy to present ten remixes originating from both the Commodore 64 and the Amiga demoscene! Woot! 😃
However, since this remix album is dedicated to the demoscene, you won't find any game music remixes or commercial music covers in here. All the remixes are (as far as I know) based on strictly non-commercial original tunes from demos, intros, cracktros, etc.
The focus is less common and/or lesser known tunes, the music styles vary somewhat but remain in the electronic music genre, and the overall mood of this album ranges from mellow to upbeat bouncy, whereas a minimal amount of creative liberties were taken during the remixing process since I mainly wanted to upscale and extend the original music.
Also worth mentioning is that the first half of the album (tracks 1 to 5) is all C64 remixes, while the second half (tracks 6 to 10) is all Amiga remixes.
And yes, this is a totally free digital album!
It can easily be downloaded from the links below.
Enjoy!
- Vandahlia
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Budapest Micro Vol.4 Announced
It was just announced that Budapest Micro Vol.4, an all-night celebration of 8-bit and video game music will take place on March 13, 2027 in the heart of Budapest at the Három Holló (Three Ravens) coffee house and event hall. The lineup includes names that should be very familiar to Commodore remix fans: Jeroen Tel (Maniacs of Noise), Sidrip Alliance (in their first concert in many-many years!), Sidnify, and Vincenzo & Visage. More info at the links below.
FastLoaders Concert on Dec 5, 2026
FastLoaders will squeeze in yet another concert before the year is out, this time in London on December 5, 2026 at the Black Heart, presenting Amiga Rocks Harder. Get your tickets at the link below!
Matt Gray: LN2 (R5) Now Available for Pre-Order
In case you missed the Kickstarter, the Last Ninja 2 (Reformation 5)
album from Matt Gray is now available for pre-order at Bandcamp. Four tracks can be streamed today and the complete album is slated to be released on December 24, 2026.
Markus Siebold 1969-2026
We have just learned that Markus Siebold — musician, SID composer, and remixer — has recently passed away at the age of 57. He is best known for creating music for the game Turrican II: The Final Fight on the C64, alongside numerous other SID tunes throughout the late 80s and early 90s. Over the years, he shared his own remakes of that iconic soundtrack here on Remix64, along with several other remixes. We are deeply saddened by his loss and we extend our heartfelt sympathies to his family, to his friends, and to everyone touched by his life and his music.
Matt Gray: Green Beret Main Theme (R5 Version)
Another track from Matt Gray's Reformation 5 dropped today:
Matt Gray: This time it's one of the remakes for the main R5 album and an all time favourite C64 tune Green Beret Title/Main Theme by the maestro Martin Galway. I must have re started on this track half a dozen times over the last couple of years and I finally found a blend of SID elements and new parts that I really like.
I can still remember the Saturday afternoon in the summer of 1986 that I bought this game and rushed home to load it up and check out what Mr G had conjured up. The loading music was excellent but this title theme blew me away at the time.
Hopefully you all feel much the same when you hear this new version.
RetroGamingMusic + Linus LFT Åkesson Premiere!
Don't miss out the premiere on Friday, September 18 at 21:00 CET of one of the best C64 AMIGA NES Retro Concerts of 2026! This is the full mastered concert from the Video Game Festival in Stockholm! Better sound, camera angles, applause, and more!!!
(Please remove the previous news regarding the VideospelFestival)
RAKBIT
by NecroPolo
NecroPolo has produced a stunning album which is built on a vintage prog-sound: from hard as nails to Rhodes-heaven, NecroPolo has got beneath the skin of the pieces and created something which is totally authentic to their spirit.
As if that wasn't enough, this album features the first ever C64-executable album cover, complete with classic scrolltext and the original SIDs that appear on the album, in one PRG!
And if THAT wasn't enough, this demo contains the first ever usage of a revolutionary new SID encoding format which enables any complexity of SID to be played back with minimal raster time, no matter how complex the player! Named SIDRIP, this routine was produced by Hermit specially for this demo, because pieces such as Scoll Machine or Rimrunner needed to feature in this demo, and their players were far too difficult to squeeze into a one-file demo.
Magic Afternoon (instrumental)
Arranged by Ic3m4n
It all started some month ago when looking for vintage computer game related music (originals and remixes as well) for playing them at Retro Games eV. In Karlsruhe, Germany. A good friend of mine just brought an extra CD… and this very version of Magic Afternoon was there. At first I just ignored the (for me) unknown title. It was after some weekends that it accidentally got live while I was attending some customers…
… that was amazing! Some people stopped playing at the arcade machines and pinballs just for asking what the name of the tune was, or for some that were more savvy than me, for asking which interpreter did that version of Magic Afternoon
Huh? Dunno…
This interpretation just fixed my attention making me getting curious for hearing at the original version, and after doing so I was more that thrilled when realizing how amazingly well this remix version was
planed and performed.
Beautiful
Praise:
It respects the essence of the original. The most important point for me.
It's spacy (is this the correct term?), I love that.
The tune is clean and consistent, well balanced, but… (see below)
The selection of instruments is almost flawless.
Introduces some subtle improvements and variances compared to the original.
The drums are just perfect
Critic:
The lead Xilophone/Arpeggiator is a little bit shrill and loud, specially at the higher pitches.
The lead Synth could be a little less… hmmm… acid?
Bass and Base-Pad (Specially the bass) could be a little bit more present, but maybe this is just due to the dominating lead Xilo and Synth.
All in all. One of my all time favorites in my retro music collection.
I give it the best note.
And thank to the interpreter for sharing!
Review by Galaldir
Arranged by Vincenzo
Review by NecroPolo
Apidya (End Credits)Arranged by Tim Forsyth
Then I randomly stumbled upon this remix. It sounded good, so I downloaded it… and ended up listening to it on repeat hundreds of times.
Today, I thought to myself,
Wait a minute… did this game actually have some good music?So I fired up YouTube to give the soundtrack a proper listen…
But where the hell is that track?!
Oh, it's the ending credits theme… Okay… Well then… Alright, Chris's original version is good. But you turned it into something truly exceptional. Congrats
Review by gibs
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